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Disclaimer: Twilight is not mine, its Stephenie Meyer's.

Bella's POV:

I was sitting on the floor in the corner of my room, Jason walking towards me.

"Edward!" I screamed, but no one came.

"Edward!" I screamed again.

Jason sauntered forward, and then sent a fist towards my face.

My eyes flew open.

"Shh, Bella. It's okay, it was just a dream," Edward tried to soothe me, but his voice was filled with worry. His cool hands were caressing my face. I sat up quickly.

"Oh," was all I could say, and then tears began to leak down my cheeks again. He pulled me onto his lap and I lay my face in his chest, breathing in his calming scent.

The tears stopped soon after and I was able to sit up straighter.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

"You have nothing to apologise for Bella, this is all my fault", he said.

"How?" I asked him.

"If I had never left you in the first place, none of this would have happened."

"No," was all I could say. It all made sense now. Why Edward had been acting so strange, why he comforted me this way; he felt guilty for what had happened. I didn't even blame him, but that was his nature, to shoulder the blame for everything that went wrong.

My heart fell even further and I pushed myself away from him. But no matter what he felt about me, they had all just saved me from Jason. I leaned in and took his hand.

"Thank you," I said fervently.

He seemed taken aback at first, but then he leaned forward slightly and said, "Of course, I will do anything for you." This confused me, why would he care about me?

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Bella, I love you, I will never let anything happen to you ever again." I just sat there in shock, absolutely frozen. He seemed to notice my distress.

"What's wrong?" he asked, worry in his voice.

I couldn't answer at first, but after a long while I said, "You said you didn't love me." I said it barely louder than a breath.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. I lied to you; everything I said to you that day was a lie. A total and utter lie. I'm so very sorry for that," he said desperately.

"Why? Why did you leave?" I asked, my voice breaking on the last word.

"I thought you would be safer without me in your life, I thought you would be happy," he said sadly. I shook my head, how could he possibly think I could ever be happy without him?

"Please, I know I hurt you, and I'm so, so sor-" I cut him off by placing a finger over his lips.

"You don't need to apologise, you've done nothing wrong," he gave me a skeptical look.

"You were just doing what you thought was best. I can't blame you for that," I said as I pulled myself closer to him. He took my face between his cool hands and brought his lips down to mine. We kissed passionately for an immeasurable amount of time. This kiss was like no other we'd ever shared before. It was filled with the sweetness of reunion, but had an urgent edge, as though we were trying to make up for all the lost time between us.

When we broke apart, we just sat there in each other's arms, memorizing each other's faces. His golden eyes were filled with glory, as though he was the winner of some amazing prize.

After hours of just sitting there enjoying the moment; Esme came in with some food for me. I hugged her and whispered a thank you in her ear. I knew she understood it was for more than just the food.

During the rest of the day each of the Cullens made an appearance, Edward never leaving my side.

I had actually jumped up and ran when I saw Alice's slight figure come through the doorway. Of course, I tripped halfway there and she had to catch me in her stone arms.

"I missed you," I muttered in her ear.

"I missed you too," she said and she looked as though she would have cried if she could.

They had all surprised me with their visits.

When Jasper had come, he had given me a comforting hug and sat next to me and Edward on the bed. Usually he kept his distance from me, only coming close when necessary, but here he sat as though I was just another part of his family. I had realised with a jolt of happiness that I was part of the family again. He gave me an inquiring look at this and I just shook my head and smiled.

Eventually, Jasper left and next through was Emmett. At first he had been unusually serious and solemn as he asked if I was okay. He soon returned to his normal joking self and began making jibes about how I always seemed to attract danger. Even though I knew it was true, I still scowled and blushed furiously. He laughed.

"That's my little sis."

I was glad Emmett saw me this way, because I had always seen him as the big brother I never had, and always wanted.

The biggest surprise of all was Rosalie's visit. She was not harsh or unkind to me, but actually compassionate and understanding. She explained how she had gone through a similar ordeal to me, except not been so lucky, when Carlisle had found her and changed her. It was helpful to know I was not alone and made me realise I was actually lucky that I had not gotten worse, and had come out happy in the end.

It wasn't until after Rosalie had left and I was thinking about all of this, when a sudden thought occurred to me.

"Where is he?" I asked. Edward knew who I meant straight away and his face went hard.

"We took care of him; you don't need to worry anymore." I wasn't sure I wanted to know what he meant, so I dropped it.

Sorry to all those people who wanted to know what happened to Jason, I really couldn't think of anything that the Cullens would actually do to him. I can't see Carlisle torturing anyone. But if you can, hey, let your imaginations go wild ;D There will be one more chapter :)