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Last time on Old War Wounds On Rainy Days…
"Are you sure it was James?" my mom asked.
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"Y-yes," I stuttered, remembering his face.
There was a knock on the door as my dad started to say something. "Come in," he said. Emmett pushed the door opened. He was holding the door knob, his expression unreadable.
"Who's James?" he said, slowly.
I took a deep breath and looked at my dad. He nodded. "Let's go in the living room," he told him. Emmett nodded and turned around. My mom got up and followed him out. "You want to tell him?" I shook my head.
"You can," I whispered. He smiled and gave me a hug.
We made our way down to the living room where Emmett was sitting with his head in his hands and Rosalie rubbing his back. Edward was staring at my mom. My dad walked over to her and sat down. I slowly made my way over to Edward and sat down next to him. He grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
"Are you going to tell us what is going on?" Emmett asked, his voice angry.
My dad sighed. "Ok, a two years ago Alice started dating a guy named James. She loved him with all her heart. Or so she told us. Everything was going smoothly for them. And over the weeks James came over more and more. He got to know us and we got to know him. We trusted him with our lives to take care of Alice. He said he wouldn't hurt her. And we believed him." He paused and took a deep breath. "After a couple weeks, Alice would come home tired and quiet. She wasn't full of energy as she used to be. We asked her what was wrong, but she just shrugged and walked upstairs. One day we asked her if it was James and she flinched at the name and started crying. We didn't know what to do because she wouldn't tell us what was going on…"
"Every day Alice would come home, her face was red and her eyes were puffy. We figured her and James had a fight so we just let it go and act like nothing happened. Edward tried to hug her and Alice back up and started screaming 'DON'T HURT ME!' we started to worry then. Edward was freaking out. Alice kept crying. And there was nothing we could do. She wouldn't say anything. We tried to get Edward to talk to her but she'd cry every time she came close to her. The only one she would be around is your mom. One night we were having a party and…and Alice was out with her friend. We heard her pull up so we figured she'd come outside. Edward was playing his piano loud so we couldn't really hear what was going on."
Tears were forming in my eyes as I squeezed Edward's hand tighter. He wrapped his arms around me, tightly.
"After a couple minutes she didn't come out back to the party. We started to worry." Carlisle looked over at Esme to finish.
She nodded while looking at me. "Carlisle asked me to go look for her. I went to the side gate and walked out front. I saw Alice on the ground, laying there. She wasn't moving. So I quickly called the police. When I looked back James was kicking her, telling her to get up. I ran across the lawn as fast as I could, yelling at him. He quickly backed up trying to say he didn't do anything. I gathered Alice in my arms and soothed her hair. That's when I noticed what was on her body. What was all over her body. They were bruises and scars from James. Most of them were brand new. There were so many of them," she was in tears now. "I didn't know how Alice could move. She lied to us, telling us nothing was going on with her and James. That everything was perfect. A couple seconds later, Edward stopped playing the piano…"
"Edward ran out front as the sirens got closer. He ran over to us with your dad following. The police came and took James away. Alice was in such bad shape. She didn't talk to anyone for weeks. She didn't look at anyone for a month. She was scared of all the guys at her school. They knew what happened to her and they were making it worse for her. So we decided to move to a small town. This was Forks, Washington. We tried to get her to go to therapy, but she didn't want anyone in this town to know. She wanted it be as if she was a normal girl moving for her dad's job." My mom stopped and hugged my dad, crying.
Edward was looking at the ground, his arms still wrapped around me. Rosalie's mouth was open with tears falling out. Emmett was clutching his fists. They were pale white. He was staring at me, tears in his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" he whispered.
"After losing contact with you guys, I figured what's the point? They're too busy and it will all go back to normal. Or so I thought. Then I saw him at the park. He was there, Emmett. He was there staring at me," I said through my tears. "How'd he find me? I don't know. He's still supposed to be in jail. And he's here."
Emmett got up and knelt it front of me. "I won't let him hurt you, Ali," he said, soothingly.
I pulled away from Edward. "Promise?" I whispered.
"I promise," he replied. I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held onto me. I let him cry into my shoulder as I cried into his. My mom smiled at us, got up and got her camera, then took a picture.
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Today was Sunday. I sighed, pulled my phone out of my pocket, and looked through my contacts. As I was scrolling through, my mom walked in and poured some coffee. She smiled at me. "Are you going to call some friends?"
I snorted. "What friends?" Esme looked at me for awhile.
Jasper
I paused on his name. "Ya, I think I will," I told her. She smiled and walked away. Friday, Jasper and I exchanged numbers. We became closer over the days. It felt good to have someone to trust. It felt like he was different.
I pressed the phone to my ear and waited. I picked up an apple and stared at it.
Finally someone answered. "Hello?" a deep voice said.
"Jasper?"
"Yeah. What's wrong, Alice?" he asked, concern in his voice.
I smiled. "Nothing! I was just wondering…"I paused. "If you wanted to hang out?"
There was a pregnant pause. "Me and you?"
"Well, if you don't want to, it's fine. I can call someone else," I reassured him.
"No, no!" he said, quickly. A little too quickly. "Of course, I do!"
I laughed. "Ok, good. I'll come get you, then?"
"Yeah, sounds good." Jasper gave me his address and we hung up. I walked over to the coat closet, grabbed my coat, and walked over to get my keys and purse.
"Where do you think you're going?" someone shouted from upstairs.
I jumped and turned around. "Out with a friend," I told him, pointing to the door.
"Who is this friend?" Emmett asked.
"Jasper…" I said, slowly.
Rosalie walked up behind him. "Em, just let her go."
I smiled, widely at her and mouthed 'thank you'.
She smiled back then walked back to their room.
"Fine. But keep your phone on at all times," he demanded.
I turned around and walked to the door. "Yes, dad."
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Jasper and I decided to go the park and talk. We were sitting on the swings, looking at the ground. I was looking around the park, nervously. Jasper seemed to notice. "What's wrong?" he asked.
I ignored him and continued to look around.
He stopped swinging and looked at me. "Ali, what's wrong?" he repeated. My heart skipped a beat as he called me Ali. I stopped swinging too once I noticed he was standing in front of me.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"What is wrong, Alice?"
"Nothing! Why would anything be wrong?" I asked, nervously.
"Oh, I don't know. You keep looking around the park, nervously. You seem to think someone's here, but there's no one here, Alice," he snapped. "Sorry."
"It's ok. And you're right. I am looking for someone," his face fell. "Ex-boyfriend. It's a long story. Last time I was here, I saw him. He's suppose to be in jail. He's here. And I'm scared," I admitted.
Jasper pulled me over to the grass and pulled me down so we were laying on the grass, looking at the sky. "I won't let him get you," he whispered in my ear. My whole body shivered as his breathe was on my ear. I turned to look at him. His face was inches from mine. We stared at each other for awhile. He slowly moved forward. I softly pressed my lips to his. It was a sweet kiss. Our first kiss. And I loved every moment of it. I smiled against his lips. He slowly pulled away and looked at me. He smiled and sat up. I continued to lay down and watch him.
Jasper got up. "I'm going to go get the car. Be right back," he told me. I nodded then watched him jog to my car. I sat up and ran my fingers through my hair. The bushes started moving as I laid back down. I quickly got up and looked at the bushes. James was standing in them, watching me with a grin. He stepped out and walked towards me.
"Where's your boyfriend?" he smirked. I gulped and looked around. "Not here? Darn. And I was hoping this would be fun."
"Jasper?" I squeaked out. James chuckled and walked closer.
"You're mine now," he whispered in my ear. The tears started flowing down my cheeks, hot and fast.
James grabbed my wrists and pulled me closer to him. "Now, now. There's no reason to cry," he hissed.
"Jasper!" I screamed before James threw me to the ground and wrapped a blindfold around my eyes and taped my mouth.
"Alice?" I heard Jasper from a distance.
"Jazz…" I tried to say through the tape. I felt a sharp force hit me on the head and blood starting to flow.
All I could see was pitch black. "Ali!" was the last thing I heard as everything went black.
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