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Edward's PoV

It would have been so easy to kill her. I had already sprung and within a second I would've been grabbing hold of her arms to pin her down on the ground once we fell. In my confused state I dreamt of sinking my teeth into her smooth neck, tasting her luscious blood as it slid down my throat. She would've been dead in the time it took the disgusting guy to get up and run. I would've been able to finally fill my hunger; at the time I wouldn't have cared about looking down into her pale face, to see those eyes that would never sparkle again, the cheeks that would never turn a lovely slight shade of pink. It would've happened, if not for in midair I collided with something, pushing me to the ground. It didn't take me more than a minute to realize what that thunderous boom was from and who had hit me in the side making me miss my target.

"Edward, stop! What do you think you're doing?!" The familiar deep voice brought me somewhat back to reality, but I could still smell the blood and with the guy gone, I wanted the next human. "Alice, get Bella out of here!" Emmett ordered as I struggled aimlessly against his tight grip; he had always been the stronger one.

I had not taken my eyes off of Bella's frightened face and in a flash, it was gone. Alice had scooped her up in her arms and raced off. It took me a couple of minutes to realize that the other girl whom I had saved was gone too. Rosalie might have taken her. How long had they known I was going to attack an innocent human?

It was easier to think now that the only scents I could smell was the blood of that rapist and Emmett. I slowly stopped struggling against his grasp; it was useless to keep trying. Alice was already in my Volvo, driving away apparently worrying why Bella had fainted. Even though I had stopped moving, Emmett hadn't loosened his grip. "Emmett, you can get off now," I said in a non amused tone. Usually he having his arms around me would cause for a perverted joke from me, but this just wasn't the time. Part of me was ashamed for what I had done, not to the rapist, but to Bella. I had exposed our secret because I was reckless in my actions to do good.

It took Emmett three hours of constant reassurance that I was fine until he lead me to Rosalie's car. The ride home was short, as always, but also silent. Emmett knew not to say anything; there was nothing to say that wouldn't just make me more disgusted with myself anyway. I stared out the window, trying to figure out what to do next. We couldn't run, I would never ask them to do that because of me. I suddenly knew extremely well how Jasper felt when we moved to Forks.

All I wanted was to try and get that guy away from the girl. I had never meant for him to bleed, but once he did, I couldn't control myself. I had been sucked in by the unreasonable monster that lived inside me. I may have been able to resist if I had gone hunting recently, but it had been weeks since I had eaten. I felt weak.

When we arrived home I felt another wave of guilt hit me; everyone was inside trying to figure out what to do. I had screwed up so much. I reluctantly walked into the house and sighed when every head turned to face me. Emmett filed in behind me, wondering why they had brought Bella back here. Bella had woken up and was huddled in the corner of the room, looking frightened to death. Couldn't blame her.

"I'm sorry" Was all I could think of to say.

"Don't start that Edward. It wasn't your fault; you were trying to do the right thing. It just got a little out of control." Alice was always trying to make me feel better. It helped a little, but I turned to Jasper and gave him a glare and the guilt flooded back into me. Sometimes his powers got annoying.

Esme took a step forward, her face almost as frightened as Bella's. "What are we going to do?"

I looked from Esme to Bella. Her eyes were darting from each one of us, though I wasn't exactly sure what she was thinking. I couldn't hear her thoughts; it would have been very convenient if I could. I wouldn't have to resort to the last thing we had to keep our secret. "We can't let her leave."