AN: Thank you all for reading and reviewing the last chapter!

Dedicated to Drish, for her help with this chapter.

WARNING: VIOLENCE IN THIS CHAPTER.

Disclaimer: It all belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

Last Chapter

"I couldn't get a hold of her stepmother, but I left a message on the machine." She told me. I nodded.

"Goodnight Edward." She said.

"Goodnight." I said heading towards my room. My dreams that night were filled with nothing but Bella.

Bella's POV

"Morning Bella." A chipper voice startled me from sleep. I groaned. Then something started tugging at my blankets.

"Go way." I moaned and pulled the blankets over my head. The voice laughed.

"Come on Bella, we have to go to school." Wait…

I bolted upright. The annoying voice belonged to none other than Alice Cullen. Alice Cullen… Oh God.

"What am I doing here?" I squeaked.

"You fell asleep here last night." She told me. No…

I jumped out of the bed.

"I have to get home." I panicked. She grabbed my arm.

"Bella it's ok, Esme rang your stepmother last night." She actually talked to Victoria.

"She was ok with it?" I asked. Alice bit her lip.

"Well actually she wasn't home, so Esme left a message on the machine." I felt the blood drain from my face.

"Bella? Earth to Bella?" Alice said waving her hand in front of my face.

"We should get ready for school. Oh, you can borrow some of mine and Rose's clothes." (AN: I know they're all very different sizes but for the sake of this story let's imagine they're somewhat close.)

"Um ok." I followed her out of the room and up the hall to another one. It was very pink and clothes were scattered everywhere.

"What do you think of this?" She asked holding up a blue sweater.

"We could grab you a pair of Rose's jeans too."

"Ok."

"Great." She bounced out of the room. Unsure if I was suppose to follow her I stayed where I was. Victoria is going to kill me when I get home. Maybe I could tell her the truth and she wouldn't mind so much. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. Maybe…

"There you are Bella, I thought you were going to follow me." Alice said returning to the room. She thrust some clothes into my hands.

"There's a shower in the guest room if you want to use it."

"Yes, thankyou."

"Good." She left the room and I followed quickly after her.

"There's towels and spare toothbrushes in the cupboards. I should go get ready too." She said and left me outside the bathroom door. I quickly showered and dressed. I had just finished making the bed when there was a knock at the door. I walked over to open it.

"Hey Bella, you hungry?" Rosalie asked. Hungry, I was ravenous.

"Sure."

"Great, Esme's made pancakes." She said turning to head downstairs. Pancakes, oh yum.

I followed her.

"Good morning Bella. I hope you like pancakes." Esme greeted me when I entered the kitchen.

"Hey Bella, was the movie that boring?" Emmett laughed.

"I don't know. I don't really remember any of it." I blushed. He laughed again just as Alice and Jasper entered the room.

"What's so funny?" Jasper asked.

"Bella." Emmett said shovelling in a mouthful of pancakes.

"What she do?"

"Dos ant mem ba mov." Emmett responded.

"Emmett do not speak with your mouth full. Bella dear, take a seat." Esme said. I quickly sat down. Esme placed a plate in front of me.

"Eat dear." She said.

"Thankyou." She smiled.

"It's a pleasure. I hope your stepmother won't be too mad about you staying last night. Its just we didn't want to wake you and nobody answered at home. I just hope we didn't get you into any trouble."

"I'm sure it'll be fine." I lied. Carlisle followed by Edward entered the kitchen.

"Finally finished waxing you hair Ed?" Emmett asked Edward. Edward frowned.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Ed." He growled.

"Ooh somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Emmett commented.

"Emmett." Edward said.

"What?"

"Shut up." Emmett clutched a hand to his chest.

"Edward your harsh words damage my sensitive soul." He said turning to sob into Rosalie's shoulder. I clutched a hand to my mouth to stop myself from laughing aloud.

"Emmett." I said.

"Yes Bella dear." He said springing up from Rosalie's shoulder.

"Did anybody ever tell you that you're a bit of a drama queen?" I asked. The others laughed while Emmett faked hurt.

"Only a bit?" Rosalie asked.

-xXx-

We took two cars. I rode with Edward, while the others chose to ride in Rosalie's car.

"So, enjoy yourself?" Edward asked me. I blushed.

"You should have just woken me. I'm sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep."

"Bella, it's ok."

"It is?" I asked.

"Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?"

"Oh I just thought. I mean we've only known each other like a day."

"It's only been a day. I thought it was longer." He smiled.

"I enjoyed. We enjoyed having you over Bella. Even if you did sleep through most of it."

"I'm glad. I had fun." I said smiling back at him.

-xXx-

After school, Edward dropped me home. I stood outside the front door and took a few deep breaths. Here goes… I thought unlocking the door.

"Hello." I called out. There was no answer. She must have still been at work. I went upstairs to change.

I had just changed and folded up the clothes, when I heard the front door open and close. Footsteps were on the stairs. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for what was about to come.

"So you're here then." She snarled from the doorway.

"Victoria. About last night, I didn't mean for it to happen. We were watching a movie and I guess I fell asleep." I rushed out.

"Oh, you guess you fell asleep. So you decided it would be ok for you to just sleep out. Get your little friend to leave a message for me. So what were you really doing huh? Sleeping around, doing drugs?"

"No, I just fell asleep. That's all."

"Listen here you little slut, I will not stand for disobedience under my roof. You hear me. It's time I taught you a lesson." She said pulling out from behind here the stick she had often used as punishment. I froze. She brought the stick up and slapped it around me head. I fell to the floor and put my arms over my head. Over and over she hit me, anywhere she could reach but mainly she aimed for my face. Suddenly she stopped. I prayed that she was done, but she was only getting started. Her foot slammed into my stomach. She kicked me repeatedly in my stomach. She stopped again, brought her foot back and slammed it into my face. Then it all went black.

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