Chapter 12 – Perfect Harmony

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EPOV

I stroked Bella's hair tenderly as Alice came to sit next to me on the stairs. "I'm going to clean this up." She said. I opened my mouth to argue, but she stopped me. "No, you go upstairs and take care of Bella. Clean her up, talk to her, comfort her. I'll clean this up, and when you two are finished up there, call me. I'll be out hunting. We'll meet, hunt, and then talk."

I nodded. "Okay."

She smiled and got up to go buy bleach and rags. "And Alice?" I called as she reached the door.

"Yes?" she turned back, question in her eyes.

"Thank you." I said simply, giving her a smile that was hard to pull off.

"Sure." She smiled and dashed out the door. I waited for the purr of her bright yellow Porsche Turbo that I had gotten her for kidnapping Bella to disappear before I kissed Bella's head again and slowly got up and walked up the stairs. I had never moved so slow and carefully.

I opened the door to our bathroom and set her on the counter momentarily while I wet a towel. I pulled her into my lap as I sat on the lid of the toilet.

I wiped gently at the blood on her hands and face, squirting the foaming soap on the towel.

"Oh, Bella." I whispered.

She still wasn't saying anything. She still wasn't moving on her own. I wiped the last bit of blood from her nose and tossed the towel in the trash. I picked her up again and walked into our room, the smell of bleach burning my nostrils. I sat down on the couch and pulled her against my chest. My cheek rested on the top of her head, and hers on my chest.

She sobbed once and looked up at me. "I killed Aro." She said, eyes wide, the gold shimmering in them. It wasn't a question.

I sighed and nodded once. The smell of bleach strengthened.

She sighed and looked back down, burying her face in my chest.

I combed my fingers through her hair.

"I didn't know what I was doing. I was just concentrating on keeping you out of the fight. I don't know what happened. One minute I was watching Jake take Aro out of the air, the next I was…" she trailed off, trying to remember exactly what happened.

"Shh." I quieted her.

She sighed heavily.

"I'm sorry." She looked up at me again, staring into my eyes.

"What for?" I asked, staring right back at her.

"I saw your mind. I scared you. One moment you were glowing with pride, the next you were worried sick, if we can even get sick." She chuckled, though the laugh didn't reach her eyes. They kept staring at me, scared and timid.

"I was worried." I admitted with a small, staccato sigh. "Worried about you. You looked so scared after he fell. You had no idea what you were doing. You just sat there." I shuddered at the memory.

"I'm sorry." She said again, pushing herself up a bit more.

"I know." I smiled and pressed my cold lips to hers.

Our lips moved silently together. My hands wound through her hair and hers tangled into my own copper mess.

I finally moved back with a sigh. "So much easier when neither of us have to breath."

She laughed and leaned forward again.

After a few minutes of perfect harmony I had to pull back again. She frowned.

I laughed, sighing. "We have to meet Alice."