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A/N: hey everyone, thank you soo much for all your reviews I know I don't reply to all of them like I should but I'm really busy! And I'm so angry right now! Someone stole my purse! I KNOW! So I'm trying to calm down by writing this, so I hope you like it!.......enjoy
-Claire-
"Don't Ever Feel Alone"
"Chapter 7: Panic"
(Alice's P.O.V)
I was woken up by the sunlight shining through my window and onto my closed eyelids. I opened them slowly, fluttering them to get used to the light. I stretched my legs and arms and rolled over expecting to find my best friend sleeping next to me. But to my disappointment....she wasn't.
I looked around the room to find that she had taken her stuff. Maybe she was in the bathroom. I got up quickly and ran to the inspect the bathroom. No one was in there though. I walked back into my room to see a little note on the table next to where Bella has slept. I raced up to it and picked it up scanning the words carefully.
'Hey Alice, sorry I left so early, something important came up, I had a lot of fun last night, sorry again for leaving it's just I didn't want to wake you up. I guess I will see you in a couple of days. Have a good day.
Bella'
I read the note a couple more times making sure I hadn't misread any of it. To say I was disappointed was an understatement, I missed Bella already.I decided that I needed to get out of bed and go downstairs. I could hear Emmett and Rosalie arguing about something, but it didn't sound serious, just their normal banter.
As I walked down the stairs Emmett noticed me and smiled widely, "Morning Sis!" he bellowed from the couch at top volume. Rose rolled her eyes and smiled at me, "good morning Alice" I laughed and sat down opposite them. I wonder if they were here when Bella left? Might as well ask them.
"Morning you two, did any of you see Bella this morning?" I asked and Rosalie looked confused,
"No, I thought she stopped here last night?" she asked and I nodded,
"She did, but she left early this morning without me knowing, she left me a note saying that she had something important to do" I said and Rosalie looked deep in thought, it was Emmett that broke my attention away from her,
"Hey Alice, I need you to do me a big favour!" he said clasping his hands together in a begging manor,
"What this time?" I asked crossing my arms, and glaring at him, waiting for the task that would most likely embarrass me in some way.
"I need you to take Rose over to Bella's, she left her car there last night and my car is on the blink" he asked and I just rolled my eyes. This was actually perfect, this way I can go to Bella's with an excuse other than me trying to see what she has that is so important. Not that I was nosey or anything, I was just.....concerned.
"Why didn't you say that It was for Rose, I would have agreed without you begging" I laughed and he sent me a glare,
"Ha Ha, anyway thanks little sis, I owe you one" he said before he jumped off the couch and headed for the kitchen. I glanced to Rose to see that she was still deep in thought, I stood up and walked over to her, waving my hand in her face,
"Rose you okay?" I asked and she seemed to snap out of the daze she was in.
"Huh?" she asked and I rolled my eyes, "Sorry, I was just thinking about....something" she replied and just shrugged and told her about what Emmett had asked me to do. She seemed pretty eager to see Bella but I didn't really understand why but I guess she might have wanted her car.
When we arrived at Bella's there was a car in her drive, I had never seen it before but I'm guessing Rosalie had because I heard her gasp as soon as we had seen it. We came to a stop, stepping out and walked over to the strange car with Rosalie stalking behind me,
"Do you know this car Rose?" I asked her, she looked furious as she stormed her way up to the door and I ran behind her, "Rosalie!" I shouted to her and she just carried on walking like she was ready to kill someone.
"Rosalie what's the matter? What's wrong?" I asked I was getting panicky now. I didn't know what was going on I grabbed her arm and she glared at me, I didn't let on that I was scared to death of her expression, but I made one of my own and she seemed to back off a bit.
"Now can you explain what the hell is going on?" I shouted to her and she looked down at the ground as she found her words,
"That car...if it's the one I remember, it belongs to someone from where we used to live, I'll explain more later, but right now it's important that we find Bella" she said through gritted teeth, I was hyperventilating now, why did we need to find Bella? I had so many questions in my head.
Rosalie reached Bella's door and pulled out her spare key, she hastily put it in the lock and pushed open the door storming inside in a second. There was no one there. It was empty, the only thing that really caught my eyes was Bella's phone on the coffee table.
Rose must have noticed too because she walked up to it, grabbing it in her hands, she glared at it and then as she clicked some of the buttons her face turned into a furious glare and she looked like she was going to break the phone with her bear hand.
"What is it?" me asking questions was getting me nowhere, she wouldn't answer any of them. She looked up to me as if just realizing I was there and she seemed to calm down a bit.
"Read this" she said as she passed me the phone. I looked at it with curious eyes as I read the words on the small screen. It was a text message to Bella. Whoever sent it obviously knew who Bella was because they called her 'Baby' and they said they were coming here to see her, it didn't even say who it was from. I looked up to when it was sent to see that it had come last night. That must have been why she left. But why was this person that important that she would have to leave so suddenly?
When I finished reading the text I passed the phone back to Rose, she looked to me and frowned.
"We need to find Bella " she stated started walking back out of the apartment. I was getting angry that she wasn't giving me any explanations at all, I followed her out to her car where she got in, I thought it was best to go with her in her car instead of mine. I climbed in the passenger seat as she started the engine,
"Where are we going?" I asked her and she glanced to me and then back to the road.
"We're going to get Jasper" she said and I decided that I was going to get some answers.
"Rosalie, what is going on with Bella, and who's this person that contacted her" I asked in an aggravated tone, she sighed deeply and I knew that she was going to tell me,
"I will tell you, but you need to promise that you do not tell anyone else, Bella had confined in me and Jasper and I know that she would trust you enough, so I am going to to trust you too" she stated not taking her eyes off the road.
I nodded even though she wouldn't have been able to see it, "I promise" I said quietly, she sighed and continued,
"After Bella's parents died, when she came to live with us, Bella didn't really have any social life, she was like a zombie, she never talked to anyone about anything, we tried our best to get her to be a bit more... human. The one day Bella came with me to one of the clubs I usually went to, I knew she hated things like that but I just wanted her to live a little, but it was the worst thing I have ever done.
It was there that she met Riley Jones, he was one of the people that I had met a couple of years back and I introduced them, she seemed to like him and vice versa, but I had always been weary of him, I had heard some things about him, but Bella is so stubborn that she wouldn't listen even if I told her. She started to going to meet him often, we hardly ever saw her" she took another breath, obviously getting herself prepared for whatever she was going to say..
"She started to date him, but it wasn't long before he wanted to get more physical with her, in an intimate way. She didn't want to, she wanted to wait until she was ready, but he forced himself on her, she came home crying the one night. Me and Jasper were the only ones she told, that's one of the reasons she came back to Forks. She never wanted to see him again but he started threatening her saying that he would hurt her family if she ratted him out to the police. So all she could do was listen to his threats until she left. Me and Jasper had tried to find him ourselves with no luck, we had heard that he was taken down for assault but we weren't sure, so we stopped looking for him thinking he was out of the picture. And now he's come back, that's why Bella must have left this morning. She doesn't want the people she loves to be harmed"
I couldn't help the tears that were forming in my eyes, they streaked down my face, how could someone do this? That monster practically raped her and she couldn't do anything about it.
"You know I'm grateful to you Alice" she whispered and she smiled to me, I looked to her in confusion,
"grateful....to me? Why?" I asked and she smiled brighter and kept her eyes on the road.
"Bella seems happier than she has ever been when she is with you, I don't think I ever remember her being this happy even before her parents died. When she saved you in that alley, it was more frightening for her than you realise, it was like reliving all that she had gone through"
Her words sunk in and I couldn't help but be happy that I was the cause of Bella's happiness. But to hear that when she had saved me, she was reliving it all, but she still came and helped me and put aside her own fears.
"Then why has she gone with him, how could she go near him knowing what happened?" I was angry....angry at Bella for going with this jerk.
"She was probably threatened, it wouldn't be the first time, he did exactly the same thing after he did what he did. It must have been something that was important to her, she wouldn't go with that creep if it was for something unimportant"
What could he had threatened her with? What could possibly be more important than her own safety that she would go with a guy that raped her.
The car came to a stop at somewhere that I had been a couple of times with Bella. It was Jasper and Rosalie's rented apartment. I watched as Rosalie stepped of the car. She told me to stay where I was while she talked to Jasper. And as if he could hear us he stepped out of the door and walked over to Rose with a smile. A smile that was soon wiped of his face. His face took on fury and I watched as he raked his hand through his messy blonde hair.
Then they were walking towards the car. Jasper got in the back giving me a weak nod. The anger still on his face. Rosalie sat down and turned to him,
"She knows" she said and he shouted loudly,
"How could he do this!" he shouted filling the silent car with his voice that was always calm.
"How could he show up after all this time. I thought he was in prison?" he said as he put his face in his hands.
"Obviously not" Rosalie stated, driving to a destination I didn't know,
"How could she be so passive? She knows the dangers. Her of all people should know the dangers!" he shouted throughout the quiet space,
"Calm down Jasper, Bella knows what she Is doing, she is not weak like she was then" Rosalie stated, and I was raking my hand through my hair. I was scared, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know where Bella was. We knew nothing. Except for....
"His car" I said quietly, Jasper looked up and Rosalie tilted her head,
"What about it?" she asked curiously with a frown,
"Well he didn't take it when he took Bella, and Bella's truck was still there, he couldn't have gone far without it" I stated and Rosalie looked thoughtful.
"Maybe we should split up, we have a greater chance of finding her" Jasper suggested and nodded in agreement.
Rosalie was a little hesitant but nodded her head as well. "It would be better if we started in town" she said and then she stopped the car and we got out.
"Okay I'll call one of you if I find her" I said and they nodded their heads and walked off, their heads turning at every alley way and store.
I turned the opposite way. I walked the long stretches of side walks with alley ways. There was no sign of her. As I looked frantically I couldn't help but dwell on the fact that Bella never told me about any of this. If she trusted me like Rose said then she should have explained it to me. She is so stubborn. If anything happens to her....I..I.
I turned the corner of the street to see a familiar brunette walking towards me at a slow pace, it was then that I noticed there was a guy with a horrible smirk standing next to her......Bella
As if she could read my mind she looked up, she noticed me and her faced changed to a pained one. The brown haired guy that was standing next to her had his arm around her waist possessively. How could he touch Bella like that. How could Bella let him touch her like that?
She looked away from my eyes and continued walking towards me, looking down at the ground as if she didn't even know I was there. That guy..I don't even want to say his name. I did however want to kick his ass and put him through the pain that he has put Bella through. He leaned closer to her ear and whispered something to her. He seemed to smirk even more as he said what he did but she looked disgusted.
As they got closer to me I noticed that Bella looked more and more worried, I just stood still and waited till they were in hearing range,
"Bella?" I shouted and they both looked up to me, they got closer and Riley looked to Bella and then back to me. Bella looked like she wanted to cry and then when she noticed him looking at her she raised her head.
"Who's this babe" he asked Bella, she looked to me with an empty expression, she then shook her head from side to side sending me a look that I had never seen before.
"I don't know, I've only seen her a couple of time at college" she said and I felt a pain in my heart from her words. She bowed her head not looking into my eyes,
"Bella what are you talking about?" I asked her, I was shaking now and I know that she noticed it. Riley's face showed confusion as he scratched his chin as he looked to Bella.
"I'm sorry but I don't know you" she said again plainly as she placed her arm around Riley's waist. Another pain went through my chest.
"Well she seems to know you baby" he said smugly and I wanted to punch him even more. Actually I was about 10 seconds away from doing just that when Bella spoke.
"Well I don't know her and frankly I don't want to" she said looking at me angrily. Why was she saying this? How could she say this to my face? My best friend? Bella would never say anything like that.
Riley then started to laugh and pulled Bella away with him down the street. I couldn't move I couldn't speak. I wanted to yell......to shout at her and tell her to tell me whether she meant those things she said. But I couldn't. I just stood there watching her be taken away by that monster. Even if I couldn't move I knew that I needed to tell Jasper and Rose where she was.
I pulled out my phone and dialled Rosalie's number, in no time at all she answered,
"Alice? Did you find her?" she shouted down the phone
"she's outside the grocery store, make sure you get Jasper to go with you, he is with her" I stated robotically, there was a silence and heavy breathing and I knew she was running, she put down the phone and I waited, staring as Bella and Riley walked down the street with his arm around her waist and hers around his. It made me feel pain I had never felt before in my heart.
I saw Rose turn the corner and she almost bashed into me,
"Where is she?" she asked trying to catch her breath, then I saw Jasper following behind. I pointed to them, they both gave me a curious look. It didn't last long though, before I could say anything they shot off towards Bella.
I couldn't take it anymore. I knew they would be able to sort it out by themselves. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I just wanted to run away. And that's what I did. I ran. I ran to one of my favourite places.....the forest. The forest was peaceful, no one ever comes in here apart from me. I walked over to a fallen tree and sat on the trunk. I leaned forward placing my head in my hands. And then I did something that I have not done in a while.....I screamed.
Bella had broken my heart. She ripped it out right in front of me. My best friend didn't want to know me, the way she looked at me. I felt like I was have hysterics as I held my chest as loud sobs racked through my body.
I flipped open my phone seeing whether I had gotten a call from Rose. I hadn't. I wondered if everything was okay. If Bella was okay. Even though she said those things I couldn't help but care about her still. I needed to know she was safe.
I brought back up Rose's phone number pressing the call button hesitantly, it took longer than last time for her to answer.
"Alice where did you go, we've been looking everywhere for you" she stated still out of breath,
"I'm sorry I just needed some time alone, is everyone okay?" I said plainly as if I weren't interested.
"Umm well I don't know about Riley, after what Jasper did to him I'm not sure he will be able to reproduce any time soon, we took him to Bella's and forced him to get in his car, we don't know where he is now though. Bella seems a little shook up, we're at her apartment now, she went to lie down. Alice I know something happened between you two. There is no way in hell you would just leave Bella like that" she stated and I sighed into the receiver,
"I....I...Can't" I said and I started to cry again, I couldn't stop the tears forming,
"Alice...Where are you?" she said and I calmed down a bit. I needed to speak to someone, I couldn't talk to Emmett or Edward, they didn't know about Bella's situation so they wouldn't understand.
"you won't be able to find where I am now, just come to my house" I stated wiping the tear streaks off of my face.
"Okay, I will get Jasper to stay with Bella, I'll be there is two minutes" she stated and she put down the phone. I took a deep breath a stood from the tree, I started to run out of the forest. The cold air was drying my damp face.
When I got home no one was there, I found a note saying that Carlisle and Esme went out for dinner and Emmett and Edward went to fix Emmett's car. I sighed and decided to change my clothes, I still had dirt and twigs in them from running.
It wasn't long before I heard a knock on my front door. I walked over to it and composed myself before opening it to reveal someone I didn't expect to see....
"Bella"
A/N: I know! I know, it's short, but I know that you all wanted an update so I thought that I would end it here. I hoped you liked the chapter even though it was short. Please review and tell me what you think ^_^ the next update wont be too long, I already have in mind what it is going to be like so there wont be that much of a wait. Thanks for reading....
Much love to ya.....xxx
-Claire-
