A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed, favorited and followed. You are the best. Also a huge thank you to katandjasper for beta'ing. Love you
I don't own Twilight, but it is fun playing with the characters.
Edward prowled around school, frustrated without Bella there and knowing he couldn't skip without raising suspicion and he placed the blame for his frustration on Bella. He didn't care how hurt she was, he wanted her by his side always. If she would just listened to him and did what he said she wouldn't have gotten hurt, but she would learn soon enough, he would make sure of it and if she opened her mouth to anyone he would teach her a lesson that she would never forget before taking her away and locking her away from the rest of the world until she knew her proper place.
He was relieved that his Bella was so generous as to donate her blood for him to feed on, it didn't matter to him that she didn't do it willingly. To finally be able to feed on human blood was the best feeling ever. He was tired of acting like Carlisle's golden boy, tired of being the emo virgin of the family when he was anything but.
He then saw Alice come over and he smiled. Alice had always understood him and she had a way with anticipating his needs that was almost shocking, but then again she was a seer and she saw a lot more than the family was privy to.
"Lauren's out in the woods, saying all kinds of bad things about Bella," Alice informed him with a wicked smile and Edward chuckled darkly at the picture he saw in her head..
"I'll have to punish her, no one has the right to say anything bad about my Bella unless its me," he said rubbing his hands together in anticipation, smirking as they followed Lauren's scent and before long they could hear the conversation and Alice hid in the woods as Edward found Lauren talking to someone on her Blackberry.
"That Bella Swan is such a whore. Just because she's the police chief's daughter she thinks she's better than everyone else and thinks she can steal my Edward? Shes got another thing coming...!" She said to Jessica, but when she suddenly noticed Edward walking over she hung up quickly before smiling and batting her lashes flirtatiously.
"Hello Edward,." Lauren said in a voice she must have considered sexy as she smiled at him with her red lips and standing in a way that her short, tight black dress left little to the imagination.
He smirked at the prospect of having someone to torture before drinking the ambrosia flowing through her veins.
"Hello Lauren," He said walking over and kissing her like she envisioned in her mind..
Lauren shuddered in pleasure, for her this was a dream come true.
"You're a dirty little whore, aren't you?" Edward asked slapping her on the ass hard, but not hard enough to cripple her.
Lauren cried out in pain, "That hurt!"
For the first time ever Lauren truly looked at Edward and realized that something was off about him. She started trembling in fear before turning away, running back to school, but before she got far Edward was in front of her and he pushed her back sending her flying.
With a thud and a pain filled moan she landed on her back and immediately tried to crawl away from him, but it just caused Edward to laugh darkly before he stepped on her leg, crushing it with an audible snap.
Crying Lauren started begging, "Please Edward, you're hurting me. I'll do anything, please just let me go."
"Well Lauren, I can't do that. Firstly, you've seen too much of what I can do and secondly no one bad mouths my Bella and gets away with it!"
With dread Lauren watched Edward stalk toward her, knowing this wasn't going to end well for her and she was thankful when her body succumbed to the darkness brought on by her pain.
Edward scoffed at how weak she was, he wanted to hear her scream and beg for mercy, he would revel in it, but it was not meant to be. He motioned Alice out of her hiding spot before picking Lauren up and they both latched onto her neck, relishing the sweet ambrosia flowing down their throats, finally extinguishing the burn.
When they were done Alice informed him to take Lauren's body a little deeper into the woods where a mountain lion would make quick work of her body making it seem like an animal attack and the rain would quickly wash away their scents so even if the wolves came to investigate they wouldn't know a Cullen was responsible.
They quickly hunted a few deer to turn their eyes back to their usual golden color before returning to school and going about their day as if nothing happened.
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Bella was thankful that they kept her sedated, though she wasn't unconscious she didn't feel the overwhelming pain from her injuries either. She knew she needed to talk to Carlisle privately, but she was so scared that Edward would see it in Carlisle's mind and she would pay the price.
Edward had changed so much and she was scared, not for herself because although he was hurting her she knew he wouldn't kill her, but he might kill her father or someone else and she wouldn't be able to live with herself if he did that because of her.
Carlisle came into her room to check on her and she could see the questions in his eyes and she knew he would be asking her uncomfortable questions sooner rather than later and she knew that even though she's scared she needed to talk to someone. She needed the help to get away from Edward.
"'Hi Bella. How are you feeling today?" Carlisle asked smoothing her hair back tenderly.
"I'm fine," Bella replied in a dull voice, yet she could see she was not fooling Carlisle.
"Bella...Who did this to you?" Carlisle asked softly.
"I...I don't know what you're talking about, Carlisle." Bella whispered refusing to meet his eyes.
Softly Carlisle lifted her head to look her in the eye before he said, "Bella I know someone pushed you down the stairs. I saw the bruise on your arms. Did. . Did Edward do this to you?"
Tears ran down Bella's face as she shook her head, but she couldn't answer Carlisle and he knew that Edward was responsible for Bella's pain and though his heart ached at the thought of his first son abusing his human daughter he was determined to protect her.
"Don't worry Bella, I will protect you. The family will protect you." Carlisle said taking her into his arms and holding her until she cried herself to sleep before he made his way to his office to call Esmé to ask her to bring everyone except Edward and Alice, who luckily were still at school, to the hospital so that they could plan and keep watch over Bella.
He didn't have to wait long before the family showed up and he quickly informed them of Bella's condition and that Edward was responsible. He told them that they would have to watch Bella twenty-four-seven and that they would have to find a way to deal with Edward without either him or Alice finding out what was going on.
The family was saddened that Edward had gone so far, especially since he knew what Esmé and Rosalie had been through and how it made them feel, but what shocked them the most was when Rosalie told them that she saw Edward drink human blood from a vial and that it smelled like Bella's blood. They knew they needed to stop him and soon before he killed Bella...
A/n: So what do you think of Edward and Alice killing Lauren? Do you think the family will manage to protect Bella and how do you think Edward will react to the family protecting Bella and keeping him away?
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