Chapter 15: Edward's Pov

I sat outside of Bella's house; hiding in a tree on her front lawn. It was 7:48 and my three siblings have been inside ever since 6 o'clock; I've been sitting out here since 7. Just listening in to the conversation they're having. Once they got past talking about me nothing interesting really happen. I let my mind wander to what happened earlier.

Flash back.

"NO! EDWARD ANTHONY MASEN CULLEN!!!" Alice yelled as she barged in to the garage kicking the door. "You are not leaving us!!!"

"YOU'RE WHAT!?!" Rose shouted next to me. I turned my head towards my older sister to see her face in anger and shock. "Edward you can't leave! How can you just up and leave this family all because of this hu…human." she spat on her last word.

"It was merely a suggestion you guys." I turned my head back to Alice and saw my brothers flanked at her sides.

"Bro, that's just way too harsh of a suggestion! Did you not see how much pain you put this family through when you left not letting anyone know where you're going? Do we have to replay the state that each family member was in?" Emmett argued.

"Yeah, do you have any idea how hard it is to keep each other person in our family calm? Could you imagine all the emotions that came crashing down on me?" Jasper vented.

"Edward, if you leave now Bella will blame herself." Alice said.

"How will she find out that I left because of her or the fact of me leaving for that matter?" I argued. Can they not see I'm leaving for their benefit?

"Because we're going to be the best friends with her, all of us will." Alice chirped.

"Drop dead Alice!" Rose spat at her.

"Oh come on Rose! Don't give me excuses about not being Bella's friend or not liking her. I saw you laugh and smile at lunch especially with the Lauren incident." Alice said.

"UGH…Emmett you say anything you'll be sleeping on the couch." Rose said to Emmett before any words came out of his open mouth. "Yeah I smiled and laughed only because the way Lauren's face scrunched up was funny." Rose played the incident in her head as she thought back to what happened.

"Hey Eddie it pretty funny right?" Emmett said thinking it was him who I saw the incident through.

"Don't call me Eddie, Emmett; you know I hate that name!" I barked.

"Rose, I could feel the emotion coming off of you, you like Bella. You can deny it out loud all you want but I will know and Edward will too once he hears your thoughts." Jasper said turning the attention back to Rose.

"Shit Edward you better not tell anything to anyone! If I find out you said something I'll wreck your precious Volvo and your piano!" Rose thought to me. "Whatever Jasper, I don't have to explain myself to you or any of you. You guys can believe what you want but I know what I feel." she concluded.

"Edward don't leave ok? Don't put this family through that pain of losing you again." Alice said then got into Emmett's jeep.

End of Flash back.

The sound of the door bell breaking me free from my thoughts. I turned my attention to the porch where a masked person was walking down and towards a car. The car had tinted windows making it nearly impossible to see into; even with my vampire eyes. The person got into the back seat and the car reversed a little down the street. It stopped two houses down the street from Bella's house. I didn't like this one bit.

"Yes! This'll teach that fucking freak not to mess with me." I heard someone in the car say, it was Lauren!

My thoughts became clouded by a vision. "Bella opens her door to see if anyone was on her porch but sees no one. She walks a little bit forward before she steps on a piece of paper. She opens it up and reads 'THIS WILL TEACH YOU'. She then looks up at the road when she sees the car's head lights turn on. Alice calls to her for her to come in but she doesn't listen. The car drives forward and she sees the barrel of a gun. The gun isn't real it's a paint ball gun instead. Alice tells Jasper and Emmett but they can't do anything because they could blow our cover. Alice screams for Bella to move making another attempt but it doesn't work Bella continues to stand there staring at the car. " The vision ends.

"No Bella! Come back inside!" Alice cries.

Come one Bella go inside, go inside, go inside. I couldn't wait anymore the car was at the beginning of her lawn. "BELLA MOVE!" Alice screams.

I drop down from the tree just as Lauren and her goonies begin shooting at Bella. I run at vampire speed towards my love. Wait no she's not my love. What a great timing my mind decides to call her that. "Don't argue with yourself about whatever you're thinking you idiot just save Bella." Alice yells in her head.

"Yes my dear brother you love her. Slow down you're near the porch and you need to make like its Emmett or me who knocks her out of the way." I'm going to have to argue with Jasper about that later. Oh wait I'm not even suppose to be here, got chya bro.

I finally reach Bella just as the car reaches the point where the bullets will make a direct shot with Bella. Unfortunately she gets shot by a red bullet on her back while we're falling to the ground. I was trying to turn her so that my rock hard body wouldn't fall on her and she'd land on me. That didn't work instead we fell on our sides. She hits her head on my rock hard, lightly, but enough for her to become unconscious.

Once the car was gone my three siblings came out to us. We were still in the spot that I made us fall on. I was sitting up Bella was curled up on my lap. My right arm supporting her neck and my left arm was under her bent legs. Emmett came over and took Bella from me. My face fell at the loss of contact with Bella.

"Edward." Jasper called to me breaking me out of my reverie. I didn't even notice he was holding out his hand for me to take.

"I think we should take Bella to see Carlisle. Or actually I think you guys should take her to see Carlisle." With that I took off running.

I just kept running without looking back. "I just needed to clear my head." I just kept chanting to myself. On my way too…No where. I stopped dead in my tracks. My legs gave out under me. Never in my life, no, in my existence, have I felt as weak as I do now.

I slowly lifted my head up to see where I was. Here I sit in this breath taking meadow. The trees end as if they were cut down or not allowed to grow beyond that point; only flowers growing out in the open. I felt the heat of the sun surround my body as its rays of light shined down upon me. Every inch of my exposed skin gleaming in the light. Sometimes I wished the myths were true; that way I'd be actually able to die.

My family's right, I'm running scared because of this one human. This human whose scent smells like freesias, whose hair smells like strawberries, whose skin is as pale as snow. This human whose eyes holds no depth, whose smile makes me glad of my existence, whose very presence holds me captive. This human…this human that holds my dead vulnerable heart in her hands. I do love her! As much as I hate to admit it, I do! But how can I love her so much if I don't even know her? Is it possible to love someone that you barely even know? Is it?

I ran back home just in time to see Bella getting up. AH my sweet looking Bella. Her mahogany hair cascading down the sides of her face. Her beautiful snowy white pale cheeks were ally rosy from embarrassment.

I walked into the house through the back door and towards the living room. "Wow Bella's really weak right now. I hope the tackle didn't hurt her." Jasper thought.

"Hey Eddie boy! Wanna chance to carry Bella? I can totally set that up for you. Oh well here we go. Its up to you if she falls on her face or not." Emmett said to me with his thoughts.

"Ok Jasper you get the bags and I'll get Bella." Emmett said aloud.

"Excuse me what?" Bella cried.

"Oh I'm sorry do you feel more comfortable if Jasper carried you?"

"Why do I have to be carried? I'm perfectly capable of walking up the stairs myself thank you very much."

"Edward! Emmett's plans working she's gonna fall right in front of you! You better catch her or else!" Alice screamed at me with her mind.

As if on cue Bella fell right before where I stood unnoticed by her. I wrapped my arms around her body before she could hit the floor. I looked at my brothers to signal them we should bring her to the room. She opened her right eye and stared at my chest then opened both to see what was happening. But she didn't look at me. She looked everywhere but me. Until finally she turned her head to the right and tilted up to see my face. "Hello" she breathed.

"Hey Bella! I hope you don't mind me carrying you? I caught you when you were about to fall flat on your face. So I figured that I minus well just carry you to the room." I told her as nicely as possible. I felt her blood being to rise and the warmth radiating off her cheeks.

"Um…thanks?" she said like a question.

After taking her to her room I began to contemplate what had happened. She thinks I hate her? Could I really have been so cruel? That just isn't me!

Bella came out of her room and went down to Alice's room. She knocked on the door and reluctantly came back up the stairs when she found out no one was in the room. Gawd I'm stalking her by her foot steps, really? Could I be anymore obsessed.

She stopped before entering her room and came to my door. She was about to knock but did her one up and opened my door. "Umm…I'm sorry to bother you but…never mind." She said then fleeted back to her room.

"Bella, what is it?

"It's just…umm…I'm looking for Alice. I went down to the room you told me belonged to her on and on the first story but I can't find her."

"Oh, well she and the others went out some where it's just you and me here" I can't believe they went hunting and left me here with her. When they know I crave her blood the most!

"Oh"

"Is there something that you needed?"

"Umm…yeah but it's ok. Thanks though!" she practically ran to her room but I caught her wrist and lightly tugged her back to me. The tingling sensation and heat pulsing from our holding hands made my body crave to embrace her. All I could do was ignore it.

"What did you need Bella? Don't be ashamed to ask."

"Okay…Alice packed my bag for the stay but I dot have any clothes to sleep in. I was going to ask her is she had another bag of mine with clothes I could use."

"Oh." What do I do? "I'm sorry Bella but that the only bag they had."

"Oh. That's ok thanks though."

"Hold on." I walked into my room and towards my closet to get her something to wear. This basket ball short and t-shirt should be good enough right? "You can use this to sleep in. I'm sure you'll be uncomfortable wearing jeans to sleep. Alice loves to dress people up so she must have intentionally only packed you under wear. She'll have clothes for you to wear to school tomorrow and the days after that.

"No it's ok Edward I'll just sleep in this."

"No, Bella take this I insist." I held it to her till she took it from me.

"Thanks! Umm…can I ask you for one more thing?"

"Sure what is it?"

"Where can I get a towel? I'd like to take a shower especially after taking that tackle to the ground." I winced back knowing I was the cause of that. I hope I didn't her too hard. I know there are bruises on her already forming. I just hope that's the worst of it.

"Follow me." I walked to her room and into the closet to retrieve a towel. When I returned her eyes were wide open. "Bella are you ok?"

"Yes I'm fine it's just…that closet is huge!" I chuckled at her reaction. I've forgotten how big these closets really are.

"All of our rooms have closets that big. You should see Rose's and Alice's they still need more room. Emmett and Jasper keep some of their clothes in here because they have no room of their own." I began laughing at my brothers. They're so whooped they don't even have closet space of their own.

"Wow!" she shook her head side to side probably think how unfortunate it is for them. "Thanks again." I chuckled one last time before leaving the room.

I closed the door behind me. I stood in her door way for a moment breathing in her scent. A light melody of the piano creeping up from the back of my mind. I ran downstairs to the piano to write Bella's lullaby.

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