AWoC ch10

A/N: Welcome Back! I hope that you all had great holiday times with your family and loved ones.

I've desperately missed you all! And, I've truly, madly, deeply missed these characters;)

This chapter is NOT beta'd because I failed to realize that I hadn't sent it to my beta until about an hour ago, LOL. So, any mistakes are my own! Sorry AJFM

Much love to my pre-readers/hand-holders Eternally Edward's girl, Grnidgirl and Cutestkidsmom. My life isn't complete without the 3 of you, in any way! I love you so much.

This is another random family member POV…but, it's starts us back up….so, ENJOY!

Alice POV

I knew something was going on with Edward. Something has been brewing and I knew he was drinking more than usual. Even Jasper mentioned it to me, which is something he normal wouldn't do.

However, it's kind of hard not to notice when Edward stumbles loudly up the stairs at all hours of the night. Not that either of our parents notice the noise. Mom is usually too zonked out on whatever pills she's taking for the night and if Dad is home he's sleeping or working in his office. He rarely ever makes it into his actual bedroom anymore.

Emmett has a room on the third floor of the house. His music is turned up loud to drone out the noisy sex that is typically coming from his room. Depending on the flavor of the month, he'll have someone up there 'til all hours of the night.

But, I hear things. I hear Edward on the phone and I see him drawing more often than normal.

And, my fear is that it has to do with Bella Swan. I simply do not understand everyone's fucking obsession with that girl. She's plain, mousy even, and never talks to anyone. Why on earth does it seem that both of my brothers are interested in her?

Emmett is completely obsessed with getting her into his bed. While I would think that's Edward's end game, too, I'm not so sure that's the whole picture in regards to why he's interested.

Edward doesn't fuck around the way that Emmett does. Sure, he gets whatever action he wants, but I know for a fact that he's never had a girl in his room and he's never fucked any of the girls from school.
A sister shouldn't want to know these things, but we have a family reputation to uphold. Regardless of how fucked up Edward is in his behaviors, fucking around isn't his thing. He'll let a few of those skanks suck his dick. But as far as I've found out, he's not slept with any of them.

Emmett on the other hand has put his dick into just about every willing pussy in town, including a few of the ladies our parent's age. He disgusts me, but if that's how he wants to live his life, so be it.

At least he's finally laid off of Jasper, somewhat.

I don't wish ill will on any of my family, but I seriously cannot wait to get the fuck away from all of them. Jasper and I have plans to move to New York after I graduate in two more years. He's got a band in town that plays around the area and he agreed to wait for me to graduate before moving away. That way we can be together.

I'm going to be a freelance designer and he's going to be in the music industry. He's got an uncle in the music business willing to help him out while I'm in school at the Fashion Institute. It's all been planned out, barring some major catastrophe.

This Bella Swan thing is started to become a major source of contention for me and its driving Jasper crazy, too. He's tired of me constantly nagging him about her and how she acts around him.

I saw the way she looked at him that first day of school and I'm no dummy. Jasper is the hottest piece of ass on campus, besides my brothers. I had to literally beat Lauren's ass to keep her away from Jasper. Of course that didn't fare well with my parents because I got suspended from school for three days.

But, I didn't care. Jasper was mine, and had been since the moment I laid eyes on him.

Neither of my brothers particularly liked Jasper, but I felt it was just because I was their baby sister. Therefore, neither of them had taken the time to actually get to know him.

He loved sports just as much as Emmett did and he had music in common with Edward, not that either of them would know that about him. They simply overlooked what I loved about him.

I lay in bed and watched Jasper sleeping. I didn't know how I could make it without him, most days. He held me when I cried because my parents were fighting again or simply when something bad happened to upset me. He made me smile with his sweet words and soft touches. He promised to be by my side for the rest of my life once we left Forks.

And, I believed him.

I heard Edward in the hall, but I couldn't tell if he was coming or going. He was talking to himself or someone, rather loudly. So, I crawled out of bed and slightly opened my door.

There he was with that bitch, Bella Swan.

He had brought her here, to our house, to his bedroom.

Fuck.

This was definitely worse than I had imagined and I had to figure out a way to put a stop to it.

Now.

I stood at my door and listened as they went into his room, and it got quiet. Then a short time later, they left.

What the fuck was he doing? He never brought girls home, especially ones like Bella Swan.

I had to figure this out and I had to set him off. It would be hell for a few days but so worth it to get that bitch out of our lives. I didn't know what her angle was and that scared me.

So, the next morning as we all sat around the breakfast table, I knew I had my chance.

Dad was reading the paper, Mom was looking over some magazine while Edward and Emmett were both engrossed in their meals.

"So, Edward, how long have you been dating the Police Chief's daughter?" I announced to the table.

All the eyes at the table glanced over to my brother who was shooting daggers at me with his own eyes.

And you could hear a pin drop in that room as we all waited for his response.

A/n: OOHHH Alice is up to NO GOOD! I will tell all of you now, in writing, there are some characters that are redeemable and some that aren't. I don't want to give anything away but if you are an Alice lover please don't hate on me for who she is. This is simply who the character in THIS fic turned out to be. I write her as she tells me too. Plain and Simple.

Now…a word to the wise the next couple of chapters are my absolute favorite chapters in this fic so far. I've sat an re-read this entire fic from start to ch30 (that's as far as I've written)….and I'm so enamored with the dynamics of them all. I hope that you are too.

REC's:

You all SIMPLY MUST READ: Barefoot in Texas by planetblue. I sat and read all 17 ch's yesterday and absolutely FELL IN LOVE with these characters and this author. Edward has no ownership of his life, having been groomed by his parents for a specific role in life…and then he meets Bella. It's such a beautifully written tale of figuring out life…and the romantic lemon moments between these 2 are simply SWOON-TASTIC (yes, it's my new word). READ IT!

Roughneck by Helloella – she is the author of Nobody's Little Girl and she's written a new fic about good old West Texas (where I live). It's a great fic, only a few ch's in and has soo much promise already!

Under My Skin by missjude – it's her first fic and written in her 2nd language. I'm very proud of her for taking the leap and I'm quite enjoying this fun tale, so far! A tattoo'd Edward and a bit of a scattered Bella….with a lot of chemistry. Check it out.

See you all tomorrow with the Uncertain update;)

Love,

Kyla