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Chapter 10- Family lovin'

BPOV

I figured I must have passed out as the next thing I knew I had woken up in a foreign room. Hesitantly I looked around as the events of yesterday flooded into the front of my mind. I gave out a small helpless yelp as my hand automatically cradled my face as tears began to stain my skin. My tears blurred my sight but they were brushed off my face with a pleasantly cold hand.

"Don't cry baby girl, I've got you now, I won't let anyone hurt you, I promise that till the end of time"

I looked up through my red rimmed eyes and straight into the warm golden ones of Edward. He gave me a small heartfelt smile as my sobs turned into hiccups.

"Edward? Where am I?"

He looked slightly embarrassed as he realized I had no idea where I was.

"Well actually you're in my room, in my house. But don't worry, you're safe here, and my family would like to see you, if that's ok with you of course..." he trailed off. I blushed at the thought of his family being downstairs and that I had taken over Edward's bed, I hope he was able to sleep somewhere comfy; I wouldn't have liked to put him out more than I already had.

"Sure, that's fine, I urm just need to go to the bathroom if that's ok, will be down in a sec" I said, blushing and looking down at my hands which were holding each other in my lap. I peeked up through my eyelashes at Edward, who looked paler than usual at what I had just said.

"Urm, sure! Of course, the bathroom is the second on the right, and Alice has some clothes here if you want to get changed... or showered" he said awkwardly. He got up off the bed and I somehow felt lonely at the loss of his embrace. He walked over to the corner of his room and picked up a towel and a pile of clothes and passed them to me. I gave him a grateful smile as he led me out of his room by placing his hand on the small of my back and leading me to the oversized bathroom. Once I was in there he gave me a body puff, shampoo and body wash and put it on top of the clothes and towel in my arms. He backed out of the room and gave me a small nod before closing the door behind him. As I turned around and saw how big and clean it was, the white tiles were spotless and the room was bigger than my old living room!

I stumbled forward, avoiding the huge mirror which was in front of the sink. The bath looked inviting but I knew I needed to be quick if not I would look rude. With my back to the mirror I got undressed in the deadly silence. As I was undressing I was alone with my thoughts and as I twirled my wrist to get my dress off I gasped out in pain. I looked down and saw it was bruised and swollen. Tears of pain shunned my face as I remembered James stamping on it is what caused it to break, as I cried the only words I could think for myself was pathetic. The pain was overwhelming, but I had faced worse. Before the memory could become too visual I tried to lock it up at the back of my mind, to hopefully never be found again. Carefully, I undressed myself and tip-toed into Edward's monstrosity of a shower, clutching my shower stuff. The shower seemed to have jets coming off of every angle; I smiled at how nice it looked. I pressed the power on button and moaned at the warm water which began to massage my skin, cleaning me of the dirt which smothered me.

I simply stood there for minutes letting myself feel relaxed. I made sure my hair was completely wet before lathering it up with the strawberry smelling shampoo. Once my hair was full of the shampoo's bubbles I rinsed it out and ran my hands through my hair. With a sigh of contempt I took the white body puff and loaded it up with the creamy looking body wash before I washed my body, not even bothering to look down at the mess that I was sure my body looked. Once I had washed my body I brought the body puff up to one of the jets to rinse it off when I saw the new colour of it out of the corner of my eye. It was now a mixture of brown mud and red blood. I started to cry pathetically, a line whispering into my ear

You ruin everything new

Oh so true, I ruined my relationship with James by trusting him, I ruined my new clothes by trying to get away from him. I ruined this body puff just by touching it, and now I will probably ruin my relationship with Edward and his family. My tears streamed down my body as fast as the water from the jets. As I eventually rinsed the body puff free of its new color I also let the water also wash away my tears. With a sign I turned the shower off and almost crawled over to the towel next to my pile of clothes. I encased my body with the huge, white fluffy towel and embraced its warmth and snuggled into it. I could feel my wet hair dripping down my back so I turned around so I could dry the ends.

Big mistake.

As I turned I caught sight of myself in the large mirror. I stood there in shock looking at my repulsive body before it was too much and I had to run to the toilet to violently throw up. My arms flung around its basin as I emptied the little I had in my stomach, my memory of my body smothered with ugly purple-black bruises and bloody cuts, my bones sticking out of my shoulder blades. Even the mental image of me made my body heave even more, so I was eventually gagging. Once I thought I couldn't throw up anymore I rolled over and collapsed on the floor. I held my head in my hands and closed my eyes and almost went into a semi-unconscious state.

The dripping of my hair onto the floor tiles allowed me to concentrate on that and slowly pull myself up. I stayed away from the mirror and dried myself off. I soon changed into the clothes Edward had left me, a white, stretchy tank top and a pair of dark blue plaid pajama bottoms. When I saw the bottom of the pile I noticed comfy looking underwear and blushed at the thought of Edward once holding it. Once I was changed I slipped on the comfy bunny slippers and snuck out of the bathroom, my hair now mostly dry from the little towel drying I could do as my wrist started to hurt again.

I snuck down the elaborate stairs, thankfully without tripping, and walked into the living room, where Edward and his siblings were, I noticed on the red love seat in the corner there were two impossibly beautiful people which I could only guess were Edwards's parents. I blushed and looked down whilst saying a quiet "hi".

I looked up when I felt an unknown pair of arms wrap around me and as I was released I was looking into the warm and kind eyes of what I guess belonged to Edwards mums.

"No need to be shy sweet child, I'm Edward's mum, Esme, but you can call me whatever you want. Oh don't cry honey" I broke out of her gaze and realized warm, wet tears were trickling down my face. I have never felt that kind of love since my mum left, someone who was like a mother figure to tell me everything would be ok. I wrapped my arms around her small frame in need of more comfort as she gasped before enclosing her arms around my slightly shaking body. I breathed in her scent and let go once I felt a warm feeling inside.

"I'm sorry, thank you, thank you for being here Esme, you just reminded me of my mum" I said looking up at her with a little smile. She looked so happy as she said "it's ok honey" and led me to a fluffy sofa where I sat down next to Edward, who had his arms ready and open for me; I sank down and snuggled in his embrace before looking at Edwards's family who were looking at me from their various positions around the room.

I was feeling content but I knew they would want answers soon but I didn't blame them. I would too if I were them.

"Bella, I want you to feel safe here but I need to know what you were running from last night, you can stay here as long as you like but we need to know if we need to tell anyone you are here or what we can do for you, but we can't do anything until you tell us Bella..." Edward said cautiously, whilst playing with my hair.

My mouth opened and closed so much that I must have looked like a fish out of water, trying desperately not to think of last night's events. I turned and looked at Edward with wide eyes, desperate to not have to relieve it, God I must have looked desperate. He looked down at me with a sad smile; he looked torn as to whether to press the matter further. I was broken out of his gaze by an unfamiliar male voice breaking the silence.

"Bella, I know it must be so hard for you, but how about yes or no questions, will that be ok?" said the man who I presumed was Edwards's dad in a comforting voice. "My names Carlisle by the way" he added. I looked up at him and said a shaky "ok".

"Ok then Bella, is there anyone we need to tell about you being here" he inquired.

I thought deeply about it, does Charlie deserve to know? No I thought harshly, he doesn't deserve to know, he would probably like it if I was dead... he almost left me for dead...

"No... There is no one..." I said, Edward stroking my hair and whispering in my ear "its ok". I let out a small smile and looked up at Carlisle, waiting for the next question.

"Bella, do we need to call the police about anything?"

"NO!" I shouted out too quickly, I couldn't call the police, Charlie was the police. I could hear Edward cooing for me to calm down before I realized I was almost hyperventilating. I tried to concentrate on his voice as my breathing eventually calmed down. The police were people I would never go to.

"it's ok Bella, you're being so brave, you're doing so well, don't worry Bella, we won't call the police, we were just checking If you wanted to, calm down now, it's ok" Edward whispered into my ears once my breathing was ok. I looked up at his family, my cheeks bright red from the embarrassment, God I must look stupid and pathetic

Charlie always told you that you were.

To my surprise they were all giving me small smiles, well except from Rosalie, but I knew I would never be good enough to get a smile from her. Carlisle slowly walked towards my position on the sofa and crouched down before me. He placed my small hands and gently placed them in his before looking me in the eyes.
"Bella you've done so well but I need to know one more thing. Who... who hurt you Bella?"

I looked up at him with my eyes begging him not to make me answer that question, pleading almost.

"Carlisle... don't... I can't answer that... I'm so sorry, so so sorry..."I said pathetically begging at Carlisle, tears once more forming at the corners of my eyes. I snuggled into Edward more to hide my ashamed face.

"It's ok Bella, that's fine, you're not ready, I can see that but Bella I do need to check your injuries, they look painful and I'm worried about your wrist dear" Carlisle cooed to me, looking down at my wrist in his hands. I nodded at him and slowly edged myself up and off of the sofa, with Edward supporting my back as I did so. I began to follow Carlisle out of the living room with Edward behind me, although before I was out the room I heard Esme's comforting voice call out to me.

"Oh Bella dear, you must be starved! Do you want me to make you something to eat? We need to get some meat on those bones" she joked with a mothering undertone; I gave her a small nod and followed Carlisle to a room which had been decked out with a medical bed and various medical equipment. I looked up at Edward with a questioning look and he just smiled at me before gesturing me towards the medical bed. I slowly layed on there and looked up at the ceiling, which was as dust free as the rest of the house.

I was broken out of my daze by the sound of rubber gloves slapping on skin. My head turned around to Carlisle who has just whipped on a pair of rubber gloves.

I gulped.

"Don't worry Bella, I just want to make sure you're ok, I'm a doctor, don't worry. Is it ok if I check out your wrist first?" I gave him a shy nod and lifted my wrist up towards him. He carefully put it in his and started to prod it about; I began to hiss in pain. Up until now it had been fairly numb but I guess I have had other things on my mind. Edward seemed to feel my distress and rubbed soothing circles into my other hand.

"Well Bella I can definitely say it's broken. Although it seems to be a clean break so it should heal nicely, I just need to wipe it with antiseptic as there are a few cuts around it but apart from that it should heal by me putting a cast on it. Now Bella I need to check the rest of your body- is that ok?" questioned Carlisle

After a moment of debate I gave him a small nod and whispered ok. I then slowly started to lower my hands to the bottom of my tank top; I heard shuffling and noticed Edward turned around as I did so to give me some privacy

"Bella, do you want me to go-" queried Edward

"No!" I said a little too quickly "please stay, I want you to stay Edward" I trailed off. Even though I could only see the back of Edward I saw his head bob up and down as he nodded.

I carried on pulling the white tank top up so my stomach was showing, I looked down at the skin and I felt slightly repulsed by the off blue-purple colour of it and the scattering of cuts. I quickly went back to looking at the ceiling. I started to daydream as Carlisle inspected and cleaned the cuts off of my back and before I knew it I was being turned over so he could check on my back. I could have sworn I heard someone gasp as I assume they looked at it. Before I knew it I felt his cold hands rub over the bruises on his arms, which weirdly felt like a massage? Before I knew it I was so relaxed that I must have fell asleep.

I was awoken to someone chanting my name into my ear. I stretched my hands above my head in a cat like manner and gave a little moan. Begrudgingly I opened my eyes and was welcomed by the sight of Edward; I turned red as I realized I must have looked so rude by sleeping

"Bella its ok, you've only been out for 20 minutes, but I need to tell you that your food's ready, also Carlisle has put your arm in a cast and apart from that there are no other serious injuries, so he just cleaned them a bit. Do you want help up?"

I gave him a small smile and put my good hand out towards him but instead he lifted me up into his arms like I weighed nothing and spun me around like a princess. I giggled and told him to put me down but he didn't listen and instead carried me into the Cullens huge kitchen. He carefully placed me down on a stool of the breakfast bar and my nose was filled with the delightful smell of pasta, bacon and cheese.

As I straightened myself up in the chair a large plate of spaghetti carbonara was placed in front of me with a fork and spoon.

"I hope that's ok honey, or if you don't like it I can change it if you want" said Esme with a nervous face.

"No Esme it looks wonderful! I haven't had a meal made for me in such a long time, thank you... are you guys going to eat?" I said gesturing to Esme and herself.

"No but thank you dear, I ate while cooking and Edward did when Carlisle was putting your cast on" she said, sounding a little rehearsed. It's weird that the Cullens have food but I've never seen them eat.

I picked up my cutlery as Edward sat down next to me and put a glass of water by my side. I managed to pick up a spoonful and it tasted divine. I then tried to put more spaghetti on my fork but it just fell off. Eventually I managed to do it but as I was raising the fork to my mouth I heard a loud bang, and as my hand went up in surprise the spaghetti fell off. I looked up and was met with the dimples of Edwards's monster of a brother Emmett, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"How can you eat that stuff? It looks like worms" he said wriggling his eyebrows, I gave out a small chuckle as Esme scolded him for his manors

"Well it is yummy, anyway it takes skill to eat this, and it keeps falling off!" I said out of nowhere, I was never this bold but Emmett just feels like a big brother to me.

"Is that a challenge miss swan?" he questioned.

"Why I think it is" I came back, "first to pick it up on the spoon and eat it wins, ok?"

"You're on swan"

Before I knew it everyone had gathered around us as we desperately tried to pick up the spaghetti with our forks, although annoyingly Emmett picked it up a few seconds before me and chucked it in his mouth and swallowed whole. Me and the rest of his family looked shocked as he began doing a happy dance and before we knew it we all burst out laughing at the sight of him. I quickly ate the rest of my nearly cold food and after a small debate I let Esme wash the dishes.

Soon I was once again in the arms of Edward on the comfy sofa in the Cullen's living room as Alice and Emmett bickered about which DVD to watch. It seemed so nice to be in a warm family environment, even with the light hearted bickering. I smiled in contempt-ness as the movie started and Edward began to stroke my hair, although I knew that couldn't last. I will have to tell them what happened someday, and I can't stay here forever.

I tried to avoid these thoughts and concentrate on the soothing feeling of Edward rubbing my head; soon all I could hear was Alice aww-ing at us and the feeling of Edward around me. Before I knew it I was being lifted up onto a bed and a door room shut as darkness overtook me.

Little did I know the nightmares were coming.

A/N

I'm soooooo sorry it took sooo long to update but im back!

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