Welcome back to another installment of Probability and Possibility. How many of you are eagerly waiting to see Jacob get neutered? *counts the raised hands* Good. Then enjoy the show!

P.S. I'm currently in between changing Beta's now, so if next week's chapter doesn't come right as scheduled, don't fret.

Chapter Ten

Brilliant. Him again, I thought to myself as I looked up to see the one mongrel I absolutely despised. The giant mutt glared at me menacingly, his fists clenched tightly as he took a step towards me, but I could easily tell he was itching for more.

"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked him, glancing at his feet. I didn't trust him, not by a long shot, and I had a feeling he was waiting for just the right time to charge, as was evident by the way he stood on the balls of his feet.

"What am I doing here? What the hell are you doing here?" His lip curled over his teeth as he snarled. "I thought I made it clear that I don't want you near her, you little pest."

"You don't control me, mongrel!" I hissed, crouching down slightly. I didn't need to see the future to know where this was going to end up, so I might as well prepare for the inevitable. "She's my friend and I can see her if I want to!"

He barked a laugh. "Yeah, right. Friends don't visit a friend's house in the middle of the night. Pervert."

I ignored his jab, concentrating on the task at hand; don't wake Bella up. We were just right outside her house and if he were to become a puppy right here and now, she might hear and wake up.

Of course, that could also help me, but she would see me fighting him and that wasn't a side I wanted her to see.

"You think just 'cause she likes you I won't crush you like the tiny ant you are?" He asked with a growl, taking a step forward.

"I can take you and your three lackeys," I challenged. "Go ahead. Call for back up. Make my day." I knew I shouldn't, but maybe it would give me enough time to push this battle away from Bella's house. I definitely didn't want her to wake up.

Jacob smirked as he took another step closer so that he towered over me. "I don't need back up, leech. I can handle you all by myself."

"Like you could. You can't even handle your girlfriend." Oh yes, I was going to bring in the big guns, but this ass-wipe deserved it. "She's my soul mate, not your imprint."

His face froze for a fraction of a second. "How do you know about that?"

I ignored him and continued on. "If she really did belong to you, why would she kiss me?" I could see the anger flashing through his eyes, so I knew I was getting to him. "Oh, and why would she kiss me a second time, too?"

"You're so going down," he said in a low voice that was guttural, and soon enough a giant russet colored wolf was on top of me.

Maybe I shouldn't have enticed him when he was right in front of me. Not only were his claws digging into my shoulder, but his teeth were inches from my face. I finally understood what humans meant when they thought dogs had bad breath…Jacob's breath was rank.

I brought my feet up to his chest and shoved, kicking him away from me. He landed a few feet away from me before he charged again, but that gave me enough time to get on my feet and run towards the cover of the trees, away from Bella's house.

A growl came from behind me, so I knew he was following closely. Once I was a good distance away from Bella's house I turned around and sent a fist flying in Jacob's direction, landing in his shoulder as his teeth sunk down somewhere in my arm.

Pain came from my arm as I heard a crunching sound, so I gritted my teeth and used my free arm to punch him in the jaw.

He let out a squeal of pain just long enough for me to get my arm out of his grasp, and I quickly jumped into a tree branch as he recovered. Once he came too, he looked up at me with a glare before a devilish smirk crept across his face. He charged the tree, ramming it with the shoulder I didn't punch, and soon enough I heard the roots on the tree breaking.

Taking that as my chance to attack, I dived down onto his back, using my arms to squeeze anything I could. I could hear the bones cracking under my touch, and when I knew they were damaged enough to where he wouldn't hurt me, I jumped off of him and gave him a smug look.

"Told you I could take you on," I said before sending him a wink. It was time to go home, so I turned around to go on my way.

Bad idea. As soon as I turned around I felt his teeth sink into my right shoulder before a terrible screeching sound thundered in the air. The pain soon followed, and I used my free arm to turn around and hit him in the nose. He winced as he took a step back, my right arm in his mouth.

"Bastard," I hissed. I charged him again, only this time when he spit out my arm to attack me, I ducked down and kicked him where the sun doesn't shine. Bob Barker was always saying to spay or neuter your pets; I was just following his orders.

He let out a bark of pain as I ran back behind him, scooping up my arm in the same movement.

Jacob turned around and roared, lifting his paw up to run. Just as he did, however, a flash of black fur attacked Jacob, pinning him to the ground. I was able to get a closer inspection to see that it was a large, larger than Jacob, black wolf.

Another wolf entered the clearing, his eyes as grey as his coat. He glanced at me and nodded, just before he walked over to Jacob. I recognized the grey wolf as Blake, so I figured that the black wolf was Sam.

"Thank you," I said in their direction before running back home, my arm in my other hand. I needed someone else to help me hold it still for awhile, not to mention the fact that the dumb ass broke the treaty by attacking me.

I reached the house within ten minutes, but the bad thing was that it was incredibly quiet.

"Fuck," I muttered under my breath. They were probably all doing their nightly activity.

"Need something?" I heard someone ask, and I turned around just enough to see Rosalie standing in the doorway that I just walked in. "I was on my way home from hunting when I heard you curse. Something wrong?"

I turned around even more to let her see the arm I was holding close to me, and a hiss escaped her mouth. Before she could ask what happened, I decided I would tell her anyway. "Jacob." I knew she would only need me to say the name to understand what I meant.

"That arrogant, jackass of a dog," she muttered, walking closer to me as she grabbed my arm from my hand and walked over to the couch. I followed her and sat down on the left of her, and she quickly moved to hold my arm at the shoulder where it was broken. I bit my lip as my body began healing itself, attaching the arm back to my body using the venom that was in my system. I was suddenly glad I had hunted today, as if it had been awhile since I hunted, the healing process would take longer.

"He was waiting for me when I left Bella's house," I explained, wincing as the pain continued.

Rosalie sighed, glancing at the arm for a brief second before she looked back at me. "Is she really worth all of this?"

I looked at her. Why was she suddenly questioning Bella's worth? I thought she was on my side? "She's my mate; of course she's worth it. Why are you even asking?"

"Because with Jacob involved, this might include the entire pack and the council leaders, which means that, most likely, the treaty will be broken. I hate to be pessimistic, but I don't think we could fight off the wolves without one of us dying."

"Rose," I said, giving her a small smile. "I'll take on the whole pack if I have to. I won't let you all fight for something that's mine."

"How noble of you," Rosalie quipped. "But you forget that we are a family and that we protect everyone no matter what. Even if it means we have to die to do it."

I sighed. "Like it matters. Jacob broke the treaty by attacking me. We are the ones in the right."

Rosalie gave a small laugh. "Don't worry. I'll be sure to tell Esme and Emmett what happened. You can be sure that they'll give the wolves an earful."

"Oh, I know," I said with a chuckle. Not only was Emmett a protective bear, but when any of us were in danger, Esme would be more than happy to chew someone out for it.

"Is Bella what you really want?" Rosalie asked out of nowhere, looking at me as she held my arm still.

"Why wouldn't she be?" I asked. "And before you say she might not be my mate, let me tell you, I had the same reaction to seeing her as you did when you saw Emmett. I just…knew. My breath would've been taken away if I did need to breathe. She...God, she looked like an angel and the way she smiled…Rose, you should've saw it."

Rosalie smiled before nodding. "I understand now. I didn't believe you, you know, when you said she was your mate. Of course, that was coming off of my more old-fashioned side that believes two women can't be in a relationship with one another, but listening to you talk about her reminds me of when I first saw Emmett. Even grimacing in pain I saw those two adorable dimples and knew he was here for me. I hope she finds out soon Ali, I don't like seeing you hurt."

"Rosie?" We both looked up to see Emmett walking in, wearing nothing but a pair of boxers. "I thought I heard you come in. What's taking you so long? I'm lonely," he pouted.

Rosalie chuckled. "I'll be there in a minute Em, just helping Alice here."

Emmett glanced at my arm and let out a long whistle. "Damn…what happened? I thought that Blake dude sent those three numb-skulls home?"

I nodded. "He did. It was Jacob who did this."

"I hope you gave him a good kick in the nuts. That mutt deserves to be neutered."

"Oh, I did," I said with a smirk. "And by the time he recovered, Sam and Blake had arrived."

"Hmm," Rosalie said, letting go of my arm with a nod. "Well, it's a good thing not all of the wolves are uncivilized Neanderthals. Anyway, it looks like your arm is done healing."

Just to be sure, I wiggled a few fingers before moving my arm in a circular motion in the air. Yep, back to working order. "Thanks Rose."

Emmett cleared his throat. "Rosie, can you come up now?"

Rosalie turned to look at me with an apologetic smile. "If you don't need me…"

I shook my head with a laugh. "No, I get it. You two enjoy yourselves."

Rosalie nodded and ran up the stairs in a flash, Emmett following behind her. Before I heard their door close, I did hear Emmett's booming "You know we do!"

Leaning my head back against the couch, I closed my eyes so I could look into Bella's future. Thankfully, I saw that she would see the book relatively soon to picking up her textbooks, so I wouldn't have to wait for her to realize she had an extra book.

From there, however, things became fuzzy. I couldn't tell if she would take the words in the book into consideration or if she'd shrug them off…or if she'd even read the book.

With a groan, I stood up from my seat. I needed to get out of this house. Just because I couldn't hear the couples having their happy time, I still knew.

I ran out of the house and followed the creek that ran behind our home. I didn't know where it led, but I figured it would be better than to be stuck in a house full of happy couples.

After five minutes of following the creek, I decided to wander off in the forest, tired of hearing the sound of running water. Slowing down my pace, I took the time to enjoy the sights and sounds nature had to offer. Just behind the trees you could make out a pinkish sky, so I knew that dawn was approaching, and the crickets chirping soon faded into birds singing, greeting the day.

I loved nature. I know that sounds weird coming from a vampire who feeds on animals and who loves fashion, but I do love nature. I never buy furs; all of my furs are either faux or ones from animals that my family killed themselves for a meal. Nature was just…beautiful.

Of course, not as beautiful as my Bella, but still, beautiful.

As I walked, I came across a large meadow of sorts, with flowers that ranged from blue-violet to violet in color.

I smiled widely as I walked further into the meadow, taking in my surroundings. "I think I found my new hangout spot," I said to myself before walking over to the middle of the meadow. Lying down, I looked up into the sky as I tried to predict Bella's reaction.

Would she hate me forever? Would she ignore me? Would she still like me even after knowing I was a bloodthirsty monster?

All of these questions ran through my mind as I lied down in my new secret meadow, keeping an eye out for any vision that would let me know if Bella found out or not. Unfortunately, my visions were still fuzzy. I hated it when my visions weren't concrete, especially when it involved my mate, but it was a part of my gift I had to live with.

A buzzing came from my pocket, and I immediately realized that it was my phone. Digging into my pocket, I looked to see who was calling me. Rosalie's name was on the screen so I quickly hit the call button.

"Yes, Rosalie?" I answered, staring into the sky. I knew that school was going to be starting soon, something that I was both looking forward to and dreading at the same time.

"I was wondering if you'd need a ride to school today or if you were going to run there yourself. Emmett wanted to leave without you, but I thought it would be better if we waited until we learned what you wanted to do."

"Come on Rosie! Let's go! I want to see if that jackass Jacob is with Bella today…I need to kick his ass for hurting my baby sister!"

I chuckled. "Tell Emmett he doesn't have to. I'm sure his alpha gave him an earful last night. And I'll just run to school, so you guys can go ahead and leave. I'll meet you there."

"Alright, see you then Alice. And be careful. You never know what lingers in the woods."

"I will, Rose. Take care," I said before pressing the end button on my phone, sticking it back into my pocket as I stood up. It was a good thing I left my school belongings in my locker, so I didn't need to run back home to retrieve them. Instead, I ran in the school's direction, getting there five minutes before the bell rang and at the same time I saw Emmett pull into the parking lot.

Good, I thought, now I can act like I rode in with them. I ran up beside the jeep just as Emmett and Rosalie got out, so I quickly opened the back door before shutting it again. "Miss me?"

Rosalie laughed as she closed her door. "You know it. How's your arm?"

"Better, thank you."

"Alice!" Hannah called as she got out of Edward's Volvo, Edward sulking into the school building without even acknowledging me. "I heard you were hurt. Are you okay?" she asked as she walked up next to me, worry flashing across her eyes.

I chuckled. "Relax, Hannah. I just got into a scuffle with Jacob, that's all."

"I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this was because of Bella?" Hannah asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.

"Yes, it was. He didn't like the fact that I snuck into her house in the middle of the night," I said, walking towards the entrance of the school.

Hannah followed me though, not content with my answer. "You did what?" she asked, stopping me by placing her hand on my shoulder with force.

I sighed. "In order to get the book in Bella's house, I had to sneak in. It's no big deal."

"Alice," Hannah said, shaking her head slightly. "You don't do that! What if her father caught you? You would've gone to jail!"

"You forget, Hannah dear," I said with a smile, "that I can see into the future. I would've been out of there in a heartbeat if I had seen her father woke up. Besides," I shrugged, "I was only in there for about five minutes. It wasn't that big of a deal."

Hannah let go of me with a reluctant sigh. "Okay, I understand. You knew what you were doing. I'm sorry I blew up."

"Good, because I was thinking that maybe after school you and I could go shopping? I need a willing victim since Rosalie and Emmett have a date planned tonight." I had to remind myself not to search into their future today…I wouldn't like to see the two of them going at it in the middle of a lake, and I only knew that much because I had wanted to see if Rosalie's plans were free. They weren't.

Hannah grinned. "Yes, I would love too, Alice!"

I nodded while I listened to Hannah decide on what she needed to buy. Winter coats, to help us stay incognito, lingerie, as well as a few pairs of jeans (apparently some of those were torn when she and Jasper were in a hurry).

We went our separate ways and I began my round of classes. I tried to pay attention to my teachers, in hopes that that would keep my mind off of Bella and whether she knew or not, but it was to no avail. I kept worrying that it wouldn't go my way. If this continued, I would be as pessimistic as Edward, which was something I did not want.

Once my third period class was finished, I walked out with hopes that Bella wouldn't tell me to stay away from her. Hannah was on my side in a millisecond as we walked down the hall towards the cafeteria, and next to the double doors was my brown-haired angel. She was looking at the floor, her brow furrowed as she mumbled to herself quietly.

"No…impossible…" She kept repeating, over and over. Did she know then?

Just as Hannah and I approached, Bella looked up and her brow lost its crease as she smiled. "Hey Alice."

I smiled back, fearing that it might be the last time I could smile at her. Don't be ridiculous, Alice. She just smiled at you…she can't be mad. "Hey Bella."

I was lost in Bella's eyes for a good ten seconds before Hannah cleared her throat. "Well, I'm going to go ahead and grab us some lunch. Bella, would you like to join us?"

Bella shook her head politely. "No thank you. I was actually wondering if I could talk to Alice…privately."

"Whatever you want to say to Alice, you can say in public," a stern male voice said, and I immediately fought the urge to hiss. Edward walked towards us with a serious expression, his eyes focused on Bella only. "Of course, if you want, you can talk to me about it."

Stupid mind-reading lunatic, I thought in my head, followed by a sequence of not-so-friendly words.

Thankfully, Bella didn't take to Edward's…charm. Instead she gave him an incredulous expression. "Erm…I think I want to talk to Alice. Alone. If you don't mind."

Suck on that Eddie. Besides, I thought in a more civilized tone. No need to be a bitch in my thoughts, right? Our conversation is going to most likely be private, so unless you want to slaughter the whole town, I think it would be wise if you let Bella and I talk alone.

Edward glanced at me as he realized what I was talking about, and he scowled. "Fine. Have fun." He hurried off into the cafeteria.

I glanced at Hannah who only rolled her eyes. Yeah, my thoughts exactly. "Hannah, do you mind?"

Hannah shook her head. "As long as we are still on for tonight."

I nodded. "Of course we are."

"Have fun you two," Hannah said with a smile before walking into the cafeteria.

Bella and I were quiet as we stood in the middle of the hall, her lips pursed as she gathered her thoughts.

"If you want to go somewhere more private than a high school, I know of a private place."

"How private is it?" Bella asked.

I gave her a smile. "Only I know about it."

Bella nodded. "Yeah, I think we should go there, then. Do we need a car? I have my truck here, if you do."

"Yes, we'll need the truck." I didn't want to risk showing her my enhanced speed if she didn't know that I was a vampire. "Let's go to the nurses' station, though. I think this may take longer than the allotted time for lunch. I'm going to act sick, so you need to pretend that you are going to drive me home and take care of me until my mom can get there, okay?"

Bella nodded without a word, so I knew she wouldn't object. I immediately started to act, clutching my stomach as I earned a sick expression. I had done this before, so it wasn't anything new, and I knew exactly what to do.

Bella quickly hurried me to the nurses' station, and it only took me five minutes to get out of there. The nurses, thankfully, believed that I was sick and allowed Bella to leave early.

Once we were in the parking lot, I returned to normal and followed Bella to her truck. I knew where we would be going, so I gave her directions.

For the most part, the ride there was silent, save for me giving her more directions as we kept going. When we reached a spot where we wouldn't be able to go no more, only reaching there by foot, I told her to stop.

"Here? This is your place?" She asked as she unbuckled her seatbelt.

I shook my head. "No, this isn't it. We can only get to there from here on foot. So let's go," I said, heading in the direction to my meadow.

Bella followed me closely, as I didn't walk too fast, and she only tripped a couple times, both of which I was there to catch her. When we reached the meadow, Bella took a sharp intake of breath.

"It's gorgeous," she whispered.

Like you. "Would you like to talk now?" I asked, walking towards the center of the meadow and sitting down like I did earlier this morning. I was glad the sun wasn't out today…it would give me away.

Bella nodded and walked over towards me, taking a seat next to me. "Yes, I uh…I think I know your secret."

"And?"

Bella sighed. "I really don't want to say because if I'm wrong, then I'm going to sound like a total idiot who believes in anything."

With that, I closed my eyes and looked into the future, and I was able to see Bella say those four words that I had hoped she would say. 'You are a vampire,' was my vision before I returned back to the present, trying not to pry in case things didn't go the way I hoped.

"You're right, you know," I whispered, glancing at her with a smile. "Just say it. I won't think you're crazy."

"Okay, if you insist," Bella said before running a hand through her hair. "Honestly, I just found a book in my home this morning. It must've been Jacob's or his father's and they just left it there during one of their many visits, because I don't ever remember my dad having a book about Quileute Legends. As I was reading, I noticed that one of their legends described you and your family. You're all cold to the touch and are insanely beautiful," Bella paused then, not sure to go on. I nodded as my silent way to push her to continue. "Not only did it describe your family, but it described Jacob and his friends. It was crazy, but it…it made sense. So I came to a conclusion."

"Go on," I said.

"You are a vampire," she said, looking into my eyes. "I sound crazy, don't I?"

I shrugged. "You sound right to me."

Her eyes grew wide as her mouth opened slightly in astonishment. "I'm…I'm right?"

I giggled. "I told you that you were."

"So…it's…true. You're…you're a vampire?" Her voice sounded off…almost like she was scared.

I nodded, growing solemn. I didn't want her to be scared. "Yes, I am, but I wouldn't ever hurt you, I promise you."

"I'm not worried about that, Alice. I know you wouldn't hurt me, it's just…you can't be a vampire."

I raised an eyebrow. "I can't? Why?"

"For one, you're sitting outside in the middle of the day. If you were a vampire, you'd be burning to a crisp right now."

I chuckled. "Silly Bella, those are just stories the early vampires made up so that we wouldn't get hunted down. They aren't true."

"Oh," Bella said, furrowing her brow again. "Really? So you're a vampire?"

I nodded. "I really am." I stood up. "To prove it to you," I said before running behind her, "I figured I could just run."

Bella turned around and her eyes went wider. "Whoa…you're fast."

"Vampires are fast, Bella. How else would we catch our prey?" I asked, sitting down next to her again.

Bella swallowed a lump in her throat as she took in my words. "Your…prey? So you do drink blood?"

I gave her a smile. "What did the book say?"

"It said that vampires do drink blood, but some are able to survive on animal blood."

"Lucky for you, I fit in the category of the some."

Bella chuckled. "I figured as much, but still…I didn't know if I was going to wind up as a meal or not."

I shrugged. "The day is still early. We'll see."

Bella shoved me lightly. "Not funny, Alice."

I gave her a grin before sighing. "So…my being a vampire doesn't scare you away?"

She shook her head. "No, it doesn't. But I do have one question…"

"Yes?" I asked, smiling.

"Well, I think that our first, and second, kiss didn't go that well. I was wondering if we could have another first kiss?"

Like in 50 First Dates. "If you want, but what about Jacob?"

"I'm going to break up with him this weekend."

I bet that wouldn't go well with him. "Why?"

"For many reasons. Partly because he's been such a protective jackass recently, partly because I only see him as a brother, and because the book mentioned something called imprinting. The werewolves do it when they find their mates and their mates have super strength and what not, whereas I don't, so I know Jacob didn't imprint on me. What if he imprinted while we were still together? That would suck."

"So, you're leaving the mutt for me?"

"I wouldn't put it that way, exactly. See, I want to wait awhile before I date you so that it doesn't look like I jumped from one relationship to the next." Smart. She didn't want to seem like a slut.

"That makes sense."

Bella smiled sheepishly. "So are you still up for that kiss now that I told you I wouldn't date you after I break up with Jake?"

I sighed dramatically. "I suppose I can still kiss you after hearing that blasphemy," I teased with a smirk.

"Good," Bella whispered before leaning in, her lips capturing my own.

This kiss was slow and chaste, but you could feel the underlying tension and passion waiting to get put into play. My hands reached up to cradle Bella's cheeks, careful not to crush her skull, and I kissed her again before pulling back.

"Nothing beats a first kiss," I whispered. Or even a third.

A/N: Yes, I had to add in the cheesy line from 50 First Dates. It is Bella's favorite movie, is it not? I couldn't help myself.

Next chapter: We learn somethings about Bella and the "likes" invite Alice to a pool party...in September?