Edward POV

Rosalie glared at Bella; her beautiful features contort into a menacing, icy glare. Bella just looked at the floor pulling her lower lip between her teeth. I let out a warning growl.

"Rose, she makes Edward happy. She is part of our family now, we protect our family." Carlisle stated delicately.

"Well as long as Edwards happy. Who cares if we all get hunted like dogs because she.." She shot another poisonous glare at Bella, which would have made even the strongest of mortal men break; I tightened my arm around her shoulders and let out another hiss. "..Let it slip. Who cares if we all die as long as the perfect Edward is happy right?!" Emmett wrapped his arm around her waist but she shrugged him off.

"Rosalie", Carlisle warned.

"So now we have to babysit her, because Edward can't leave his poor defenceless toy behind ?! What would Edward do if the world didn't revolve around him and her for the day?" She had said her as though it were a disease. And that was it the final straw, my vision took on a red tint and all I wanted to do was hurt Rosalie, to make her feel as small as she made Bella feel. Before Carlisle could scold her or Emmett could quieten her, I was in her face.

"Fuck you Rose! The world revolving around me? What about you! I'm in your head remember! I hear your stupid, shallow thoughts!" I had never in all my years of existence yelled at a woman before, I had barely raised my voice, yet here I was screaming so hard I could feel the tendons in my neck straining against the confines of my skin. "I hear everyone else's too and you want to know what they think Rose?! They would rather have Bella here than you! Because everyone here actually likes Bella! Which is more than I can say for you? You're so jealous of her and you know what? You should be! Because that's just it Rose, that's all you are! Something to look at, but underneath it all you are nothing and I pity you!" As soon as it was all out I instantly regretted it. I waited for the onslaught which would come. When nothing came I looked her and what I saw scared the living shit out of me. Because it was nothing I had ever seen on Rosalie, in the whole time I had known her. She looked...vulnerable, she looked...hurt but worse, she looked broken. It shook me to my very core and I wanted to drop to my knees to apologise but before I got the chance, she whispered so low I just about heard.

"I know" before leaving so fast her scent was barely lingering. I looked around every one was looking at me, literally frozen in shock. Before anyone could open their mouths I was shoved to the floor. Hard. It felt like I had been hit by a semi and let me tell you for a vampire that's pretty impressive. It didn't stop there, I felt blow after blow. Like great boulders. I was disoriented but I knew who it was before he even spoke.

"You stupid" Punch. "Insensitive" Kick. "Prick" Harder punch.

"Stop! Emmett please! Stop!" It was Bella she sounded scared. Hell she should be, Emmett could probably kill me. I had never seen such anger in his face, such pure rage.

"Son, you should go find Rosalie. Before she gets too far" Carlisle voice was calm, but I noted how long it took for him to intervene. Emmett growled, but got off me. He jabbed a finger into my chest, hard.

"I'm not done with you." And with that he left. I just stood dazed. How had this all happened so fast?

"Edward how could you do that?" Esme asked. Her face looked pained. "On today of all days"

"Today?" I asked and then it hit me harder than any of Emmett's blows.

"What is it?" Bella asked.

"Today marks the 75th anniversary of Rosalie's last day as a human." I replied solemnly.

"So?" Bella questioned clearly confused.

"Do you remember what had happened to Rosalie before Carlisle found her?" I hung my head but not before catching her face turn whiter than mine.

"Oh Edward! How could you say such things, using your gift against her? Using it to lie to her! You know that what you said isn't true!" I had never seen Carlisle look at anyone in the way he was looking at me now. It was a combination of anger, hurt and a little disgust.

"I...I...I don't know" I stuttered out.

I heard the noise of the door slam and Emmett walked in, his innocent face contorted with rage and...fear?

"I can't find her. Nothing. Her scent vanished in the forest." He turned to me and glared, "If something has happened to her Edward. If she does something. I will hold you personally responsible and if that should happen not even God will be able to save you." I felt myself shrink at the threat, because what if something did happen to Rosalie. Emmett stalked over to Alice who was sitting on the sofa, Jaspers arms tight around her tiny shoulders.

"Can you see her?!"

"No, Emmett I'm trying. But even she doesn't know where she's going"

"Try harder!" Emmett yelled.

"Don't shout at Alice!" Jasper yelled squaring up to him. "It's not her fault!" Emmett was about to open his mouth when Esme raised a hand.

"Please, let's just focus on getting Rosalie home." I didn't fail to notice the glare she shot me. "Where she belongs."

I turned to see Bella at my side. A glistening trail of tears down both of her cheeks.

"Bella, are you okay?" I asked pulling her towards me. She pushed me back.

"No Edward I'm not. How could you say that to her? After what she went through. Could you imagine what that must be like! To have someone who you love, someone who you thought loved you in return do something like that to you?! And she never complains. Hell, all you did was leave me and I became a shell of myself, I barely ate, barely slept, barely spoke. To think if I was in her situation" She shuddered. "You told her she was nothing Edward. Don't you see it may as well have happened to her again!"

"What, don't talk nonsense! As If I could ever be that vile!" My fists clenched at the thought and I heard Emmett growl behind me.

"Edward, you basically told her that the family she has been a part of since before my grandparents were born the family whom she loves and trusts prefer a basic stranger to her. You took the love she thought she had away from her!" I heard choked sobs but when I looked down Bella wasn't making any noise, only silent tears fell from her eyes. I turned around and my eyes widened as I realised it was Emmett. It was odd, he was so huge and here he was on his knees, his hands in tight fists as tearless sobs wrecked his body. He looked up at me.

"She isn't what you think she is. Hell she's smarter than you." He rose and stood in front of me. "You don't see her like I do, no one does. Her looks were everything back when she was human, her parents favoured her for them, and the only way she got any attention was because of them. She was her parent's key to success, the key to their dreams. She was 18 for Christ's sake. But she doesn't want you to know that. She doesn't want to feel weak ever again. She doesn't want anyone to know how much she hurts; she won't ever let people in. She doesn't even talk to me about it! So that's what she does, she thinks about how she looks and herself because she knows you will roll your eyes and block her out. You voiced her fears; you awoke all those rancid human memories, because back then that's all she was, a pretty face. No one cared what was underneath. She won't ever tell you how much it hurts her when you ignore her, because she wants you to think she doesn't care."

"No. She knows not to take it personally. She knows!" I was trying to comfort myself more than anything.

"No Edward, she doesn't. Were not all mind readers"

With that I ran into the forest blindly, like Emmett had said her smell was gone. I ran to the edge of the forest floor, before falling to my knees. What had I done?