Hey guys!

I am sorry about the delay in the updating - i have a bit of writers block. Haha. Too many ideas - not sure what order to put them in.

So the updates might be a little spaced out for the next couple of chapters as i try to figure things out - plus, we're going back to school tomorrow which takes my free time away. So please, stick with me , and try not to get upset . :)

Have a great new year by the way!

I don't own twilight.


Chapter 7

"Oh gosh. You poor darling. I apologize for Emmett's behaviour - he's such a pain in the ass." Carlisle expressed his opinion in such a way that made me feel as though he was Emmett's father. Carlisle felt responsible for Emmett's actions - and I found it kind of odd. Although, he is the head of the whole camp- which kind of makes sense as to why he's acting this way.

" It's fine. I'm fine." I lied, pressing my lips together. "I needed to learn my lesson - and I have."

"No. It's not fine." Edward proclaimed. "He can't just beat up everybody. It's illegal and he's already gotten us into trouble before."

"Hush Edward. You're speaking too much." Esme stated , walking into the office. She leaned in to whisper in his ear, muttering secrets I wasn't allowed to hear.

"Fine. Ok." Edward rolled his eyes and sighed, walking towards me. "So is she alright?"

"Yes - just a broken nose. I'll just clean out the wound and realign the bone now." Carlisle said, pinching the top of my nose.

"Uh, will this hurt?" I whispered.

" Maybe a little." he laughed, suddenly jerking my nose so that the bone straightened.

"Damn! OW!" I cried.

" Watch it Carlisle. Don't hurt her." Edward's clenched fists swung back and forth next to his hips.

"I'm sorry Bella - and Edward…" He chuckled. "But I need to realign the bone before it heals that way. Which naturally causes pain. But it will feel better soon."

" You better hope it does." Edward raised an eyebrow.

"Ha-ha, it's ok Edward." I laughed. " As he said - it needs to be done if I want my nose to heal correctly."

"Jeez!" Esme laughed, pressing her hand on Carlisle's shoulder. "Why are you so protective all of a sudden Edward?"

" Yeah?" Carlisle joked.

Edward's eyes turned black - giving the two adults 'the death stare'.

" I'll talk to you later Bella - get better soon." he hissed angrily, leaving the room.

" What's with him?" Esme laughed.

"I think I know the problem here…" Carlisle smiled. " But I'm not going to say because Edward may be embarrassed to admit it."

They laughed together as Carlisle patched up my nose.

"Ok, you're fine to leave." He smiled , pointing to the door. " Have a great night."

I smiled, and thanked them before leaving the room. I walked along the hallways, shortly finding my way to the door.

"Bella." a voice hissed from the darkness.

"Uh, yes?" I asked, not turning around to see who it was. I was terribly frightened. My hands and legs were shaking, and the sweat seemed to pour off me in the silent , mysterious obscurity.

Slow footsteps came closer and closer until they suddenly stopped from behind me.

"If you still want your friends to like you, don't tell them what happened. Lie. And say that I wanted to have a chat with you outside. Whatever you do, don't let them know about Edward. They are all extremely jealous." Cold breath covered the back of my neck.

" But, but who are you? And why do you care?" I stuttered with fright.

" I'm Alice. And I've seen things happen before. The girls are serious about Edward, they aren't fooling around." she said, slowly walking around so that she was looking me in the eye.

" OK? But why are you telling me this?" I asked, wondering why she was being so nice to me. I thought all the camp leaders were mean.

" Well…" she began. " I care for Edward - he's like a baby brother to me, and I don't want the love of his life to get hurt like the last one. I think that you're a good girl and it would be a sin if something had to happen to you. I'd like to be a friend. Not all of the leaders here are bitches like you think."

It was almost as if she could read my mind - my questions barely made it out of my mouth before she had them answered. I stood there, stumped. It was silent for a while, then I finally straightened my back and broke the silence.

"I suppose not." I said thoughtfully. "Wait, but 'the love of his life'? I just met him today!"

" That's what you think." she laughed. " I can't quite explain it to you now but, maybe someday, I will. Good night , and get back to your cabin please before you get into trouble."

"But…" I said - suddenly becoming confused again. Just when I thought I'd get all the need-to-know questions answered, she sends me away. Kind of ironic…

"But nothing." Alice raised her eye brow. " Night."

"Night." I echoed, slowly leaving the building.

It was a thoughtful walk back to the cabin- to say the least. I thought about everything that just happened ; with Edward, and my nose, and Carlisle , and Esme, and Alice. It was all so mysterious and weird. I was so confused.

When I finally made it back to the cottage, I opened the door and walked inside - not having a plan as to what I was going to say.

"Where the hell were you?" T.J. spat.

" I um… I was outside."

" Yeah, no shit." she laughed. " But what were you doing outside? Did you get in trouble? I thought I told you to be here straight after you were done showering?"

" Yeah, well I got in trouble while Alice." I lied , not wanting to tell her the truth because I wasn't sure how she'd handle it.

" For what?"

" I .. um.. I kind of got lost on the way back and…."

" Oh, so you went into the wrong cabin?" she asked, acting as though I wasn't the first one to do it.

" Uh, yeah." I nodded. Damn, I'm a terrible liar!

" So did you see them?" T.J. asked, laughing softly.

" See who?"

" Alice and Jasper." she said, raising an eyebrow. " You walked in on them didn't you?"

" Uh…oh , yeah." I said, playing along.

" I did that too. Everyone seems to do that. See, they always go to Jaspers cabin while the rest of us take showers for a little … 'play time'. And every night, somebody walks in on them." T.J. laughed. " They really need to find a better place for that."

" Yeah." I agreed, attempting to laugh yet failing. I was always a bad liar - I guess it's because I never really had to lie - I didn't have much practice until I met Jacob. That's when everything went down hill. I'd lie to my parents every night, and they could tell - they just didn't say anything. And then I got sent to this hell whole…

" So anyways…" T.J. began. " You should probably change into your pyjamas. We have about an half an hour till 'lights out'."

" Seriously?" I asked in disbelief. " It's only like… six o'clock."

"I'm not fooling around. We wake up early in this place you know?" she said. " can't you remember this morning?"

"Oh, right…" I said, staring at the ground.

" Just go change." she laughed. " We'll talk more later."

And with that, I changed into the 'one size fits all' night gown that was placed on my cot. It was huge on me. The fabric was itchy, and the color was gross - almost the color of baby poop. Yellow flowers covered the dress, and there was big, frilly , lace placed around the collar. It reminded me of the old gowns my grandmother wears.

" how beautiful." T.J. said sarcastically.

" I know." I laughed, sitting on my bed and folding my legs Indian style.

" So why were you sent here?" she asked me, looking very interested.

" Well…" I began, eyes watering. " I um… I met this boy."

" The stories always start with boys." she said, shaking her head, climbing onto her bed and sitting down.

We looked at each other, and she could sense my pain.

" I'm sorry." She said. " Tell me about it."

I took a deep breath and started over. I told her everything. All about Jacob and how he treated me. About how he eventually became my pimp. About how he forced two other girls into the same fate.

I told T.J. about how my parents stopped believing the lies. And how they stopped caring. About how my father refused to look at me because he was too disappointed. About how my mother cried every night, wondering what she had done wrong.

I told her about my diary. And how I wrote everything in it. I told her about the day my mother found the diary - and called the police on Jacob.

Which led me to the story about the day where Jake came to my house and beat me up so bad that I couldn't see - and the three days after which were spent in the hospital.

The story where we all got sent to court was also told. And how my parents forced a restraining order against Jake. How he refused to listen , and he'd see me anyways. And when my parents found out that I was still seeing him, they sent the police to get me.

I told T.J. about the night where the police dragged me home from the club. About how Jacob didn't help me - he just left me to fend for myself. How my parents didn't even talk to me. And how I woke up to the chaos of two characters handcuffing me and bringing me to this camp.

We both were crying by the end of it. T.J. did the only thing she thought she could do - she felt bad for me.

"I'm sorry" she mouthed before turning over to fall asleep.

I lay in the silence then - thinking about my life and how I could have changed it.

I should have said no! I thought. I should have never loved him. I wish I could take everything back - and restart.

And with that, I folded my hands together , and prayed (for the first time in years) to anyone who would listen.

" Please." I whispered. " Help me through this."

I turned over then, and continued the soft whimpers until I fell asleep.