Lisa started checking my back, and asking a few questions. I told her that I was a senior and she told me her sister was a teacher.

"She teaches biology actually. You don't do gym, do you?"

"No. There are a few people in the class who think I'm a freak, so it's better that I don't."

She sighed, and I winced. She apologised, and told me to take it easy.

"Have you been taking anything for this?"

I nodded, and she told me that heat patches would be better.

"Plus, you won't say or do anything you'll need to explain later. Like my sister when she's drunk."

I was glad she couldn't see my face when she said that. This isn't something that you want to hear from your girlfriends sister.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's OK. People do stupid stuff when they're drunk."

My voice sounded a little strained, but she assumed it was because I was in pain.

"Still, people shouldn't tease you for being different."

"I'm used to it by now. One of the guys who started to tease me is now scared of my brother. He said something about me when I wasn't around and my brother broke his nose."

That made her laugh.

"Is he older than you?"

I shook my head, laughing.

"My brother and sister are twins. They're actually a year younger than me, but they're still seniors. Emmett is about 6'2. He punched him and Brady is now afraid of him."

"Good. My sister mentioned having a disabled student actually. She hates people being treated badly because they're different."

This I knew, it was pretty clear. She's the only one that I didn't need to explain my condition to.

"Well, I'm used to it by now."

She finished up and I looked up at her.

"Take it easy, lots of rest and no more of that medication. Less you'll have to explain later. Not that easy when you don't actually remember."

"Yeah, I know."

"You've done or said something you shouldn't have, haven't you?"

"Yeah. Long embarrassing story."

"I wouldn't ask. My sister has done stuff when she's drunk too. She was staying with me when she had split up from her ex in college. God, her ex, Kate was a bitch. Controlling, manipulative bitch. Oh my God! I shouldn't have said that!"

I shook my head, trying to keep calm. I really didn't need to be hearing this from her sister. I noticed a photo of her, Bella and Brandon.

"That's my sister and my son. He's only one in that, he's four now. He loves his aunt Bella. Every time she tried to study, he dragged her away to play."

This I knew from the way she talked about him. She seemed pretty talkative, and I just let her talk.

"That's cute. Do you get to see her much?"

"No. She went through a bad breakup with Kate and stayed with me for a while, before she moved for work. Which reminds me, I need to call her. Things were a little awkward when she moved out."

I was curious about that, but she didn't seem to want to say anything about it. She told me to take it easy and we left.

By Friday, I hadn't actually managed to tell Bella about Lisa. She had asked me to come over on Saturday, and I decided to tell her then.

I knocked on the door, and heard barking. I smiled, and when Bella opened the door, Jake decided to jump on my lap.

"Jake!"

I shook my head, and asked Bella to take him, I didn't want to run over his paws. I moved to the couch, and Bella put Jake down. He looked at my chair, and jumped up on the seat. Bella looked at him, and I knew she was going to move him.

"It's fine, Bella. He wont do anything to it."

She nodded, and sat next to me. I moved a little closer, and she wrapped her arms around me, kissing me. She started rubbing my back, and stopped, obviously thinking she was hurting me.

"Don't. That feels good."

She started rubbing my back, and when she reached my scar, she hesitated before continuing. I shivered, but she didn't stop.

"I just don't want to hurt you. Is it any better? You said the physio told you no more medication."

"Yeah, the heat patches are helping. Actually I need to talk to you about that."

She looked down at me, and I grabbed her hand.

"What is it, pixie?"

I took a deep breath, and looked up at her. She looked concerned, obviously thinking something was wrong.

"Well... It's about my physio. She's... It's Lisa."

Bella blushed, burying her face in my shoulder. She said something but it was muffled.

"Wanna try that again?"

She lifted her head, looking at me.

"Please tell me she didn't tell you anything embarrassing?"

I looked down at my hands and she groaned.

"Well, she may have mentioned, what was it she said? Your 'controlling manipulative bitch of an ex, Kate.'"

Bella got annoyed, as I spoke.

"Yeah. That was in college. It didn't end well. She didn't tell you what happened when I got drunk did she?"

"She does said you do stuff you shouldn't when you're drunk. But, a lot of people do when they're drunk. I mean, I can't drunk with the epilepsy. But, I've seen my brother and sister drunk. That was... That was, well hilarious."

Well, Rose thought it was. Long story, but Emmett sat on me. My mom freaked out, but he didn't actually hurt me.

"You can tell me about that later. No, she was talking about something that happened when we'd broken up. I was staying with her, and Brandon was staying with our parents. Well, my mom lives in Florida, but my dad... Well, you heard of Charlie Swan?"

Great, I'm dating the Chiefs daughter.

"Yeah, I have."

"Well, that's my dad. I know yours from a little accident. I fell over Jake and hurt my shoulder. Anyway, I was staying with Lisa, we got drunk and she went to bed. I was in my room, and Kate knocked on the door. I don't really remember much after that. But, Lisa walked out into her living room and saw something she never wanted to see."

I knew exactly what she meant, and blushed. She groaned, looking away.

"I'm going to kill Lisa, slowly and painfully."

"Don't. It's Kate I'm angry at. She knew you were drunk, and shouldn't have done what she did. She told me about how much Brandon loves his Aunt Bella too."

That made her smile, and I pulled her into a hug.

"I care about you, and I don't like talking about her."

I sat back, but kept my arms around her waist. She relaxed a little, and lay her head on my shoulder. I kissed the top of her head, and she lay her hand over mine on her waist.

"I know, but like I said, I'm just annoyed that she treated you that way. She took advantage of you."

"I'll tell you more about her another time, pixie."

"OK, Cuddle-Bunny."

That made her laugh, and I felt better knowing I'd made her feel a little better. The idea that someone would do that when someone was drunk annoyed me.

Jake whined and we looked at him. He seemed pretty comfortable sitting on my chair, and looked up at us. He curled up and fell asleep a few minutes later.

"Are you sure he's OK sitting there?"

"He's fine. What about you? How are you feeling?"

She sat up and looked at me.

"Annoyed that Lisa mentioned that, but she's always been talkative. I didn't want to talk about that with you just yet."

"Bella, I'm more upset that someone could treat someone as amazing as you like that. You're one of... 5 people I can get close to. I don't like getting close to people. I don't freak out when you touch my back, I find it relaxing. I didn't have to explain anything to you, you just accept how I feel and don't question it. You'll never know how much that means to me, Bella."

I kissed her, and leaned against her. She wrapped her arms around me, leaning back.

"Alice, I know you find it hard to let people close to you. But, that's understandable. I thought it would take a lot longer to be able to get this close to you, but I don't care. I thought you'd get upset when I touched your scar. I'm not sure why I did, but I did. I know you were surprised, but you accepted it. I know about this because of Lucas, but everyone is different. I'm sure there are things that work for him and he feels comfortable with, that you aren't. But, we'll figure that out together."

I thought about when she touched my back, I was surprised, but I wasn't upset. I knew she wouldn't hurt me.

"Bella, I know you'd never hurt me, that's why I didn't get upset. You're right, we'll figure it out together."

She kissed me, and I lay my head on her shoulder. This may not be legal, but no one needs to know about this until I graduate. After that? Well, people wont be happy. But, we'll figure it out together.

Sorry this took longer than usual, I had a few issues with my laptop.