AN- so a lot of things happen in this chapter. you'll see what.

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I woke up with Jasper's arms still around me. I smiled. He must've fallen asleep next to me.

I looked over and saw that it was seven a.m. Ugh. Time for school.

I gently shook Jasper's shoulder. "Jazzy," I whispered in his ear. "Time to get up."

He stirred but didn't wake up. I tried tickling him. The good thing that came from it was that I figured out he was ticklish. The bad part is that he rolled over and his arm was now pinning me down. I tried pushing it off, but dang! His arm is heavy! I pushed again but gave up with a huff.

"Jasper!" I shouted in the general direction of his head.

"Hmm?" he murmured sleepily.

"Get up! You're squishing me," I told him. He looked over at me blearily and I grimaced at him.

"Oh, sorry Ali," he lifted his arm up.

"Thank you. Your arm is really heavy," I informed him.

"Sorry," he said again. He got up, stretched, and came over to me. "I got to go get changed. I'll see you soon," he kissed my forehead and left the room. I smiled and rummaged through my many bags to find something to wear. I ended up finding a cute pink shirt that was appropriate for school, dark blue jeans, and really cute black shoes with heels. I grabbed a brush and went to the mirror and brushed through my hair to make it cooperate.

Once I was satisfied with my appearance I went downstairs for breakfast. In the kitchen I saw Esme washing dishes.

"Good morning," I chirped.

"Oh, good morning dear. Did you sleep well?" she asked me.

"Yes ma'am. thanks for asking. Umm…what's for breakfast?" I asked her.

"Just cereal today," she smiled. "It's on the table."

I thanked her and went into the dining room to see Edward, Rose and Jasper already seated.

I walked over to the empty chair next to Jazz and sat down. "Hi," I said. Then I chose some captain crunch and ate. I scooted closer to Jazz and he draped his arm around me. We all ate in silence.

When breakfast was done I went back upstairs to brush my teeth. Jasper followed. I walked into the bathroom and started brushing my teeth. When I was done Jasper came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"You look so cute in that shirt," he whispered in my ear. I turned my head and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you," I whispered back. He turned to face me and kissed me. I kissed him back, and we were there for a few minutes, kissing, before I pulled away.

"We have to go to school," I reminded him.

"Damn," he said.

I chuckled, "C'mon," and dragged him downstairs.

We walked into the living room. "We're leaving, mom," Jasper announced. (Carlisle was already at work).

She got up to give us each hugs. "Rosalie and Edward just left, so hurry up," she shooed us towards the door.

"Bye!" we called as we drove away. It only took us ten minutes to get to school with Jasper's car.

"Jazz, I like your car," I told him as we pulled into the parking lot.

He laughed, "Why? I mean I know why, but…why?"

"It's new. And fast," I explained. "My car is old, slow and ugly," I pouted.

"I'm sorry," he squeezed my hand. We just pulled into a parking space. He let go of my hand and quickly got out of the car. He rushed over to my side before I could even take off my seat belt. He opened my door for me.

"Thank you," I said as I grabbed his hand. He smiled as we headed to class. He had algebra II first hour, too, but he had a different teacher. He walked me to my door.

"I believe this is where I take my leave, ma'am," Jasper said in the sexiest southern accent I've ever heard.

"I believe it is. I'll see you fourth hour," I said in the best accent I could manage. He chuckled and gave me a quick kiss. When I pulled away I saw at least twenty people staring, all of them female, and they had angry looks on their faces. I smirked and pulled Jasper in for another kiss, this one, a little more exuberant than the last one. He seemed a bit surprised at first, but then seemed to figure out what I was doing, so he went along.

After a minute or so I pulled away, and smiled at him. I looked back over at the girls and saw that some them had left. What angry faces they had were now murderous. A few of them even had tears in their eyes.

"Wow, your evil," Jasper said.

"I know. I'm showing off, just a little," I hugged him and pushed him towards his class playfully. "Bye!" I called after him.

He blew me a kiss. I smiled and walked into class.

My next three classes were boring. But entertaining because a lot of girls kept shooting me evil eyes. They were funny because I knew I had what they wanted. Every time someone glared at me I raised my eyebrows and smirked at them.

When I got to fourth hour, I saw Jasper sitting in his usual seat. I smiled hugely and went to sit down next to him.

"How was your day so far?" I asked him cheerfully.

"It was good. I got a lot of sad looks from girls. Apparently they were hoping for a chance with me, since Jessica and I broke up," he shrugged.

"Hmm. My day was similar except that instead of sad looks I got glares. So I just smiled at them, knowing that I have something they can't have," I smiled at him. His eyes twinkled. Right then the bell rang, and Mr. Banner started his lecture on, tides. Talk about boring. After fifty-five minutes of torture the bell rang signally the beginning of lunch.

Jasper grabbed my hand as we walked out the door. As we walked into the cafeteria and into the lunch line, we got a lot more stares. I brushed it off. I don't care what they think, I thought to myself. Jasper grabbed two slices of pizza, two cookies, two apples, and two cokes. He got up to the cashier and paid. I grabbed the cokes to carry them, winking at Jasper as I did so. He rolled his eyes as we walked over to a table with Edward, Bella, Rosalie, and Emmett already seated around it.

As we sat down Bella said, "hey! Now none of us are single!" she smiled hugely.

"Nope," I agreed popping the P.

"Hey did you know that the cowboys are playing against the giants this weekend?" Emmett asked.

"No," us girls said at the same time the guys said, "Yeah." We started laughing and Emmett started up a conversation about football that lasted the entire lunch period.

The rest of the day flew by and before I knew it, it was time to go home. I didn't really want to go because I had to get things ready for Richard and Thomas's arrival. Oh joy. (heavy sarcasm).

"Hey Jazz? Can you drop me off at my house?" I asked as we met up after the bell rang.

"Sure," he said. The drive to my house was much quicker than the one from his house to the school. "I'll see you tomorrow, 'Kay?" he said as he walked me to the door.

"Okay," I stretched up on my toes to give him a kiss. He chuckled, but leaned down so I wouldn't have to stretch. When he pulled away, I smiled and unlocked my door to go inside. I waved from the doorway as he drove away.

I sighed. It's the end to the best weekend of my life. I ran upstairs to drop off my things. When that was done I started cleaning, knowing that that would take a while. When I was finally done it was six-thirty so I made some grilled cheese, since I knew Richard would be grumpy and want to go to bed quickly.

When that was done I heard car wheels on the driveway. I sighed again and closed my eyes. I opened them again when I heard the key turning in the lock. I was on my way upstairs when I felt a rough hand around my neck.

"Where are you going?" I heard Richard's gravelly voice say.

"I'm going to bed?" I said it like a question.

"No your not! Your going to make dinner!" he shoved me down the stairs. I stumbled and fell down once I reached the bottom. Ow.

"I already made dinner!" I shouted back at him. He came down, grabbed my hair and leaned down so we were almost nose-to-nose. From the corner of my eye I could see Thomas go upstairs with a pained look on his face. Hmm…I didn't have long to think about then when Richard started shouting in my face.

"You call that crap food?" he screamed at me. I just glared at him, showing no weakness. "A monkey could cook better food than that!" still I said nothing. He dragged me up by my hair. I felt a few strands come loose.

"Get out of my sight! I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" he threw me down. I quickly got up, and rushed up the stairs.

On the landing I saw Thomas with the same pained look on his face. I glared at him and walked to my room and slammed the door.

I put on my pajamas and climbed into bed. I had been laying there for a few minutes, when I heard the door open.

Oh god no, I thought just as a soft voice said,"Alice? Are you okay?" and Thomas walked into the room.

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(Bella POV)

I was on my way to Alice's house. I had just been over at Edwards house, and Rosalie asked me if I could take some of Alice's bags to her, since she forgot them. I told her I would so here I am, pulling up into Alice's driveway.

I opened my door when I heard shouting.

"…You're going to make dinner!" I heard a deep gravelly voice shout. That must be Richard, Alice's dad, I thought to myself. But, why is he shouting like that?

I heard someone stumble onto the floor.

"I already made dinner!" I heard Alice's furious voice scream. I rushed over to the window. I peered through the cracks in the blinds and saw a big man grab Alice by her hair, and lean in her face. Then I saw Thomas pass by with a pained expression.

"You call that crap food?" he yelled in her face. Alice just glared back. "A money could make better food that that!" he then pulled Alice up by her hair. I felt a few tears leak out of the corners of my eyes.

"Get out of my sight! I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" he threw her back onto the ground. I bit back a sob. I saw Alice get up with a furious look on her face and run upstairs. I covered my mouth and went back to my car. I quickly started it up and drove away as fast as I could.

Poor Alice. No wonder she has all those bruises. Is that why she gets distant? No wonder she glares like that. I saw the raw anger in her eyes. Like she wanted to kill him. I pulled into my driveway and walked into my house.

"Hey Bells. Did you have fun at the Cullen's?" Charlie asked me.

I opened my mouth to tell him what I just saw but closed it right back. Instead I said, "Yeah, it was good. I'm going to bed, I'm really tired," I told him.

"Okay, 'night Bella," he said.

"Night," and I walked upstairs. I don't know why I didn't tell him. I should've. But maybe she doesn't want me to. Maybe she wants to be the one to tell. I didn't fall asleep for a while. Terrifying thoughts kept going through my head.

After a while though, I fell into a restless sleep.

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(Alice POV)

"Thomas?" I asked in disbelief.

He stepped all the way into the room. "Uh…yeah. Are you okay?" he asked again.

"Why? It's not like you care. You've been a passive bystander all these years, so why do you care now?" I asked savagely.

He looked down as I clicked my lamp on. "I never wanted that to happen to you. Sometimes I'd get to caught up… and think I really was better than you. Then I'd lay down at night knowing that I should've done something, but not knowing what," he tried to explain. I wasn't fooled.

"Then why didn't you say something earlier? I've been living in this house for years not being shown or knowing any kind of love! No one's been there for me, I've been by myself! Do you have any idea what kind of things I've been through, because of you and Richard?" I was almost shouting by the time I finished. He didn't say anything. "And now here you are saying that you never wanted any of this to happen? That's a bunch of bull," I could feel angry tears start to form in my eyes and I angrily wiped them away.

"Your right. You are one hundred and ten percent right. I should've done something sooner. But I never knew what. when mom died, it was hard on everyone. I can see now that you were affected the most, and I'm sorry that I made everything worse. I'm sorry that I was passive when Richard was drunk. I'm sorry for letting everything get to my head and I'm sorry that I've never been there," tears were now pooling in his eyes as he realized what he'd done.

I looked him in the eye. "I'm not saying I forgive you. You have a long way to go before that happens. But I might give you a chance," I told him fiercely. He just nodded. "But, do you know the worst thing that's happened because no one has bothered to stop Richard from going to far?" I asked him.

He looked up. "I know. Richard let slip about it on the car ride home," as he said this the tears that I tried to keep away spilled over my eyes. "He started talking about things, and then I realized what I've done all these years. I know you don't forgive me. I won't be surprised if you never forgive me. But I just want to say that I'm sorry for everything," he closed his eyes and I noticed that he was crying, too. I scooted over and gave him a hug. To my surprise he hugged me back. We sat there for an immeasurable time. when he finally pulled away it was eleven thirty-five.

"You should get some sleep, kid," he told me playfully. "You look like you could use it."

I nodded and he left the room.

I soon fell asleep, feeling more at peace, than I have in my life.

AN- holy crap bella found out, thomas is secretly good!!!!!! lot's of things going on in this chapter i'm tellin you.

the conversation with bella and alice next chapter. how will that turn out???? stay tuned to find out!!!!!!!!!!!

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