Chapter 10: Family

Nessie's POV

Mom helped me get dressed quickly. Maybe a little too quickly for someone who was trying to appear human. Mom rushed me away from the area as soon as she could. "Baby are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

I shook my head. "No they didn't mom. Well they didn't rape at least. They were going to though They just-" I shuddered as the memory of their groping and fondling entered my mind. Physically I had been unable to feel them grabbing my vagina and other private parts down there but seeing them do it sickened me. And I could feel them touching my breasts. So-

"They just what Nessie?" mom's angered voice interrupted me.

"They just touched me," I said. "You all got there in time before they could rape me,"

Before mom could say anything we saw Alice coming toward us with Sophie. Seeing those nasty bruises and black eye on her face pained me. Nobody deserved to be treated like that.

"Who are you all? What's going on?" Sophie sounded very confused and scared.

"It's okay they're my friends. This is my mo-ouch!' I said a little too loudly when mom nudged me hard in the ribs. "I mean Bella. This is Bella. The short pixie like girl here is Alice,"

"We're going to help you," Alice said. "What's your name?"

"I'm Sophie. What do you mean help me?"

"Is there somewhere we can take you? Do you have family?"

"No. My parents died. I live with my boyfriend,"

"Well okay that settles it then. You're coming with us," mom said.

"What? No. I can't. He will kill me if I tell anyone. He'll-oh God!" she cried.

"Hey it's okay," Alice did her best to sound reassuring. "He won't do anything to you. I promise. We are going to take you home witb us. Our father is a doctor and he'll be happy to help you. Our mother will be more than happy to have you as well,"

"I don't want to burden anyone,"

"You won't be a burden I promise,"

"Well-"

"Come on let's just get out of here," mom said.

We had to go down several blocks before we arrived at the mall parking lot. As if the bags had not been evident enough this definitely confirmed my earlier suspension. They had been on a shopping spree when I was about to get attacked.

"Wow. So far away from where we were," Sophie said. "I guess we were lucky you were walking by,"

"Let's just I had a very strong intuition about where we needed to be," Alice winked at me. Which confirmed my second suspicion. Thank God for my aunt and her visions of the future. I could only imagine what must have happened when she had gotten a vision about me getting raped. It must've been so hard for my mom and my aunts to get out of here at a human speed.

I was just happy that vision didn't come to pass. Poor Sophie though. I didn't need to ask if she'd ever experienced that before. I already knew the answer. I wanted to help the poor girl. Only I didn't know how. I just hoped my family would know how.

I listened in as my mom called my grandfather to give him a heads up on the situation. I breathed a sigh of relief when the house came into view. Sophie didn't say a word but I could see that she was scared. "You're okay,"

She still looked very unsure but she followed us nonetheless. "Don't worry she'll be fine," Alice whispered into my ear.

"Are you sure?" I couldn't help but ask.

"The moment you made the decision to go to her you changed her future for the better. She will be part of the family. She will be happy. It might take some time but it's a very good thing that you two met,"

Part of the family? Did that mean she would become a vampire one day? I decided not to ask. At least she would have a family to take care of her. No matter what happened. Sophie hid behind me. I didn't need uncle Jasper's gift to know she was feeling overwhelmed and scared. It was the sight of uncle Emmett that seemed to be intimidating her the most. Probably because of his size. If she only that he was just a giant, lovable teddy bear.

"Nessie I heard what happened. Did they hurt you at all?" grandpa asked.

"They slammed me against the wall but that was it. Mo-err Bella, Alice, and Rosalie found us in time before they could do more damage," I mentally kicked m

"Girls why don't you come to my office,"yself for almost slipping up again.

Sophie didn't move. She was definitely scared. Her experience with men had probably traumatized the girl. It was probably going to take some time for her to fully trust again.

"It's okay Sophie. Carlisle is harmless. All of the guys in this family are harmless. They won't hurt you,"

"Are you sure?" she asked me specifically.

"I'm sure," I answered.

As soon as we were in my grandfather's office he turned to us and started talking.

"Sophie we just want to help you," Carlisle said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "No woman should ever go throw the kind of trauma that I'm sure you must have experienced. I only want to help you. Where do you live?"

"With my boyfriend. I don't have family. My parents died,"

"Is he the one that did this to you?"

She nodded. "He said I deserved it for disobeying him. I can never do anything right so he always hits me as punishment. So do all of his friends. He tells them it's okay to hit me and have sex with me even if I don't want to and they did. Many many times," she started crying.

"You mean his friends told them it was okay to rape you," my grandfather stated.

She couldn't talk so she just nodded her head.

"It's okay," I hugged her. I barely even knew her and I already cared so much about her. Even though Alice told me she'd be happy in the future it hurt me to see her like this. I didn't even know it was possible to care about a strang6so much.

"Have you told anyone?" Carlisle asked. "The police? Or perhaps a teacher at school?"

"No," she cried. "I don't even go to school anymore. One day Damien decided that he didn't want me to go to school anymore. I had this crazy dream of going to college and becoming a veterinarian because I love animals. Damien said as a woman it is your duty to serve me and obey me at all times. As a woman you belong in the kitchen and nowhere else. So you better quit school now and do whatever I ask you to. If you don't dropout tomorrow I will kill you. So that's what I did. He's probably right-:

"No he's not!" I shouted, startling her. I immediately lowered my voice. "Don't believe any of that shit. Your'e not stupid. You can go to school. You can follow your dream of going to college and becoming a veterinarian. You can do whatever you want. Don't believe any of that crap he or is friends have told you because it's not true,"

"Nessie is right," my grandfather added. "Real men don't treat women the way you have been treated. How old are you and how long has it been since you've been in school?"

"I'm sixteen. I dropped out five months ago. Technically I didn't dropout I just stopped attending high school,"

"This might seem crazy," Carlisle said. "But I really want to help you. Why don't you come live with my family and I? We can get you the help you need. We'll take care of you. We can get you back in school. I just need to talk things over with my wife and other children first but if they're okay with it would you like to live with us?"

"I don't know. Damien is dangerous. He'll kill me. He'll kill all of you if he finds out,"

"Don't worry about him. He can't harm us or you anymore,"

She was still hesitant. But eventually she said "Yes,"

"Nessie do you mind stepping out for just a few minutes? I'm going to examine Sophie first,"

"Sure gra-Carlisle,"

Okay. Pretending the Cullens were just my friends rather than my own family is going to be harder than I thought.

I went back to the living room where my family was waiting. My dad immediately ran ro me and scooped me up into his arms. "Oh Nessie thank God you're okay," dad's relief was mixed with anger. "I swear I would've killed them on the spot right then and there for even thinking about touching you,"

"Dad where's Jacob?" I really needed my favorite wolf right now. I needed my Jacob. I longed and ached for his comfort after the night that I have had.

"He, Seth, and Leah went out to get something to eat. Don't worry I'll call Jacob for you and let him know what happened,"

"No don't ruin his night out just because of me,"

"Believe me Nessie he will be more angry if I keep this from him,"

I was about to ask what he meant by that when the front door suddenly opened. Aunt Rosalie came in looking extremely happy and quite pleased with herself.

She killed them didn't she dad?

"More like she slowly tortured them to death and enjoyed every single second of it,"

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