(A/N: Thanks for your support guys :) Just keep those reviews coming. This chapter was a bit delayed because I got hardly any reviews on the last chapter)

BPOV

Alice somehow managed to get the two of us a sick leave and drove me back to her house.

"Are you hurt?" she asked, after a few minutes of silence in her car.

"Uh…no. My lip's a little busted, but I'm fine" I replied, timidly. She waited until we had gotten inside and sat down to talk again. She let out a deep sigh and turned to face me on the couch.

"Bella, I am so sorry" she said sincerely. "I have been such an idiot and I…ugh I don't even know where to begin."

"Alice, I get it. I've been wanting to talk to you for so long, but I..I just didn't know what—" I said, beginning to tear up.

"I feel the same way, I just can't even—-" Alice said, also eating up.

"Alice can we just—-"

"Yes, yes we can" she moaned. The next few minutes were pretty embarrassing. We were both extremely emotional so there were some tears, a lot of hugging and some laughter. Eventually we straightened ourselves up and were ready to talk for real.

"I think the thing that made me the angriest was the fact you didn't tell me"

"I wanted to, I did. But it seemed like every time I tried, something got in the way"

"That something was probably my big gob. I never gave you a chance to speak"

"Don't blame this all on yourself. Look I think it's safe to say that neither of us have been good friends lately. Can we just go back to how we were?" I asked, hopefully.

"Sounds good to me" Alice smiled and we hugged once more.

"So, just for my own peace of mind, how did this start?" she asked.

"Well…remember that kiss in the closet? That was Edward"

"SHUT UP!" Alice shrieked. I laughed at her reaction and nodded.

"Yeah and then we kind of just flirted after that until we—-"

"Yeah Bella I don't actually want the details" Alice smirked.

"Oh, sorry. This is gonna take some getting used to" I giggled.

"So…have you two….." Alice spouted, awkwardly.

"Oh..um..no, no we haven't" I assured her. She raised her eyebrows, obviously surprised.

We talked and talked for what felt like forever. I couldn't get over how easily it had worked out. It felt just like old times, and for once, I felt like my life had been sorted out. But then, Alice made me remember that my life was not as squeaky clean as I thought.

"So what are you gonna do about all of those bitches?" she asked.

"Ugh, I don't know. What should I do? I mean, I want them to get punished, but part of me thinks that I shouldn't stir the pot anymore, and just leave it be, let it die now"

"Bella you can't let them get away with it. I'll be your witness if you want to tell the principal tomorrow"

"But he can't exactly expel them all. Plus, you used violence too. What if they try to drag you down with them?"

"Pfft, you think I' d let that happen?"

"I guess not" I laughed.

"Well, whatever you decide I'll support you. But you should know that Edward is gonna walk through that door any minute and he'll no doubt be fuming"

I looked up at the clock on the wall and realized that she was right. School had finished and Edward would have surely heard about the incident. Hell, the whole school has probably heard about it.

"And actually, now that I mention it" Alice said, looking at her watch, "3….2….1"

Exactly on cue Edward burst through the door, Emmett not too far behind him.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" he yelled, barging his way over to us.

"Nice to see you too Edward" I smiled sarcastically.

"Bella cut the crap. What happened? Are you hurt? Do you have a concussion? Did they kick you? Did they pull out any of your hair? Oh my God you're going bald, aren't you? Oh God is your arm broken? How's your wrist? Can you write? OH MY GOD YOU'RE BLIND! Oh where's the humanity?"

"EDWARD! Ssshhhhh" I clasped my hand around his mouth and he collapsed into the couch.

"Well that was fun" Emmett laughed. I rolled my eyes at him and turned back to Edward.

"They attacked me in the locker room. Lauren was behind it. But I got in a few good punches too. Mind you, who knows where I'd be if it wasn't for Alice?" I smiled to Alice.

Edward sat up on the couch and looked over at his sister. She shrugged and held up her fists.

"What can I say? I'm tough" she said, blowing her fists.

"So..you two are.." Edward hinted, obviously asking if we were friends again. Alice and I stared at him as if we didn't have a clue what he was talking about.

"You know…ye're not…ye're all..smiles and hugs….you've sorted out.." he continued awkwardly.

"Yes Edward, we're friends again" Alice laughed.

"That's great news. But seriously, I can't wait to get even with those bitches" Edward glared.

"Oh come on, please don't go all manly on me. Just leave this to the girls" I insisted.

"But I—"

"Edward! Enough" I said.

"Fine" he pouted.

Later on

Later that evening Edward and I retired up to his room while Alice went to meet with Jasper.

"I'm so sorry Bella. You were right. This is all my fault" he pouted.

"Please don't go blaming yourself. I was messing when I said that. It's Lauren. She's not gonna rest until she's taken me down. Which is why I have to do something about it. Tomorrow I'll go to the principal and tell her everything"

"Thank God" Edward sighed and kissed me gently. As he kissed me, I felt a tear fall from my eye.

"Bella, what's up?" Edward asked, worried.

"I just…I've never felt…so…defenseless" I whined. "I know I put on a brave face today, but that was mainly to patch things up with Alice. I was so frickin' scared" I cried.

Edward hugged me tightly into his chest. "It's over now. I won't let it happen again. I promise" he kissed the top of my head. We spent the rest of the evening cuddling on the bed and talking.