A/N: Here you go...
Disclaimer: Twilight is Stephenie Meyer's
When we got back to the Cullen house, everyone claimed they were "tired" and retired to their rooms. Edward and I sat in his living room, saying nothing. I was thinking about what had happened over the trip, and I bet Edward was thinking the same thing.
After about ten minutes of silence, I saw Edward's head whip around toward me. I looked at him curiously, but he wasn't looking at me, he was looking past my shoulder at something. I turned my head and saw Rosalie walking by. She looked at me with hate and disgust written clearly on her face. I smiled at her, trying to make her see I was not going into war with her, willingly.
She saw my smile and looked at me with rage. She misinterpreted it; she thought it was a mock, not an attempt at truce. Instead of going on her merry way, she started coming toward me and I heard a low growl behind her throat.
"Rosalie, don't you dare." Edward warned, but she didn't listen. I just sat there, staring at her huge, magnificent eyes. I felt scared, of course, but for some reason those eyes kept the feeling distant.
"Rosalie, no!" I heard Edward's cry and I was brought back to the present. I looked around and saw Edward tackling Rosalie to the floor.
"Oh!" I yelled and got up, not knowing what to do with myself. "Emmett!" I screamed, he would be able to fix this. He was there in an instant.
"Edward, get off of her!" He roared loudly, shaking the house, but Edward did not get up.
"Edward, Emmett has got it. Everything will be fine." I whispered, knowing he could hear me. It took a second before he gave up. I saw him throw Rosalie's hand down in anger and he got up and started to walk my way.
"That's right, listen to your Bella." She snickered and was helped up by Emmett. They both ran up stairs to their room. I had to hold back Edward from going after her again.
"Honey, it is okay." I soothed him. I sat him down on the couch and I took his hand. He seemed to be shaking. "What was she thinking?" I asked, appalled that such a little incident could have him so revved up.
"I don't want to tell you." He said through clenched teeth. I nodded. I understood; if he didn't want to tell me, I was okay with that.
"Whatever it is, don't worry. We'll be fine." I said, and kissed his hand. He smiled slightly and got up.
"Let's get out of here." He suggested and I nodded, bouncing up and walking out the door. Whatever Rosalie had thought must have been bad, or else Edward would never jump on anyone!
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"What do you mean 'Rosalie is going crazy'?" Alice's soft voice asked. I was upstairs in Edward's room. He had told me to wait here while he went down stairs to get something. It had been taking a while so I started to come down stairs, but then I heard him and Alice talking.
"What I mean is that she wants to kill Bella!" Edward exclaimed in a whisper. I sat down on the steps as quietly as I could.
"No way!" Alice said in off-hand tone. Edward must have nodded because I heard a small, "Oh." Come from Alice. "Do you mean literally kill Bella?" Her voice sounded strained.
"Yes! I wouldn't have brought this up if it was all a joke!" Edward said in an annoyed voice.
"Maybe you two should move?" Alice suggested.
"And be running from Rosalie our whole life? Not a chance." Edward said, "We need to find out what is wrong."
"You are the one who can read minds, so don't ask me!"
"I know that, but Rosalie's mind is not giving me the right information. It is saying that she is still jealous of the fact that Bella is human and she is not. But that can't be the right thing, since Bella is one of us." I loved how he said I was one of them.
"So maybe she is trying to trick you. Or maybe she doesn't know why she is doing this, so her head just uses that as a reason." Alice said.
"I'm pretty sure that she is trying to trick me. I need to get to the bottom of this. I can't be around all the time for Bella." Edward said in a tired tone. I felt a little bad that I had to be watched and taken care of.
"Bella can go through a fight alone, she can!" Alice squeaked, "Edward, you got to let her do her own things, let her fend for herself sometimes." I was glad Alice said this. Even though I want to be with Edward every second of the day, he never gave me the benefit of the doubt. He still felt like I was poor little Bella, who couldn't walk across flat surfaces to save her life.
"I know she can, it is just me that can't let go…" Edward whispered.
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"Bella?" I heard Edward's soft voice behind the door. "Can I come in?" He asked.
"Yeah, it's your room." I laughed.
"No, it is both of ours." He said and laid next to me on the bed. "Are you okay?" He asked and propped himself up on one elbow, looking at me.
I took a minute to answer; making sure my voice didn't betray me. "I'm fine." I said even though I was thoroughly scared. I was scared of Rosalie, I was scared that maybe I couldn't fight for myself, and I was scared that we would have to move away from the people I loved.
But Edward didn't know all that, so he nodded, believing my fineness. He kissed me on the cheek and laid his head down on the pillow. He took my hand involuntarily and put it on his cheek. I saw him frown a little, as he didn't feel the warmness he used to feel, but he kissed it anyways.
"Bella?" He said after a few minutes of silence. "What do you think Rosalie is mad about?" He asked. I smiled, feeling as if finally, he would ask my opinion on something.
"I'm not sure." I said. "Edward, don't get mad when I say this," I looked over at his face and he nodded slightly, "but maybe she loves you. Maybe when Carlisle had brought her to the family to be with you, she did fall in love with you, and you just didn't see it or feel it." I explained. He sat there, his face composed.
"Bella, that is not it. I'm sure of it." He said in a determined voice.
"How do you know? You might be wrong!" I accused him.
"I have heard her thoughts about Emmett. She loves him a lot, more than her close or her self-image." He said and I nodded, understanding a little. Her love for him didn't show much at all.
"Then I have no clue what is going on." I said, looking at our hands intertwined together.
"I'm sorry to say I don't know either." He said.
"Edward?" I said quietly and Edward squeezed my hand in acknowledgment. "I'm scared." I said. I felt like crying, why wouldn't these dry eyes give me tears!
"Bella don't be!" Edward immediately hugged me into him, my face resting on his shoulder. "You don't have to be scared, I'm here for you." He reassured me and rubbed circles on my back.
"I know." I mumbled. He lifted me off his shoulder so I was in his lap, facing him.
"I don't want you to be scared. You can't be scared." He pleaded. I looked at flawless features: his topaz eyes, perfect nose, and unblemished skin. I sighed, looking down.
"I can't just stop myself." I said. Edward put his hand on my chin and made me look him in the eyes.
"If I were with you, all the time, would you still be scared?" He asked, his face looked as if it was pained. I looked at him, not sure. I was never scared of anything with Edward, but what I had heard down stairs had made me think I should feel otherwise. I didn't want to be a burden to Edward. But I didn't know if I could lie to Edward now.
"I'm never afraid of anything with you." I whispered, but before he could say, "I told you so" I said something else, "But I don't want to be bothering you all the time. I don't want to be that extra load you have to pick up."
Edward looked appalled by my statement. "You would never bother me, you would never be an 'extra load', and I love your company." He smiled at the last phrase.
"But isn't it hard…"
"No." He put his hand on my mouth, "Don't even think about that. This whole Rosalie thing is just an excuse for me to be with you all the time!" He said and I smiled. He took his hand off my mouth and brought his lips to mine.
"You don't need to worry about a thing." He whispered before touching his cool lips to mine.
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"We are going shopping, want to come?" Alice asked me. She meant 'we' as in Rosalie and her. And if I wanted to commit suicide, I would defiantly go with them.
"No thanks, I have to do some work." I said to her and turned around to see Edward standing there, as usual. He hadn't broken his promise to be by my side at all times. Hey, I wasn't complaining!
"Oh yes, Bella and I are going to do yard work!" He smiled at Alice and slightly frowned at Rosalie. Edward took my hand and led me to the back door of the house.
"So, yard work?" I raised my eyebrows.
"Actually, not really. We just have to go on the roof and look at gutters, but it only takes a second." He shrugged. There was a ladder, which went up two stories, at the side of the house. Edward climbed it and then jumped to the top of the third story. I gaped, wondering how I was going to do that.
"Come on!" He yelled from the top. I climbed the ladder and stood on the last step, not even holding on to anything (my balanced had improved.) "Now jump, I'll catch you."
I didn't doubt that he could catch me; the only thing I was scared of was the jumping part. Now, you'd think that when you turned into a vampire with great strength and sense, you would have some courage. I guess I didn't count as the normal vampire.
"Come on, you'll be fine." Edward said, holding out his hands. I gave him an exasperated look before I jumped straight up, surprising myself when I went higher than the roof. I came back down quickly, but I hit the roof softly.
"See, you can do anything!" Edward chuckled and took my hand. He led me through the slanted tiles to the center.
"But the gutters are on the outside." I reminded him and he shook his head.
"No silly, I'm checking the gutters, you are sitting here." He directed me. He walked gracefully off to the other side of the roof as I sulked. I felt like a child.
I looked around, suddenly taking in the beauty. You could see just past the trees that surrounded the Cullen house. It was breathe-taking: the luscious green trees, the small creek that flowed right behind them, and then the total wilderness beyond. I was so taken back by the perfectness that I didn't even hear Edward say my name.
"Bella?" He said, slightly shaking me.
"Oh, sorry." I said in a sleepy voice.
"It is beautiful, isn't it?" He asked, sitting beside me.
"Defiantly." I agreed. He chuckled and pulled me closer to him. He traced patterns on my leg as I looked out over the great expanse. I just couldn't believe it was real. But it all ended too soon, when we heard Esme call our names. This time, getting down seemed way harder.
"Okay, all you do is jump backward, you'll hit the ladder, promise." Edward said. He then suddenly jumped. I gasped, but then laughed when I saw he was climbing down the ladder.
"Okay…" I said. I jumped down and I felt the cold metal hit my feet and hands. I let out a big breath of air. I climbed down and met Edward at the bottom. We came into the house to see Esme and Jasper standing next to each other on the piano platform.
"What's wrong?" Edward said, starting to search their minds.
"Nothing is wrong." Esme said in a reassuring voice. "But Charlie is in the hospital." Her words hit me like a bat. A bat the Barry Bonds swings at a 100 mph curve ball. I stepped backward, not able to take in the information. I didn't know I cared that much.
"Is he okay?" Edward asked for me. He leaned me against him, and he put his arm around my waist.
"I'm not sure. Carlisle is taking care of him. He was in a car accident just a few hours ago." Esme said, looking down. I thought back to what I was doing just a few hours ago. I was enjoying the beauty of the scenery while another car was hitting my dad.
"Let's go." I said at once. I ran out of the house toward my Porsche, but I stopped dead in my tracks. Rosalie was under my car, tinkering with some stuff.
"What are you doing?" I asked, shocked.
"Oh, I was just upgrading your car's floor main-bar." She said with an evil smile on her face. I had no clue what a floor main-bar was, but I didn't care. I jumped in the car and saw Edward beside me quickly. I stepped on the gas and headed toward the hospital.
"I'm sure he is fine." Edward said. I just ignored him and kept my eye on the road, trying to get there as fast as I could. We entered the main street of Forks when the car started swerving. I pressed on the break, but it wouldn't stop. I looked at Edward, who was looking as surprised as me.
"Edward?" I screamed, putting my hands over my eyes. I was in no real danger, I just felt scared.
"Don't worry." He said as calmly as he could. I peaked from under my fingers to see a wall starting to come toward us.
"Why is the wall moving?" I asked hysterically.
"We are moving, Bella honey. Don't worry, we will be fine." He took my hand and held onto it tightly. I looked at Edward, hoping some sense of calm would come to me. It did, a little. I watched as he looked at the wall, his hand on his seat belt. He then unbuckled it.
"Edward, no! I know we are indestructible, but still…" I didn't finish the rest of my sentence because Edward threw his body over me and we hit the wall with an amazing force.
A/N: Hoped you liked it. I don't know when my next chapter will be up. I have a bunch of projects due in school and all the finals are this week too, sotry to hang in there cuz i might not review in like a week or something!
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