Author's Note
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Bella's alarm clock went off loudly. Bella stretched and found that Alec was no longer by her side. Bella looked around and guessed that he must've gone to get changed. Bella headed to her bathroom and took a quick shower. Bella was glad to finally have Alec back with her, and Jane. She missed them both, Bella was happy this was going to be a good day.
Once Bella got out of the shower and dressed she heard Charlie's car pull out of the driveway. Bella packed her school things and headed downstairs to eat something before school. Alec was in the kitchen waiting for Bella to head downstairs.
"How long have you been here?" Bella said as she noticed Alec sitting on the kitchen counter.
"Since your dad left. I left early in the morning when he woke up, I went to go feed and put in my contacts, I thought it'd be best if I fit in today," Alec said as he kissed Bella good morning.
"What are you doing today," Bella asked forgetting he was enrolled in school with her.
"Did you forget I'm enrolled in school with you? Today is mine and Jane's first day," Alec said with a smile.
"Are you going to be able to control your thirst?" Bella said as she ate a pop tart.
"Yes, I just fed so I should be fine, nothing to worry about love," Alec said with a smile.
"Alright, shouldn't we get going?" Bella said as she finished her morning pop tart.
"Of course, Jane already drove off, she wanted to retrieve our schedules," Alec said.
"I only saw one car, how are we getting there? It's far too cold to go running," Bella said surprisingly.
"I brought my own means of transportation, love," Alec said with a mischievous smile. Bella eyed him suspiciously.
"Alright let's go," Bella said as he led her to his house.
"Here put this on, I rather not have you getting sick," Alec said as he handed her a leather jacket.
Bella put the jacket on and looked at Alec who was now wearing only a thin jacket. "Wait here love."
Bella nodded and watch Alec leave into the garage. Bella looked around and saw Edward's car pull up. Bella sighed in frustration.
"Hello Bella," Edward said with a grin.
"Hi Edward, what are you doing here," Bella said trying to be nice
"I was wondering if you would need a ride to school," Edward said with a smirk.
"No thanks Edward, Alec is taking me, but I'll see you at school," Bella said kindly.
"Alright, I'll see you later Bella," Edward said with a pleasant smile as he left, Bella waved goodbye as he drove off.
"He just won't give up," Alec said as he opened the garage revealing a beautiful motorcycle.
"Where did you get that from?" Bella asked.
"I bought it during our mission, here put this on I wouldn't want you to get hurt," Alec said as he gave Bella a helmet.
Bella sighed and put the helmet on, "You do know how to drive this thing right?"
Alec laughed, "Yes Bella, don't worry too much about it, just enjoy the ride. I won't go fast so there isn't anything to worry about. The jacket is the one we use for battles, so it's pretty protective."
Bella smiled and got on the motorcycle behind Alec. "Hold one love, I don't want you to fall off," Alec said as he started the motorcycle. Bella wrapped her arms tightly around Alec's waist and pressed her face to his back. Alec drove off, noticing Bella's tightness around his waist.
Alec and Bella pulled into the school parking lot. All the eyes instantly shifted in their direction. Bella blushed as she took the helmet off. Alec put his arm around Bella's waist as they headed inside to meet jane, who was waiting by Bella's locker.
"Hey Bella, Alec," Jane said happily.
Bella smiled to seeing her best friend, "Hey Jane, did you get what you needed?"
"Of course, we have the same classes as you. And I managed to get the lockers right next to yours," Jane said as she handed Alec his schedule.
Bella smiled widely, forgetting who exactly was her lab partner and how they now shared a class with them, "That's great!"
"We should get going," Jane said excitedly as she walked off to their first class.
Bella smiled towards Alec, "She seems excited to start school."
"We never get these types of opportunities to blend in, Jane likes the idea of being normal," Alec said as he snaked his arm tighter around her waist.
Bella laughed at Alec's obvious protectiveness, "Why are you being so protective all of a sudden?"
Alec smiled, "Because your mine." Alec pecked Bella on the lips before they entered their class. The teacher gave them the seats next to Bella.
Bella laughed as Alec became tense as Jane was obviously flirting with Mike. Alec was glaring at Mike as he watched intently on what they were talking about.
"Hey Bella, I didn't see you there," Mike said focusing his attention back on Bella.
"Hey Mike," Bella said politely.
"Are you free tonight, I need help with some school work," Mike asked. Alec held back a growl.
"Sorry, I have plans tonight, I'm sure Jessica would be happy to help you," Bella answered.
Mike didn't answer as the teacher began to give a lecture. Bella kissed Alec on the cheek and began her note taking. Alec watched as Bella paid attention and took a large amount of notes.
It was lunch time and the three decided to sit in a table off in the corner.
"I don't like that Mike kid," Alec growled.
"The only reason you don't like him is because he has a small crush on Bella," Jane teased.
Bella laughed, "I think that isn't the only reason, the fact that he also seemed to flirt with his beloved little sister must be another reason."
"Can't we just say I don't like him, I don't think we need any specifics," Alec said as he put his arm around Bella's shoulders.
"Look who's coming," Jane said as she pointed at the Cullens who were walking towards them. Bella sighed she felt this was going to be a bit of a mess.
"Hello Bella!" Alice said happily.
"Hi Alice," Bella said.
"We wanted to invite the 3 of you to join us for a quick game of Baseball tomorrow in the afternoon," Alice said.
"We'd be happy to go," Bella answered, avoiding the looks of protest from Alec.
"Great! I'll send you the address later, it was great seeing you Jane, Alec," Alice said trying to sound polite. Bella noticed that everyone had a look of annoyance on their face. Bella guessed that they most likely didn't want them to go. Bella felt bad about something, but couldn't put a finger on what exactly it was. Bella waved goodbye to Alice and the rest of the Cullens mumbled their goodbyes and followed Alice out of the cafeteria.
"By the look on Edward's face I'm guessing he couldn't read our minds, where you doing that Bella?" Jane asked as she looked at Bella.
"Yes, I felt something suspicious about their invitation. When I was with them they didn't seem to like the Volturi at all, I just wanted to be safe in case they were planning something. My shield has gotten a bit better," Bella said with a smile.
"It has, what changed," Alec asked.
"I'm not sure, I'm guessing it's because of Edward, his gift probably triggered mine to become stronger to fight off his ability," Bella said with a shrug.
"I hate the Cullens," Jane said.
"Why do you hate them?" Bella asked.
"I've never liked them since the moment I met them. It probably has to do with their diets and their smugness for being "Better" people because of what they choose to drink," Jane said.
Alec smiled, "I think they're up to something, so we should go to their game tomorrow, we'll pick up Bella's car and then head over to join their game."
"Are you sure that it's a good idea? I mean it could cause problems, and we all know that Aro wouldn't like us to attract any type of attention," Bella commented.
"You're right, but if they're planning something we have to figure out what it is exactly," Jane said.
"Alright then we're going then, we should get to the rest of our classes." Bella said as the bell rung.
The three walked to class together. Bella forgot who exactly was her lab partner, and sighed when she could see his obvious joy at getting to be next to her instead of Alec. Bella was polite to Edward, but kept looking back to find a glaring Alec behind them.
School ended with no more run-ins with the Cullens, which Bella was utterly grateful for. Jane headed to the mall with Alec and Bella behind her. The three spent a large amount of time walking around the mall with Jane; they finally sat down after 2 hours of walking around.
"Finally, just because you two have countless energy doesn't mean that I do," Bella said as they sat down on a table and Bella got a drink.
Alec and Jane laughed. "Sorry Love, we tend to forget that you're human."
"We can go home now, I've completed my shopping for today," Jane said with a smile on her face.
"You practically bought the entire mall," Bella said teasingly.
"Well, I bought clothes for me and Alec, and some for you when you weren't looking. Aro said we have to blend in so I'm just following orders." Jane said with a smile.
"Right that's the reason for extreme shopping," Alec mumbled receiving a glare from Jane.
"Alright let's go, this human needs a nap," Bella said with a smile. Alec and Jane nodded and the three headed out of the mall.
Once they arrived home Bella headed inside her room and Alec climbed in through her room window.
"Stay the night again?" Bella asked as she climbed into her bed. Alec smiled and closed the door to her room and turned off the lights for her. He walked over and joined Bella in bed.
"Can you read to me, I missed having you read to me," Bella said.
"What would you like me to read love," Alec said.
"Whatever you want," Bella said as Alec grabbed her copy of Rome and Juliet. Alec began to read the book to Bella. Bella rested her head on Alec's chest and fell asleep to his sweet voice in her ear.
Alec looked down at Bella and smiled. He kissed her head and whispered in her ear, "I love you Bella."