Chapter Title: Not so Broken

Chapter Rating: PG-13, borderline R

A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed! Y'all made me smile! Hope you like this chapter. The majority of it will be in Alice's POV like I promised. There will be some Jasper in there too.

Disclaimer in chapter 1

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Alice's POV

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Finally! Edward had been honest with Bella and she was free from him. She was single and available, and I could finally kiss her and hold her without making her feel guilty.

But I still would. I still had Jasper, even though the only person I wanted to spend my forever with was Bella.

I would have to tell him, but first I had to help Bella.

"Thank you for being honest," I said to Edward truthfully. Thanks to his honesty, Bella broke up with him which had me swimming in my own pool of happiness.

"Thank you for forcing me," he retorted sarcastically. I just ignored him and went outside into the dark night to see Bella, balled up on the muddy driveway, crying like there was no tomorrow. It broke my heart and made my breath catch in my throat to see her like this, so broken and vulnerable. But secretly, I wanted Edward to watch as his first love completely break down like this. It was wrong, but I wanted him to see the pain he had caused not only her, but all of us. Even Rosalie. We were all afraid that she would leave us whenever Edward told her about his affair, but I couldn't accept that. I wouldn't.

Gathering her in my arms, I started off towards her house. I would get her dry and warm and packed. Then, I would take her somewhere where we could be alone. But before I could do that, though, I would have to finally tell my whole family about my feelings for Bella – and break the news to Jasper.

Bella started to nuzzle into my neck and the small gesture made me smile. Just holding her warm, human body made me feel like I was walking on cloud nine. I made the short journey to her house faster than I have ever done before. The whole time, my thoughts were consumed with Bella and what we would do this upcoming weekend – if she agreed to go, that is. I was terribly excited. I mean, I don't know how she feels for me, but I would soon find out.

I kissed her forehead as I climbed the tree outside her window with ease and hopped through her open window. The wooden floor near it was wet with rain. After I shut it, I sat her in the rocking chair as not to get her bed wet and retrieved some clean, dry clothes and a fluffy towel. I decided to borrow some of her clothes too so I could get out of this dress.

"Okay, Bella. I'm going to get you all settled in for bed okay?"

"Mhm," she mumbled.

"We have to be quiet though. Charlie still thinks you're over at my house."

"Okay," she replied sleepily. "You know, I can do it by myself, Alice."

"I know, but I want to help you."

"Fine," she sighed.

I didn't want to tell her that the only reason I wanted to help her get comfortable was so that I could undress her, touch her body, see this beautiful creature with nothing hiding her skin from me.

I started with her shirt. She sat up and put her arms in the air, waiting for me to take it off. I was shocked that she was letting me do this, but I knew I had to contain myself. I couldn't do anything inappropriate . . . yet.

I grabbed the hem of her wet shirt between my fingers and slid it off slowly, making sure not to rip it like I wanted to. The smoldering look in her eyes as they bore into mine made my pussy twitch. Ugh, stupid goddamned vampire sex drive. I tossed the wet shirt into the hamper in the adjacent corner of her room before unhooking her bra, making sure not to look at her chest because if I started, I knew wouldn't be able to stop.

"Alice, really I can do this myself," Bella said with a stubborn tone, but I could faintly hear her voice tremble and the smell of blood rushing to her cheeks filled the room.

"No, no. I want to. Is that okay?" I asked, suddenly unsure of myself. I was never much of a self-conscious person, but right now I was at risk of facing rejection and then that awkward moment afterwards. So yeah, I was a little on edge.

"Y-yes," Bella stuttered after a while. I let out a silent sigh of relief.

I just nodded my head before drying off her upper body, trying so hard not to look at her breasts. The thickness of the towel was doing nothing to hide her warmth and when I reached to dry her chest, it did nothing to subdue the feel of her firm, round breasts. I had to clamp my mouth shut to keep in the moan, but I couldn't do anything to quiet the low purring that was emitting from deep in my throat. When she was dry, I slipped a ratty t-shirt over her head while she put her arms through the sleeves.

Handing her the towel, I told her, "Dry off your hair while I get rid of these wet jeans."

"O-okay," she replied unsteadily. For a moment I wondered if she was feeling as aroused as I was. I ignored the tingling between my legs as I unbuttoned her jeans and slid them down her smooth, creamy legs. God she was so fucking beautiful. Her white panties were drenched from the rain, but I smelt her arousal too, and that made the tingling turn into all-round burning. I could see practically everything through those wet, white panties . . .

Swallowing rather loudly, I slid those off too and got a full look at her glorious, sopping folds. I wanted so badly to lick her dry. Oh sweet Jesus . . . I shook my head and helped her into fresh panties and sweats.

"Thanks Alice," she smiled. Even in the darkness I could see the smoldering fire in her eyes. I was sure my golden ones looked much the same.

"No need to thank me, baby," I said without thinking; the images of her shamefully stunning body still very, very fresh in my mind. She raised her eyebrow, amused. "I-I mean . . . no problem, Bella," I said quickly. She just smirked and climbed into her bed. "Do you want me to stay here with you until you fall asleep?"

Her face fell, and with her smile disappearing, so was mine. "No thanks. I think I want to be alone tonight. Just to think about what happened with Edward and stuff," she told me quietly.

"Okay. Are you sure you'll be alright?"

"Yes. Goodnight Alice."

"Goodnight Bella."

I really wanted to stay here until she fell asleep, just to watch her, but I wouldn't if she didn't want me to. I kissed her warm, soft cheek and opened her window before climbing out and closing it again.

It was time to go home and tell the family.

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Jasper's POV

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We came home from our hunting trip a little earlier than planned. Edward had left just after he caught a mountain lion, but the rest of us opted to stay a bit longer. That didn't surprise me, though. Edward never liked to be away from Bella for too long – even though he was cheating on her, he still loved her very much.

But when we came home, he was sitting on the floor with his head in his hands.

"Edward?" Esme asked. "Are you alright?"

He just looked up and shook his head. "I told Bella and she . . . she left me," he choked out. I was happy for her – secretly of course. She deserved better than him. Edward scowled at me, hearing my thoughts.

"Sorry man, but it's true. You know you're still my brother though," I reassured him.

"I'm glad she left you, you moron," interjected Rosalie in a pissed tone. "Even I wouldn't do the shit you were doing to her."

"Rose," Emmett warned.

Everyone seemed to agree that it was a good thing Bella left Edward, but we were all still aware that it hurt him very much.

"Jasper, you should know something –" before he could finish his sentence, the front door opened, announcing Alice's arrival. I smiled and went over to her, but stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her facial expression. A combination of sadness, guilt, and nervousness had taken over her usually happy, carefree mood. Edward was suddenly very smug. Confused, I turned around towards him and saw him smirking. "Alice –" he started, but she interrupted him.

"Don't even Edward. I'm about to tell them everything, okay? So, you mind?"

His smirk fell and he nodded his head. I turned back to Alice. She was looking right at me. "I'm sorry, Jazz," she apologized. My heart sank a little bit. Alice looked sincerely upset and she was apologizing to me. Not anyone else. Just me. "Can everyone sit down please?"

We all took a seat in the living room and waited for her speech. If my heart could beat, I'm sure it would be pounding with trepidation right now. "Alice what is it?"

She started pacing the length of the floor, balling her fists and taking deep breaths. "I . . . have something to tell you. You won't like it, but . . . it's fair that you all know." She went quiet for a few minutes, gathering her thoughts I presumed, as the rest of us sat in a silence saturated with tension. She took a deep breath before beginning again. "I'll just start at the very beginning. Please, no one interrupt." We all nodded our heads. "Before we all met Bella, I had a vision about her, but the thing is, she wasn't with Edward. She was . . . Bella was with me."

A sudden feeling of dread filled me. I think I knew where this was heading.

"And then, after so many visions of her, I grew to love her with without even knowing her in person," her voice shook as she told us her story. Then she looked pointedly over at Edward. "And Edward knew that – which is exactly why he started to notice her for things other than her blood. But I didn't get mad at you. I let you have your shot with her, Edward, and you blew it."

"I know I did," he said solemnly. I sent him some calming waves to relax his pained emotions and turned my attention back to Alice. Whatever she had to say I know she didn't want to repeat over and over again, but it was hard to pay attention when all I could think about was the hole that was slowly forming in my heart.

"So," she went on, "I just wanted you all to know that. And Jasper, I'm so, so sorry," she started sobbing and I raced over to her. I knew this was coming, I felt it all the time when she was around Bella. I saw it in every touch and glance she gave her. So in a way, I had prepared myself for this – for her leaving me for another. For Bella.

Wrapping her in my arms, I shushed her and told her, "Ali, darlin', it's okay. I'm not mad. I saw this coming. It's okay." I lifted her chin up to look at me. "You can't help who you love, okay? I understand that. I'm not mad at you."

She just smiled and held on to me. "You know I love you Jasper, but I . . . I can't love you the way you love me, the way a woman is supposed to love a man."

It hurt me greatly to hear her speak the words I knew I was going to hear sometime, but I had to learn to get over it. I just wanted her to be happy. I let go of her and smiled. "I'm not here to judge."

"Wait, wait, wait," said Emmett. Ugh, here we go. Edward smirked at my thoughts and we all turned to face Emmett. "So, Alice, your . . . a lesbian?"

"Yes, Emmett, I'm a lesbian. And I'm officially coming out of the closet. Feel free to ask questions," she added sarcastically, knowing Emmett wanted to know about everything.

"Wow," he commented, "That's hot."

"Emmett!"Carlisle and Esme both scolded him as Rosalie smacked him upside the head. The emotions in the room were a mix of curiosity and acceptance – everyone except Edward. He was confused.

I was confused too, but I didn't want to bombard her with questions. I would wait till we could be alone.

"So," Alice started, "should I pack up my stuff and go, or . . ."

"No!" we all shouted, but Edward said yes. We all turned to him.

"What?" Carlisle asked. "Why son?"

Edward got up from the floor. "Carlisle, she's gay! We have every right to kick that fag out," he said, his voice straining. I felt Alice's pain at his words and Emmett's irritation at him. I was angry with him too, but I couldn't really blame him. He had lost Bella to his sister (or at least was about to very soon) and because of his own stupidity. He's had a hard day, but that's still no right to call his own sister a fag – a sister he has always been close too.

"Yeah, and you're a cheating bastard," Rosalie defended her sister. She got up right in Edward's face and stared him straight in the eyes. "You need to watch what you say to her. You'll find that all of us support her, and if you think you can put your heinous thoughts to words, you thought wrong. Keep your thoughts to yourself, or just get the hell out."

"Rose," Alice came up and pulled her away. "It's okay. Let him think what he wants."

It was silent in the house for a few minutes while we let it all sink in. Edward's emotions were everywhere. He really needed to get away for a couple of days and think. I know I did.

"Hey Edward, why don't you just get away for a few days. Your emotions are . . . everywhere," I suggested quietly.

"Yeah, why don't you go get some comfort sex from Tanya," Rosalie sneered.

Edward's nostrils flared, but he controlled his anger on his own. "I think I just might." With that he was out of the door and going towards his Volvo.

"Rose," I sighed, "did you really need to say that?"

"Why not?" she shrugged and went upstairs with Emmett following her. But before she made it all the way up, she turned around. "Alice, I don't care if you're gay. You're my sister." Emmett smiled and nodded in agreement. "I think it's cool having a lesbian sister," he added. Alice just laughed and waved them off.

Carlisle and Esme came up to her and hugged her. "We don't mind it either," Esme said. "You are still our daughter, no matter who you love."

"You and Bella would be nice together. I can see the way she looks at you," said Carlisle. Funny; I knew he was a doctor, but a love doctor?

After the living room was empty, I swallowed my nerves and took in a deep breath. "Hey Alice?"

"Yes Jasper?"

"Can we talk?"

She grabbed my hand and led me out to the garage where we leaned against Emmett's huge, silver Jeep. "What is it, Jazz?" She had this knowing look on her face.

"I . . . just want to know if you really do love me, or ever did," I said timidly.

She giggled. "Jasper, I told you I did. I still do, I'm just not in love with you. But you are very important to me, you know. I don't know what I'd do if you left because of this," her smile fell. "Because of what I am."

I sighed. "Well, I mean, I am going to go away for a couple of days, just to take a breather, but I will be back. And, it's not because you're . . . l-lesbian."

Her head dropped in shame. "Oh god, Jasper, I'm so sorry."

"No, no, no. Alice, please, don't be. I told you I wasn't mad, didn't I?"

"Okay. I might take Bella away for a few days too."

"Do you know if she feels the same about you like you do for her?"

"I don't really know," she sighed, frustrated. "I mean, she had that dream about me, and she kissed me back when I kissed her," she looked at me uncertainly after she uttered that she had kissed Bella. I didn't know she had kissed her and to be honest, I felt that hole in my heart start to widen, but I swallowed the pain away and nodded for her to continue. "But, I don't know if she loves me. She might just be attracted to me, but I doubt its anything more."

"You heard what Carlisle said, about the way she looks at you," I reminded her.

"Yeah, but I mean, come on Jasper. She could just be checking out my ass," she joked. I laughed and decided to joke back.

"Well, you do have a nice one, darlin."

She swatted my arm playfully. "Pig," she laughed.

"No, I'm a man," I grinned.

"Whatever." There was a comfortable silence between us before she broke it. "So, are we okay?"

"No," I paused for dramatic effect, just to tease her a little bit. "We're great." She smiled and jumped up to hug me. "I guess I'm going to go for a run," I said. She smiled sadly. I kissed her full on the lips for the last time and ran into the forest.

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Alice's POV

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Jasper was gone, but he'd be back. I could see it. I sighed as I slid down to sit on the cold garage floor. There was nothing to do now. I had told my family about my feelings for Bella. I had made up with Jasper. I had done everything I needed to. But, I still wanted to see Bella. I had been gone for not even an hour and I was missing her warmth. Her smell.

"You can't sulk out here forever," I heard a soft voice say. I shot my head up and saw Rose.

"Aren't you supposed to be with Emmett banging around the bedroom?"

She laughed. "We had a quickie."

I cringed. "Ew!"

"You asked!" We laughed for a little bit before she brought up my sulking again. "Why are you out here?"

"Me and Jasper were talking and he went for a run. He'll be back in a few days."

"So why didn't you come back inside?"

"I'm thinking."

"About?" she asked as she knelt beside me.

"Bella. She told me she wanted some time alone, but I really want to be close to her."

"Then go."

"Rose, she wants to be alone."

"Does she?"

I was confused. Bella had told me she wanted to be alone, but now that I thought about it, her voice did indicate otherwise.

"For a blonde, you're pretty smart."

"Ha. Ha," Rose scowled at me and then smirked. "For a midget you're pretty annoying."

"Touché."

I smiled and thanked her before once again running toward Bella's house.

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Hope you liked this chapter. It felt kind of subtle and stuff when I read over it, so I'm not too pleased. Any suggestions to make it better for next time?

Also, I decided to add Jasper's POV for a good reason if anybody is wondering. Since he is empathic, he could sense all the different emotions in the room from everyone's reaction to Alice's big news and I thought it could be helpful. Hope y'all didn't mind.

Please review if you have the time. :)

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