At that moment two things happened. Jasper raced towards Bella and Iris threw me backwards dashing towards Bella as well. I raced after her and jumped on her. I landed on top of her and tried to keep a firm grip on her as she snarled and snapped at me. Carlisle helped me get Iris outside before going back into the house to help Bella. I kept my firm grip on Iris's shoulders leading her towards the edge of the woods where Emmett and Rosalie had taken Jasper.
Jasper had calmed down breathing in the fresh air but looked close to freaking out about trying to kill Bella. Rosalie took Iris from me and helped her calm down. I headed back into the house.
I stood near the door and watched Carlisle work on Bella. "I'm so sorry that this happened." I said softly. "I'm really sorry that your birthday is ruined and that your hurt." I told Bella.
"I'll be fine." Bella said.
"I told you it was a bad idea for Iris and I to come here." I whispered before heading back outside.
I walked over to where Iris, and my siblings were and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry." She uttered.
I shook my head and kissed her head. "Its not your fault. I shouldn't have agreed to us going to the party."
"I was curious so I took a breath and..."
"Its still not your fault. Bella just has that special talent of smelling to good."
"But you didn't go after her."
"When the smell hit me you threw me backwards. You were the only thing on my mind. I'm sorry I had to tackle you." I explained.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
"It's not your fault." I said again. "We can go as far away as you want. Any place in the world."
"What about your family?" She asked looking at my siblings.
"It won't be the first time I've left home. We can come back to them when you want to."
"You don't have to leave." Emmett said putting his hand on my shoulder.
"Edward is upset. He needs some time to calm down. It isn't safe having a newborn around Bella. Even if they can control themselves most of the time." I said kissing Iris's head.
"Iris didn't do anything. I'm the one who almost...killed her." Jasper murmured before heading into the forest.
I headed after him. "Jasper, its not your fault. Rosalie, Emmett, and Esme have trouble too."
"Did you see any of them try to kill her?! Its always me!" Jasper yelled.
"I have messed up before. We weren't taught like they were. You need to stop being so hard on yourself. Every one makes mistakes. That includes me and you. Do you remember when I found that child when we were hunting with Carlisle, Esme, and Emmett for the first time? We all make mistakes. Its not always you. Emmett attacked a hunter once. Do you remember that?" I asked grabbing his arm.
He pulled his arm free. "I hurt Bella-"
"No you didn't! Edward pushed her out of the way. She tripped and fell. You didn't directly hurt her. It was an accident."
"I would have hurt her..."
"If Edward couldn't read your mind sure. Maybe you would have a shot at hurting her. Bella is a klutz. She can't do anything without hurting herself." I said rolling my eyes. I mean ok, I might have fallen in love with a human but at least I wasn't in love with someone who couldn't walk a foot with out hurting herself. "You can't just run away. Alice would find you and beat the shit out of you." Jasper sighed and nodded. He followed me back to the house.
Esme had cleaned up all the blood with bleach leaving a horrible smell in the house.
"Alice said you and Iris are leaving?" Esme asked looking sad.
"Yes. I'll let you know where we are going when we get there." I replied hugging her.
"Family meeting once Edward gets back home." Carlisle stated.
"Call me after to fill me in. I want to go now." I said heading up to my room.
"Why are we going to leave now?" Iris asked following me.
"Driving helps me clear my mind. It sort of calms me." I explained tossing some clothes in a bag.
"Maybe you should borrow some clothes from Alice or Rose since they felt the need to throw yours out. We could always stop and get some on the way to where ever we are going."
"I'll go borrow some clothes." She agreed.
"Meet me at the car." I said kissing her again.
We hugged my family and agreed to call them once we knew where we were going. I had decided to just follow the road. Where ever we ended up was where we would be.
