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Bella's POV

Rosalie gave me a ride home from school since I still didn't have my truck back. She offered to wait for me to change so we could just head over to Alice's together and I was grateful for that. I quickly packed the essentials in a back pack, wrote a note for Charlie and dashed back out the door to Rosalie's truck. I loved the fact that she also drove a truck, however, her blue beast of a Chevy Silverado put my poor truck to shame. Rosalie of course, really took driving a truck seriously and blasted Keith Urban the entire ride to the Cullen's. I couldn't complain though, the songs were actually pretty catchy. I felt like we had been driving forever. The Cullen's certainly lived on the outskirts of Forks. We pulled into a drive way secluded by trees and drove about another minute before the trees broke up and a gorgeous house stood before us. Let me make that mansion! This house was bigger than anything I had ever seen before in my life. The house was at least three stories tall, probably with a basement as well that I couldn't see. Some of the house was made with grey slate and the entire front was wood panels and windows. There were balconies on all three floors and the roof was all different types of shapes and there were different wings of the house sticking out each side. I stepped out of Rosalie's truck and just stood there catching flies.

"Yeah, I know. It's a bit much to take in at first. Just wait till you see the inside. This house is Esme's pride and joy." Rosalie grabbed her bag from the truck and made her way towards the house.

As we were walking up the steps to the house the front door flew open before we even reached it.

"I'm so glad you're here! Rosalie, I call dibs on Bella!" Alice shouted and she jumped on the spot. This girl was way too wired all the time.

"What? Dibs on me?" I wasn't sure I was liking the sounds of this.

"Of course Bella! I get to dress you for the evening!" Alice explained as if it were obvious.

"Oh, okay then. Sounds fun." I said. I really didn't have any problem with Alice picking out my clothes. When I heard Rosalie snicker beside me before entering the house I started to have second thoughts.

All those worries flew right out of my head as I stepped into the Cullen home. We were in a giant entry way with high, pointed ceilings and wooden beams. I could see straight ahead a kitchen in the back of the house, with a large window over looking the forest. To my left, there was a dining room with a huge fireplace and more windows and to my right was a nice sitting room. On both sides of the hall were staircases. One leading up to the left and one to the right.

"My room is up the left stairs." Alice pointed me in the right direction.

I followed the girls in silence, still taking everything in. once we reached the second floor we were on a landing. Looking down over the rail you could see the entry hall. The back was of the landing was made completely of windows. On the left of me was a door and on the right was another small staircase.

"This is my room here," Alice pointed to the door on my left. "Mine is the only room on this floor on this side of the house. Mom and Dad's room is up that staircase there." she explained.

"Wow, you have a whole floor to yourself? But where do your brothers sleep?" I was still trying to wrap my head around this incredible house.

"Oh! Their rooms are up the other staircase in the entry hall. They have a separate wing of the house." she explained as she headed into her room.

Alice's room fit her personality perfectly. It was huge, just like every other room of the house. The entire back wall was windows with lace curtains covering them completely. She had a big king sized bed that I couldn't wait to jump on. The colour scheme seemed to be hot pink, white and black. She had a bathroom attached to her room that was all blue and black tiles. I just sat on her bed and looked around when Alice disappeared behind a door on the other side of the room. I was assuming it was her closet.

"So Bella," I could barely hear Alice say.

Jesus, how big is that closet?

"I'm thinking for your outfit, black skinny jeans, gold sequined tank top , smoky eyes and wavy hair left down." I heard her yell from the closet.

"Umm Alice that sounds great, except I only brought a hoodie with me."

Seriously had she not noticed how I dressed? I definitely was not the trendy type.

"Oh silly Bella! I know that. You're going to wear these of course!" She said as she walked out of the closet, mentioned outfit in hand.

"Oh, Alice, you don't have to lend me your clothes. Really I'm fine with what I have on."

"Nonsense Bella! You're going to wear this outfit and you're going to look hot! Now come with me to the bathroom so I can do your hair and make up." she ordered me.

From the look I received from Rose, I figured I better listen to her. It wasn't long before all of us were ready. The outfit Alice picked for me really was amazing and I was glad she chose a pair of black sparkly ballet flats for me to wear. Rosalie looked amazing in a tight pair of dark skinny jeans and a red halter top that swooped down at the front leaving little to the imagination. She finished off the look with an amazing pair of red pumps. Alice wore a short, tight black leather skirt that barely covered her ass, a plain white tube top and white heels. They both looked way too sexy for me to even try on those outfits, but Rose and Alice looked amazing in them.

"Alice? You girls ready?" I heard Edward's voice, but I couldn't see him.

Alice giggled when she noticed my confused expression.

"It's the intercom Bella." she explained as she walked over to a speaker on the wall and pushed a button.

"Yep we just finished getting dressed."

"Cool. Em and I made pizza for everyone. Come down to the kitchen."

"Be right there!" she shouted and let go of the button. "Come on, let's go I'm starving!" she yelled as she had already began running down the stairs.

Rose and I followed at a much slower pace and we were just walking into the kitchen when I heard.

"Hell no Alice! There is no way I am letting you out of this house in that outfit!" Rose and I entered the room to see Edward, arms crossed, staring at Alice.

"Well it's a good thing you're not my father then isn't it Eddie!" Alice fought back as she took a bite of pizza.

"Over my dead body Alice. Go upstairs right now and change or I'm not bringing you. There is no way I'm letting my baby sister out of this house dressed like that." Edward argued back, and by the look on his face, I would listen to him.

"Jesus! You're like what.. 30 minutes older than me and you think you can push me around!" Alice grumbled, but she was already on her way out of the kitchen and back upstairs to change.

Hmm, yet another side to add to the mystery that is Edward Cullen.

Protective big brother.

Edward's POV

I could still remember the day clearly when I learned my life would be a living Hell. It was 8th grade, at lunch time. I was sitting at my usual table with Jasper when I saw it. Greasy Mike Newton hitting on my baby sister. I remember when we were 5, and my dad explained how even though we were twins, I was 30 minutes older than her. From that moment on I always saw Alice as my little sister, someone I had to look out for. I stood from the table, Jasper following close behind, walked up to Newton and punched him right on the nose. Needless to say, I think I got my point across. I loved my mom and dad, I loved Emmett, but nobody would hold a bigger place in my heart than Alice. Sometimes that was the hardest part about my whole act. I hated being mean to Alice. But how could I tell her? How could I possibly expect her to still feel the same way about me once she knew. No, there was no way I could tell Alice, I couldn't lose her. I often thought about telling Emmett, just to get it off my chest, but every time I tried, I couldn't. I felt like saying it out loud would make it reality, even though I already knew it was. My parents don't even know, they think I'm just being a moody teenage boy. The truth is, I wouldn't even know how to bring it up in conversation. How do you just tell somebody about it? No, I just had to keep it to myself. Once I was satisfied that Alice was going to change, I grabbed a couple of slices of pizza and headed towards the basement.

"Rose, Bella, help yourselves there's tons of it. You both look nice by the way." I smiled as I passed them.

"What the Hell? Did Edward Cullen just compliment me?" I heard Rosalie say to Emmett as I was walking down the stairs.

Yeah, I knew I was confusing the Hell out of them but I just really didn't know what to do. What Bella said to me today really got me thinking. If my siblings and best friends were talking to her about me then they obviously hadn't gotten over my attitude like I thought. But I also knew why they wouldn't talk to me about it. I can't say I'm proud of how I handled things the last time. I sat down on the couch and put on a hockey game. I heard light footsteps coming down the stairs and then her voice before I could turn around.

"You know, I'm not going to give up Edward." Bella said as she sat down beside me on the couch.

"Give up on what?" I was afraid of her answer.

"On trying to figure out what's bothering you."

I sighed loudly. This was exactly what I didn't want.

"I really wish you would Bella." I simply said and directed my eyes back to the TV.

"But.."

"Look Bella," I cut her off, "I'm sorry that I have my ass hole moments. Honestly I am. But nothing you do or say is going to change how I feel. Even if you did figure out what it is there is still no way for you to help me. I can't even help myself. So please just drop it."

"YO children let's get going! I'm ready to rock out with my cock out! WOO!" Emmett's voice boomed down the stairs.

Typical Emmett behaviour.

"Come on Swan, we've got a party to get to"

When we arrived at Newton's house the place was absolutely crazy. It was clear that all of Forks High was there, plus some out of town kids as well. Once we entered the house we split. The guys went to the kitchen and the girls went to go dance. This is how these things usually happened.

4 hours later, way passed 1 in the morning, I was still hanging out in the kitchen with Em and Jazz. Emmett was completely hammered and I wasn't exactly looking forward to my task of dragging him up the stairs, however, he's funny as shit when he's drunk and I couldn't help but laugh at him. Of course, the one thing bringing down my mood was Jessica Stanley hanging all over my arm. Seriously, can this girl not take a hint? She's practically shoving her chest in my face and I show no interest at all. I decided it was probably time to leave and told the guys to split up and find the girls. Of course, Emmett's response was to fall off his chair onto the floor. I so was not dealing with that. I walked out of the kitchen and spotted Rose just coming out of the bathroom, not looking too sober herself.

"Hey Rose, we're gonna head out now. Have you seen Alice and Bella?"

"Ummm last I saw Alice was outside, I haven't seen Bella in like over an hour."

"Okay, well start making your way to the car. Oh and by the way, your boyfriend is laying on the kitchen floor. Have fun with that." I smirked as she groaned and made her way into the kitchen. I walked into the living room and scanned the area. Then I spotted Mike sitting on the couch, with his arm around Bella. And Bella.. Was completely passed out.

"Jesus Christ Newton did you drug her?" I yelled as I walked up to him.

"Woah, calm down Cullen, she's had just a bit too much too drink." he replied while holding his hands up.

"Yeah well I can clearly see that Mike." I snapped.

I was not in the mood to get into it with Mike so I simply lifted Bella up bridal style and carried her out of the house. Rose, Alice, Jazz and Em were all standing by Emmett's truck when I walked out.

"Holy crap is she okay?" Alice yelled when she saw us.

"Yeah Al, she's just passed out. Clearly drank way too much." I sent a glare towards her and Rosalie for clearly not taking better care of their friend.

"Hand me the keys and I'll open the door for you." Alice held out her hand.

She unlocked the doors and everyone piled in. Alice opened up the passenger door for me and I gently slid Bella into the seat and buckled her up. Once I made sure she was secure, Alice hoped in the back and I jumped into the driver's seat and headed for home.

Bella was still passed out when we got to my house.

"Hey Eddie, do you think you could carry her up to my room?" Alice asked sweetly.

Ugh, damn her pulling the sweet little sister card.

"Yeah. That means you're on Emmett duty Jazz, have fun with that." I smirked as I lifted Bella out of the car.

"Son of a bitch." I heard Jasper mutter as he began to drag Emmett into the house.

Lucky for me Bella didn't weigh that much and I easily carried her up the stairs and lay her down on Alice's bed.

"Well, that's my job done. Good night ladies." I smiled to Rose and gave Alice a kiss on the cheek on my way out of the room.

"Hey Eddie?" I heard Rosalie quietly say when I reached the door.

"Yeah Rose?" I turned around to face her.

"I've missed you." she practically whispered and wrapped her arms around me.

Alice must have saw my confused expression because she spoke up.

"You've been really good all day. Like the old Edward. It's nice." she explained with a small smile.

"Oh." was all I could manage.

Damn, way to make me feel really shitty.

"Uh, yeah goodnight." I kissed Rose on the forehead and closed the door behind me. They were all beginning to make this really hard on me. What was I supposed to do? Could I let them all in? I wanted to so bad, I wanted nothing more than to go back into that room, sit down with Alice and Rose and spill my guts to them. I wanted them to comfort me and say all the right things. I just wanted to feel their love for me again. But I couldn't do it. Instead I made my way back down the stairs and up to my wing of the house.

I stuck my head into Em's room on my way to my own and saw him passed out on his bed and Jasper on his couch. I walked into my room and closed the door behind me.

That was as far as I could make it before I sank down to the ground and cried.

Bella's POV

The weekend was interesting to say the least. After the talk I had with Edward, one thing he had said stuck in my mind and I couldn't seem to be able to forget it.

"I can't even help myself Bella."

Well what the Hell was that supposed to mean? Couldn't help himself with what? I was getting more and more frustrated by the minute. I just wanted to help him. Of course, Saturday morning I woke up in Alice's bed, no memory of how I got there, and felt like I had died the night before. The girls informed me that Edward had to carry me from the party and then put me in Alice's bed.

Perfect. Real classy Bella.

We decided to just lay in the Cullen's basement and watch movies all day. Edward never made an appearance. Alice texted me Sunday afternoon and said that Edward had finally showed his face at breakfast and that he looked like Hell. Apparently her mom asked him what was wrong and gave him a hug and he just broke down and cried in her arms.

What the Hell is going on!

Of course, sitting at lunch on Monday, Edward is once again MIA.

"Where's Edward?" I finally asked after 15 minutes. He's always here by now.

"Principal's office." Emmett replied through a mouthful of sandwich.

"What? Why?" Alice asked.

"I don't know," Em shrugged his shoulders. "He just texted me and said that's where he was."

I was driving myself crazy thinking about Edward so I decided to look over some work for class after lunch. Of course when I looked into my backpack, my book wasn't there.

"Shit, guys I left my book in my truck I'm going to go get it. I'll see you in calc Em." I said as I gathered all my stuff.

They all mumbled their goodbyes as I made my way out of the Café. As I made my way to my truck, I noticed that all of the picnic tables outside were empty except for one.

There he is!

Edward was sitting on top of one of the tables smoking a cigarette. I figured my book could wait and made my way over to him.

"Hey, we missed you at lunch." I said once I reached his side.

That was when he looked up at me.

Holy Shit!

All around his left eye was bruised and there was a big welt underneath it which was swelling his eye almost shut. He had a cut on his lower lip and one across his right cheek. He flicked out his smoke and tried to hide his face when he saw it was me.

"Holy Shit Edward what happened?' I asked.

The concern was clear in my voice and I couldn't stop myself before I put my hands on either side of his face and gently lifted it so the he was looking at me. I was standing in between his legs now as I looked at his face, making sure there wasn't anything too serious. I gently ran my finger tips over the welt under his eye and he winced so I pulled my hand back. Before I really thought about it I ran my hand down his face and rubbed my thumb across his lower lip, feeling his breath on me. I wanted nothing more in that moment than to kiss him, even if his lip was bleeding.

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" I finally whispered as I looked right into his eyes.

"It's that stupid prick James," he practically growled.

So sexy. Down Girl.

"What about him?"

"I overheard him talking about some things he would like to do to Alice!" he was shouting now. I placed my hands on his shoulders to try and calm him down.

"And let me guess, you decided to try and teach him a lesson?"

"It was going perfectly fine until his two friends jumped me." he muttered. "But anyways, a teacher spotted us, broke it up and sent us to the office. Luckily after I explained to him the situation he let me off with just detention and not a suspension."

"Edward, I understand that you don't want to hear things like that about your sister, but you could have seriously gotten hurt if that teacher hadn't found you. There are other ways to deal with things like this."

"It's my job to protect her Bella. She's my sister. I will always defend her in any situation. I would do it for Rose too, in a heart beat. Hell, I'd probably even do it for you now." he said as he looked away.

Edward would defend me? Hot.

Suddenly, a wide smirk spread on his face as he turned back towards me.

"Say Bella, how would you feel about ditching?" he asked and raised one eye brow.

"With you?"

Brilliant response Bella..

"Of course."

"Um, I wouldn't be against it per se.."

"Perfect! You'll drive." he said as he hoped off the table and headed towards my truck.

I guess I'm skipping school with Edward Cullen.