* Once again, the characters aren't mine. Nor are any of the songs I mentioned in any of the chapters *

BELLAPOV

For the second time that day I woke up in Edward's room, at least this time I didn't have an audience. Of course I couldn't help but notice the contrasts between waking up now and waking up this morning. Like how this time Charlie wasn't standing at the door ready to demean my entire existence in one word. Or the simple things like how now it was pouring outside whereas this morning it was merely cloudy. Perhaps the biggest contrast, well the biggest to me anyway, was that now when I woke up, Edward wasn't next to me. I suddenly realised how dry I was, and considering this morning how wet I should be. I looked down and surveyed myself wondering how the hell I got into my pyjamas. The last thing I remembered was crying myself to sleep balled up against Smallville on the pavement. I was beginning to wonder where exactly he was when the man himself walked in the door.

"Hey bee, how you doing?" He asked softly.

"I just really don't want to go home" I said.

"Its fine Bella you can stay as long as you want" He told me before giving me a hug.

"Thanks Smallville."

"How about we go get some food in you" He took my hand and guided me downstairs towards the kitchen. As soon as my foot touched the floor at the bottom of the steps I was attacked by a speedy little blur.

I chuckled to myself as it clung to me "Hi Alice."

"Bella! Are you okay? Do you need me to do anything? Make you lunch, go buy you some fresh clothes?" She didn't look like she was going to stop so I decided to interrupt her.

"Alice!"

"Maybe I could take you to the movies. You know to take your mind off everything. Or maybe-"

"ALICE STOP!" I shouted finally catching her attention "Its fine seriously, up until now I've seen Charlie once a year max, his opinion really doesn't matter to me especially when we all know its wrong. I'm fine, your fine every thing's fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah Allie I'm sure."

"Well at least let me make you some food you must be starving." She looked as if she might cry if I said no so I agreed and her face lit up like a light.

"Hey Alice, where are Jasper and Rosalie?"

"They went home not long after you did, some family thing I think. Emmett's up in his room playing video games, actually Bella could you go upstairs and get him? He would kill me if I made food without getting him some.

EDWARD POV

I sat at the kitchen bench and watched Alice's back as she started cooking just letting my mind wander. "You really do like her, don't you Edward" Alice said quietly disrupting my thoughts.

"Yeah, yeah I really do. But promise you won't tell her, okay? I know how you hate keeping things from your friends, but would you do this for me?" I said in a hushed voice, I didn't want Bee to hear me.

"Of course Eddie you should be the one to tell her. But make sure you tell her soon, before someone else does it for you."

I scowled "You know I'm only letting you call me Eddie because your my twin."

"About that, why does Bella call you 'Smallville'?"

" It's kinda a long story, I'm not even sure I fully understand why."

"Understand what?" I spun around quickly to see Bella standing at the door with Emmett behind her.

"Uh, why Emmett likes video games so much." Alice said quickly. I turned back to her and smiled thankfully at her.

"Oh I totally know why" Bella said "I love video games, especially guitar hero."

"That's it" Emmett said "Your officially my new little sister After lunch we are so playing guitar hero."

"Game on" She said as she bumped fists with him.

"Now that you two are finally finished acting like 3 year olds, Lunch is ready."

"Hell yeah!" Emmett and Bella shouted at the same time.

"Oh great" I mumbled "my best friend is the female version of Emmett."

"Hey I heard that" Bella said giving me a shove.

"Good you we're supposed to." I said chuckling to myself.

After lunch we all found ourselves sitting on the couch, Alice had decided to stay and watch and I never planned on leaving Bella.

"Are you ready for this?" Bella said, just as the drum beat for the first song started.

"Hell yeah I am, girly" Emmett responded.

I have literally never seen anyone as good at that game as Bella, seriously I don't think she missed a single note even considering the fact that she was jumping around to the music. Emmett however just stood there and you could tell by the look on his face that he was struggling to keep up.

Emmett sat down defeated at the end of the song.

"Hey Emmett nice work, your good." Bella said sitting down next to him.

"Are you kidding me? I just smashed me" He said looking glum.

"Emmett think about it" I laughed and Bells glared at me before turning back to Emmett. "I'm n only child and I lived for 17 years somewhere where I literally had no friends. While you we're off socialising I was sitting in my room playing video games."

"I still don't get that" I butted in "The whole you not having friends part. I can't see it happening. You should know that almost every guy in this school has a bet on seeing who can pick you up first."

At this point she looked furious and to be perfectly honest I was quite scared. "Edward Cullen, so help me god, you had better not be part of that bet!"

"Bee! Of course I'm not god who do you think I am."

"Sorry Smallville, I guess I have a bit of a temper. But I mean Ugh! That is so demeaning I'm not some shiny new toy they can play with when ever they so please."

Emmett laughed "And don't he know it! Bella Edward bashed up that Newton kid the other day for going to far in some crude joke."

She smiled at me "Thanks Smallville, but I would have preferred you told me instead. That way I could have done the dirty work" She said with an evil grin.

Suddenly we heard a knock on the door so Alice jumped up to answer it.

"Bella!" I heard Charlie call from the front door.

We could hear Alice's hushed voice as she suggested that maybe he should come back tomorrow, you know give her some space.

I watched as he pushed past Alice and strode in the living room calling for Bella.

I looked over at her and she looked almost terrified "Edward I really don't want to do this right now." She whispered.

"Its okay go upstairs to my room, I'll take care of it." I turned around and met Charlie in the hallway where he was obviously looking through rooms for her. "Charlie she doesn't want to see you right now."

"I want to see her, I need to see her. I'm so sorry I really didn't mean to call her a slut I was just surprised to see you together in the bed."

"YOU CALLED HER WHAT!" I exploded. "You called your own daughter a slut. Do you even know her? She's the furthest thing possible from a slut. Look Charlie I've known you a long time but that's not even close to being right."

"I think I know that, kid. Why do you think I'm over here? I messed up real bad, I know. But Isabella's my only daughter and I didn't exactly raise her or anything so I didn't really know how to react and I guess I over did I a bit. Look can you just tell her how sorry I am and that I'll come around again tomorrow?"

"Okay fine, goodbye Charlie" I said and he walked back to the front door and towards his own home.

I climbed the stairs and found Bella curled up on my bed, hugging a pillow. "Its okay, he's gone." Bella sat up and gave me a hug murmuring her thanks into my shoulder. "I know you told Alice your fine but are you really?"

"I really don't know" she said as she looked down "Its like, I've barely known him my whole life and suddenly I'm expected to live with him, no worries. Normally what people say wouldn't bother me at all, but he is my father so it sorta hurt, what he said." At the reminder of what he did say I felt my jaw clench and my hands curl into fists. She looked at me and put her hand on my cheek. "He told you, didn't he?" I nodded. "Edward can I ask you something?"

"Bee you can always ask me anything."

"Why do react like that? Its not like he did anything to you, neither did Mike Newton for that matter. I mean why do it?"

I was about to answer her in all honesty when Alice walked in "OMG guys! I have the best idea!"

I sighed to myself, another time I guess. "What is it Alice?"

"There's a carnival in Port Angeles, so Bella get dressed. I've already rang Jasper and Rosalie their coming too."

"You mean I get to dress myself for once?" Bella said with a huge smile.

"I'm really sorry Bells, I would help you but this is like my first date with Jasper and I don't have enough time to get us both ready."

"Are you kidding me? Allie of course you should get yourself ready. I mean I would totally help but I really doubt you would actually let me" She replied.

"Thank god, okay well I'm going to go get ready, I'll see you both in an hour." My sister said before ducking out the door.

"Well I had better get ready then" Bella said "I'll just climb back into my room and I'll be really quiet, Charlie won't even know I'm there."

"See you in a bit." I said as she climbed out my window and onto the tree barely separating our two houses.

Okay so we're another chapter down phew * wipes forehead * lol. So its holidays over here in Australia (and damn hot too) so I'll be doing a lot of writing. Haha that is if I'm not too lazy lol. Most of my chapters have been about the same length but if anyone wants them longer or shorter just tell me. Basically I'm up for any type of feedback I'm always really thankful whenever I get it. I just want to say thank you to fluro-socks for the review and for the suggestion, it'll definitely be in the story somewhere.

Anyway that's enough from me. Hope you all have had an awesome start for the new year.