Uh, hey. Here is chapter 9. Hope you like it!
CH9
I leave Rosalie sitting next to Emmett, who is surprisingly quiet and is glancing at me every so often. Whatever Alice has on him must be pretty damn good. I wink at him and head up the stairs to continue what was rudely interrupted earlier.
I continue down the hall until I reach the door that opens up to Alice's room. When I open the door the smile that had pulling at my lips disappears. Where is she? I walk in slowly.
"Alice? Huh, I wonder whe—" I am cut off when something slams itself against my back. We hit the ground, why must they hurt me, and I can't prevent the grunt that escapes… it didn't hurt, it was a grunt of surprise, I swear. I turn over and see Alice on the ground laughing. I sit up and glare at her. She notices my glare and stops.
"What the hell, Alice? Is that a customary thing you guys do, land on new family members?" I ask but she continues to laugh.
"No, only the hot ones." She says smirking at me, I go to respond when her words' meaning hits me. I blush and look away. "Aw, come on, Bella. I wanted to surprise you." I snort at her words, but I can't help the smile tugging at my lips. She giggles one more time before sitting up and scooting to sit next to me.
"What did Rosalie want to talk about?" She asks but I can see that she is trying to hold back a smile.
"What are you smiling about?" She just smiles knowingly at me and shakes her head.
"I asked you first." I sigh and lean against the bed.
"She wanted to know if I was hiding anything from you guys." I say picking at my nails.
"Are you?" She asks and I can hear the hurt in her voice. I shake my head.
"No. Not really." I sigh. "It isn't really anything that is too important." I lie through my teeth, if I were to be honest, my imprinting on Alice is the most important thing to me. "There are some concerns that I didn't share, but…"
"What are they? I want to know, Bella. I'll always want to know." I sigh again at the concern and kindness in her tone. I pull my knees up to my chest and wrap my arms around them.
"I'm not confident we can win if we start to fight. I had originally thought that there were seven werewolves… but I have a bad feeling that there might be more. I am thinking now around ten, maybe more. I don't like those odds, Alice. Even if it is ten, it is eight against ten." I pause and take a shaky breath. "I'm scared. I'm scared because I don't want anyone to get hurt, not because of me." I say leaning my head against my arms. A cold arm wraps itself around my shoulders and another takes my right hand in its own.
"Bella, I promise that we will all be fine. We can take care of ourselves, and we have you here now. Ten shouldn't be a problem." She says and I look up to see a reassuring smile on her face.
"I don't know Alice. I will be distracted trying to make sure everyone is alright. We can do ten, but if there are more, I don't know how it will turn out." I say leaning heavily into her embrace. I don't know what I would do if I lost any of them. My first real family and they are going, essentially, to war because of me. This has been plaguing me since I first encountered Sam's pack. Training with Samantha did help, but I am a fool if I believe that that is going to win it all.
"Bella, look at me." She grabs my chin and locks her gaze with mine. "No one will die, we might get hurt a little but I promise that we won't die. If there are more, we have friends in Alaska that would be willing to help." I stare deeply into her eyes and see that she believes her own words, a fierce determination is lighting them and it makes me feel better. I exhale deeply and a weight that was on my shoulder seems to have lessened. I smile weakly at her.
"You are really good at making someone feel better."
"It is because I am, naturally, a very happy, bubbly person."
"I am very grateful. I want you to know that." I whisper and lean closer to her, so that only a few meager inches is the only thing separating us.
"You're welcome. I'm always happy to help." She breathes and glances down at my lips quickly before looking me in the eyes again. I reach up and cup her jaw, running my thumb over cheekbone.
"I missed you, Alice. I know I had only known you for a day, but it feels like forever." I say moving even closer.
"I feel the same way." She barely even whispers before she closes the distance.
I am wondering how many people are going to hate me for making it short and cutting it off there. Please don't. I promise that I will update it. Anyway, I hope you liked it. Thanks for all the favorites and reviews and alerts.
-Cass
