A/N: Umm…… I don't own Twilight. Just my plot line.

Chapter 8:

EdwardPOV

I was horrified. No I was more than horrified. I was pissed off. Really. How could Charlie do that? Why did he have to torture Bella into thinking she was a low-life? I mean she is so much more than that and she has potential. When she had finished her story we sat thee like statues in shock. I listened to the thoughts.

Alice: Oh boy that was horrible. Hey Edward Bella's going to start crying in the shower in like a few minutes and stuff.

Jasper: Wow so many emotions. Edward is mad, Emmett is mad, Rose is guilty, Alice is worried, Esme is full of motherly love, and Carlisle is full of compassion. Bella is strange. For telling such a horrible story, she has been hiding her emotions well.

Rose: I should not have been mean, it's just that one day she may want to be one of us, and I was trying to drive her away from it, but I shouldn't. I should help her through her story, and her human life perfect.

Emmett: I wish I could have been the one to kill that son of a bitch with Edward! How could Charlie do that to her?

Carlisle: my that was………….shocking. I thought she would cover for her father, but her story is horrifying.

Esme: Oh my goodness. Bella went through that? Why? She never did anything to him ever. I will be the mother she never had and make her life wonderful.

I was happy they were ready to help and support Bella. Bella interrupted my thoughts by saying "Can I use the shower? I kind of feel unclean after saying all that."

"Huh oh um sure." I said brilliantly. Bella looked so sad, but I can't blame her. That story must have been hard for her

"Come with me Bella, I'll show you the bathroom you'll use while you stay here." I told her quietly, I left for a few seconds to grab some jeans and a cotton t-shirt for Bella. I ran back in like 2 seconds, and handed her the clothes.

"Thanks" she told me dejectedly. Okay now I know she's sad after confessing that to us, but why was she so dejected? I smiled trying to make her feel better.

"You're very welcome Bella." And I walked away letting her have a shower. I went down to talk to my family.

"Edward, I haven't seen you killing her lately, so that's a good thing, I mean you're still not desensitized, but your love for her stops you from killing her. You're so worried about protecting her, you push the monster aside." Alice told me happily. I smiled. Then I heard crying.

"Is that Bella?" I asked quickly. Alice nodded. I bolted up the stairs. I knocked on the door, and yelled, "Bella? Are you alright in there?"

"Fine" she told me, but I could hear the tears in her voice. We shouldn't have made her tell us her story. I opened the door, and walked in pretty embarrassed, but my face only held concern. I opened the curtain, and Bella was there, trying to hold in the tears. She was still in her bra and underwear I noticed. I have to ask her about that.

"Bella why are you so upset? Charlie is gone, you don't have to worry about him anymore." I told her, but she just shook her head.

"It's not that, I'm just………..sad" she told me quietly, still trying to disguise the tears.

"I highly doubt that, now please tell me Bella" I told her quietly, trying to dazzle her like so many others I have

She sighed. "Okay I', sad because I feel like………now that you know my story, you wouldn't want me around, and I was sad, because I felt like I was going to have to leave and—'' she stopped there suddenly and started to cry again. I watched her, then turned the shower off, and pulled her out. I used a towel to dry away the tears staining her angel's face. How could she think we have the perfect lives? I have been around for 108 years, and I'm still not sure. After a few moments, I asked

"Bella why would you think such a silly thing, and why are you still in your bra and underwear?" I asked the last part in a rush hoping she wouldn't catch it.

"I think that because while I was down there, I realized you all have the perfect life, and I'm just me. And I'm still in my under clothes, because I never knew when Charlie was going to come in and beat me, so I wanted some dignity left."She told me embarrassed. Oh my god that is horrible. I hate Charlie. I wish I could have ripped his heart out and murdered him. "Now I have to worry about over-caring vampires coming in and such." she added. I smiled at that, and then hugged her enjoying the way she felt against me but then she gasped in pain. I swear I wasn't holding her to tight or anything.

"Oh my god Bella what did I do? Are you okay? Ugh I'm such a monster" I rattled off like crazy. I knew I should have let her leave and never invited her to a house of vampires

"Edward you didn't do anything it's just my back." She told me.

"What about your back?" I asked controlling my inner rage. She smiled sadly.

"Just look." she said and turned around. I sucked in a breath of horror at the sight of her back. Long red gashes marred her back.

"Bella are those from Charlie?" I asked her angrily now. She merely nodded still facing away from me. Before she turned around I softened my features

"Wait here Bella I'll be back in a second" I said and disappeared. I went to my room to change into swim trunks, and ran back. When I got back Bella was staring at me. I smiled.

"I hope you don't mind, but we're going to take a shower together, so I can clean your back wounds out, then we have to have Carlisle look at them." I told herewith a huge smile. All she did was nod weakly. I got into the shower, pulling her in with me, and turned it on to a nice warm setting. It was so nice being here, with her warmth and the water's warmth, but also painful. Her blood smelled so good when she was wet. I cleaned her wounds as gently as I could, then turned off the water and dried her off. I took her to see Carlisle, and he said they would heal fine, but there would always be scars there. I sighed when I heard Alice's thoughts.

"I want to take Bella shopping please Edward please please!!" she begged. I took Bella downstairs, and Alice wore a huge smile

"BELLA WE"RE GOING SHOPPING!!" she exclaimed loudly, hurting my vampire hearing. Bella had a look of horror.

"Bella, if you need me to rescue you, just call." I told her quietly, programming my number in her stupid lousy tracfone.

"Thanks Edward." She said hugging me, but pulling away quickly, obviously embarrassed. And then Alice dragged her outside to her Porsche 911 turbo and sped towards the mall.

A/N: Okay so this was the last chapter in Edward's POV basically, but I added the part about Alice and Bella going shopping, but um yeah next chapter will be important. Alice and Bella are going to have some talk time! REVIEW! PEACE!