Chapter 6.
Bella's POV
As I saw Alice pat the couch, I proceeded to take a seat next to her, "Alice why are you watching Bloomberg, it is so boring...shouldn't you be watching QVC or something?"
"Well Bella, Edward may or may not have told you that I've a uncanny knack for predicting stock trends, Bloomberg being a channel mainly about the stock market and finance, helps me to make sure I'm being accurate, although I doubt anyone would bet against my accuracy, I still prefer to check whether I am right or wrong...and QVC, really Bella? You should know better, " she replied, smiling at me, her smile, which the only way I could mentally describe as being "A million dollar smile" in my head, that smile is quite possibly the only smile ever to put me into such a good mood, when I've had a day full of pain and grief.
"Bella, I'd like to know more about the events of the last few months, please start from the beginning if you can, if not from the very beginning then wherever you are comfortable starting, also i am quite interested in your involvement with this Jacob, the werewolf, who is he exactly?
"Okay, after you had left...."
I told her the whole story, everything from the months that I cannot accurately recall because I wasn't a part of this world in its entirety, I was more just drifting along in limbo, then there was Jacob, who was able to drag me away from that even if only for short amounts of time, I explained the nightmares, and the many accidents and risky things I had done, which she asked me about during my explanation, I told her about Jacobs transformation, which made her sigh and seem a little frustrated, but she asked me to continue, so I did, I told her about the werewolves and how they had gone out of their way to protect me from Victoria, even if they were obligated to protect their lands from Vampires, they didn't need to watch over me or Charlie specifically, telling her how they had killed Laurent, when he had tried to attack me and I explained how the accidents were linked to Edward, how I would hear his voice, and how I became dependent upon it, seeking it out by endangering myself, bringing the story to tonight's events.
Once I had finished, Alice sat there, silent for a while, during the story I had leaned into her and she held me in her embrace for the entire story, listening intently, the feel of her smooth marble like skin a great comfort to me, the familiarity of it immediately put me at ease, although it felt almost more comfortable than when I would spend time in Edwards embrace, it felt as though her body was made for me to be comforted by, perhaps it was because she was more slender, more open and at ease than Edward was.
Her silence, had not broken as of yet, and she continued to hold me, beginning to stroke my hair gently, I didn't feel much like telling her to stop and I had no immediate urge to ask her to comment about the situation I had just explained to her, I could only enjoy being with her this way, finding solace in her arms, we sat silent together for a while.
"Edwards an idiot." She said; there was no malice in her tone, just a resolve of sorts.
"What do you mean?"
"Well...honestly, him thinking that you would be better off alone, without us here, not only have you put your life at risk a number of times due to his absence, you have become best friends with the only other mythical creature that possesses the amount of strength to seriously hurt you, worse still a young one with a serious lack of control over its anger.
Also, that very much explained the smell, you smelled a lot like damp fur" She wrinkled her nose a little after speaking that last sentence.
"But it's gone now, and you smell much more like the human Bella I adore" she added, smiling, squeezing my hand gently.
"Bella, I know that you would like to continue talking, but you look exhausted, and I think you should get some sleep, okay?"
"Okay you will be here when I wake up?"
"I already told you I'm here as long as you want me to be" Alice beamed, her smile reassuring, I trusted her enough to go along with it, she was right, I was very tired, and so she scooped me up into her arms and took me to bed, putting me to lay down underneath my comforter, she placed a gentle kiss onto the top of my head and with that, I fell into a deep slumber. For the first night in months, I slept without a single bad thought.