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What day is it? I don't even know. This last week has gone by so fast I didn't even want to look at the calendar. Pushing my dog off me, I got out of bed. Ah, god...did she gain weight? I frowned.

"I know, I haven't been around to walk you. We'll go after breakfast, alright?" Luka gave me a happy face with her tongue sticking out. These last few days have been dedicated to work, or Alice. I've either been at her house with her and her family, or we've just been hanging out...in her car...alone..

I think you get the picture.

Nothing too crazy has gone down between us, nothing like that. After our first full on make out session we made an agreement to not go any further than that...for now. She couldn't handle being that close to me in a situation like that..something about her inner monster wanting to come out. It didn't bother me, I was willing to take things slow. I kind of liked it, it made the actual act itself seem more important. Not to mention that after what happened between me and Jake...being intimate was kind of hard for me. I mean, I've done it since then, but...it takes a lot longer for me to be comfortable with that person and open myself up and just be...vulnerable.

After some breakfast and a shower I took Luka out for a walk. I pulled a scarf around my face, hiding it from the wind. I made the mistake of glancing at the calendar on the way out. Now I had a full hour of walking alone to think about what the hell I was going to get Alice for Christmas.

Maybe I'm just pessimistic and depressing but I've never liked Christmas. It's a commercial holiday, not about family and togetherness, but about waiting in line at four in the morning for fucking Walmart to open. Really? Walmart? God...sometimes America bothers me to no end...

Or maybe my dislike for Christmas has been my own personal experiences during the Holidays. I feel like every holiday I ever had started out fine, but ended with my parents arguing about the smallest detail, turning even the best day to shit.

I sighed as Luka sniffed some trashcan. What do you get someone that has everything? Not to mention someone that knows everything before it happens. That's right. Alice can see the future. Well, her visions are subjective..but still.

How do I know this? The other day, while I was hanging out at her house after work, Emmett spilled the beans. We were playing Dragon Age II, trying to get new achievements, when he starts teasing Alice about how no one will play with her because she cheats by using her gift. She was pissed. I guess she wanted to be the one to tell me herself, but since that opportunity was taken from her we had a full three hour conversation about her ability.

Not to mention that Jasper and Edward have gifts themselves. I can understand why she wanted to tell me herself, she was afraid I'd be even more freaked out by them and want to leave. I don't think I could leave if I wanted to. But, let me tell you, knowing that Jasper can control emotions and that Edward can read minds is pretty fucking creepy. I liked not knowing. Now I feel like I don't know if what I'm feeling is real. I'd feel more weirded out by my head being poked and prodded by someone else, but apparently Edward couldn't use his gift on me.

Which is fine with me. I think I'm a total asshole/pervert/dumbass in my head. I mean, it's my head, I can think whatever I want! I am sooooo glad he can't read my mind.

Anyways, back to thinking of a present. Hmm..well I could..wait! I shouldn't be thinking of this at all! She might know! Shit. This is harder than I thought...

I pulled Luka away from an oncoming squirrel. "Common girl, you can't eat him. You'd choke on the bones...silly." We continued walking and ended up in a park. It was fairly deserted...who'd want to be outside in a wind chill like this? Apparently me.

Five minutes or so passed until Luka suddenly stopped. She pointed her nose at a group of trees and growled, her lips rising up to show her sharp teeth. I pulled her leash, "There's nothing there, common, let's get home and warm up." She didn't budge. If anything she pulled harder.

"Luka! Common." I pulled again, only for the branches of the trees in front of us to move. I took a step back as three figures came out of the trees. My dog, still growling, back peddled to my side.

In the center was a tall man with long blonde hair kept in a low pony tail. He was wearing dark jeans, and an expensive looking jacket. On his left was a pale woman with thick, fiery red hair. She looked me up and down like I was fresh meat, rolling up her long sleeved v-necked sweater. To the man's right was a tall, young woman, even though she was pale you could tell she had a tan-ness to her. She had dark black hair that swayed every which way the wind blew.

They all looked beautiful. But the redness of their eyes told me that they were dangerous too.

"Hello, Bella. It's a pleasure to finally meet you." The blonde man said. He walked closer to me, causing Luka to bark and snarl. "I would shut your dog up, before I loose my temper." He said it so lightly, like it didn't mean a thing to him, but his eyes were focused intensely on mine.

I pulled the leash closer to me, keeping Luka behind me.

"Who are you? And how do you know my name?"

He grinned, "My mistake, I've been among these two ruffians for so long that I've forgotten my manners. I am James, and these are my..friends, Victoria," he motioned to the red head, "and Simone." This time he motioned to the tan woman.

"As for how I know your name...that's a little secret. You see, I have eyes and ears everywhere. All around this city people work for and belong to me, and they tell me that you have something of mine."

I furrowed my brows, standing up straighter. If this guy wanted to intimidate me, I wasn't going to let him know that he was doing a very good job at it.

"And what might this thing be?"

He grinned, his red eyes making him look like a snake about to strike. "This thing, or rather, someone, belongs to me. I made her what she is today. And you are the one keeping her from joining me." James clenched his fists and his arms began to shake. "I've finally found her after all these years, and I hear she has a mate. Tch, like a vampire and human could be together...not to mention two women!" His face darkened. "She should be with me! You hear that you fucking low-life maggot!"

The air flew out of my lungs as he back-handed me across my jaw. I saw stars and fell, hitting the cold pavement. Fuck...is my head still connected to my body?

I could hear Luka barking next to me...then a yelp as the white form was thrown away from me. Motherfucker...you can hit me, but don't touch my fucking dog!

I shook my head, trying to clear away the blurriness. "Asshole. If you're problem is with me, then deal with me, not my fucking dog." I spit out blood pooling in my mouth. I shakily stood up, finally able to see straight. All of their eyes darkened, staring at a thin line of blood trickling its way down my chin.

Fuck, this is not good. I quickly wiped it away.

"Quite the vocabulary you have there. Maybe you're not the defenseless girl I thought you were. Too bad for you, I like a challenge." He appeared before me again, grabbing the scarf around my neck and ripping it off, choking me in the process. I gagged as the scarf broke, leaving a hot red mark around my throat.

"Enough playing with her, James, let's just drink her already. She smells so fucking good." The redhead said.

"You'd really drink from her?" The dark haired woman, Simone, asked. She took in a deep breath, her nostrils flaring in the process. "She might smell good, but you'd just get sick after."

James also smelled the air, then smirked, "Is that why they keep you around? They pity you? Poor little defected human, why not keep her around for some fun? She's just going to die soon anyways. Ha, like she'd even have you for a mate..that's laughable."

I don't know what came over me, but hearing him say that...say that the Cullens, that Alice, would only play with me like some toy...it pissed me the fuck off. I don't even know what he means by I'm her mate, but it doesn't matter. Fuck this guy! I did what any rational thinking human would do in my place. I decked him in the face.

The minute my hand hit the side of his face I heard a series of snapping noises, followed by immense pain. Shit..I should have thought that one through.

He laughed, "Wow, you do have some spunk!" The smile on his lips grew foul as he grabbed my hand and squeezed it, and I cried out in pain. If my hand wasn't broken already, it sure was now. "Remember who you're dealing with, bitch!" With my hand still squeezed in his own, he thew me side ways. I felt my shoulder pop from the force which he thew me.

I landed at Victoria's feet. She kneeled down and put her nose to my neck, her eyes almost rolled into the back of her head. "You don't understand how...delicious you smell. You're like a, a...double chocolate fudge cake. You smell and look delicious, but I know that if I eat you at once I'll get sick. Is the sickness worth it?" Her last question was a rhetorical one as she continued to rub her nose along the side of my face, her nails scraping down my cheek.

"Victoria. Do not touch her. I'm not done with her yet." James commanded, his red eyes darkening as he watched Victoria carefully. She cursed under her breath, getting up and taking a few steps back. Guess we know who's in charge here.

I sat up, attempting to stand, but my body just wouldn't budge. Simone gave a glance to the other two vampires before walking over to me. She bent down and pulled a dark envelope out of her coat and handed it to me. "Give this to the blonde one."

She looked over my face, as if she was trying to memorize it, then got up and made her way to where Victoria was standing, grumbling to herself.

James slowly made his way over to me, like a lion would stalk his prey. He stopped and stared down at me. "You go to her...and you tell her who I am, and what I did to you. You tell her that I know where she is, and that if she doesn't give herself to me...she'll wish I had never turned her into one of us." He paused before kicking my right side. Fuck..there go my ribs.

"I'll make her immortal life hell." Another kick. Now I'm on the floor.

"But more importantly, tell her that I'm the only one with knowledge on her life before this one, I am her maker, I was, no I am her savior. Tell Alice that I am the only one that can make her complete."

...

Something's wet. My face is wet. Something wet is on my face. I tried to pry open my eyes, but they were practically glued shut to my face. I heard a whine, then felt a warm paw on my chest. It took all my strength to crack open my eyelids, but I did.

Luka was sitting beside me, waiting for me to wake up. She got up and licked my chin before limping back to her position. Aw, my baby was hurt...I'll kill that son of a bitch.

"She hasn't left your side all day." My heart fluttered. I know that voice.

"Alice?" I tried to pick my head up, but fuck, I felt like I just got run over by a truck.

"I'm here, babe." I felt her fingers intertwine with mine, on my good hand. I cracked a smile.

"How am I...home?" I was in my room. Wasn't I just lying in the park? How'd I get here? And how did she know where I live?

She sighed, "I saw what happened to you, in a vision. But then it just blacked out. I freaked, and by the time my family and I got to you...they were gone..and some other people were surrounding you." Other people?

"Who?"

Before she could answer the door to my room was pushed open.

"Bella! You're awake." Ugh, great. Just make my day even worse.

"What the fuck are you doing here, Jake?" He flinched.

"I saved you from those blood suckers! I'm the one who brought you back here." He stomped into my room, only to back off at the sound of my dog growling at him. Funny, Luka usually likes everyone...maybe she can tell everything about a person with one sniff. Kind of like this morning...

"Actually, I was the one who brought her back. You just followed, mutt."

"You wouldn't have known where she lived if it wasn't for me, you corpse."

"Don't fucking talk to my girlfriend that way." Shit, couldn't a girl that just got her ass handed to her get any rest? I slowly sat up, feeling every muscle scream at me not to. Ugh, not only does my body feel broken but so does my ego.

"Girlfriend?" He looked between us, his brown eyes turning almost black. "You can't be with her, she's a fucking vampire and you're a human! Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"I know what she is, and it doesn't matter to me. Who are you to tell me that it's dangerous...kind of fucking ironic for the one person, who claimed to love and protect me as a child, to grow up and hurt me in the worst possible way, to be the one telling me what's not good for me." Alice gave me a look, asking me with her eyes just exactly was I talking about. I shook my head to clear my mind, I'd tell her later...when the time's right.

He gritted his teeth, his body seeming to shake slightly. "You don't understand! You're alive, you should be with someone who's got a heartbeat! We can take care of you without putting you in danger."

"Who's we?"

He paused, "The wolves."

"Wolves? Like werewolves?" You've got to be kidding me. Shit, when I asked for supernatural things to be real I guess I got my money's worth.

"Yes."

Alice interrupted, "Get over yourself, you wish you were a werewolf. They're nothing but a bunch of inexperienced shape shifters." He clenched his jaw.

"She's talking to me right now, midget."

"Shut the fuck up, Jake. Really, just shut the fuck up. If you can't tell me what the hell happened without tearing into Alice then you can just leave."

He took a deep breath, steadying himself. "Fine. My pack's been watching for any information on the recent deaths in Seattle. We got a lead, there have been a lot of newly made vampires and they've all been made by three older vampires. One of the wolves heard some commotion going on at the park while he was patrolling this side of the city, so we all showed up, only to find you practically broken on the floor." His eyes softened, "You were passed out, and we wanted to take you to the hospital, but then they showed up and the Doctor said you'd be fine with rest."

"Thank you for telling me. Now, can you give Alice and I some privacy?"

"I'm not leaving you alone with her!"

"Yes you are. If you don't I'll forcibly kick you out."

"Please, Bella, just hear me out. They're not good for you."

"Like you're any better?"

"I was going though the change of becoming a wolf, I couldn't control myself!" His arms were bulging with whatever intensity he was trying to hold in. He shut his eyes and sighed. "Look, I'll give you your privacy, but don't think I'm not going to worry about you. Even though you don't forgive me I'm still going to protect you." With that he left, closing the door behind him.

I sighed, deflating into my pillow. Not only does every inch of my body hurt, but now I have a headache.

Feather light kisses streamed up and down my knuckles. "I'm so sorry that I didn't see this sooner. If I had just...watched you or something then this wouldn't have happened." Alice cradled my hand, bringing it up to rest on her face.

"Ali, don't think this is your fault. You had no way of knowing something would happen."

"But I could have focused or-"

"No. What's happened has happened, and it's not your fault." I leaned over and kissed her softly, "It's not your fault."

A warm paw pushed my face away from hers.

"Looks like someone's jealous."

I glared at Luka. Even my own dog is cock(pussy?) blocking me! "Probably. She's been the only girl in my life for a while. Not to mention the fact that we sleep together every night."

She snickered, "Yea, I guessed that much. Your bed is covered in dog hair."

As much as I loved our easy, light conversation, I knew I'd have to bring this up.

"I need to talk to you and your family. About the ones who attacked me..."

She pursed her lips at the mention of them. "They'll be up...they probably heard you from downstairs."

She was right. They all came in, awkwardly standing in my small room.

Carlisle came to my side, giving me a water bottle and some pills, "Here is some pain medication for you. You might be in quite a bit of pain, but don't worry, the only thing that's broken in your hand. It seems when you were attacked, they purposely held back." I don't know if I feel worse knowing that he held back and I'm still fucked up, or that I was the one who broke my hand by being a dumbass.

I nodded, "Thank you Carlisle." I swallowed the pills and washed them down.

"It's about time those dogs left, I'm going to have to shower all day just to get the stink out." Rosalie ran a hand through her long blonde hair with a scowl on her face.

"Yea, me too. We should just shower together to save time."

"Emmett, not now." She snapped.

He sighed, snapping his fingers. "Damn.."

I'm kind of really loving Emmett for his comedic interludes.

"Right..So, the ones who attacked me. There were three of them, one man, James, and two women, Victoria and Simone." I looked for any sign of recognition on their faces. None. Hmm. Didn't they say they knew the Cullens?

"James said he had eyes and ears everywhere in the city..that he's been watching us..or well, me. He's been watching me because of Alice.." Fuck, this is hard. How do you tell your girlfriend and her family that some creep wants her? I can't even think of his grimy hands all over her pure skin. BLEH. Disgusting.

"James said he knew you, Ali..from when you were human." Her eyes widened. "He also said...he said that he knew about us, and that I shouldn't be with you...but he should be with you. He said he was the one you turned you into a vampire...and that you are his mate."

Her eyes darkened as her brow furrowed in anger. Her voice lost its sweet sounding chime, and even though it was still her voice, it sounded different...raw. "Who the fuck does this guy think he is? I don't remember anything about my past, how the hell would I remember a James?..And even if I did, I know for a fact that he isn't my mate. You are my mate, goddamn it. Ugh..I can't believe him..making those...accusations and then hurting you! I swear to fucking god...I will tear his head off for even touching you... Fuck him."

Wow. I didn't except that to come out at all. Alice's normally bright eyes were almost pitch black, and she looked like she was ready to kill someone. I hate that this kind of turned me on. Stupid hormones.

"Alice, please, I know you're upset but you need to calm down." Jasper said, putting a hand on her shoulder. She seemed to visibly relax, even though her eyes stayed the same.

"I say we find this guy and fuck him up." Oh, Emmett, you really are becoming my best friend.

"I agree." Edward pulled out a sleek looking phone, "I'm going to call Esme and let her know what happened. I'm also going to call the Denali's, maybe they've heard something about these three." He walked out of my room with the phone to his ear.

"Alice, you need to hunt. You're not safe around Bella right now." Jasper softly mentioned, his hand still resting on her shoulder. Even though I knew it shouldn't...it bothered me. They're family for gods sake! Why would him touching her bother me so much?

A low growling vibration emitted from her small body. "Don't control my emotions, Jasper! I'm fine! I don't need to hunt, I need to stay here with my Bella." She violently shoved his hand from her shoulder and stood up. "I wouldn't do anything to hurt her. You know that." She sat down on my bed next to me, curling up beside me. I felt her head rest between my neck and my collarbone, her erratic breaths turning into soft puffs.

Jasper sighed, "Fine. You know yourself better than anyone else." He flinched at his own words, although it was so quick it might not have happened. He turned around to leave.

"Wait. There's more, it concerns..eh, one of you." He stopped, giving me his attention. Although the way he looked at me made it seem like he really didn't want to listen to me at the moment.

"In my jacket..there's an envelope. One of the women, Simone, she gave it to me. She said to give it to the blonde one. But since there are three of you that meet that requirement I don't know who it belongs to."

Rosalie lifted my jacket up from its place sitting on my desk. She held it out in front of her as far as she could like it was covered in shit. "This one?" She prodded into it with one finger, "God, it smells like shit. Those foul wolves must have rubbed their scent all over you." At the mention of wolves I felt not only Alice growl beside me, but also Luka. Strange.

Rosalie finally pulled out the dark envelope, throwing my jacket behind her. She opened it, and pulled out a black feather. "What the hell is this?"

Carlisle spoke up, "It looks like a raven feather. I don't see what it could mean. Do any of you have an idea?"

Rosalie shook her head, "No. Jasper?"

His eyes concentrated on the feather as if it was going to disappear. "Yes." He reached for it, taking it from Rosalie and held it softly in his hands. "I'm not quite sure...but this has something to do with my time in the Civil War. I knew someone who used to wear a feather like this..." He shook his head, "I'm sorry, I wish I could offer you more information but that's all I can remember right now."

"It's fine, Jasper." Carlisle looked on, deep in thought. "This Simone, she wanted you to have it, she must know you from then and is working with this man who claims to know Alice's past. They must have found each other trying to find each one of you. Bella, can you remember what she looked like?"

"Yea. She was tall...and even though she was pale from being a vampire she was still kinda tan. She had long black hair...and well, she looked Native."

"That's interesting...most Native Americans shun vampires..it goes against their ways of being true to the earth and the life that it brings. In the past, the stigma bestowed on vampires was that they were true bringers of death, like most of the old stories in literature show."

Jasper ran a hand through his hair, then put the feather back into the envelope. "I'm sure something will come to me after I think about this for a while...I must have known her, or someone close to her before. If you'll excuse me." With a troubled look on his face he left. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

"We'll leave you to rest Bella, I'm sure your mother will be home soon." Shit. I forgot about her. What's she going to say when she sees me like this?

"Um, how exactly should I explain what happened to me?"

"Tell her you got hit by a bus." Thanks Emmett.

"Really? A bus? Bella's stupid, but she's not that stupid." Wow. Thanks Rosalie.

"Fine. Tell your mom that you and Alice were too busy sucking each others faces off to notice a bus coming your way, and then BAM, you got hit. So she called Carlisle, your doctor, and brought you home after you were checked out."

"...I think I'll skip the 'sucking each others faces off' but I'll see if she buys it. If not I'll just tell her three angry vampires jumped me in the park, it'll make the bus sound more realistic."

"I'll leave a note and my number, in case she doesn't believe you. I'll see you soon." Carlisle left with a smile.

"Common, Emmett, let's go it stinks in here."

"But they're so close to each other."

"So?"

"It's only a matter of time before they jump each others bones." I rolled my eyes as a loud smack sounded throughout my room. I gently waved a casted hand goodbye to them as Rosalie pulled Emmett out of the room by his ear.

Cool small arms tightened their hold around me. "Thank god they're gone." Lips like velvet met the side of my neck, her mouth, nose, and soft breath gently caressing me. "You know I'd never hurt you...you're mine..only mine..." Her voice was still raw, emotional even. I felt myself relaxing into her hold on me. The faint mantra she continued to speak over and over moving easily with the rest of her movements along my neck and face.

I tried to hold back a yawn as my eyes grew heavy.

Arg, I can't fall asleep now! I wanted to ask her what this 'mate' business was..and why couldn't she remember her past? What exactly was hidden inside of her to bring out these crazy ass people? And these three vampires were suspected to be the ones to be killing innocent people! How would this effect us and shit, the rest of the human population?

I wanted to open my mouth and ask her all these questions. But the only thing I could do was let my eyes fall to darkness and allow her soft touch to lull me to sleep.