The others would be home soon. I heard the car pull up in front of the house. 

“Aw, geez! Look at that! Look at it!” Emmett wailed.

“Calm down, Em, it’s just a scratch,” Edward said.

“Just a scratch!?”

Rose snorted.

The front door opened. 

“Hey, Alice! Hey, Ja-” Em’s mouth fell open as he took in my blood-colored eyes.

“What the heck!?” Rose barked.

I lowered my head, not only in shame of failure but to hide as well.

“I’ll explain later,” Alice sighed softly. Thank you, Alice.

Alice's POV

When Jasper left the room, I explained. Edward, Rose and Em listened to what I said.

“Whoa,” Emmett breathed.

Edward was silent. Rosalie looked as if she were about to explode, then she did; into a string of profanities.

“Rose, stop, don’t you see? He hates it more than you do, it happened to him and not you! You don’t have to start swearing just because he didn’t have enough control.”

She growled under her breath.

“Carlisle will be back soon,” Jasper said as he entered the room. “He had to pick something up at the hospital.”

He sat next to me and pulled me onto his lap. 

What will Carlisle think when he gets back, Edward?

He shrugged just a tiny bit to insure the others wouldn’t notice. 

Do you think he’ll be mad?