Edward's POV

"Let's go," Jasper yelled from the doorway. "Hurry up, Alice!" He's been acting weird ever since we left Bella's house. I don't know what happened to make him change, but he's just been acting differently.

"I'm coming," Alice huffed as she came dancing down the stairs. Jasper disappeared from the doorway, and we found him next to the car, jumping up and down.

"Jasper, are you alright," I questioned.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be," he said quickly. "I just want to get to school."

"Why," Emmett questioned. "School blows!"

"Let's just get going, alright," he yelled before entering the car. We stared at him in shock before we all hurried into the car. We stayed silent as we made the trip to school, and we all caught Jasper looking out the window uneasily. Once we were parked, he jumped out of the car and started looking around. He found Angela, and he ran over to her. He started demanding something of her.

"Shut up," she yelled, gaining all of our attention. She grabbed Jasper roughly before pulling him somewhere.

"I wonder what that's all about," Rosalie pondered.

"I don't know," Emmett stated. Soon, Angela and Jasper came over. "What was that about?"

"Nothing," Angela replied smiling. Alice shot her a glare, but Angela seemed to be ignoring us now as she was looking at someone else. When I looked, it was Ben. He came up behind her and held her, and she just melted into his embrace. I smiled at the thought of Bella and I having that kind of relationship.

"Where's Bella," I questioned as I realized that she wasn't here at all."

"She's at home sick," Angela replied.

"Then why is see her truck a block away," Rosalie questioned.

"Bella and I share the truck," she stated. "It was just my turn to drive it today, but Bella wasn't here to ride with." Everyone seemed a little suspicious of what she said, but none of us replied.

"Do you have her phone number, Angela," I questioned. "I'd like to talk to her."

"She doesn't have one," Angela said hastily. Then she seemed to collect herself. "I mean, her uncle is kind of cheap, and that's why they don't have a phone or internet."

"So is she going to be alright tomorrow," Alice questioned. "I'd like to take her shopping again since it's the weekend."

"She's busy," Angela lied. It was clear to all of us.

"Okay, I'm done with your bullshit, Angela, because we can all see that you are lying," Rosalie stated.

"She's lying," Emmett questioned. "I thought that she was telling the truth." We all rolled our eyes at him.

"Now tell us the truth," Rosalie growled.

"Is that Jessica I hear," Angela asked, but kept talking without letting us say something. "Coming!" Then she ran off, and Ben ran off after her. She entered the school without looking back.

"There's something going on with Bella," Alice stated. "Best friend's help cover everything up."

"I want to check her truck out," I whispered. "If what Angela says is true, then she would have parked in the parking lot and not a block away."

"Do you want me to come with you," Emmett questioned.

"No," I said as I started walking towards her truck. I was hoping that there wasn't anything wrong with Bella, but everyone else thought that something was wrong. Just then, I thought that Jasper knew. He would have told us though, right?

I was soon at the truck, and I saw that there was a blanket on the seat. I wouldn't have thought of anything of it, except that I spotted Bella's mahogany hair sticking out from under the blanket. I started tapping on the window to wake her up once I knew that the door was locked. She moved the covers groggily and turned her head to face me. It was covered in bruises. I gasped when I saw that there were some cuts also. Her eyes went wide before she covered herself with the blanket.

"Bella," I yelled. "Please Bella! Open the door!" She didn't move, but I noticed that she was shaking. I started running back over to the school. "Guys," I yelled once I saw them still by my car.

"What did you find," Jasper questioned.

"Bella," I breathed, and we all started running over to her truck. Before we could do anything, Angela was standing in front of the door.

"Stay away," Angela growled.

"You knew about this, and you didn't say anything to anyone about this," I seethed.

"I couldn't," she stated. "You don't even know what's going on with her, and you just expect me to move aside! I'm protecting her, and you should too."

"How, by not telling anyone that she's being abused," I questioned. I heard Alice and Rosalie gasp.

"You don't even know what she's been through, and yes, I know that you are her boyfriend, but she won't except any kind of help. She refuses to go to the police or the hospital because she wants to stay with her only family that she has now. It's not my choice to take away what little she has, and she's refused to even be adopted by my family. She makes plans, but I don't even know if she's going to live that long for those things to happen because she has a sadistic uncle that decides to take his anger out on her. You need to shut up or stay out of her life because if you don't, she's going to be taken away from us."