Billy was speechless. He and the other man looked at each other. I was dying to know what they were thinking. I looked up at Edward. He looked focused. He must be reading their minds. No one spoke or moved. Had my words really effected them that much? Sam was facing away from us, towards the trees. Emmett moved over by me and put his hand on my shoulder. He smiled down at me. I felt safer with him there. I nudged Edward. He knew what I wanted. He leaned down and whispered to me.

"They think that I have influenced you. They don't believe that you really love me.""That is stupid."

"They believe it, Sam wants to force me to leave you alone."

"He cant.""No, he cant."Billy Rolled forward more.

"Bella I don't think you truly love this creature."

Carlisle cut in.

"This meeting has nothing to do with Bella and Edward. We need to discuss the treaty. Your side has broken it but I don't want a war. I want to get things under control and go back to how things used to be."

Sam turned to face us.

"Things can never go back to the way they were before. We can never be the same. I will get those boys under control then we will meet again. It is my job to protect the humans here and I cant stand by while one who is practically family is in danger."Silence fell over the field. Edwards hands were clinched into tight fists. Carlisle sighed.

"Alright. Just get those kids to stop hurting people. You're over running the hospital. I will stand firm behind me previous statement. Bella is in no danger here."

"You are in denial. That monster will hurt her again. When he does I will bring the pack to hunt him down."

Edward growled.

Sam took a few steps in our direction. Emmett walked around in front of us.

"You have no right to threaten us. We aren't the ones attacking people. You stay the hell away from my brother."Carlisle turned.

"Emmett. Please just get this under control. You let us worry about Bella, you worry about all the other people at risk."

Billy nodded.

"I'm sorry for Sam's behavior."

The meeting ended abruptly. The Quileute left us alone on the field. Edward turned and walked to the nearest group of trees and punched one. The center of the tree collapsed around his fist and splinters flew every where. Then he hit another one. I stood there frozen. I had never seen Edward like this. His eyes were dark. Carlisle walked over and spoke quietly to him. I couldn't hear what he was saying. Emmett threw his arm over my shoulders.

"Don't worry, he has always had temper issues."

Edward shook his head at Carlisle and motioned towards us. Well towards me really. Alice came over and stood with me.

"He will be fine. What they said really bothered him because he is afraid that he will hurt you again. He has come so close a few times. It scares him."

I stared at her. I had known these things before but I had never realized that Edward felt so strongly about them. I looked over and he was staring at me. His eyes were still dark but they looked more concerned. I walked towards him. When I got to him he wrapped his arms around me. I wasn't afraid of him even if he was.

"I should have left you at home.""No. I want to be wherever you are."

"Bella he's right. I will hurt you again."

I pulled back and looked at him.

"You wont.""Bella I will. Whenever we are together I cant stop myself from thinking about it. I can still taste you. I hate to risk your life, its selfish of me. I should leave you alone."

"You're damn right its selfish. You aren't thinking about what I want at all. This relationship isn't one sided. I'm just as much in it as you are."

"Bella…I love you."

"I love you too. I don't want you to ever leave me alone.""As long as you feel that way, I wont." We got home before dawn. Edward disappeared downstairs so that Charlie could see him on the couch. I didn't sleep though. I just laid there awake. The night had been interesting. How had it ended up being about me? That kind of thing tended to happen to me a lot. If there was a tragedy I was usually at the center of it. I guess that's why I ended up with a vampire. I needed someone strong who had a lot of time on their hands to take care of me. My mom would love that. Too bad I could never tell her.

I heard Charlie stumble around the house and eventually leave. As soon as his car left the street Edward was there with me. I never even heard the door open. My body was stiff from standing all night. I tried to sit up but he held me down. He probably wanted me to sleep. That wasn't going to happen. I was too hyped up. I could barely hold still. I tried to sit up again. This time he sighed but helped me.

"Bella you need to sleep."

"I cant."

I got out of bed and went to my dresser.

"Please try.""Edward I just want to start the day. I'll take a nap later."When I had fresh clothes picked out, he came over to help me change.

"I'm going to take a shower, I think I can manage."

"If you need help please tell me. I makes me crazy that you wont allow me to assist you in the bathroom."

"I cant do anything else by myself Edward, just let me have this one thing."

He smiled and moved out of my way.

As soon as the door was shut I leaned against the it. I hated showering. I wouldn't let Edward help me undress and it was horrible. I don't know why I didn't let him help. I guess I didn't want him to see all of me. It wouldn't be anything new to him but it bothered me. We hadn't been together since the first time. I was scared. That was the whole reason I continuously found excuses to not have sex with him. The pain from the first time was so bad. I knew it would never get easier unless I let it happen again but for some reason I just kept hiding from it. I didn't know if Edward knew I was dodging him. I hoped not.

I pulled my shirt over my head and started undoing my bandages. They took a while to get off. As soon as they were all the way off I felt better and worse. It felt great to let my skin breath but the tightness was keeping my ribs from hurting too much. The second I was under that hot water I felt so much better. It loosened my tense muscles. Edward was waiting but I couldn't bring myself to turn the water off.

Bella had been in the shower for 20 minutes. I was sitting alone in her bed room waiting. Every time she went in their I tried to ignore her. My extra sensitive hearing never did me any good during these times. I could easily hear each individual drop of water hit her skin. I heard her move. It was really distracting. I told myself that I was listening to her so that I could help her if she fell. Her ribs weren't fully healed yet. At this point she was lucky I didn't jump her the second she stepped out of that shower.

While I listened to her something new caught my attention. I heard a sound that I had only heard…I waited for it happen again. When it did I jumped up. She was moaning. I was on my way to the bathroom before I could even think about it. My body was leading me. Never a good thing. I pulled the curtain back and grabbed her. At first she was shocked, then she kissed me. I pressed her against the wall. The water came down over both of us. My clothes were soaked but I didn't care. She wrapped her legs around my waist. It was almost too much. She grabbed the front of my shirt and ripped it down the middle. I didn't think it was possible but I was even more turned on.

I pressed her harder against the wall and she winced. I had to be careful of her injuries. When she started to pull at my belt I let her go and quickly stripped off all my clothes. We were together again in a heart beat. She pulled me to her. Her wet skin felt amazing against mine. I lifted her up and she happily locked her legs around me. Her body was tense. I knew she was scared. Of course I didn't blame her. The last time had obviously hurt her. We stared at each other. Bella smiled and pressed her forehead to mine. I took that as an okay. I pushed into her and she gasped. I tried to move slow but my body was fighting me. I had no desire to go slow. Bella was hesitant at first but after a few minutes she started to move with me. That made it twice as hard to go slow. I knew that if I went fast I would tear her apart.

At some point we ended up down in the bathtub. Bella didn't seem to be in any pain from me. Every now and then she would wince from her ribs. Her body was finally moving with mine. She arched into my chest. Each time she moved it was almost too much. At first I had no trouble thinking only of her but as we progressed I started to drift back to her blood. My mouth would fill up with venom and I would have to swallow it back down. I focused on the way she felt. Her body clenched around me. Bella moaned under me and it drove me closer. I could tell Bella was getting close to. I pushed into her harder. When I hit my release Bella jumped beneath me. She gasped and fell limp. I leaned down and kissed her. She smiled and kissed me back. The water coming down on us was now cold. She shivered and I knew it was time to find a towel.