Hola todos…everyone.

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Chapter 7- Crazy

EPOV

I rush to the door after hearing the loud "thump."

Did Kid fall? Did she break something again?

My mind races as my feet rush me to the direction of the noise. She's worse than an actual kid.

When I get there, I don't know whether to smile with pride for Kid or scream like a little girl since my annoying and pestering little sister, Alice, has found me.

She is currently holding herself up against my door, wide eyed and acting as if Kid will go after more.

Kid looks like she is about to with the death glare she is currently giving Alice. It might be well deserved, but I can't let things get out of hand.

"Kid!" I shout. Both girls jump at the sound of my voice. While Alice looks she's about to stab me with her eyes, Kid looks terrified.

I sigh.

I hate that she's afraid of me.

I have nobody to blame but myself.

"Kid, what's going on? Are you okay?" I ask, looking at her.

She is about to answer me when Alice pushes herself off the door and marches right up to me. She is a little thing, her head barely reaching my chest, but she's fucking scary.

"What the hell, Edward?" she questions and I can't help but roll my eyes. "You should be asking if I'm okay. You're little plaything here…" she points at Kid, "pushed me!"

"You probably deserved it, Sister."

"What?"

"I'm just saying. You're the one that marched into our apartment and probably started forcefully questioning Kid here as you tend to do with everyone else. You probably deserved a little push," I say and I see Kid smile. I'm glad she knows that I'm on her side.

Especially since its Alice we're talking about.

"How did you find me anyway?" I question. I've been hiding from her and my mother for months. I haven't seen them and I had planned to keep it that way. I had grown tired of their pity party. Every time I would look at them, their sad eyes reminded me even more of Kate's absence. Being away from them helped cope a little. They didn't understand that they caused more pain.

"Really? It's not that hard since my fiancée is now a detective in training."

"Jasper, that fucker," I mutter. "I've never liked the fact that you're dating him. He's too old for you."

"Really? He's 24."

"You're 20."

"Oh, get over yourself! Don't change the subject!"

Alice turns to Kid and takes a few steps closer to her. Her eyes roaming Kid up and down. I can see Kid become tense. She nervously picks at her hands and looks down at her feet.

I'm going to show her to stand up to people. She can't survive in the real world looking down at her feet.

"Kid? What kind of name is Kid? Is this some kinky shit you're into?" Alice says directly to her.

"Alley!" I warn her.

"No! I wanna know. Does my brother spend his money on you? Do you like that he buys you stuff?" Alice accusatory tone is confusing Kid. She shoots me a glance asking who the hell is this bat shit crazy lady.

I smirk at her, straighten my back and whip my head in Alice's direction.

Kid gets the hint, shakes her head, and stands up straight. "I like th-th-that he bought m-m-me mah-my sneakers," Kid says and I can't help but smile at her innocence. "Wh-wh-why do you care?"

Alice doesn't answer. Her glare has vanished. She is now looking at Kid, but this time I can see the questions in her eyes.

"Alice," I whisper. "Come with me." I pull her by her arm into the other room.

"What the hell, Edward? Who is that?"

I sigh and run my hands through my hair. There is no getting out of this. I have to be honest.

"Her name is Kid."

"Yeah, I got that, but what is she doing here and why does she sound like she's 8?"

"Be nice, Allie."

"I am!"

Alice Cullen has always been a nosy little monster. But she's a good person. She is always trying to fix what's broken, even though the issue doesn't concern her. She's been trying to fix me since Kate's death.

That's why I left.

"Look, you gotta promise me that after what I tell you, you won't go running your mouth?"

"Whatever, I promise!"

I don't believe her.

I don't say anything.

"Edward, spit it out!"

Persistent little monster.

"She's a homeless girl. She has nowhere to stay, so I offered her to stay with me."

Alice's mouth is wide open. She doesn't say a word.

That's dangerous.

"Look, I know this looks weird, but hear me out." She nods. "One night I was fucked up. I was drunk and pissed off and I started a fight with some douchebag. Well it just happened that this fucker had a gang and they started to kick my ass. Kid, who was probably sleeping close by, distracted them away from me," I say.

Still nothing.

"Don't you get it, Al? Kid saved my life! She's a 17 year old girl with no home. I couldn't let her stay in the streets after she saved my life."

"She's a good kid then?"

"Yeah. She's the best person I've ever met."

"So why is she on the streets?"

"Bad luck."

"And she's not sleeping with you?"

"Well…not like sexually. We do sleep in the same bed." I sigh. "Why am I even going into detail with you."

"What the hell is wrong with you, Edward? She's 17!"

"It's not like that! I just don't have another bed for her and I don't feel right leaving her alone. I've done that twice and it didn't turn out well."

"Is she mentally challenged?"

"No. She just stutters and she's a little naive. But none of that is her fault. She tries really hard. I do think she's got some issues, but not a disability. I just wanna help her, Al."

Alice starts to shake her head.

This isn't good.

"I can't believe you have a homeless girl living with you!" Alice shouts. She looks towards Kid, takes a deep breath and before I know it, she walks towards Kid and grabs her by the arm and is pulling her to the door. "We should take you to someone that can actually help you. I know of some shelters."

Kid starts to gasp for air and visibly shake. Her eyes fill with terror. Tears pool in her eyes and small whimpers escape her lips.

I feel rage. Rage I didn't know I had.

I realize it now. No matter what happens, Kid and I have a bond. We have a strong bond and right not Alice is threatening to break it. It pulls at my heart and fills me with rage with every tug my sister gives Kid's arm. I can't let her do it.

I can't let her take Isabella away from me.

"Let her go, Alice!" I shout. My voice makes the pictures on the wall tremble.

Alice stops struggling with Kid and lets her go.

Kid runs to me, shoves her face into my chest and wraps her arms around me. "Puh-please, E-E-Edward. Don't let the crazy lady t-t-take me! I wanna st-stay with you," she cries.

"Shh, shh, Kid. It's alright. Crazy Alice isn't going to take you. Remember what I said about you staying here?"

"Ye-yeah."

"What did I say?"

"Th-th-that I can stay forever."

"Exactly," I whisper.

"Okay. Ca-can you t-t-tell her to leave?"

I chuckle. "I sure can, but it's gonna be tough. She's my sister, Kid."

"What?" she screeches.

"I know, it's horrible."

~NLG~

I order delivery and invite Alice to have lunch with us. I cancel my plans in the outside world. Kid seems a little disappointed and I can tell she's blaming Alice.

It seems Kid and I have a lot in common when it comes to my sister.

Alice is staring at Kid as if she's some kind of freak. It's honestly pissing me off, so I tell her to knock it off. I hope Kid doesn't notice the weird glances she was getting.

When lunch arrives, Kid sits next to me on the kitchen table, leaving Alice by herself at the end. I smile at myself at how close Kid is. I think she trusts me. She glares at Alice a few times and checks to see if I'm noticing. She blushes when she realizes that I am.

I smirk and let her know that it's okay.

"How's Mom?" I ask Alice.

"She's fine. She busies herself with her patients," Alice says, as she moves her veggies around the plate with her fork. "But when she's not with them, she asks and talks about you."

"She'll be fine."

"How can you say that? You're her son!" She shouts making Kid scoot closer into me. I wrap an arm around her small frame and give her shoulder a reassuring squeeze.

"Its okay, Kid. I'm here," I whisper to her. She smiles and returns her attention to her food. "You don't have to shout, Alley."

"It's just that I'm tired of seeing her look gloomy. You've disappeared and she worries about you."

"Just give me some time."

"There is no time, Edward. You never know what's going to happen. Like you didn't know that Kate was dying."

"Please don't bring her up."

"I'm just saying. You're wasting time. What if Mom dies in a car accident tomorrow? What if you die? You never asked Kate, because you kept waiting for the right time and at the end, you never got to ask her. Don't make the same mistake again."

I push my food away. I've lost my appetite.

"Ka-Ka-Kate? Your fr-friend, Edward?" Kid asks with a mouth full of mashed potatoes.

I just nod and take Kid's hand in mine.

"Is the food good?"

"Uh-huh."

"You know, Alice here, used to hate mashed potatoes. She hated them so much, but didn't wanna tell our mom, so she would feed the potatoes to our dog, Mango, but he hated them too."

Kid giggles.

For the first time since she arrived, Alice smiles.

~NLG~

"So you've never met your parents?" I hear Alice ask.

"No."

"Wow! That's crazy. I can't imagine how you feel, Kid." Alice is currently sitting behind Kid on my bed, braiding her hair while I stalk from the partially closed door.

Kid has betrayed me. Once Alice offered to make her "pretty hair" look "prettier" she became team Alice, even though she was rude earlier.

But I get over it pretty quick. I smile realizing Kid has a girly side too and I guess Alice can help her with that.

"D-d-do you t-talk to your dad?" Kid asks.

"Yes. I imagine Edward told you he doesn't. It happens. Parents and kids get mad at each other."

"I wish I knew," Kid sighs.

"What's your real name?"

"Is-Isabella."

"Oh! That's a gorgeous name! You should make people call you…Bella! That's super cute."

"B-B-Bella?"

"Yes, it means beautiful in Italian and in Spanish."

"I like Kid better."

~NLG~

"She's so good at heart," Alice says as I walk her to her car. "It's amazing that she's kept her good and positive thoughts after all the bad that's happened to her. I think since she's hidden herself pretty well in the streets and hid herself mentally in her foster homes, she's sheltered, strangely enough. Also, the trauma of being constantly in fear might have caused some of her childlike behavior. The feeling of being safe might make her act what we deem as 'normal.' But once she feels those fears, anxiety, sadness or pressure she goes to another place in her mind."

"Alright, Ms. Shrink."

"No, I'm being serious. I think she needs to talk to someone, Edward. It isn't normal for a 17 year old girl to talk to a doll."

"You noticed that, huh?"

"Yes. She needs help."

"No. Nobody will mess with her. I know how shrinks work. They think they know everything. They'll take away her good beliefs and feelings."

"Maybe she can talk to Mom. You know she's a great psychiatrist. Most of her patients are teens."

"I don't know, Alley."

"You don't know because it will require you to talk to Mom."

"If Kid needs help, I'll do whatever it takes."

"Think about it, Edward."

"I will."

We reach her car. She buckles in and gets set to leave.

"Thanks for waiting to tell Mom," I tell her. She agreed not to tell our mother where I was. But of course being that it's Alice, she's given me a deadline.

"One week."

"I know," I grumble.

~NLG~

"Oh, this is cute!" Alice squeals in the middle of Target.

I mutter profanities. I've heard the words "cute" and "amazing" way too much.

Kid looks a little puzzled, but she's nice, unlike me, and just nods and agrees with my pestering sister.

I can't be too annoyed with Alice. She showed up in the morning and offered to take Kid shopping for girly shit that I had no clue Kid needed.

To be fair, neither did Kid.

Kid only agreed with the condition, that I came along and stayed by her side. We only came for lotions, shampoo and some other crap Alice claimed all girls need, but unfortunately Target also has a clothing section. When Alice made her try on some clothes, Kid begged me to stand at the entrance of the dressing room where she could see my feet.

Alice fills the little red cart with clothes and fruity smelling stuff.

We are now walking through the shampoo aisle. Alice is talking non-stop about something. I'm making Kid giggle by mimicking her.

Suddenly Alice stops talking. She is staring at tampons. "Kid?" she asks. "Umm, don't be embarrassed in front of Edward, but…"

"Yeah?"

"Do you get a period?"

"L-l-like the blood?"

"Yes, the blood."

Kid doesn't answer and just shakes her head.

She doesn't.

Alice simply answers with an "oh" and moves on.

Kid gets entertained by some book that was stuffed in the candy section, probably by some parent that was too lazy to return it where their child found it, while we wait for the cashier to check us out.

"Edward," Alice whispers, making sure Kid isn't hearing her. "I really think you should also take Kid to a doctor to get a check-up."

"But I don't have any of her personal documents. She doesn't even know where they are."

"But I'm worried! She's never gotten a period. That can be serious. What if she's sick or something else is wrong with her?"

I sigh.

"It's harder than you thought, huh?" Alice questions.

I nod.

~NLG~

Alice shows Kid how to use all the creams she bought her. She also shows her how to match clothes and file her nails, which I think is pointless, but Alice insists.

I think she just enjoys playing dress up with Kid.

We have dinner, take out again.

Kid is the first one to invite Alice to stay. It annoys me how much Alice enjoys winning Kid over.

She's mine.

Kid sits next to me again, so I feel a little better.

"So I'm starting my internship on Monday," Alice says excitedly.

"Really? Where?"

"Swan and Dwyer!"

"Wow, Al. They are like the most successful computer company in this side of the country."

"Correction, they are the most successful and wealthiest computer business."

I roll my eyes at her. "Whatever. I'm happy for you. So you finally decided on business like your brother?"

Alice has been going back and forth between medicine and business since high school. She would be good at either, but she hadn't decided.

"I'm still thinking about it. My heart sometimes beats for medicine like our parents, but I couldn't let this opportunity pass.. They are doing special hiring classes. It's intended to give college students a preview of their degree in business and an opportunity to have a nice addition to their resumes. They are hiring for another training class that will start next month. You should check it out and apply, Edward."

"I'll think about it. It just seems a little too nice of them to do that for college students that have yet to graduate."

"I think it's in order to distract the media and the community," she says.

Kid has wandered off into the living room to watch cartoons. I crane my neck to check on her. I spot her brown curls-courtesy of Alice- and her small frame on the couch and sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, Al. You were saying something about them trying to distract the media. Why would they want to do that?"

"Well have you not seen the news lately?"

"Kid only likes to watch cartoons."

"Well a relative of the Swans leaked some juicy gossip to the media and its creating some drama."

"What was leaked?"

"A story was leaked. Apparently the Swans are in search of a long lost daughter they had when they were teenagers."

"What?"

"Yes!" Alice says excitedly about the gossip she knows. "They are denying the whole thing, but what's being said is that Mr. and Mrs. Swan met in middle school and it seems she got pregnant in her sophomore year in high school. Well nobody knew about it because her father sent her off to Europe to hide her, then brought her back to the US to give birth and then little baby Marie, that's what they named her, disappeared. I think she disappeared on purpose, because she was too embarrassing for the billionaires to carry around."

I finally blink. Those billionaire assholes. How could they do that to a baby? Their own daughter.

"So why are they now looking for her?" I'm sort of pissed off at these hypocrites. Its people like them that there are children on the streets and bad foster homes.

Like Kid.

"Well after high school Renee and Charles got back together and got married during college. This is four years after the baby Marie incident. I guess they regretted whatever they did with Marie and hired detectives to find her. It looks like they've been secretly looking for her since then up until now, but it looks like she fell of the face of the earth since they haven't been able to find her. If some billionaire couple can't find their kid for the past 14 years, then there is no hope. I think she's dead."

"That's what I'm thinking."

"Edward?" I turn to see Kid walking towards me.

"Yeah?"

"Can you co-come fix the TV? Its we-w-weird lookin," She says.

"Sure. Anything for you, Kid."

She gives me a shy smile and it's when I realize the truth.

She doesn't have anybody in this world, but me. No parents or siblings. The world was unfair to Kid and I have to insure that I make it up to her.

I will do anything for her.


Sooo thoughts?

Another hug for Kid/Bella? I always wanna hug her. It's my maternal existent that comes out so if you wanna join go ahead. Poor booboo hasn't had a lot of real hugs.

Was Alice that bad?

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