We walked to our first class I was glad to have Phoebe there with me. We were first to the class and sat in the very back corner. As the bell rang the rest of the students filed into the room, talking amongst themselves, a group of boys sat in front of us and kept glancing back at us. Phoebe enjoyed the extra attention. That's when I saw her, bouncing into the class with her mate by her side. I turned my head quickly, playing with my jacket behind my chair. Please don't see me please don't see me. They sat down two rows in front of us. I clutched on tight to my shield, it was the only thing keeping me from blanking out in the middle of the classroom.

"Is that them?" Phoebe asked nudging her nose in their direction. I nodded. Thankful the teacher walked in the room and started his lecture. Explaining the books that we were all meant to read before coming to class. Lucky each of the books I've read over and over again. His lecture seemed to drag on forever.

"Ok so who can tell me who was the main character in the Summer of Lights..." he looked down at a clipboard and I just wished he didn't read out my name

"Ah Isabella" he looked around the room. Oh shit. Faces around the room turned back to look at us. Then the face I didn't want to see turn, turned and stared at me in shock. My shield ravelled around me, I quickly grabbed it before I lost it.

"um, Maria Southcott sir"

"Very good now who can tell me why she killed herself" all the students turned back around to listen to the teacher accept for two beautiful faces.

"Alice.." she quickly turned around to face the teacher

"She died of a broken heart sir"

"That's correct" the bell rang.

Grabbing my stuff and quickly as I could I raced out of the classroom and into the nearest bathroom locking myself inside one of the cubicles. I shut the toilet lid and sat down putting my head between my hands. I heard the next door toilet flush and the girl wash her hands then leave the bathroom. I was finally alone. I head the door swing open and silent footsteps walking in. Dammit I should have locked the main door.

"Bella" the sound of her voice made my eyes water. She was no more than two meters away from me. My once best friend, I dreamed so many times to be with her and now I didn't know what to do.

"Please Bella I'm not going to hurt you"

"I know" I replied... that's all I could think of saying

"Will you please come out?"

"I can't..." I pulled my knees to my chest and my head in my knees, tears slowly flowed out of my eyes.

Alice POV

I walked into the bathroom; I could smell a sweet fragrance that I've never smelt before. I knew it had to be her.

"Bella" I direction towards the one closed bathroom door

"Please Bella I'm not going to hurt you" why wouldn't she answer me, I couldn't see anything no future nothing.

"I know..." she replied

"Will you please come out?"

"I can't..." that's my heart sank, I heard the tears in her voice, and the sounds of her pain. She was in pain and I couldn't get to her. I had to help her.

"Bella, honey I'm opening the door. I'm not going to hurt you" I waited but got no response. I walked forward and broke the lock on the door and slowly opened it.

BPOV

"Bella, honey I'm opening the door. I'm not going to hurt you" NO I couldn't do this I couldn't see her. The tears rolled quicker down my face. I heard the lock snap off and hit the ground. I hid my face deeper into my chest.

"Bella!" her arms were suddenly around me pulling me to my feet and out of the cubicle. My tears grew to hysterics and she pulled me closer. I flung my arms around her and hugged her so tightly.

"Oh Bella" I hid my face in her hair. She smelled so good, the memories of her came flooding back. The last time I saw her at my 18th birthday. I missed her so much. She put her hands around my face and pulled me back to look at me. I kept my eyes down, I couldn't bare to look at her. Not yet.

"Bella please look at me" I shook my head; I broke free of her grip and stepped back.

"Why are you doing this to me Alice? Do you like torturing me, haven't you all hurt me enough!" I said yelling at her she took one step forward closing the gap. I stepped back in response. My shield was getting weaker, my mind was flooded with thoughts and emotions.

"please don't come any closer" I looked up her, her eyes full of pain. I shook my head tears rolling down my face. She took another step forward her arms open. I took my final step back hitting the back wall

"Please Alice don't" I said in a whisper my body getting weaker, my cries got louder. My legs collapsed under me. She was there pulling me into her arms.

"No please let me go" I said effortlessly trying to push her away. She held me closer. Kissing my hair and trying to calm me down.

"It's ok Bella I'm here, I'm here" I wrapped my arms around her crying into her shirt. I sat there in the corner of the bathroom crying for what seemed like ever into Alice. And she stayed with me the entire time, not letting me go. When my final tear dropped, Alice lent down and kissed the top of my head.

"I missed you so much Alice..."

"I missed you too Bella" the bell rang.

"People will start coming in, we should probably move now" she said slowly pulling me away. I looked up at her and nodded. She stood up and grabbed her stuff of the bench, I quickly grabbed her hand.

"Alice, please don't leave, not yet" I begged her. She looked back at me, knelt down in front of my and kissed my cheek.

"I promise I'm not leaving you, we should go somewhere else though. Did you want to come back to mine, no one's there." I nodded, I let go of her wrist and she grabbed my hand instead. We walked out of the bathroom together into the crowded hallway. We walked out to the car park towards the silver Volvo.

"What about the others?" I said stopping at the passenger door.

"They will be fine" she smiled as she unlocked the car.

"Bella" I turned around quickly to see Phoebe standing behind me. I jumped.

"Phoebe, what are you doing? You can't do that stuff here you know that!" Alice was instantly by my side.

"Where are you going?" Phoebe said grabbing my hand.

"It's ok Phebe's, were just going to talk. Please trust me" she pulled on my hand.

Phoebe honey it's ok, I'll be fine I promise. I know Alice she would never hurt me.

"But she left you, they left you" Alice looked from me to Phoebe confused

I don't blame Alice, she was my best friend. Please let Ayden and Cody know that I'm fine, and don't come after me I'll be home later on. I handed her the keys to my car, and kissed her on the cheek

"Thank you" she let go of my hand and stepped back. I turned around and opened the car door. Alice was already in the car starting the engine. We drove off quickly before anyone else could stop us.

We were on the highway when Alice started to relax.

"So what was going on back there, I felt like I was missing something" I laughed slightly

"Sorry I forgot"

"Forgot what?" she asked staring at me, the car didn't drift one bit even while turning a corner.

"My gift" I waited for her to go into shock first. "I'm a shield Alice, I can protect my mind as you know, and I can imprint my mind into someone else's by one touch" I put my hand on Alice's

Like this... Alice freaked, the car swerved slightly into the next lane and back again.

"Sorry, should of prepared you" I laughed. "Oh and there's more but I think I'll wait till you're not driving. "I just giggled at her.

I didn't take us long to get to the house. I open my door and stepped out, just staring at the white house.

"Ok so tell me what else can you do?" she asked walking me to the front door. I laughed slightly

"I sleep..."

"WHAT how" Alice stopped and turned to face me, her face was so funny.

"It's my shield, I can protect my mind, project it and well I can release it all together it goes blank and well I sleep." She kept walking, unlocking the front door and dragging me in.

"Ok so you're a crying, sleeping, shielding vampire?" she giggled.

"Yep that about sums me up" I stepped through the front door, nothing had changed. Everything was as I remembered it.

"You ok?"

"um yeah I'm fine, just in a little shock I think. It's been so long"

Alice and I talked for hours, about everything and anything. She told me about all the schools they went to the places they visited. She dug up information about her past and what really happened to her. The conversation came to an end once Alice had finished telling me about her life, I looked down at my hands. A single tear rolled down my cheek.

"Oh Bella please don't cry again" she said shifting closer to me. I just smiled at her fighting back the urge to cry out.

"Do you think you could ever forgive me Bella, I know we've all hurt you so much. But Bella I never stopped thinking about you. I knew what we did was wrong but I couldn't change it"

"I think I can Alice, I can forgive you." Her eyes lit up. "But I don't know how I could forgive *wince him*." Alice noticed my struggle with his name. She wrapped her arms around me.

"That's a start love, it will be ok, it will get easier" she looked back at me and smiled.

EPOV

What a boring first day, again. The images of the new kids in town were all over everyone's faces. I slowly walked towards the cafeteria where I saw my brothers and sisters sitting at our usual table arguing about something.

You have to tell him.. no you tell him you're the one who saw her.. I can't do it..

"Do what?" I asked as I reached my family. I looked around. And where was Alice?

"Edward there's something we need to tell you" Jasper said. Reading his mind I saw what they were trying to tell me. I saw her, it was really her.

"Where is she!? I demanded to my brother

"Alice is with her" that explains the car.

"Edward listen, she's with a coven now. They're all here at the school. I had two of them in my last class they're furious with us."

"I have to find her!" I didn't wait another second I took off, I had to find her. I started running, running to the one place Alice would take her where she would be safe. Home...

BPOV

I looked around at the room, remember things that happened once upon a time. My eyes flickered past the clock. 1:45, this reminded me of school. Lunch time, it started 15 minutes ago.

"Alice, it's lunchtime, he will had read Jasper's mind. He'll know I'm with you!" my breathing became erratic. I couldn't face him, not yet.

"Bella Bella it's ok, we'll go you don't have to see him yet" I nodded my head. We headed for the door, and Alice opened it quickly. There he was, standing right in front of me. My heart sank, my mind over flooded with emotions, my shield was out of control. That's when I saw the rest of them, Jasper, Emmett and Rose. I grabbed onto Alice's arm for support.

EPOV

I stepped through the forest wall and ran to the front steps, all I could think of was seeing my Bella, alive. I didn't even take notice of my family gaining up on me, or yelling their thoughts to me.

I looked up at the house, the front door opened and there she was. Beautiful as ever, my Bella was alive.

Edward be careful, she's not in control of her emotions... I head Jasper yell directly to me

Don't push her, she might hurt herself... I nodded; this was the last thing I wanted. I looked up to her face, she was the same, but there was one difference I had never seen her in so much pain before.

"Bella..." I took one step forward and she grabbed onto Alice's wrist. I stopped. She was frightened. Her hand gripped her torso, her body went weak. She leaned into Alice for support.

Edward, don't push her. She can't handle much more today. Just let her go. She will see when she is ready, if you push her now you'll never get her back. I listened to Alice's voice and nodded. I took one step back and moved away from her path.

"Come on Bella let's go" Alice put her hand around Bella's waist and lead her past me towards my car.

Thank you... I snapped my head up and looked at her walking away.

BPOV

We sped off down the road, and back out to the highway.

"Thank you Alice." She looked at me releasing one hand off the steering wheel to squeeze my hand.

"No thanks needed Bella, I'm here for you. Whatever you need" I thought to myself there was something I needed.

"Alice.." she looked at me "Would you stay with me tonight.. please just for one night, I don't think I could bear letting go of you at the moment."

Her face lit up "Oh course I will, we can have a slumber party" she pulled out a cell phone and dialled

"Hey Jaz... Yeah we're fine... I'm just letting you know that I'm going to stay with Bella tonight, girl's night out." She turned and winked at me. "Yes ok I will... love you too bye" she hung up the phone

"Jasper says hello" I laughed

"Hi Jasper" she laughed with me. We drove back to my place. When we arrived I was scared to go in. I didn't want to face the questions and the onslaught. Alice obviously noticed my hesitation, and grabbed my hand.

"I'm right here Bella" and she was we walked into the house. I opened the door and walked in.

"Bella we've been so worried, where have you been?" Ayden came over and kissed me on the cheek and hugged me. He then noticed Alice. A snarl ripped from his chest.

"Ayden Ayden stop, she's my friend. I asked her to come back with me" he looked at her then back at me. I heard phoebe from inside saying something smart like over protective much or some smart- allic comment. Phoebe appeared in front of me and hugged me.

"Hello again Alice" she said giving Alice a hug too. This made me smile, they could almost be twins.

"Hello Phoebe how are you?"

"Good thank, oh my god I love you top, where did you get it. You have to show me" I rolled my eyes. So could be twins. I laughed and Phoebe stared at me.

"Just because you don't like to shop, doesn't mean I can't. And besides I've finally got a shopping buddy" Alice instantly liked Phoebe, as I knew she would.

We all sat in the living room, talking for hours. Well Ayden didn't contribute, he just hovered he wasn't too happy having a Cullen stay with us. I slumped back into the couch, my eyes getting droopy.

"Bella honey you should rest. You've had a long day" Ayden said putting his hands on my face. I nodded.

"Phoebe, I think you should take Bella and Alice to her room, she needs to recover" she nodded and then skipped over to where I was sitting. Alice got up and was heading for the stairs.

"Where do you think you're going, come here I know a quicker way." Phoebe opened her hand to Alice and placed the other in mine.

"Whatever you do don't let go" I knew exactly what Phoebe was about to do. And suddenly we were sitting on my bed.

"Whoa that was wicked" Alice said looking around my room. Phoebe and I looked at each other and laughed. Phoebe got up and walked to the door.

"Good night Bella, night Alice" she said blowing us both a kiss.

"Night Phebe's" we said together. I patted the side of my bed and waited for Alice to come sit next to me.

"How are you Bella, how are handling everything" Alice said putting her arm around me.

"I'm ok"

"Your still a terrible liar Bella" we both laughed. I laid down next to Alice as she talked to me, letting me fall asleep on her. I took me forever to fully release my shield, part of me was too scared to let go, just in case Alice was a dream and she would be gone when I woke up. Hours later my shield finally let go.

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