Hey, so you know the drill, I love all of you so much.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Blackmail, Sexual Assault, Uncomfortable Situations (None for the main Characters tho)


I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time

I found out that everybody talks

Everybody talks, everybody talks


I blearily opened my eyes to see a tuff of blonde hair in my line of sight and panicked slightly until I realized that it was way too much hair for it to belong to he-who-shall-not-be-named-for-my-mental-sanity-to-stay-intact. As my vision cleared I realized that Hale was the one looking at me with a worried expression on her face, I pushed myself up to sit with a groan and realized that they had laid me on the floor after I passed out.

"Swan, I'm five minutes away from calling Carlisle," Rosalie announced as I rubbed my head.

"What, no," I said quickly, "Didn't you go to med school once? Besides, no need to bother the good doctor."

"You fainted," Rosalie pointed out.

"You laughed, and were making jokes with Jake, warn a girl next time," I told her, a scowl firmly in my face.

Rosalie's face broke into a smile and I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at her.

"You suck," I muttered as I forced myself to stand.

Rosalie was still smiling, "I mean, I'm a vampire, it's only natural."

"Stop making jokes, it's creepy, you're never this cheerful," I told her with a pout.

Rosalie rolled her eyes at me but she was smiling so I guess she was fine. The next few hours were spent talking about cars. I could say with certainty that Jacob Black had been adopted by Rosalie Hale. It was cute to see them interacting and excited about the cars they were talking about. If there was something that I was proud about achieving was this new friendship between the tribe and the Cullens. I never truly understood the animosity between them seeing as the tribe were not really werewolves but shape shifters.

When I finally made it home, after snacking at Emily's and fending off Sam and the rest of the pack's and more of Rosalie's teasing, I found that Charlie had bought burgers for dinner and I was grateful for that. We made good conversation and I figured that despite the fact that I was going to be ignoring Carlisle's existence for the time being. It wouldn't be that bad.

Tuesday was another slow going day, Edward and Alice continued their teasing and with their knowing looks. Knowing them, they probably had a wedding planned and everything. Their teasing also reminded me why and how I had ended making out with Carlisle and my need to murder Lauren Mallory returned with a vengeance. I hadn't seen her around which confused me so I decided to seek her out myself on my free period. However, I was not expecting to walk into a classroom to see the newest Calculus teacher that had replaced Mr. Varner tried to get Lauren to give him a blowjob in exchange for better grades.

I saw red almost immediately. I didn't care that this was Lauren, oh no, this was an old perverted man trying to get advantage over an eighteen year old girl. Lauren looked surprised to see me there and the teacher, Mr. Harris, had a calculative look on his face.

"Ah, Miss Swan," he said, trying to approach me.

"Do not," I warned him, "you disgusting pig."

He smirked, "I can give you detention, Miss Swan."

I walked up to him and punched him in the gut with all of my strength and when he doubled over I kicked his knees bringing him down. Not giving him a chance to retaliate I soon had him on his stomach pinning his hands to his back.

"Are you wearing a belt, Mallory?" I asked the stunned Lauren.

She nodded and quickly handed me her belt which I used to tie Mr. Harris hands behind his back just before I stood and held him down by pressing my foot in the middle of his back.

"For how long has this been going?" I asked Lauren.

She seemed hesitant to answer me, but something in my face must have let her know that I was not playing.

"Since the beginning of the year," Lauren asked softly.

"Consensual or blackmail?"

"Blackmail."

"What does he have against you?"

Lauren paused for a moment, looking between me and Mr. Harris, who was struggling on the floor.

"I don't have all day, Mallory, and trust me, you're not my favorite person right now, so spill," I pressed, applying more pressure on Mr. Harris.

"I met him over the summer, he has pictures of me in his phone," she said.

I nodded at her and pulled out my phone and called Edward. He joined us several minutes later, looking surprised at the fact that I had a man on the floor.

"Hi Ted," I said, grinning innocently, "I'm going to interrogate this asshole, I need you to stand guard for us."

Edward's face was stony as he nodded, he had probably already read Harris thoughts on the entire matter and I knew that whichever his thoughts were, Edward was not going to be happy about them.

"So, scumbag," I said, picking up the phone which was on the desk, "have you made copies of Lauren's photos?"

Harris growled at me, refusing to answer. I ignored him and looked at Edward who shook his head almost imperceptibly. I smiled, this was easy.

"Let's assume not, Mallory, are you eighteen yet?" I asked her.

"My birthday's in December," Lauren answered softly.

"Ah perfect, a sex offender and carrying child pornography, lovely, oh how I hate trash like you," I said opening the phone only to find out that it was password protected.

It was an old Palm Treo, or new, depending on how one viewed these kinds of things. It was old for me, but it was also top of the line for these times.

"So, what's the password?" I asked him.

He scoffed. I shrugged, "hey Edward, catch, try your luck with it." I threw the phone at Edward who caught it in one hand.

"Are you going to delete them?" Lauren asked quietly.

"No, I'm going to hand it over to dad and we're going to lock up this piece of shit with your help," I told her with a smile on my face.

Lauren nodded at me and I pulled out my phone and called Charlie who picked up immediately.

"Is something wrong, Bells?" he asked immediately.

"I don't know Chief, how do you feel about sex offenders in High Schools?" I asked flippantly.

I could almost see Charlie rolling his eyes, Edward snorted as he worked on unlocking the phone.

"I'm on my way," Charlie said.

"Bring some friends," I told him cheerfully.

After closing the phone and sliding back into my pocket I looked at Lauren and told her to sit.

"Are you done with the phone, Edward?" I asked.

"This old thing?" Edward asked with a smirk, "got it on the first try, he has pictures of several other students."

I pursed my lips and looked down to Harris only to notice that he had been silent because he had been trying to get his hands free. I rolled my eyes and stepped on his hand, applying pressure until I heard a pleasant crack and he screamed out.

"You're crazy," he told me.

"And you're a pedophile, so I wonder which one of us will actually get in trouble," I told him with a shrug.

"I'm going to kill you," he said menacingly.

"I'm shaking in my boots," I deadpanned, then looked at Edward, "let's add threats to his offenses."

"Sure," Edward agreed with me.

I looked at Lauren, "hey Mallory, has he threatened you with death before?"

"He threatened to hurt my mom if I didn't go with him," Lauren said.

"Does he know your mom?"

"They were school friends."

In that moment, I felt really sorry for Lauren Mallory, it was enough to put my anger for her aside. She was just a school girl going through some bad things, it was logical that she felt jealous of me and my seemingly perfect life. I sighed as I looked at her.

"I forgive you," I told her firmly, "don't ruin it again."

Lauren nodded and I was sure that she'd never try anything with me again. Edward was nonchalantly pressed against the far wall, incriminating phone in hand and looking at me with a strange look on his face. I figured that we would be having a conversation about it later.

It was ten minutes later that Charlie called me to ask in which building we were, and two minutes afterwards he was walking through the doors followed by several other officers.

"Bells?" Charlie asked in confusion as he took the scene before him.

"I took the liberty of picking up the trash for you, Chief," I said, throwing a small salute his way.

He looked down to Harris who had stopped struggling, then at Lauren and then at Edward who waved at him.

"Bells?"

"He was blackmailing Ms. Mallory with explicit pictures, and is probably blackmailing more students because there are more pictures in his phone, Edward unlocked it for us, he also threatened to harm Dr. Mallory and like fifteen minutes ago threatened to kill me," I told Charlie.

That seemed to do it. Charlie's face changed and I smirked as I stepped away so that Charlie could read the man his Miranda rights and arrest him. Edward was asked by another officer to place the phone in a ziplock bag and they wrote the password on a piece of paper. We were soon joined by the Principal and then the officers began rounding up the other girls involved so that they could give their declarations.

As soon as we were in the parking lot, Charlie pulled me into a tight hug that I returned happily.

"I'm okay, dad," I told him gently.

Charlie let go of me and nodded, "I know you are, Bells, you're my kid."

"That I am," I smiled, "so I guess you guys will be working overtime today."

Charlie let out a breath, "don't remind me, I'll have to put the whole force on it, will you be okay?"

"Me? I'm great, I'm working with Esme this afternoon," I informed him.

He nodded at me, he was about to say something when an officer called him over, "I have to go, Bells."

"It's okay dad, be safe," I said, giving him another hug.

Charlie hugged me back and pressed a kiss to my hair, "I'll see you later."

I watched him go before I turned to get to my car. To my surprise Edward was leaning on it, holding my backpack and looking way too comfortable with himself.

"Where's Alice?" I asked him.

"She took the Volvo home," he informed me.

"Wanna drive?" I asked handing him the keys and taking my backpack.

We got in the car in silence and Edward easily pulled out of the parking lot.

"Thanks for the help there," I told him as he turned the car onto the highway.

He gave me a look, "it was no problem."

"I'm sorry you had to listen to that creep's thoughts," I added after a moment.

That brought a smile out of Edward, "I have to ask, how did you end up there?"

"I was going to give Lauren a piece of my mind for introducing me to the college guy who put the drug in my drink," I told him with a shrug.

"And you've forgiven her for it," he pointed out.

I nodded, "she's a kid, Edward, I'm not really a kid like her, and knowing what I know now, it was not hard to forgive her, sometimes life is about stepping up and being the bigger person."

Edward seemed to consider my words for a moment, "are you going to have a conversation with Carlisle then?"

"Nope, I already filled my quota of being the bigger person for this entire year," I told him with a smile.

Edward laughed and shook his head, "you know, you two would be a good couple."

"Ew, Edward, that's your father you're talking about," I said, but I couldn't help the laughter that accompanied that statement.

"I am just saying, you both love reading old books and there's something about your personalities that oddly fits," he said as if he was describing the secrets of the universe.

"Ted, I love you, but it was one kiss, in anger, probably a secondary reaction to everything that had gone down, that cannot be used as the base of a relationship," I explained to him, "not to mention that Carlisle is fakely married to Esme and this is a small town, can you imagine the trouble the two of us would get in if anyone discovers that we kissed? It's bad enough that the wolf pack knows, if that gets out it could end Carlisle's medical career."

"I could be a secret," Edward reminded me, "I'd happily play decoy for you both, I'm just saying that you could try it out."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "has Carlisle been overthinking the kiss?"

Edward smirked at me, "have you?"

Had I? Yes. Obsessively so, however I was not about to tell that to Edward.

"No," I scoffed, "as if."

"Liar," Edward called out, "your heart beats differently when you lie, I may not be able to read your thoughts, but you're only human."

I crossed my arms and huffed, "thanks for the reminder, lovely."

"It's not bad, actually, even Rose thinks that it's cute," he said with a smile.

"Rosalie is just torturing me, she's evil, gorgeous, but evil."

"Esme laughed herself silly, she thinks that you and Carlisle need to get your heads out of your asses," he informed me, "Which is why, we as a family, decided that you and Carlisle needed to talk."

"You did? Wow, what a lovely and functional family," I sneered at him.

I hadn't noticed that Edward had stopped the car, not until my door was opened and Jasper, of all people, took me out of the car. I hadn't even noticed that Edward had taken us through some rocky road.

"That we are," Jasper said, and with that he threw me over his shoulder and took off running.

I screamed as he took off, but he didn't stop until we were several miles in and he placed me down in the middle of fucking nowhere.

"Jasper, what the actual fuck?" I asked as soon as my feet touched the floor.

Jasper smiled at me smugly, "Carlisle is heading this way, have fun and talk."

And with that, the empath disappeared leaving me to my frustrations. I sighed and sat on the nearest rock, because there was no way I was going to walk through the middle of the woods, I had no desire to come across a bear or worse, a mountain lion. As Jasper had promised, Carlisle walked into the small clearing a couple of minutes later, looking incredibly confused to see me here.

"Congratulations, you've been played," I told him sarcastically.

Carlisle ran his hands through his face and groaned, "this is ridiculous."

"I tried telling your son that; your family had other plans," I said, still in no rush to move from my rock, "do you know where we are? If you point me towards the highway I could probably hitch a ride home."

"Canada," he answered, rather unhelpfully, because of course we were in fucking Canada.

"I'm going to murder both Jasper and Edward," I muttered.