Chapter 25
Anger.
Anger was the one emotion I was too familiar with.
Anger came easy to me.
Anger is the only thing I felt as my family came back empty handed.
Did I expect them to come back with the mutts head in their hands?
Yes I did.
However, that wasn't what my family was about, they wouldn't take revenge like that, well the majority of them wouldn't.
But this is out of hand, the stupid dogs were in my room, watching Bella sleep. They broke our treaty and this should be resolved.
'Edward killing them isn't going to solve this, it wouldn't end well and you would leave Bella heartbroken because you wouldn't survive this.' Alice's thoughts rang loud and clear in my head as I held Bella whilst she slept. They all tried to tell me I should leave her be and go hunt, that she will be fine.
The house was full of vampires, and they got in here! How on earth was she supposed to be fine?
I was probably going to feel bad about letting my family know that later but right now I couldn't care less. The most important thing in my life was asleep in my arms and that was all I cared about.
I knew she will be waking up soon because she never spent the whole night sleeping anymore. The hours got shorter and shorter and I knew that it wouldn't be long before she didn't need sleep at all. That both worried and excited me, it worried me because she was growing too quickly but it excited me because I will be able to spend more time with her and she will also have more time learning new things she has yet to learn.
I heard Jasper pacing downstairs, he was angry with himself and worried about Bella. Jasper and I both shared the same anger because I too was angry at myself for not hearing anything and not being able to hunt the dogs down.
To him, Bella was like a true sister. The two of them share a bond on a level that the rest of us don't, yes she loves each one of us differently but she looks to him like he's her mentor. I admire that about her because she goes to all of us for different reasons but I can sense how much she loves spending time with Jasper.
She stirred in my arms and I looked down in time to see her eyes open and the smile that greeted me made me forget about what had happened a second ago.
"Morning Edward."
"Morning Bella." I kissed the top of her head and she giggled before climbing out of bed.
"Alice will you-" before Bella could finish what she was saying Alice was already rummaging through her closet looking for an outfit to suit Bella's desired activity for today. She was blocking her thoughts from me so I was intrigued to see what Bella has planned.
She walked out wearing skinny jeans and a hoody she had begged Alice to let her buy. She then put on her sneakers and motioned for me to follow her downstairs.
"I want to spend the day with the boys. Daddy you can come too but don't forget mommy wanted you to help her organise the fundraiser for kids in hospitals." We all laughed at Esme's smirking face and Carlisle's slumping shoulders.
"Alice we can have a girly day tomorrow and after that Rosie we can go car window shopping." The rest of the house gaped at her whilst Rose smirked at us, even Alice was surprised and nothing surprises Alice these days.
"Come on lets go already. Wait, what are we doing?" Emmett looked as baffled as the rest of us did.
"I'm ready to go hunting." That did it. The whole house erupted into discussion about the fact that all of us should be going to help our youngest member learn to hunt.
"I want to go with the boys!" she shouted above us all and the house went silent. Jasper walked over to a frustrated Bella and she couldn't help but smile up at him and I didn't know whether it was Jasper's doing or if she was just happy someone was listening.
She put her arms up and he lifted her up
"Drinking from your big girl cup are we?" he teased her and she flicked him on the forehead and rolled her eyes but then nodded nonetheless.
We all laughed at their sibling antics and I noticed Emmett rubbing his hands together which was something he did when an idea came to him. He did that quite a lot but most of his ideas were stupid.
Like this one.
"How would you like to hunt bears Boo?"
A chorus of "NO!" rang through the house and it shook the windows a little.
It didn't faze Bella as she just giggled and winked at her big oaf of a brother. I shook my head at the idea of her taking on a bear and I felt her gaze on me. When I looked at Bella her eyebrows were knitted together and she looked confused and frustrated at the same time.
'Why am I getting the feeling from her like she disappointed you?ยด Jasper glared at me and I stood there stunned for a second.
"Come here beautiful." I was a moron for whatever it is that I done,
Bella jumped out of Jasper's arms and gracefully walked over to me. Even Moo stopped grooming himself as he watched Bella cross the room over to me.
"If you keep pulling your face, it will stick like that forever you know." I tried to joke to get her to at least smile at me.
It looks like I screwed up, big time.
"You don't want me to go hunting." She simply stated and for a moment I wondered where she got that idea from.
"Of course I want you to go hunting! Why would you think I didn't?" she looked down at her sneakers and kicked an invisible pebble and all the girls in the house wanted to rush over to Bella and hug her. I just rolled my eyes at them which earned me a scowl from all three.
"You were shaking your head the whole time we talked about it. You read minds Edward but sometimes you're so clueless." She huffed at me and it made others laugh and agree with her.
"I was only shaking my head at the idea that you're growing up so quickly. It feels like it was only days away when we watched you climb on top of the kitchen counter to get your own sippy cup. Now, now you're ready to go hunting and the fact that the buffoon over there suggested bears doesn't faze you." She looked up at me and the twinkle in her eyes was back.
"So you'll come with me?" she asked and gave me the pout which Alice helped her perfect.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world."