Hate is all I know

A Twilight Saga fan fiction

By SparklingGreenEyesxxx

Disclaimer:

Stephanie Meyer owns all rights to the characters use in this story.

I own none of these.

It will all be in BPOV

Chapter 8 – Safe

"But you love me that way," he teased and smiled his breath fanning over my face.

"Yes I do, I wouldn't have you any other way."

After talking for a while more we decided we'd better get back for dinner, we had a busy day tomorrow gathering our evidence, I was confident we had enough to put Jacob away.

When we walked in the door the smell of pasta hit me and I felt hungrier than before, I rushed into the kitchen grabbing a bowl full for me and Edward before sitting at the kitchen table. Charlie and Sue were eating in the living room since the game was on, plus I think they were giving us a little privacy.

"You know I think Charlie has finally got his head around the idea that I'm old enough to have a boyfriend, you know and do more than hold hands with him." I patted Edward on the back as he choked slightly on his pasta, his cheeks were slightly red but I just rolled my eyes.

Whatever.

"I remember when I got a boyfriend in high school; he basically interrogated the poor boy. Needless to say I didn't talk to Charlie for a week until he apologised to the boy but that relationship didn't last longer than a few days." I shrugged and Edward laughed tears streaming down his face, I giggled a little remembering Charlie's face when I made him sorry.

"You should be very glad he's preoccupied with this case with Jacob." I told Edward stuffing some more pasta in my mouth; he raised both eyebrows in question to me.

"Otherwise you would probably be told the whole speech of 'respect my daughter and if I hear anything bad I'll cut your balls off with a spoon!' but then you'll probably get it afterwards!" I smiled as Edward paled slightly, I patted his arm reassuringly.

"Don't worry; I'll protect you so you don't get your balls cut off with a spoon."

"Thanks Isabella, when do you want to leave to go back to Rosalie and Emmett's?"Edward put his bowl back into the sink and grabbed mine on the way there, I stretched before getting up.

"I say we can go now, we can come here tomorrow after our appointments in the morning."

I walked through to the living room and we said our goodbyes to Charlie and Sue.

x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.

"Hiya guys sorry we've only got one room so you'll have to stay together. That okay?" Rosalie asked and I nodded, we were dating so I didn't suppose it mattered where we slept.

"You alright with that Edward? Or are you worried about me trying to take advantage of you?" I joked and Edward playfully shoved me into the room with a roll of his eyes.

It looked like I was sharing a double bed with Edward tonight; this was gonna be the best night's sleep I'd had in all my life.

"Isabella? Isabella? Wake up Isabella." Edward was poking my upped arm gently with one of his fingers, I pretended to go on sleeping but I think he saw through my charade since he started tickling me.

"Edward! Stop! Edward please!" I begged writhing around on the bed trying to get away from his tickling fingers and smirk.

"Only if you say; 'Edward you are the best in the whole world, and everyone should bow down at your feet!'" He smirked and carried on tickling me.

"No, never!" I vowed but he just tickled me harder than before.

"Say it!"

"Edward you're the best in the world and everyone should bow down at your feet. Please stop tickling me!" Edward was grinning from ear to ear now and he took his fingers away and I lay there panting trying to catch my breath, my lungs hurt from laughing so much.

"Thanks ever so much!" I breathed sarcastically before climbing out of bed; I grabbed my clothes and walked into the bathroom to get showered and dressed. I put on a pair of old blue jeans with a black jumper, it was cold all the time in Forks so I'd probably put a big hoodie over the top to keep warm.

I fastened my wet hair up in to a pony tail and left the bathroom so that Edward could shower.

"Very sexy Isabella," Edward commented as I walked out of the bathroom, he was clutching a pile of dark coloured clothing and a white towel.

I rolled my eyes and threw a pillow at his retreating form; I started to clean up the room we had made more mess than I first thought.

Edward walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel that hung low on his hips, I stood there gapping at him and checking out his fantastic abs.

"Like something you see?" he asked picking up his bottle of shampoo which he'd forgotten on his first trek into the shower.

"Maybe, I'm going down to eat breakfast now okay join me in a minute?" He nodded and I went down stairs and into the kitchen where I was met by Rosalie holding out two plates with eggs and bacon on. Emmett was sat at the table with a huge plate full of bacon and eggs, I didn't know how he could eat that much but from the look on his face it looked as though he knew he could eat all of that food and more.

"Morning guys, how's the food Emmett?" I asked and was answered with a grunt and a nod which I assumed meant it was amazing. I sat down and tucked in, it was amazing the best eggs I had had for a while. Edward sunk into the chair next to me nodding to Emmett and Rosalie before also digging in to his food. We finished our breakfast before heading out for our first meeting at 10 at the clinic in Seattle.

I suddenly felt very nervous as I walked into the clinic, Edward's arm was wrapped around my waist and being close to him made me feel safer somehow. The only memories I had of here were awful and I hoped I never had to go through something like that again.

I walked slowly up to the front desk and smiled at the woman in front of me.

"Hello I have an appointment to talk to Mrs Hunter at 10?" The woman glanced back up at me again and smiled after checking her computer screen, she indicated to a row of plastic red chairs backed against a wall. Edward led me over and we sat there for only 10 minutes before my name was called by the receptionist, I walked through to a room with s desk and two chairs I was instantly transported to the last time I was in this room. They were asking me and Jacob questions about my pregnancy and making sure it was what I wanted, there was so many times I had wanted to shout out stop I don't want this yet couldn't as Jacob's hand was tightening around my thigh every time I made to get up.

I was brought back to the present by the door opening and a large woman with blonde hair and pale grey eyes walked in and her face lit up in a bright smile. I grinned back and embraced her before sitting down next to Edward.

"Edward this is Mrs Hunter she saw me when I came here 5 years ago, and Mrs Hunter this is Edward Cullen my boyfriend." I introduced them and saw Edward's eye light up when I called him my boyfriend out loud for the first time, they shook hands and we all sat at the table.

"So Isabella how are you? I hope you've been okay since the last time I saw you. You were so thin and scared; you looked so unwell with your bony skeletal frame. I don't think this was the boyfriend I saw who came with you when you had the abortion, what's been going on in your life since then?" She asked, this was the reason why I liked this woman she didn't treat me like her patient more like her friend.

"Well I'm really happy well more than happy I totally love life at the moment with just a few slightly bigger than I'd like problems. No this isn't the same boyfriend you saw, the other one was an ass, and this one however is the best man I've ever met." I smiled as Edward flushed pale pink.

"So I gather this isn't a social call, what was it you wanted?" Mrs Hunter turned into business and got out my old records from five years ago.

"Could I please have a copy of my abortion form and if it isn't too much could I ask your opinion of my old boyfriend Jacob?" I crossed my fingers under the desk; if what she said about Jacob didn't back up my story then I would have to discount her as a witness.

"Well you can certainly have a copy of the abortion form, here is the spare one we have, it tells you everything about who were present, how far along you were, which form of abortion you took and the reason for it. Now about that old boyfriend, Jacob you said, well seeing as you aren't going out with him any more I can tell you I thought he was very forward. I could also see that he had his hand on your thigh throughout the entire time and kept squeezing it tighter, at one point I was going to ask if he was hurting you but thought it wasn't really my place. But he was an ass you're right, the atmosphere was very thick and sometimes awkward like he had control over you, why do you ask?"

I took a breath and told her my story; at the end she looked shocked and annoyed.

"How could he do that? Lots of girls come in here after being raped when they found themselves pregnant couldn't handle thinking about the child after knowing how it had been made so have an abortion."

"I know but I hope this isn't too much to ask and I hate to ask all of these favours but will you stand up in court and be witness to what you saw that afternoon?"

"Of course I will Isabella; I hope you have a good outcome on the court. Edward it was lovely to meet you even though you didn't actually get to talk, your girlfriend here can talk for England and so can I when we both get going. Goodbye you two, I want an invitation to the wedding in a few months time!" She laughed and I blushed bright red.

"Oh no we're not engaged." I stammered Edward relaxed and calm at my side, how I don't know but he was.

"Not yet," she said smiling, we said our goodbyes before leaving. I was feeling so much more optimistic now that we had at least one witness and some hard evidence that I did have an abortion five years ago.

It was now half past eleven so we decided to go out for lunch in Seattle since we had until half past one when we were meeting up with Dr. Aro Volturi about my last check up and what he had recorded and seen.

I parked outside of the small cafe which was down a side street; it made the most delicious coffees and cakes, I love this cafe.

"How do you feel about this doctor person? Do you think he'll testify against Jacob and remember what he saw that day?" Edward asked as he bit into a flapjack, I had a big slice of chocolate in front of my oozing cream; my mouth was watering at just the thought of it.

"I think he will; I mean he kept my secret for me when he could have and really should have reported it to the police. But the fact that he made the effort after discovering certain things to keep my secret makes me believe in him that he will try and help us in any way that he can." I took a big bite of my cake and moaned as the chocolate and cream mixed together to form heaven on my tongue. Edward shook his head at me and started to sip his coffee, it was almost time to go so I finished up quickly so that we wouldn't be late for the meeting.

I pulled up outside of his small practice which hadn't changed since the last time I had come here five years ago. I glanced at Edward who squeezed my hand and gave me a reassuring smile, we made our way through to the lobby which was warm and clean. The receptionist looked up from his computer as we neared him and he looked at us shocked.

"Isabella Swan, well I haven't seen you in five years. What brings you back here?" The receptionist smiled who I now recognised as Caius, he had been the assistant receptionist when I had last come here and had got me a drink of water when I panicked before I went into the room with the doctor.

"I have some unfinished business but looks like you're doing well, head receptionist now you really are going up in the world." I smiled and he grinned at me.

"I have an appointment booked to see Aro at half one." I told him and he immediately stepped back into professional mode and nodded at me before pointing to the seats.

"Why do all these medical places have hard plastic chairs in disgusting colours? People come here with problems already they don't need to have their asses numbed to create more pain for them." Edward grumbled to me as we sat on some hard plastic chairs exactly like the ones in the clinic except these were green and not orange, I laughed at Edward's comment and he smiled brightly at me.

I was so glad he was with me it would have been so awkward had it been just me and Charlie plus that would mean Edward would be at a loose end all day, he was definitely the preferred companion for this particular task.

"Isabella Swan, Dr Volturi will see you now in room four." Came across the tannoy, we stood up and made our way down the corridor to room four where a man with papery onion like skin sat behind a desk, his long black hair was worn loose down his back and his black eyes were reddish around the edges. He looked up from his folder of notes as we entered the room and his face broke into a smile, he looked exactly the same as he did five years ago maybe with the addition of a few more laughter lines.

"Isabella Swan well it has been a while." He stood up to shake my hand and then turned to Edward raising on eyebrow at me.

"This is my boyfriend Edward, Edward this is Dr Aro Volturi." We all sat down and Aro pulled out my notes from a slim folder.

"You wanted to see me about your last check up five years ago, what exactly did you want to know?" he leant forward on his arms and I proceeded to tell him my story.

"So I would like to know what you observed and noticed that day?" I asked, Aro looked back down to the notes and Edward smiled reassuringly at me before we turned back to Aro.

"Well I noticed that there were signs of tears and bruises on your lower body, there was also signs of rape as the scars told me and of force as though you had been abused. I wrote all of this down at the time and a regular check up would show the same results, I also observed and wrote down everything about your behaviour that afternoon. You were nervous, scared when I mentioned about the bruises and tears and then anxious reassuring me that it was nothing that I wasn't to tell anybody. When I told you that you were pregnant your eyes filled with tears, you went very pale and looked worried."

I smiled, this was all the evidence we needed to bring Jacob Black to justice.

"Thank you, do you think you could write this up into a report for the courts?"

Aro nodded writing it down on a post-it note so that he didn't forget, now it was time to ask him the big favour.

"And if it's not too much to ask would you stand witness to my behaviour that day in court? I need witnesses to really have any power in the court." I crossed my fingers for the second time that day, Edward's hand closed over mine and his support made me strong enough to look Aro Volturi in the eyes.

"I will witness for you in court Isabella."

"Thank you so much, you have no idea what this means to me. You will be helping me live my life without fearing for the lives of my family and friends." I was grinning from ear to ear and Edward was smiling as well, Aro stood to see us out.

"Isabella, Edward, I hope you every success. I will see you both in court on the?" He looked questioningly at me.

"I'll leave my number with Caius at reception then when I find out I will call you and inform you of the time and place." I shook his hand and we left leaving my contact information at the reception with Caius who bid us goodbye with a friendly wave.

I dialled the Volturi practice number on my cell phone; I paced the room as it rang.

"Hello Volturi Practice surgery how can I help you?" It was Caius's voice and he sounded bored; it must be a slow day then.

"Hello Isabella Cu- I mean Swan, I'm calling to leave a message for Aro Volturi that the court date is in a weeks' time. Thank you very much for the report and he has my contact information if he needs anymore details. The trial will be held at Seattle crown court (I don't know if this place exists)."

"Thank you we'll get the message to him as soon as we can thank you for calling have a nice day Isabella."

The line cut off.

I couldn't believe I had almost made the mistake of saying 'Isabella Cullen', Mrs Hunter saying about an invitation to the wedding in a few months had been praying on my mind almost as much as the court case in a week. I had no idea why she had said it, it wasn't like I had even told him I loved him properly but the name Isabella Cullen just rolled off my tongue and felt natural. Edward would of course get freaked out and probably run a mile through the Pacific Ocean.

"Isabella, everything will be alright. We have fate and luck on our side, plus you've got me." He smiled his crooked smile before kissing me, my blood boiled under my skin and everything flew out of my mind it was just him. His scent, the feel of his lips on mine, his thick hair under my fingers, his strong body pressed close up against mine. He deepened the kiss and his arms wrapped around me tighter pulling me ever closer to his warm hard body.

He broke the kiss and leaned his forehead against mine as we both tried to catch our breath from that fantastic kiss.

"Isabella," He breathed looking directly into my eyes, "I love you,"

"I love you too," I smiled, the way he said it sounded so much different from when Jacob used to say it.

"I will keep you safe no matter what happens at this trial." He hugged me tightly to his chest and I breathed in his calming scent. In this very moment, in his arms and surrounded by his warmth and love, I felt safer than I ever had before like nothing could touch me here.