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Chapter 5

I couldn't hold back the blood curdling scream that escaped my lips.

Instantly, Alice was beside me.

"Bella -- Bella, it's okay," she said soothingly, but with a hint of panic in her voice.

"He's here," I barely managed to whisper, though I knew she would hear it.

"Who's here?" she asked, her eyebrows pulling together in confusion.

"He's coming after me. He's outside," I said in the same barely audible voice, my head snapping towards the wall of windows in Edward's room, looking out into the woods. I couldn't bring myself to say his name.

"I don't understand," she said, her voice letting on to her slight frustration at her lack of understanding. She turned her gaze to follow mine, her eyes now searching past the window looking for the answer. Her eyes went wide as realization hit. "Jacob?" she whispered.

I nodded, not being able to find my voice as tears began to streak down my face in fear.

"Jacob did this to you?" she asked me in a whisper, her eyes now searching my face for the truth.

"I thought you already knew what happened," I mumbled quietly, my voice coming out hoarse as I squeezed my eyes shut, not wanting to talk about this.

"I only seen you telling Edward in my vision. You started to tell him that you had been ra--," she started, but seeing the pleading look on my face, she rephrased, "you know, but you never said who because you broke down crying and I never got to see you tell him who had actually done this to you," she said quickly in one breath, her voice low and hesitant, unsure of my reaction.

A howling sound came from nearby the house again, making me start to shake, my legs instinctively curling up to my chest as I clung to them, rocking myself back and forth as more tears fell from my eyes.

"Bella, calm down," Alice told me gently. "That's not Jacob. That's just a coyote. Jacob's not out there. You're safe," she told me as her eyes met mine to show she was telling the truth, and I could tell that she was trying to refrain from hugging me.

I instantly calmed slightly, my arms loosening their grip on my legs, but only a fraction of an inch. The tears still freely fell, and I was unable to stop them. I hated crying this much. I felt like all I've done the past few hours was cry, but I couldn't seem to stop, no matter how hard I tried.

"You can't tell him, Alice," I quickly began, knowing this would probably be a lost cause.

"I want you to tell him, Bella. You should be the one to tell him," she explained.

"I can't," I whispered, my voice sounding broken even to my own ears.

"You can. I seen it, remember? You told him, Bella. It won't be easy, but you did tell him," she tried to reassure me. "Edward loves you," she reminded me, "he won't leave you."

"You think," I muttered under my breath, again taking into considersation that she didn't know that for sure, she was only assuming.

"Bella," she said fiercely. "Do you trust me?" I nodded. "Do you trust Edward?"

"Yes," I responded without hesitating.

"Then trust Edward enough to tell him. And trust me," she said, staring at me intensely now, "when I say that he isn't going to leave you if you do," she said with such conviction in her voice it was hard not to listen to her.

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For the next few hours, I fought sleep, determined to stay awake, despite my drooping eyelids. Though I secretly think that Jasper was working against me on that.

When Esme tried offering me some lunch, I didn't feel right telling her I didn't want any, since she had already gone through the trouble of making it for me. Food was the last thing I wanted right now, my stomach too twisted with anxiety, stress and fear to even think about food. So after a few bites, I placed my fork down on my plate and pushed it an inch or two away from me.

"That's all you're going to eat, dear?" she asked me with concern from my lack of appetite written across her face.

I nodded. "I'm not very hungry," I told her, my eyes not meeting hers. "I think I just want to go listen to some music in Edward's room," I quickly added in hopes of avoiding more questions about my appetite, or lack thereof.

"All right," she nodded, though I could see her eyes were scrutinizing me, trying to figure out what was going on. Esme was a smart woman. I knew she could tell something wasn't right.

I made my way up to Edward's room, aware of the four pairs of eyes that were on me as I did so.

Esme had gone into the living room, which is where Alice, Jasper were, all of which had their eyes on me as I walked by to go upstairs. Rosalie was at home as well, but she had been outside in the garage working on some of the cars all day. Carlisle was at work at the hospital, which I was extremely grateful for. If Carlisle had been home, I'm sure he probably could have figured out what had happened just based on my reactions. That would be the last thing I would need - another person knowing my secret who could easily tell Edward.

After getting into Edward's room and shutting the door behind me, I went over to his music collection and found what I was looking for. After popping the CD into his stereo and selecting the track I wanted, the peaceful melody of Clair de Lune filled the room.

I layed on the bed, burying my face into the pillow, inhaling Edward's calming scent. I refuse to fall asleep. I just need to try and relax, to push away the thoughts of what happened, to try and get rid of this panicky feeling that won't seem to go away.

I'm not sure how long I stayed laying like that, but the next thing I knew, fingers were brushing across my cheek.

I let out a small scream and jumped up, scrambling out of the bed, only to come face to face with Edward. Any fear that I felt at the intruders presence was now gone, now that I knew it was Edward.

His eyes were set on me, and he had a pained look on his face. "Is this a delayed reaction? With wanting to run away screaming because of the monster that I am?" he asked in an anguished tone, thinking the running and the screaming was finally going to happen after all this time, just like he thought it would when he first brought me to the Cullens' home.

"Edward, no," I tried sounding fierce, strong, but my voice came out hoarse and weak. "That's not it. I'm not -- I'm not scared of you," I tried to reassure him. Because in truth, I wasn't scared of him. I knew I was safe with him and that he would never hurt me. However, based on the look on his face, I knew he didn't believe me. "I know you would never hurt me," I told him with conviction.

"Bella," he began, his eyes searching my face until they landed on my eyes, as he stepped around the bed until he was beside me, taking my hands in his. "What is going on? If you're not scared of me, then what is it?" When I didn't respond right away, he spoke again. "What has you so afraid?"

I looked at the worry and anguish filling his features and hated myself for it. This was my fault, all of this. All because I went to La Push yesterday. And now I was hurting Edward, and he was the last person in the world that I would ever want to hurt.

I again thought of Alice's words of what would happen if I don't tell him. I would hurt him, and cause us both even more pain. But at the same time, if I tell him, I will just cause him pain, too, along with myself. I didn't know if I could handle telling him. I wasn't sure I could even bring myself to say the words. I couldn't even stand to let Alice say the words out loud.

Even though I was engulfed in my thoughts, I was broken out of them by the loud snarl that was rising from within Edward's chest as he looked outside through his glass wall.

"Edward?" I asked as my body instinctively stiffened, my voice dropping to a whisper, unsure of what to do, or what was going on. When he turned his face back to look at me, his expression was one of pure torture mixed with fury. "What is it?"

"Is it true, Bella?" he asked with a clenched jaw, his body completely stiff and immobile as stone, his eyes once again searching my face.

"Is what true?" I asked, unaware of what he was getting at - unsure of what he meant. My eyes darted over his body, taking in his rigid stance, his body language a sure sign of distress. I met his eyes, only to find that his looked beyond pained, but also a shade darker than before due to the unsurpassed anger coursing through him. I tensed in fear of what was causing him to react this way.

His upper lip pulled back over his teeth slightly, showing his gleaming teeth as he held back a growl. "Jacob Black," he spat out. "Did he hurt you?"

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Eek, so again I'm mean with a cliff hanger. BUT, I do have about half of the next chapter already written. I keep wanting to change parts of it, because to me, that's one of the most important chapters, since...I'm sure you can figure out what happens. So, anyways, despite me being mean ending this chapter the way I did...rest assured, the next chapter is half written and I do plan to finish it right away.

Did I disappoint you all with the coyote? I didn't think Jacob would be stupid enough to come to the Cullen's home, but don't worry, he will be dealt with in later chapters. So now the question is for the next chapter...how did Edward come to the conclusion that Jacob hurt Bella? Did he find out from someone? Does he for sure know about the rape, or does he just know something happened to hurt Bella? And more importantly...how's Bella going to react and answer his question, and how will things go from there?

Okay guys, what did you think? As promised, Edward is now back [yay], so you got some Bella and Edward stuff again in this chapter, and he obviously knows something happened with Jacob. Please review and let me know what you think, and to let me know you're all still interested!