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I stopped playing and Edward and I just stared at each other for a moment and then Edward looked down for a second. When he looked back up at me conflict raged in his eyes and he slowly leaned forward, He took a deep breath and I just watched, wandering what he was doing.

And then he leaned forward and kissed me.

BPOV

They weren't coming. The memories, the horrible images, they weren't coming. When his lips first pressed against mine I thought they'd come flooding back but they didn't because his lips against mine didn't trigger anything. His soft and gentle lips didn't make me think of the rough and disgusting kisses my attacker had given me. This was my first kiss, my first real kiss. It didn't count when I was raped because it was an attack and I didn't even respond.

It took a few seconds for me to react but then I was kissing him back. Without pulling away, Edward took the guitar from my hands and set it on the ground. As soon as his hands were free he wrapped his arms around my waist and I put mine around his neck, both of us leaning more into the kiss. I tangled my fingers in his soft bronze hair and he ran his hands through my long brown hair before replacing them on my hips. It felt like it had been hours before we broke apart. I was more than surprised. Surprised he had kissed me and surprised that my first kiss was like that. I'd used to think that my first kiss would have just been a peck on the lips but this kiss was, well… longer than that. And instead of it having no feeling or not much, the kiss that I shared with Edward was full of emotion and was slow and gentle. (A/N: Sorry about the kiss guys; I have no experience :P)

Edward pressed his forehead to mine and we stared at each other as we controlled our breathing. My mind raced a mile a minute as I tried to come up with something to say but Edward beat me to it "You're amazing, Bella." He murmured and I breathed out in relief. I was trying to figure out how to respond to that and how to react to his expression, the look in his eyes which was so similar to the way Jasper and Emmett looked at Alice and Rosalie. All of the sudden his face got a little panicked "Was that okay? That didn't bother you or bring anything back did it? I mean-" When I finally understood what he meant I cut him off by putting my hand over his mouth.

"I'm fine, that didn't remind me of anything. It wasn't anything like what… he did to me." I almost said his name but I still couldn't quite say it. If only we could do something to keep Charlie safe and I got the courage to tell them. Then all this mess could be cleaned up, my attacker would be thrown in jail and I wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

Edward noticed my hesitation "Bella, you don't need to tell me now but as soon as you can I need you to tell me who did this. Then we can get rid of this guy so you can be safe and we don't need to constantly worry that he's going to come back. Can you at least give me a hint?" He practically begged. I took a deep breath as I stared into his pleading green eyes, debating whether or not I could tell him.

I settled for something easy. "He has blue eyes and blonde hair." I told him quietly.



Edward sat completely still for less than two seconds and then he was up, practically running towards the door. "I knew it was Mike!" He roared as he opened the door and moved quickly to the stairs. "That little son of a-" Edward said loudly but I cut him off.

"Edward wait!" I ran after him but he didn't falter. He was still yelling about how he was going to kill Mike when we got down the bottom of the last staircase. I was too slow, Edward was almost down the stairs and I was still at the top of them.

All of the sudden, the front door opened and Emmett and Jasper came through. "Emmett stop him!" I yelled down to him. Emmett eyes locked on Edward who was now about to run past them and out the door. Emmett grabbed Edward and held him against the wall.

"Bella, what's going on?" Emmett asked.

Edward struggled roughly against Emmett and Jasper pushed Edward against the wall a little harder.

"It was Mike!" Edward yelled at them and they both grew still. Edward broke away from them and started for the door with Emmett and Jasper now following him.

"Edward stop!" I yelled at him and he whirled around with a furious expression that made me flinch, I'd never seen Edward this mad.

"You have two seconds, Bella." He said as calmly as possible.

"It wasn't Mike." I said quickly.

Everyone froze "What do you mean it wasn't Mike? Why would Edward say it was Mike if you didn't tell him that?" Jasper asked.

"I only said that he had blonde hair and blue eyes."

"Who else with those characteristics would do this to Bella?" Edward answered Jasper with a question.

"If it wasn't Mike, who was it then?" Emmett growled his own question.

I could tell them right now. I opened my mouth to say his name but it wouldn't come out. The guys looked at me expectantly as I struggled to tell them something useful. I opened and closed my mouth a couple times, as I thought of his name the memories came flooding in all at once: his face, his voice, the pain, all the pain. I flinched back from the thoughts and Edward took a step toward me "Bella, are you okay?" He asked gently, all anger forgotten. I needed relief from the pain; I quickly walked over to Edward and wrapped my arms tightly around him. He froze for a quarter of a second before enfolding me in his arms. He pulled me away just enough to kiss my forehead and then lightly kiss my lips, causing my mind to go blank. "Bella…" He murmured "Who did this to you?" His bright green eyes silently pleaded with me.

Suddenly Emmett roared "What the heck was that?!"



A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long to update guys! I just finished my first week of school and it wasn't very fun :P So… What do you guys think?! I liked this chapter, but I want to know what you think so review or PM me. If you have any questions you can ask and I'll answer to the best of my ability. It doesn't even need to be a normal question; it can be totally random because I love those questions! I'll update as soon as possible. Oh, and I want to see how many of you know what Emmett's freaking out about so guess that in a review too. I have one last question before I go: Are any guys reading my story? Again, tell me in a PM or a review! Thanks guys and girls!! :D