So, my third chapter in one day. This one is the longest of them yet, and will probably be the average length. I'm starting to love this story, and will probably continue it unless i have a bunch of people saying that they hate it. Anyways, Enjoy!

Chapter Three

Final Plans-

I had made it to Alices in record time, I was sure. I wanted to make sure we had as much time as possible to plan things out. I couldn't believe I was running away from him. I had made sure to take as much as possible, but left enough there that I was sure he wouldn't notice. It would be horrible for him to find out what was going on before we even got out of the state. I was sure that he would not hesitate to come over and literally drag me back home. Well, what used to be home, anyways.

When I got into her apartment, she was still on the phone, alternating from writing things down, and having what looked like little tantrums of excitement. I chuckled to myself as I went and set Connor on the bed. I looked down at him, sleeping. He was such a good baby. I was worried about him getting sick, he had been sleeping a lot. Then again, he was a baby, and didn't have any symptoms of getting sick, I was just stressed. I sighed, heading back down to the car, to grab two suitcases, along with a diaper bag and the extra pack of diapers I had thought to bring along. I had taken a lot of things, because I had thought of a good excuse. As I was heading out I wrote a note to Jake, 'I took some of my old clothes to the thrift store, and then I will be heading over to Alices for the night. She called, needing some girl time. There is dinner in the fridge. I love you, Bella.' I'd felt my eyes start to water as I told him I loved him. I really do, I still love him. But that didn't make what he did right.

I was kind of worried about him seeing through my excuse, but it did help that I had been talking about taking some of Connors old baby clothes, along with my maternity clothes, and clothes that were now too big, to the thrift store. He had thought it was a good idea at the time. It was strange, I had lost a lot of weight after my pregnancy, leaving me much smaller than I had been even before I was pregnant. I wasn't going to complain one bit.

I walked back into the living room with Connor, as Alice hung up the phone.

"There's my favorite baby!" She squealed as I handed him over. Connor loved Alice, you would think that he wouldn't like all the movement and noise that came with her, because things were pretty calm at home, but he always squealed and cooed at her.

"So how did the call go?" I asked her, still not completely sure, even though I knew in the back of my mind that if we could somehow get this to work out overnight I would be going.

"Great! They are completely fine with you not paying rent right away. And Edward is still looking for a secretary. He wants to make sure he can get someone he can rely on. He really wants to hire you, I'm positive."

"I should call him and set up an interview…" I hesitated. I hadn't been at an interview in a while.

"Oh, no. You'll be leaving later tonight, so you're out of the state before Jake realizes you're gone. When he calls I'll tell him you're in the shower, and then you'll be over, so you have even more time. Edward simply wants you to show up on Monday, and he'll train you in as you go. No interview. He said to tell you to drop by his apartment when you get there, to pick up your keys." she inhaled, clearly out of breath after relaying all of this information to me.

"Wow. Alice, this is amazing. Thank you so much…" I reached over and hugged her, feeling extremely grateful for my best friend.

"You're welcome, don't squish your son." she laughed, putting Connor on the floor. I wasn't worried about him getting anything into his mouth. We were over here enough that Alice kept her house pretty much baby proof.

"I can't believe I'm leaving Jake, though. It's so fast. It just feels like instinct, though. This is what I have to do." I sighed, leaning on the back of the couch.

"I know. It's going to be really hard, I'm sure it is already. But you have a baby. You don't want to raise him in that situation, Bella." She talked in a soothing voice, knowing how to calm me down.

I sighed. "I know. But how am I going to watch Connor and work at the same time? There's one you haven't figured out."

Alice giggled. "I thought of lots of things. Emmett is a sucker for kids, and only works part of the time. He's going to watch him for you. He's usually mature around kids, but he can also be a kid himself. I however, trust him completely to take care of Connor, and you know I love him like he's my son, too."

"Oh." I started to relax, for the first time in the last few days.

"And food" Alice suddenly mentioned, sitting up. "And furniture. I'm giving you money, so don't even argue. You'll need to buy food, and you obviously need furniture. Wait here." She jumped up and almost ran back to her bedroom. She came back a minute or two later, with a couple of things in her hands.

"Alice… I'm only accepting it because I'm paying you back. You do realize that, right?" I couldn't believe I was actually going to accept money from her.

"Fine, I'll let you. But I really just want to make sure that you'll be okay." She handed me a wad of bills and a gift card for Ashley Furniture. I didn't even count the money. I didn't want to know, and I was sure that I would need it.

"You're going to have enough money, though, right?" I asked. I had realized just how big of a wad she had given me, and it wasn't small.

She giggled "Of course I'll be fine. That was just some extra, plus you know my parents basically give me money all the time." It wasn't an unknown fact to anyone in the city that Alices parents were rich, as was she. That's what happens when your great grandfather invented the soft contact lens. "Oh, and there's 3,000 on the gift card."

I felt my mouth open as my jaw dropped. She was absolutely crazy.

"What?" She asked, her voice was still bubbly and light. "I obviously don't need any more furniture. You aren't paying me back for that, okay? Only the cash, and I'm only saying that now because I don't want you throwing a fit at me. Money isn't an issue for me, and I'm not going to let my best friend starve, or her baby."

"Thank you so much, Alice. I really don't know what else to say." I said, standing up to pick up Connor, who had army crawled across the floor.

"Don't say anything. I love planning stuff like this." She hopped up too, to get us glasses of ice tea, while I fixed Connor a bottle.

"But really, we should get you ready to go." She said in a soft voice, playing with Connors baby hair while I fed him. He had lost his baby fuzz, and now little blond locks were starting to grow in. I had no doubt that they would darken as he got older, seeming as both Jacob and I had dark hair now.

"I'm going to miss you so much, Alice." I tried very hard to not choke up. Alice was my best, and probably only true friend here. We'd been together long before Jake entered the picture.

"I'm going to miss you too, but I promise to come visit, once you shop for furniture. I need to be here to make excuses to Jake." She said, I could tell she was planning on visiting soon, but wanted it to be a surprise, so I let it be. She forgot that I could tell her intentions almost before she knew what they were.

"Just don't let him hurt you. I doubt he would, but I don't trust him anymore. If he tries to hurt you, come stay with me for a bit." I said.

"I will, please try not to worry, even though I know it's evitable." She took Connor from me and put him in the car seat, rocking him, as he fell asleep. I went to the sink and quickly cleaned out his bottle, and made three others, for at least a bit of the trip. This was going to be a very, very long drive. I was glad that I had taken a nap this morning, even though I knew I wouldn't be doing this in one straight shot.

"Okay, I'll call you when I find a hotel." I said, wrapping my arms around her, for the last time for who knows how long.

"Make sure you get a state between us, first." She said sternly. I laughed at her suddenly being serious as I walked out her door.

"Bye Bella."

"Bye Alice."

I walked out towards my car, my eyes filling with tears, that I quickly wiped away. As long as I kept making plans, moving forward, I would be okay. I put Connor in the backseat, along with his bag, putting the other bags in the trunk, and started my car. I had approximately 24 hours before he would look for me, and I planned on getting as far away as I could possibly get before then.

I might get another chapter out tomorrow, or type it tonight and post it tomorrow, i'm not sure. I'll do another chapter in Bellas POV, and then i'll try with Jake. Anyways, i hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you're thinking, if i'm getting chapters out fast enough, length of them, etc.