Broken Spirit, Renewed!

By: BellaAlice4E!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Twilight or any of its characters. Those belong to Stephenie Meyer. I only use them to entertain myself and those who read my fanfic.

Chapter 9

I held her close to me as I watched my father yell at Edward to not move. Then I saw Edward look back toward Alice and me with a look of pure hatred and hysteria. He stood there for a moment like he was debating on what he wanted to do next. Then all of a sudden he lunged at me. Before I could react I heard a single gunshot. Edward dropped clutching his chest. I looked at my father but he looked as shocked as I was.

I looked down at the sweet little pixie in my lap. She had never dropped the gun, just lowered it. Now she dropped it. She looked so scared and yet a little relieved. I looked over at Edward and noticed that he wasn't moving. My father's deputy rushed over to him to check for a pulse. My father was on his radio calling for an ambulance. Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were all standing behind me unmoving.

Alice was starting to shake. I did the only thing I knew to do, I held on to her tighter. She saved my life. In more ways than one, she saved me and now she needed me. I held her until the sirens came and my father walked over to us.

"Alice, you saved my daughter's life tonight. Thank you." My father said, as he collected the gun from the floor in front of us. She looked up at him and then to me.

I knew that I would be indebted to her for the rest of my life. I also knew that I loved her and she loved me and that if the situation had been reversed I would have done the same for her in a heartbeat.

The paramedics checked Edward over and called my father over. They shook their heads as they talked to him. I knew then that my attacker was no longer a threat to my life. I knew then that karma had been paid. Edward was dead. I felt the fear drain away.

I gently helped my pixie to her feet and we walked out of the front doorway into the living room. Rosalie walked over to Alice and hugged her close. She looked at me and I could see the warmth in her eyes.

"Alice!" I heard Esme yell. That's when I realized that Carlisle and Esme must have heard over the police radio. Carlisle rushed in past the police and paramedics to where I was sitting holding Alice close to me.

"Bella, what happened? The radio didn't go into detail."

"Edward came rushing upstairs and he knocked Alice out and tried to drag me out of the house. My father was down here. Alice got a gun. She told him to let me go. He wouldn't. My father told him to. He finally did. I ran to Alice. Edward lunged at me again and I heard a shot go off. I thought it was my dad at first, but neither he nor his officers fired at Edward. It was Alice. She saved my life." I answered him.

"Alice." He said to her.

"Hmm…" was all he got back. I looked down at her and could tell she was still in shock.

"Bella, don't let go of her." He said. He walked back to his wife and held her as they walked over to Edward's body.

I sat there holding Alice and whispering in her ear telling her how much I loved her. I waited for her to respond.

"Bella..." I heard her say softly.

I looked down at her and saw the tears finally fall.

"I killed him. He can't hurt you anymore." She said with a hint of satisfaction in her voice.

"No he can't Alice. Thank you."

It's been a few weeks now since that fateful night. Alice, despite being the one that pulled the trigger, went to Edward's funeral. He was her brother after all. I went with her because it actually gave me the closure that I actually needed.

Alice and I have been spending a lot of time together. We haven't let this put a strain on our budding relationship, though we have been taking it slowly. I knew she needed to come to terms with what happened and it gave me the time I needed to heal from my attack.

Matter of fact, tonight is our big date. I plan to take her to a nice dinner and movie. My sweet pixie girlfriend was in for the night of her life.

I drove over to her house and walked up to the door. I rang the doorbell and waited patiently for someone to answer.

The door opened and standing before me was the most gorgeous woman I think I have ever laid eyes on. Alice was wearing a deep green form fitting dress that took my breath away. Her eyes were sparkling and her smile was intoxicating. Looking at her made me want to skip dinner and the movie and just make love to her.

I reached out my hand and she took it and I led her to my car. Yeah, I got rid of my truck. I opened the door for her and as she climbed in I smiled down at her.

"Bella, all you told me was that I was to dress nice and the rest was a secret. Are you even going to tell me where we are going?" she asked me as I climbed into the driver side. I shut my door and started the car and just smiled at her.

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, now would it?" was all I replied. She giggled. I love the sound of her giggle.

We drove to Port Angeles and when I pulled into the parking lot of the little restaurant we were eating at I heard her take a deep breath.

"Bella, this place is expensive. Are you sure you want to eat here?" she asked me.

"Alice, nothing is expensive when it comes to you and yes. We have reservations."

We walked in and I gave the hostess my name for the reservation. We were led to our seat and handed some menus. The waitress came and got our drink orders and left us to look over the menus.

"Alice, I want you to have a great night. I want us to have a great night." I said to her.

"Oh, Bella, any night with you is great." She smiled.

The waitress came back just then to collect our orders and when we were done she collected the menus and headed off again, leaving me with Alice.

I took this opportunity to ask Alice something I've wanted to ask her since that day in the hospital when we kissed for the first time.

I stood up and walked over to Alice's side of the table and took her hand in mine.

"Alice Cullen, I know we've been through so much in such a short amount of time. I know that most of it was bad and I hope that all of our future is good. When we kissed that day in the hospital, I knew from that moment on that you were the only one for me. I love you more than words could ever relay. So, since I love you just doesn't completely tell you how I feel, I hope this does." I reached into my pocket and pulled out a little velvet black box and opened the lid. "Mary Alice Brandon Cullen, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife and loving me for all eternity?" I asked her as I took the ring out of the box.

"Yes." Was all she said and it was all I wanted to hear. She held out her left hand and I placed the ring on her finger and pulled her into my arms and kissed her. I held her tightly to me and buried my face into her silky soft sweet smelling hair.

"Isabella Marie Swan, you've made me the happiest woman on the planet. I love you more than words could ever say." She said into my ear. I looked into her beautiful eyes and knew that no matter how horrible it was when we started, it would be perfect from this day on. My sweet little pixie who saved my life weeks ago, has now made it complete.

I kissed her and we sat down, ate our wonderful dinner, went and saw our wonderful movie and lived happily ever after. Because with all the heartache we have already been through, there was nothing left but happiness.

A/N: I know many of you will probably be disappointed because I ended it this way but this is how it should end. At least the way if felt for me. I am sorry if I did disappoint any of you. I have loved receiving the reviews. I just hope someone out there thinks it ended the way it should too. Again, thank you so much for reading this fanfic. I enjoyed writing it (not the rape scene obviously).

~BellaAlice4E!