A/N: Okay, so this chapter is kinda short. Thanks for reading so far. I appreciate it. Although I would love a little more feedback.

Anyway, quickly, here are a few more recomendations for you:

Not Meant to Be Broken by IWantAWerewolfForMyself

and

Its Only His Baby by Juliamine.

Both great stories and very well written. Check them out.

You said, "Oh girl, its a cold world

When you keep it all to yourself."

Said "You can't hide on the inside

All the pain you've ever felt."

-Shadows of the Night by Pat Benatar-

Bella and Alice arrived back at the Cullen's just after they'd finished dinner.

"I'm sorry, girls," Esme apologized. "I assumed you'd be eating out."

"Oh, yes, Mrs. Cullen. We did," Alice assured her.

"Um, where's Jasper?" Bella asked.

"Catching up with old friends according to Edward," Esme told her.

"Oh, okay."

"Come on, Bella. Let's find Edward and watch a movie," Alice said grabbing Bella's hand and leading her from the room.

"Have fun girls," Esme called after them.

Bella had thought that Jasper and Edward would be spending time together. She was a bit hurt that Jasper hadn't at least called her to tell her he was going out. She had wanted to talk about earlier.

"Hey Edward!" Alice called cheerily as she bounded into the living room.

"Hey Alice. Bella."

"Wanna watch a movie?" Alice asked collapsing on the couch next to Edward.

Bella awkwardly took a seat on the floor in front of the loveseat.

"Sure, what'd you have in mind?"
Edward and Alice debated movie choices and Bella pulled out her cell to send Jasper a text message.

"Hey baby. Where r u? I miss u. Waned to talk. – B"

She hit send and then put the phone back in her pocket to wait for his reply. She looked up to see Edward staring at her.

"He went out with his friend James."

Bella picked up on the disgust in his voice.

"It's not uncommon for Jasper to be out all night with him."

"Oh." Jasper had to come home tonight. She'd never be able to sleep without him. Before she met Jasper she suffered from horrible nightmares. Only these nightmares weren't just simply bad dreams. She was reliving her past in her sleep. She'd frequently woken herself up crying and screaming. She'd been so nervous about staying the night with Jasper the first time for that reason. But with him by her side the nightmares became bearable. They weren't gone by any means, but they were less vivid. She didn't scream out in her sleep and she barely even talked anymore.

Bella was terrified that if Jasper was not by her side tonight the nightmares would come back full force.

"Bella, are you alright?" Alice asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she said collecting herself.

"We're gonna watch some zombie movie. Is that okay?"

"Sure," Bella agreed.

"I'm gonna go make some popcorn," Edward said getting up and leaving the room.

"Edward doesn't like this James guy," Alice said as soon as he was gone.

"I gathered that," Bella said.

"I don't blame him."

Bella was surprised. "You know him?"

"No, but I can feel his aura her in the room."

Bella looked at her like she'd lost her mind.

"What?" Alice asked innocently. "One thing you'll learn about me it that I'm almost never wrong."

Bella bit her lip and nodded slowly trying not to laugh.

"Isabella Swan, you will not laugh at me!" Alice scolded.

"I'm sorry," she apologized.

"Oh!" Alice said suddenly. "There was something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Okay, sure."

"Your eating disorder."

"My wh…what?" Bella stuttered as she turned bright red.

"How did it start? You're not fat."

"I don't have an eating disorder, Alice," Bella denied.

Alice took a deep breath and exhaled as she closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. "You'll never get over your problems if you don't talk about them."

"I don't have any problems."

"Right and Edward doesn't have great sex hair."

Bella giggled a little despite herself. "Alice, I don't have an eating disorder…anymore."

"Anymore? Then how come you hardly at all day?"
"Well, yeah. I still struggle with it sometimes." Mostly when I feel like things are out of my control. Its something I can control. But most of the time I'm alright."

"So, it's still an issue?"

"Very rarely," Bella said as Edward come back into the room. She let out a sigh of relief. Alice looked as if she still had more to say.

"Very rarely what?" Edward asked.

"Girl talk," Alice answered promptly grabbing a handful of popcorn.

Bella followed suit hoping to convince Alice. She hadn't lied. She only struggled sometimes. When she was feeling particularly stressed. Today was one of those days.

Edward put the DVD on and turned off the lights. Bella laid her head back and spent the next two hours wrapped up inside her own head.

"Where's your sister?" Bella heard Phil ask.

"I don't know where she is. And if I did I wouldn't fucking tell you," Emmett snapped.

Bella smiled. She knew her brother would never rat her out.

"Boy, watch how yer talkin' to me!"

Bella cringed. She hated the sound of Phil's voice.

Emmett laughed a loud, rumbling laugh. "I'm not afraid of you!" he roared. And then his voice turned deadly serious. "But if you touch my sister again, I will kill you."

Bella could feel the tension in the room from her hiding spot on the floor of the pantry. She held her breath as she heard footsteps past the door. She prayed Phil wouldn't find her. It would just make him angrier to know she'd been hiding from him. The footsteps faded into the distance and Bella released her breath and relaxed just a little.

Then she gasped and prepared to scream as the door to the pantry swung open.

Emmett quickly put his hand over her mouth, stifling it. "Shhh. Its me kind. Fucker went out back for a minute. Hurry and you can get to your room.

Bella jumped to her feet. She shot her brother a grateful look and ran up the stairs to her bedroom. She wished she had a lock on her door, but Phil wouldn't allow it and her mother went along with it.

That was an entirely separate issue for Bella. Renee had been a good mother before she met Phil. Bella, Emmett and Renee had survived her father Charlie's death together and done very well on their own. They struggled a bit with money and such, but the love in their family was never short. Having lost Charlie is such a sudden way, they appreciated each other and cherished each other that much more, knowing tomorrow was not promised.

And then Renee met Phil.

At first he seemed wonderful, the answer their prayers. A steady income from a local factory and a daddy figure Renee's teenagers were in need of.

But as soon as the wedding ring was on Renee's finger things changed. Renee's world revolved around pleasing Phil. He could do no wrong. And when he wasn't drinking, Bella agreed. He wasn't bad. But the drinking was becoming a more frequent problem. And Phil was increasingly forceful and violent with Bella.

When Bella tried to tell her mother what was going on Renee wasn't having it. Her exact words were "I've been lonely long enough, Bella. I don't need you ruining my happiness with your lies."

Since Emmett had left for college shortly after the wedding, Bella was on her own. Emmett had been away for a few years, choosing to explore his independence. But he was home now and he'd known immediately something was wrong with his sister. She wasn't the same girl he'd left home three years before. It had taken some time, but he'd finally gotten the truth out of her. And he'd spent the last two weeks protecting her. And Bella was thankful.

She changed into her pajamas glancing nervously at the door every few seconds. And then she crawled into bed pulling the blankets tight around her.

Bella felt her eyelids growing heavy. Usually she would fight sleep as long as possible, but with Emmett around she felt safe. She let her eyes slide closed and prepared to let sleep claim her when suddenly her door flew open with a loud bang.

"Where you been hidin', you lil cock tease?" Phil yelled at her.

"Please! No!" Bella screamed sitting up and inching toward the corner of her bed. She pulled her knees to her chest and began crying.

"Shut up you lil bitch!" he sneered at her. He lumbered over to her and pulled her up by her hair.

"Please! Let me go!" Bella sobbed.

"I like it when ya beg."

Bella cringed.

"I told you if you touched her again I'd kill you!"

Emmett had appeared in Bella's doorway and he was holding Charlie's shotgun. The one Charlie had used on all of his hunting trips. Emmett was aiming right at Phil's head.

"EMMETT! NO!"

A/N: Sort of a little cliffhanger. Reviews make me update faster. They give me a reason to continue writing.