Well minions it has been fun, but this will be the last chapter. Don't worry I think you might be intrigued by the last line, I'm foreshadowing something to come. If you guess it right in a review then you will one of the first to see exactly what I am talking about ;) Well read my minions and enjoy your last taste of Saving Bella.

Chapter 25!

Bella's POV

Charlie's trial is today. I'm so scared I don't even want to get out of bed this morning. What happens if he's not found guilty, what happens if they let him go, I'll have to go back to living with him, and I'm sure he'll actually kill me this time because of what I did. Edward has continuously told me that he would go to jail, but I can't believe him, Charlie is a sick sadistic bastard and he find ways to do things when he wants something done. I shuddered and pulled the covers over my head. Alice would be coming in soon to jump on the bed and make me get up like she does every morning. I groaned as I heard the door open, I so didn't want to get up yet.

"Bella , love you have to get up now." Edward whispered softly as he laid down in the bed beside me.

I rolled over and buried my face in his chest.

"I don't want to get up. I want to stay right here, just like this forever." His arms wrapped around me and pulled me in closer.

"You have to be present at the hearing today Bella. It's a must. Don't be scared, he's going to prison love trust me."

I groaned into his chest and he pulled me in closer. We laid there, just like that for a while, his chin resting on the top of my head, me leaning into his chest. I was comfortable and I really didn't want to move, but my prediction of Alice came true. She threw open the door and jumped on the bed.

"Edward out, Bella up now!"

With a chuckle from Edward and another groan from me, Edward kissed the top of my head and got out of the bed. Alice was slightly bouncing on her knees, moving the bed so much there was no way I could fall asleep again.

"Okay, okay Alice I'm up, okay I'm up. Stop with the bouncing, please."

She stopped bouncing and sat down on the bed the bed.

"Out of the bed, out, out, out! Let's go, let's go!"

How she could be in such a good mood so early was beyond me. I listened to her words though and got out of the bed as she asked, then pulled a pillow and blanket with me, crashing onto the floor in a bug heep. I heard Edward chuckle from the door way, then close the door softly behind him. Alice groaned and moved to the edge of the bed.

"I will jump on you Bella you know I will. Now get up off the floor and stand up so I can see what I'm going to make you wear today! UP NOW!!"

I jumped at the sound of her voice and was standing at attention, saluting her within 5 seconds. Not even receiving a laugh from Alice, she stood and circled me, looking me up and down. I was sure she was imagining every article of clothing she had ever gotten me being draped on my body.

"At ease soldier." She said after a while and I spread out my legs slightly tucking my hands behind my back.

I tried to hold in a laugh as Alice skipped out of the room, coming back through the door to warn me not to go back to bed, but it didn't work, and I fell to the floor laughing so hard I made my stomach hurt. Alice came back in the room with a clothing bag slung over her arm, and a frown on her face I laughed harder. Edward stuck his head in the door, tooth brush in mouth and I continued laughing as I looked at him. Eventually Carlisle came up stairs and sat on the bed beside Alice.

"Dad I think she is going crazy."

"She's been through a lot Alice, this is obviously the only way she knows how to get it out."

After a while, my laughter turned into tears, and then sobs. The raked through my body like electrical shocks. I hugged my knees to my chest as I thought over my life for the past few years, thought of all the good things and the bad things. Of all the beatings, and healing. Of my near death experience, and I cried harder as I thought of what it would have been like to have left Edward here, to have watched over him in death and seen just how sad I would have left him.

"Are you sure she isn't going crazy?" Alice asked Carlisle as he bent down to pulled me into his arms.

"I'm sure Alice, just let her body cope the only way it knows how."

Carlisle rocked me softly back and forth and crooned softly in my ear, and eventually the sobs went to crying, and crying died down to tears and tears died away into sniffles and puffy eyes. Alice took one look at me and groaned rolling her eyes.

"Now I'm going to have to put cucumber slices on your eyes! Go splash some cold water on your face while I set up the powder room!"

Alice pointed a finger towards the door and I marched towards it, chuckling to myself. In the bathroom I shut the door and hung my head over the sink squeezing my eyes tight. My hands clenched into fists, as I noticed they did I undid the fists and pulled my hands through my hair. Looking at myself in the mirror I saw what a mess I really was. Charlie had taken over my life, he had controlled it, ruled it, and as I thought, I figured out the only way I could end his rule is if he was put away, somewhere where he could never hurt me again. Making up my mind about the trial, I splashed my face with cold water as instructed and dabbed it dry with a towel.

Stepping out of the bathroom Alice immediately grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the powder room. Pushing me into a low pink chair, she buffed and polished every surface of my body, as she had done the night we went clubbing. I sat back and let her gentle massaging and pampering relax me for once. When she finished I looked at myself and saw that the redness that had accumulated around my eyes was gone, and my face looked flawless. Smiling to herself Alice pulled me into my room and handed me the black clothing bag she had been carrying around. Inside was a tight fitting, little, black dress that had thick, white stripes going down either side and a big, fat bow just below the bust line. Looking satisfied with herself, Alice told me to get dressed and come down stairs when I was finished.

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Charlie ended up being sentenced to a life time in prison, just as Edward had predicted. He had been accused of abuse, and attempted murder. I walked out of the court house in a blissful mood, and ready for a nap. Horded by reporters, I walked out of the court house doors in a good mood, free of Charlie forever, and under the care of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. There was only one thing that bothered me. Charlie's last words.

"You wont get rid of me that easy Bells, don't worry we'll see each other again." Then he had winked and allowed the guards to take him away.

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