Disclaimer- Once again I own nothing. Nope just borrowing these characters from their creator Stephanie Meyers.

I can't wait to see how you guys respond to this chapter. Enjoy!


EPOV -

Silence. I enjoy it. No Rose screaming at Edward for messing up her hair, no Edward playing his piano because Rose is mad at him, and no Alice giggling loudly as Jasper chases her to their room. Ew! So do not need to think about that one. Nope just silence. Football season had ended and even though we did still need to train for next season we didn't have every day training and practice like we had been. This is why I now found myself all alone at home, just chilling by the pool. It wasn't often that I got this time to myself and I was using it to start thinking about my life. I looked down at the book that I had sitting in my lap and smiled at it. It was a scrapbook that Alice had made for Bella and I for our first anniversary together. She had done a wonderful job putting it together even though when she first gave it to us she created a bit of an uproar with all of us. I smirked at the memory.

We were all sitting out by the gazebo having lunch and discussing how our classes had gone that week, when Alice came dancing out of the house holding a package. She ran up to Bella and I and held it out to us.

"Happy anniversary you two!" She said smiling. Bella and I looked at each other and then back at her. Today was our one year anniversary and we were going out to dinner later to celebrate.

"Um... thanks sis." We opened the package to find a large scrapbook. The cover was dark purple and navy blue and the detailing and wording on it had been done in silver. The cover said Emmett and Bella : A Love Story and there was a picture of the two of us in the center of it. I watched as Bella's face lit up at the sight of it.

"Oh Alice its beautiful." Bella exclaimed as Alice beamed back at her. She opened it and started to look through it happily, at first. After she turned a few pages I noticed not only her smile falter but Alice's as well. I looked at the page that Bella was looking at and then looked up furiously at my sister. The page contained a few pictures from the Christmas after Bella's attack, but that wasn't what angered me. No it was the drawing of the hot chocolate and bottle of peppermint schnapps that Alice had done that set me off. I took the book from Bella's shocked hands and slammed it shut.

"What the FUCK Ali! What the hell is wrong with you!?" I was fuming. Alice had been looking down the entire time and when she looked back up at me I was shocked by the look on her face. She was pissed too!

"SHE WAS RAPED!!!!" Alice screamed into my face. Bella looked horrified, Rose jumped, Edward just stared in shock, and Jasper jumped up and grabbed Alice's arm.

"ALICE! How dare..." Alice cut Jasper off before he could finish, pulling her arm away from him.

"NO! I have something to say and I am going to say it DAMN IT!!!!" She shrieked. At this point we were all standing up and yelling at her until we heard it.

"STOP!" We all turned to stare at Bella who was watching us all. "Let her speak." She said softly. We all sat back down. I took Bella and placed her on my lap wrapping my arms around her tightly, and then put my attention onto Alice. Alice looked straight at Bella as she spoke.

"Bella, none of us could possibly know what you went through that night. None of us know what its like to be raped, but we did see the aftermath of it. When Emmett walked into the alley that night and found you, he walked out of it a different person. Emmett has always been kind of selfish, whether he admits it or not. Other then our family and these guys here," she said pointing to the others, " He never really cared about anyone else." She paused and looked down for a second and when she looked back up her eyes were filled with tears. "When he came home that night I was in the kitchen waiting for him, and I was shocked when I saw his face, because there was this look on it, a look that I had only seen a few times before. It was the same look he gave me after the first time Jazzy and I fought. It was one of sorrow, protection, and most of all love. In that moment I knew that something wonderful was going to come from this tragedy and I was right!" The tears were streaming down her face as she spoke and I could see that Bella was also crying. Alice walked forward and opened the book flipping through the pages and stopping at the Christmas one. She pointed to the bottle. "Yes the peppermint schnapps made you think about your attack but it helped Emmett realize that he had seen the guy and helped get him captured. This bottle helped trigger the events that made it so that monster can never rape again." She flipped to another page holding Bella's ticket to Hawaii that she never used. "You still have this because you stepped out of our lives for two months all over some stupid mis understanding, just like these pictures from before and during the prom, and our graduation party." She pointed to pictures of Bella with Edward and Jasper at the prom and then the ones of us together, and us in the pool at our party. "Don't you see! All of the misunderstandings and pain that you two have endured have made you into the couple that you are today and I don't think that its right to pretend like none of it ever happened. Shit happens to people every day, the only difference is that some people hold onto it and let it bring them down while others still remember it but move pass it. You have done that Bella. You have moved on from that night, you no longer allow it to bring you down, but at the same time you know that the experience is always going to be there. The memories of it will sneak up on you from time to time and it will be hard but not if you can see that negative in a positive way. When those moments do happen, don't think of it as the day you were raped, but instead think of it as the day you found your prince, your hero. I love you Bella, you and Rose are the sisters I never had, and I hope that one day you truly will be my sister. I'm not trying to hurt either one of you with this gift I just want you to see that everything happens for a reason and we should always remember the things that brought us together, no matter how horrible they may be. I mean lets face it. Every good story has a little bit of drama, otherwise why would you want to read it." She stopped and stared at us waiting for a response, but we were all so shocked we didn't know what to say. She nodded her head in understanding and turned around stopping for a second to add one more thing. "Ask yourselves this. If Bella hadn't been attacked, would you two even be together?" And with that she walked back into the house.

"Whatcha doing?" I was startled out of my memory by the sound of Rose's voice. I watched as she sat in the lounge chair next to mine and looked at me. I motioned to the scrapbook on my lap.

"Just thinking about the day Alice gave us this." I told her. She nodded.

"Yeah, I don't know which was worse that day. The moments before she explained herself or when she disappeared afterward. I've never seen Jasper so upset." I nodded. Since none of us had responded to her after her explanation, she had thought that she had really hurt us and proceeded pack a couple of things, jump in her car, and take off. When we had finally realized she was gone we thought that she had just gone to do some shopping, however when she wasn't back by eight that night we started to worry. Bella tried calling her but she had left her cell phone behind. By midnight we were all out searching for her except for Jasper who we made stay at the house because he was to frantic to actually drive. It wasn't until nine the next morning that Alice noticed her phone was missing and tried to call it. Rose picked it up and reamed her a new one, telling her to get her ass home. When she arrived we all hugged her and told her to never do that again. She said she didn't mean to leave her cell phone behind and when she didn't hear it ring she just thought that everyone truly hated her. After we had kissed her, hugged her, and scolded her, we watched as Jasper who had just stood there the entire time, grabbed her and pulled her to him. He put his face as close to hers as possible and told her not to ever scare him like that again. She was his life and if anything had happened to her he wouldn't be able to go on. Then he tossed her over his shoulder and brought her up to their room where they stayed the rest of the day.

"Alice was right though." I looked at her questioningly. She explained. "That day she asked if Bella wasn't attacked would you two be together. I don't think you would have been." I started to protest but she put her hand up to stop me. "Hear me out. When Bella first moved here we all tried to be friends with her but she wasn't having it. We all gave up over time and she just kind of faded into the background, so to speak. Even that night, you guys had thought about inviting her in with us but we didn't because we figured we already knew the answer. I just feel like if she wasn't attacked that night we never would have tried talking to her again, and you two would never have found each other." I thought about her words and had to admit that I had thought the same thing back when Alice first asked that question. Now though I wasn't so sure.

"I don't know Rose. I feel like Bella and I were destined to be together and that eventually we would have been, but I'm not going to lie and say that I'm not happy that we got each other when we did. I'll never regret any of it. She is my everything. My life. I wanna marry her Rose." Rose stared at me.

"Seriously?" She asked. I nodded.

"Yeah. I want to ask Bella to marry me. Soon." At this Rose jumped up screaming.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Have you gotten a ring yet?" I shook my head no.

"Not yet. Do you think you can go with me tomorrow and help me pick one out?" I asked her. "I would ask Ali but she can't keep a secret." Rose jumped onto my lap throwing her arms around me in a big hug.

"Yes of course I'll help!" She said. I started laughing at her enthusiasm when I heard a throat clear behind me. We both turned to see Edward standing there, arms crossed, an amused expression on his face.

"Is this the point when I get all caveman like and ask whats going on between you and my girl?" He asked. He still would not let me live down the whole Bella Jasper thing from months ago. I rolled my eyes at him just as Rose spoke.

"Gosh darn it you caught us! What can I say? I love my monkey man!" Then she grabbed my face and planted a big wet one on my mouth. I stared at her in shock as she laughed at not only my expression but at Edward's too. I watched as his face went from shocked to determined. He walked over and grabbed Rose, picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder.

"Monkey man huh!" He said slapping her hard on the ass as he walked with her towards the house. I heard her let out a small gasp. "We'll see about that after I show you my large banana!" I almost fell off the lounge chair.

"Too much info man!" I yelled as he flipped me off before disappearing from my sight. I shook my head. Oh well so much for silence.

?POV -

I watched as they brought my James into the room to see me. I waited for them to leave before leaning in to hold his hand, however he pulled away. I looked at him upset.

"Baby? Whats wrong?" I asked him. He looked at me and leaned forward.

"Whats wrong is that you have yet to take care of that stupid whore and her shit brick of a boyfriend." He said angrily.

"I know you want them to pay for putting you here baby but this can not be rushed. It can not link back to either one of us, and I am making sure that it wont. As of now everything is ready, I just need the right opportunity to get her. Once I have her, he will do anything to get her back."

"And when will you be handling this?" He asked me reaching out for my hand. I smiled at him.

"Two weeks from Friday. The school is having a fund raiser, a masquerade ball to be exact. I know for a fact that they are all attending and so won't I. That is when I will grab her." I watched as a smirk graced his handsome face.

"Good. Very good."

So. What is your opinion on Alice? I must admit she makes some valid points but do you agree with her on them.