The cops pounded down the door and took the gun from Jake. He was put in hand cuffs and put in the police car.
Alice was rushed to the hospital. She was in alot of pain, but for right now no where close to death. I wanted so badly to be with her but I had to stay for questioning by the police.
"Hi, I'm deputy Lauren. Can you tell me what went on here tonight?"
"Well, I was outside with Edward, and when we walked in we saw him with the gun, holding Alice captive."
"Yes and can you specify the names of all people involved tonight?"
"Well, me Isabella Swan, Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen who is in the ambulance, and um, uh Jacob Black the guy with the gun."
"Do you have any idea what might have led to shooting ." I looked up at Edward who was next to me, watching his sister be strapped to a gurney and put in the ambulance. I then looked in the police car, through the tinted windows and into the face of a friend. He was staring at me tears in his eyes. I didn't know what to do. At the end of the day I always thought I could count on Jake, as he had put before 'if I needed a friend.' But earlier today I sure could have used a friend as he was too high to be there for me. I wanted to believe in Jake, I kept telling my self that this was all just a big misunderstanding, or better yet a dream that was a lot like a night mare. But that gunshot at Alice was real, so real the sound of her pain will haunt me forever, but if I lied right now I knew that Alice would understand. But I didn't know if I really wanted to lie, if I wanted to be there for Jake and give him the cover he needed right now. A part of me wanted to just tell Deputy Lauren everything, I wanted to show her the scars, tell her who put them there and make every last one of Jake druggie friends go to jail. But the other part was what made me say this.
"No, no idea."
The nurse came out of the room where Alice was, we had been in the hospital for about three hours now, the entire time I was in Edward's arms crying into his chest.
"You can go in and see her now." the nurse nodded and smiled. assumed this was good, but I couldn't be sure. I would have to see for myself.
I walked in, Edward's hand in mine, and saw Alice. She looked fine, as if nothing had happened, except she cried all of her make-up away, and it had worn off by now.
"Hey." I sniffed.
"Hi." she said, not at her usual level of perk, but all too peppy for what had happened.
I laughed at her. "Um, how you felling?" I asked.
"I'm fine, really. And I don't want any special treatment." she eyed us. "You guys can come in, you don't have to stand in the doorway." I laughed at my self and then walked towards her and sat down in the chair next to her bed, Edward next to me.
"Are you sure you're okay. I can't get you anything?" Edward asked.
"No. All I want is to talk to Bella, so leave." he eyed her for a moment. "No yeah, go go." he laughed softly and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.
"What was all that about?" she asked me, as if it was some juicy piece of gossip about that Twilight movie.
"Uh, well let's start with this what did he tell you?"
"Well, I just remember praying that you guys would come home, he probably still has my cell phone. I couldn't call the police, when I go home I don't turn around and lock the door. He walked right in with a gun, grabbed me by my neck and then told me to tell him what I knew." I swallowed the lump in my throat, or tried to anyway.
"Bella, what happened earlier?"
"Nothing." she looked at me.
"Really?" she asked.
"Positive."
"Oh don't give me that Bella. I just got shot and you're not even going to tell me why? That seems unfair."
"Okay fine. I saw Jake and his friends today doing drugs when I tried to take them away form him he pushed me down and then his friends started kicking and punching me after that I guess he thought that I told you and when he came to the house and held you captive and maybe we should start locking the door all the time now this seems to happen too much and okay Bella breathe." I let out all if my air and she smiled.
"Hey, um, just so you know I'll only be on crutches, and only or a few weeks. I'll be back and good as new in about two weeks. Just in time to get back from Forks and start working on your album." she chimed.
"You don't let anything get you down do you Alice?"
"Nope, not really."
"Well that's good, because these next few months are going to be crazier than ever. And I couldn't do it without you."
"Well let's tear it up." she said and laughed.
Later that night Alice was asleep and I was in Edward's volvo. This was after we were politely told to get out by one of the nurses about ten minutes ago. I told Edward that I wanted to stay the night at the hospital, so he said that we could sleep in his car.
"Are you sure you want to stay?" he asked.
"Yeah positive. I want to be here if anything goes wrong."
"Bella, I know Alice, she won't let anything get her down. Trust me she'll be back and better than ever by next week. Everything will work out fine."
"Yeah, I'd like to belive that, but how can you be so sure?" I ased leaning into him,we were sitting in the back seat.
"I've known Alice since she was born. She doesn't let anything stop her. In fact if anything this will only make her want to do more, she won't slow down. That's why she said she doesn't want any special treatment, don't give it to her, she'll only get mad at you and neither of you want that."
"So, Alice, my best friend in the entire world, was just shot and I'm not aloud to comfort or help her?"
"You can help her but only when she asks you to. You should pretty much just leave this alone."
"Well, we'll see." I said and yawned. "Besides how can you be so sure this is what she would want me to do? How she doesn't want any help at all?"
"You should get some sleep, you look tired." he said ignoring the subject, but he was right. I was tired, my eyes were already half closed and I didn't know if he had heard me.
He put the seats down and laid down next to me. Before I knew it I was asleep in his arms.
I woke up the next morning in the waiting room, I looked at my cell and saw that it was around eight. I sat up, stretched and yawned and then leaned back to where I had been. My head on Edward's shoulder. I kept my eyes open.
"Are you awake love?" I heard Edward's velvet voice ask.
"Yeah, how did we get in here?" I asked, still sort of dazed and drowsy.
"Well, I set my cell phone so that we would wake up around six. I didn't want to wake you up, so I just carried you in."
"Why, I would have been okay with it if you woke me up?"
"Well, yopu looked so peaceful and calm, and i know that you haven't had that in awhile so I didn't want to disturb you."
"In a way I'm kind of glad you didn't." I looked up at him when I felt his eyes on me.
"I was dreaming."
"About what?"
"About you."
Later that week, I was told by the police to come down and meet with Jake, Alice was just out of the hospital, but she came anyway. I told her that she didn't have to, but this was what Edward meant, not letting anything get her down.
"Okay miss Swan, tell me what happened earlier that day."
"Well I went to the studio, sang a song or two until lunch, then I went down to the diner where Jake works. Alice went home and Edward stayed with Jay, the owner of the label." I looked at Jake who was in a room with clear walls, handcuffs behind his back, sitting in a chiar. His face was emotionless.
"I walked in, and." I dropped my gaze form his eyes and, without a studder in my words, looked right into the police officer's eyes.
"he was behind the counter as usual. He was about to go on break so waited the five minutes before I got to talk to him one-on-one, but I could see him the entire time. He was acting normal, and when I talked to him he was fine. The Jake I would have expected."
"When you talked to what did you talk about?"
"My Album. We're staring to work on it and a few days before he told me to keep him updated."
"And then what did you do?"
"Well, I drove back to the studio, we discussed the album details and then Edward and I went back to my house later that night. When we walked in we saw Jake, with Alice, and gun in hand."
"That's all?"
"Yes ma'm."
"And what did you do that day?"
"Well I was with Bella all day except for lunch and I left early that day. I was shopping and after I was done I decided to go home. I got there around nine and Jake showed up around ten."
"And do you recall what time and showed up?"
"We left the studio at ten your house is five minutes away." Edward said.
"Yeah, he wasn't there for long now that I think about it. I guess it felt a heck of alot longer while it was happening."
"Can you tell me why?"
"Well, Jake showed up and he didn't have the gun, or not one that I could see anyway. But he um." Alice looked at me.
" you do realize that the smartest thing to do in a situation like this is tell me the truth."
"Yes of course I do why wouldn't I? I was the one who got shot remember. I'm just as mad at Jake as the next girl. Jake asked me where Bella was, and when I didn't give him an answer he just kept asking. When he saw the headlights pull in the driveway, he grabbed me and pulled out a gun. Other than that he spoke to both Edward and Bella."
"What did say to two?" she asked.
"When I walked in he asked if we would call the cops. I didn't and Alice was trapped so-" I looked at Edward.
"I did. I dialed behind my back Jake was too freaked to realized what I was doing. I did that as soon as I saw the gun, right as we walked in. In between the and the time you showed up, all I did was ask Jake to put the gun down, ask Jake to let the girls leave and for him and I to work it out."
"Well, that was very noble of you Mr. Cullen. Now the question is 's punishment. Thank you all for your time."
"Wait, is he going to jail." I asked.
"Yes, but it won't be for long since the damage is minor, however he did break the law, and he might be in for a month. Maybe two. It will depend on his behavior, and if anyone id willing to bail him out."
"Oh, well thank you so much." she smiled and walked away.
Now it was time to talk to Jake. No Alice. No Edward. No Deputy Lauren. Just us. I entered the door to the room where they were keeping him.
"You have ten to fifteen minutes." the police officer said as he closed the door.
Jake had his head down.
"Jake."
No answer.
"Jake, I only have about ten mintues. If you don't speak up, I'll just leav and you'll be stuck here regretting not talking tome."
He looked up knowing I was right. "I'm so sorry."
"For what?" I asked and he took awhile to talk.
"I'm sorry for shooting Alice." I laughed and looked at my feet.
"Try again." I said smiling and he seemed to be confused.
Again it took awhile for him to speak. "I'm sorry, for hurting you, and for not sticking up for you when the guys stared pounding you."
"No not that." I said smugly.
"I'm sorry for-"
"No Jake you're sorry for lying to me and for being so masochistic."
"How was I masochisitc?" he said standing up.
"You did drugs Jake, or have you already forgotten about that?"
"No I haven't forgotten." he yelled.
"No Jake! You don't get to be mad! I do, you shot my best friend! How do you think that makes me feel?"
"Probably pretty bad. I said I was sorry what else do you want me to do?"
I lowered the tone in my voice.
"I honestly don't know right now, but understand this. You hurt me, you hurt Alice, and now we're both scared for life, in more that the literal sense." he came closer to me.
"Bella, I need your help." he said just above a whisper. "I need you to do something."
"And by something you mean to bail you out?" I scoffed.
"Well mostly but-"
"Cut the crap Jake, you want me to bail you out. Period. End of story."
"Yes, okay Bella I sort of want you to bail me out. I don't think I'll really like jail. You know earlier this week I saw a guy look at someone...look at someone Bella, and they got totally pounded."
"Oh wow, I have no idea what that feels like do I?"
"Bella, I promise never to do drugs ever again if you just bail me out."
"What a cliche`." I sai rolling my eyes.
"Bella, I swear!"
"I would like to help you Jake, but I don't think I can right now."
He started to get glassy eyed. "I get it. So, see you as soon as I can then?" he asked.
"Sure." He opened up his arms and I hugged him.
"I got to go." I said realizing as my tears formed that was losing my nerve.
"Okay." He said and I left the room.
Not knowing if I would bail him out or not.
About week later we were all headed for Forks, not the most exciting place in the world I know, but we had had alot of excitement this week so that was okay. I was actually looking forward to seeing this little girl, what had tempted my mom and Phil to adopt her and not someone else. Other than that there was bothering I was looking forward to. In fact there were three things that I was absolutely dreading:
Rain.
More rain.
and some more rain.
I had the window seat and Alice and Edward were eating each other alive beside me. Edward was nice to Alice when she was in the hospital, but one crack at Edward and those two were arguing like arguing like no other. I was
I took the window seat next to Edward, which is what they were currently fighting over. I put in by ear buds, turned on my iPod, and one of my favorite songs came on Here In Your Arms by HelloGoodbye
I decided to work on the album for awhile. I knew a few songs that I definitely wanted on there, I just had to compare tose to other songs.
I got out pen and paper and wrote:
Official Track List
Now I had to think of what songs represented me right now, and what songs didn't represent me at all, but I loved and they would be on there anyway.
I'd lie
White Horse
I ?
Crazier
A Thousand Miles
Outside Looking In
Ordinary Day
A Perfectly Good Heart
A Perfectly Good Heart was a song I wrote the other night.
I wne tthrough the rest of the songs in the binder. I soon found the first one I wrote. It was called Oh my, my, my. Of course, about Edward.
She said, I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky, the pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled
And rolled their eyes and said oh my my my
Took me back to the house in the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
Took me back when our world was one block wide
I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
Just two kids, you and I...
Oh my my my my
I was sixteen when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But your eyes still shined like pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we'd really fall in love
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said oh my my my...
Took me back to the creek beds we turned up
Two A.M. riding in your truck and all I need is you next to me
Took me back to the time we had our very first fight
The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight
You stayed outside til the morning light
Oh my my my my
A few years had gone and come around
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
And you looked at me, got down on one knee
Took me back to the time we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said I do and I did too
Took me home were we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
After all this time, you and I
I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, oh my my my..."
We soon were at the airport, waiting for my mom to come and get us.
I went over to get my luggage. There were lots of plain black bags, so I was pretty sure I would have to dig to find the one that had my name on it. Edward followed behind me, even though I didn't ask him to, but I didn't mind ovbiously.
"Do you have clue where any of your stuff is?" he asked.
"No, what about you?"
"Nothing yet." he said smoothly. He pulled a few bags over.
"There's one of mine." he picked it up and slung it over his left shoulder.
"Um, I think this one is Alice's." I picked it up and placed it on the floor.
I saw him pick up two more. Then another one about thirty seconds later.
I found mine and then two of Alice's. I picked them all up trying to untangle the straps. A pale hand took them from me. I turned to see Edward holding all eight bags.
"Are you sure you can get all of those all the way down to the car?" I asked.
"Yes, positive."
"Really, I could take some." I reached out to grab one but he flinched away childishly. We continued this for a few seconds, and I didn't see how he wasn't falling over with all the weith he was holding, until I felt someone tap my shoulder.
"Hey are you guys married?" she asked. This girl looked as if she was about fourteen, she had dark hair and was wearing a blue shirt with jeans. Another girl was stanindg beside her and they were both smiling.
"No, we're dating though, why?" I asked putting my hand on the metal that lined the long black conver belt.
"Well we were just wondering." she said playing with her nails, but her eyes were still on us.
"Oh." I said and was about to turn away when she spoke again.
"You're really going to let him carry all those for you?" she asked pointing at him, scanning him with her green eyes.
"Well, I tried to take them back but he won't let me." I said looking up at him teasingly.
"It's true." he confirmed.
"You guys look good together." she said and I looked at Edward who was rolling his eyes.
"Thank you. Um, who are you with are your parents here?"
"No, I'm here with my school. We're in Muse Maching and heading for L.A."
"Oh, we're coming from L.A. actually."
"Reall?" I nodded. "What's you're name?" she asked.
"Bella. Bella Swan."
"Oh my God you have that song, um, I'd Lie?"
"Yes that's me." I said. A little flattered and wondering why I was answering the question.
"Oh, well, I just wish I had a boyfriend as great yours. One that would carry my bags for me."
"Yeah well they're pretty rare." I looked up at him.
I looked back down at the girl. She looked for her bag and then grabbed a huge hot pink one.
"Hey Kyle!" she yelled and a short boy with glasses came up behind her.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Carry this for me." she threw it on him and he looked as if her might sink. I covered my mouth to contain my laughter.
"Nice talking to you." she said walking away.
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We got to my mom's house in about an hour of leaving the airport.
"She should be home from preschool any minute now." my mom said.
"You guys can go unpack if you want. You're rooms are up stairs. Last three in the house." she said be fore smiling and walking into the kitchen.
In about ten minutes I heard the front door open and Phil's voice. Followed by light laughter and then shireking.
I ran down stairs and I heard Alice behind me, Edward following.
I saw a gorgeous little blonde haired girl. She was wearing a capris and a pink shirt with a flower on it. She was adorable.
"Bella!" Phil said and ran over to give me a hug.
"Hi Phil." I said laughing.
"Guys, I would like you to meet Lucky." My mom came in the room and picked her up. She was facing us.
"Hi." she said her voice light and quiet.
"Hi sweety." I said coming up to her.
"Lucky this is your sister Bella." she said giving her to me to hold. "And this is your aunt Alice and Uncle Edward."
"I call holding her next." Alice said raising her hand.
"Mommy can I go get in my too-too now?" she asked. Turning to my mom.
"Yes darling." Renee said queitly. I let her down and she ran upstairs. In a few minutes she came back down in a hot pink too-too and a light purple leotard. The tiara on top of her head was sparkly. She was wearing pink ballet shoes.
"Hey Phil has to leave and I have to go shopping, you guys mind baby sitting?" she asked holding keys.
"No of course not." I shook my head.
"Thanks. Love you." she kissed my cheek and left.
"Well aren't you just the prettiest thing?" I said getting down to her height level.
"No you are." she said poking my nose.
"Awe well thank you."
"Bet you can't catch me." she teased. She laughed and took of.
I knew this week would be fun.
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