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"We are going home. I need to call a family meeting."
EPOV
I pulled up into the driveway as I hung up the phone from calling Carlisle about the meeting. Bella and I walked to the front door in silence and I held it open for her. She looked at me with curious and scared eyes. I could still feel my anger marring my expression. Riley! I had always thought he was gone! He'd always been so insignificant; a bug on the windshield. Now, he'd done something unimaginably horrendous to Bella and he was going to pay for that mistake, Emmett, Jasper, and I would make sure of it.
"Edward, Bella, what did you need to tell everyone?"Carlisle asked as Bella took her seat and I stayed standing behind her, too riled up to sit.
I looked at each person in turn: Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and finally Bella. "Do you want to tell them?" I asked Bella. It was about her, she should tell them if she could. She shook her head and I wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "It was Riley. Riley Johnson raped Bella." Unlike me, everyone, except for Carlisle and Esme who had only heard of him in passing, seemed to recognize the name and reacted quickly and unexpectedly.
Emmett stood and walked out the front door without a word, Rosalie followed after glancing at Bella worriedly and the door closed behind her. Jasper, usually so calm, slammed his fist on the table loudly "That freakin' scum bag!" He yelled and Alice flinched along with the rest of us. We'd never heard Jasper yell before, and the room had been so quiet. Alice got up and hugged Bella tightly, whispering something in her ear. "I'll be back." Jasper said tensely and he left the room, going into the kitchen. We all listened and heard drawers being opened and cabinet doors hitting the walls as they were flung open; there was a loud bang on the counter and the sound of rustling papers. "I have his address!" Jasper called finally, he walked back into the room carrying a phonebook which he dropped onto the table.
Carlisle stood up. "I'll call Charlie, but who's Riley?" He pulled his silver cell phone from his pocket. I quickly explained and he nodded before taking Esme and walking upstairs to his study.
"Alice, can I talk to you?" Jasper put a hand on my sister's shoulder. They too left the room, also heading upstairs to Alice's room though. Bella stood and we walked over to the couch and sat down with her in my lap. I needed to distract her, she was so fragile and I was positive she was being overwhelmed by all this.
I kissed her at the base of her throat and made a trail up to her jaw and behind her ear to a sensitive spot. She shivered "Edward." She whispered.
"Hmm?" I kissed across her jaw and back down her throat, her skin was so soft, it felt like kissing the pedals of a rose.
"I-I think you… s-shouldn't do that, not right now." My lips curved up, she seemed to be having difficulties remaining coherent, which only boosted my self-confidence and ego.
"We'll be fine." I murmured and pressed my lips against hers, reveling in the feelings of her mouth on mine.
We broke apart when we heard yelling upstairs "Jasper, you need to think! You can't do that; you need to think of the consequences!" It was Alice.
"Should we do something?" Bella whispered and I shook my head.
"They'll figure it out pretty quickly. They love each other too much to stay mad at each other for any length of time." I paused and said "Once we get Riley, do you want to start school again? I think it would be best though it will be difficult." Bella bit her lip and slowly nodded.
"I should, I'm already behind, even if it's only Sunday. I can't believe it happened on Thursday, only four days ago it happened… So much has happened since then." She murmured and I smiled. (A/N: Sorry if my timeline's a little messed up :P)
"Not all of it has been bad though." I kissed her lightly on the lips once more and then leaned back.
"What do you plan on doing?" Bella looked at me with a somber expression, but I could tell she was scared. She was biting the inside of her cheek and her eyes betrayed her emotions, as they always did.
"Emmett, Jasper, and I are going to find Riley. We'll make sure you have Charlie and some other officers here to protect you and Alice will also be here with Rose. We are going to make sure Riley is thrown in jail, but we'll deal with him as we see fit first." Bella frowned.
"Edward, you need to be careful. What if he hurts you? I'll never forgive myself…" She looked down but I already saw the tears forming in her eyes. I wiped them away and hugged her tightly.
"We will be fine, I promise." I reassured her. The front door opened and Emmet came through with Rosalie in tow.
"Where were you guys?" Bella asked.
"Emmett needed to take care of his anger outside." Rosalie winced at some unknown memory and touched Emmett's arm. He didn't react but walked over to us and pulled Bella from my arms. He let her stand up and then wrapped his burly arms around her.
"Are you okay?" He whispered into her hair.
She nodded "I'm fine, Emmett, promise you'll be careful?" He squeezed her once and then released her.
"We'll be careful." Everyone else came down the stairs together; Carlisle was the first to speak.
"Charlie is on his way with Officer Reynolds and Officer McKay; they'll be here any minute." I nodded and Jasper interrupted.
"You guys ready to go?" He asked me and Emmett, it seemed we all knew what we were doing without saying anything.
"Let's go." Emmett said. He kissed Rose like Jasper kissed and Alice and I stood, pulling Bella over to me.
I pressed my forehead against hers "Stay here, and be safe. I'll be back soon, okay?"
She frowned. "Do you have to go?" She whispered and I chuckled.
"Yes." I placed a kiss on her lips and pulled away. "We'll be back." I said to the others and I followed the guys out the front door.
In the driveway, two police cars were parked side by side. Charlie got out of one and the two other officers got out of the other. Charlie looked ready to rip someone's head off. We walked up to him and the officers. "Give him an extra punch for me." Charlie growled and he handed Jasper a pair of handcuffs. "You may need these." He said before walking past us and into the house, out of the light sprinkle of rain that was covering us.
"Let's take the jeep."Jasper said, leading the way to Emmett's huge Wrangler. We all jumped in, Emmett driving, Jasper in shotgun, and me in the back. Jasper told Emmett the address he'd found as Emmett started up the jeep and drove down our long driveway.
Emmett drove like a mad man; I was surprised he hadn't already been pulled over. We drove in silence, all of us seething. I knew they were furious, but I was afraid we were going to kill him at this point and then he wouldn't have to suffer in jail.
"I say we beat him within an inch of his life and then drag him back to Charlie."Emmett finally growled. We passed a sign that said: Welcome to Seattle.
Jasper nodded in agreement. "That sounds about right."
"I call first dibbs." I said, I knew it was childish but I didn't want Emmett to knock him out before I could deal with him.
They shrugged. "I don't care about the order as long as I get in a few good punches." Emmett muttered.
"Turn right and then left." Jasper said, looking at the map in his hands. The car fell silent again as Emmett followed Jasper's direction.
"Now… take the second right."He paused as Emmett drove past the first turnoff and took the second, turning into a neighborhood. "Turn left, we're almost there." Emmett and I sat up straighter at Jasper's words. "Drive straight to the end of the street then turn right and look for the house that says 3544."
Emmett turned onto the right street and we all started looking for addresses on the houses as Emmett's jeep crawled down the road at a snail's pace so we could see.
Halfway down the street I spotted the number. "There!" I practically yelled, pointing at a medium-sized house made of red brick.
Emmett parked the car by the curb and we all got out of the car and walked up to the house. There was only one car in the driveway, a cruddy looking Honda, and I hoped it was Riley's.
Emmett stood in front of me and Jasper and rang the doorbell. After a long pause and no one came, Emmett banged on the door. Still no one came.
"Step back." Emmett said and we immediately took two steps back. Emmett rammed his shoulder into the door with a loud grunt and the door swung inward, hitting the wall and leaving a dent. We all quickly came into the house and started running into rooms trying to find someone in the house.
Glass shattered from the back of the home and I looked up meeting Jasper's and then Emmett's eyes; we ran toward the back of the house and flew out the back door when we saw the broken window.
There, Riley, who was now much taller than I remembered but still shorter than all of us, was trying to climb over the back fence. Jasper, faster than both of us, ran forward and grabbed Riley, throwing him back and onto the ground. He grabbed one of his arms and pulled him up before he could recover and Emmett grabbed his other arm.
Riley struggled and looked at us with dark, hate-filled eyes. "Get off of me." He snarled at Emmett, who just squeezed him harder.
I stepped forward so I was almost chest to chest with Riley "You should have left Bella alone." I nearly spat in his face. Fear flickered across his face but it vanished quickly and he struggled to free his arms.
"What are you going to do Eddie?" He taunted. "Are you gonna take me to Charlie? Is that all?" I was surprised he remembered our names but I didn't think much of it.
"No, I'm going to make you wish you'd never moved to Forks and never met Bella."
Riley completely ignored my threat and taunted me again. "You're just jealous she didn't want you, she felt so good Edward and she loved every minute of it." I snapped, he was wrong, and he was going to pay for his mistakes.
My fist slammed into his face and blood spurted out of his nose onto both of our shirts. He gasped and panted for a second before he continued. "That's all you can do?!" There was a wildness in his eyes that couldn't be normal. I sucker punched him in the stomach twice and if it weren't for Jasper and Emmett he would have dropped to the ground. All he could do was double over in pain now.
I looked at Jasper and wiped my mouth. "Your turn." We started to switch places when Riley ripped his arm from Jasper's hands he pulled something black from his pocket and then a loud shot rang out and Jasper dropped to the ground. Another shot rang clear and I grabbed Riley's hand, turning it at an odd angle so he dropped the gun. Emmett punched him in the kidney and when he dropped to the ground, kicked Riley hard in the stomach. He grabbed the hand cuffs off the ground and hit Riley again and snapped the cuffs around his wrists.
I moved over to Jasper and knelt in front of him. His right leg was crying tears of ruby blood and a blossom of red was growing on his shirt. I ripped off my own shirt and shredded it into strips which I tied around his leg wound tightly. Emmett saw what I was doing and took off his own shirt and was already pulling it into shreds too, leaving Riley lying on the ground next to him looking knocked out. I took the remains from both out shirts and folded them into a pad which I pressed against Jasper's stomach shot. "Call 9-1-1!!" I shouted at Emmett who ripped his phone from his pocket and dialed the three numbers that would save Jasper's life. I barely listened as he relayed our names and location into the phone and explained our situation.
I pulled my own cell phone out of my pocket and called Carlisle. "Edward?"His worried voice said on the other end of the line. I explained what had happened since we left and he told me to just stay calm. "An ambulance will be there soon and so will we." Then he hung up and I looked at Emmett who was watching Jasper's pale face, helplessly.
"The ambulance will be here any minute." He whispered because he had to stay on the phone with the police operator.
I kept a constant pressure on Jasper's wound even though his blood was seeping through my fingers. Emmett saw this and ran inside. When he came back he had more strips from a shirt that was in the house. He folded them as I had and handed them to me. "Thanks." I murmured and removed the old one and immediately replaced it with the new one.
Sirens sounded in the distance, getting louder as they got closer.
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