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Bella's POV

Then something Charlie said caught my attention. "What?"

"We are going to have to tell Dr. Cullen honey."

I yawned and nodded hesitantly. "If we tell him now can we get the tests and stuff done later? I'm really tired."

He thought about it for a moment and agreed that it could wait a few days. He got up to tell Dr. Cullen, and then turned around remembering something, "How much do you want the boys to know?"

Honestly, I was too exhausted to care. Who knew that talking could take so much pout of a person? Suppose the injuries helped though. "I trust you." I responded simply.

He half-smiled then asked, "I know this is difficult to talk about, but would you be willing to charge either off them?"

I frowned, telling Charlie what happened was hard enough. Telling a jury would be hell; the defense would try to pick apart my story that is if I could even tell them it. I felt relief from admitting it to Charlie but I didn't want just anyone knowing what happened to me, especially in a small town like this. I think if I never saw them again it would be too soon.

"I don't think so… at least not for a while. I just want to move on." I responded. They had darkened such a large part of my life, I just want to start living again, not just surviving day to day.

Charlie looked a little disappointed but nodded, "I understand, but know that the more you wait, the less likely we will be able to catch them."

I sighed, "I know."

"Well ill go get the Doc so we can take ya home hon." I nodded tiredly and he opened the door and I caught a glimpse of my brothers and Jacob as it shut.

Jake's POV

My patrol started about half an hour ago. Not that I could care any less. I just found out my childhood friend has been abused for the majority of her life. I almost can't believe it, but I saw the x-rays myself. (I still can't believe I sat in the same room with a leech, the things I would do for that girl). At first I was overcome with sadness. Like I was supposed to do something but I failed her. It sounds ridiculous in retrospect; I didn't even know her Mom remarried, let alone she was abused by her step-father. I heard Charlie on the phone with Renee a couple times, but it had been years ago and the conversation never ended well, so the calls stopped altogether I guess. Overall, Charlie didn't like to talk about Bella or Renee. Until Bella called.

I remember the day Charlie told me she left. I came to her house Saturday morning like always, but I found Charlie in tears saying they left the night before. He didn't know where they were going. Over the years he wrote Bella countless letters for Holidays and birthdays to no reply. I wonder if she even knew he wrote any of them.

After half an hour Charlie came out. We all stood up, but didn't dare ask. After a moment Jasper spoke up. "How is she? Can we see her?" His voice was full of concern.

Charlie sighed and replied, "The Doc taped her up and gave me some pain medication to pick up tomorrow. She's tired, so maybe you guys can talk to her later. I have to talk to Dr. Cullen first about setting up her next appointment first." I frowned; I wanted to see Bella now. I have to explain my actions and apologize to her for the way I acted. I was supposed to be her best friend and instead I tattle-tailed on her to her father. It was for the right reasons, but that didn't make me feel any better about my behavior. I also have countless questions to ask her. I was about to argue with him when Emmett cut me off.

"Did her step father do this?" I was almost surprised by the rage in his voice. Emmett has been my best-friend for many years, so I know he has always been a laid-back kind of guy. He is very slow to anger, so for him to act like this says a lot about how much he cares for Bella. Not that I wasn't angry to, but I am still in too much shock to feel the wolf in me try to come out I suppose. Now that I think about it, I have been surprisingly calm since Bella came back…

Charlie's response surprised me most of all.

"No. Phil" he spat out the name in disgust, "abandoned her after her mother died. Her ex-boyfriend manipulated her into letting him stay with her. James did this." Charlie's eyes flashed murderously, but you could tell he was trying to keep his calm. Wait, so she was abandoned just to be abused by someone else?! I felt a slight vibration in my fisted hands as I thought about this James guy, touching Bella, hurting her. I closed my eyes and forced myself to breathe deeply as I tried to keep calm. I remembered and focused on the way Bella smiled shyly at the dinner table when Jasper was teasing Emmett, and the shakes stopped.

"Well what are we going to do about it? Don't you want to at least try to hunt them down?!" Emmett was getting agitated by his father's calm demeanor.

Charlie's eyes narrowed and his voice lowered, "I would love to wring their necks with my bare hands, but it's not my decision to make! It's Bella's, and right now, she just wants to move on so I am trying to make this as easy as possible for her. Not to mention if I did that it would probably make Bella think I am as bad as Phil. I want you to stay out here until you have calmed down enough to go in the room without scaring her." He paused, "She's been scared enough for a lifetime." And with that he walked down toward Dr. Cullen's office.

Seeing the truth in his words, Emmett sighed and started pacing to get rid of his pent up energy. After a few minutes he suggested we all go in and see her. Jasper knocked on the door and entered, trying not to startle her. I entered after Emmett to see Bella curled up, hugging a pillow and looking like she is about to fall asleep. I noticed she changed back into her street clothes. "Hey Bells…" Now that I could actually talk to her, my voice chokes up. Great.

She looked up and blinked slowly. "Hey guys, are we going home now?"

"As soon as Dad gets back." Emmett replied walking toward her. Jasper tried to stop him, but he just shrugged off his hand and continued to the bed where he picked her up with a squeak. When he looked down at her shocked face he asked, "Come on sis, no hugs for your big brother?" She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, and buried her face in his neck. My sensitive hearing picked up her thanking us. It was so quiet I don't even think Emmett heard it, and then she finally fell asleep.

Charlie knocked and entered, he smiled slightly looking at Emmett holding my Bella. That is when I noticed my hands were shaking again. Wait a second, my Bella? I hid my shaking hands behind my back and shoved my oddly possessive thoughts away to deal with later.

"Let's go home. Do you want to crash at the house Jake, or I could drop you off at home." He spoke softly as to not wake up Bella.

"Don't worry about it, I can call Sam to pick me up, we have a job early tomorrow anyways." I lied.

I said my goodbyes and left the hospital and jogged toward the woods. Sam is not going to be happy with me… Although making sure Bella is okay is worth Sam's wrath. I tied my pants to my let and let the anger fill my body until I felt my body change into my wolf form. Ignoring my brothers, I ran to Charlie's house to make sure she was home safe.

James POV

Pain.

It's felt like an eternity since I left the bar and was bitten by a strange woman named Victoria. She's still here. I think she is holding my head in her lap, but I'm not sure with this fire blazing around me. I think at one point she picked me up and took me somewhere dark. I think. It is so hard to focus with all this pain. You would think my body would be a pile of ash by now… My heart beats franticly, trying to survive the flames that creep toward it, but once the fire reaches it, it stops. The pain is gone. I am still for a moment, and then everything hits me at once.

I drown in all of the smells and sounds; birds chirping, old wood, hum of the AC, Victoria's breathing, twigs snapping, a heartbeat and a sweet almost wine-like scent over whelms all my other senses. I open my eyes to find the red-headed beauty looking down on me. I turn my head and focus on the form in the comer and I hear its heart beat speed up. Without thinking I lung and plunge my teeth into its neck and suck hungrily and the nectar within. When it is dry I fling it away from me wanting more. I turn back to look at Victoria. She starts talking; it has been three days since I first meet her. She tells me that I am a vampire, an eternal and practically indestructible being that preys on man. She explains that all my senses are amplified and that is why I am experiencing sensory overload, and that I will get used to it soon. I take a deep but breath and notice how wonderful she smells. Like roses and blood. She tells me of our three rulers that live in Volterra Italy, and the laws of the vampire world. She hesitates, and then adds that she is convinced I am her soul mate. She knew from the first moment she saw me, and I agreed, I don't really know her, but she smells right. After we kiss passionately, she offers to take me hunting. Then I remember Bella, "I know just the perfect prey." She looks at me questioningly and I explain to her the girl I have been toying with for the past year and my plans to take her back. She agrees and adds her own twist to the plan and offers to help me work on my bloodlust the next couple months so I didn't eat her on site. She smiled vindictively and purred, "This is going to be fun!"

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