i dont own twilight
just writing this for my own amusement
Alice pulls again
"we have to go, if we don't go now, we won't be able to…"
Alice pulls again, this time Bella let Alice guide her out of the room and into the hall. they walk down three flights of stairs, quietly making their way to Victoria's room, when they open her door she's waiting for them with the tools Alice paid for in sexual favors three weeks in advance.
"here's your tools bitch" Victoria roughly places them in Bella's hands
"fuck you Vick" Alice snapped back
"you already did and I enjoyed every second of it"
"that makes one of us"
Alice took what she needed and pried the window gates open, but not without some effort, she made room for Bella to jump out first, she swing one leg around the ledge and then the other before making the small jump to the ground, Alice followed
She heard Victoria say one last thing before they make a run for it "they'll be back, they always come back"
The air was cold, too cold for the outfit Alice laid out for her the night before their big escape, but Alice demanded that they look attractive in order to sucker men out of things they might need and right now they needed a ride to the nearest town or the nearest anything. They walked along the highway, thumbs out like common prostitutes, Bella watched the cars go buy and wondered where they were going,
some place warm I bet
someplace safe
someplace that wasn't complete shit
A place where girls like Alice and Bella weren't allowed. she use to be one of those girls, the pleasant ones with the perfect everything, Alice on the other hand was never that girl. Alice always got a kick out of how different they use to be and yet they wound up in the same place, she'd simply say "everyone is like me, they just don't know it yet" for Alice everything was free, if she wanted it, she got it, that's what Bella liked most about her, she made this fucked up shit look cool, she made Bella feel cool.
They met on the bathroom floor, Bella had gotten beat up by Victoria's gang for the second time since she walked through the doors of "hands on for girls" a so called safe haven for troubled girls. Alice sat on the floor with Bella and her bleeding face.
"want a cigarette ?" Alice placed a Newport between her lips
"no"
" you know…. they're going to beat you up again"
Bella rolled her eyes, annoyed that she had stated the obvious.
"I know"
"well …you should do something about it"
"like what, I don't know anyone here, they'll kill me"
"you know me" Alice smiles
"oh yeah and who do you know?"
"I know…you"
Victoria's gang didn't bother Bella after that day, she never really understood why, but she didn't question it.
At first no one understood the invisible glue that held their friendship together. What they didn't see , underneath all the obvious reasons for them not to be friends, let alone cross the same path, was a much more obvious reason for them to be the best of friends
Bella was boring and Alice was interesting
and Bella would do anything she said.
"Bella come on!"
Bella gathered her things and slid into the backseat of the truck with Alice, she had never hitchhiked before, but Alice had of course and she trusted her.
"so how much" the man slurred
Bella turned her head attempting to free her noise of his smell.
Whiskey
Cigarettes
Piss
Whiskey
She wished she didn't recognize the scent of trouble, but she was a troubled girl and couldn't deny that she had probably smelled like that on more than one occasion.
she could feel the man's eyes peel away her clothes, she refused to look at him
"what do you mean how much" Alice placed her hand in hers, knowing that she was afraid
"I mean, how much" he replied with more force
"he thinks we're prostitutes Alice" Bella whispered
"we're not fucking prostitutes mister, We just need a ride"
Bella reached for the door
"let's just go ali"
"no fuck that, he's giving us a ride"
"I'm not giving you shit for free young lady, I'll give you a ride to wherever you want to go if you and your little friend here pay me in pussy"
Bella pulled at the door, but Alice stopped her
"let me go Alice!"
"stop being such a fucking baby! We're doing this Bella"
Bella studied her face, her eyes said trust me Bella, but there was no way she could ever do something like this, even if it meant getting out of the cold, she'd rather freeze
"no the fuck we're not"
This time her voice was softer "Bella, if you reach for that door one more time, I promise, I'll leave you"
Bella knew she was serious. as much as she wanted to believe they were partners, as much as she wanted to believe Alice needed her, even a little bit, she knew it wasn't true. Bella was just along for the rid and was more dead weight than anything. She didn't have any skills, she didn't have any street smarts like Alice, in fact she had never been on her own, ever, she hadn't some much as even been to sleep away camp.
"well where do I have the pleasure of taking you two"
She could feel his grin and nearly hear the saliva build in his mouth with thoughts of what he would shortly do with them.
"the nearest town and make it fast"
"oh believe me honey I want to get there just as bad as you do"
He started the car. Alice held her hand for what seemed like hours, she had no idea they had been so cut off from the rest of the world and she hated her parents even more for leavening her in that dump to rot . her heart started to race as the houses passed by her window,
we're getting close
Bella looked at Alice and wondered how many times she had done something like this before, Alice had told her some pretty wild stories about her past, but still she couldn't imagine Alice ever stooping so low, Alice always seemed on top of the world, always getting over on someone, not the other way around.
Alice turned to look at Bella and smiled, the same smile she's seen her give countless times before, Alice had a plan. The truck pulled into town and began to slow down, Bella barely had time to look around before she was being pulled out the backseat door.
"run!"
"get back here you little bitchs!" she could hear him starting up his truck in the distance
"don't stop running Bella!"
they ran as fast as they could until they reached an ally. Bella immediately collapsed on the ground, out of breath, while Alice held her hand over her mouth to muffle the sound of her hysterical laughter
"what…is…so….funny"
"you should have seen your face! You really thought we were going to fuck that guy!"
She would have kicked her, but her legs felt like jelly
"don't ever do that to me again Alice! I almost had a panic attack"
Alice extended her hand , Bella excepted , using Alice's weight to find her footing
"don't be such a baby, we got a free ride didn't we?"
"yeah and we nearly got raped too"
"I would have bit his balls off if he tried to touch you…you know that right"
Alice looked at her, asking for her to trust her again
"yeah I know"
"I love you bells"
"I love you too ali…..I'm hungry"
They followed the glow of a nearby dinner and took a seat in the booth closest to the front door. Now This was a game she had played before. they ordered their meals, ate and ran. It seemed like they would be doing at lot of running for a while, they had no jobs, no money, no family and nowhere to lay their heads at night, this worried Bella, she had never been on her own like this before and even with Alice's skills she still felt like she was in over her head.
they walked the streets of the sleepy town. with barley anyone on the streets Bella imagined living there and having a real family, she could see herself shopping at these stores and bringing home groceries in a big brown paper bag.
"what are we doing now ali, where are we sleeping tonight"
"I haven't thought of that yet…the bus stop maybe, I don't see any motels"
they walked some more, passing a bar, movie theater and restaurant until a bright neon sign hanging in a window caught her eye
"Cullen" the name fell of her tongue, almost by accident.
"what's this place" Alice asked, before Bella could reply she was being pulled through a door that made a tiny bell noise when opened .
"cool a tattoo shop" Alice cooed
It was warm inside and not just because she was freezing. The shop looked more like a vintage museum than a tattoo shop, ,everywhere you looked there was something to be seen, the walls were filled with elegantly famed drawings. wooden and copper sculptures stood proudly in place among the rustic furniture and in the mist of all the shops glory was a glass island that held various pieces of jewelry used for piercing . On top of the island were two large books with the names Edward and jasper engraved in gold . Bella opened the book named Edward and flipped through the pages of photographed tattoos. the binding of the books seemed a bit dramatic she thought, as if it belonged to a king.
"can I help you with something?"
