No one said anything. I don't think anyone knew what to say, least of all myself.

Rosalie frowns at us all before letting go of Emmett's hand and blurring downstairs. She surveys her surroundings before her frosty glare fixates on me. "So you came back." She says scathingly.

Typical. Rosalie wasn't sure what was happening so she'd decided to have a go at me.

"Rose." Emmett says warningly, from the top of the stairs.

"No!" Rosalie yells at him. "All this trouble started when she arrived! I want her out!"

Edward is instantly in front of Rosalie, his expression so furious that I flinch. "Well it's not about what you want!" He roars. "She's staying here whether you like it or not!"

Emmett bounds down the stairs and is next to Rosalie in an instant. "Whoa man. Back off!" He commands, his voice stunned.

"Tell her to back off from Bella then!" Edward growls, not moving an inch.

Emmett's golden eyes narrow at him. "Have you been taking drugs or something dude? What is wrong with you? Rose is your sister and however irritable she's made you in the past you've never been like this! Never!"

"Edward calm down." Carlisle's firm voice sounds across the space. "Emmett step backwards and take a deep breath. Rosalie, you better calm down too."

Edward returns back to my side, his expression still furious and grabs my hand, breathing heavily. I squeeze it tightly, hoping to reassure him. It seems to work as he relaxes slightly. But then Rosalie spots our hands and stops breathing, utterly freezing. "What?" She gasps.

Then all hell breaks loose.

Rosalie breaks free from Emmett's loose grip and in one smooth move she launches herself across the room towards me, screeching wildly.

I don't have time to react, her attack was that sudden.

However, she never touches me because Edward is suddenly in front of me and she hits him with a loud smack. She bounces backwards off him and she runs towards me again, growling loudly. She stumbles to a halt as Alice dives onto her back, screeching and yanking her hair. Edward blurs across to Rosalie and twists her arms behind her back in the same instant Alice slides off her back and forces a growling Rosalie to her knees.

"No! You will not hurt Bella!" Alice yells at Rosalie.

Emmett makes a movement towards Rosalie but a curt growl from Jasper stops him. "No! You hurt Alice and you'll regret it!" He yells at him.

I am motionless as I take in the situation. Jasper looked ready to kill Emmett if he made a move towards Alice. Emmett looked mad enough to kill Alice and Edward for what they were doing to Rosalie. Alice and Edward looked ready to rip off Rosalie's head, who in turn wanted to rip off my head and Carlisle and Esme were stood frozen watching their kids fight.

Spotting the horror and desperation on their faces spurs me into action. "STOP!" I roar and every pair of golden eyes in the room turn to me. "Don't you see what's happening?" I say desperately. "All this fighting over me! You're a family but you're acting like you want to rip each other apart like a coven would! Alice I'm honoured that you think so highly of me to stop Rosalie but I can fight my own battles. Return to Jasper." My voice was like steel so it was no surprise that Alice instantly released Rosalie and blurred to Jasper's side who gasped in relief and held her close.

"Edward." I say quietly, walking over to where he was still gripping Rosalie. "Let go of Rosalie before Emmett comes over here and rips your head off."

It was true. Emmett was so tense I knew it was only a matter of time. "No." Edward growls.

Emmett steps forward threateningly. "No!" I yell, flinging my hand out to him. "Do not move."

Emmett hesitates before rocking back on his heels. "One minute Bella." He growls. "Or I'm coming over there and making Edward release her."

I knew he was deadly serious and I turn back to Edward, locking my eyes onto his golden ones, completely ignoring Rosalie on the floor. "Edward. Let go of her." I implore quietly, placing my hand gently on his face.

I was sure I saw his hand loosen. "Why should I?" He murmurs, not looking away from me.

"As I've already explained today, I can fight my own battles. I'm not weak. I understand why you defended me from Rosalie but the threat is over. Let her go." Edward hesitates. "Now, Edward." Edward scowls down at Rosalie's blonde head before releasing her. She blurs over to Emmett in the next second who grabs her and pulls her into a tight hug.

Both Carlisle and Esme breathe a sigh of relief but I'm not finished. I remove my hand from Edward's face and stand up, ignoring Edward's puzzled look. "Rosalie." I say quietly and her attention is immediately on me.

Emmett's grip on Rosalie tightens as I step closer. "I know you understand the concept of soul-mates, seeing as you have one of your own. Edward is my mate and that's not going to change no matter how many hissy fits you throw. I love him."

Rosalie's jaw drops open and I hear several gasps from around the room. Alice is beaming at me. "No." Rosalie growls. "I'm not having it."

I glare at her and march forward so I'm right in front of her face. Emmett growls. "For the love of god, shut up Emmett!" I yell and Rosalie flinches at my expression. I glare at her witheringly. "I'm only going to say this once, so you'd better listen. Nothing on this earth will keep me apart from Edward, especially some bitchy blonde vampire. Do not make me punch that pretty little face of yours because if you try and tell me what I can and cannot do I will, do you understand?" I hear a shocked silence behind me but I don't lose my resolve. "Do you understand?" I repeat harshly when Rosalie doesn't answer.

Her eyes widen. "Yes." She spits venomously.

"Rosalie. I love her too." Edward says softly, wrapping his hands around my waist.

Rosalie looks at us curiously for a moment before sighing. "Fine." She mutters. "I'll let it go. For you Edward, not her."

I feel Edward tense and I poke him. "Leave it." I hiss. "That's good enough for me."

"Yes it damn well is!" Rosalie growls before flipping her sheet of golden hair and marching haughtily out of the room, pulling Emmett with her.

"That went well." Alice murmurs and I turn to stare at her incredulously. However as soon as I meet her golden eyes we both end up laughing hysterically, much to the bewilderment of the other vampires in the room.