Us Against The World

C1: My Savior

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters.

A/N: So, I kind of had the idea for this fic for a while, but could never dedicate myself to actually writing it until a few weeks ago. It is basically your standard Alice/Bella story which starts when Edward leaves her in the woods, but with a bit of a twist. Of course there will be a bit of revenge against Edward eventually, but it will mostly be my brand of slice of life. So expect plenty of smut and random things. Also very non canon compliant.

Alice's POV

As soon as I got the vision I knew he had fucked up for the last time. He was going to leave Bella and I saw that it would kill her, because he was stupid enough to forget about Victoria still wanting revenge against her. I had to save her, and tell her the truth about my feelings for her.

I knew she didn't have feelings for him, not real ones at least, she had told me that the only reason she stayed with him was that she was sure he would kill her if she left him, because really, he was a possessive asshole like that.

He knew that she was my mate, and the only reason he was even with her was because he wanted to hurt me. And because of that I had told myself that if I couldn't be with her, I would become her best friend, and that is something I tried and apparently succeeded in over the last few months.

By the time I snapped back to reality I was out of the house in seconds, running to Bella's at full speed, and I just knew Jasper was right behind me because he must have felt the distress coming from me. "What's wrong Alice?" He asked as we ran.

"Edward is going to dump Bella and then force the entire family to leave. I can't let that happen Jazz, not after everything." I said hurriedly.

"Both of you deserve your happiness, and I think it is time for me to strike out and find my own. Will you at least tell her I am sorry for what happened." He said with his southern drawl.

That had me stopping in my tracks as I turned to face him. "You're leaving too? You know she will think that is her fault."

"I think it is better than the alternative of me killing Edward where he stands when he undoubtedly says something cruel." He said softly.

I smiled and hugged him. "I'll tell her, but please promise me to keep in touch. I don't know what is going to happen when I see her, but I know that I can't leave her behind. I will always pick her over the rest of the family."

He smiled at me. "We haven't been a family for a long time, Ali. Edward broke the family apart the moment he started pursuing Bella and started controlling her."

"I know, but I just know it's going to be hard on her, even without a vision to guide me." I said softly.

"It'll be okay Alice. You have to trust your instincts. Go at whatever pace Bella is comfortable with and just be happy together. Edward will get his just deserts eventually." He said softly before pressing a kiss to the top of my head and ran off in the opposite direction.

I smiled at his retreating form for a moment before I continued on to Bella's house, making sure to approach the clearing downwind so Edward wouldn't smell me coming, which was something I didn't want to happen now. I knew he was no match for me in a fair fight, but he might go for the extreme measure and kill Bella when he knew that he couldn't win.

What I saw when the clearing came into view crushed my heart. Bella was sobbing on the forest floor, with Edward nowhere to be seen.

I quickly made my way over to her and lifted her into my arms as I sat down with her in my lap. "It's okay Bella. I'm here for you, and I will never leave you." I said softly.

"Ali! You're here. He told me that you all had left because you all got bored with me." She said between sobs.

"I could never leave you Bella. You mean too much to me for me to ever leave you. I am sure he will go to Carlisle and say that you though we were too dangerous and wanted nothing to do with us anymore, but no matter what happens now and in the future, I will never leave you." I said softly as I subtly took in her scent to calm me a little because the urge to hunt down and kill Edward was still very strong.

She looked up at me and I smiled at her. "Do you really mean that Ali?" She asked softly.

I nodded at her. "Of course I mean it. You are my best friend Bella. I would be so lost without you, and besides, who else do I get to play Bella Barbie with?"

She groaned softly as she curled into me. "You enjoy that way too much, but what do we do now? Will the others leave without you?"

"They probably will, but I don't care, because you are more important to me." I said softly.

"What about Jasper? I thought he was your mate." She asked kindly.

I smiled at that, having expected that question. "How about I tell you about that in the comfort of your room. Not that I don't enjoy having you this close, but I would rather not have the puppies breathing down our necks at this point."

She nodded and curled into me as I stood with her still in my arms before running back to her house. "I'll meet you in your room. Charlie is already asleep and he will be up early for a fishing trip tomorrow. We'll have all day tomorrow to talk about everything you want to."

Again she nodded as she made her way into the house, while I quickly jumped into the tree opposite her house, waiting for her to open her window, but even now I could smell Edward's fading scent, which worried me a little.

Within minutes she slid open the window and flashed me a slight smile before I heard her flop onto her bed.

I gracefully slipped into her room and smiled at her and the spot she clearly had reserved for me, and of course I wouldn't turn down such an invitation, so I quickly slipped into bed with her, smiling as she cuddled into me like she usually did when we had a sleepover.

"So, you were going to tell me about Jasper." She said once she had gotten comfortable.

"I did say that, and let me start by saying that he is sorry what happened at your party, for which I am sorry I forced upon you. He knows that you don't think he was at fault, but he wanted you to know that he was sorry none the less. Having said that, I'll tell you a little bit of our shared history. When I first met him I had already seen him in my visions and that we were going to be great friends, but that was all we could ever be because we are not each other's mates. For a vampire meeting your mate is an instantaneous feeling of love and protection and it is impossible for them to be parted from their mate for an extended period. The only reason Jasper and I pretended to be together was because I wanted to help him adjust to the vegetarian lifestyle."

She smiled at me. "I never would've guessed that you two weren't mated. You were so affectionate with him, but then again, you are that affectionate with me too."

I smiled at her as I thought to myself, 'If you only knew how affectionate I wanted to be with you, my love.' "That's because I am a little ball of energy, as you always so aptly put it, and I never heard you complain about that before."

"I will never complain about you wanting to hug and cuddle with me. Your presence is always immensely soothing to me." She said as she cuddled into me, falling asleep soon after.

Bella's POV

When I woke up the following morning I woke with a start, all of the images from yesterday flooding back into my mind, and if it wasn't for the fact that I could still feel Alice spooning me with her arms wrapped around my waist, I was sure that what we had talked about yesterday was a dream. "Morning Bella. Did you sleep okay?"

I stretched and nodded. "Yeah, I would have expected nightmares after what he did to me yesterday, but apparently having you here helps me sleep. We might need to find a way to make that a permanent thing." I said with a smile, hoping she would know my meaning like I had known the meaning of hers yesterday.

She smiled at me. "I think I can be persuaded to do that, but I can also feel there is more you want to talk about."

I smiled at her. "I thought you would be able to read between the lines as easy as I did yesterday when you told me about a vampire's true mate."

Alice smiled at me. "I didn't want to assume anything with everything that happened yesterday. I understand it if you need time to process everything."

"You know me Ali. I tend to take things in stride, and there are a few things I am absolutely sure about. First off, I am very sure that Edward and I are done forever and that I one day want to get some measure of revenge against him, and secondly, I just know Charlie will not be okay with this because he is homophobic, so we might want to come up with a plan when he is inevitably going to kick me out." I said with a soft smile.

I had never seen Alice smile brighter as she pulled me into a hug. "I'll be honest with you, as I have always been and say that I have known for a long time that you were my mate, but that you weren't ready to know. I had seen that me revealing everything early would have disastrous consequences. I knew I had to be patient and for the time being had to settle for being your best friend. We can take this at any pace you are comfortable with and in no way will you ever be obligated to do anything. I am not Edward and I will always support everything you want to do. As for Charlie kicking you out, you are right in that. I have seen that it will be a big grudge match when you tell him, and if you are okay with it, we can stay at my place until graduation and then go off to do our own thing. Just us against the world, so to speak. I have plenty of money to support us for a very long time, so that will be no problem at all. The only thing that will need to happen at some point is that I will need to turn you, because of the rules we as vampires have to follow."

"You know that I always have wanted to be one of you and that only Edward and Rosalie were against it because of stupid reasons, at least on Edward's part. I can understand Rosalie's reluctance since she hates me anyway." I said softly.

Alice smiled and pulled me against her. "Rose doesn't hate you, but she hates the way you were with Edward, and how willing you were to throw away your humanity for him. He would have controlled you even worse than he did now, and that is what stung with Rosalie because it reminds her of the way she was turned."

I nodded at that. "I can understand that, it just stung a little when I tried so hard to be her friend and she rebuffed me at every step."

"That's just Rosalie. She has a hard time letting people in, and she is a bit blunt with her words sometimes." Alice said softly.

"I know, but I suppose I won't have to worry about that anymore, or did you plan to go take a trip to them after graduation?" I asked softly.

She shook her head at that. "Not unless that is what you want, Bella. I know you don't want to see him anytime soon and I will not set you up to get hurt, because that would hurt me too. Your pain is my pain too."

I smiled at her and couldn't resist pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Then I will try to not hurt myself too much until graduation, after that you will be able to keep an eye on me anyway."

She smiled at me. "Trust me that I will, especially since you have a tendency to trip over just about anything."

I blushed a little at that. "I just have a delicate equilibrium, okay. It's not like I am clumsy by choice."

Alice only smiled and pressed a kiss to my cheek, which I am sure did not help my blush one bit. "I will always be there to catch you if you fall, Bella. You will always be safe with me."

"He always said the same, but when it comes from you I actually believe it." I said softly.

"That's because unlike Edward, I will always mean it. I wasn't lying said that having a mate means doing everything to make them happy or protect them from everything. I will always, and I mean always put your happiness and comfort above everything else." She said softly.

I smiled at her. "Does that mean we don't have to go on a million shopping trips in the foreseeable future?" I asked teasingly.

Alice smiled at that. "I promise to keep it mild, Bella. Chances are that you will need some new clothes at some point if my vision of our future will come true, a future that will not be that far away if all goes well."

"What was the vision Ali?" I asked intrigued.

"I saw us going on a roadtrip, basically living off the land, in my case literally. I saw us leaving the day after graduation." She said with a soft smile.

I couldn't help but smile at her. "I think I can do that, be in a car with you for hours at a time where we talk about everything that comes to mind. I still feel like I barely know you."

She smiled at me. "I will tell you everything you want to know, Bella, although I hope you understand it if I sugarcoat a few things. Some things in my past, at least the things I remember are hard for me to talk about, even to you."

"I understand Ali, the fact that you are even willing to talk to me about this tells me everything I need to know. You don't want me to feel hurt for what you went through." I said softly as I cuddled even more into her.

Alice smiled at me. "That's one of the reasons, but how about we get you some breakfast and then go somewhere together, not even a date, just out for a bit. We have both deserved it."

I nodded and stretched before rolling out of bed. "Sure, I'll go and take a quick shower and meet you downstairs."

She nodded and pressed a quick kiss to my cheek before she made her way downstairs, wearing a combination of a tank top and panties that I was sure she was not wearing last night.

Alice's POV

While Bella was in the shower, I busied myself with making breakfast, for which I once again was thankful to Esme that she had taken the time to teach me how to do. It would certainly be a nice surprise for Bella that I was sure she would appreciate.

I had honestly no idea that Bella would've accepted everything so easy, but I really wasn't complaining about that. Especially that kiss was completely unexpected, but oh so wanted.

I knew it wasn't all going to be this easy of course, but right now I was going to take whatever she was going to give me.

From my visions I knew that we were going to have a great time traveling together and that we were going to be as close as people could get. I had also seen that she would develop quite the bitchy streak and that would serve her well when she saw Edward again, and it would endear her to Rose at the same time.

That was one thing that worried me a little, because family ties were going to be a bit strained for a while because of what happened, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

I was pulled out of my musings when two familiar arms wrapped themselves around my waist and I smelled Bella's divine scent behind me. "What's this Bella. Being so cuddly is so unlike you."

I could feel her smile against my neck. "I have come to a decision while I was in the shower. I want to see what we can be and I want to be intimate with you, which is honestly something I always wanted."

"I always thought it was idle hope on my part every time I caught you staring. I'm glad you rendered that fear moot." I said softly.

"I've had trouble keeping my eyes off you from the moment you stepped into the cafeteria. I have known for a while that I am gay, but for some reason Edward managed to prey on my weaknesses. I should never let it go on for as long as I did, not when it was you I always coveted." She said with a soft kiss to my neck.

I couldn't help the soft moan that escaped my lips. "You seem really eager to see what we can be."

She smiled and turned me around in her arms, breakfast now forgotten. "I have wanted this for a very long time Ali. You know I don't like to do things half-assed, and I meant what I said about wanting more intimacy with you. We've fallen together so good as friends, and I happen to think that it will be exactly the same as girlfriends. I know it's soon, but quite frankly, this has been a long time coming. I want to do right by you too. You shouldn't have to live in uncertainty while you wait for me to be ready to make up my mind."

I smiled at her. "You're so sweet, Bella, and you don't know how happy you have made me by saying that you want to try this already. I promise to never push you into anything, Bella, but I hope you won't mind me taking you on a nice date, and of course making you a nice breakfast now."

Bella smiled at me. "Do you need me to do anything, Ali?"

I shook my head and smiled at her. "Just sit your cute butt down for a minute and I will bring breakfast to you."

She blushed a little as she sat down. "You know, that is the first time anyone outside of my parents has called me, or any part of my anatomy cute."

I smiled at her as I quietly finished up her breakfast. Well, you are extremely adorable, so that is just their loss. I will never miss an opportunity to call you cute, adorable or sexy."

That darkened Bella's blush and I couldn't help but press a kiss to her cheek as I put a plate of sandwiches and fruit in front of her.

While she ate I noticed that she was trying very hard not to steal glances at me, but since there was precious little else to do at the moment other than blatantly watching her eat, which I knew she hated, I of course noticed. "Is there something wrong Bella?"

She shook her head and smiled at me. "No, not really, just if Charlie came back right now and saw you sitting here in nothing but your underwear, we would be out of here faster than it took me to even think of what to say to him."

"Since I saw that he will be back late tonight and I quite frankly didn't want to tempt my resolve by waiting in your room when you came back from the shower. I just forgot to get dressed already. I could do that while you finish eating."

Bella smiled at me. "You're cute when you ramble, but yes, it would be appreciated, because like I am tempting your resolve, you are also tempting mine."

I only smiled at her as I once again pressed a kiss to her cheek and then made my way upstairs to get dressed, so that Bella could at least eat in peace.

It warmed my heart that she already seemed to have trouble keeping her resolve around me, because that meant that our timetable would be sped up considerably. I knew that Bella probably wanted to tell Charlie as soon as possible, because I knew how she thought by now and she wanted to rip that band-aid off as quickly as possible.

As soon as I got dressed I made my way back downstairs again, not wanting to be parted from Bella too long and when I sat down next to her a few moment later, she smiled at me.

"You know Ali, something just occurred to me. Why are we even waiting for Charlie to kick me out? Graduation is only a couple of weeks away and the few days that we still need to go to school we can easily do that from your home. It will be a clean break for both of us, and I think Renee will invite us over at some point anyway, because I just know he will call her about this." Bella said with a soft smile.

"If that is what you want, we can absolutely do that, but only if you are absolutely sure." I said softly.

She nodded at me. "I'm more than sure. The way Edward left me has made a couple of things very clear for me, mostly that I am done with men trying to dictate my life, and that is what Charlie wants to do when he learns that I am gay."

I smiled at her. "Then while you pack some things, I will go and get my car so we can move your stuff to my house, or my cabin in the woods if the family still is there."

Bella smiled at that. "A cabin in the woods? Do you plan to whisk me away so you can have your wicked way with me?"

I smiled at the obvious tease. "Perhaps, I do enjoy having you alone after all."

Bella blushed a little at that. "I wouldn't be opposed, even after everything we have shared I don't know a lot about you and living alone with you will certainly help me accept my feelings easier."

I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. "Then I will have to work even harder to sweep you of your feet. I should start thinking of a date."

Her blush darkened a little at that. "Before you manage to make some blood vessels burst with all this blushing, I'll go and pack some bags." She said before marching upstairs.

I couldn't help but giggle a little as I ran out of the house and to the family house, where I really hoped that I would be alone, because even though I didn't have any issue with taking Bella to my cabin, I knew things might progress quicker than was good for her.

The selfish part of me didn't mind that of course, but I didn't know how Edward's selfish actions had affected her, but the last thing I would want is for her to rush things now and regret it later, even though I doubted that she would. She seemed to be very willing to try and see where we could go and I was going to try my hardest to show her exactly how a vampire treats their mate.

When I got to the house I noticed that it was deserted, and for the first time since yesterday I took out my phone, showing me I had three messages and a dozen of missed calls from Esme. Rosalie and Esme's message was mostly the same, asking me to apologize on their behalf and that they would keep us updated on the situation with Edward. Rose's only addition to that was also to tell Bella that she never meant any of the things she said and that she only was trying to look out for her baby sister, and that she saw so many similarities with herself, and that I had permission to tell her story should Bella ask about it.

The last message was from Jasper and I had to smile as I read that he had arrived in Texas and would stay with Peter and Charlotte for the time being, which I had expected to be honest. His go to people were always Peter and Charlotte and perhaps it was an idea to take Bella there once she was turned. She and Charlotte would surely be quick to mix and Peter had a dry sense of humor that she surely would appreciate as well. Add to that the fact that they both despised Edward would only help their case even further, because there was one thing I had seen and that was that Bella wanted revenge on him once she was turned, and to be honest there was nothing that I would have against that at this moment.

I quickly made some preparations so she could have her own room as well, just in case she wouldn't want me there in the evenings, and otherwise we could easily use it as a study.

It all took me about half an hour to get everything ready, and afterwards I took my new car, which was a Porsche Panamera, to Bella's house. It would easily fit anything and I think Bella would like the space it had as well.

When I got back to Bella's house and jumped back into her window, I had to smile at the sight. She had packed most of her things already and busy packing her last case of clothes. "I see you've been busy." I said with a soft smile.

She smiled at me. "I want to leave as soon as possible, so yes, I've packed everything I need as soon as possible."

I smiled at her. "I'll go and put these in the car while you finish up. We also should talk about what we are going to do with your truck."

"Honestly, I don't care what happens to it. Perhaps we should give it a watery grave off the cliffs or something, but perhaps we should just leave it here. It will be easier to explain." She said softly.

"Then we'll leave it and see what happens. We should hurry though, I saw on the way here that Charlie will be home within the hour, and we need to be gone before that, because it will devolve into a big fight." I said with a soft smile.

She nodded at me. "Then I'll finish up quickly while you put these in the car, because I know you don't trust me to carry my own suitcases with my delicate equilibrium."

I smiled and pecked her cheek. "I just want to keep you safe, Bella. You won't be hurt as long as I am around to keep you safe."

Bella only smiled as she continued packing, while I went to put her suitcases in the car and within half an hour we were all set to make our way to what was essentially our home now, one we could share together, which brought another smile to my face.