Bella

I ran as fast as I could before sliding into a full classroom and toward the window, ignoring the teacher yelling at me, that was thankfully open and went through it. The room was on the first floor so I didn't have to worry about falling and hurting myself seriously; the only thing I had to worry about was Royce King II and his fucktard lackeys catching me. Then again, it's not like I can't fight but I can only handle three at a time not five. I ran around the school to the gym where I knew Coach Clapp had a class this period and slid in. They were in the middle of a dodge ball game. I stopped and watched as the students, who despite looking at me, kept the game going and I smiled before running through them when I heard the door open behind me. I had no trouble dodging the balls coming at me head on but the ones behind me were another story but I ignored them and kept going till I got to the end.

When I looked back I smirked darkly seeing that Royce and his friends weren't as lucky as me because a continuous stream of 'stray' balls were pelting them, if only they were being hit with something else. As I turned to make my escape I caught the eye of the school's head cheerleader, Rosalie Hale. Royce had been trying to get her to go out with him for the longest but she kept turning him down for the longest even when her father begged her to date him so he could keep his job. Mr. Hale lost his job, needless to say, at Kings Auto Customs, Forks second best auto shop, when she once again refused to date a boy who felt the need to attack her family because he was desperate.

The lunch bell rung as I opened my locker only to have it slammed shut, good thing I wasn't reaching in for anything. I looked up at Emmett McCarthy, he was one of Royce's lackey's though he wanted Rosalie for himself but since Royce was his 'bro' he was 'letting' him 'have' her. God why do they think their God's gift to earth. Emmett grabbed the front of my shirt and I kicked him in the shine but before I could do anything else someone was twisting the arm he was grabbing me with and pressed him against the locker. I looked at my only friend in school Jasper Whitlock, Rosalie's cousin, but most people in the school insisted they were twins, and smiled.

"Now, now Emmett attacking a poor defenseless woman is not how we southern gentlemen were raised." Jasper had been raised in Houston, Texas up until eighth grade when his father decided he missed his hometown of Forks, while Emmett was raised in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and moved here freshmen year. Anyway, Jasper liked to call himself a Southern Gentleman and did his best to help those around him, he bullied the bullies. "Why don't you go run to Royce and see if can kiss your sore wounds." Despite the disadvantage two inches shorter and lacking roid muscle Jasper was at the blond proved to be stronger than the jacked-up line-backer he had pressed against the locker- well before he let the boy go anyway.

"Thanks Jazz." The stoic boy turned to me and gave a small smile as I opened my locker again and traded books, "So what's going on with you, didn't see you in school yesterday." I closed my locker and looked at my best friend who only groaned.

"Just a few family issues that'll soon be resolved." I shrugged at the vague response as my phone went off. I excused myself when I saw it was my father and went into an empty classroom.

"Papa, is something wrong?" Dad only called me when he had something important to tell me that he felt couldn't wait, usually something Mob related.

"I've arranged a marriage for you with some folks that owed me a large debt, you are to marry their oldest child and only daughter. I'll tell you more when you get home and she'll be over for dinner so we gotta pick out a few things for her." He paused for a moment, "Should things not work out I'm sure things can end peacefully." I chuckled at that because nothing was ever peaceful in the mob even with Forks being a small town and my father secretly ruling it all under the guise of a friendly and helpful Police Chief.

"Alright Papa, then I'll see you later." I walked out the class room only to get pushed aside by some nameless cheerleader as she passed flanking Rosalie's side. She was Jasper's cousin but that did mean that she wasn't a bit of a bitch but that's a good thing in some ways. I shook my head and headed to the lunchroom where I found Jasper at our lunch table in the far back corner of the room with two lunch trays. He looked at me expectedly, he knew about my father being the head of a Mob family and wanted in. "I'm engaged, apparently someone in so deeply indebted to my father that he made them take the offer of me marrying their only daughter in place of killing them and their family. More likely than not he'll also have them pay him back the money bit by bit as payment for being so kind." A dark smile passed over Jasper's face before after he bit into his apple as Rosalie stormed up to the table and took a seat.

"Rose what can we do for you?" Jasper asked looking mildly surprised that his cousin was sitting next to me. Rosalie often sat with them when she was annoyed at her group but made it a habit to sit as far from me as she could. Fuck I'm surprised too.

"Kill Royce and Emmett. The two dumbasses can seem to get it through their heads that I'm gay, I like pussy and titties with ass on the side." Jasper and I shared a look before Rosalie leaned her head on my shoulder, "Put your arm around me, from this day on your ass is mine Swan, I told the whole lunchroom we've been secretly dating for three months. You two were too lost in your own little world to hear it, so now if you would please do as I said. " I looked at the shorter girl with a raised brow as she looked back up at me with one and smiled before doing as she said as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Jasper shook his head and we finished eating our lunch before going back to talking about the mob only passing it off as a we're both reading.

"What new in Mob Bird?" I rolled my eyes at him leave up to him to use that as a cover name.

"I keep telling you if you read it more often you wouldn't need me to fill you in." Rosalie looked at the both of us but didn't say anything opting to lay her head on the table. I placed my arm on the back of her chair and slumped in my seat more, "Chris found the mole who was trying to start his own Mob by taking out the Crows, it was Bobby." Jasper eyes widen and he hit the table as he lent forward.

"Bullshit." I pressed my lips in a thin line and shook my head, Jasper deflated in his seat. "But him and Chris had been friends since for-fucking-ever, how could he just turn on him like that?" I shrugged and sighed.

"Imagine how Becca feels, Bobby was her godfather, his son, who was in on the whole thing as well, was going to be her Consigliere when she became Don. Now look at this shit; Chris is on a war path trying to find any more potential threats to the family." Jasper's mouth moved side to side like he had a bad taste in his mouth.

"And Becca's love triangle with newly arranged marriage and finally getting her best friends sister?" I discreetly gave him the finger.

"I didn't finish Chris is going to explain it to her later, so I'll know when I read it at home." The bell rung and the three of us stood up with me grabbing Rosalie things and looking down at her when she glared at me, "Come on babe you really expect me to let you carry your own things now that everyone knows?" I spoke a little louder than necessary drawing eyes and ears our way. Rosalie rolled her eyes and strutted away with Jasper and I not far behind.

"No really what are you going to do? Because knowing my cousin the way I do she'll keep this up as long as she wants and it benefits her." He spoke in a whisper with his head turned slightly in my direction. It was times like this that made me thankfully I was a freakishly tall girl at 6'3 which was the same height as Jasper, which made me three inches taller than my dad and five inches taller than Rosalie. "If you keep 'courting' her like this she eventually fall for you and I don't want her to get hurt because of this thing your father is arranging. Rose doesn't like to share never has never will; her theme song, as I dubbed it, when she's dating is Rihanna's 'Only Girl In the World'."

"I'll figure something out Jas, I always do." I said before we went different ways, him to our English class and me with Rosalie to whatever class she has now. I had both our bags on one shoulder when I caught up to her and put my arm around her pulling her over to a row of empty lockers. I dropped our bags and pressed my back against the long locker behind me with my legs spread making room for Rosalie as my hands moved to her waist to hold her. "Three months, huh?" She glared at me as a blush spread across her face,

"I panicked, ok?" She hissed getting in my face and I licked my lips, "And I only said you because there were rumors that you and I were dating already in the first place." Her arms wrapped around my neck and she rested her head on my chest, "Why the fuck is this so easy and natural to do with you?"

The day ended without much of a hitch, I saw Royce again but he just sneered and looked away and I walked Rosalie to Jasper's car where she kissed my cheek saying that her parents had something important to talk to her about but she'll text me later. I think the fact that we were surrounded by her team mates made her kiss me and tell me that. After that I made my way to my car after, Rosalie got in with Jasper, and made my way into town not wanting to go straight home opting to hit up a few shops and talk to some of the owners, to keep relations good and make sure their loyalty didn't stray to any group trying to rise, instead. I was an out and about for an hour before I decided to go home. The drive seemed longer than the usual thirty minutes to the edge of town where the six-house compound sat guarded but large stone walls and black metal gates with a Swan sitting in the middle of it. I smiled as the gates opened for me and passed the first five houses making my way to my father and mine own in the back. Each of the first five houses where made for two families. There were five bedrooms pre floor, a kitchen, living room study and game room.

The house my father and I stayed in was more of a manor, on first floor there was: separate office, library, that look like it was in the Great Gastby, master suite with sitting area, large bath with his and her walk ins, grand and secondary stair case, formal living and dining rooms; there was a large island kitchen, breakfast, family room open to game room and secondary bedroom; we had large laundry room, which is where everyone's clothes were washed most of the time, and mudroom entry, two powder rooms, gym, three car Garage. There was a large covered porch on rear with doors to most of large rooms. Then on the second floor: two bedrooms facing front and rear of property, each with their own balcony and walk-in baths and closets, two bedrooms, and my own private den. The attic was what dad called the men retreat room since the women claimed the mudroom; they had a pool table and card table up there with cabinets filled with more liquor than any liquor store. They also had a couple dozen tvs for them to watch different teams and sports on.

I pulled in to the garage driveway and got out the truck and walked in through the side door. I went right to my father office because more often than not that's where he always was. I knocked on the door and waited for a reply when I saw it was closed. I shoved my hands in the pocket of my shorts when the reply took way longer than usual.

"Who is it?"

"Isabella, Papa, you said you wanted to talk to me about some details." Must be my fiancée and her parent's in the room with him for him to ask who it is when he normally just tell people to come in.

"Of course, Bells come in." I opened the door and almost tripped when I saw a red eyed Rosalie and her red-faced parents when I sat down. "What took you so long Bells, I thought you would have come straight here." I looked as my father scolded me with his Don voice which was much like his Chief voice only colder. I steeled myself before looking up at him and speaking in the same tone.

"I am sorry father but I haven't gone into town and talked to the shop owners in a while and I wanted to make sure loyalties didn't stray." I pulled ten envelopes from my pockets and placed them on his desk and slid them toward him before placing my right leg over my left, "I even picked up a couple of this week pay early." My father looked at me and nodded before pushing the money back toward me.

"Keep it I've no doubt you worked hard for them to hand you that money early. Use the money to spend on your fiancée Rosalie here." I nodded and glanced at Rosalie who glaring at the floor in front of her when my father spoke again, "Jasper's mother, Maria, has been made my new Consigliere; I realize now that Billy wasn't a wise choice, he was always jealous and couldn't take not being in complete and utter control. He was also weak and would easily bend if the right amount of pressure was applied. Jacob wouldn't have been any better as yours; your friend Jasper wants in tell him he's Soldier, pick which Capo you think he'd best under or keep him yourself." Jasper's mother being in the Mob is the reason he wants in at all, he idolized his mother and she does everything she can to make him happy, which included letting him get to know his biological family when her husband convinced her to make the move. I still don't know how she ended up in the mob other than she impressed my father enough to approach her.

"I'll do a bit of both, I'll have him under Caius, Jasper's a military man and Caius is the closest thing to a drill Sargent we got. Jasper will learn more from him than he would under Aro, Marcus or Sulpicia." My father raised a brow while the Hale's all looked at me, "The last thing Jasper needs is a creepy-ly cheerful, emotional deprived or dotting Capo; yes, their methods work with some soldier's but not all. Jasper needs someone that will push him past his limits to fully unlock all the potential locked inside of him." A smile spread across my father's face and he let out a short chuckle.

"Alright enough business talk, how about some family shit be dealt with. The papers have been signed and I picked up the ring you ordered while in school so now there's one thing left to do." He slid opened a draw in his desk and handed me the little black box he pulled out. I opened it and looked at the Monique Lhuillier Three-Stone Halo platinum band with a black 2.02 ct round diamond sitting in the middle of two heart shaped blood red diamonds. Rosalie and her parents gasped at the ring as I got on one knee.

"Rosalie Lilian Hale will you do me the honor of being my wife, of letting me get to know you heart, mind, body and soul. To let me hold me you when you're happy, mad or sad, in times when you feel you can't make it anymore and start to fall apart? Allow me to carry half the burden you bare so you don't have to face the world alone." I made eye contact with Rosalie who was staring at me in shock as her hand slowly came forward and she nodded, not like she really had a choice. I slipped the ring on her finger and stood pulling her into a hug, "Don't change much, I like it when you're a bit of a bitch."

"The wedding will be held the August you graduate and held in the compound square." I looked at my father nodded before he looked at Rosalie's parents, "Don't think that this makes up for me being so nice and letting you continue to live, in my town or otherwise. Getting rid of you would cause trouble for our children's relationship and your twin boys Royal and Regal. I expect you two to make payments to me until both of you are dead or until the full thirty million is payed back to me - no to Bella. Don't bother trying to save money for your kid's college, seeing as they'll be Isabella's brothers-in-law the Family will pay for them." I bowed my head,

"Thank you, father." He nodded at me briefly as he stood and sat on the front of his desk,

"I want all of Rosalie's things here by the end of the week, bed included I don't want her and Isabella to share a bed until they're comfortable with one another." He turned to Rosalie, who I had long since released my hold on, "I expect you to work while your here, I don't mean with the Family unless you want to later on, so I got you job at Martin's 'Deceptions Customs'. Bella and Jasper have talked about your love of all things with an engine that can be handled on the road; though Jasper says you drive like an old lady." Rosalie was at a loss for words as she looked at my father, "Well to be fair Martin was going to offer you a job anyway I just helped speed up the whole process. Reese, I got you your job as Royce's shop back there shouldn't be a problem with you finding a job anymore, I even got you a raise." Reese looked at my father with wide eyes before dropping on his knees, head touching the floor, and thanked him over and over again. Flushing with embarrassment Rosalie turned away with a sneer.

"You look pathetic Reese, you're embarrassing me in front my future father-in-law and my fiancée."