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Matthias Stormcrow: thank you. Im glad you like it. I think she will kick the crap outta James… heh…

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mary ali Cullen: I'll add more about Bella in a later chapter. Promise. =)

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I…what?

I groaned softly, slowly beginning to wake up. Where was I? What was I lying on? Whatever it was, somehow it was hard and soft at the same time. I heard soft snoring and remembered what was going on. Bella and I had fallen asleep on the couch last night watching Bones. She had let me lay on her and we had fallen asleep like that.

I had been staying with Bella for a few weeks now. Every time I had gone out to try to get a job, if I came back empty handed Bella had smile softly at me and said it didn't matter, that I didn't really have to get a job. She had insisted on paying for everything, from the bills to anything I had needed to buy for myself. I was baffled. When I had stayed with James I had paid for everything because it had meant less beatings in the end. And there were other things that took getting use to, as well. She was always gentle, both in words and speech. I had only seen her angry in any way when she had taken us to the match.

"I can't believe we're here, with front row seats, with Bella Swan!" Emmett was grinning from ear to ear and I was smiling, too. Bella had fixed it so we were, indeed, in the front row and they were about to announce the next match.

"IN THE RIGHT CORNER AT 5'7'' AND WEIGHING 170 POUNDS IS JAMES KILIOR!" There were a few cheers and mostly booing. "AND IN THIS CORNER 5'9'' AND WEIGHING 190 POUNDS, BELLAAAAA SWAAAAN!" We all stood and cheered, causing James and Bella to look at us. Bella smiled and waved, while James's eyes landed on me and he scowled. Bella caught that and her eyes were hard as she looked at him. "LET THE MATCH… BEEEGIIIIIN!" The bell rang.

Bella moved forward slowly, rolling her shoulders. She stopped at about the center of the ring and got into the stance, feet apart and fists up. Her body language yelled calm, relaxed, even, but her eyes were another story. She looked really mad and part of me feared for James. Then again, I cringed remembering how strong James was.

"Holy shit!" Edward gasped. I focused on the match again in time to see Bella to deliver a punch with her left hand followed by an uppercut with her right, sending James to the ground with a bloody nose and a missing tooth. "Damn, she is beating the shit outta him," Jasper muttered from beside Edward. James got up and she dodged his attack and countered it with her own. Bella lost her balance a little when she dodged another attack and James wacked her in the face, drawing blood. She stumbled back, but came back with a punch from her right fist. Blood ran down his cheek and he breathed heavily. Bella gave him another upper cut, sending him flying to the ground again, but this time he didn't get up.

"THE WINNER IS…" The referee grabbed Bella's wrist and raised it above his head. "BELLA SWAN!" The cheering was deafening and I was jumping up and down. She grinned, jumping off the stage and heading back to the changing rooms.

James had been out for hours. She had explained that she was still pissed at him for hitting me. She had to get stitches for the cut above her eye, but she had shrugged it off. Later that week Jasper had rented an apartment in a nearby town, Lockport. We had caught him the next day kissing Edward at said apartment. Turns out they had dated a while back and never got over it. And, well, now they were together. In fact, Edward moved in a couple days ago. I was happy for them.

Bella's arms tightened slightly around me, but not uncomfortably so. There it was again, this new feeling. I felt safe here, in Bella's arms. It was… weird, but it felt nice, this being safe. I sighed happily again and snuggled closer to her. The peace of the moment didn't last though, because I felt the dreaded feeling that sent me scrambling to get to the bathroom, kneeing Bella in the crotch in my hast. She grunted in pain, but I was already running to the toilet. "Alice?" She groaned, and then I heard her running in my direction. I hurled into the toilet and felt my hair being pulled out of my face. Bella stayed with me the whole time I was emptying my stomach, rubbing circles on up and down my back. When my stomach had nothing more to give she wiped the corners of my mouth with a washcloth. "You okay?" She asked softly. I frowned and leaned against her chest. She placed her hand on my forehead, pulling it away after a moment. "You don't have a fever. Maybe I should take you to the doctor,"

"No… I don't want to go to the doctor…"

"Ali, I know you hate it, but this is starting to worry me. It's the fourth morning this has happened," She rested her chin on top of my head and wrapped her arms around me.

"Okay, I'll get dressed. But only if we can go to Taco Bell after this," I frowned. "I'm craving Mexican fast food,"

"Okay, but only if the doc says you're okay. Deal?"

"Yes,"

Bella and I were sitting in the waiting room at her doctor's office. I felt kind of plain, sitting beside her. I had chosen to wear gray skinny jean and a green t-shirt with a light black hoodie over it. Bella was wearing black and silver jeans, a thin dark blue, long-sleeve t-shirt and a charcoal sleeveless hoodie over that. She had let me lean against her while we waited and shortly after had placed a protective arm around my shoulders. I felt that same safe feeling wash over me again.

"Ms. Cullen," The nurse called. I stood.

"I could stay out here, if you want," Bella whispered.

"No, please come with me," She nodded and we followed the nurse back where they did all the normal stuff. Temperature, height, weight, so on. She then led us to a room.

"Okay, Ms. Cullen, what brings you here today?" She asked, closing the door behind us. Bella sat in one of the chairs and I sat on the exam table.

"Well, for the last couple of days I've been… throwing up in the mornings,"

She wrote it down. "And you haven't had a fever?"

"No,"

She wrote that down, too. "Any other symptoms?"

"No,"

"Alright, well, Dr. Hollor will be with you in a moment," She left, closing the door behind her. Bella's hand covered mine after a moment.

"You're shaking, Ali," She whispered, tracing circle on my hand with her thumb.

"I… I don't like doctor's offices, is all,"

She placed an arm around my shoulders and traced nameless patterns on my upper arm. I instantly relaxed into her. "It's okay. You probably just have a cold or something like that," She whispered and I thought I felt her kiss the top of my head.

"You've done so much that you don't have to…" I whispered back.

"Eh, no biggy. I wanted to do it for you,"

There was a knock at the door and we both turned. An African American woman slipped in. "Hello, Ms. Cullen, I'm Dr. Hollor. How are you today?" She asked, sitting on a rolling stool.

"I feel a little sick, but other than that, I'm okay,"

"Well, if you will lay down for me, we'll see what the problem is," Bella's arm retreated and I lay down. I felt incredibly nervous again. I looked over at Bella, who had noticed my nervousness and pulled a silly face. I smiled and relaxed a little."Ms. Cullen, when was your last Menstrual Period?" My last… oh, god… "Two months," I whispered. She let me sit up. "Congratulations! Looks like you're about six weeks," "Six weeks? Six weeks what?" Bella asked. "Bella, I'm… I'm pregnant," I whispered. "P-Pregnant?" She squeaked. "I take it this wasn't planned," Dr. Hollor stated. "No. no, it wasn't," I gulped. "Well, you two will be great parents. Don't worry," "P-Parents?" I gulped again. "We are just roommates," Bella stated calmly. "Oh. I just assumed… you acted like a couple, that's all," Bella cleared her throat. "You said she was six weeks. Is there anything we should do differently then normal?" "well, I'm going to give you some vitamins for her and there's an oil if you want it that will prevent stretch marks," She wrote it down on a prescription slip and handed it to me. We left soon after. "Can we go to Taco Bell now?" I pouted at her. She glanced at me, then looked back at the road. "How could I say no to that face?" She smiled. "You cant, and that's why I do it," I smiled and Bella chuckled as she pulled into the Taco Bell parking lot. "Drive thru or dine in?" "Drive thru. I kinda just wanna go home," I said, then blinked in surprise. That was the first time I had called Bella's apartment "Home" and I looked at Bella to gage her reaction. She smiled. "Alright, Ali. We can watch Scooby-Doo movies," She winked. "Really?" I squeeked. "Which one?" "I have all of them. Your choice," "Yay!" I clapped my hands together. "Welcome to Taco Bell. What can I get you?" The talking box asked. Yes, I call it the talking box. Don't you laugh at me…. "Number two with a coke," I whispered to Bella. She raised an eyebrow at me. "Two number two's, both with a coke, please," The talking box told us our total and we drove to the next window. "That right there, is a lot of burrito for someone so small," Bella teased, reaching into her back pocket for her wallet. "I'm eating for two people, missy. What's your excuse?" I poked her belly, though I only realized that one big burrito would not hurt her with such a tight stomach. "I'm bigger then you are," She stated before paying for the food and getting it from the guy in the window. I stuck my tongue out at her as we began to drive home again. When we got home she jumped out of the truck―food in hand― and came over to open my door. "Here is proof that being tall is better," "Oh?" I leaned toward her. "And what is that?" She swiftly scooped me up with her free arm, causing me to squeal and hang onto her neck. "Bella!" She chuckled in my ear. "See?" She whispered. "Okay, fine. Just take me upstairs, you punk," "Yes, Ms. Cullen!" She chuckled, taking the stair two at a time. I settled into her, already comfortable with Bella doing things like this. Somehow she managed to get the door unlocked with me in one arm and the food in her other hand. "Ha! My skittles prevail!" She smiled. "Skittles?" "Me and a few friends from high school used that word instead of skills. Just something funny to say, I guess," She kicked the door closed and walked over to the couch, setting me down, placing the food on the coffee table and moving to the movie stand. "Which movie do you want to watch?"

"Witch's ghost?"

"Good choice," She set it up in the DVD player and sat next to me, then began sorting out the food. I hadn't realized how hungry I was until the moment I started eating. It caused a laugh to escape Bella's mouth.

"Shut uuupppp. Im hungry,"

"I can see that. At least Mini-Ali has good taste,"

"Mini-Ali? That's cute,"

"Yeah, well, I try,"

We ate in silence then, because the movie started. I had seen it at least seven times, but I still loved it. When we were done eating Bella had sat back and I ended up leaning into her side. We stayed that way until about half-way through the movie.

"Alice?"

"Yeah, Bella?"

"I, um… I know this might be something that you don't want to talk about, but I was wandering… you seemed shocked that you were pregnant and I…" She leaned forward and breathed deeply through her nose. "Did… did James… what happened?"

"James… he…" I bit my lip, trying to hold back the tears that were sure to come. "He r-"

He threw me down on the bed, causing me to scream out in pain. "SHUT UP, YOU B****!" I heard the clink of metal and flinched, knowing what he planned to do.

I blinked the memory away. "He… he raped me…" I whispered, feeling the tears fall.

I heard Bella growl, actually growl, before gently pulling me into her lap and tightly, though not too tightly, wrapping her arms around me. "Alice, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked," She whispered into my hair, rubbing calming patterns on my back as I cried into her shirt. "I'm sorry he did that. I'm so sorry," She kissed the top of my head as I clung to her shirt. She smoothed my hair down and began to rock me back and forth. "I promise you this, Alice: I won't let it happen again. You're safe here. Never forget that. You will always be safe here,"

I buried my face deeper into her shirt, but heard every word she said. As much as one part of my brain said I had only known her for a short amount of time, I believed her. I believed every word she said.

*sigh* poor Alice. )= I hated writing that part with what happened to her, but it was nessasary for the story. Anyway, review and tell me what you think! Oh, and hopefully I'll be able to update sooner next time, but I don't know… my new courses are killer. d=

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