A/N: I'm back! It was quite an eventful week. I fell off a bike face first into some cement. It gave my family a good laugh while I looked like an idiot. I've had some chapters in my damaged head for the past few days so expect some frequent updates while I wait for my face to heal. Unless my laptop fails me, which is very possible. It's been making threatening noises. :/ Getting that checked soon, can't afford to lose all my work. This chapter starts off with a very small lemon, realized I hadn't written one in some time. And then drama drama. Well enjoy, hope you all had wonderful weekends for me. Oh and before I forget: THANK YOU. Just broke 100 followers and it's blowing my mind. Love you lots

Chapter 33: So Close

Bella POV:

"Are you sure you're feeling alright?" Alice had asked me for about the fifteenth time since I got back home. She had noticed multiple bruises on my body from the events of my weekend.

"Yes Alice I'm fine. I can't even feel a thing I swear. They'll be gone in a day or two." She still looked upset so I kissed her lightly and cupped her face in my hand. "Now, can we please get back to our reunion?"

"Aren't you tired or sore? I don't want to hurt you Bella I swear-" I hushed her with a hungry kiss that was long overdue.

"Stop being a worry wart. I missed you." My kiss had left her speechless, so she just nodded mutely and grabbed my face for more.

"Fuck I missed you too." She gasped out as I moved along her neckline. My body shivered with her words. "You like it when I cuss don't you?" Yes. Yes I do. I nodded into her neck. And now my little tease of a girlfriend is going to use that to her advantage. She smiled seductively and tugged on my earlobe slowly while dragging her nails down my back. "I want you to fuck me Bella."

Well I don't need telling twice. I quickly stripped her of clothing while biting and sucking on every piece of cool flesh I could manage. She tasted so wonderful, I had missed it. Alice had gotten a little impatient during my foreplay and ventured one of her hands towards the front of my jeans. She was doing this a lot lately, pushing boundaries that she knew were there. It didn't bother me much because she always stopped when I would halt her movements. And also it's best to test the waters every so often, so I let her continue. At least until her fingers had slipped into my pants, at which point I yelped and grabbed her hand away.

"Sorry." She whispered in her aroused state, letting me have the control again.

"No need to be sorry." I shrugged while returning to my previous work and getting my mind back on track. She was positively dripping waiting for me. I really shouldn't leave for so long. Or maybe I should and enjoy this more often. Alice let out a low moan mixed with a purr when I dipped my face between her legs. She dug her fingers in my hair lightly, learning from past experiences, while I expertly operated my tongue and fingers. It didn't take long for her to reach the tell-tale signs of a coming orgasm under me. She started to thrash and jerk wildly against my body, whimpering for me to finish her off. I'm never one to turn down my woman in need.

I kissed my way up her recovering body to let her know how much I cared. It seemed like a time where any other couple would say 'I love you' or something of the sort. But I'm very much a coward. There was a small animal inside of me that was afraid that Alice would reject me once I said those words. I know it sounds stupid, but once it's out there, it's there for good. It's like voluntarily putting your heart on a sleeve in a battlefield of some sort.

Do I feel that way about her? Of course. I would die for her, if I could die I mean. And I am pretty sure she loves me as well, mostly sure, but she's waiting for me to say it first. Part of the reason why I love her, she always thinks of me before her. So my plan is to make it special, something romantic and gooey like she'd like, and I have the perfect place.

The next day I went home with Alice after school to hang out with her family a little before putting my plan into action. Rosalie kept giving me weird looks and scrutinizing my every movement. It's been kind of freaking me out a bit. But I have places to go and things to do.

"Alice? Would you like to take a walk with me?" I nodded towards the door. She looked slightly surprised but jumped up and took my hand happily.

"Hey Bella can we talk later when you get back?" Rosalie called while I led Alice out of the house. There she was again with that concerned analyzing look. What the hell is that about?

"Yeah sure Rose." I said hesitantly while trying to read her face. She merely nodded and left as we walked out. Well I guess I'll find out later.

Alice and I strolled in almost complete silence, enjoying each other's company. Eventually we ended up right where I wanted us. The spot where our first 'official' kiss was. I turned to look at her face and kissed her before dropping her hand. Now is the time for courage.

"Alice I know you're wondering why I brought you here. These past few weeks have been like a dream, and I can't imagine anything better. I know I haven't been the easiest to deal with." I hushed her as she went to protest my statement. "Look I wanted to do this right, because well it's you and I care about you, and," I took a deep breath, "I lov-"

"Oh my word. How touching is this?" Chills had gone down my entire body at the sound of the interruption. Alice and I turned to face the voice that had stopped our moment.

They were two red-eyed vampires, experienced nomads from what I could tell, both looked ruthless. I instinctively put myself in front of Alice to protect her.

"Awww. How precious is that? The human trying to protect the vampire. I almost feel bad about killing it now." Another vampire had come from behind us. Fuck now there were three. Two I could handle with some difficulty. Three was truly problematic. Luckily they still thought I was human so the advantage was still on my side for now. Alice had started growling from the threat. Crap I need to get these fucks away from my mate. If anything happened to her I'd never forgive myself. She's going to kill me for this though. Oh well, my mind was made up.

I ran hard at the first two to get their attention, and then sprinted fast as hell. Perfect, they fell for my bait. I could faintly hear Alice yelling at me franticly from behind. I definitely had all three of them on my heels now, so it was time for a little action. I turned abruptly and had the smallest one's head torn off within seconds. But that was a surprise attack, now the other two were pissed.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?" One of them yelled while they continued to chase me through the forest. Ok, two enraged human blood drinkers and one me. Phasing wouldn't help me in this situation, I needed the human ability to dodge and climb trees if it came to it. The wolf was pure brute muscle, not speed and agility. But I needed a plan fast, my stamina was not as good as theirs on a human diet.

I spun and dove on the closest one, grabbing its neck. It was almost popped off before the other one tore me away and threw me against a tree. So close. I could feel blood trickling down my neck and my vision was fuzzy from the force of the blow. Yes Alice was definitely going to kill me. Despite my injuries I still fought with everything I had, I'm not a quitter. And I didn't want to leave Alice to deal with them alone. But another knock to my head almost took me out for the count. I was too weak to even last ditch attempt phase. The tall male had pulled me up by my neck, panting in anticipation while his smaller male friend watched.

"Guess we'll never find out what you are then bitch."

"NOOOOOOOO!" Alice's heartbreaking cry was the last thing I heard before my neck was snapped sideways and the world had gone black.