Summary: Alice and Jasper have taken Emmett and Edward to Alaska on a hunting trip. Bella hasn't gone to the Cullen house in a few days, but suddenly, she urgently needs to speak to one of them. But what about? (Includes mature themes! warning!)

This is a short story, probably around 10-15 chapters depending on how fast or slow the story goes, etc. It includes dark theme's so please don't read unless you can handle this...

READ: I'd like to clear it up; Edward and Bella are together, but this story is Carlisle/Bella because it's a father/daughter bonding story. Sorry for the confusion. Further chapters will show the bonding.

Edward's POV

'Edward, maybe my touch may help calm her more quickly?'

I looked down at my beautiful angel sleeping in my arms and watched as she thrashed from side to side, grunting quietly. She was having a nightmare, and it broke my heart.

Jasper met my gaze and I nodded quickly. It may just work. I shifted Bella as gently as I could and moved the IV over so it wouldn't get caught. Jasper was probably the one with the littlest connection to Bella, but he wanted to get closer to her, he had always just been scared. He got up from the chair he sat in and quietly lifted it to the bed. He set it down and nervously held out his arms, flashing me a small smile.

I grinned in amusement as I slowly lowered Bella down into his arms. "It'll be fine," I murmured so I didn't wake Bella.

He nodded and turned his gaze to the sleeping human in his arms. This was incredibly hard for him but he was resisting the thirst. Alice was extremely proud – beaming quietly from where she sat with Rose.

The atmosphere in the room dropped quickly to a warm, calm fog as Jasper projected all his energy onto Bella. She thrashed once then sighed as the emotions took over her. A small smile appeared on her face and I couldn't help smiling myself.

She'd been through so much when we were away. I had been so appalled that whilst she was tackling the biggest thing in her life, I was chasing prey excitedly. It made me want to be sick. When she needed me the most, I hadn't been there.

"Stop taking this out on yourself, Edward." Esme said quietly, reading the hurt expression on my face. She knew I felt guilty, even if she couldn't read my mind.

The thing was, I loved Bella so much and I wanted her and I to have a special connection, then the mutt came and took that from us. How was that fair? Especially on her. Sex was a gift and something Bella should have decided to take place. No one has the right to take something like that from someone. It's just plain awful and ignorant. I wanted to break the treaty and drive down to La Push to rip that bastard's body apart. No one hurt my Bella and got away with it.

Though for Bella's sake, I knew I had to stand by her and let the professionals deal with locking Jacob up. Though believe me, he deserved much worse than prison.

Back in my days as a newborn I'd killed murderers, rapist, and any bad person who thought of robbing someone's life. Of course I felt extremely guilty but as soon as my family informed me Bella had been raped, the exact thing had come back to my head. I wanted to kill Jacob.

I pushed back the venom swelling in my mouth and looked over at Bella who was grasping lightly at Jasper's big hand. I took in the scene with a smile. Jasper's right arm was supporting Bella's head and his left was securely over the space just above her belt line, where his hand held onto hers comforting. With his right hand, he gently brushed the side of Bella's head for a more calming effect. They both moved in harmony as Jasper rocked them from side to side.

I wasn't jealous, not at all. These people were my family. If anyone else besides a Cullen touched my Bella or held her (apart from her family), I'd be extremely jealous and probably growl at them, but Jasper was finally having a bonding session with Bella, even if she was asleep.

"The results from Bella's medical exam were inconclusive," Carlisle began. "But I was able to retrieve some particles of Jacob from her skin. This will obviously be a big help in the courtroom. I can no longer carry out the rape kit though to gain evidence, but I can check for any injuries, STI's, and pregnancy, though I did slip some morning after pills into her IV when I first put it in. It went in a little late, but not too late. They probably worked. There's always a small chance of pregnancy after a one-off rape, but not a huge chance."

I clenched my hands into tight fists. If she had any of that…I couldn't bear to think. I ignored the fact that Rosalie smiled a little at the word pregnancy and focused back on Carlisle. "Why were they inconclusive?"

Carlisle wore his doctor's mask – the one where he was completely serious, considerate and gentle. "Bella seemed to have washed any evidence off of her skin."

I closed my eyes briefly. "Of course she would. Obviously she wanted to get him off of her…"

"No." Rosalie butted in, her experience overtaking her mind. "She felt dirty, ashamed and confused. She wanted to scrub herself so much that her skin would come off."

I scrunched up my face in disgust at her choice of words. "How do you know? That's what you wanted to do…"

"No," she corrected. "That's what all rape victims want to do. They feel dirty because someone has just stolen their purity so they try their hardest to get themselves clean again."

Carlisle confirmed Rosalie's words and I lowered my head into my hands with guilt. "Oh, my poor Bella." I whispered. Why didn't she phone Rosalie as soon as she got back to her house? She would've helped her. My poor Bella had suffered in silence.

I looked over to Bella where my eyes trained straight to the bandage on her arm. No one had told me what was hiding underneath, and they did a good job at blocking their thoughts. I had noticed, however, the lines of bright, red inflicted cuts on her wrists and I became angry. Why would she do that to herself? "What's on her arm?"

Carlisle, Rosalie and Esme immediately blocked their thoughts but then Esme looked over at me – at the emotions in my face. "You need to be told…" She bit her lip. "But you must promise me not to turn on Bella, and be nothing but supportive."

I nodded. "I promise."

"She carved 'IMPURE' into her arm…"

If I had been human, I would've stopped breathing. "She did what?" I hissed loudly and nearly woke up Bella. Jasper rocked her gently and she instantly calmed.

Esme looked at me. "You promised, stop it Edward. You can't blame the girl. Yes, her actions were reckless and she should have thought about the consequences, but she was in pain. She needed to feel in control."

I narrowed my eyes and said nothing before I calmed down. "I'm sorry…it's just…seeing Bella like this is torture."

Emmett came over and placed a heavy hand on my shoulder. "We know that, bro, but everyone else is hurting here too. Especially Bella. We gotta be strong for her."

He was right. We had to be strong.

"Charlie's coming." I said quickly as I started to hear his thoughts as he came up the drive. Carlisle confirmed in his mind that he'd phoned him to come back from his fishing trip.

This was going to be hard to get through. Charlie was a demanding, and stubborn man and would think I did this to Bella. He didn't like me very much.

"Should I…?" Jasper trailed off, gesturing to Bella. I shook my head, telling him to hold on to her so she wouldn't wake. She didn't need to tell Charlie or get stressed out, we could do it. She needed her sleep.

It took Charlie another 4 long minutes to finally arrive in front of the house. He was annoyed that Carlisle hadn't gone into detail about Bella's condition but hoped she was alright. He may be a little suspicious of the hospital supplies in the room once he saw them but that could be covered up.

Esme went down to let Charlie in and she slowly brought him up the stairs and into Carlisle's office.

His eyes found mine and he stiffened. Like I suspected, he thought I'd hurt Bella. He didn't say anything though as he was more focused on seeing if Bella was alright. His eyes dropped down to Jasper and he was confused. He didn't know Bella had a relationship with Jasper – she never mentioned him at dinner.

'What's that Jasper dude holding Bella like that? Well, it looks alright. At least it's not Edward. He's a little obsessive.' I had to grin at that. 'Oh…Bella. She looks alright, she looks peaceful. Wait, what's that bandage on her arm? And an IV? What the hell? Is Bella sick?'

"Charlie," Carlisle moved Charlie's attention from Bella to him. "Please take a seat." When he was sat, he continued. "As you know, Bella was due to stay here with Esme and Rosalie whilst you were on the fishing trip. She came to us with something troubling her but we were unable to figure out what. The next morning, however, Bella turned to Rosalie and they went to talk in the front room. During their conversation, Bella admitted to Rosalie that she was raped."

Charlie said nothing. His mind was a combustion of anger, hate, hurt, concern, pain, confusion. His face slowly turned from white, to red, and then to a deep purple. "Rape?" He was appalled. He got up from the chair and walked towards his daughter, crouching down to brush back her curls. "Who did this to her?" His mind flashed to me and I had to stop myself from being angry. How could he think that?

Carlisle quickly shook his head. "Jacob Black did this – she admitted it herself. I also collected evidence – with her consent of course – from her body that Jacob left behind."

Charlie didn't want to believe the news but Bella wouldn't lie about something like this. Jacob had been her best friend – why would she want to frame him? "No…I can't…why would he do something like that?" Tears glistened in his eyes and he told himself to stop it and grow up.

Charlie's reaction was completely normal. He just wanted to protect his daughter.

20 minutes later, Charlie stood by the door with the clear bag of evidence in his hand. He tucked it into his coat pocket and looked over at Carlisle. "Thank you so much for taking care of Bella whilst I was unable too. I don't know if she'll want to come back to the house yet, but please tell her I love her and I care about her." When Carlisle agreed, he nodded. "Well then, I guess I should take this down to the station. I'll have my team to arrest Jacob and question him."

When Charlie left, everyone visibly relaxed. Jasper relaxed again and calmly held onto Bella. He'd been so tense through the whole process – afraid of what Charlie had to say about him holding Bella.

Carlisle took Bella's temperature and checked the IV pump. "This is giving her fluids, and keeping her hydrated but I haven't seen her eat anything yet. When she awakens, she'll need some solid food in her system, and then I'll have to talk with her on what to do next, etc."

I nodded and looked at Bella once again. She was so fragile and vulnerable. This was going to be a tough road for her.

I'm really impressed at the reviews I'm getting for this story, it means a lot, thank you:) And if you were wondering if this was a Carlisle/Bella relationship story, then the answer is up the top in bold. It isn't sadly, its a father/daughter bonding. Edward and Bella are together.

This chapter is a little longer because I love you guys so much;D what would you like to see in the next chapter? I love you xxx