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sexyoutlaw: yea, I'm kinda liking the idea of it. I have an idea of how I can roll with it...but I need to do some research first. Don't worry, when she finds out, he'll get what he deserves.

Crusifikz70 : I am taking the story that far, but I honestly haven't thought about that detail yet.

Avarenda : No he doesn't. I have him not canon..so maybe that's why he's not as perceptive? Or maybe he can tell there's something wrong but is waiting for Bella to tell him first. Ha, I know. He'll get what's coming to him eventually.

UltimateSk8erXD : That's awesome! :D Yep, she'll find out. She won't be happy, but she'll find out in a while.

jlyric: Ugh, I know. I like fluffy things more, maybe since I have a fluff deficiency at the moment, and I have enough angst in my own life, why would I want to read more of it? Ha, funny you should mention that Bella needs some BF time, cause that's what this chapter's about! I guess great minds think alike, eh? :]

Thanks for the reviews and the positive response to my writing and ideas! It really makes my day :] Btw, even though I've been taking German for almost a year, I suck ass at it. So, if anything's wrong, don't hold it against me.


I woke up to the rain gently thumping against my window. I tried to move, but my arms were stuck...I opened my eyes and grinned. Alice was tangled up with me, looking rather...disheveled. Her spiky hair was sticking up in random places, and her bottom lip looked overly red.

I yawned, "Morning."

"Morning. Did you, uh, know that you move a lot in your sleep?"

"Um, no I didn't." I assessed our body position. My good hand was wrapped around her lower back, almost cupping her ass, and my left leg was bent up pushing on that sweet spot in between her legs. Ah, no wonder she looks so...wound up.

I smirked, making sure to take a looong stretch. I heard her take in a sharp breath.

"You are sooo going to pay for this." The last part of that sentence was raspy. Heh.

"That's fine with me, as long as you're the one punishing me." I felt her chest begin to vibrate as she bit her lip. So that's why her lip looks like she's been biting it all night...because she was.

I chuckled and detached myself from her. "As much as I love teasing you, which is a lot, I don't think this is fair." I got up out of bed, feeling awesome, and raised my arms in a stretch. A cool hand ran along a strip of skin showing in between my shirt and shorts. My stomach did a somersault as her nimble fingers began tracing circles at the spot just below my bellybutton.

She got up, pushing the front of her body flush against by back, her mouth whispering right behind my ear, "You forget who the master of teasing is." Her hand left my belly, leaving me cold without her touch. And not the good Alice induced cold either. I pouted as she gave me a smirk.

"Jerk."

My phone went off. There could be only one person to disturb me in the morning...

Alice grabbed my phone before I could reach it. "What song is your ring tone?"

"Uh..'Violence is all the Rage' by Schoolyard Heroes...why?"

She raised a perfect brow, "Well, now that you're dating a vampire, don't you think it's a little rude to listen to something that calls me a 'demon in the flesh'?"

Oh. Oops. I sheepishly smiled, "Sorry, babe. I never thought of it that way, I'll change it."

"It's fine. I kind of like the song, I'm just sayin'...we're not all evil!" Her lips slightly turned upside down. I walked over and kissed her frown away.

"I know that, but everyone else doesn't."

With a sigh she handed over my phone, "Well, you're the only one that matters so I guess that's okay."

I kissed the tip of her nose before answering the phone. "'Ello?"

"God, it's about time you answered." Alice moved closer to me, mumbling sweet nothings into my ear.

"Uh, I was busy."

"Ooh, busy doing who?" Now her sweet words were becoming more...seductive.

I coughed, "Don't you mean 'busy doing.. what'?"

"No." I rolled my eyes.

"What's up, Lena?" Alice's cool breath tickling my ear made me shiver.

"Well, I'm fucking cold, that's what's up." Uh..what?

The mischievous little pixie raked her fingers up and down my stomach, again. Her fingertips pushing my shirt up, going higher..and higher.. Oh, god this is too fucking distracting. "W-why are you cold? You're in L.A., the coldest it gets in the winter is like..55 degrees."

"If I was in L.A. then I wouldn't be cold now would I?"

Now she had my attention. "Where exactly are you?"

"I'm in Seattle bitch! Now come pick me up, I'm freezing my non-existent balls off!"

...

Alice offered to pick her up, and even though I said she didn't have enough room in her car (that she didn't have with her), she still 'ran' home to borrow one.

She came back to pick me up just as I finished putting on a fresh pair of clothes. Damn, it only took her 10 minutes to get here? How fast was she going?

Instead of a vibrant yellow Porsche, a metallic silver Volvo stopped in front of my house. Was it her? It couldn't be, this car is too average to be one of the Cullens. She rolled down the passenger window and waved me to get in.

"Who's car is this? It's kind of..."

"Lame? Yea, I know. It's Edward's car. I thought if I borrowed an ordinary car I wouldn't speed as much. I don't want to scare your best friend away."

"Ha, I doubt you could scare her away. She's not your average human."

"Like you?" She revved the engine and took off. So much for not speeding.

"I guess. Maybe that's why we're such good friends, we're both too weird to be afraid of things that would kill us."

She got onto the freeway, zooming in and out of traffic. "You've kind of grown on me, so I'd feel a little guilty if I killed you." You're already killing me with all this sexual tension.

"Well that's good to know." We pulled off the freeway and headed down towards where Lena said she thought she was at.

Even though it was raining and everyone had either a hood or an umbrella over their faces I could find Lena immediately. It was actually quite easy to find her, since unlike everyone else, she wasn't covering herself from the rain at all. Her black half mohawked hair looked longer now as it was wet, sticking to her face. Her grey hoodie was soaked, as well as her tight black jeans. Someone obviously wasn't ready for the rain.

Alice stopped the car as I jumped out, attacking her from behind.

"Ah! I can't believe you're here!" She turned around and met me in a tight hug.

"Well, it's almost Christmas, so I thought I'd give you the best gift of all..me!" I rolled my eyes. I think I'm going to be doing that a lot today.

"Psh, alright. Get in the car before I decide to leave you." I nudged her into the Volvo, taking her bag and placing it into the popped trunk.

I got back into the passenger seat, Lena sitting in the back. She extended her hand to the driver.

"You must be the infamous Alice." They shook hands, while the car was speeding in motion. Just as I thought, Lena didn't even notice/care.

Alice smirked, "That would be me. It's nice to finally meet you, Alena. Bella talks about you so much that, I have to admit, I'd get a little jealous at times."

"Ha, just Lena, please. And don't worry, there's nothing to worry about here. The way Bella talks about you, which is all the damn time, I can safely say she's fucking whipped."

"Gah, Lena! Shut up!" I squealed out. That's right, squealed. What the hell is it that whenever you're with your best friend you become the biggest dork in the world?

They both giggled at me. Oh, great I can see how this day is gonna go.

Lena laughed at my reaction, "Du leugnen keine auch es!"

"Das ist weil sie ist." Did I just hear what I think I heard?

"Woah, woah, woah. You know German?" My eyes were probably bigger than my face.

"Of course." Oh, of course. Right, cause everyone knows German. "I know German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and I'm learning Dutch."

Holy crap. I felt my cheeks raise, pinching my eyes in a grin. That's so awesome.

I wonder what else she knows...She said last night that she was turned in 1882...that's..129 years! She must have some crazy ass stories to tell. Kind of like when you get older and start talking to your parents and grandparents, and they tell you of how they smoked this and popped that with so and so, or went here and fucked this many people at once. Right? No? Is that just my family?

"No way!" Lena's face broke into a huge smile, "That's crazy! You must a lot of free time."

Alice laughed, "Yea, it's almost like I've had a lifetime to learn all of it." Yea, more like two.

"So, if you know all those, why not learn like...Japanese, or Thai?" Lena asked.

"Well, most of my...extended family lives throughout Europe, so it was only natural for my family and I to be able to talk with them. I would like to learn more Asian languages though, I always hate traveling and not being able to communicate."

I felt like Lena was being mesmerized, her eyes were glazed over as all of her attention was on Alice. "Yea...that's so cool."

I snapped my fingers in front of her face, "Hey hey, get your own girlfriend." She gave me a sheepish smile.

"Sorry, B, but your girlfriend is quite a looker. You know I give my appreciation when it's needed." Lena and Alice starting talking about something in German, I couldn't keep up with how fast they were speaking. I don't even know how a native speaker could understand that gibberish.

The car stopped in front of some hole in the wall café.

"What are we doing here?" We all got out of the car.

Alice teased me, "Weren't you paying attention to what we were saying? They didn't feed her on the plane so we're getting something to eat."

"Oh we are?"

She leaned in to whisper, "You are getting something to eat." She kissed my cheek, "I just forgot, I need to make a quick phone call. Why don't you two get started without me?" She gave us both a smile before taking out her phone and walking down the street.

"Shall we?" I offered Lena my arm and she took it, grinning.

"As long as you're paying."

...

We sat down in the back corner of the café, near the heater, so Lena could get dry. How do you forget to pack a raincoat when you know you're going to Seattle?

"You're an idiot."

"I've only been here for maybe 30 minutes and I've already done something wrong?"

"You're gonna get sick, why didn't you wear a raincoat or even your hood?"

"Meh, I didn't feel like it." She shook it off, yawning as the waitress came to take our order.

I had a feeling Alice's phone call was just a ploy to get us to have some bonding time, so I started in with what I've been wanting to talk her about for a while.

"So, what do you think about her?"

"Well," Lena pulled off her wet hoodie and shook her hair out, getting drops of water on the table. How attractive. "From the 20 minutes I've spent with her I have to say, she seems great."

"Yea...you know, she's the first one that I feel...comfortable with. The first one that I've actually thought of being with longer than a couple months."

The waitress came back, setting down our coffee. She made sure to wink at Lena before turning back around. Hmmm.

"Well that's something I've never heard you say before. Do you feel comfortable enough to tell her everything that's happened to you?" She took a long sip of her steaming cup.

I didn't even hesitate. "Yea."

She nodded, "If I remember correctly, you didn't even tell Melissa about it did you?" Melissa was my ex-girlfriend. She was someone I met in a class of mine when I moved to SoCal, and she offered to show me around town. She showed me a lot more than that. We were together for about seven months, and they were good times. Did I love her? No. But she was what I needed at that time, someone to just...forget about things with. I liked that she didn't know much about my past, it made me feel like it didn't happen, that she liked me for me, not for feeling sorry for me.

"Mm, yea, I never told her."

"Eh, she wasn't that special, I wouldn't have told her either."

I poured some sugar into my black coffee, "What do you mean she wasn't special? She was alright."

"Yea, that's just it. She was just 'alright'. Nothing, special, nothing to be remembered by. She wasn't the one that could make you grin like an idiot even when you had no idea what she was saying to you." I smiled at the memory of what happened only a few minutes ago. On the way here Alice began to speak to me in all the languages she knew, leaving me just sitting there, as Lena said, like a grinning idiot.

"Hmm...you're right." The waitress came back with some muffins Lena ordered, spending some extra time placing them down. Lena tore into them before they hit the table.

"Of course I'm right. I'm your best friend. I know things about you before you even know. Just like how I can tell you've fallen for Alice before you have even thought of it."

I almost spit out my coffee. "What?" I felt my face get hot. Me? Fallen..in..in love? I mean, after the conversation Alice and I had last night about soul mates, love was kind of the huge underlined detail. But like I said last night, I was still having trouble with this...I couldn't understand why someone, how someone, as amazing as Alice...could feel that way for me, someone's who damaged goods, defective..

"I can tell when you've changed. And you have, for the better. You're not all broody, and ugh, emo. I know you still carry that with you, but you're growing to believe that you're not some dirty whore that you, for some reason, think you are. You're an amazing person and you deserve to be happy. I can tell that Alice is the reason for you to start to realize this...and I'm grateful to her..Lord knows you're too thick headed to believe what's right in front of you."

I thought about this as we both finished our coffee. It's strange to have someone else, someone that's not in the picture all the time, just a 3rd party, tell you everything that you've been feeling, or have thought of.

She's right. I am feeling happy. And even though I still...blame myself for things that have happened, I'm getting over it. And not just getting over it in the sense that I've forgotten about it. But in the sense that I'm growing...and dealing with it.

"You're right. God, why are you always right?"

"Because I'm Lena." Insert eye roll here.

"Since we're on the subject of me being happy...I've decided to start the other treatment."

"You mean the illegal one?" I told Lena all about my doctor's visits, including the fact that my doctor was Alice's father. She thought it was weird too, but thought that since we were so close, he'd make sure to take extra care of me.

"Yea. I don't really know what it entails...but the last time I was able to see Carlisle alone, I told him I wanted to try it. So, I haven't been having blood transfusions recently." I spoke to Carlisle the last time I was hanging out at the Cullen's house. He hasn't told me just what this different treatment is...but...since everything else is weird and not as expected...I'm pretty sure it has something to do with them...

Lena finished her muffin and sat back into her chair. "You do look a little pale and even..kind of bruised...have you been feeling alright? Is that why your hand is broken, you're too fragile now or something?"

Ah, so she saw my hand. I was waiting for when she'd bring it up. "Eh..Well, I am feeling more tired than usual.. but I hurt my hand a different way.."

"And how's that?"

"Three vampires attacked me at the park."

She rolled her eyes, "Fine. Don't tell me the real reason," I just did, "but whatever as long as this new treatment keeps you alive and kickin' I'm for it. Since your doctor is your girlfriend's dad I'm sure he won't kill you."

An invigorating scent caught my nose. I turned my head and watched as Alice strolled up to our table. "Sorry that took so long, my sister can go on and on if you don't stop her."

"Aw, we just finished. Did you want to order something?" Lena asked.

"Oh, no it's fine. My mother's planning a huge dinner tonight, so I'll be good." We both got up, and left our money on the table.

"Ooh, a big dinner huh? What's your mom cooking?" The three of us left and began to walk towards the car. Alice's hand finding my own without any trouble.

She pretended to think about it, "I think deer."

"Deer? I haven't heard that one before. Deer sounds a lot better than what Bella eats."

I frowned, "What's wrong with my food?"

"It tastes like mulch."

"Like you would know what mulch tastes like...Not all vegan food tastes bland. You have to know how to work with it, with spices and stuff like that."

"I'm just saying, whatever you made me eat last time was disgusting." What did I make her eat? Oh, ha. I remember.

"Well, yea, you ate raw kale. Even I don't like kale."

"Why would you feed me something that you don't even like?" We stopped in front of the car, getting in quickly just as the rain began to fall harder.

"Because if I gave you something you actually liked, you'd mooch off of me even more! Healthy and organic food is fucking expensive! I wasn't gonna let you eat all my food..."

"Oh now after you leave me all alone, the truth comes out!" Lena pretended to wipe away a stray tear from her eye. I rolled my eyes..again.

...

Alice dropped us off at my house, she stayed for a while, finally meeting my mother. That was interesting. Hey, mom, this is my best friend, that you've never met, who will be staying with us for a few days, and oh yea, this is my girlfriend.

I was actually quite surprised at how well my mom was taking it. I think Alice had something to do with it. She was just so damn charming. I swear after only meeting her once I think my mom likes her more than me.

Even though I didn't want her to leave, Alice said she'd be back tomorrow to take us around town for some fun and...shopping. I wasn't too thrilled, but they were both overly excited so I guess I'll deal with it.

"So, this is your room. I like it...it's very..chill." Lena walked into my room, flopping down onto my bed, like she'd been here millions of times.

I sat down next to her, getting comfy. "Hey, did you notice the waitress at the café checking you out?"

"Oh, she was? I didn't notice."

"You tend to not notice a lot of things."

"I only notice things that interest me."

"She didn't interest you?"

"Eh, she's not my type." I don't really know what Lena's deal is...we've been friends for a while now, and yet I still don't know what her 'type' is. I've been trying to figure it out forever, but I think that she doesn't even know.

"And what exactly is your type? You were dating that one guy with that epic beard for a while, then you were dating some really hippie chick, shit, even we dated for like a week."

"Ugh, don't remind me. I don't know how Alice deals with your whining. I'm surprised she hasn't smacked you every time you roll your eyes, I know I want to." I hit her arm.

"Hey! I've had to deal with both of you today teasing me, give me a break!"

"Alright, I will. Only because we'll be teasing you all day tomorrow too." I held back an eye roll. I want to do it so bad...but I do it without even realizing it! That's bad right?

I heard the familiar sound of thumping as my dog ran into my room, completely forgetting about me and heading straight for Lena. Luka jumped up on to the bed, right at her side and licked her cheek.

"Aw, and who's this cutie?" Lena sat up and began to rub Luka's fur, making my dog close her eyes in content.

"This is Luka, my faithful companion."

"Heehee, she's cute. How old is she?"

"Uhh...I think around three years old?"

"You think?" She kept rubbing the fur on her chest, making Luka roll over on to her back, silently asking for her tummy to be rubbed.

"Well, I remember it was my junior year in high school and some friends and I went camping near Mount Baker, and one night we heard something scratching at our tent...Everyone was too chicken shit to check it out, so I went out to look. And there was this cute little puppy just hanging around. Without even calling for her, she came up to me and just rested her head down on my shoe. After one look into her big eyes, I took her home with me."

"And you left her for two years alone?"

I sighed, "Yea...I did. I feel really bad for leaving her...but I couldn't afford to take her with me." I also began to rub her tummy, "I feel even worse since she hasn't even been upset with me, she's even protected me..." Luka was the one to notice there was something watching us at the park, and she not only defended me from James, but also from having to deal with Jake's bullshit. It's like she knew what was going on...

"You protected her all by yourself? You are tough looking, you look like you could take down a bear!" My dog licked her hand in a reply.

Lena pulled my dog into a hug, "You let me know if lame Bella here tries to leave you again, I'll take care of you. You'd like that wouldn't you?" If it was possible, just for a second, I thought I saw my dog smile.