Bella rode Alice back to the Cullens so they could plan their next moves. Alice made a call to her sister and Julian because everyone needed to be here in order to go over Alice's vision and to keep Bella safe. Julian wasted no time getting himself and Cynthia to the Cullens and Alice couldn't help but feel protective yet fearful of what might occur. Bella wrapped an arm around Alice on the sofa to comfort her, making Alice feel a bit at ease. Bella meant the world to her and how could she have forgotten something this dangerous to her mate's life.

"I can't believe I was so neglectful of Victoria. We all had a part in killing James and now she wants revenge. Why didn't I see her coming sooner!" Alice stated.

"Alice, it's okay. She's on your radar now and I know you're going to keep me safe." Bella comforted.

Bella was scared but she didn't want to show that to Alice. Jasper felt Bella's fear and tried his best to calm her down. Bella gave Jasper a soft glance and nodded in appreciation once she felt her heart growing calm. This was intense and it was very startling that Bella's life was in danger again and by a vengeful vampire missing her mate.

"What exactly is she planning Alice." Carlisle asked calmly.

Alice sighed and closed her eyes. Victoria was shifting her plans in her head so it was hard to determine which she would decide to go. However, two plans were clearly forming in her head and both had a location set in Victoria's mind.

"She's in-between two decisions. One, she plans to confront Bella head on or she wants to build an army to kill her and us as well. Both plans require her making a stop in Seattle since her later plan starts with killing a young man to seduce and manipulate." Alice stated.

"Is Edward involved in any way?" Bella asked.

She was concerned if maybe Edward and her would team up since she would have 'ruined' their lives in a way. To Bella's relief, Alice shook her head.

"No but he is ruminating on something but it doesn't involve him crossing paths with Victoria which is good. Edward would want you alive despite his resentment of you breaking up with him while Victoria would want you dead and to feast on your blood. We need to get to Victoria before she gets to you Bella. That is the plan right now since I will not lose you." Alice stated.

Alice looked to Carlisle and Esme with a somewhat pleading look. Victoria would go after Charlie and Bella didn't want her father hurt because of her and the vampire world she was a part of now. Esme nodded and understood what Bella wanted.

"We will protect Charlie when we can. It will probably be best for Bella to be out of town this weekend so Victoria can be dealt with. It would be for the best since we need to focus on her without worrying about you." Carlisle expressed.

Cynthia nodded and bit her lip slightly. She looked at Julian and almost as if he read her mind, hkissed her lips gently to soothe his mate. Out of all of them, Julian was the best one to track and locate Vitoria. He knew Victoria going after Bella meant she was challenging their would be coven. As the patriarch of sorts, he needed to be the one to defend Bella. Alice would do it but Bella would be worried about her and didn't want to worry about her mate. Julian locked eyes with Jasper and he nodded towards the former mobster. Both of them with their fighting backgrounds should be enough to subdue and kill Victoria.

"Jasper and I will track Victoria and kill her. Jasper can you get me into a battle focus once Bella and Alice are out of town. I want no distractions when I confront Victoria." Julian expressed.

Jasper nodded since it would help them in the fight with Victoria if they weren't distracted by anything else. Cynthia raised an eyebrow and Julian held her tight in his arms.

"I would want you to come with me, but I don't want to risk your life. She might be aware of what I did to James before the Cullens killed him so she might be after your life too Cyn. Mate for a mate so you would incur her wrath being with me. I don't want your life to be at risk." Julian informed.

Cynthia sighed and stroked his face. To think she was once okay with Julian leaving and being away from her; now she loathed it. Their connection was so deep and she truly loved Julian more than any woman should. It tore her to have Julian risk his life...again, but he always came back. He was like that one annoying yet cute cat with multiple lives that won't die. Once Cynthia regained some composure, she turned her attention to Bella.

"You need to get out of Washington this weekend. Perhaps you should make a trip to Jacksonville to see your mother Bella. I'm sure she'd love to see you." Cynthia suggested.

Bella recounted her birthday and she realized something as she looked at Esme warmly.

"Esme you gave me plane tickets for my birthday right? I think I have them in my drawer in my room." Bella asked.

This made Esme smile since Bella did keep her gift.

"Indeed I did Bella so you could see your mother. At the time I wanted you to have them so you could pay a trip to see her before you became a vampire. Now that Victoria wants to hunt you, it would be a good chance to use them." Esme spoke softly.

Alice smiled a bit and she too remembered the tickets and looked to Esme hopefully.

"Who was the second ticket for?" Alice asked, but had a feeling she knew the answer.

Esme looked at Rosalie and she cracked a faint smile.

"I made Esme get a ticket for you Alice. It was going to be Edward but seeing how you were Bella's true mate I decided to convince Esme to get one for you. Plus with all the chaos on Bella's birthday, Bella never got to open them at the house and Edward never bothered to read Esme's mind to check." Rose saif softly.

Bella smiled tenderly but there was an obvious little snag.

"But Florida's sunny Alice, would you expose yourself in the sun?"

Alice shook her head and wrapped her arms around Bella's neck.

" So I'll stay indoors at your mom's place and of course I will pack items to cover most of my body if I do have to go out during the day, but most likely I won't. Plus I can get us a rental car with tinted windows since I have a fake idea to help with that and there's always the night Bella."

When Alice put it all that way, it would be amazing to take a weekend with Alice. It would be nice to see her mother too since she's been missing her. There was also the matter of her coming out to her mother Renee which is best to do sooner rather than later. She had put it off since that type of news should be in person and not by phone call or email. Bella was confident that Renee would take her news well and that she would love Alice.

"We will leave right after school on Friday to make a flight to Jackson since I see Victoria coming late Friday earlier Saturday to Seattle." Alice mentioned.

"Jasper and I will get a hotel in Seattle so to cut Victoria off before she makes it to Forks. Knowing her patterns, she will be out when there's few people out." Julian followed.

"I will remain in Port Angeles in case she slips by you Jules. Don't think she will but it's best to be prepared for anything that can happen. There's one future I can see where she does..."

Cynthia trailed off and Julian went over to embrace her.

"Relax Cyn. You see a lot of what if scenarios and don't drive yourself crazy baby. Jasper and I are probably the most dangerous vampires among our covens. If anything, Victoria better hope we are cruel and drag it out, but we won't. We will be merciful and kill her quickly. We want Bella to be safe again." Julian comforted.

Cynthia kissed his neck softly and with such a need that Emmett chuckled. It was clear Cynthia was new to the mate process after denying him for decades and it showed with her worries and devotion of affection. Julian relished in the kisses Cynthia gave him and stroked her back to reciprocate the affections. He needed to do this for all of them so they wouldn't always have to protect Bella.

"As for the rest of us, we will take shifts watching Charlie. Rose and I will take the evening, Esme and Emmett will take the morning. Hopefully Bella by the time you return to Forks, Victoria will be dealt with." Carlisle expressed calmly.

Bella nodded in appreciation and looked to the Cullens, Julian, and Cynthia. She was grateful that they valued her life despite the pain and ordeals she had put them through. Bella knew it was mostly Edward's fault that the Cullens were in a precarious situation, but she was the human who drew Edward in. She wished she could take it all back and had fallen for Alice at the start, but things happen for a reason. Bella was just thankful she had this support system to help take down Victoria.

"Thank you so much." Bella told them.

"No need to thank us Bella, we all care about you and want you safe." Esme spoke softly.

Julian chuckled and nodded.

"You have fun with your mother while I take down Victoria and Jasper and I tear her apart. No way I'm losing a sister before she's able to become one." Julian in a calm brotherly tone.

Bella nodded and Alice took her hand. Everything was going to fall into their plans Alice thought and kissed Bella's cheek softly to comfort her. Bella seemed a bit shaky and nervous so she didn't want to risk having her take the motorcycle home.

"I will drive you home Bella. Emmett will bring your bike later in the evening so you don't have to worry about it. By the way, Charlie would be concerned but will let you keep it. He will just encourage you to wear a helmet and that you don't drive the bike after dark." Alice informed her.

Bella cracked a light smile as they left the Cullens and got into the blue Porsche. Alice smiled lightly as she put her keys in and drove Bella home.

"I'm going to miss this car." Alice mused lightly as she listened to the pur of the engine.

Bella looked confused and questioned,

"Why will you miss it?"

Alice smiled a bit.

"Cynthia's birthday is soon so I want to give her this car as a present since she doesn't have one of her own. I have my eyes on this new yellow Porsche 911 Turbo. It's faster, sleeker, and a car I will love driving. No worries, it might stand out but everyone in town knows Carlisle is well off. Besides, I'm pretty much a stand out anyway no matter how low key I am."

Bella chuckled since that was true. She was a stand out from day one and Bella loved that. Alice wasn't like other women but that's what Bella loved. They complimented each other well and both made the other better. Alice was a delicate pixie with a style all her own but rocked every look with such flair and appeal. Bella took Alice's hand and stroked it with her thumb. Her heart fluttered calmly and she kissed the hand.

"Did I tell you today that I love you?" Bella asked.

Alice smirked playfully and replied,

"You might have, but I would love to hear you say those words to me anyway."

Bella smiled and kissed Alice's hand again.

"I love you Alice."

"And I love you Bella."

Alice drove Bella home and both went inside to see Charlie cooking dinner; pasta with jarred sauce. Least it was a step up from tv dinners Bella thought since she normally did the cooking for him.

"Hey Bella. How was it at Jake's?" Charlie asked.

"Jake was good. We had pizza and I helped Jake with his motorcycle repair." Bella told Charlie.

Charlie didn't bat an eye since Bella had been going over to fix up his bike for awhile. He had a feeling Bella had one too but he wasn't going to push that just yet until he saw it. If so, he wouldn't mind anyway so long as she was safe and knew how to be safe.

"Hello Charlie."

Charlie realized Alice was there and smiled a bit more. He loved Alice with his daughter and he was grateful that Bella found someone other than Edward to be with. Bella looked so much happier and healthier that he would forever be grateful for Alice bringing the fire in Bella's life.

"Hey Alice, want to stay for dinner? I'm making pasta."

Alice giggled lightly since it was just boiling water and heating tomato sauce from a jar, but it was still polite of him to offer.

"Maybe some other time Charlie but Bella would like to ask you something." Alice expressed.

Charlie looked at his daughter with a concerned look. Bella chuckled a bit but was still nervous about asking to take a weekend to see Renee with Alice.

"I was going through my room and I forgot Esme gave me plane tickets for Jacksonville. It's been awhile since I've seen my mom and I want to see her. She still doesn't know I'm a lesbian and I think this trip would be good for me."

Charlie knew his daughter was 18 but she still lived under his roof. He was glad Bella was asking instead of just running off like she did when she and Edward broke up the first time. He still needed some details since this was his little girl no matter how old she was.

"When will you be going?"

"Friday and Alice will be making the trip with me since Esme got me and Alice a ticket to go together. Would it be okay dad?" Bella asked.

Charlie chuckled lightly and nodded.

"I don't see an issue Bella and I trust Alice a lot more than Edward. You're not taking this weekend to um...you know...have sex or anything right? It's okay if you are just um...be safe and don't tell me about it."

Bella's face turned beet red and she looked away from Charlie's gaze. She liked Charlie's support but this was too much even for her.

"God no dad, I'm a virgin! If we were going to do that, it would not be when we will be staying at my mom's. We're really just going to see my mom and catch up. I want to formally introduce Alice as my girlfriend since the last time they saw each other it wasn't the best situation."

Charlie chuckled but was relieved his daughter was planning to have sex during their weekend to Florida. Still he wondered how it would even work with two women but then immediately got that thought out of his head. He did not need to know how his daughter would have sex with her girlfriend, but at least they weren't rushing into sex thankfully. He looked at Alice and smiled softly at her.

"Renee is going to adore you like I do Alice. And Bella...your mom is very liberal about a lot of things; including love. She's going to love you all the same when you come out and she will just be happy that you're happy again."

Bella gave her father a tight hug since she was worried about leaving him. She knew the best chance for the plan to go well was for her to leave and let the Cullens, Cynthia, and Julian handle Victoria. She pulled away from her father and went to give Alice a kiss.

"I'll see you later." she whispered in a low voice.

"Yes, please come." Bella replied in a whisper.

Alice chuckled at that word choice and licked Bella's lower lip. She could feel a slight arousal growing in Bella but now wasn't the time to build them up Alice thought, but teasing can be done.

"You want me to do what now Bella?" Alice teased while placing her hands on Bella's hips.

Bella's eyes widened slightly and she pecked Alice's lips.

"Not in front of my dad Alice."

Alice giggled as she returned Bella's kiss.

"I know...I will see you and don't worry; I'm always going to be by your side."

Alice left the house so Bella and Charlie could enjoy their dinner together. It was quiet, peaceful, and nothing really eventful happened. When dinner was done, Bella showered and retired to her room and let Alice into her room for them to cuddle and read together until Bella needed to sleep. She cuddled close to Alice and she gently stroked Bella's hair.

"It's funny how being with the right person truly changes things." Bella mused lightly.

"Let me guess, Edward being here creeped you out?"

Bella nodded.

"Oh yes, especially when I learned he was using the times to watch me sleep to mentally manipulate me. Least if I ever here your voice in my head it's comfort."

Alice took Bella's hand and stroked it.

"Well I will never do what Edward did since our bond is strong and loving. Besides I try to give you as much privacy as I can despite you wanting me to stay with you while you sleep. Edward ruined a lot of your trust so I don't want to be like him in any way."

Bella pecked Alice's lips and mentioned,

"You can never be like Edward, I don't think you could ever be so cruel and mean to me. I have nothing but love and trust for you and I trust your vision of protecting me and turning me."

Alice cracked a light smile but she did wonder something.

"You never worry about me accidently killing you when I try to turn you?"

Bella shook her head.

"I believe a mate is always careful; so when you do bite me and inject your venom you will be gentle. While I know you will feed a bit, it won't be to drain me but to have the chance to taste what your mate is like."

"You truly are a romantic and have so much faith in me. I'm proud that I am yours."

"I'm just proud I realized my mistake before I was too late. Who knows what would my life have been if Edward was able to continue his ways." Bella sighed.

Alice shook her head.

"No looking at horrible what ifs, only what your life will become because of what you do." Alice stressed sweetly.

Bella chuckled softly as Alice got on top of Bella, stroking her cheek softly. Even as a dainty little pixie, she felt so strong on top of her. Bella trailed her eyes along Alice's being and could almost imagine the night that would change her forever.

"My life will be worth living and I can do so much good in the world. There's so much I want to do and with the life I will be granted it will be possible. Most of all, I truly have my soulmate and I'm proud of who I am."

"And I'm proud we were able to overcome so much and we will continue to overcome challenges together my Bella." Alice mused to her as she kissed Bella's lips gently and tenderly.

As they kissed, Bella was just thinking about their trip together. All Bella wanted was Victoria dead so they can move on in their lives without feelings of dread and fear. But for the time being, Bella was happy and full of passion for one Alice Cullen and Alice adored her soulmate Bella Swan.