Hey guys! Well...it hasn't been that long. So I suppose that is a good thing right? And ding dong the witch is dead! Sorry, life has just been so hectic lately! I'm going to try to update the next chapter as soon as possible!

I hope this chapter is long enough for you guys, I worked extra hard on it!

I think that there are only going to be about three to five more chapters of this story. I know, the idea is saddening, but I feel that way about every story I write! :(. I'm happy that so many people have been enjoying it so far!

The next few chapters will tie up some loose ends.

Enjoy!

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

EDWARD'S POINT OF VIEW

I looked back at Bella then at the door that had been knocked down. Nobody else in the house would break down a door except Emmett. But why?

"Edward?"

I turned back to her. "I don't know if we should check on him or not. Perhaps he just needs to be left alone?"

She nodded her head but I could tell there was still a look of worry on her face. "What if it's not him?"

"Then it's someone else in the family."

It was times like these when I missed the ability to read minds most of all. I knew that if I still had my vampire senses and my mind reading, I would be able to take care of this situation. I would be able to protect my angel. I would get that look of concern off of her face and replace it with a sweet smile.

We continued to watch the movie but Bella's eyes kept roaming back to the staircase as did mine. If it were Emmett surely he would at least acknowledge our presence before going upstairs. And if it wasn't Emmett or another family member, it was surely a vampire. And if that was true, this vampire would have killed both of us by now.

I wrapped my arm protectively around Bella's shoulders. Her head dropped to my chest and she was practically sitting in my lap.

She looked back upstairs and I frowned. "Do you want me to check it out?"

Immediately she shook her head. "No! It could be dangerous." She bit her lip in an adorable fashion. "Maybe we should get out of here though. I mean, what if it's Victoria who's going to jump at us any second."

"I highly doubt that. If it was Victoria we would both be dead right now."

It was then that we heard a high pitched scream. I held Bella closer to me and clutched the blanket closer to our bodies. Bella looked at me in a slight panic. I didn't think that leaving the house would be the smartest move. When the family came back they would be curious. And Carlisle rushed out of here telling us not to go anywhere. They left in a hurry and didn't explain what was going on.

We heard another scream and Bella started shivering. "Shhh, it's okay. We're going to figure this out, okay?" she nodded her head into my chest.

Yet another scream. This one seemed a little different. The vocal patterns were familiar. I knew that nobody was being attacked, but I also knew that whoever it was, was in a lot of pain.

Another scream. It was Rosalie.

I turned to Bella. "It's Rosalie."

Her head shot up. "We need to help her." she tried to get out of my lap but I kept my grip taut on her slim body.

"Wait, it could be dangerous." I looked upstairs, she was right. Rosalie did seem to be needing help. But I wasn't willing to put Bella in any risk because of it. "Why don't you get in the car and drive home. It should be safer there. I'll see what…"

"NO! Edward, I'm not leaving here without you. If Rosalie needs help we'll help her together."

I looked down into her brown orbs. We heard another scream, but it was more like a whimper this time.

Bella got off my lap and I stood up with her. She started walking quickly towards the staircase but I gripped her hand to stop her. She turned back to me with a pleading look on her face. "What…"

"You need to stay behind me Bella. Don't let go of my hand."

Our fingers twined together as I lead us up the stairs. I started hearing whispering coming from Emmett and Rosalie's room.

"I'll make the pain go away. Please, just hold on just a little while for me. Rose baby. Please."

Emmett was here as well. I loosened my grip on Bella's hand just a little bit. I knew that we weren't in any high danger at this point but I didn't want to take any chances. Not with Bella, never with Bella.

We got to their door that was opened just a tad bit. I didn't want to barge in on them. But I didn't know if knocking was appropriate enough.

Bella seemed to be getting impatient because she knocked on the door. "Emmett?"

From the little slip I could see Emmett cradling Rosalie's almost limp body in his arms. My heart almost broke at the sight. Rosalie was Emmett's life.

I opened the door fully and walked up to the couple huddled in the corner. "Emmett? What happened?"

He shook his head and then looked back at Rosalie. "I-I….there was a fight and…she's getting too weak. But I've already given her two glasses of human blood, and a deer. But I can't leave her to get more blood. And I don't know what to do."

"What fight? Is anyone else hurt?"

He nodded his head and clutched Rosalie closer to his chest. "Who?"

Emmett just kept rocking her back and forth. I repeated myself. "Who?"

He whispered into her hair. "She's getting so weak."

I looked back at Bella who looked like she was on the verge of tears. I kissed her cheek quickly and then let go of her hand. Mine felt cold and empty once I let go. "Bella, stay here okay? I'll be right back."

"Edward where…"

Before she had time to finish her sentence I left the room and practically ran over to Carlisle's study. He always kept some of his medical stuff in the house in case of emergencies.

I made my way over to the shelves with the needles. After searching through about four or five of them I found one that would hold a cup of a large amount of blood. I sat down on his desk as I stuck the needle into my skin quickly. I smiled, finally all of those years of medical school were paying off.

As I saw the blood leave my veins and go into the bag I smiled. It was inappropriate for the moment but I realized that if I went to medical school, I could be a doctor. I would be old enough to be taken seriously. And I could help a lot of people. Hopefully repent at least some of my sins. And I would have Bella right there with me.

Once the bag was filled up I took the red filled bag back to the other bedroom. I felt a little weaker, a little dizzier. It was a feeling that I wasn't used to. But I knew that it was just because of the amount of blood I had lost.

I got to the edge of the bedroom. "Bella, close your eyes."

My voice was a little weaker too and I knew that Bella was able to tell. "Edward are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just close your eyes."

"Edward…."

"Trust me."

There was a big pause as silence filled the room. Finally Bella let out a big breath and closed her eyes. "They're closed."

I stepped into the room and handed Emmett the bag. "That should help just a little bit."

Emmett's eyes blackened at the smell of the blood. And the band-aid I put on myself wasn't helping too much. I wrapped my arm around Bella's waist. She fell into my arms and put her hand on my chest to steady herself. "I think that Bella and I are going to go for a little drive. I don't want to test your self control any further."

Emmett nodded his head as I took Bella out of the room. Her eyes were still closed, but I didn't want her to faint at the sight of the blood. And it was a lot of blood, I'm sure more than I was probably supposed to give.

Bella stumbled a bit as we left the room but then Emmett spoke. "Edward? Thank you."

I turned my head and nodded to him. Once we were out of the room I closed the door behind us and told Bella that she could open her eyes. She gave me a curious look as I took her outside and got in the passenger's seat of her truck.

She raised her eyebrows as she got into the driver's seat. "What was…"

"Drive and I'll explain."

Once we were far away from the house so that Emmett wouldn't be so tempted I turned to Bella. "Sorry about that."

My headache was growing a bit and I had to put my head on Bella's window to try and hold it up.

"Edward are you okay?"

I nodded my head. "Yes. Just a little dizzy that's all."

"So that's why you let me drive. Why did I need to close my eyes? And what's going to happen to Rosalie? Where's the rest of the family? Is Emmett okay? He didn't really give me any details."

"I drew some of my blood to give to Rosalie. That's why I'm a little dizzy. It's nothing to worry about. I had you close your eyes because I know how you are with blood. I didn't want you to get dizzy as well. I don't know where the rest of the family is, all I know is there was a fight and Rosalie got hurt."

Bella nodded her head as she kept driving. After a few minutes of silence she spoke up. "How much blood did you give them?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "Not much." That was a lie. I know how much blood was normal to give for donations and I drew at least twice that much blood.

"If you didn't give that much blood then you shouldn't still be feeling this dizzy."

"I'll be fine. I just need to lay down for a little while."

Minutes later Bella pulled into her drive way. Somehow the roles got reversed. She jumped out of the car and opened my door for me. Then she unbuckled my seatbelt and helped me out of the car. I wrapped one shoulder on her and she held me up.

Charlie must not have been home because she fumbled with her keys and opened the door herself. She helped me up the stairs and to her bedroom. There she sat me down on her bed. "Why don't you lay down for a little while and I'll make you something to eat. That should get some of your energy up."

I nodded my head and laid my head down on her pillow. I wasn't near fainting but suddenly I felt exhausted. My right arm felt a little weird and I clutched it against my chest to make the odd feeling go away.

I smiled as Bella came back to the room with something to eat and a soda. I ate the food quietly and Bella ran downstairs to put the dishes in the sink. I felt guilty for not helping her but I knew that I would only get in the way.

"Get some sleep Edward. It's getting a little late anyways. I'll convince Charlie to let you stay here for the night." She leaned down and kissed my forehead.

I whispered an "I love you" but it was so quiet that I don't think she heard me. I felt warm blankets being wrapped around my body as I inhaled Bella's scent from her pillows completely.

I vaguely heard the bedroom door shut as sleep quickly overtook my mind.

BELLA'S POINT OF VIEW

I finished cleaning up the kitchen when I heard Charlie's footsteps come inside. I already had dinner prepared for both him and myself.

I set the food down on the dining room table and Charlie sat down. "Hey Bells, how was your day?"

I shrugged my shoulders as I sat down across from him and started eating my meal. I pondered for a moment. If I didn't tell Charlie that Edward was in my room he probably would never know. He wasn't a nosey father and I would be able to distract him enough. Edward would get a good amount of sleep and Charlie would be ignorant about the whole thing.

But then again I am a terrible liar and he was bound to find out. I just didn't want him to get upset and force Edward back to his own house. I didn't know exactly what was going on with the Cullens, but I knew that staying out of their way might be a little easier.

I decided on telling the truth, well as much of it that was needed.

"Edward and I were doing some work but he started feeling a little dizzy. He's upstairs sleeping right now but I don't want to wake him up. The drive to his house is a little long and I think it might be better if he stays the night. It's Saturday so we don't have to worry about school tomorrow. I'll sleep on the couch. Please let him stay here."

I would practically beg Charlie to let him stay with us. It put me at peace knowing that Edward was close.

"Is he sick?"

I shook my head. "No. I just don't think that he ate too much today. He donated some blood earlier in the day, that might be it too."

Charlie nodded his head. "Well, alright then. But I don't want you two sleeping in the same room let alone bed do you understand?"

I nodded my head. "I'll sleep on the couch."

Charlie nodded his head as he finished up his dinner. "Tell Edward I hope that he feels better. I'm exhausted so I'm going to bed now. I'm not kidding about the same bed thing."

I nodded my head once again. "Thank you Charlie."

"No problem kiddo."

I sighed as I watched my father walk up the stairs.

ESME'S POINT OF VIEW

We put out the fire and got rid of any other evidence that we were here. Surely someone might have seen the fire and reported it. But once they found out that it was just a small one they would probably think it was just a campfire gone wrong.

The blood from the animals were cleaned up and we tried to make the fallen trees look at natural as we possibly could. Jasper and Alice were sitting on a rock by the stream. Jasper was trying to calm Alice down while Carlisle was making sure that she's okay.

"I think that she's going to be fine. You two might want to go hunting some time soon though. It's been a while and we don't want her to get too weak."

Jasper nodded his head. Carlisle then turned to me. "I don't know if Edward and Bella are still at our house, but I know that Emmett and Rosalie must have gotten there by now. I need to stop by the hospital and try to get some more blood for Rosalie. Can you check on Edward and Bella to see if they're alright?"

I nodded my head and kissed my husband gently on the lips. "I'll see you soon."

I ran through the woods until I arrived at Bella's house. It was closer and I figured that I would check on Charlie as well. What surprised me were the three heartbeats I heard in the house.

Carefully I opened one of the windows that was already opened just a little bit. I would have to convince Charlie to install locks, especially late at night. All the lights in the house were off except one, but I could see just fine.

I made my way over to the living room to see Bella sitting on the couch with a book in her hands. I walked over to her and sat by her feet. She jumped a little at the slight chill I probably brought into the room but once she saw my face she closed her book and sat up straighter.

"Is Rosalie okay?"

I shook my head. "I'm not so sure. Carlisle's doing what he can. Charlie let Edward stay here for the night?"

She nodded her head. "He gave some blood to Rosalie and was feeling a little weaker. He fell asleep in my bed and Charlie let him stay the night, given that I stay on the couch."

"That might be fore the better. I don't think having a human in the house will help the situation any."

After a moment of silence Bella asked the question that seemed to be on her mind. "Where exactly is Miss Daisy?"

"We're not so sure. She's okay, that much I do know. But she does have a life besides us and I have a feeling that she might have had other things to take care of. Alice said that she saw her with you and Edward though. So perhaps she will be making her visit soon enough."

Bella nodded her head. "What happened exactly?"

I sighed. "Victoria's dead. Rosalie and her were fighting when Alice jumped in. There was a huge fight but finally they managed to kill her. Alice is okay, she's just a little shaken is all. Her and Jasper are going hunting soon. I think they need some time alone. Rosalie on the other hand seemed to have had it worse. Carlisle says that her cuts might heal eventually, but she needs a little more time and a little more blood."

"Do you think Charlie will let Edward stay here a little while? I would hate for us to get in everyone's way."

I shook my head. "I don't think that's the smartest move. Charlie isn't going to be too happy with that. We still have that house only a few minutes from here. I think it might be better if Edward stayed there. I'll probably stay with him. We can't have you sleep on the couch like this! With Victoria gone we're all safe now. I don't want you to worry about it."

She nodded her head and I got up. "Why don't you get some sleep? I'll come by tomorrow night and pick Edward up. Try to get some sleep. I have a feeling these next few days are going to be long ones."

Bella laid down on the couch and closed her eyes. I kissed her forehead gently and turned off her light.

It would definitely be a long few days.

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I know that the fight scene and the fact that Rosalie's healing is taking longer that it should isn't really correct. I know that it's very difficult for vampires to get hurt, but for the story's sake that's what happened.

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- Morine