Sort of a Steve-Edward bonding chapter! :D

She sobbed one and sniffled, trying to hide them.

There was a knock at the door, Edward? Esme thought and then pushed the door open.

"I have to go, Bella, but Esme and Rosalie are here." I kissed the top of her head and picked her up, setting her back down on her bed. I slipped out of the room and closed the door. I stood there, not knowing what to do next.

Maybe I should do something for Bella? I mean, her 'child' just died. Yeah, I don't really enjoy the thought of her being raped then getting pregnant by her uncle, of all people, but like Carlisle said, the thing—baby, sorry—didn't choose to come into this world. But neither did Bella. Probably not even Charlie!

I walked downstairs and went to sit on the couch but stopped when I saw a form under the covers. I could tell by the thoughts about who it was but I wanted to be sure. I yanked the covers back and there he was, Steve. I totally forgot about him when I ran Bella upstairs. I sat the covers back down but he started moving around and his breathing started to get heavier so that meant he was getting up.

"Hey?" He asked groggily, slowly opening his eyes.

"Um, Steve?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"Can you move over?" He nodded and pulled his legs up. I sat down and thought about what I could do to help Bella. I know that just Esme and Rosalie alone, wouldn't be able to help her. I mean, yeah, they are both experienced with that type of thing, but I still would like to think that she would need me.

"Hey, man, are you okay? You look like shit."

I looked up to him and laughed darkly, "Do you think I'm okay?"

"Hey, hey," He said holding up his hands, "No need to go all evil vampire on me."

"I'm not going all "evil vampire" on you, Steve, but do you want me too? I'm not in the mood right now. Not after what's wrong with Bella."
What? Bella? "What's wrong with her?" They never tell me anything.

"She had the child, but it didn't survive." I frowned and looked down at the ground.

Maybe that's a good thing. I mean, I'm no genius, but can't it have, like, birth defects? And that's my dad's baby for God's sake! I shouldn't even be thinking about the defects! My dad made that thing inside my cousin! "Good!" he said a little too loudly, "Wait, look, I'm sorry. It wasn't supposed to come out like that."

I huffed out the breath I hadn't known I was holding, it coming out as a short chuckle, "Its okay. I read your thoughts. I know what you mean."
He nodded, then looked at me, "What?" He didn't just say he read my thoughts, did he?

"Yes, I read you thoughts."

"Oh, Okay…." He simply said.

We sat there awkwardly and he was the first to break the silence.

"Is Bella okay?" He asked, sitting up and I nodded.

"I guess she's okay, but she is a little shaken up. I mean, even though that was Charlie's child she was still attached to it because she was the one carrying it. It was growing inside her body after all."

How can this dude act so… nonchalant about this kinda talk? I mean, isn't it a little awkward for him? But I guess he's not normal, but neither is Bella. Oooo, that's a little low.

"Steve, this isn't weird for me to talk about, as I have been through medical school a few times." I smiled, "And, no, I agree, Bella isn't really normal."

"Naw, she's one messed up shit." There was a sharp silence that fell after that. I think we both realized the double meaning to that sentence.

"She's still pretty sweet though." I smiled wryly.

"Yeah, hey, I never gave you a 'talk'. Treat her right, or else... Don't ask me what the or else is because you are obviously stronger than me. Just please don't hurt her. But I can tell you are a good guy so I don't think I have to worry. Do I, now?" He eyed me then chuckled.
"I would never dare hurt Bella on purpose, believe me. She is my life and always will be."

"That's good to hear, but I've heard that many times. I'm really protective of Bella because she was abused by her ex boyfriend before. That's when the abuse started with my father. I don't know why, though. You don't know how much I wanted to kill that bastard. At school it took Bella holding me back and my own 1% of will power not to kill him. I swear to god. Every gym class I would kill his ass in the sports. I would trip him; hurt him, whatever I could to get back at him. Most of the time the piece of shit ended up in the nurse's office. Of course, this was gym so I wasn't held accountable for it. I ended up getting away with it. But then I was walking in the hall to go get a drink in-between a class and I saw him talking to a shaking Bella. He was grabbing at her and she was crying. She wasn't being loud because he told her not to, and she listened from fright. I stepped up behind him quietly and I smashed his head into the closed locker next to Bella. I didn't care what happened to me, I just told Bella to run into the principle's office and tell him what was happening. While she was doing that I tackled him to the ground and hit him in the face with my fist over and over, yelling at him, telling him to leave her the fuck alone. To leave, and never show his fucking face again. I landed him in the hospital. He had a splintered arm, a broken nose and I fractured his skull with all the blows to the head. I came out with a bloodied up nose and a months worth of probation. So, yeah, I think I came out pretty good with that ordeal, but poor Bella."

He sighed, taking a deep breath after his rant then continued, "I still can't fuckin' stand that guy. Every time I see his face behind that football helmet I just want to beat his face into a bloody pulp. I can't stand what happened to Bella and I don't want that to happen. But I can see that I can trust you and that's what I'm happy about. You'll be a good man with her. Thank you." He smiled.

I was amazed and angered. I was angered at the fact that such a person would abuse such a wonderful girl. But I was amazed at the way Steve would protect his cousin. I was also amazed at Bella's bravery to date someone, even though that happened to her. I was a little disappointed that Bella didn't tell me and I had to learn this way, but I guessed that would be a very difficult incident to talk about.

"Wow, Steve. I can't believe you would go to such lengths... actually, you know what I can. Even if I were still human I would do whatever to protect the ones I love. I can't believe such a person would have the rotten guts to beat on such a beautiful, loving, smart young woman like Bella." I shook my head and rubbed my temples, fighting back my own anger.

"Yeah, she is a great girl. I just hate that damn Mike kid-"

"Mike! Mike Newton!" I growled and he flinched back.

"Yeah, that dude, you know that bitch?" He asked.

"Yes, I know him. I was in his grade once before. I hated him, the way he looked at girls. It was sickening. ugh, his thoughts where twice as bad—you cannot imagine. That's all he wanted. Everyone he went out with he never loved. He wanted to claim all the girls as his own. Fuck!" I surprised myself by saying that, as I never really cursed. "We should go kill him now!"
"I agree!" He yelled and jumped up off of the couch.

"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bella screamed from upstairs. I was trying not to listen but that just broke my barrier and it was inconceivable to ignore the pain in her voice.

"Bella?" I asked as I ran up the steps, "Bella?" I asked again as I opened the door.
"Edward, get out!" Rosalie yelled.

Bella was curled up on the bed with her head in Esme's lap. There were tears running down her face and she was shaking.

I really don't know how much longer this will be? Probably around ten more chapters. The thing is I don't know how to end this? Maybe after the wedding. I mean, to me that sounds like a good place to end, what about all of you guys? Does that sound good with you? Tell me in a review, and if you have any ideas for what to happen in chapters hit me up in a message. :)