I don't own Twilight. Also, I think I should give up with the plans for World Domination, cause' they fail every time.

Chapter 7: I Get a Second Chance And I Like it

E.P.O.V

"Alice! Tell me, has she woken up?" Alice flinched away from me. But this didn't soften my mood at all.

"ALICE!" I yelled. She regarded me with a cold expression, and replied,

"Okay Edward, if you really want to know, then yes, she has woken up. And she's pretty damn angry. Why didn't you just read my mind?"

"I'm too frustrated!" I cried, throwing both my hands up as if in surrender. I quickly put them back down on the steering wheel, though. Alice would never forgive me if I destroyed a yellow Porsche.

We arrived back at the castle in a few minutes. I opened the door and ran up the steps without even turning the engine off. I burst through the doors to the chamber, where most of the guard were grouped in a circle, smiling or laughing. In the centre of that circle was Bella.

"Bella!" I cried, my anger melting instantly. I ran to her, and the crowd parted to let me through. But instead of hugging me or kissing me or anything, she just folded her arms and regarded me with a cold stare.

"What?" I choked. Was Bella… Rejecting me? (I know, I made him sound like a retard)

"You left me. Alone. While I burned. You just left, with your venom searing through my veins. I think that shows just how much you care for me." She answered. I couldn't believe this. I turned to Aro, angry once again.

"You said she wasn't going to wake yet!" I yelled. I didn't care if it would get me killed. Caius and Felix did, though. A few growls raised from the crowd, waiting for an attack.

"No, Edward, please. This is just a mistake. She is awake-" He looked towards Bella, smiling,

"-And very beautiful, if I may say so-" He paused for an instant when he saw my dark expression.

"So let us not dwell on the past." I sighed and became calm. I heard two disappointed sighs of come from the crowd. No prizes for guessing who they came from. I turned to Bella and hugged her hard. But she just snarled and pushed me back.

"It's over, Edward. I hate you. When you left while I burned I realised just how much it hurt to have you back in my life. I-" She stopped with a kind of choking noise coming from her throat. She turned away and went into the open arms of… ALEC?

"You!" I snarled. "YOU took MY Bella!" I crouched low. I was about to attack him when Alice danced through the large double-doors.

"Bella!" She cried, a huge smile spreading across her face.

"Alice!" Bella yelled. They ran to each other and hugged hard. I slumped and put my head in my hands. I felt so unhappy… There was nothing for me to live for anymore. With a cry, I ran out the room.

B.P.O.V.

Alice hugged me hard. I felt so happy to see her, I didn't notice Edward running out the room. But when I did, I felt a little faint and began to sway. Alec ran to me and pulled me close.

"It's okay. It'll be okay." He murmured in my ear. Then he turned his head back to Aro.

"Master, may we leave?" Aro nodded, a large smile planted firmly on his face. We left at vampire speed. We went to his room, seeing as I didn't have one. Yet, a small voice echoed through my mind. It was beautiful, but I didn't have time to admire it because Alec pulled me to the bed.

We sat down, facing each other, gazing into each other's eyes.

"Bella, I'm so sorry for what I have done to you. I have made you break away from your mate-" I stopped him by putting my finger to his lips.

"You know, that's so like Edward. Blaming yourself. But please, do remember this is my own choice. Being with him – it hurt too much after what he put me through. But being with you, it's so different. I want you to understand that, Alec."

"I do." He whispered. He paused, and ran his tongue over my finger. I shivered and dropped it. In an instant he was off the bed.

"I'm sorry, Bella. You obviously don't want to do this. At least, not yet. I'm sorry."

"No, Alec!" I cried. I calmed myself, then continued, "I do, I really do. It's just… Edward…" Alec came back to the bed. "It's been so long, I…"

"I understand now, Bella." He said at sat down.

Without a word, he took my face in his hands and bent down to me.

He paused, giving me time to pull away. I put my hands on his waist and pulled him closer. Then his lips met mine and he kissed me incredibly gently. I pulled away for a second and gazed at him in wonder. But then he pulled me down onto the bed and kissed me again and again. I waited for my blush, my need to breathe, but it never came. We fit together perfectly; I couldn't have imagined anything better than this.

I heard the tear of cloth under my hands. Oops. Alec certainly didn't seem to mind though. It almost seemed that he was helping me. Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door.

"Alec, Bella, it's me, Jane."

"Argh!" I cried, and jumped off the bed in an instant. "Alec, where is my shir-" I stopped when I looked to the bed again, seeing my shirt, but now in several pieces. Alec's shirt was also torn to shreds. He just grinned at me boyishly and said,

"You'll have to borrow one of mine." He gestured to his wardrobe.

"The hell she will!" Jane yelled through the door. "Alec, I will not let her wear something so… Fashion impaired!" She sounded so like Alice I burst out laughing. She came in just as I slipped on a light blue t-shirt that was way too big for me.

When she saw me, it was her turn to laugh. She my arm in hers and pulled me out the door, talking about shopping with Alice and the 'other girls'. We left Alec shirtless in his bedroom, his mouth gaping open.