A/N: Warning!! This is a fight scene. Don't be mad, please!!
EDWARD
I ran up the stairs to Alice and Jasper's room. Alice was right behind me all the way. I barreled through the door, not pausing to listen for anyone. What I saw when I was inside, stop me for a milisecond. Bella was laying on the bed and Jasper was straddling her. He was trailing kisses down her neck. I let out a loud growl and leapt at Jasper. I knocked him off Bella and the bed completely. I had him pinned to the gorund.
I took the focus off Jasper when I heard Alice growl and leapt at Bella. I smirked when I heards Bella's whimper of fear. There was a time when I would've forgotten Jasper and went after Alice for even attempting to hurt Bella. Now, all I thought was of how much she deserved it. Not only for what she allowed Jasper to do to Kari but for the pain she was causing Alice now.
I paid for my momentary laspe of attention. Jasper threw me off of him. I hit the wall, probably denting it, but I didn't bother to check. Instead, I stood and launched myself at Jasper who was trying to pry Alice off of Bella. I slammed him against a wall. He used grabbed my shirt and tossed me back into the dresser.
Alice had thrown Bella into the wardrobe in the corner. I saw Bella get back up and run at Alice. Jasper came at me before I could do anything to help Alice. The fight between the for of us continued. I mentally thanked Carlisle for allowing us to knock out some of the walls to make more the bedrooms bigger.
I'm not sure how long we threw eachother around before I heard a loud, shrill, and motherly voice yell,
"Stop this right now, all four of you!"
Jasper and I froze in a crouching position and I truned to see Esme and Carlisle standing in the entryway of the room. Carlisle was leaning against the door frame and Esme was standing in front of him with her arms crossed over her chest. I spotted Bella lying on a pile of wood that was Alice's desk, Alice was a few feet from her in a crouching position.
"Now, all of you down to the dining room." Esme said. "Now!"
Jasper pulled ouot of his position and went to help Bella up, completely ignoring Alice. I looked at Alice's face. The anger was wearing off, only to be replaced by sadness. I walked over to her and placed a comforting arm around her shoulder. Once Jasper had pulled Bella up, he put a protective arm around her shoulder and she wrapped her arms around his waist. As we walked by Carlisle and Esme, I heard them both trying to figure out what was going on.
Alice laid her head on my shoulder. I heard the terrible depressed edge her thoughts had taken. I wish I could've thought of something comforting to say. Unfortunately, I was still drowning in my rage and contemplating the current situation. I was trying to decide how much I should tell them. Maybe, tonight, wasn't the best night to bring up the pregnancy. It could cause a worse fight than what we were about to have.
When we reached the dining room, Jasper and Bella sat next to each other. Jasper kept his arm around her and she laid her head on his shoulder like she was the victim. I growled at them as I sat across from Jasper. Alice sat next to me. She crossed her arms on the table and stuck her head in them. I placed a comforting hand on her back and began rubbing circles.
Carlisle and Esme remained standing. Carlisle looked furious but Esme looked more sad than anything else.
"Is someone going to explain what we just walked in on?" Esme questioned.
"The truth coming out." I said trying to soften my tone as I looked to Esme. "These two have been sleeping together behind our backs. And Jasper has been raping Kari because she found out. They wanted to scare her into not saying anything. Kari just told me everything."
"I'm going to kill that wench." Bella stated.
"If you lay so much as a finger on her, Bella, I'll kill you." I stated.
"And if you lay a hand on her, Edward, I'll kill you." Jasper put in.
"I'd like to see you try." I growled standing up.
"Knock it off, Edward!" Bella snapped. "You have nobody to blame but yourself."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I snapped back.
"If you weren't fucking the humans, I wouldn't be fucking Jasper." she stated.
"You know that has nothing to do with it." I stated. "You'd be fucking him if I was one hundred percent faithful to your hypocritical ass! You're just trying to get back at me for what happened that night. Just admit that you blame me."
"It's so much more than that, Edward." she replied furiously. "But since you brought it up, yes, I do blame you. You should've never let her go! I told you, I didn't have a good feeling about it."
"She needed to go. Jaocb needed her to be there. Just like you needed me to be at Charlie's funeral. And we both know, if we tried to stop her from going then she would've found a way to go. That's just the way she was. Besides, she went into the hands of a pack of very capable werewolves."
"And the entire pack, lost their lives, that night, too. She would've been safer if she was with us. She'd still be alive if she stayed."
"You don't know that. The Volturi don't stop until they have something that they want! You of all people should know that. We could've all died if she stayed."
"Better us than our friends!"
Jasper placed a hand on Bella's shoulder. I could tell he was trying to calm her. I could feel himusing his powers. I looked at Esme's fearful face and Carlisle's impassive one and worked to calm myself. I looked over to Alice who still had her head in her arms. She was trying so hard to cry. I had to know what she had done to Bella to deserve this.
"I don't understand one thing." I said turning my cold stare back to Bella. "I know you wanted to punish me for what happened to Ness but you could've had an affair with any guy you wanted, human or vampire. Why did you have to hurt your sister and best friend by going to Jasper?"
"It wasn't my intention but she deserves it too. She should've seen it coming."
Alice looked up very hurt by the accusation.
"You know she couldn't see Nessie or the wolves!"
"But she should've seen the Volturi."
"We didn't have any reason to be looking for them. We got luckly the first time because she was looking for Irina who went to them. But nobody went to them this time. They took us by surprise."
"What do you mean it wasn't your intention?" Alice asked speaking for the first time.
Bella looked to Jasper.
"The affair has been going on for nearly three years." Jasper answered staring at Alice. "I've been in love with her since we spent all that time in Pheonix hiding from James. I didn't want to hurt you or Edward so I kept my feelings to myself. Then after, Rosalie and Emmett died, Bella came to me because you," He turned his cold stare on me. "Were so caught up in your reveged that you didn't see her pain. She had lost a father, daughter, brother, and sister in a period of four years. She needed a shoulder to cry on. I gave her that shoudler. Six months later, she told me she loved me. I couldn't deny my feelings after that. And things just escalated from there."
"But why did you have to hurt Kari?" I asked ouraged. Bella, the hypocrite, had been cheating on my long before I started on her. "It's obvious, you guys don't mind that this is hurting us. Why did you have to make her keep quiet?"
"Because she's a lowly human," Bella replied. "She didn't have any business telling you anything. This is between the four of us."
I growled again.
"Okay, it's obvious that this is going to turn into another brawl so this is what I want," Carlisle spoke for the first time since we entered the dining room. I tried to get a read on his thoughts but Bella was shielding him. "I will have divorce papers for both couples by morning. You will all sign them. In the meantime, I want Bella and Alice to switch rooms. I don't want anymore fighting. As for your slave, Edward, she is to stay confined in your room, once again, you will put a new lock on the door. Only give a key to those you don't mind being alone with her. So you don't get angry like this again. Now, if any of you decide that this is too difficult, then you are welcome to move out. I won't make any of you leave. No matter how our opinions vary. Now, go and switch your rooms. And no more fighting."
Alice and I walked back to the room. I kept my arm around Alice trying to be comforting. I wasn't surprised to see Kari awake when we walked in. All the crashes and the shouting must have woken her.
"What happened?" she asked.
"We confronted them." I answered. Panic streaked on to her face. I was by her side in a second. "Don't worry I won't let them hurt you. I promise. Carlisle is having Bella and Alice switch rooms and I'm changing the lock on the door. Only Esme, Alice, and I will have a key."
She nodded and calmed.
"How are you feeling?" I asked concerned that she might be hurting.
"A little better. My stomach's still sore but I haven't vomitted since the second time." she answered. I saw confusion on her face. "Edward, Dr. Garfunkel never told me what he thought was wrong. He just walked out muttering impossible. Did he tell you?"
"Yes." I said. I wasn't prepared to try to explain things to her. "It's complicated, though, and you need some rest. Go back to sleep for a few more hours and I'll explain when you wake up."
She knew she wasn't going to win the arguement and snuggled closer to me. She was asleep in seconds. I turned my attention to Alice's thoughts of inadequacy.
"Please, don't think like that?" I asked. "You are beautiful, smart, funny, and the best person I know. If anyone is inadequat it's him. He's the one who doesn't deserve someone as wonderful as you."
I held out my arm and she crawled to my otherside. She snuggled her head into my shoulder.
"Thanks, Edward. It was nice to hear." she said. "But I don't think I'm ready to believe you."
"Then I'll make sure I tell you everyday until you do." I said. She smiled. I noted that her thoughts brightened a little.
"Well, I should go and get my things moved." she said after a minute and moved to stand.
"Do you want me to help?" I offered halfheartedly. I knew it was a nice gesture but I really didn't want to leave Kari exposed to Bella.
"No, if Bella's going to be in and out of here then you should stay with Kari. Just in case."
"Thanks." I said and she smiled as she walked out the door.
I held Kari in my arms stroking her hair. I didn't know what we were going to do about the pregnancy. I knew it would divide the family even more. Some of them wouldn't want the reminder of Nessie. The worst part was Kari didn't even have a choice in the matter. Well, she didn't have a choice in getting pregnant. I was going to let her choose what she wanted to do. If she wanted to have the baby, I'd let her, regardless, of what the family thought.
Bella's entrance interuptted my thoughts. She had a large empty box in her hands. She threw a dirty look at Kari and me then began putting things into the box at human speed.
"That's disgusting, you know?" she said.
What a hypocrite.
"You didn't seem to think it was disgusting when you were the human in my arms." I stated.
"That was a different time." she said.
Her voice was cold. It sounded like the time she spent with me as a human no longer meant anything to her.
"A time when we weren't the superior race." she finished.
"Maybe, it's time we go back to that." I said.
"There's no way. We like this life to much."
"There are many who don't." I stated. "They"d fight another war to stop it, if they had to."
"But there wouldn't be enough of them to win."
"Maybe, Maybe not." I shrugged. The idea of another war to stop things like this from happening again wasn't a bad idea.
She huffed and finished packing with her vampire speed.
"By the way, you can't protect her forever. I'll have my chance." she said just before she left.
"I dare you." I said in a low voice. She laughed shrilly.
A few minutes later, Alice came back with a huge box. She plopped it in a corner and crawled back onto the bed.
"I made sure I had a big enough box for only one trip." she said.
"I understand." I replied.
"So, what are we going to do about it?" Alice asked.
"I'm going to let her decide. Garfunkel didn't tell her. So I have to explain it all. I'm keeping it quiet until she decides. Esme will be the first to know though."
Alice nodded into my shoulder.
"Maybe we should have one of the other girls on hand. She might need some blood when she wakes up." I said thinking out loud.
:Could we get them to do it willingly, though?" Alice questioned.
"You could. They really trust you." I told her.
"I can try." she replied.
"In a little bit." I said stopping her from standing. "You need to just relax for a bit. It's been a long day."
I sat there with my arm around my sister and the love of my life in my arms. I was thinking of all the problems that were about to complicate our lives. Yet, this felt perfect. I knew this family would be alright.
A/N: Just one thing, Esme is included in the family Edward was thinking of. I just couldn't find a decent way to bring her in for the ending. Sorry about that. Let me know what you think. I LOVE REVIEWS!!
