Summary: Everyone is human. Something happens to Alice during the summer that changes her life. She needs Bella more than ever. Jasper starts to help Alice get over what happened. While all this is going on Bella has her own problems too. She's starting to fall in love with Edward Masen, the guy every body knows. Edward isn't the one who dates every girl but he does date. Will Alice and Bella deal with their problems?

WARNING: This story is an A/U story. All the characters are probably going to be very OOC. If its a big deal, just dont read it. Thanks.

I don't own Twilight, New Moon or Eclipse.

Chapter One.

I detested the word 'love'. Every time I heard it, it gave me the chills.

Alice thought she was in love once with a guy named Michael. He treated her nice, for the most part at least. Michael started fights with her. It was awful. And then one night they went to this place for a date and he raped her. He bruised her, badly. She called me crying. I could barely make out the words. But I knew I had to go over to her house. Something was wrong.

When I got there she was sitting on her couch. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying so much. She was a mess. I took her in my arms and held her for the rest of the night. She told me the story and I was so furious. It made me so emotional sitting there with her. It was like some movie you would see on t.v. Only it was real.

I wrapped her around in a blanket and walked downstairs to get the large bucket of chocolate ice cream. My mother would disapprove of my actions tonight. But I really don't care what she thinks. Not tonight anyway. Tonight is all about Alice. Nothing is going to change that. I got two spoons and ran upstairs.

We sat there, eating ice cream and talking the night away. That's what we always do. When ever one of us needs the other one, we go to their houses and try to make them feel better. It's always been like that. I wouldn't change it for the world. Mary Alice Brandon will always be there for me. And I, Isabella Marie Swan will always be there for her. And that's that.

The next morning we told Alice's mom and she filed a report. I called the place where Alice and I work and said we needed the day off. He asked if there was something wrong and I told him it was a family emergency. The was nothing else to that conversation.

The whole day was busy. But I was with Alice the whole time. I told my mom I needed to be with her so she let me go. My mom understood our friendship. It was special, no doubt about it.

My mother helped me through alot of stuff. She has always been there. When we first moved here I went to her and told her everything. Even though I'm a junior and parted away from my mom, I still talk to her. Sometimes that is. She can get really annoying sometimes.

So can my father. He likes to have fun. He isn't like your normal dad who is strict and makes you do this and that. He's a child at heart. Well that's what he says. My dad likes to embarrass me. But either way, they are still family.

Michael, the guy who raped Alice, and his family had to move away. I'm not sure what happened exactly but they moved one day and we never saw him again. Which is a good thing, of course. He caused Alice pain. Way too much to handle.

It's been two weeks since the whole Michael deal. We didn't really talk about it.We were on our way to work. We worked at the cashier at Paige's. I loved it because Alice's lane was right next to mine. We had to wear ugly red apron things with a plastic name tag saying Hello! I'm Bella, How can I help you? We took alot of pictures on our break so we can have memories. I have a collection of all of the pictures we have taken here. I take my camera with me most days. It just depends on what I'm wearing.

I walked in with her right beside me. We went to our lanes and turned on the light. This is how every day goes. Go there, check people's items out, take a break, check more items out and then go home. It really didn't bother me. I got money to spend when I go to the mall.

I didn't have to ask my mom or dad for any money. It's not like they would give it to me any way. They would say I need to earn it, or some bull crap like that. They want me to live the life they want. It's completely retarded if you ask me.

Ah, One o'clock had finally come. Time for our break. We packed ourselves a little lunch bag.

We took the bag and went outside. That's where we sometimes have our breaks. Out by the bench. If we don't eat out here we go to the back room.

Alice and I talked most of the time. Tomorrow is our first day of school. We're juniors this year. Very exciting. I'm suppose to go over to her house and help with her clothes and stuff. Typical Alice. I am actually quite excited for tomorrow. I have a feeling something's going to happen.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

The annoying clock is going off. I groaned. It's too early.

I walk to the bathroom and take a quick shower. Letting the water wake me up. If I didn't keep rubbing my eyes I would have fallen asleep. I got tired of standing so I decided the shower was done.

After I wrapped myself in a towel I went to my room. What should I wear? This was the one thing I hated about the first day. You have to try and make yourself look good.

I grabbed my blue tee-shirt and jeans and put them on. I straightened my hair and threw on my shoes to run to Alice's.

She was standing in her closet going through all her clothes. Alice held out two shirts. One red, one pink.

"Pink." I told her. She looked good in that color.

She grabbed a pair of pants and slipped them on. The clock read 7:45. The perfect time to leave for school. We ran to her car and drove off.

I started to get nervous. I was trying to find some music on the radio. There was some things I liked but I kept on twisting the dial.

"Bella! Calm down! You're going to twist the thing off." Alice told me, snapping me out of my daze.

"Sorry." I mumbled and settled on the station it was on.

She pulled up into the school and found a parking spot. The place was crowded.

All the kids catching up with friends. Our school population wasn't small. But yet it wasn't big either.

It was just the right size. Well that's what I thought any way. I opened my door and stepped out. This is it. No turning back.

I looked around. There was the group of preps. The group of jocks. The group of nerds. And then there was the group. They weren't preps, jocks, nerds, or anything at that. They were popular. Yes they were. I really don't know how to describe it.

I was standing next to Alice. Waiting to see if she was ready to go or not. I sighed." Well, here goes nothing"

Then we were off. We were separated while we got our schedules. I had Homeroom, Family and Consumer Sciences, P.E, Music, Lunch, Literature, Biology, and then TBG.

I only had to take two regular classes for the first two grading periods and then I switched.

I went to go find Alice. She grabbed my schedule from my hand.

"Dang it." She said.

I looked at her. "What's wrong?" I asked.

She sighed." We only have one class together. It's Family and Consumer Sciences."

I took both papers."Hey at least we get lunch together."

Alice rolled her eyes. "Of course."

We walked to our homerooms. Her's was directly across from mine. "Bye." I said as I opened the door to go in.

"Bye." And then we walked into our classes.

I didn't even pay attention. I was zoned out. This class was taking forever. It needed to be next hour.

The bell rang. Finally. I walked over to Alice's class and we walked together.

The teacher spent the whole hour giving us papers. She gave us the rules, what we need, and all that other stuff. Blah Blah Blah.

It was time for Gym. Goody. I'm actually good at it. I use to fall down all the time, but I trained myself and I don't fall as much.

The teacher explained the rules to us. She said we will be dressing tomorrow. So we needed gym clothes.

I saw Edward Masen talking to some guy. It was none of my business so I didn't pay attention.

He's dates, yeah. But he's not a play boy like most guys here. I'm not getting into it.

The school day finally ended and Alice and I drove to work. We did our daily routine and turned on the lights.

I was distracted by the customers I had. So when Alice came up to me I about had a heart attack.

"I'm going to the bathroom. Come there when you're like gets free." She told me and stalked off.

And of course, since she left, all the people came to my line So it was a while until I was finally free.

I walked to the restrooms. When I walked in I saw Alice. Her eyes were all red and puffy, like they were the night she told me about Michael.

She looked at me. "What? What's wrong?" I asked, suddenly worried.

"Look." She whispered. Alice handed me a stick that had a pink line going across the circle.

"Oh God." I looked up at her. "Oh no. Oh God."

I was in shock.

"It's wrong." I whispered. "There must be a mistake with it."

"Then these are wrong too." She stuck out her hand. In it was three sticks like the similar one I had just seen.

"Oh God, Alice." I pulled her into a hug. "I'm so sorry."

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