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BPOV

Chapter 37

Confession

"Alice," I called, rudely knocking on the guest bedroom door. "I need you, now."

The door swung open, Alice stood, wearing a tank top and yoga pants, "Bella, what is it?"

"Just, please, I need to come in. I'm sorry if I interrupted…"

"No, no Bella, of course not, come in."

Jasper saw my distress and hurried over to me, trying to calm me down. "Bella, what is it?" He asked, touching my face, reminding me so much of Edward that I felt my throat close up.

"There is something very, very, wrong with Edward." I said, my voice raising an octave.

"What happened?" Jasper asked.

"Edward almost killed somebody." Alice whispered, her face going blank.

Jasper looked back and forth between Alice and I, concern wrapping around all of his brilliant features.

"Angela got attacked, and we stopped the guy, and we were going to leave, but then a fight started, Edward nearly cut his throat, he dislocated the kid's shoulder and put his face through a window, and…" I couldn't continue.

"Is Angela alright?" Alice asked.

"She's fine, we got there in time, but Alice, Edward, he's not right, he hunted the guy all night."

"Bella, of the seven of us, Edward was always the fiercest predator." This came as a surprise to me. "Probably because of the seven of us he was the most human. He channeled all of his energy and emotion into the hunt. It's not surprising that he did something like that." Jasper defended.

"But Jasper, he's downstairs now and he won't speak to me. He's like in shock or something."

"If he came as close as you say he did to harming someone, he's just trying to regain his composure, he'll be fine, he just needs time." Jasper reassured placing his cool hands on my arms. I stared at him skeptically, "I promise," he said.

"There's something else, isn't there Bella?" Alice asked suddenly. "There's something else going on. Tell us."

And that did it, like a fountain, all of my fears and doubts came pouring out of my mouth. Everything I had been holding in since we got back to Alaska. I told them about the blood, about Gordon Scott harassing Edward, the panic attacks, the nightmares, and the most recent incident where Gordon had pulled one of our files and looked up information about Forks on the computer. Alice and Jasper listened very closely, analyzing each layer of the story, trying to figure out what it all meant. We had no answers after an hour of talking, but I felt better, lighter, and that was progress to me.

"I guess this is what everyone meant when they were warning me to watch out for him." I said sadly.

"Oh I don't know, it doesn't sound like anything all that horrible has happened. He sounds like he's just acting like a normal human." Jasper reassured.

"Really Jasper?" Alice asked in an irritated tone, "Getting into fights and drinking all of the time is normal?"

"In college it is."

"How do you know? You've never been to college." She argued.

"That's not true, I…"

"Bella?" I turned behind me and saw Edward in the doorway, "do you want to go to bed?" He had shaved and showered and changed out of his clothes. His face looked like it was healing already and his expression wasn't desolate and despairing any longer.

"Sure," I said getting up, I walked toward him and waved at Alice and Jasper, leaving them to their argument.

"I'm sorry about all of that," he said softly as we walked to our bedroom. "I'm sorry for a lot of things I did tonight."

"You don't need to apologize, you need your space, you need your space, I understand." I said.

"It's never you that I'm angry at. I hope you know that." He said uneasily.

"Yes, I think you've said that to me before." I answered.

"Do you believe me?" He asked, his eyes wide and hurt.

"Why would you lie to me?" I said, answering his question with one of my own.

"I wouldn't."

"Okay," I said nodding my head.

"Okay," he said uncomfortably.

Things were still slightly strained between us for the next few days, but for no particular reason. We weren't angry with one another, nothing had happened between us, but I still felt as if Edward were withholding something from me, but I couldn't explain what.

Spring break was coming to an end, and all in all, with the exception of the last day or so, I had really enjoyed my short vacation. Even the last few days weren't that bad, I was just worried about Edward. I brought Angela to the airport and asked her if she planned on telling Ben about what had happened. She said she would eventually if the opportunity ever presented itself, but now was not the time. I heartily agreed with her. I stayed with her until her departure and gave her a big hug before she left. She promised to call me as soon as she got back to Forks so that I knew she got there safely and then she was gone.

The following day Jasper and Alice left and I was even sadder to see them go. They were my family, my confidents, and I hated to see them leave. Edward seemed as disappointed as I was, if not more. As much as he loved it in Alaska, I knew he missed his family. The day of their departure, I decided to stay home and let Edward drive them in alone, just in case he had any last minute things he wanted to say to them without me around. I hugged and kissed both of them, not wanting to let go, and then they were gone too and we were alone again.