Edward Point of View

Emmett was moping around. I was getting sick of it; did he not realize how much his emotions were affecting the rest of the family? So I just went up and told him "your moping is affecting Jazz and that's stopping me getting laid' so I dragged him out hunting to the Canadian wilderness.

I was circling a mountain lion when I heard "Hasn't anyone ever told you to not play with your food?" from the tree above where I was playing with the mountain lion. I just grinned up at him and the lion pounced on my back and his claws ripped down my back. 'Crap, Bells got me this shirt!"

'You're such a child' he told me mentally and I just laughed. The lion was getting desperate now and it's growling was becoming higher pitched. I pounced on it and the force pushed us back into the forest. Then it was silent as I bit into his neck.

A few minutes later after I'd drained my meal, I ran back and pushed Emmett off the boulder to sit on it myself. "I almost felt that one claw me. You should try it sometime" I said eyeing his clean button down. I really didn't understand how he could just hunt and stay that clean!

"You don't have to fight your food; you know Bella hates it when you ruin the clothes she gives you."

"Who else am I supposed to fight? Alice cheats and I couldn't even think off attacking Bells. You are no fun and Esme gets mad if Jazz and I really go at it. I wonder what Rose does to keep me out?"

"Leave her alone Edward!" he growled at me.

"Chill man, I am trying not to be a jerk but you know it's kinda my natural state…" he didn't laugh at my bad joke and I mentally sighed.

"I'm just worried about her. Do you know how many things can happen to a human? What would you do if it was Bella, Edward? What if she could get ill or fall down some stairs or..."

"Em, I think you are forgetting I have lived through that. You weren't there after Bella's change and you didn't have to feel like it was your fault that they were changed at all. I could have stopped it you know" he looked at me shocked, I had never talked to anyone about the night of Bella's change not even Bella, "I saw her the night she was attacked. I could have offered to escort her home and saved her but I didn't. I've never told anyone that you know." I paused and took a deep breath, "Emmett you just need to be there for Rose but I all honesty I can't see the appeal."

"Well, I don't see the appeal of Bella. She seems more work than a pretty face is worth" I just chuckled. No, he wouldn't understand Bells appeal to me no matter how hard he tried. I just loved her no matter what, she accepted me and I accepted her. That made me wonder…

"You really … love her?" I questioned him after a moment's silence.

"I can't even describe it. All of a sudden she's become the uninvited focal point of my world."

"She won't last forever Em and she's kind of breakable" I truly couldn't imagine loving Bella without the physical aspects of our love.

"I can't even try Edward. I'm trying to think of the best way to cut me out of her life." I listened into is mind trying to understand what he was going through but it was just a jumble. Suddenly the thought that she may need a protector while he was here enjoying himself crossed his mind and I just patted my pocket to get his attention, and said, "Em, Alice would call if there was any reason for your panic attack and let Bells calm down and have some time to herself, for both are sakes"

"Ok. But I'm not happy about it."

"Never said you had to be." And with that said I bounded off and left him sitting on the boulder thinking about right and wrong.

When we arrived home after a quick detour to the mall to grab a new shirt we were laughing about Em falling into a river after the deer he was stalking moved out of the way just as he pounced. As we bounded through the door I saw Carlisle with his head in his hands and Esme rubbing his back. I immediately straighten up and scanned their thoughts for anything that could be wrong but they were trying hard to block me out. Suddenly, Carlisle looked up at me and said "Bella needs you. She's in the garage." I didn't even hear the last part of the sentence and sprinted as quickly as I could to her.

I found her sitting on the ground with her knees pulled into my chest trying to hold her dry sobs in. I scooped her up from the ground and carried her through the house to our room. "My love, you need to tell me what's wrong" I pleaded with her.

Luckily, she decided she would cooperate. My mind was flooded with images of Rose backed in an alleyway surrounded by a group of drunken men and I saw my Bella saving her. I could tell where this was going and strengthened my hold around her small frame. Suddenly her line of thoughts changed and all I could see was her cornered and no one coming to save her….

It was honestly painful to see her this upset about it but I knew it made sense. I hadn't seen her this bad since just before she found Em. This was what I was telling Emmett about we just understood each other.

"Shh, Shh. It's all ok. I won't let anybody hurt you" I soothed her. And that's how we spent the night her crying into the shoulder of my new shirt and me just rocking her gently in my arms. Just as I closed my eyes to try and block out her thoughts about the night of her change I heard Emmett's thoughts 'Bella is my big sister and it isn't okay in my book for anyone to hurt her'

Yes Emmett was right. No one should be able to hurt an angel.

This is the Edward's POV and now all we have to go is Carlisle's POV before we get back to the main story. Carlisles's shouldn't be very long maybe only a couple hundred words.

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