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11. Justice

Bpov:

Edward was still standing in the doorway in all of his angelic perfection. He saw me and smiled his crooked smile at me and automatically set my heart racing. I smiled back and walked right into somebody with a smack. The person's arms shot around me to keep us from falling. He let me go when we recovered our balance and I could turn and look who my savior was.

"I'm so sorry. I should have watched where I was going." The boy in front of me had blondish hair and blue eyes and as he looked at me he began to smile.

"It's nothing, I'm Mike Newton and you must be Isabella Swan."

"Just Bella and I have to get to class, I'm really sorry." I said and started to walk to gym again but he fell in next to me.

"It's ok, seriously. Beautiful girls walk into me all the time. If you really feel that bad you can always make it up to me. Say dinner? Saturday night?" I was immediately annoyed, did he just ask me on a date? Slowly but surely he was starting to irritate me.

"Sorry but I already have plans that night." Before he could say anything else I ducked into gym.

Just before the doors closed I heard him say, "Some other time then, beautiful"

"Thank you for joining us Mrs. Swan, I think ten laps would remind you to be on time and if you are late again it will be a detention." Coach said turning to watch the games.

I sighed. Did he really think running laps were punishment? Ok maybe it was to someone else. After I've finished my punishment laps I went to save Angela in the two against one match she was busy playing because of me. To make things interesting we kept the scores the way it was before I joined and ended up loosing by only a few points.

"Sorry you had to play on your own Ange. I was a bit preoccupied on my way to gym." I said as we headed for the locker rooms.

"O it was nothing, are we still on for shopping tomorrow?" She asked dressing rather hurriedly.

"Yes definitely, why are you in such a hurry, do you have a date?"

She looked up for a moment to smile, "I wish. No, I have to look after my baby brothers." Oh yeah I've forgot she had two brothers. They were four and five, I think.

"Ouch, I'm so glad Alice and I am only a year apart." We started to head for the parking lot,

"It's not that bad, pick you up at nine tomorrow?" Of course, she loved her brothers and didn't care to watch them. Any other girl would hate to waste an afternoon to baby-sit her brothers but not Angela.

"Yes that's fine, see you then." She just nodded waving over her shoulder as she was heading for her car.

Alice was already in the car waiting for me, "Come on Bells, I want to head to Rose. We have allot of stuff to do you know." I was barely in the car before she took off.

"I swear Alice, if you get us killed over some manicures I'll raise you from the dead and kill you again. Then I'll bring you back to clean up the mess with a toothbrush." She just laughed. That was one thing about Alice, she was definitely one of the fastest drivers I knew but she has never been a reckless driver. I don't even think she has ever received a speeding ticket.

When we arrived home she just shot upstairs to get her overnight bag and beautification supplies, screamed something that sounded like see you Saturday and was gone before I reached my room. I changed into my oldest pair of jeans and a sweat shirt. The jeans were faded and torn in some places. On my way out I grabbed my bike helmet leather jacket and bike keys. My bike stood beside the house where my father built a little overhanging roof to keep most of the rain away. I placed my helmet over the bars while I quickly put on my jacket. When I finally got to start the bike it roared to life as if it wanted to hit the road as much as I did.

The drive to Jacob's house was exhilarating and the sun just came out behind the clouds when I arrived at his house. He wasn't alone; I recognized Quill, Embry and Seth standing next to him. Their bikes were standing next to Jacob's black Harley Sprint.

"Hey Bells, these idiots heard about our plans and invited themselves but I can always per sway them to leave." He said clenching his hands into fists. I looked at them still seated on my bike slowly removing my helmet.

"That's ok. They wouldn't be able to keep up in anyway so it will be as if they weren't even there." I said ducking a swipe from Quill.

"We'll see who can't keep up with who missy." I laughed.

"I can't see how you'll keep up if you keep standing here gossiping like old woman" I said starting my bike and slowly driving of while the boys ran to their bikes to join me.

We drove on the dirt tracks around La Push for a good part of the afternoon. Surprisingly the boys kept up with me and Jacob fairly well as we sped trough one another to lead the pack. Seth drove his bike impressively even leading every now and then. Afterwards Billy invited all of us for dinner so now we were all seated in the overcrowded kitchen eating and laughing together. Little Seth looked at the bigger boy's as if they were Gods and tried to catch their attention whenever he felt that he was being neglected. All in all we were good friends, not like the gang at school but friends that will have your back none the less.

We played cards after dinner and round about ten I headed home. I found my parents in the living room watching a movie.

"Billy says hi and he can't wait to savor moms cooking tomorrow night." I informed them before heading of to take a nice warm shower. As soon as my head hit my pillow I drifted of into an angel filled dream.

The angel had bronze hair and green eyes. When he smiled at me he even had a familiar crooked looking smile. We walked and were holding hands but when we reached a meadow he began to cry and I put my arms around him to comfort him. As I held him he changed suddenly from an angel into Edward weeping in my arms. When he tried to speak all I heard was an irritating screeching.

I sat up so fast my head was spinning, the screeching was still there. I finally recognized the sound as that of my alarm. I set it last night for eight am to give me enough time to get ready before Angela came to pick me up. I got dressed and was just about to make some breakfast when my mother joined me in the kitchen.

"Morning Bells would you make me some too please? I have a busy day ahead of me cleaning the house, Korean class and then I have to cook for the dinner tonight." She said as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Korean of all languages! It was her newest interest. As if there are many Korean's in forks I thought to myself laughing silently.

"Morning, did dad go fishing?" She nodded while reading the newspaper. I placed her breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast in front of her. I ate mine standing against the counter,

"Your breakfast is getting cold." I said after I finished mine and noticed she still hasn't touched hers.

"What, oh yeah thank looks delicious." She said absentmindedly.

I heard a car honk outside, "That must be Angela, see you later mom and reheat the food when you eventually decide to eat it." I said as I kissed the top of her head and headed out to Angela.

Shopping with Angela was always fun and different than shopping with Alice. We would go into clothes stores and dress like characters from movies. We even sometimes act like manikins and when people stand near us we would insult their bad taste in clothing making them jump. Usually this ended when the clerks chased us out of the shop. We were banned from Wall Mart for life. It wasn't our fault the trolley went through the toilet paper stand. It was actually aimed at the egg stand. Eggs are much more difficult to clean up than toilet paper.

We were just finished shopping when Angela bumped into Ben. She had a crush on him since forever but was afraid he wasn't interested in her because of the height problem. She was way taller than him. I knew he had a crush on her as well but he never had the guts to ask her out.

"Hello Bella, Angela." He nodded to me and smiled to her. "I was about to catch a movie, would you like to join me?" He asked looking hopefully at Angela.

"Hello Ben, that sounds like fun. What do you think Bella?" The movie sounded like fun and I was about to answer her when an idea hit me. Maybe if they spent some time together alone Ben might actually ask her out.

"Why don't you two go watch a movie, I really wanted to go to a book store? I'll meet up with you later." Angela and Ben smiled at me and I couldn't decide witch one was the happiest at the sudden change in events.

"Ok catch you later then." Angela said looking at me and forming the words thank you with her mouth. She snapped immediately what my plan was and obviously hoped for the same out come that I was. I watched them as they walked away for awhile, before heading for my favorite book store.

I was paging through one of my favorite books, Withering Heights, when I smelled, a now familiar, musky cent. If I inhaled deeply I could almost smell the fine mint fragrance as well. My hart began to race and I knew Edward was standing behind me.

"Do you always spy on people Edward or am I dressed funny?" I asked turning around. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans with a blue top. The top was only zipped up halfway exposing the white shirt underneath it. The effect was breathtaking. He looked as if he walked out of the pages of a fashion magazine.

"How did you know I was standing behind you and you look breathtakingly beautiful as always?" I blushed a little at this when I noticed all the books in his hands.

"I'm a female, need I say more. Are you starting your own library or something?" I asked mentioning towards the books in his hands.

"It's more like replenishing the stock. Have you decided if your going to bay that or not? You've been paging through it for twenty minutes now." I sighed placing the book back on the shelf.

"No, I already have a battered copy of that book because I've read it so many times. I just can't resist paging trough one when I see it."

He smiled his crooked smile, "I know the feeling. Are you done here, I'm kind of hungry and was hoping you'd like to join me." Now that he mentioned it I was hungry to.

"Sure. Why not, did you pay already?"

He looked relieved, "Yes all paid for in full." He placed his hand on my lower back to guide me to the shops door and it felt like electricity ran trough me. Did he feel it as well or was it just me. It was storming outside. "Wait here I'm going to fetch the car, I parked it a few blocks up the road." I nodded and he ran into the rain.

It was only about three o'clock but the clouds darkened the air making it look like night time. I waited at the corner of the shop, it was a bit darker here than in front of the shop. I was looking for Edward in his silver Volvo and didn't see the man walking up to me until he was almost next to me.

"Now what is a pretty little thing like you doing alone on the street?"

He smelled of alcohol and cigarettes, "Waiting for my boyfriend, he's big and muscular." I said measuring the distance to the shop door with my eyes. He moved so quickly pinning me against the wall that I felt my head bang into the wall before I even registered that he moved at all. His one hand was over my mouth and his other held a knife over my throat.

"To bad he isn't here now, don't worry I'll take good care of you." He said as he pressed his body against mine and I could feel exactly how exited he really was. He pulled me into the alley next to the shop the only light coming from the window above my head.

"If you scream I'll slit your throat" he said pressing the knife into me throat to prove his point. He took out a small rag and stuffed it into my mouth causing no sound to escape from my lips. He pushed me up against a wall again. I tried to fight back but he slapped me across the cheek causing my head to bang into the wall again. "Keep still you bitch" He took his free hand and started to loosen his belt.

"Do you like this bitch? Like how I feel? Just wait till I'm inside of you. I like it when their young and inexperienced." He said as he once again pressed himself against me moving his waist against mine.

"No! Not Bella! Not again! Take your fucking hands of her" Edward's fist made contact with the side of the guy's face so hard he stumbled away from me.

"Oh are you the boyfriend? You're not that big." He swung wildly at Edward but he neatly ducked under his arm hitting him in his stomach. As he doubled over Edward grabbed him by the hair and kneed him in the face. When he let him go the guy dropped to the floor unconscious. Then everything went black.

"Bella, Bella! Wake up, come on. Open those beautiful eyes and look at me. Please Bella don't do this to me. Bella demit wake up" I opened my eyes slowly. Edward sighed. He was hovering over me his face inches from mine. "Thank God Bella." He pulled me against his chest rocking me and smoothing me. He kissed the top of my head again and again while he held me so tight I could barely breathe. I noticed for the first time the red and blue lights flashing over the walls. "Are you ok? I'm sorry I should have never left you alone." He said as he tilted my face up to his to look into my eyes.

"It's not your fault Edward. Thank you for saving me." He kissed my forehead and held me even tighter.

The police took the guy away and someone took my testimony. Edward didn't leave my side and held my hand the whole time. They informed me that they were looking for the guy for a while now and he was connected to ten other rape cases. They would give me a call when I have to testify in court. Angela called just as we got the all clear to go.

"Bella the movie just finished where do you want to meet?" Shoot I forgot all about Angela.

"Um, actually I bumped into Edward at the book store and I was wondering if I could ride with him to Forks?" Edward, who was still holding my hand, nodded as I said this.

"Ok, if you're sure". Edward placed his arm around my waist to guide me to his car.

"I am thank you Angela."

"Bella, is it ok if we go to my house first? I want Carlisle to give you a quick examination, just to make sure nothing is wrong." I looked at him and saw how concerned he was.

"Yes that's fine. I better call my mother and tell her what happened." Then I noticed we weren't in his Volvo. "What happened to your car?"

He frowned "Only you would notice something like that in these conditions. Carlisle asked me to change his tires for him." He took my hand again and kissed the top of it, "You scared me half to death you know. I thought I lost you forever." My heart started racing again. Did he really care that much about me? I called my mother and after reassuring her a hundred times that I was indeed alright, she finally hung up.

Carlisle listened to Edward's story and then gave me a whole check up. Besides a few cuts and bruises I was fine. He gave me some pain medicine for my head and said that I must inform him at once if I felt dizzy or nauseated. He was afraid I might have a concussion. When the check up was done Esme gave me a big warm hug and insisted I drink some sweet tea. We decided that I would stay with them until they headed to my house for dinner. I lay in the living room while Edward played on the piano and talked with Esme and Carlisle. Edward never let me go out of his sight.

By the time we had to go Esme and Carlisle felt like a second pair of parents to me. I learned that Edward was adopted, I looked at him but he just smiled at Esme as she told me this and then he came to sit on the ground by my head taking my hand again. Esme smiled at something but all I could focus on was Edward's hand that traced endless patterns on my palm.

Everybody was already at my house when we arrived. Alice ran up to me and hugged me. I noted that there were tear marks on her face. Jasper and Rose also gave me a hug but what Emmet and Jacob did took me by surprise. They both gave Edward a hug thanking him that he saved me and I even saw tears in Emmett's eyes. My mother and father also hugged and treated Edward as if he was their lost son.

No one mentioned the incident once. My father threatened to go give that son of a bitch a piece of his mind but my mother convinced him to wait until tomorrow at least. Besides the looks of love I received from everyone now and then, it was a pretty normal evening. Edward's parents and my parents hit it off immediately. Edward got along with everyone as if he was friends with them since forever. All the attention made me feel a bit claustrophobic so I went outside to our backyard. The cool air washed over me and made me feel instantly better. I went to sit down on the swing in our back yard.

"You ok Bella?" Edward asked when he saw me from the back door.

"Yes, just needed some fresh air." He walked over and came to stand behind the swing. He started to push me back and forth lightly.

"You like to come here and escape the madness inside?" He asked making it sound more like a statement.

"Yes its restful here." He stopped pushing me and leaned over my shoulder and I tilted my head sideways to look at him.

"I also have a place like that." he said bringing his face closer to mine.

"And where is that?" I barely choked out.

"With you" I licked over my dry lips. "Bella" he sighed and then he kissed me. My lips melted with his perfectly, moving in synchronization.

He kissed me tenderly as if savoring every touch and when his tongue darted out and touched my lips I parted them deepening the kiss. Our tongues gently messaged one another, my hand trailed up his neck and I tangled in his hair pulling him closer. He slipped his hands over my waist and pulled me up and over the swing so that I ultimately stood against him, he did al this without breaking the kiss.

He slid his hand under my sweat shirt placing it on the small off my back pressing me harder into him. Yet it felt like I couldn't get close enough. I moved my hips against his making him groan into my mouth and then he pulled away. He rested his forehead against mine and both of us were gasping for air.

"Edward? Edward is that you out there? It's time to go honey."

He sighed, "I'll be there in a minute Esme." We heard the door close. "Goodnight, my Bella." He said, kissing me tenderly on my lips before he strode of to the house.

A/N ok I know this is the longest chapter yet but I just could not end it without the kiss. Originally I wanted to end it at the blackout after the attack but I just could not get it over my heart to leave you guys hanging like that. This ending however, I think is much better. Either way I wrote what my imagination conjured up, this was the end result

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