Okay, this is going to be my last time saying this! I don't own Twilight. You guys know it, I know it, and I'm pretty dang sure that SM knows it!

On with the story!

EPOV

Bella had decided that she wanted to spend the day in the meadow, just lounging around in the sun. Who was I to deny the little angel what she wanted.

We're now currently lying in the grass; just soaking up some sun.

"Eddie, your skin is so pretty! It's like a thousand diamonds are engraved in you!" Bella sighed, wistfully. "I wish I could have skin like that."

I grimaced. "Trust me; I have a strong feeling you're going to have the same skin as mine, when you're older."

"Yay!"

"Not yay."

"Why not?"

"Bella, I don't want you to have skin like this period."

"You don't want me to be as pretty as you? That's a little vain, don't you think?"

"No, Bella. You don't understand. I'm not normal. This whole family is not normal. In fact, the only thing that's normal in our lives is you."

"Maybe it's better to be not normal Edward. I mean, when I think of the word normal, I think of boring."

I raised an eyebrow at that. "Bella, I would rather be boring than not normal. I would be safer for you and I would be the right choice for you."

Bella regarded me curiously. "What do you mean by 'safer for you and the right choice for you'?"

I sighed. "Never mind. You wouldn't understand."

Bella glared at me, offended. "Try me."

I stared at her for a long moment, then sighed again and said, "Bella, I'm not a good guy."

Bella wore a shocked expression. "Yes you are! You're a sweet and loving big brother. Not many of my friends can say that about their older brothers; I'm one of the lucky few."

"Bells, I'm not the superhero you make me out to be. I'm the bad guy, the villain, the antagonist of a story line. I'm not…good for you."

Bella stared at me for a long while. I was afraid that she was going to run away from me, screaming. But, she did something that surprised me. She took my hand and kissed my forehead.

Then she got up and walked off back into the forest. I immediately panicked. There could be wolves, bears and mountain lions out there.

"Bella!" I yelled.

She kept walking until she got close to a tree. Then she stopped.

"Bella-"I started, but I got cut off when I heard a growl.

My eyes widened as a mountain lion sprung from a bush, landing a few inches away from Bella.

Bella didn't do anything. She didn't cry like most kids would do, she didn't scream, and she didn't run. She stayed completely still. As if waiting for the beast to attack.

I didn't have time to think before the lion sprung towards Bella.

"NOOOOOO!" I roared.

I ran as fast as I could; jumped in front of Bella, while hitting my feet against the lion's chest to prevent it from attacking Bella.

I snarled at the beast, ran forward, and cracked its neck. The blood didn't even appeal to me. This was the blood of a monster, threatening to kill my beloved.

Slowly, painfully, I turned back around to my love. She wasn't looking at me with fear and disgust in her eyes. She was looking at me proudly.

"Eddie," She whispered and motioned with her finger to come to her.

I was over by her side in a second. "Angel, please. I know I might seem like a monster now, but I'll get better at this I promise! I-"She cut me off by putting her small hand up.

"Eddie, do you remember what you said in the meadow? About how you're the bad guy?" I nodded.

"Well, you just proved that you're not." My eyes widened at her. "The bad guy would have just let me be eaten by that lion. He wouldn't have saved me. You didn't. You just proved that you're not a villain, just like I knew you would."

I smiled gently at her, but then frowned at her last sentence. "Wait a minute…did you plan this?" If looks could kill, Bella would be dead.

Bella swallowed nervously. "You know, the hero of the story might overlook a situation like this."

"Mmmm hmmm."

"I'm serious, Eddie. A-a-a superhero would understand that the maiden just wanted to help him see himself clearly."

"Ohhh, well, Bella? Guess what?"

"What?"

"I'm not the superhero right now. Right now, I'm just Edward, and guess what my job is?"

"To forgive Bella and let her go freely?" Bella asked, hopefully.

I smirked and shook my head. "No angel. My job is to punish Bella for being reckless and putting herself in harm's way. How did you even know I was going to be able to help you out of that situation?" I yelled.

Bella pouted. "Because I've watched you and I've seen how strong you are."

"What would you have done if I wasn't that strong?" I asked angrily.

Bella frowned. "I guess I didn't think my plan, through."

"No you didn't. Come on. We're going home. You're grounded for three weeks because of this. That means no TV, no ice cream, no playing with friends and no phone calls from Emily."

Bella sniffed. "Don't you love anymore, Eddie?" She cried.

I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at her shocked. How could she think I didn't love her? She's my whole world and she thinks that I don't love her?

Her big brown eyes were filled with tears and I felt bad. "Angel, how could you say such a thing? Of course I love you! You mean everything to me. I'm punishing you because I love you. I know it sounds weird, but if I didn't love you then I wouldn't have stopped that lion from attacking you. And me punishing you means I love you even more because if I didn't punish you then that would imply that I don't care about you and what happens to you. Does that make sense?"

Bella sniffed. "Y-y-yes. I-I-I…s-s-sup-p-pose s-s-so."

I felt even more terrible listening to her sob. "Maybe three weeks was a little harsh. How about just a tiny slap on the wrist and a "Don't do it again."?"

Bella immediately stopped crying and grinned at me. "Okay," She said cheerfully and held out her hand. I rolled my eyes and lightly smacked her wrist and said, "Please don't do that again, angel."

Bella nodded and grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the house. "That I can do, Eddie!"

Bella has him wrapped around her tiny little finger doesn't she?

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