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CHAPTER 7:

BPOV

It was nine in the morning when I woke up the next day in Edward's arms. He was holding me softly, like afraid I would wake, or even worse break. I looked up to his face and he was awake. A soft smile was plastered on his face.

"Good morning Bella. Are you feeling better?" I knew I probably looked like hell, my eyes red and puffy from crying and sleep, but oddly I felt better that I did last night. On the daylight I felt like I could fight anything to make Rosalie better.

"Morning, yeah thanks Edward. Thanks for helping me last night, um, you didn't have to but you did so thank you"

"Don't worry about it. You might not like me that much, but your sisters are like my sisters. I would do anything for them, for you too, it's just that you think so badly of me that… um, know what? Just forget I said anything alright"

"I understand what you're trying to say. Um, I know I've spent most of my time hating you rather that making sure by myself that you weren't that bad and I'm sorry, I know you love my sisters and stuff" he looked confused so I took a deep breath and started again. "Look, what I'm trying to say is that I've been hurt before and I thought you were going to hurt me too and I was afraid of putting myself out there again, but I know now that you're a great guy and I would love to start over with you and maybe even be friends. After last night I owe you that much. So what do you say?"

"Umm, I think that would be great Bella, it would be a nice change not fighting with you all the time" I smiled at him and kissed his cheek before getting out of bed. He looked stunned and my lips were a little tingly but I ignored it. I was sure it was nothing.

"Come on Edward" I giggled and that seemed to break him from his stupor "let's go and see how Rosalie is doing"

"Can we have breakfast after that? I haven't eaten since lunch yesterday and I'm pretty fucking hungry" I laughed again, it felt good to laugh, it was freeing.

"Sure, I'll make you… pancakes, deal?"

"Deal, now come on" he leaped out of bed and took my hand before leading me out of the room and to Rosalie's bedroom. Her door was still locked and he knocked on it; moments later Emmett opened the door a let us in.

"Hey guys" I studied Emmett for a second, he seemed happier somehow, but still a little worried. I had no idea what to think of that.

"Um, bro, where's Rose?"

"She's in the shower Eduardo, she wanted to clean up before we went down to breakfast"

"Is she alright Emmett?"

"Yes dad, she's fine. Why don't you and miss mute here go downstairs to make breakfast, we'll be down in a second" it was strange from Emmett to snap at us and I'm pretty sure Edward was about to give him a comeback but I pulled him out of the room quickly. Something told me that things weren't okay, but I wasn't sure what it was. The door banged behind us and I pulled Edward away from the room.

"Wow, what the hell was that?"

"Oh, you talk now"

"Excuse me?"

"We went to look for your sister because you wanted to see her as soon as possible and Emmett opens the door, only in his boxers and your sister is nowhere in sight and you say nothing, really Bella?

"Wait what?" Emmett wasn't in his boxers, was he?

"Weren't you with us back there? Barely clothed Emmett, dripping wet, happy eyes perhaps a little worried or anxious, snapping at everything and I'm willing to bet also highly aroused" it took me a time to process his words and he looked apologetically at me "you really didn't notice did you?":

"Well no, I woke up this morning expecting anything but that from them. I mean my sister relieved last night what has to be the most traumatizing experience in anyone's life and all Emmett can think about is sex. He was supposed to help her, not fuck her. FUCK, I'm gonna kill him"

"Bella, relax. Take a deep breath and just relax" I did as told and looked up at Edward, waiting for him to speak again "better now. Okay, I doubt Emmett was trying to hurt Rosalie, he loves her alright, you have to keep that in mind, besides we can't just jump into conclusions, he could've been just getting out of shower himself and she was now showering. We have to let them explain, and if he did fuck her I promise you I'll kill him myself"

"Ugh fine, but I swear if he hurt her-"

"I know, I know, now come on, let's go get breakfast ready" I let him drag me to the kitchen and once there I started to pull out everything I needed to make the pancakes I had promised. He hopped on the stool next to me and stared at me intently while I got everything ready. Once the batch was ready to mix, I looked at him

"What?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering, um, why pancakes?" I smiled softly at him and went back to mixing the pancake batch; he was actually kind of cute when he wasn't annoying the living daylights out of me.

"My mom used to make pancakes for breakfast when we had a particularly bad day and after last night I think we might need some comfort food, besides there's no help and pancakes are the only thing I know how to cook"

"Hum, I like the way you think Miss Swan"

"Why thank you Mr. Cullen"

"You know? You're actually pretty fun to be around when you're not being a bitch"

"I could say the same thing about you Edward"

"I think we really started with the wrong foot when we first met, didn't we?"

"I know we did, but what did you expect. I mean we were coming from a rough part of our lives and the new lifestyle and revelations we had were a lot to take in just one week. Everyone should've thought about us being defensive"

"You're right and I guess my siblings and I didn't exactly do much to make everything easier for you. We were scared and everything but it gave us no right to be total pricks. I'm really sorry about that"

"Don't worry it's in the past now. We're friends remember?"

"Of course we are friends, except there's one little problem"

"Which is…?"

"The fact that I know nothing about my new friend except that she's unbelievably stubborn and strong and decided and that she loves her sisters. Well I do know some other things, but still"

"Well, what would you like to know?"

"Favorite color, flower, movie, song, anything you want to share actually" I smiled at him and started pouring the pancake mix into the pan

"That's easy. Green, orchid, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Claire the Lune, my mom played it a lot and I like it, my favorite time of the day is night, my favorite food is Italian and I love coffee and hate mornings. What about you?"

"Well, it has to be blue, I don't really have a favorite flower, the hangover and Claire de Lune too, don't ask, my mom made me take piano classes since I was five and it grew up on me, anyway, my favorite time of the day is twilight, my favorite food has to be Thai and I love football, I'm actually the quarterback in my school" I gave him a reassuring smile and thought about what he had told me while I finished the pancakes, he seemed to be doing the same.

"So, piano lesson huh? Are you any good?" he chuckled nervously and ran a hand trough his hair; in the past years I have noticed he does that a lot. A nervous habit I guess, he shrugged "will you play for me one day?"

"Sure, any day" he smiled at me and hopped off the counter before taking some fruit out of the fridge and cutting it. "So I guess I know what flowers I need to give you on our future anniversaries"

"Hum, you do, but trust me, you still have a lot to learn from me" I put the last pancake on the plate and took them to the kitchen table, Edward hot on my trail with the fruit

"Bring it" he put the plate down and kissed my cheek just as Alice and Jasper entered to the kitchen holding hands and whispering to each other. They stopped dead on their tracks when they saw us.

"Um, good morning, are we interrupting anything?"

"Good morning Jasper and don't be stupid, Bella and I were just talking" Alice looked at me suspiciously as she heard Edward call me Bella, last night had been the first time he ever did and I knew she picked it up this morning. She gave me a glance that clearly said that we would talk about this later.

"Bella?"

"Yes, that's her name, you know"

"Dude you never call her Bella, this shit is serious. Bro are you feeling okay"

"Jazz, drop it. Your brother and I decided that we were fed up with the fights and we are trying to be friends, okay, that's it. Now stop your Sherlock Holmes investigation and sit down for breakfast"

"Fine Bella, I'll drop it" he sat down and Alice came bouncing down to me and hugged me

"I'm glad you took this decision, I know everything will be better now sissy" she said low enough so just I could hear her and she went to sit next to Jasper on the table "So what's for breakfast?"

"The only thing I can actually cook. Pancakes Alice"

"Nice, it's been ages since I last ate pancakes" after that we all sat down and started eating, speaking only when we needed something from the table that we couldn't reach. The tension in the room could be cut with a knife and I couldn't stand it anymore.

"That's it, I'm going to go and look for them"

"No need to Bella, we're here" I looked to the kitchen door as soon as I heard my sister's voice, she looked tired and she had purple circles under her eyes and awful bruises all over her body, but other than that she seemed fine. She was holding onto Emmett's arm as if her life depended on it. Alice was immediately off the table and in her arms crushing Rosalie into one of her hugs. "Careful pixie, I'm still a little sore"

"I'm sorry Rose; it's just that I thought I was going to lose you. I was so worried and I'm just happy you're here right now"

"Shh Alice, it's okay, we're okay now" I got up silently and hugged my sisters, what Alice had said was true, I had been so scared when Edward first gave me the news, I thought I was going to lose my sister and I really didn't know what I would do without either one. Alice finally let go and I hugged Rosalie softly.

"How are you Rose?"

"I'm fine I guess, as much as I can be. I guess I'm just a little shaken up, that's it"

"That's great, now why don't we take a seat, you need to eat something. I made pancakes"

"Pancakes Bella, that's awesome, I love you girl" I chuckled at Emmett's antics; leave it to him to break the tension in the room.

"But Emmett I thought you said you loved me" Rose looked up at him the softest eyes I had ever seen on my sister and he smiled down at her lovingly

"Of course I love you Rosie, you're the only woman I'll ever love" he leaned down and gave her a small kiss on the lips; we could see it was full of love and devotion for her.

Pretty much everyone in the room was speechless. I mean we knew Emmett loved Rose but we never expected him to tell her about it, and much less have her so smitten with him. Barely 24 hours ago had this same kitchen seemed to have been taken out of a war scene because of them and now they were professing undying true love to each other. I guess Alice had been right all along, they had actually been attracted to each other all this time.

"Well, that was definitely… different" Jasper was the one who broke the silence after their kiss "why don't you guys take a seat so we can eat and um, talk I guess" Alice smiled reassuringly at him and patted the empty chair next to her for Rose to sit, Emmett took the place between Rosalie and me and held her hand over the table. It seemed as if he needed to be touching her, the pull he had was unbelievable. I couldn't believe I had never noticed before now.

"He's a really good actor you know" I turned away from the scene before me and into Edward's eyes, he was whispering and I noticed everyone around us was talking as if nothing had happened; no one was paying any attention to our silent exchange.

"What do you mean?"

"I know you're probably wondering why you didn't see it before now since you are very good at reading people, but Emmett is a great actor. He would always leave the room when she was there and fight with her so we wouldn't notice"

"How do you know?"

"He's my triplet Bella; I've had seventeen years to figure him out. I know him and Jasper better than I know myself."

"Yeah, I know what you mean" we went back to eating and after a while the chatter died down, once in a while someone would compliment me on my cooking but that was it.

I couldn't help but to glance every now and then to my sister, I was worried about her. The things that happened last night were delicate and she was just acting as if nothing was wrong. Alice was the first to get fed up with her attitude and she called her out on it, but if she had taken a second longer I would've snapped first.

"So really, are we all just going to keep on living and ignore the fucking pink elephant in the fucking room?"

"Alice please, not now. I just want to put this past us" Alice stood up quickly and faced Rose; she looked like a mother giving a lecture to her irresponsible teenager.

"I don't give a fuck if you want this on the past, you're gonna talk about now. You owe us that much. You have an idea of how worried we were last night? I actually thought we were going to lose you into that fucking hell you sent yourself into the last time this happened. And you owe an explanation to the boys, they all helped you without asking for details and they love you, they need to know what happened five years ago Rosalie. Does Emmett even know?" Rosalie looked as if she was going to barf just from Alice's little rant. Immediately I knew that she had told nothing to Emmett "I knew it, I simply knew it. Don't be a coward Rosalie, Emmett loves you. What are you so scared of?" Rose was crying now, her light brown eyes were full of fear and sadness. I just had to intervene.

"Alice, stop it now"

"But bella-"

"I said now Mary Alice" she sat down with a pout and a glare on my direction but other than that she did shut up. Rosalie was starting to look paler by the second, I went to crouch down next to her and held her head in my hands "Rose, darling, are you okay sister?" she shook her head no and next thing I knew her body was laying limply on my arms.

"Rose! Rose! Answer me Rosalie! Emmett help me, we need to get her to the hospital as soon as possible. My sister's not okay" I tried to stand up and put her on the chair but I couldn't, I wasn't strong enough to lift Rosalie.

"But bella she was perfectly fine last night."

"Emmett she was almost raped last night, she wasn't perfectly fine this isn't perfectly fine either, she's bleeding, her nose and mouth are bleeding. I can't lose my sister. I just can't." Emmett lifted Rosalie from me and into his arms, he looked remorseful and worried and I could hear my sister's cries behind me and Jasper trying to console her, I knew Alice was going to blame herself.

"What do I do Bella; do I take her to the car? I don't know what to do with her, what if I hurt her?" Emmett's voice was panicked, between him, Jasper and Alice I couldn't even think straight. Thankfully for me Edward jumped in.

"Emmett take her to the living room and set her down" he did as he was told and before I could protest Edward helped me up from the floor and looked deeply into my eyes, trying to convey the meaning of his words. "We can't take her to the hospital, if we do all of this will be out, England is not the safest place for you three right now and I don't want it turn into an even more dangerous place. There are people after you and if they know that one of you has been hurt and no one was there to protect her they'll come after you and Alice. So please bella, listen to me, I promise nothing will happen to Rose, I know some basic lifeguard training and I know what to. She'll be fine and I need you to help me here being calm and trying to get Alice to calm down."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth he and Jasper rushed to the living room to help Rosalie; Alice was still crying on her seat and blaming herself. I kneeled down and hugged her to me; I knew this was all I could do. Edward was already doing everything he could to help Rose, and I trusted him with this. I had no other option but to do so.

"Shh Alice, it's not your fault. We both knew Rosalie wasn't okay, I shouldn't have left her with Emmett last night, I had to take care of her wounds but they didn't let me. I promise she'll be okay Alice, Edward is already helping her. Shh sister, please don't cry anymore" after a few second of rocking us back and forth she finally quieted down and hugged me back. We stood up and ran to the living room to find Edward and Jasper taking care of Rosalie, and Emmett pacing back and forth talking to himself. He seemed to be doing that a lot now.

"I shouldn't have listened to her last night. I knew she wasn't fine, she was hurting herself for fuck's sake, but she looked so broken and alone and so small, her eyes were so hopeful and full of love, I couldn't deny her anything"

"Emmett, what the hell are you talking about? What happened last night with my sister?"

"Shit Bella, I'm so fucking sorry" he had stopped walking and he was pulling at his hair now "I should've let you help her last night, I had no idea what I was doing. She looked so fragile, I couldn't deny her anything and when she asked me to love her I had no other option Bella, I thought it was the right thing to do. She said it would make her feel better, she said it was the only way I could help her"

"YOU SLEPT WITH MY SISTER? Are you insane Emmett? Oh no, I know, you have no brain cells left from drinking so much. She was nearly RAPED Emmett, is it that hard to understand"

"Bella sis, please don't shout at him" I turned to look at the couch, Rosalie was laying in Edward's arms looking tiredly at me, Alice and I ran to her and sat down next to her, I wanted to hug her, but I knew her body was still sensitive.

"Oh thank God you're awake, Rosie" she smiled at me and turned to look at Emmett, he was crying silently and she tried to stand up to go to him.

"Oh no missy, you're not allowed to get up"

"But Jasper-"

"I said no Rosalie or you want to black out again?" she looked sourly at him and Alice grabbed her hand before speaking.

"Listen to Jazzy, Rose. It's for your own good" of course Rosalie, being the most stubborn person in the world just ignored her and turned to look at Emmett again.

"Emmy?" he looked down ashamed and she tried again "Emmy bear, please come here, I need you. Please?" her voice was hoarse and we all knew it hurt her to speak; she had not been right since she arrived last night, and she had just been putting up an act for our sakes "please Emmett?"

"Are you insane Rosalie, after what he did to you, you say you need him"

"Bella, he didn't do anything to me. And yes I slept with him and you wanna know why, because I fucking love him and I needed him and I still do and I want my boyfriend to hug me because I feel like I'm breaking apart in little pieces. So please Emmett, come here" she was also crying now and Emmett did as he was told and switched places with Edward, taking Rosalie softly into his arms and whispering into her ear.

"I'm so sorry Rosie, please don't cry anymore. Angels shouldn't cry baby, shh I'm here, and you're safe now" Edward sat down next to me and Jasper placed a crying Alice on his lap. My family was so broken now and I had no idea how to fix it. After a while everyone quieted down and Rose spoke.

"I think, no I know, I owe you guys an explanation, but before that I need you to know how grateful I am with all of you, I don't want to imagine what would've happened if you guys hadn't helped me" I visibly shuddered at the possibility of that and Edward squeezed my hand, I hadn't even realized he had taken in. he gave me a soft smile and turned to look at Rose, I did too, just to find her staring at us with a small smile.

"You don't owe us either one Rose, we love you like a sister and we would give our live for you, actually for any of you three"

"Thank you Edward, but I still want you guys to know everything. I don't want secrets ruining my life anymore. I wanna be free, with the man of my life" she turned to look at Emmett as she said the last part and I knew, I just knew, they were perfect for each other. Rose took a deep breath and turned to look at us before she started her story.

"I was thirteen when it happened. I had gone over to a friend's house for her birthday and it was time to get back home. I knew it was late, but I was stubborn. Before leaving, Valerie had tried to convince me to call my mom so she could pick me up but she couldn't. My mom was picking Alice from her ballet classes and Phil was working; besides my house was just a couple of blocks away. I was almost there and nothing had happened to me, I knew I could do it. Valerie was just too nervous for her own good. There was a shortcut through a dark alley a block before my house, so I went through it instead of taking my usual way. It was a really long alley and the only thing I could see was a light at the end of it, the rest was black. Halfway through it, I heard some voices.

"Look what we have here" it was a male voice; he was clearly drunk by the sound of it "Are you lost gorgeous?" I got chills all over my body when I heard him again. I would never admit it but they scared me. They were probably just drunk teenagers trying to scare me, but still. I could barely make out his form and other two walking next to me. I ignored them, choosing to keep walking instead. I figured that if I kept walking they would leave me alone. I was wrong. I could feel the three bodies creeping up on me, making my self-preservation sense kick in. I tried to walk faster, but they were quick to catch me. In the blink of an eye a guy grabbed me. It wasn't the one before, their voices were different.

"Where do you think you're going sugar?"I could taste the alcohol in his breath; he was too close to me. I could make out his face perfectly now. The face I would never forget. A face that would haunt me the rest of my life. "Why don't you stay to play with us? I promise you'll have a lot of fun" I felt his wet lips kiss my neck and I resisted the urge to shiver from disgust. I was petrified.

I didn't answer; I wouldn't make a sound even if it killed me. I knew what they were going to do to me, but I wasn't going to say a thing. I wouldn't give them the pleasure to hear me begging.

"Can you handle her Rick?"

"Of course I can. This little slut will be begging for me by the time I'm done with her" the three of them laughed. It wasn't a carefree laugh. It was a sound that told me to be afraid. That the worst was coming.

"We'll be at the end of the alley making sure no one comes near. You know the rules, right?"

"Of course. I'll call you as soon as I'm done" I heard their footsteps fade towards the light at the end of the alley. And as soon as they were gone Rick trapped my body between his and a wall. It was hard and cold. "See sugar? They will even give us some privacy so you don't feel uncomfortable"

He kissed me again; he kissed my chin and neck. His kisses were rough, and he would bite and suck some points, it was disgusting. He threw me to the floor and adjusted himself between my legs. I hit my head and it started bleeding from the impact. I wanted to scream in pain, but I didn't. He started kissing me again, going lower every time, he turned desperate when he reached my shirt.

I felt him moving for a moment before something shiny and cold touched my skin. It was a razorblade. He ripped my shirt and bra and tore them off my body violently. He placed the razor-blade on my neck.

"If you behave, I won't have to use this, but if you don't, well, you can imagine what'll happen. I'd hate to end with my friends' fun before time" he placed the blade on the floor next to me and yanked my jeans and panties off. I was crying by this point. The only thing in my mind was that they were going to rape me and kill me. I could picture the pain in my mom and sisters' face when the police find my body. Rick's hands groping me, pulling at me and hurting me brought me back to reality.

"Awww, you're crying. I promise you'll enjoy this." He kept kissing and touching me in ways that scared me and hurt me. I knew that my first time should be with someone I loved and wanted. Not like this. He took his clothes off and I started moving, my head was killing me and I had started to bleed more every time he pressed himself against me. That didn't make him any happy.

"Don't you dare move or I swear you'll pay for it" Rick held me down and pressed his naked body against me. He pushed the razor into my hip and dragged it to the side to prove his point. I didn't struggle; I had no strength to do it anymore. I was feeling lightheaded from loss of blood and I was weak. He pressed his hard member against my leg and I stood still. I knew this was going to be painful. I could only wish for death to take me now, but it never came.

"Mmmmm, a virgin; I bet you want this little slut" he placed himself on my entrance and trusted hard. I screamed in pain.

After him, the other ones raped me too, I don't remember much more because I lost so much blood, I just know that they kept cutting me and when they were done, they left me there to die. Next thing I knew I was on the hospital. I was in coma for three months" she broke down on Emmett's arms and he held her to him, comforting her and rocking them back and forth to soother her. I knew she wouldn't be able to speak another word, so I told them the rest of the story.

"After Rose left Valerie's house, she called me, I was the only one home and I told her I would call her as soon as Rosalie arrived, but she never did... by the time my mom came back and hour later, I was a mess. Through my tears I told her what I knew and we went to look for Rose, my mom called Phil, my stepdad and he also went looking for her, we called the police and almost every single person we knew. Alice and I were the ones who found her. We knew about the shortcut and I had a feeling that she wasn't that far away. She was lying naked in the alley, covered in blood and dirt and god only knows what else. I took off my coat and covered her and Alice ran back to mom to let her know we had found her. She was taken to the hospital and the police found the guys that had raped her two weeks later, trying a repeat of what they had done that night. Rosalie was in coma for three months and five days before she woke up. We never moved from her side in all that time"

"Last night felt like a repeat from that. I had been walking from the mall to my car and someone grabbed me and dragged me to a nearby alley, he started punching me, cutting me and undressing me but thankfully Emmett heard my cries from where he had been looking for me at the mall's parking lot and as soon as he heard his voice the man flee from there. Thank you Emmett, I owe you my life" he kissed her forehead and we all just sat there, processing what we had just learned when the front door opened and Esme, Carlisle and Charles came in.

They asked us what had happened and we gave them a short version of the past few days, by the time we were done, Carlisle was angry, Charles was bewildered and Esme was a crying mess.

"Mom? Dad?"

"Yes Edward" Carlisle's voice was scarily calm when he spoke; it gave me chills just knowing he was capable of such anger "I was thinking that England is not a safe place for the girls. I know Jasper has been taking care of them since he moved here two years ago and that Emmett and I come here almost every weekend but I think we would all feel better if they moved to France and lived with us. We would be able to watch over them all the time and I doubt Emmett will want to leave Rosalie now, so what do you guys say?"

"I think it's an excellent idea son, of course if Charlie agrees"

"Of course I agree Carlisle, with all the revolts we've been having, my little girls are not safe here. They will be better with you in France"

"Then I think it's settled right? The girls will be coming home with us when we leave tomorrow"

"Yes Esme" after that the adults left to ensure our safety on the trip and go over the final details. Once again my life had been decided without my say in it, but this time I found myself not caring. I actually wanted to go to France, I was just hopping this new start would be better than the last.

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