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Then I felt a snap against my skull, and I fell backwards.

Chapter 14 EPOV

I threw Tanya out of the window, and without even turning to watch her slam into a tree I was back to Bella's side.

I could hear her thoughts.

She watched me throw Tanya out, and her eyes met mine briefly.

I had heard her, and now all I could do was listen greedily to her thoughts.

Edward, I heard you, and you heard me. My head hurts, that snap hurt. Why did he even have to do that, ah my chest the ache no, he loves me, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Then Bella hit the floor, and I quickly caught her before her head cracked against the floor.

It had all happened quickly, and I panicked.

Jasper was suddenly on his knees clutching his chest tightly, and Alice was in between him and Bella, not wanting to leave either one of their sides.

Emmett, Rosalie, Eleazar and Esme all stood with their jaws open staring at Bella. Kate, Carmen and Irina had gone after Tanya.

Vampires did not pass out. It was impossible.

Carlisle was quickly at our side pulling Bella's eyelids open.

I stared at Bella in shock as she laid in my arms, why wasn't she talking or moving. What the hell had happened.

"Edward," Carlisle suddenly spoke using his doctor voice. "What happened. You said you heard her?"

I nodded. "Son, I know this is hard, but I need to know what happened."

I couldn't take my mind off of my angel's face.

"I don't know for sure. All I know is that when she screamed for me I heard her inside of my head. I heard her pain, and sadness. She thought I was leaving her, and I wanted to soothe her, and in my head I told her that, and then..."

"Then what Edward" Esme gently prodded me to continue.

"Then she replied to my thoughts. I told her I only loved her, and she realized I heard her, and then I heard her anger at me for retaliating towards Tanya, and then she said she was in pain. She said that a snap hurt her."

"That must have been why she threw her head back and cried out," Emmett spoke. "There was something different about that cry, it sounded physically painful."

"Dad," I said softly, "Please help her." I pulled Bella closely to me, and let the sobs take over my body. What had happened to her? I held her against me as I continued to sob.

Please stop crying Edward. I need you here.

I jerked my head up in surprise, and stared at Bella.

I placed one of my hands against her cheek, "Bella, love what did you just say, are you..."

I didn't get to finish because she was in my head.

Edward please, I'm scared. I can hear you, all of you, and you sound so sad Edward. Please don't be sad. My mind just hurts please, that snap, it was like a rock in my mind, and it pulled back, but I pushed it until I could hear you again. Edward please....I am scared.

"She can hear us." A small smile crept on to my face and I shifted and pulled Bella's head up. I instantly stopped sobbing for her pulling myself together.

I stroked her hair gently and started to hum her lullaby to her. It had soothed her as a human, and I could only hope that it would soothe her now.

Bella hadn't fainted, and she was okay for the most part. I still wasn't sure what had happened, but I knew she needed me to be strong.

Edward, she sounded less frightened now, I love you.

Carlisle spoke firmer this time with worry coating his voice,

"Edward what is going on?"

My eyes never left Bella, but I replied to my father, "She can hear me in her mind, and she is speaking to me in hers. She said a snap hurt her mind, and she is scared, but she can hear all of us just fine."

He nodded trying to absorb the information. "It must be a gift of hers that is starting to form. Your connection is linking your minds, but only if she allows it. Her mind must be trying to protect itself because it usually shields itself from any intrusions. Edward, can she open her eyes."

I love you Bella. Please why don't you open your eyes?

I'm scared Edward. I tried before, but I couldn't. It was like I was in a cage and I couldn't see.

Carlisle thinks it's your mind protecting itself, but maybe it just needs to get used to letting me in.

Should I try again?

Yes love, try again please. I want to be strong for you, but seeing you this way scares me. It scares all of us.

She sighed in her head, and I let out a small chuckle.

"What is going on?" Alice asked exasperated.

Jasper put a hand against her shoulder, and shook his head at her. She looked into his eyes. I know she was just worried as to why her love was in pain, and best friend appeared unconscious.

Edward, is she gone?

Bella, I threw her out, and everyone is angry, but she will probably be back. Just wake up and we will deal with her together. I need you love.

Okay, should I try to keep the band from snapping back?

"Dad, she wants to try, but she thinks the snap will hurt her again, and she is confused."

Carlisle looked thoughtful for a moment, "Bella, Edward said you can hear us, so listen to me. Visualize whatever it was that caused this snap, and grab it in your mind. If you have done that tell Edward." He looked at me waiting for a reply, and I waited.

Finally Bella thought to me that she had accomplished this.

"She said okay, and she is imagining it as a band around her mind and me, should she push it out?"

"No! We don't want her stressing her mind too much. Right now, tell her to just keep it steady, and slowly try to keep it still around just the two of you, and then try to open her eyes."

I could see her struggle in her mind, and I wanted to help her, but I was helpless. I could see into her mind, but I was useless to save her.

You can do it love.

Ah. Edward. I just got you back, and I am not giving up this easy.

It seemed like she was trying to move a mountain off of her mind, but finally it happened.

Bella's eyes fluttered open, and she looked up at me.

"Edward," She whispered and reached a finger out to touch my cheek gently. I smiled her favorite crooked smile at her, and leaned in kissing her forehead.

"Do not ever do that to me again Bella." I scolded her gently, and she smiled up at me.

If it was possible, I would say that she seemed exhausted.

"Bella," Carlisle spoke up, "I need you to try to flex the band back to wrap around just your own mind again. You're emotions must be making this entirely too much for your mind to handle."

"I like hearing him though." she spoke softly, almost embarrassed.

I smirked, "I like hearing you too, love. But do as he says, we will experiment with this power later, but now you need your mind to relax and heal itself.

She smiled sadly at me.

Before she closed her mind off away from me she showed me some thoughts. Every happy moment that we had shared flashed through her mind briefly.

Her and me in our meadow for the first time, our first lunch together when I took her lemonade cap, when I saved her from Tyler's van, me running with her on my back, our first kiss when she basically fainted, our prom together, our first dinner out where I answered her questions, the tension in biology, her elation at my presence in her bedroom, all of her human memories of her love for me, then some more recent ones, her up against a tree with me pressed against her, her want and desire to take me on the plane, our first time in my old bedroom in Forks.

Just in case I can't show you later Edward I wanted you to see. I love you more than I ever thought possible.

I love you Bella.

Then she blinked her eyes, and when she opened them again she was gone from my mind.

"Thank you Bella. You have no idea how much that meant to me." my voice was thick with emotion, and I felt a blaze of heat rising in me after she had shown me all of those emotions and images.

She leaned up and turned to face me. She cocked her head to the left slightly and smiled.

She gently placed a hand against my chest, and leaned in and brushed her lips against mine softly.

"Never do that to me again or I will make you suffer dearly." She spoke quietly against my lips.

I placed my hands around her waist not caring that our entire family was present.

It felt like I had almost lost my Bella, and I was not letting her out of my arms anytime soon.

I spoke back against her lips, and made sure I blew my breath out so she could inhale it.

She thought she hid it well, but I knew my scent intoxicated and aroused her.

"I could say the same to you Bella. You nearly scared me half to death." I spoke softly.

"Silly Edward, technically speaking, we're both already dead." she playfully teased.

I kissed her then, and she moved her body flat against mine winding her hands in my hair.

I knew my family was there, and they were watching, but their thoughts told me that they were just happy Bella was okay.

I kissed her deeply for a little longer letting our lips move in a slow rhythm, and then I slowly pulled away. She ducked her head down placing her forehead against my lips, and I kissed her there lightly.

Jasper spoke now. He had a confused look in his eyes, but his thoughts were still clouded with fogged emotions, but he didn't seem to be in pain anymore.

"Bella, you know that he loves you, why?" he trailed off from there.

She looked at him briefly meeting his eyes. "I'm sorry you felt that Jasper, it just reminded me of when he left."

She hugged me tighter to her as she said that.

I couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain at the reminder of the pain I had caused her, so much pain that it apparently caused Jasper to collapse clutching his dead heart, so much pain that it sent her emotions into overload when I walked to Tanya.

I should have never left her side. The guilt was evident in my voice as I spoke,

"Bella, love, I am so sorry I caused you that pain. I should have never tried to retaliate. I only hurt you more by trying to hurt her."

She looked at me fiercely now and spoke firmly,

"Edward Cullen do not apologize. If things hadn't happened the way they did then I would not be here with you and our family now. I don't regret a single thing, the memory of it just hurts. And as for her, I needed to see that. I needed to see you reject her. It helps with the confidence."

Then she casually shrugged her shoulders and giggled.

The whole family seemed to relax at that, and Bella and I stood up from our spot on the floor. I backed away as everyone came forward to embrace Bella. She had really scared us all.

"Bella, I think we have found that you have a gift, and I think that when Eleazar and his family leave we should start to help you try to control it. We don't want this to happen again."

She smiled up at him slowly. She knew he was referring to Tanya getting to her and playing on her emotions.

I hated that woman now. Tanya would never be worth trusting again in my opinion. She would have gladly killed Bella if she had gotten the upper hand in the fight.

I couldn't help the pride I felt that my love had defeated her. She had won, and she had enough to control to stop herself from killing Tanya.

I could still hear them outside fighting, and Tanya was crying now. She felt ashamed at her actions, and she hated that Carlisle and Esme were so angry with her.

I pulled Bella into my embrace, and kissed her temple. "Be strong love," I whispered into her ear. Then I raised my head and looked at my parents speaking to them now.

"They wish for your approval to come back in. They would all like to apologize to you, and they want us all there to pay their apologies to us too, but I am not speaking to Tanya. At this point, forgiveness for her from me is completely out of reach."

Carlisle nodded, and him and Esme stayed put. Slightly louder than was usual Carlisle called out for them to come back into the house.

I turned Bella around to face me, and she rested her shoulder against her chest closing her eyes slightly.

I kept my arms wrapped tightly around her, this time I would not leave her side.

They all sulked in, and Kate and Irina stood on either side of Tanya, whose head was hanging down staring at the floor.

Eleazar was the first to speak, "Carlisle, Esme I apologize for Tanya's behavior, and I insist that you let us pay for the repairs that are needed to fix the damage that her outburst has led to. If it is okay with you, she has something to say."

Carlisle was the one to reply.

"It is not your fault Eleazar, but on behalf of my family we accept the apology of you and your family, except for Tanya. I am sorry, but we cannot excuse her behavior. Bella is one of my children now, and she attacked her. I will not wound your ego, so we accept your request to repair the damage, but as for Tanya. It is up to Edward and Bella if they wish to hear her out."

Slowly, the bitch raised her head. Her mind was filled with countless apologies and regret. Only once did a small thought of jealously enter into her mind. I know she had a thing for me, but how many times did I have to reject her. I would not be kind in my rejections any longer.

I kissed Bella's hair, and spoke softly to her.

"Love, it is up to you."

She slowly raised her head up and looked at me in the eye. Her eyes were almost honey now. They were still slightly tinted red from her newborn blood, but her aversion seemed to make her eyes change in a different way. She had never had the blood red crimson eyes of a normal newborn.

She was beautiful, and at that moment she looked so vulnerable, that I wanted to rip Tanya's head off for causing so much pain to my love. Hadn't she already been through enough?

Bella set her jaw, and her eyes narrowed slightly in confidence, and slowly, she twisted in my arms to face Tanya.

She spoke angrily with confidence noted along her voice. She was not afraid of Tanya. She knew she could kill her if she wanted to.

She was only afraid of losing me to her.

She was afraid of losing me in general.

I couldn't help myself. I didn't want a repeat of the past moments to occur so I quickly reached my arms out to Bella's hips. "Love, please."

"I'm fine Edward. I have my mind in control now."

She went back to addressing Tanya. "What do you have to say Tanya?"

Tanya met Bella's eyes for a moment and her thoughts flew through her mind. She was jealous of Bella, and could not understand why it was her I wanted, and not her, but she pushed that away and looked at my hands, and then my face.

You love her. I see that. I am sorry.

She started speaking softly now. "First, Carlisle, Esme, I am so sorry for what I have done to your home and to your family. Rose, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, please I hope you find it in your hearts to not hold this against me. I attacked your sister out of jealously, and I will always regret it. Edward.."

I hissed at her as she said my name. I wanted nothing to do with her.

She looked taken aback by my reaction. She didn't think I would be so angry with her.

Her voice got even smaller as she continued now. "I am so sorry that I did not respect your decision. You have made it very clear that I am not what you want, and it is wrong for me to try and force your hand, but I hope you do not hold it against me for falsely hoping against it anyways. Bella, it is to you that I am the most apologetic. I would really like you to allow me to show you who I am in a different light. I promise you Bella, that you have my respect as Edward's mate and as a child of Carlisle and Esme's. This will not happen again."

Bella continued to stare at her. Her expression did not change, and I could tell that she felt that Tanya was full of it. I checked her thoughts to see if she was correct, but Tanya just kept repeating her apologies and regret in her mind.

I couldn't be sure if it was sincere, or influenced by her family. It worried me because I knew Tanya, and she had not given up after all of these years. She would have a plan, and I did not want to give her any opportunities to hurt my family anymore.

It was quiet in the room now for a couple of minutes. Then Bella spoke.

"Thank you for apologizing Tanya, but do not think for one second that I am sorry that I hit you. I will only ask you once to let Edward and me be. I love him, and he loves me. He chose me, and I am sorry that you are in pain because of it, but it is not something for you to try to dictate over. I don't trust you Tanya, but you were family long before me, and it is not for me to push you out. We will have to see what time holds for us."

I couldn't help but smile at my love. She was so level headed and reasonable in times of stress and crisis. I was proud of her for her strength. By now, I would have slaughtered any man who tried to take her from me.

Slowly the whole family nodded their heads in agreement with Bella's words. Esme and Carlisle smiled proudly at her daughter Rosalie said "If you ever try to come between them again, then I will personally kill you Tanya." then she walked away. Emmett followed after but only after he threatened Tanya with a deadly and fierce look across his face. "You ever try to hurt my little sister again, then I will rip your fucking throat out Tanya. I don't care how close you are to this family. Bells is my sister, oh and I hope you enjoy listening to them screw every night because they will."

"Emmett." Esme scolded gently. She did not want things to go to far again, but she was upset too.

Now Alice spoke. "I used to respect you Tanya, but that's gone. I don't forgive you, and I never will. Nobody tries to hurt my family, and nobody gets away with it."

Jasper just shook his head at her, and scowled. His silence was deadly, and I knew all of our emotions were making it hard for him to control himself from lashing out and attacking Tanya like we all wanted to.

Tanya just listened to them all, replaying their words in her mind. I hope it all hurt her. She had lost a part of her family because of her sick obsession with having me for her own.

"I know all that this has been quite upsetting, but we really have missed you Carlisle, and we would like to try to still stay the week as we had intended. Tanya will be on her best behavior, and I would sincerely hope that her actions alone does not damage the relationship for the rest of our family."

I heard Alice growl from upstairs. "This is going to be a long week."

I couldn't help but smirk at my little sister's frustrations. I was in total agreement with her.

This wasn't my home, and I knew Carlisle would not refuse them. I felt Bella tense against me.

"Fine, I mean no offense to the rest of you, but keep her away from us." I growled out trying to keep my voice calm for my parent's sake.

As they made further apologies and conversation I swept Bella up bridal style and walked her into our bedroom.

I heard Alice giggle as she saw my plan, and I shut the door to our room loudly, locking it with a swift flick of my wrist.

I laid Bella down on our bed, ripping my shirt off for her, and I crushed my lips to hers which were eagerly waiting for me.

She was in full agreement with my plan as she sensed my intentions, and I knew that tonight we would hold none of our emotions back.

Tanya wanted to stay.

Then tonight she was going to get an earful.

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