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Previously on Chapter 10

"Get out! NOW! Get out of my house!" I sobbed angrily. I couldn't believe he had actually forced me… he hurt me, again. I realised that my insides were in pain and felt like it had been torn apart. My back was in pain from when he had slammed me against the wall. My ribs were aching from his grasp. My arms were hurting from his firm hold. My pelvis even hurt. I cried loudly, this was not how I wanted my first time to have been. I held my head in my hands; I wanted to pull my hair out. Why did he do that to me? I screamed I was so overwhelmed.

Chapter 11

I could not stop the tears from flowing, I could not contain myself, I was screaming and sobbing at the same time; I felt like I was over loaded with anger and misery. I did not want to believe what had happened, I didn't want to accept it and the more I struggled to believe it, the more my head ached.

After spending what seemed like forever in the bathroom, just leaning against the bath, crying endlessly. I finally calmed down. With the last few sobs escaping, I realised my mind was beginning to calm and almost forgetting. I attempted to stand up; I wasn't quite aware of the injuries on my body. I groaned loudly from the pain that struck me, down my spine and through every single muscle in me, "Argh." I exhaled loudly, trying to ease the pain. I breathed in and out heavily as I pushed myself up, gently, I grabbed onto the edge of the bath and realised I couldn't use one wrist. I sighed in anger, I was so weak, barely able to move, and even so, I decided that I didn't care. I placed my left hand on the edge of the bath tub and pushed myself up, groaning loudly in the process. I stood up and began to realise that my entire body was in some kind of pain, my back especially. "Ouch." I said, my eyebrows crossing. My back was in almost unbearable pain. I walked feebly towards my room; I stood still as soon as I got inside.

Every part of it now held a bitter memory. The sheets were partly on the floor; the covers were on the floor, my pillows were scattered around the room. I looked down in shame. I could feel the tears threatening again, but I forced them back. I looked around my room, browsing everywhere; I was greeted by more evidence that what had happened last night was real. I took a deep breath in, at the sight of my books on the floor and my chair isolated in the corner of my room. I then looked around a little more this time picking up every little detail. I gasped at something in particular; there was a dent in my wall, just beside my bed. That must have been the place he slammed me against. "Oh my god." I muttered under my breath. I walked closer to it with my mouth hanging open. I traced my fingers lightly over the shape of my back, my back; I wondered if there were bruises on my back… at least that wasn't a hard place to hide. I shook my head in disbelief, how could he do this? Tears took over my eyes, and this time, I couldn't stop them. I carefully moved closer to my bed, and gently lowered myself; my mouth was still open in disbelief. I looked around my room one last time and became even more shocked, as if reality was slowly sinking in.

I decided that this was it; I didn't want anything to do with Edward anymore. My anger started rising at the thought of his name, the name I loved once… I shook my head. If Edward had managed to do that, then he was able to do anything… I was truly terrified, but at the same time angry, I just wanted some kind of strength to defend myself. I rubbed my hands over my face. 'I need to sort this mess out.' I thought as I observed my room. I attempted to get up but realised I couldn't. "Ugh!" I protested against my own body. I started with my bed and grabbed my pillows and put them in the right place.

After about two hours, I had finished putting everything back into place. My body ached and I needed comfort; both emotionally and physically. I took a final look at everything and saw the dent in the wall, I decided I was going to buy a poster and cover it up with… I walked back towards my bed and decided to take a nap; at that point I realised I was still naked, I quickly walked towards my wardrobe and slipped on a comfortable dress, suitable for sleeping with. As soon as I slid under my blanket, I drifted off into a deep sleep.

Edward POV

I was shocked at my behaviour; but it felt like it was the only thing that would work. I was afraid I had now made Bella eternally terrified of me but at the same time, I was willing to do anything to keep her with me, even if she didn't want to be. 'She is just a little bit lost' I kept telling myself, 'She needs me to remind how good I am' I thought again. I wondered if Alice had seen… I doubted it, I hadn't planned it, it just happened.

I walked in through the door and saw Alice standing there, with her arms crossed and her eyebrows risen. She was waiting for me, I looked away and didn't even bother to search her thoughts, but I couldn't help myself from having a quick listen. Interestingly enough, she had no vision of anything that had happened last night. I stopped and looked at her, waiting for her to speak.

"Edward? Where have you been?" She asked in a quite whisper, which was very angry. I looked away and started walking when her thought caught my attention.

"What?" I turned back with a snarl. She nodded her head.

'I saw it Edward. I was worried about you, I assumed you had just gone hunting, but then I realised that you weren't going to be back. And then, I looked into your future… I saw Bella breaking up with you. What did you do to her Edward?' Alice explained in an angry tone.

"Nothing." I said so quietly only she could hear.

'Don't say 'Nothing'! I saw it! Before, she had decided to just bear you. And suddenly she changed her mind. There must have been a reason!' Her thoughts hit me with anger. She walked closer to me once she realised I wasn't going to reply. 'What did you do to her?' she asked again this time more anxious than angry. I turned away to go up the stairs, but she stood in front of me. 'Edward? Did you hit her again?' She asked in an anxious voice. I shook my head with a shameful laugh. She took in my expression, 'Then what?' she asked suspiciously. I looked at her knowingly and ran up the stairs. I stayed in her thoughts to see whether she had figured it out or not and after a long time I realised that every time the thought would come to her head, she would push the thought away, as if that wouldn't be possible in her mind.

"Edward." I suddenly heard Alice come in. 'She wasn't going to let this go was she.' I thought slightly annoyed. "You're going to have to answer me eventually." She spoke clearly with her pixie face in a frown.

"Let it go, Alice." I said not even looking at her.

"You know; if Carlisle finds out how you have been treating Bella-" She started but I cut her off.

"I know." I said sternly.

"We're meant to be living in peace with the humans! Not beating them up!" She explained in an angry whisper. I glared at her; this was not the time to make clever comments. "He asked about the counter…." She spoke in a serious tone. I looked at her as if to ask her what she said. "I said that you just got angry. Sooner or later he'll want to talk to you." Alice said with an upset voice. I nodded my head, I knew myself that it would happen someday. "You're not going to let her go are you?" She asked frustrated.

"No." I replied angrily.

"Alright." She replied with pursed lips. 'Reconsider it Edward.' She thought before she left.

I spent ages just staring at my walls before someone else interrupted my peace and quiet. I rolled my eyes, 'what does he want.' I thought angrily.

"Edward, I need to talk to you." I heard Jasper's voice which had a hint of authority. I ignored him. "I won't be long." He walked closer. I looked at him and watched him closely. "May I speak?" He asked politely. I nodded. "You've been feeling, very angry recently and coincidentally." He emphasised the last word, "So has Alice." He finished with raised eyebrows. I looked at him with an irritated face.

"Alice's actions have nothing to do with me." I spoke flatly. Jasper moved closer, keeping his hands behind him.

"You see, that is what I thought, but, it has been ever since you two "spoke" about that vision, that you have both changed." He explained. Was he trying to trick me into telling him something? I rolled my eyes. "Is there something that I need to be aware of?" He asked cautiously. I ignored him until one of his thoughts caught my attention, 'Perhaps something to do with Bella' he wondered. The vision of him and Bella replayed in my mind several times, and with each replay, my anger rose. "You see. I just mentioned her name and your anger levels start rising…" He trailed off. He was starting to really get on my nerves.

"Jasper, leave." I said angrily.

"Maybe if you told me, then I could help in some way." I shook my head with a sarcastic laugh. 'Help' I thought, what a ridiculous idea. He was the problem and he wanted to help. I let out a sarcastic chuckle. Jasper looked at me with a confused face.

"You" I spoke with a snarl, "are the problem." I finished off. If he really wanted to know, then maybe he should know. Maybe he should know that he's the one causing all the trouble.

"Me?" He asked as if there would be no reason for it. "What's your problem with me, Edward?" He shrugged with his eyebrows crossing. "I know we were never close but we weren't enemies. Now you are acting as though you completely hate me. Why?" he asked again as if trying to figure it out. I wasn't going to tell him the real reason. Then my fight would be over. He would know, he would tell Carlisle and Esme, and then the whole family would know, and then, there would be nothing I could do to keep her with me. "This isn't because you asked me to stay away from Bella and I didn't, is it?" He asked as if it was ridiculous.

"No, not completely." I answered flatly. He shook his head and the only thought going through his head was 'it doesn't make sense.'

Jasper POV

It didn't make sense and I needed to know why Edward was acting like this. I had spent far too long just thinking about it and I needed a proper answer.

"Why do you want me to stay away from her? Is it because of Alice's vision? Edward, I can control myself, if you remember, she was actually bleeding in the visi-"

"It's not that." He cut me off, as if he wasn't even listening. Now I was definitely confused. I stayed silent and gave him time to explain. "She likes you…" He looked at me clenching his jaw. 'Oh.' Suddenly everything started making sense… almost everything. "And I don't want to lose her." He explained looking away with anger. I couldn't quite understand why he would do the things he did to Bella, if he didn't want to lose her.

"Is that why you hit her?" I asked as anger built up in me. I tried to calm myself but it was no use. I spoke again, "Because you don't want to lose her?" The sarcasm in my voice could not be missed. His eyes shot up at me.

"What?" he asked feeling slightly angry but confused the most.

"Bruises. Lots of them, all over her." I walked closer to him, clenching my fists beside me so that I wouldn't do anything stupid; such as kill him right there. "How could you do that?" I said shaking my head fiercely. "To a fragile human? To someone who loved you?" I walked closer. A snarl started forming on my lips. He got off his bed and stood in front of me, there were no signs of shame, not one, not even in his emotions.

"I can do whatever the hell I want and it has nothing to do with you." He spoke spitefully. I lost it at that moment and growled at him pushing him down to the floor.

"Listen. I don't know what you think you're doing, or what stupid reasons are behind your actions, but, you don't have the right to hurt her. I won't control myself next time, and I'll send your head spinning off in a fire." I clenched my hand around his neck. I could hear Emmett making his way quickly up the stairs but somehow that didn't stop me.

"So, you're starting a fight?" He asked as if this is what he wanted.

"No. I'm warning you." I was about to let go of him when Emmett burst in.

"Bro, let go!" Emmett shouted. I was about to let go of him anyway, so I stood up and stood back. "What the hell is going on?" Emmett asked with a concerned face.

"Nothing… I was just" I paused searching for the right word, 'talking, with Edward." I glared at Edward.

"Talking?! More like… killing!" He was still anxious.

"Emmett, relax, everything's fine." I tried to calm him down. "He's alive, can't you see." I glared at Edward before smiling at Emmet and left, still angry. He followed after me and followed me out of the front door. I looked back and sent him a glance which should have told him to leave me alone. But, it didn't. Emmett followed me until I realised he wasn't going to stop, so I pushed away the idea of going to the waterfall to relax, because, the waterfall is a special place to me and I don't share that with everyone. I ran further into the forest and decided to sit.

"Jasper, what's up? Why did you..?" Emmett asked once I had sat down on a tree stump.

"I went out with Bella yesterday." I began. I had thought of my words, and so my words seemed irrelevant to his.

"Really?" Emmett was genuinely surprised.

"Yeah. We went to that waterfall I told you about." I explained. Emmett didn't know anything about Bella's feelings for me or mine for her. I wondered if this would be a good time to tell him, as a friend, I needed to tell someone I could trust.

"What?" He asked with one eyebrow raised. "I thought that was your special place or something." He looked at me still confused.

"It is…" I nodded with a lopsided smile.

"Then why…?" He asked with one eyebrow raised. He looked around as if he was searching for the answer in space.

"Well… I think I…" I could quite find the right way to phrase it. Emmett waited for me to continue, but I was still struggling, until it suddenly struck him.

"Whoa! Hang on. You don't have a crush on her do you?" He asked laughing a little. I shook my head at his choice of words.

"No, not a crush." I spoke with raised eyebrows. Emmett looked confused again, and before he started guessing, I spoke again. "Much more than a crush…" I added quietly, looking down slightly shameful. Emmett looked shocked and a little awkward.

"You're being serious, right?" He asked in a serious voice, scratching his forehead.

"Yes." I looked up keeping my face straight.

"Damn." He said with raised eyebrows. Before the silence got too serious, I spoke again.

"But that's not what I was going to say…" I explained.

"Oh, yeah, sorry, what were you going to say?" He snapped out of his thoughts and concentrated on the new subject.

"Yesterday I went out with Bella, and she had another bruise…" I spoke getting angry again, but I contained myself. Emmett stayed quiet. "On the side of her face." My face twitched as I remembered the look of it. I turned my head around and looked at Emmett, it was almost as if I was so angry, I was passing it onto him. Emmett stared at me, waiting for me to calm. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry." I said once I had calmed; I realised I had involuntarily manipulated his emotions. He shook his head and smiled, before putting a frown on his face and speaking again.

"Are you sure it was from him?" Emmett asked with a suspicious tone. It seemed like he knew something.

"The places of his four fingers were more than visible to my eye." I explained. I could feel Emmett's anger radiating, just as high as mine was when I first saw. And this time, I wasn't manipulating him. I could also see Emmett was trying to figure something out, but I didn't know what. There was nothing to figure out in what I had said. "Emmett what are you thinking about?" I asked curiously.

"I saw the bruise, a while ago. I'm just thinking it should have faded away by now… But it hasn't, so he's hit her again." Emmett explained, tensing and gritting his teeth. I suddenly remembered something. At the time when I asked her if the bruise was from the night she was at the meadow with Edward she replied with 'yes.' and then changed her answer to a 'no'. And later she finally admitted it was from 'two days ago' which would be three days now. I nodded slowly, looking around angrily.

"The bruise you saw" I looked at him "was from the night at the meadow." I looked away. "The bruise I saw was from three days ago." I clarified in a disgusted voice. I was sure at that point that I wanted Edward dead; there was no question about it. I couldn't even begin to image the pain he had caused Bella. Emmett quickly caught up on my extreme anger.

"Jasper…" He said in an attempt of distracting me. "Jasper!" he said clicking his fingers in front of my eyes. "Hey, what's happening with you and Alice?" Emmett asked shaking my arm, trying to gain my attention. It took a minute for me to understand his question and bring my focus back.

"Uhh…" I spoke without thinking about it. My gaze would not come back; I was still trying to bring my thoughts back. I shook my head and thought about the answer to the question Emmett had asked. I wasn't quite sure what was going on. "I haven't even spoken to her, for, a very long time." I answered truthfully. "So truthfully, I don't know." I looked at him shrugging.

"Well you must have spoken a bit?" He said more as a question.

"No. I've seen her but…" I suddenly remembered I did talk to her once. "The only time I spoke to her, was when I asked if I could examine Bella's wrist." I shrugged. His eyes widened.

"That's it?" he asked shocked. I nodded my mouth in a twisted frown. "Maybe you should talk to her?" He suggested. It wasn't a bad idea but I didn't know whether or not she wanted to speak to me.

"I don't know whether she would like to speak with me…" I replied, staring at him.

"Do you think she has found someone else?" He asked sympathising.

"No, probably not." I shook my head confidently. "She would have told me… It seems like she is more upset with me." I explained.

"Does she know about you liking Bella?" He asked his eyebrows crossing.

"I don't know, I don't think so…" I spoke with an unsure voice.

"Well then why do you think she is acting so distant?" Emmett asked with his eyebrows raised and a smile. He was suggesting that was the reason behind Alice's behaviour. "Think about it. Alice can see the future, maybe she saw you two together in a vision, so now she's keeping out." A few puzzle pieces fell into place. Alice was acting distant because she knew about my feelings; she knew because she had a vision about it, but she wouldn't tell anyone, because knowing Alice, she probably believed that there was still hope.

"Wouldn't she tell me? I mean if it's that, that is bothering her so much, surely she would mention it to me." I thought deeply.

"No. Because don't you see? She trusts her visions right?" Emmett asked waiting for a yes. I nodded my head. "Exactly. She knows no matter what she does, you two will end up together." Emmett concluded with a smile.

"But her visions are based on people's thoughts and decisions at a particular time. They can change, the future can change." I explained in contradiction.

"And your feelings are set. You know what you feel for her and she probably does too." Emmett tilted his head from side to side, "Which means," he moved his finger in a circular motion, "that the future is set as long as your feelings are set." He explained with a clap. It made sense; as long as we both felt the way we did, the future wouldn't change.

"But there's just one thing," I looked at him thoughtfully, "if it is what you say, and Alice is acting distant because she is trying to keep out. There's one thing that doesn't quite match." I raised my eyebrows before speaking again. "Alice has been acting distant far longer than I have had feelings for Bella." I nodded my head, I was sure that would prove Emmett wrong. "You said that as long as our feelings are set then the future is as well. How could she have seen it before I even felt anything?" I smiled smugly. Emmett thought for a little while and then smiled.

"Maybe, you did have feelings for her." He narrowed his eyes with a smile, "You just weren't aware of it" He raised his head.

"How could I not be aware of my own feelings? Don't be stupid." I laughed, shaking my head as my eyebrows crossed.

"You denied them without realising, because to your mind, it just wasn't possible." He kept his smile.

"Emmett. What are you talking about?" I shook my head again. "So without realising," I raised my eyebrows "I denied my own feelings," I paused making it seem like a ridiculous idea. "Because, somewhere in my unconscious mind, I felt like it wasn't possible." I finished off with little chuckle.

"Yeah. Pretty much. That's the only theory we have so far anyway." He shrugged and moved closer to sit next to me. "Or… She was upset with you because you were going to kill Bella, and then later, she had a vision of you two together, so then she distanced herself even more?" He suggested. I thought about it, I guess that was a possibility too. Maybe once we moved back she had a vision of us together, that's when she started to act really distant…

"Well. No matter what, Alice is my soul mate, and that can't change, this probably some weird phase, and once it's over, me and Alice will go back to normal." I explained as much as it brought a sense of misery to me, I was sure of it. But I also knew deep inside that it was more than just a phase, much more.

"See. You're doing what you did at the start. You're saying to yourself that Alice is your soul mate and that can't change." He spoke in a higher voice to emphasise his point. I was about to speak when he spoke again. "So, you tell yourself that your feelings aren't real, because they can't be." He said in a sarcastic tone. I looked at him from the corner of my eyes, not wanting to believe his words but knowing that they were true. "I don't know how you feel, but from observation I can see that you like her a lot." He spoke so certainly, as if he was completely sure.

"How could you see? My behaviour hasn't changed!" I shook my head and shrugged rapidly.

"C'mon. You controlled your blood thirst when there was blood everywhere. Don't tell me that was just random." He stated as if it was obvious. I was about to object when he cut me off, "We'll put you in that situation again, with someone who you don't actually have any feelings for and then see how well you can control yourself." He nodded, raising his eyebrows and crossing his arms. "And" He quickly added on "you spent like an hour just massaging her wrist." He started laughing.

"Fine. But that doesn't mean you're right. She's part of our family, maybe that was all." I attempted to close the conversation.

"So you didn't like her in that way, at that time." He stated sarcastically, clearly my attempt to shut him up failed.

"No." I spoke clearly. But it actually brought a question mark in my mind, did I? What was that intense feeling I had from the beginning? I stopped my thoughts, simply because, I couldn't deal with them.

"But you like her now." He smirked. I glared at him, his comment was unnecessary.

"Emmett, there are more important things to think about right now. We need to find a way to keep Bella away from Edward." I pointed out, shaking my head at him. "We don't know what he will do to her next." I murmured but in a concerned voice.

"Well, we could always bring her to stay with us for a while… But you've got to remember her dad…" Emmett suggested but then realised it wasn't that simple. 'Her dad!' I thought as an idea hit my head.

"Her dad! He's away for" I paused, I couldn't remember for how long. "A long weekend break is what Bella said." I spoke again. Instead of looking happy, he looked shocked.

"What?" Emmett spoke in shock. I looked at him with a confused look. "Her dad is away and you just left her?" he shook his head.

"I asked her if I could stay with her, but she refused, I even offered her to come and stay with us until he gets back and she refused. I couldn't drag her here." I explained.

"Jasper? Are you stupid? He could have gone and killed her and no one would have heard her!" Emmett shouted at me. I could see his point. I must admit I didn't think of it like that. He had every right to call me stupid.

"I didn't think he would do that. She said she'll be okay, she said it'll be better if I didn't stay with her." I explained. At the time when Bella had explained why she didn't want me to stay with her, it made sense and I left so that she would be happier, but I didn't think that. Oh lord. How stupid was I?

"Edward has clearly gone mad! He could do anything!" Emmett's voice was extremely worried.

"What do you suggest?" I asked shrugging as I too, became worried.

"Well, I'm gunna go to her house and check if she's there, if she is then I'll go talk to her, see if I can convince her." Emmett explained quickly.

"And if she refuses?" I mentioned the one problem I had.

"I don't know. I'll think of something on the spot." He scratched the back of his head as he rushed off. My thoughts wondered off to Emmett's words. What if he had done something to her? I could never forgive myself. I was so angry with myself it was almost impossible.

"GRR!" I growled as I punched the closest thing next to me; a tree. I caused a massive crack in the middle of the trunk. It was going to split from the middle at any moment. I just didn't know how to calm myself. 'Waterfall.' I thought as I ran towards it.

Bella POV

I wasn't sure what state I was in. Sort of sleeping, dreaming even, but awake. I could hear someone shouting my name, 'who is it?' I thought as my head rolled onto its side. I heard my name being repeated over and over again, the voice was kind of concerned. My eyes twitched like they wanted to open, but they couldn't. I was starting to hear a loud knocking noise, that's when I began to question my state. It sounded so real. Surely it couldn't be a dream? I was moving my head around trying to wake my body, but every bit of my wanted to sleep. The voice was becoming a little clearer, it was a male voice.

My eyes shot open from fear. "Edward." I whispered as I sprung up. 'He's here' I panicked. 'What am I going to do?' I thought as my breath deepened. He was here for me. I brought my legs up and didn't move. I wasn't going to open the door.

"Bells? Bells where are you?" I heard the voice again. 'Bells' Edward doesn't call me Bells. A smile took over my frightful face. Emmett. It was Emmett. I climbed out of bed and realised my body was still aching. I rolled my eyes and carried on walking. "C'mon Bells, you're worrying me. I can smell you, I know you're there." I heard him again, he really was worried. I gripped onto the railing and carefully walked down. A small laugh built up in my chest from his words, he could smell me. I chuckled but then winced from pain and crouched, grasping my chest.

"I'll be right there Em, hang on a second." I said in the most normal voice I could manage. I took a deep breath and exhaled. I stood back up and climbed down the last few steps as I opened the door.

"Bella!" Emmett smiled widely. I was worried he was going to take me in a bear hug like usual, I braced myself. "You look like a walking ghost; did I wake you up or something?" He looked at me with a confused expression.

"Uhh…" My voice was a little hoarse from all the sobbing. "Yeah, kinda, I was asleep" I smiled as I rubbed my temples and opened my eyes properly.

"Sorry. I didn't think that you'd be asleep at this time." He laughed lightly.

"It's okay, I slept late last night." I smiled it off. What I should have said was 'I didn't sleep at all last night.' And the couple of hours of sleep I did get were filled with flashbacks. I shrugged and moved out of the doorway to let him in.

"So how are you?" He asked as soon as he got inside.

"Fine, I'm fine." I replied with an uneven smile. My repetition was more for myself rather than Emmett.

"You're fine." He smirked and moved closer. My eyes wondered off before coming back into focus again,

"Yeah." I smiled nodding my head.

"That always means something's wrong." Emmett pointed out, keeping the smirk.

"Well," I sighed with a laugh. "I'm good" I spoke with certainty. Emmett sighed and raised his eyebrows.

"Alright then, lie to me." Emmett spoke in a voice that made me feel guilty, like I should tell him. But I knew I couldn't, I wouldn't.

"Emmett, everything's good." I grinned, the most believable I could manage. But nerves suddenly took over me and I realised a lump making its way up my throat. Emmett clearly realised my nervousness.

"Come here Bella." He said faster than I processed. Before I knew it, he had pulled me into the dreaded bear hug I was bracing myself for. My face twisted and my breath stopped, but luckily he couldn't see my face and running out of breath was normal during his hugs. My body tensed and I breathed heavily as I tried to ease the pain that rushed through my body. Eventually he let go and I sighed from relief and grinned.

"Thanks." I said once I was able to speak. I knew he was trying to comfort me and I appreciated that. "So why did you come here? Do you want to tell me something?" I asked curiously as I tucked my hair behind my ear.

"Yeah, I kinda came to persuade you to come and stay at our house while your dad is gone." He admitted sheepishly. I looked at him in shock.

"What? How do you know?" I asked surprised but a little happy.

"Jasper told me." Emmett spoke but I was even more confused now. "Basically…" he started explaining after he saw my confused expression. "This morning, Jasper had this argument kind of thing with Edward." I gasped quietly. "And he… Pinned Edward down to the floor threatening him and stuff." Emmett laughed looking at me from the corner of his eye. I dreaded to ask why. I looked around awkwardly and gave a nervous laugh. Emmett laughed before speaking, "He said; "you don't have the right to hurt her." Emmett tried to impersonate Jasper. "I won't control myself next time and I'll send your head spinning off in a fire." Or something like that. It was so weird to see Jasper so protective." He laughed again. Embarrassment was washing over me. 'Oh my god' I kept thinking, I felt like I could just melt. My cheeks were surely red as chillies. "And to embarrass you even more, he also told me that you went out with him yesterday." Emmett was just purposely doing this now. I bit my lip and looked down.

"Oh god" I mumbled beneath my breath.

"Awh, don't worry Bella, I can understand, you two like each other, so what." Emmett was trying to control his laughter but he couldn't.

"Emmett!" I almost shouted. "It's not like that!" I protested. "We just went out as friends, we're family, like me and you are family." I tried to think of a better thing to say, but that seemed to be the best thing I could think of.

"Oh Bella, don't give me that." He shook his head with a teasing smile. "He told me himself he likes you." My eyes widened, part of me was happy and part of me was worried and part of me just didn't know what to think.

"What?" I said in a quiet voice.

"I swear! He said he has more than just a crush on you." Emmett spoke like a little child with a big secret. 'Oh god' I thought as I face-palmed myself. "So tell me what happened yesterday?" Emmett seemed intrigued to hear more but I definitely didn't want to speak about it. I was a little angry at Jasper for telling Emmett, then again, why wouldn't he? 'Ugh' I stopped my thoughts.

"Emmett what are you talking about. I'm with Edward, I have someone." I spoke in the strongest voice I could manage, it broke my heart and it was hard to say, but it had to be done.

"A man like him doesn't deserve you Isabella." He spoke in a much more serious tone and held my upper arms. At that point I realised we were still standing. I walked away from him and went to sit on the sofa, partly because I didn't have a reply to his words and I wanted to get out of the situation. He followed me and came to sit next to me on the couch. "Seriously though, don't worry I'm not going to tell anyone…" He kept his serious tone. "I was just excited because, he likes you and you like him. Think of where that could lead!" His voice was starting to become excited again.

"Emmett. Nothing is going to happen between us." I raised my eyebrows and shook my head.

"Bella! You're doing the same thing he was doing." Emmett spoke in an irritated voice. "You're both like "This is impossible" and it's not!" Emmett's voice almost made me laugh because he sounded so annoyed. The thought of laughter left my mind once I realised something. 'He thinks it's impossible' I thought back to what Emmett had said less than a moment ago. 'Jasper thinks it's impossible' I thought again as tears pooled in my eyes. "What's the matter? Did I say something?" Emmett looked at me worriedly.

"He thinks it's impossible." I said quietly and Emmet caught up.

"Oh, Bella! I didn't mean it like that, I just meant you should both have a little more fai-"

"No, I get it. It's fine." I shook my head attempting to smile.

"Bells, c'mon, I didn't mean it like that." Emmet put one arm around me and squeezed me. I let it go, and took a deep breath. We spent a few minutes in silence and then Emmett spoke. "Bella, you know you don't have to stay with him, don't you?" Emmett pointed what seemed to be the obvious, but it was much more complicated than that. I gave a single nod and pursed my lips; I wished it was that easy. "Why don't you just end it with him? He clearly isn't treating you right and you like someone else, so why not just.-"

"Emmett, it's not as simple as that." I replied with a sigh.

"Sorry, I'm just trying to help." He smiled half-heartedly.

"It's alright" I smiled back.

"Why don't come and stay with us for a few days, maybe things will clear up?" Emmett suggested. I shook my head with a light chuckle.

"No Emmett, it'll only complicate things further." I dropped my head. Emmett was about to speak when I spoke again. "Trust me; I'm much more comfortable in my own house." I smiled half-heartedly.

"Bella I'm sorry, but I'm going to drag you there if you don't agree yourself." I looked at him in surprise.

"No, I'm not going anywhere." I said firmly with a shocked face.

"Wanna test that?" Emmett said teasingly as he lifted me up.

"No! Emmett!" I laughed. "Put me down." I pushed my hands against his chest. Suddenly a scene invaded mind. Something similar to this had happened with Edward. He lifted me up and forced me to kiss him. Tears started falling as my body relaxed in defeat. 'I pushed and pushed but it was no use, I couldn't get away' my thoughts wandered off to the past. I was starting to feel the fear I had felt at that time again. Even though I knew Emmett had no intention of doing the same thing Edward did, I couldn't help but feel scared. It was like I had been dragged back in time and I was in exactly that situation. My face twitched and my eyebrows crossed. My eyes shut and now the scene was clearly playing in my head, as if I was living every moment of it. I started breathing heavily and panting.

"Bells?" I head Emmett's concerned voice. I tried to pull myself back into reality but it was just impossible. He slowly lowered me and I pushed myself away from him as the flashback came to a stop. I slowly opened my eyes and stared at a very worried looking Emmett from across the room.

"I'm sorry." I pouted a little, uncontrollably, "I didn't mean to do that, I'm sorry." I started crying and just as my knees were about to claps Emmett caught me and tried to sooth me.

"It's okay Bella." He kept saying as he patted my back. I grasped onto him until I could stand up again and wiped the last few tears away. "Better?" He asked hopefully.

"Yeah." I smiled tucking my hair back.

"What was that all about?" Emmett asked a little concerned and sad.

"I had something like a flashback, of something that happened between me and Edward." I explained briefly.

"I'm sorry Bella, I didn't realise that it would bring a flashback. I didn't even know he was hurting you that much. I'm so sorry." He gasped as he held my tightly and rocked from side to side.

"It's alright, it wasn't your fault." I smiled as I let go.

"So are you coming or not?" Emmett asked changing the subject.

"No Emmett, I don't really want to see Edward." I said in much more serious tone.

"Oh. Okay. Well I'll stay with you tonight." He smiled. "How about that?" I realised he was being a lot more cautious now. "Unless you wanna kick me out…" he chuckled. I wouldn't mind him staying but there was dent in my wall that Emmett could not see.

"Not tonight Emmett. I can take care of myself." I knew very well I couldn't, not if Edward was there.

"Why not?" Emmett asked in surprise.

"I just…" I scratched my head for an answer. "I have some things I need to do tonight. How about tomorrow? Would you mind staying over tomorrow?" I offered instantly so that he couldn't ask why again.

"Yeah, that would be good, that's why I'm here. I just want you somewhere we could all keep an eye on you. Make sure you are okay." He explained kindly.

"All?" I asked a little nervous. Did everyone know?

"Well Rosalie and I know… Jasper knows, obviously." Before he could carry on with the list that seemed finished I cut him off.

"Emmett you promised you wouldn't tell anyone about the bruises and you did. You told Jasper about the ones on my arm. Why?" I asked a little upset.

"I did for your own good, I swear! I just wanted one more person to know so that he could be aware; I never knew he liked you… in that way. I didn't know it would make him so angry. Or cause you so much misery. He already sort of knew anyway… he just wanted me to confirm it." He explained shamefully.

"Emmett, you didn't cause me misery" I said trying to cheer him up. "I was just a little upset that's all, honestly don't worry about it, it's fine." I explained with a happier tone. He was about to leave when I called for him. "Uhm, Emmett, could you drop me off by a shop?" I asked unsure.

"Yeah, sure," He smiled happily. "Where?" He asked as he lifted me up in a cradle.

"You know that CD/DVD shop by town?" I asked almost positive he would know. He nodded, "There." He was about to go off when I mentioned I was in my pj's. He let me down again and I grabbed a coat. "Right, now I'm ready." I spoke as he scooped me up. He smiled and ran out of the door.

After a few minutes we arrived and I thanked Emmet but as I was about to go in I realised Emmett still hadn't moved. I turned back with a questioning look.

"You don't expect me to just leave you here do you? Go on, do your shopping I'll wait out here." He nodded towards the shop. I smiled but shook my head.

"Okay, thank you." I said as I turned around.

I hadn't measured the dent. I just had an image of it in my mind. I browsed through the posters but there were none that actually seemed relevant to me. And the dent was as big as my back, so I didn't want the poster to be too random. I saw one of a dream catcher, but I didn't like it, then there was a howling wolf by a moon; it seemed like the only thing even close to relative to me. I sighed and picked up the roll for it in the box beneath. I walked up to the counter and paid for it with the £10 note I had grabbed on my way out.

The ride back home was pretty silent; Emmett asked me what I had bought and I told him, he seemed a bit surprised but he didn't question me on it, which I was grateful for. Once I had said my goodbyes to Emmett and gone back inside my room, I took the roll out of the plastic bag and ripped the plastic cover off with my teeth. 'Right' I thought as I unrolled it and positioned it on the dent. I moved it around a little until it seemed perfect and I simply taped it on.

I checked the time and it read 17:45, 'wow' I thought as my eyebrows rose. I walked over to my chair and sat down, staring at my closed curtains. I had closed them in the hope that if Edward saw my curtains closed, he would just leave. I still couldn't completely grasp on what had happened to me, yet somehow I couldn't forget. I wanted to; it felt like the only way to bring myself some peace and ease of mind. I remembered the very first time I got to know Edward properly. He seemed like such a gentleman, like there could be no one better than him. What a deceiving look. I dropped my head into my hands; I could feel the tears making their way into my eyes again. I wondered how long I would feel like this for. I wondered how long it would take before I could be normal again. Free of all of these flashbacks, free of these continuous tears. I shook head trying to clear my mind. I stood up and peaked from the corner of my curtain, just to make sure Edward wasn't anywhere in sight. I pulled the curtains back and stared out of my window.

'I remember the very first time Edward came to pick me up for school. I remember the feeling I had, the happiness, that stupid grin on my face.' I laughed at my stupidity, 'stupid little teenage girl who fell in love with a gorgeous boy, thinking of a wonderful future with him.' I thought as tears poured down my face. The more I thought about him, the more miserable I became. I looked back towards my bed thinking that sleep would be the only cure. But I couldn't even think of going back to that bed, or this room. I looked around my room swallowing lumps of tears. 'Why? Why? Why?!" Was all that went through my head that night, even when I did manage to fall asleep I woke up hour or so from the fright of Edward breaking in, it was either that, or the horrific flashbacks, they wouldn't leave me alone.

When I woke up in the morning, my body was aching even more than it had done the past two nights. I stretched my arms and rubbed the side of my face, I winced out in pain almost instantly. I had completely forgotten about it. I pushed my hair back and opened my eyes properly as I got out of bed. 'That was a terrible night.' I thought as I remembered some of the flashbacks. 'Terrible.' I thought again shaking my head. I made way across my room and caught a glimpse of my bruise. I walked closer to the mirror to examine it. 'Ugh' I thought as I poked it lightly. It looked horrible; the purple-ish colour had now turned into a yellow-ish green, the four fingers now just looked like four smudges. Yet there was still some red around the smudges. I didn't bother putting any make up on, there was no need. Charlie was on a weekend break and I wasn't planning on going to the Cullen's' house. I was genuinely afraid of facing Edward. Until two days ago, I felt like I was strong enough to stay away from him. I didn't think he would do something like that to me, I thought I'd be safe with him, but I gradually realised that the only place I wasn't safe, was with Edward. Not only that, he had made places which I felt safe in, unsafe. I didn't even feel safe in my own house anymore; I knew he could break in if he wanted to and then get that exact same door fixed into place on the same day.

I grabbed a toast from the fridge and cooked some eggs to go with it after I got dressed. After I had finished I stood by the kitchen window and stared into space. Even though I had seen Jasper just two days ago, I still felt like I needed to see him. I missed him, which was a little odd, I didn't want to seem too desperate, especially that I knew he thought it was possible. I sighed and dug my hands into the pockets of my jeans, my fingers hit a piece of paper, I crossed my eyebrows a little confused, I didn't know when that had been put there… I grabbed it and saw a phone number jotted down, but fairly neat. I smiled as if the answer had just been given to me. That must be the number that Jasper gave me a while ago… I played around with it for a bit unsure of what I was going to do. 'Maybe he's busy' I thought as an excuse.

I ran upstairs and grabbed my cell phone; I flipped it open and placed my fingers on the numbers ready to dial. I was still unsure though, 'I'll just quickly hang up, if I get nervous.' I thought as I encouraged myself. I took a deep breath and dialled the number as I bit my lip. I placed my finger on the hang up button ready to hang up instantly.

With every beep that went by, the pressure I put on the button increased. After the fifth beep I was certain that I would hang up on the next one. Maybe he just didn't want to answer?

"Hello?" His voice cut off my thoughts, I hadn't realised how beautiful his voice really was, deep yet so elegant. I didn't know what to say. My lips wouldn't move. "Hello?" He repeated again in a much friendlier tone. 'If I don't answer, he's going to hang up!' I though as I tried to think of reasons I should speak.

"Hi." I replied, in an extremely quiet voice, it was barely audible to me, like a quiet sigh. "Sorry, I hope you're not busy." I quickly added on, still unable to raise my voice.

"Hello, Bella!" He spoke in a happy tone, which gave me a tiny bit more confidence. "No, not at all. How are you?" I could imagine his beautiful smile right now, that smile that just warms up my entire soul.

"I'm okay thanks." I smiled through the phone. My voice was still quiet and it was agitating me. "How are you?" I chuckled at my words. They seemed so stupid, but I couldn't think of anything else, I had so many things I wanted to say, and as soon as I heard his voice, my mind just went blank.

"I'm good." He spoke with a chuckle too. I was struggling for words, and the last thing I wanted was for this to become awkward.

"You're probably wondering why I called…" I trailed off, I wasn't quite sure that 'I missed you' would be a good enough excuse. I heard him laugh lightly through the phone and then speak, exactly in the voice that just distracts me from anything and everything.

"I suppose it would be helpful if you told me." He chuckled; even his laugh was extremely attractive. "Then again, I'm just glad I'm hearing your voice, even if is unbelievably quiet." It was obvious that this was much easier for Jasper, it didn't seem to be awkward for him, I was thanking god for that. I really couldn't think of an excuse, I was only left with the truth.

"Yeah, uh, sorry about the quiet voice." I managed to sound a little louder. "I'm kinda struggling with confidence here." I admitted sheepishly as I dropped my head. Shame he couldn't feel how embarrassed I felt.

"Why's that?" He asked teasingly. I physically felt like I could drop down to the ground.

"You." I replied as quickly as I could, my voice was even quieter than the start.

"Oh Bella." He laughed a little. "There's no need to be nervous. If it's that much of a problem, pretend I'm not on the phone." he continued in his amazing voice, "And you say the things you want to say," He paused and then chuckled. "And I accidentally hear them." He chuckled. I could imagine his face right now, so sweet and beautiful. 'Okay' I thought. 'He isn't there' I kept telling myself mentally. 'I miss you' I thought, if only I could say it out loud. I didn't know whether I should say it out loud. 'I miss you' I thought again and again, until it finally rolled of my lips as a quiet whisper.

"I miss you." I blurted quietly, without even thinking about it twice. It took more courage than I could imagine for me to say it. And then I was panicking, because I didn't know whether I had done the right thing or not. Judging by how quiet he was, I was assuming it wasn't the right thing. I stared sulking a little and apologising in my mind. "Jasper?" I said before I heard the beep that indicated he had hung up. 'Oh no.' I thought as I panicked. 'I knew I shouldn't have' I pushed my hair back as I sat back on the chair. 'How am I ever going to have the courage to even look at him ever again' I felt a shiver run down my spine. My hands were starting get a little cold, 'Damn it Bella!' I mentally scolded myself. 'You couldn't keep your thoughts to yourself, and now he's never going to want to talk to you again.' I continued, and with each word, my self-hatred rose. I was genuinely starting to panic. I couldn't even begin to imagine never talking to Jasper again. It would be worse than a nightmare; it would be beyond the worst thing I could think of. I paced around the kitchen floor, completely in shock. 'I wish I didn't say anything. I wish I didn't even call. I would save myself all this stress.' I thought nervously.

I was distracted by the sound of knocking. 'Is it Edward?' I thought as my fear rose. 'He heard me talk to Jasper.' I thought in defeat. I heard the knock again. I peeked out of the kitchen window but there were no Volvos in sight. But he could have rushed by foot. And then again, knock knock knock. I moved closer to the door and I could hear my heart thumping loudly. I peeked through the eyepiece and saw blackness. He must be covering it with his finger. "Edward." The name rolled off my lips quieter than a whisper, but he would have heard. I decided I was going to open the door and as soon as he came in, I would tell him that we are over.

A/N Ooooh, who do we think it is? ;D Ahaha I know who it is, and I promised myself I wouldn't change my mind, well… maybe if everyone thought of the opposite person, (meaning they would prefer that, right?) then I'll just change the plot for the next chapter xD This isn't as eventful and dramatic as the last two chapters but bear with me. Anyways, as always, thanks for your time and please review

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