A/n – Sorry for not posting a chapter last Wednesday I was ill with the flu and didn't feel too good. I promise to have chapters posted every Wednesday for now on. Enjoy.

Chapter 3

EPOV

I caught Bella as she slumped forward. She was gasping for breath as she struggled to get oxygen into her system, her eyes was closed and she seemed to be having some sort of panic attack.

"Bella!" I called out to her to see if she responded and when she didn't I began to panic. "Carlisle! Help her she can't breathe"

"Son move away from her so I can see what's happening" I stepped to the side still keeping a hold of Bella's hand. Carlisle knelt down at the side of her and pressed his hand to the side of her neck.

"Her pulse is erratic, she's not getting enough oxygen and she's panicking" Carlisle rattled off what was wrong with her and that made me even more anxious. I stepped back up to Bella's side and placed both hands on either side of her face.

"Bella! Breathe" I spoke softly to her and she seemed to relax a bit at me speaking to her.

"Edward place Bella in your lap with her back to your chest it should help her get her breathing pattern back in order" Carlisle instructed be so I sat on the ground with my back to the couch and stretched my legs out.

I picked Bella up and sat her on my legs and placed her back on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her waist and spoke softly into her ear.

"Bella breathe please." She inhaled sharply so I carried on speaking to her. "Come on Bella please breathe" she started breathing properly again and all of us in the room relaxed some.

"Edward?" her voice was hoarse and she was shaking badly.

"Shhh Bella I'm right here" her shoulders started shaking and I knew she was crying. I gripped her waist and turned her around so her chest was flush against mine and wrapped my arms around her. I looked up at Carlisle and jerked my head to the left. He understood what I meant because he turned around to the rest of the family and motioned them to come out of the room.

Once Bella and I were left alone in the living room she wrapped her arms around my waist and nuzzled her head into the side of my neck. I sighed because this just felt really right.

"Edward are they going to kill me?" Bella asked and I felt my body tense up because no matter what happened I would never let anyone touch her.

"Bella I promise you they will not touch you I will kill them all before I let them get their hands on you. I'm so sorry I got you involved in this" I felt horrible that Bella's life had been threatened because of her association with me.

"Edward it's not your fault you didn't put the hit out on me they did." My Bella always trying to find a way to take the blame away from me.

"Regardless I will protect you" I vowed to her. She nodded her head and thanked me which is ridiculous because I would always protect her and I wanted to save her.

Soon after Bella's panic attack the rest of the family came in. Bella stayed were she was huddled close to me and I smiled and squeezed a little which she returned.

"Okay Bella now that Aro has involved you and has his men coming for you we want at least one of us to be with you at all times. This house is best equipped to keep you safe so we need you to be here as often as possible. We have also enrolled Jasper, Rosalie and Alice in forks high so they can watch you in school. Alice will be in all your classes and Jasper and Rosalie are going to be in the year above." I looked to see Bella biting her lip and nodding her head.

"Okay it's going to be wise to have your dad on side as well so we are going to have to try and get him to believe we are not involved with any of the mafia" I looked at Demetri and nodded. "right well that's all for now then you can go and do what you want" once Demetri left I looked down at Bella to see her staring up at me.

"Bella would you like to come up to my room?" she nodded and stood up and I followed suit and stood up at the side of her.

I took hold of her hand and lead her up the stairs and into my room.

BPOV

I walked into Edward's room and looked around. His room was huge. The walls were a pastel blue colour and the wall adjacent to the door was nothing but a sheet of glass with a silvery grey set of curtains on the sides. One of the other walls had a huge collection of CD's, DVD's and books with a complicated looking stereo the side. In the middle of the room there was a huge four poster bed with a midnight blue blanket and a wide range of pillows. There was also a very comfortable looking black leather couch in front of the glass wall.

On either side of the bed there was a bedside cabinet with an alarm clock on the one on the left. There was another door to the left of the room on the same wall as the bed.

"Where does that door lead?" I asked Edward.

"Oh that leads into the closet and in the closet we have a secret room and a gun storage room" he replied and I didn't know whether to be shocked or happy that he was equipped to protect us here.

"Oh okay" I replied.

I didn't want to go home tonight i felt safe here and I wanted to stay with Edward but I didn't know whether it would be appropriate to ask him can I stay here. It turns out I didn't need to ask.

EPOV

I wanted Bella to stay here and I thought it might be wrong of me to ask her that. We sat down on my bed and I began to speak.

"Okay Bella how about we play 20 questions to get to know each other better?" I suggested and she nodded for me to continue.

"Okay I'll ask a question and then you answer it then I'll answer the same question and then you can ask the question okay?" she nodded again so I began.

"Favourite colour?" I asked

"Purple and blue. You?" she replied.

"I like Blue and green" she nodded at my response and asked her question.

"Favourite animal?" she questioned.

"Mountain lion you?" I asked her.

"I like monkeys" she said.

We continued on like this for a while until Esme popped her head in.

"I've spoken to your dad Bella and he said you can stay here. I just told him you fell asleep and he was at work anyway so you are allowed to stay here." Esme said and I knew there was a reason I loved her so much.

"Thank you Esme" Bella replied and smiled.

"You're welcome dear" Esme was always motherly to everyone.

"Good night Edward sweet dreams Bella" Esme smiled again before she shut the door and left.

I turned to look at Bella and she was biting her lip as if she was nervous. I grabbed her hand and spoke to her softly.

"Bella what's wrong?"

"Erm well it's just where am I going to sleep?" she was worried about sleeping arrangements. I almost smiled at that but then figured she might think I'm laughing at her.

"Silly Bella you'll be staying in here with me" she looked down shyly and I think I even caught a hint of a smile.

"Okay shall I sleep on the couch?" if she thought I would let her sleep on the couch she was sorely mistaken.

"Don't be absurd you'll sleep in the bed I'll take the couch you will be more comfortable in the bed." I smiled at her to show her I meant what I said.

"No way Edward this is your room you take the bed it's no trouble for me to take the couch." Bella tried to argue her case.

"How about we both just sleep in the bed on separate sides?" I questioned and the thought of sharing my bed with this brown eyed goddess instantly had my dick springing to attention. I had to readjust my pants so she couldn't see the obvious tent I had going on.

"Okay but sometimes I kick or sleep talk so I apologise in advance" she blushed an appealing shade of red.

"That's okay I probably snore so were even oh and wait here I'll be back in a few minutes I'll just see if Alice or Rose have something more comfortable for you to sleep in" I stood up and left the room and walked down stairs where I could hear Alice and Rose talking.

"Hey Alice Rose do either one of you have something Bella could sleep in?" I asked the girls.

"Ye I actually bought some pyjamas from the mall the other day I'll run up and get them" Alice hoped out of her chair and bolted up the stairs.

"Hey Edward Bella seems lovely" Rose commented and I was beyond shocked that Rosalie actually had something nice to say about someone.

"Ye she is she's amazing" I spoke before actually realising what I said.

"You like her" it was more of a statement than a question.

"A lot" I replied without missing a heartbeat.

"Well then don't do anything to fuck things up with her because she is nice and will be good for you. You are already calmer than usual and she is the cause so don't dick her around capesh!" Rose told me firmly.

"Gotcha" she smiled and I smiled back. I knew I would do everything I could to make Bella happy and Rose was right she was good for me.

Alice came bounding back into the room holding some clothing in her hands.

"Okay I've got her a simple vest top and short set for some pyjamas and a dressing gown in case she isn't comfortable showing too much skin." Alice shoved the clothes into my hand and I thanked her before heading back up to my room.

I walked in and saw Bella looking through my book collection unaware that I had entered the room.

"You can read anything you like" I spoke and she jumped about 2 foot in the air, squeaking in surprise.

"Edward you startled me" that delectable shade of crimson spread across her cheeks again.

"Sorry oh here Alice gave me some pyjamas and a dressing gown for you to wear tonight." I handed her the pyjamas.

"Thank you" she smiled up at me and for once I was momentarily dazed. I shook my head to clear my thoughts.

"No problem you can change in the bathroom if you want it's just across the hall."

"Okay thanks I'll be back soon." She headed for the door and walked across to the bathroom to change. Whilst she was getting changed I headed into my closet and got myself a change of clothes.

I grabbed a simple muscle vest and a pair of trackie bottoms. Once I had everything I needed I headed back into my bed room and Bella wasn't back so I started getting changed. I pulled my jeans of and put my trackie on. Once they were on I pulled my shirt over my head.

I heard a sharp intake of breath so I whirled around and came face to face with a flushed looking Bella.

"Oh Edward I'm so sorry I didn't know you were getting changed" she turned around and faced the door so I quickly pulled my vest over my head and walked over to where she stood. Bella looked edible in her shorts and top. The shorts came to mid-thigh and made her ass look fantastic. The top came to just above her shorts so you could see a sliver of her smooth flat stomach.

"It's okay don't worry about it" I spun her around and lead her over to the bed.

She was still looking flushed and breathing heavily and for a second I thought she might have been aroused.

I pulled the covers back and gestured for Bella to get in. she climbed up onto the bed and I pulled the covers over her body before walking around to the other side of the bed.

I got myself situated and turned around to face Bella. Once I had turned I saw that she was already facing me. She smiled once she saw me looking at her and I couldn't help but grin back at her she was just beautiful.

"Hey" her voice was soft and nothing but a whisper. It made me feel even guiltier for getting an innocent beautiful girl like Bella involved in all this shit.

"Hey I'm so sorry for getting you involved in something like this Bella I never meant for you to end up involved in this shit" I was angry at myself for getting her involved.

"It's not your fault Edward its Aro's and he will get his comeuppance sooner or later" Bella told me and I knew she was partly right but I still blamed myself for this happening to her.

"I'm still sorry Bella, Aro wouldn't have even known who you were if it wasn't for me" I told her.

"No Edward do you not see you saved me who knows what Tyler would have done to me if you didn't turn up" Bella said and I started shaking with anger just remembering what that asshole was about to do.

"Okay Bella let's just go to sleep eh?" she nodded and yawned at the same time. She must be exhausted. She looked up at me and hesitantly scooted forward and rested her head on my arm.

I smiled at her to show her I didn't mind. In fact I was ecstatic to have her this close to me she smelled so good. I moved my arms so I had them wrapped around her and fetched her closer to me so her head rested on my chest. I sighed out of pleasure. I loved the feeling of her in my arms.

I heard her breathing even out and knew she was asleep. I closed my eyes and felt myself drifting off into unconsciousness.

BPOV

I woke up early the next morning and looked around. I was still in Edwards bed cuddled up close to his chest. I couldn't get the image of Edward's naked back out of my head. The way his muscles were ripped and his perfect smooth skin were tanned I got all hot and bothered just remembering it.

I knew I needed to get up soon so I disentangled myself from Edward's body and walked across to the bathroom to get my clothes back on. Once I had finished getting dressed I walked back to Edward's bedroom and saw Edward sitting up.

"Morning sunshine" I smiled at him when he looked at me.

"Good morning Bella" he replied and smiled back at me. "I'm going to get dressed and then we will go down and get some breakfast okay?" the thought of breakfast made my stomach rumble rather loudly and I could feel my cheeks start to warm with the all familiar blush. "I'll take that as a yes then" I smiled and nodded.

Edward stood up and walked to his closet grabbing a pair of dark wash black jeans and a blue button up shirt before heading to the bathroom to get changed. After about 5 minutes Edward walked out in his clothes smelling amazing and smiling brightly.

"Come on then let's get you fed" he grabbed my hand and led me down stairs to where I could smell the mouth-watering scent of bacon.

We walked into the kitchen and Esme was at the oven cooking up a feast with the looks of things.

"Good morning Esme" I smiled at her when she turned.

"Good morning Bella did you sleep well?" she asked.

"Yes thank you very much for allowing me to stay here" I told her gratefully.

"Oh it's no problem at all dear." She smiled at me. "Why don't you and Edward go and sit at the kitchen table and I'll bring the food in" she told me.

"Okay thanks again Esme" she just waved me off and Edward led me into the dining room and we sat at the table and soon after everybody else joined us. I was a little shy at first but everyone included me in their conversations and I soon found myself joining in on their banter.

"So Bella tell me if it was a choice between a mars bar and a snicker what would you pick?" Emmett asked me.

"Definitely a snickers I like the nuts" I told him before realising how bad that sounded.

"So you like nuts then Bella?" Emmett snickered and I giggled along because it was pretty stupid of me to say that.

"Oh ye Emmett I love nuts didn't you know" I replied and Emmett cracked up even more and soon the whole table was full out laughing.

"She's a keeper eddie boy" Emmett snickered and Edward glared at him.

"I know but if you call me eddie ever again I will fucking shoot you." Edward told him and I was actually scared he would shoot him.

"Oh come on Edward lighten up" Emmett smirked at him.

"Fuck of Emmett" Edward glared at him again and then turned to smile at me.

Breakfast was such a laugh and I didn't want to go home but I knew I needed to get back to Charlie so after I had helped Esme clean the dishes Edward drove me home.

"I've programmed my number into your cell phone so if you ever see anybody suspicious driving around call me straight away. I'm going to have jasper come over here and set up some security cameras and stuff to make sure your safe. I'm also going to be getting someone to drive by every hour to check on the house" Edward told me once we had pulled up to my house.

"Okay thank you Edward for doing this I don't mean to be such a bother" I told him.

"Don't be silly Bella I am happy to do it." Edward pulled me into his arms and hugged me tightly which I gladly reciprocated. "I'm going to call you as soon as I get home okay?" Edward whispered into my ear. I nodded my head and pulled away.

I walked up the porch steps and unlocked the front door with my key. I walked into the doorway and spun around and waved bye to Edward. After he had left I walked into the kitchen to get some dinner ready for when Charlie got home. Unfortunately I'm dangerous enough with a feather so using a knife to open a can of chopped tomatoes wasn't a good idea.

As I jabbed the knife into the top of the can the knife slipped of the metal and went straight across the palm of my hand. I dropped the knife and looked at my hand only to see that blood was already dripping down my arm and onto the floor. I started to sway dangerously and my vision got blurry. I tried to grip onto the counter for support but it didn't help I fell forward and banged my head on the counter on the way down.

My head started to feel warm and heavy and soon after I slipped into the darkness of unconsciousness. (That actually happened to me)

A/n – sorry it took so long to get it up I hope you enjoy please review all comments are appreciated.