K, well I'm supposed to be focusing on Too Late but I though that I'd update this while I'm at it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse.

I emerged from the thick trees surrounding our house after finishing off a few deer. I needed something to clear my head but I had not wanted to venture far from Bella.

Now I could think again and I instantly regretted it. My mind filled with images of Bella and that man who was with her. I shuddered as I remembered what he was going to do to her. I just wish I had arrived there sooner and stopped him before he was able to hurt her.

They obviously knew each other before then. He had called her by her name. Maybe they were friends when Bella lived in Phoenix. Maybe they were more.

If only I had been there to hear their conversation earlier. I wanted to know more, so much more.

And yet, for the life of me, I could not understand why. I couldn't simply read Bella's thoughts like I could with others. She was a mystery. It was frustrating to be left so in the dark. Nothing like this had ever happened to me before.

I returned to the livingroom, running my hands through my hair as I walked. Bella was lying peacefully on the couch with Carlisle standing over her.

"She's going to be alright," he stated, calmly. My father was always in control of every situation and I admired that about him.

I nodded my head slowly, not trusting my voice, before he continued. "I put her on a lot of pain medications before I stabilized her jaw with tiny metal plates. She won't wake for a few hours. I suggest you be here when she does get up. She's going to be scared and confused."

I hadn't thought of that. What would her reaction be when she awoke in an unfamiliar house full of people she had never seen before? She would be frightened, to say the least. I didn't want her to be upset with me. But surely she would be grateful towards me for saving her, wouldn't she? It was all too much to think about at the moment.

So, I preceded to drag a large comfy arm chair over beside the couch. I don't know how long it was that I sat there staring at her face. Eventually, Carlisle packed up his bag and started up the stairs to his office. Everyone else stayed off the first floor of the house. They could sense that I didn't want to be bothered.

Bella looked so at ease right now. Her long eyelashes were closed gently over the eyes that I knew to be a deep, chocolate brown. None of the anguish and pain was visible on her face any longer. Instead, a look of peaceful serenity had taken the place of the torment.

I wondered how long it would take until the pain medication wore off and Bella awoke. However, before I could get lost in my thoughts once again, Alice came prancing down the stairs.

A low growl began to build in the back of my throat. I did not want anyone near her right now. Bella was too fragile. I was using all my self control to keep from killing her at that very second. It was my job to protect her from my family, myself, and the world. At least it was now.

Get over yourself, Edward. Alice carefully directed her thoughts towards me. I'm not going to hurt her. You do want to know what I'm going to tell you. Can I come sit down, please?

"Fine," I said, more sharply than was completely necessary. Now she was going through lists of everything she had bought on her last shopping trip. All she really wanted to do was keep me out of her mind.

"Now, now Eddie," she scolded me in a mocking tone. "Where are your manners?"

"I am so terribly sorry for being rude to you, my dear sister. Will you please come over here and share what is on your mind?" My voice was dripping with sarcasm. Couldn't she see that I wasn't in the mood for her childish behavior at the moment?

Sensing my irritation, Alice hurried to perch on the edge of the sofa, this earned another soft hiss from me, and continued. "I just had a vision of Bella's father. He's decided to go out looking for her if she's not home in the next ten minutes."

I inhaled sharply through my nose. I hadn't even considered what would happen when Bella didn't return to her house that night. All I could think to do was to bring her to Carlisle. Now what was I supposed to do?

"You have to tell him what happened." Ordered Alice.

"So I'm going to call up the police chief, and tell him that I kidnaped his only daughter after she was almost r– I mean, after she was hurt by a random man she met on the street?"

"I am almost positive that he was not some random man she had met five minutes ago." she said sadly.

"I guessed that she had met him before but, thank you Alice, for your brilliant insight to our situation." Again I was bitingly sarcastic.

"Well, what do you suggest we do?" She was growing angry now. "I don't have to help you so you might want to be just the tiniest bit nicer to me."

"I'm sorry Alice," I was ashamed. "I shouldn't be treating you this way. I'm just angry at whoever that was for hurting Bella. I'm also afraid of anyone getting close enough to touch her again. It's all too much for me to take in right now."

"It's alright, Edward." She said softly. "I'll take care of everything."

Before I had a chance to respond, Alice had stood from the sofa and dashed out of the room. From where I sat, I could hear her dialing a number into the phone in the kitchen. It rang three time before a rough voice answered in a rushed tone.

"Hello?" It questioned.

Short, I know. Please don't kill me. Review if you want to find out what happens with Charlie.