.A/N: Ok, so I was so eager to update I couldn't wait till tomorrow to write lol. Hope you like it. Enjoy!

Recap:

She glared at me with tears in her eyes as she whispered, "I hate you, Leo"

10. No!

EPOV

Oh no! she said it! I was free but poor Leo…… I didn't want her to say it. A part of me wanted her to love him so he wouldn't be in pain but the other part, the selfish part, wanted to be freed of the pain. Why did he have to be a nice guy? Why wasn't he working for Victoria so he would deserve what he'll get but he wasn't working for Victoria and he surely doesn't deserve what he'll get.

Once the words were out of Bella's mouth Leo disappeared. He ran to hide. Bella winced I looked at her anxiously.

"Ow" Her hands flung to her stomach.

"Bella? what's wrong, love?" I asked quickly.

Don't worry about her, it's just the breaking of the bond that was between us. It will go in a few minutes Leo thought to me. He wasn't far. He was in pain, I felt it. His pain was ten times harder than the one I used to get. Not double.

Instantly, not wanting to increase his pain, I dropped my arms from around Bella.

Thank you he thought. Even in his thoughts he was gasping. I winced.

"I dunno, there's something wrong with my stomach" She moaned.

"Do you want me to take you to Carlisle?" I asked gently. Even though I knew Carlisle won't be able to do anything.

Her arms tightened around her stomach and she winced, "Yes please" she strained to talk. I barely touched her, trying as much as possible not to hurt Leo, to pull her to the car. But I heard Leo's mental gasp.

You were getting this because of me? I'm so sorry. I swear I'm sorry he was barely thinking straight from the pain but he somehow managed to talk to me. He must've felt really guilty. I hurried her to the car so that I could leave her. I opened the door for her. When she entered I closed the door and in a second I was with her in the car.

Please warn me before you touch her. Just so I'm braced for the pain Leo pleaded. I gulped.

Where was he anyway? I looked around me and found him in his car staring at me with painful eyes. I nodded one nod for him quickly before Bella would notice. I raced back home, but by the time we reached the house her pain had already ended. I noticed that Leo's thoughts never left mine. He was behind us with his car but when I parked he took a long turn and parked in the forest, just so he's hidden. He wanted to get used to the pain first, and to that he needed to know when he would get it so that he could be prepared.

We entered the house and once we did, the whole family was there. All of their thoughts came crashing down on me, taking me by surprise.

How did it go? Emmet

Is Leo ok? Esme

How's Leo dealing? Carlisle

Why are you early? Did he die? Rosalie

I can feel the poor kids pain Jasper

"Whoa guys, calm down" I shouted as I pressed my fingers to my temples. Their panicked thoughts were too much.

"What's wrong, Edward?" Bella asked quickly, and I knew what she would do.

"Leo" I whispered too low for her ears. A warning for him to brace himself just before she put a hand on my cheek.

Gasp! Was all the was in Leo's thoughts. I winced for his pain.

"Ow" Jasper shouted as he felt Leo's pain. He fell on the floor and I fell on my knees with him, I was getting it form both sides. Leo's and Jasper's.

Jasper tried to stop it but he couldn't.

You two are in pain because of me, again? Leo panicked even more, I'm leaving I'll come back later at night………….maybe.

"No!" I shouted, wanting to stop him. But I was too late. He left.

"What happened?" Carlisle asked quickly.

"He left" I informed them. Esme gasped.

"Is he coming back?" Esme whispered.

"He's not sure" I said. Bella stared at us, clearly feeling confused.

"What's going on? Who left? And what just happened?"

"Leo left" Emmet said sadly. Bella stiffened.

"Why are you sad over that jerk?! You should be celebrating that he left" She hissed with clear hatred in her eyes.

I fought back the urge to tell her the truth, "they don't know what he …..really is yet Bella" I managed to force the words out as a snarl but it was weak. I never had such a hard time lying. But he deserved better.

All their thoughts were blank. They didn't understand.

"Don't be shocked guys. He turned out to be a real jerk." Bella said harshly, "he wanted to drink my dad's blood" She shrieked. I glanced at them.

"Look alive people" I whispered to them too low for a human ear to hear.

"Oh" Esme said then gasped. Carlisle managed to look troubled. The rest looked kind of disgusted but it wasn't very convincing to me. It seems to me that we all had a hard time lying.

"um o…kay" she didn't seem very convinced either by their poor acting. "so why were you and Jasper in pain before?" she asked hesitantly.

Why does she always have to ask the wrong questions? Or exactly the right ones? "Oh that, you see" I started. Gesturing towards Jasper, "there was a ….human that was in pain. He was near. So Jasper felt her pain, and so did I" I shrugged in the end.

She stared at me and cocked her head to one side, "He or she?"

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"Well, you said he once and her once" She said suspiciously. She knew I was lying and she was sure of it too.

"Um, I didn't notice if it was a he or a she, I just noticed the pain" I said as casually as I could.

She stared at me for a short while then at the rest of my family. She eyed everyone in the family. She knew we were hiding something. All of us. I held my breath, hoping that she would let it go. But I saw her eyes tighten.

Please Bella, please, please. Let it go. I pleaded in my head. But of course when did Bella ever do anything I expected or wanted.

"Edward, I need to talk to you alone please" She whispered. She turned to the door and started walking out of the house. I sighed and received good luck wishes from every member of my family.

Bella stopped a few feet away from the house and then turned to face me. And I was shocked to see her face pained. How did I allow her to be in pain? How could I allow this?

"Edward?" She whispered but her voice cracked. I winced. Why was she in pain now?

"Yes, love?" I whispered softly. I forgot about Leo, I forgot about everything. One thing conquered my mind. She was in pain. So I put a hand on her cheek. She closed her eyes for a moment, leaning her head a bit in my palm, then surprised me when she opened her eyes by taking my hand from her face and dropping it. Her eyes tightened and I'm sure mine did too.

"I love you Edward" She whispered as her tears started to fall.

I didn't understand, "What's wrong Bella?"

She wrapped her arms around herself and looked the other way, "A…Are you l…leaving again…n?"

I froze. That's what she concluded? Oh no, how much she must have suffered from this horrid thought. "No Bella. I'd never leave you again. I can't. I promised, remember?" I wanted to wipe away her tears but I didn't want her to push me away again. I understood why he pushed me because she didn't want to get hurt. But still it stung.

"Edward, If y…you want t….to l…..leave I won't s….stop you" She started sobbing, "but….I'm only asking one thing" Her eyes returned back to hold mine, "warn me" She pleaded.

"Bella…I won't…."

"Just warn me Edward! Please" She pleaded again.

I pressed my lips together, she seemed very convinced of my leaving. I winced mentally, "What makes you think I'm leaving?"

"I'm not stupid Edward. You've been acting pretty weird lately. You're always lying and disappearing. And today it felt like you don't even want to touch me. So I'm just asking you this one thing, is that too hard?" She was on the edge of losing it, her sobs getting louder by every breath.

I took her face in my hands and forced her to look into my eyes. I ignored her struggles. Her eyes were full of painful tears. It hurt to look at them.

"Bella" I said in the most definite and final voice I could manage and trying as much as possible to look her in the eye with the same emotions, "I am not leaving you Isabella Marei Swan. I can't do that mistake again. It would end my existence. I can't put you in pain again, do you have any idea how it would drive me insane?! How it would torture me then kill me? Don't you ever doubt my love for you. Ever! Because that's the only thing that's definite, true, and right in this foolish world. Do you understand me?"

She stared into my eyes for a long moment. I think she figured out that I was telling the truth. She touched my cheek with her soft warm hand but didn't talk, I think her voice failed her. "I love you Isabella. Don't you dare doubt that"

She nodded quietly and I felt her rigid body relax. I slowly kissed her forehead and gave her a tight hug stroking her hair. After a while I remembered Leo and felt guilty so I slowly pulled away to seem normal. She had a small smile on her lips and all the pain in her eyes all but vanished.

We started walking back to the house but I was suddenly aware of Alice's panicking in my head.

Edward! Come back home now! Leo's Dying!

A/N: Oh no! not Leo! What will happen? And what happened? Find out soon lol. Cya next chappy!

Love

Mai