A/N: here is chapter ten, sorry for the long wait, it took me a while to get this chapter right. So enjoy. LD
Disclaimer: everything but the plot line belongs to their rightful owners I own none of it, I just wanted a chance to play with the characters a little.
Ch 10
B pov
My apartment was totally trashed, all the books had been torn from the book shelf's, all the dishes had been thrown on the ground and broken, everything I had worked to collect and build up over the last few years broken beyond repair, and that was just the front half of my apartment.
With me still sandwiched between all of the guys we moved further into my apartment, amazingly the bathroom was intact, I guess there wasn't much to see in there, then we got to my bedroom, it was similar to what the living room looked like everything had been torn from the shelf's and all of my clothing had been torn out of the drawers and the closet.
I had to try and lighten the moment it was that or totally break down and scream "well at least Alice will have fun taking me shopping for all new clothing"
This broke the silent tension in the room, if the situation had not been so serious I would have laughed all four guys were growling and talking so fast that I couldn't catch what they were saying.
Edward was the first to speak at a speed that I could understand "let's get you out of here, before she decides to come back"
"at least see if there are a few things I can salvage"
It didn't look like Edward was going to agree for a moment then Carlisle said "its ok Edward let her gather a few things I don't think she will return in the next few minutes"
With a look of defeat he gave in, I even managed to get them to give me a moment of privacy to go through my stuff, I grabbed a duffel bag that was still in once piece and proceeded to grab whatever looked undamaged, there wasn't much but a few things like a couple pair of sweat pants and few tops, I also grabbed my keepsake box that had been hidden under the bed and looked untouched for some reason, I would go through it later, I also grabbed a few books that were my favorites, I then walked out of my room.
After I had gathered what I could from the living room Edward wrapped his arm's around me and hugged me to him "I'm so sorry love, we will catch her before she can do anything to you I promise"
Just being in his arms made me feel safe enough for the moment, we decided for the moment not to report this to the police, we just locked the door and walked back downstairs to Emmett's jeep and drove back to the hotel.
When we got back to the hotel suit they were staying I had just stepped in to the suit I was tackled by a pixie "I'm so sorry Bella I didn't see it until just before you guys got there I didn't have time to warn you guys" if she had needed to breath she would have been blue by now.
"it's ok Alice you can't see everything"
After a few more minutes of this type conversation Alice finally stopped apologizing, maybe I would have preferred that she kept up with that because the next words out of her mouth where a string of words I didn't like coming from her.
"hey now I can take you shopping for a whole new wardrobe tomorrow, doesn't that sound fun?"
"Alice I may have changed a lot, but I still wouldn't put shopping and fun in the same sentence"
"Oh come on Bella I promise I will make it fun for you"
She said with puppy dog eyes, "ok but I pay for myself"
I knew that would get her "oh come on Bella why do you have to be so difficult?"
"hey you can take it or leave it"
"fine"
She said with a pout, but then she got that blank look on her face for a moment, and when she snapped out of she had an odd gleam in her eyes, what did I just get myself into to?
"ok now that we have tomorrow out of the way how about a movie tonight?"
That actually sounded like a good idea, at least she didn't want to play Bella Barbie again tonight, so I responded "Sure that sounds great"
And hey at the same time I got to stay close to Edward in my book that made for a perfect evening.
After a little arguing it was decided we would watch a marathon of the Saw movies, I knew I would only make it through a few of them because of course being humane I still needed to sleep unlike them, also some would question why would we watch a bunch of horror movies with what was going on but hey sometimes you need a good gory horror movie marathon to take your mind off the horrors in your real life.
While Alice took care of getting the movies Edward insisted that I get something to eat I tried to argue with him that I wasn't hungry but he stared at me with those hypnotic eyes of his until I gave in, but I would not let him order room service for me it was overpriced anyways. "Hey I saw a Subway on our way over here, can't we just run over there real quick and I can grab a bite to eat there then we can get back here for the movie's?"
The only way that Edward would let me out of the room was if he and two others went with us of course, of course Emmett was the first to volunteer to go with us but what I was still surprised when Rosalie offered to go with us, this new side of her was still taking some getting used to for me, but I was slowly adjusting to it.
So with all of this settled we made the short walk to the Subway, one reason I had picked this is because they were cheap but had good sandwiches, luckily the line was short for a Saturday night so I quickly made my order and found a table that would semi fit all of us, I mean trying to find a table that Emmett would fit at in a place like this is not easy.
So we finally found a tale that everybody was ok with, one we could all sit at and one that did not leave our back to the front of the restaurant, I settled in to eat, it was going to take some getting used to again eating in front of people who did not share the same dietary need that I did.
I was just getting the hand of doing this again when Emmett of course had to say something, "I don't get how you can eat something like that it doesn't even look that appetizing"
"Well it may not look good to you Emmett, but it tastes pretty good to me"
Was my smart reply, but hey I can't always come up with good comebacks that fast, especially now that I had the sandwich in front of me I realized I was actually hungry.
"I still would take a good grizzly bear any day over something like that"
I was chewing on a bite of my sandwich when he said this, so I couldn't make a proper reply, but Rosalie took care of that for me, she smacked in the back of the head for that one.
I smiled at her in thanks, and she actually gave me a friendly smile back, this time it didn't take me quite so much by surprise, I was getting used to this from her I guess.
After my quick meal we walked back to the hotel, of course I was surrounded by them with Emmett in the front, Edward in the middle with his Arm around my shoulders, and Rosalie walking a little behind us to make sure everything was safe, after seeing my apartment I was comforted by this, but I don't think Victoria would try to attack me out in the open surround as I was, at least I would hope she wasn't that desperate yet.
Once we got back to the Cullen's suite Alice and Jasper were back with the movies, they didn't have a humane to slow them down, and being Alice had gone had the living room area all set up for a typical movie night.
Carlisle and Esme even choose to join us tonight so it made the night that much more fun.
Don't get me wrong I really do like the Saw movies, but after all the classes in college and especially seeing what I have seen in real life in the field of work I'm in I can laugh at the sometimes over the top effects in the movies.
I could also tell the Carlisle found this all just as funny as I did, what with him being a doctor and all, "ok now tell me Carlisle have you ever known blood to splatter like that in real life?"
We were about half way through the second movie at this point. "No in my time as a doctor I don't recall that ever happing, nor do I think that it's even possible"
"Yeah I didn't think so, but if that's what Hollywood has to do these days to get an audience then I guess it works"
Carlisle just smiled at that, and we got back to watching the movies, I feel asleep about half way through the fourth movie, a new personal record for me might I say.
When I woke up in the morning I was no longer on the couch I was in a bed which was more comfortable than a couch, but the best part was that I was curled up next to Edward, can I say again how I had missed this.
But this moment couldn't last, and the this mood breaker had a name, and of course it was Alice, I had only been awake for a few minutes at best when she literally bounced into the room
"Gee Bella I thought you were going to sleep all day, come one sleepy head out of bed, we are wasting good shopping time"
My response to this was to try and burrow further under the blankets and to grab on to Edwards arm for dear life, "what time is it any way?"
"its 9:30 silly"
"ah come on Alice that's too early to be up on a Sunday, can't you let me sleep for a few more hours please"
"nope now we can do this the easy way or the hard way?"
Hmm maybe if I try to ignore the evil little vampire she would go away, so that's exactly what I tried to do, of course Edward did his best to help me, he wrapped his arms tighter around me where I was attempting to hid just under the covers.
"so the hard way it is"
All of the sudden the blankets that had been covering me where pulled clean off the bed and Alice grabbed a hold of my ankle, of course this only made me hold on to Edward tighter but there is no use trying to play tug-a-war with a vampire especially when you were being used as the rope.
"Ok ok Alice I'll get up just please stop trying to pull my foot off"
When I gave in that was enough to get her to let go of my ankle "great, you have 15 minutes"
I just groaned but reluctantly got out of the bed, and stumbled into the bathroom a few seconds later there was a knock at the door it was Alice she handed be pile of clothing, luckily she handed me some clothes that were actually comfy, thanks for small miracles.
True to her word Alice only gave me fifteen minutes to get ready, I quickly pulled the jeans and thin dark blue sweater that Alice had given on, I quickly ran a brush through my hair and brushed my teeth as quickly as I could.
When I walked into the living room of the suit Alice was waiting for me tapping her toes and looking at her watch "ok ok Alice I'm ready to go no reason to panic"
All the guys just laughed at this, but I earned a glare from Alice for that little comment, can't win them all I guess, I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that Rosalie and Esme where coming with us, maybe they would be able to rein Alice in if she got to crazy.
So with a swift kiss from Edward, I tried to extend the moment but Alice wouldn't let that happen, she tugged on my arm to get me moving, and then we were out the door, what have I got myself into?
Alice dragged us down to a dark colored sedan in the parking garage below the hotel, once we had all gotten settled into the car Alice took off, I was getting used to the fast driving of the Cullen's once again.
We reached the mall in record time, by this point Alice was almost bouncing in her seat at the prospect of a new shopping partner, well here goes nothing.
Just as I remembered Alice dragged to all the stores she wanted, once in the first store she started going through the racks and picking up whatever caught her attention, I had to speak up when I saw one too many skirt making into the growing pile she was handing me, for the moment she listened and no more skirts made it into the pile growing the next thing I knew she was pushing me into a fitting room, the pile of clothing had been taken from my hands and now Alice was tossing outfits over the door to me to try on, thank goodness for Esme and Rosalie they had to remind her that I could only move so fast, and told her to slow down, of course I had to show them each outfit, they all gave their opinion several where tossed aside quickly, but to my horror was the ever growing pile of clothing to keep was growing bigger all the time,
It was actually a lot of fun to shop with all three of them, Esme and Rosalie kept Alice more grounded, the normal and they each tried clothing on as well so it felt like a real girls day out, something I hadn't really had in very long time.
When it came time to pay I really did try to make Alice let me pay and tired to insist that several items be put back, but in the end the little pixie won out I gave up trying to pay for myself after the first store it was easier to let Alice have her way.
We had been shopping for what felt like forever to me when I realized I had skipped breakfast and was actually quite hungry "Alice are we going to stop and take a break any time soon?"
"come on Bells just a few more stores please then I will let you take a break"
Just then my stomach rumbled, I of course starting blushing, at this point Esme interceded on my behalf "Alice dear, Bella does need to eat, remember?"
"oh sorry I kind of forgot" Alice said with a sheepish expression
"it's ok Alice it's been a while since you guys have had to spend a lot of time with a humane around"
This last part being said in a very quite tone.
After that we made our way over to the food court, while the food here was always extremely greasy, I did manage to find a place that had a few salads on its menu and of course I got myself a huge soda to go along with it.
Once I had gotten and paid for my food we settled down at a table, and I proceed to eat my meal, I tried to eat quickly though and thankfully did not wind up chocking on my food.
Once I had finished eating it was back to shopping, we had been through a least three more stores when Alice took a moment to haul a bunch of bags back to the car, it was starting to draw attention to the amount of bags we were carrying, for once I had begged to just sit on one of the benches outside of one of the stores while she did this it would give me a moment to sit and rest my feet.
Alice agreed to this as long as Rosalie and Esme stayed close to me, it only take her a few minutes at best anyways, after Alice left I noticed that Rosalie and Esme where eyeing a store a few feet away so I encouraged them to go check it out they could still clearly see me from the store "it ok go ahead, I promise I will stay right here I won't move an inch from here ok"
They finally agreed, I settled down to wait and was just people watching when I felt like I was being watched, I turned to try and see if I could find which direction this was coming from.
When I turned to look behind me I received a sever shock, there stood Victoria about ten feet behind me I look back forward and saw that Esme and Rosalie where still in the store across the way, but they were not looking at me.
All of the sudden I felt a very cold hand hard on my shoulder, I was scared to turn around, my fears where confirmed for me when a low voice spoke in my ear "finally I get you alone Bella, it's been so long, but I finally got you where I want you"
I was shaking with fear at this point "what do you want with me?"
"oh I think you know Bella, why play games?"
At this point I did the only thing I could think to do "Help" I said in slightly more than a normal tone of voice but it was enough, the next thing I knew both Esme, Rosalie, and Alice where standing in front of us, all three growling real low, so as not to draw any more attention to us.
This move seemed to shock Victoria enough that she loosened her grip on my shoulder, I took this chance to try and jump up and away from her, I succeeded, but I knew I would have a bruise later.
Once I was next to Esme she moved me quickly so I was in between the three of them. Rosalie stepped forward "Leave now before we tear you apart here and now, it's three against one here"
"Oh don't worry I won't take dear Bella now, there are too may witness around, but I will get you Bella one way or another you are mine"
And with that parting comment she calmly walked away, not even bothering to behind her to see if she was in any danger, she knew that the others couldn't touch here in front of all of these humans, she had picked the ideal moment to approach me.
After that little episode it was decided our little shopping trip was over, we walked back down to the parking garage, with all three of them on high alert, the light mood of earlier was gone.
Once back in the car, we speed faster than earlier back to the hotel, when we got back up to the suit, I ran right into Edwards arms, for the first time I realized I was near tears, and I started crying, "what happened why are you crying love"
Edward asked me I couldn't speak through my tears, all of the sudden he stiffened he must of read, the others minds, he was now growling "Alice how could you not have seen this before it happened, and how was she even left alone?"
"it must have been a last moment decision on her part I only saw it right before it happened I got back to her as fast as possible I only took the bags down to the car real fast"
Rosalie spoke up at this point "we only left her for a moment and we could see her the whole time"
"this should never have happened"
I couldn't take it that Edward was upset with his family I spoke up "don't blame them Edward it's not their fault, I talked them into leaving me sitting alone for a moment, plus they were there as soon as they saw her"
After a tense moment Edward said "Esme, Rosalie, Alice I'm sorry it was wrong of me to get mad at you like that"
All three said "it ok"
After that Edward helped over to the sofa where he sat with his arms around me as we discussed what had happened, after my little outburst of tears I became angry that I had left myself so open to an attack, I should have known better, plus I was angry that I had let her get to me like that.
It was decided that we would stay in for the rest of the night, and make a new plan of how to keep me safe, about mid way through I realized that she wouldn't give up till she had what she wanted, and how could I keep putting those that I love in danger, where would she come at me from next?
I kept all of this to myself of course, Jasper looked at me kind of funny for a moment at one point but I quickly calmed myself down, before he could become to suspicious.
The rest of the day and evening was very uneventful, Edward insisted on order room service for me this time, I didn't try to argue with him.
A short time later I was ready for bed, I did have work tomorrow after all, even though I was scared what tomorrow would bring, I slept peacefully in Edward arms, I would face tomorrow when it came.
A/N: this was one of my longer chapter so far I think, I hope I portrayed Victoria right, next chapter has more action though, I've almost got it completely planned out how I want to go hopefully I will have out my Sunday that my goal, thanks for reading and thanks for the great reviews so far. LD
