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Chapter four

EPOV

I wanted to run after her. I really did, but something told me that would only make matters worse. So I just stood there and watched her walk away from me. As soon as she was out of sight I ran to the Volvo. I had to talk to Alice as soon as possible. She might know what to do.

For the second time today, my thoughts were flooded with thoughts of Bella. I knew she was lying about the bruise on her face. It looked more like a hand print than an object. But if it is a hand print, then who is hurting her? Who would want to hurt someone as innocent and beautiful has her. The more I thought about it, the more I hated this person. I know that this anger isn't justified. I don't even know if she really is being hurt, or if she really is as big a klutz as she says she is.

I got home in no time. I had to try to calm myself down before I got out of the car so nobody would become suspicious. After some deep breathing I walked into the house and Emmett and Jasper were screaming at each other while playing the Xbox. Alice and Rosalie were on the couch reading some stupid magazine. I'm kinda glad that Rosalie and Jasper moved in with us. After their parents death, I was worried they would never come around, but they are doing much better.

I said hey to everybody and went upstairs so I could have a shower before dinner.

Dinner went by smoothly and I quickly grabbed Alice before her and Jasper could...well, I don't want to know they do when they are alone.

"Edward, what do you want?"

"I just need to talk to you...about something important." A look of confusion came across her face as she waited for me to continue. "Well, when I went on my run, I ran into Bella. She was sitting on the bench by herself crying. I walked up to her to see what was wrong and..." I took a deep breath before continuing. Alice didn't need to see me like that. "she had a huge bruise on her face. I asked her about it and she said that she fell. I can tell she is lying."

"Edw- are you sure? How do you know she was even lying?" She looked like she believed what I was saying. She probably just didn't want to.

"Alice, it looked more like a hand print than anything else. Alice...I think someone might be...might be hurting her."

Her eyes got huge. "Edward, we have to help her."

"We'll help too."

We turned around and saw Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper standing there. Their faces all held concern. "How much exactly did you guys hear?"

"Enough. Edward why weren't you gonna tell us?" Rosalie asked. She seemed really upset about this.

"I didn't want to get a lot of people involved in this. I'm not even sure that what I'm thinking is true."

"Well, we know, and we are going to do what we can to help Bella as best as we can." Emmett concluded. It was weird, we just met her, but we were willing to do anything to help her.

BPOV

I awoke and the memories of yesterday came flooding back to me. Charlie. Kicking. Blackness. Park. Edward. Oh man, how am I supposed to face Edward at school today?

I glanced over at my clock and saw that it was 7. I had an hour to get to school. I got up and walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth and what-not, that's when I noticed that something was out of place. After finishing up in the bathroom I looked out the window, and through the sheeting rain I saw Charlie's cruiser. That's odd because he is usually gone way before now. What's odder is that there was another car behind his.

I pushed out these thoughts and went to the room and got dressed. I tried harder this time to make sure my bruised face wasn't noticeable, but it work. I sighed and slowly made my way downstairs, to see a smiling Charlie talking to a really tall man with russet colored skin. His hair was black and pulled into a ponytail.

I looked between the two of them and I started walking towards the door. That's when Charlie stepped in front of me and shoved me into the kitchen chair. "So Jacob, like what you see?" Charlie asked the man I assumed to be Jacob. (an: I know its stupid, but in this story Jacob is in his mid twenties)

"No disappointments." He stared at me, but he wasn't looking at my face. He was staring at my chest. I the heat rising to my cheeks so I looked down, I just wanted to get out of here. I was about to stand when Charlie put his hand on my shoulder, wanting me to stay seated. Then he gave me a menacing glare so I immediately put my head down, trying to ignore him.

"So Jacob, I'll be leaving. Enjoy yourself." With that, he laughed and walked out the house.

I looked up toward Jacob and he had a smug grin on his face. "Um, I have to be getting to school. So..." I got up and started to make my way toward the door. As I opened the door, a big hand went right next to my head and pushed the door closed. I felt his hot breath on my neck and I became terrified. I slowly turned around and he had a horrible look in his eye...it looked like greed mixed with lust.

"Your not going anywhere 'til I get what I came for."

EPOV

The day started out normal except for one problem. Bella wasn't there. I knew I had no real reason to worry, but I couldn't help it.

My morning classes went by in a haze and when I got to lunch everybody was quiet.

"I was thinking," Emmett began, "why don't we go by her house after school just to check on her. You know, make sure she is ok."

"That's a good idea, but I don't think we should all go. We don't want to scare her." Alice said. Ever since we gained these suspicions about Bella, Alice has been really down lately. Her usually happy self is now depressed. "I think it should just be me, Emmett, and Edward. Since she knows us best, and Emmett might be nice to have around if the person who hurts her is there."

"Sounds good to me, but I don't think she would be very happy to see me after what happened yesterday." I admitted.

"EDWARD ANTHONY MASEN CULLEN WHAT DID YOU DO!" surprisingly it was Rosalie who yelled this at me.

"Nothing, just calm down. I was just trying to get her to talk to me and she told me to leave her the hell alone."

"I still think you should go Edward, she just seems to have a problem opening up." Jasper told me. His words meant a lot because it was like he could tell what everybody was feeling. It was kinda weird, but very useful if you ask me.

Lunch ended and Biology was boring without Bella sitting next to me. Also the, meant to be flirtatious, glares that I was getting from both Lauren and Jessica weren't helping me any.

The school day finally ended and Emmett, Alice, and I got into my Volvo. I sped off toward Bella's house. I was hoping that when I got there she would be sleeping or watching TV.

I pulled up the driveway to her house and we all jumped out the car and made our way to the door. Alice was in front and Emmett and I were at both her sides. We stood at the door for 10 minutes and then we started to worry. Finally Emmett got really impatient and bursts open the door.

"EMMETT WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, YOU CAN'T JUST GO BREAKING DOORS DOWN IDIOT!" Alice whisper-yelled at him, and smacked his head.

"Sorry." Emmett replied and gave Alice his puppy-dog face. She couldn't help but smile at him.

Her face became serious when she said "Ok, come on we have to find Bella." We all nodded.

"Bella!"

We didn't hear anything so we began to explore the house. There was blood on the carpet in the living room and I didn't have to think twice before I knew whose it was. Alice didn't need to see this so I made sure she stayed out of that room, but none of the other rooms were better.

Alice kept calling Bella's name and we finally made our way upstairs. "Bella!" Alice called out again. This time we heard whimpering coming out of a room. We all looked up and started walking towards the door. "Bella, it's me Alice. Can I come in?" We heard a muffled cry and Alice told us to back away from the door so she wouldn't know we were here too. We moved and Alice opened the door and gasped.

APOV

We pulled up in front of Bella's house and I knew instantly something was definitely wrong. I'm not sure why, but I did never the less.

We walked up to the house, Emmett and Edward on either side of me, and I knocked on the door. After what felt like an eternity of waiting, Emmett got impatient and bursts open the door. Although that was extremely convenient, he shouldn't be doing that. "EMMETT WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM, YOU CAN'T JUST GO BREAKING DOORS DOWN IDIOT!" and then I smacked his head. It hurt a little, but it wasn't that bad.

"Sorry." Emmett said sheepishly and gave me his puppy-dog face. I tried all I could to stay mad at him, but it was impossible.

Then I remembered why we were here in the first place, "Ok, come on we have to find Bella.". They nodded at me and started to search the house.

I would call out Bella's name and didn't get a reply. After searching the first floor we went upstairs. I called out her name again. "Bella!"

Instead of the silence that would come after that, we heard whimpering. We all looked towards the door and slowly made our way towards it. "Bella, it's me Alice. Can I come in?" I was going to go in anyway, I just wanted to give her the option. This time we heard what sounded like a muffled cry. "Guys you stay here so she doesn't know your here okay?" They nodded and stood on either side of the door, facing the opposite wall. I opened the door and what I saw nearly made me want to faint.

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