Fourth chapter and away we go! Read and review. DISCLAIMER I don't own Twilight or the characters!
The sound of rough surf crashed in my ear drums as I stood on the edge of a cliff about thirty feet from the rocks and angry water below. I took a deep breath and took a step back before taking my jacket, shirt, and shoes off leaving me in just a tank-top and jeans. I left my things next to my purse and a lame suicide note written on the back of a McDonalds receipt.
My feet thudded back and forth on the wet rock as I paced contemplating whether I wanted to go through with this. I had come to the conclusion that I have gone insane and I'd rather die than go to a therapist or worse a mental hospital. Alice wanted information I couldn't give and although she intrigued me I couldn't realistically be friends with her, or be more with her. I really had too much baggage.
I think I had made up my mind so I stopped pacing and stepped towards the edge again. I took a deep breath and leaned forward slightly saying a silent goodbye to my dad and the raven haired beauty.
"Bella stop!" Alice screamed behind me.
I turned around to face her and saw her face contorted in pain and her eyes stared at me with a frantic look. I took a step back now at the very edge with the heels of my feet hanging over. She took a step toward me and I shook my head.
"Why are you here Alice?" I asked.
"I'm here to stop you from doing this Bella. Please step away from the cliff you don't want to do this. Think rationally for a moment." She pleaded and I laughed humorlessly.
"Why do you care? You just met me."
"We're friends remember Bella?" Alice said moving closer.
"We can't be friends Alice. I'm too messed up for any contact." I spat madder at myself then anything.
"What do you mean Bella?" She asked cautiously.
"I didn't ask for this Alice I really didn't. He says I teased him, taunted him but I swear I didn't. I was his stepdaughter! He was supposed to take care of me and my mother! But no, he took what he wanted from me, he took my fucking innocence! My mother, oh god my dear Mother, she didn't believe her dearest daughter when she told her that step daddy dearest had raped her. She called her a lying slut. She said she was looking for attention. She sent me to this hell where my dad wants me to get help and a girl I just met today, but has been starring in my dreams nightly, wants to save me." I screamed feeling each word tear me apart.
"Oh Bella…" She whispered a look of pity on her face.
"I don't need your fucking pity."
"I don't pity you Bella I just want to help you, let me help you please." She whispered.
"There's no helping me Alice. I give up." I went to fall back but Alice raced towards me at an inhuman speed, picked me up and seconds later I was thirty feet from the cliff.
"What the fuck was that?" I stared at her incredulously.
"You think you're the only one with secrets Bella. Boy are you wrong." She said.
"Put me down." I said and she shook her head.
I looked over her shoulder and saw a flash of Phil's face smirking at me before he turned and dashed into the forest. It became clear then, I was wrong. I'm not crazy, he's real and following me and he's changed. He's more dangerous now and he's come to claim me, to violate me again or maybe even kill me. As the thoughts rushed through my head my breathing became shallower and suddenly darkness encased me as Alice held me tight.
Alice stood there beautiful as ever holding me tight whispering sweet nothings in my ear as we lay on the ground. Suddenly Phil had me up against the wall pulling at my clothes ripping my shirt to bits. I screamed at him to stop I begged for him to leave me alone but he didn't listen as he pulled his pants off and ripped my panties off before shoving into me roughly.
I screamed as I felt myself bleed and tear apart in places it shouldn't. He grunted and groaned as he thrust himself into me and I screamed in pain. He slapped me and told me to shut up as he kept thrusting. Then suddenly he was thrown off of me and he started fighting with a small figure. It was Alice and him fighting so fast that it was a blur. She grabbed his arm and twisted it off. I cringed as she finished the job ripping his head off and throwing it into a pile. His screams of agony were the last thing I heard as I fell back to darkness.
When I opened my eyes I was in an unfamiliar room. The walls were a burgundy color with paintings hung on the walls. I sat up and turned my head only to realize that Alice was standing there watching me. My head pounded in protest as I tried to stand up but Alice rushed over to me and pushed on my shoulders keeping me down.
"You have to sit down Bella." She said and sat down next to me.
"What happened?" I asked with a raspy voice.
"You passed out at the cliff."
I gasped as the memories flooded into my mind all at once. I remembered the cliff and trying to jump, then Alice pulling me away from the cliff at a super speed. But most importantly I remembered Phil watching me and realizing that he's back.
"Alice he's back." I whispered.
"I know Bells." She said pulling me into her arms and I immediately realized feeling an electric current humming inside my body.
"How?"
"I sensed him there right before you passed out. Don't worry though Bella, he won't hurt you again."
"What do you mean you sensed him? And what's with your super speed and why are you so cold?" I asked and shivered feeling her cold skin against me.
"I'll explain later darling but right now Carlisle needs to check you out and I need to go talk to Edward." She said.
"Carlisle? Edward? Who are they?"
"Well I'm Carlisle, pleased to meet you Isabella." Said a blonde haired, attractive man standing in the entrance.
"It's Bella." I said.
"Well Bella I'm Dr. Cullen the children's father." He said and I gave him a quizzical look.
"Children? Oh you mean all the kids standing by the car with Alice this morning?"
He nodded "They're mine and Esme's foster children." He explained as he started checking my vitals.
We sat in silence while he examined me. When he finished he sat up straight and looked at me.
"Well Bella everything seems alright but I noticed you were having nightmares while you were asleep so I'm going to prescribe you so sleeping pills and for the trauma you've been through I'm going too highly recommend seeing a therapist." He said writing down something on a piece of paper.
"That's not necessary Dr. Cullen." I said
"Well for one please call me Carlisle and two it's just a suggestion and the pills will make you sleep much better."
I nodded at him and he smiled "Well now that you've been examined you can come out and meet everyone else." He said and walked out of the room leaving me sitting there dreading the first meetings.
They would all pity me, obviously Alice would have told them about my past. I don't think I can bear seeing them all starring at me like I'm an experiment. But I sighed and got up anyways ready to face the masses. I stepped out of the door and walked down the hallway into an open room. Of course as soon as I stepped into the room seven sets of golden-yellow eyes flashed over to stare at me. My eyes dropped to the floor and I cleared my throat. Alice walked over to me and pulled me by my arm into the room and pushed me back gently onto a couch before sitting next to me.
"Everyone this is Bella, and Bella this is everyone." She said and I looked up at them all.
The burly, brown haired guy grinned at me and I flinched as he moved towards me and scooped me up into a tight embrace. "Hi I'm Emmett." He said and I started to shake which must have been noticeable because Alice pulled me back.
"Emmett don't be so forward." A woman with chestnut hair scolded before turning to me with a gentle smile. "I'm Esme dear." She said and surprisingly I returned the smile.
The beautiful blonde cleared her throat and I looked at her before moving my eyes away immediately feeling self conscious. "I'm Rosalie but you can call me Rose if you want." She said and I looked at her to see her giving me a kind smile.
"I'm Edward." Said the bronze haired guy. The blonde haired guy stood next to him and his eyes were a deep black and his posture was rigid. "Jasper." He said shortly before pulling Edward out of the room quickly.
I looked at Alice upset "Was it something I said?"
"Oh no Bells, Jasper just has problems." Alice said.
"Oh, well anyways you said you were going to explain something?" I asked and Alice sighed.
"Before I say anything you need to know this will change you outlook on everything and that there is danger in telling you this." Alice said seriously and I laughed waiting for her to stop giving me that look of severity.
"You're joking right? It can't be that big."
"Indeed it is big Bella; we could be in trouble for releasing this to a mere human." Carlisle said.
"Wait human? What are you saying you're not human?" I said giving them a crazy look.
"No Bella we're not." Alice said looking at the ground sadness engraved I her features.
"Alice what's wrong?"
"I'm a beast Bella, a monster. Once we tell you you'll hate me." She whispered and I pulled her to me.
"Never Alice. I will never hate you."
"We'll see." She said and looked up at me looking into my eyes. I waited for her to speak the truth, my heart beating hard in my chest with the knowledge that something was about to change everything. "We're vampires Bella." Alice said and I stared at her.
"I'm sorry what?"
"We're vampires Bella, we drink blood, and we're cold and strong and inhumanly fast. We don't sleep but the sun doesn't harm us. But see Bella We're different than most. Most vampires drink human blood, but we drink animal blood." Carlisle said and all the while I was shaking my head denying it.
"You're all crazy." I said.
"Oh really? Come with me Bella I'll prove it." Alice said pulling me up and dragging me outside and to the edge of the forest.
She pulled back from me and walked over to a large tree that stood about fifty feet tall and was very thick. She glanced at me before leaping up into the tree and landing on a high branch with grace. She growled before jumping and slamming herself into the next tree over and knocking it over.
She landed on her feet and proceeded to kick the tree sending it crashing into two other trees. I stood there gapping at her as she ran back over to me at her inhuman speed.
"Oh my god. It's true; you're a v-vampire." I said and she nodded.
I moved closer to her and pulled her to me. "I'm not afraid of you Alice."
She looked up at me "Really?" She whispered.
"No, never, you're not a monster Alice, you're beautiful and amazing. I don't care what you are." I said and moved closer to her. "You were in my dreams before I met you and I think I cared about you when you were just a nameless girl in my every dream. Then you were there starring at me and my heart stopped. I have never felt such a strong pull to someone, not like this. Do you feel it Alice?" I asked in a whisper.
She nodded and she leaned into me. I pulled her against me and leaned down slightly. "I will never fear you Alice Cullen, I will only care for you and in time I might even love you. I might even be falling for you now." I said.
"Bella Swan I'm falling for you and I will never let him or anything else touch you. You will always be safe with me." Alice said and I smiled feeling overjoyed.
She smiled before leaning in and pressing her lips against mine. I kissed her back slowly and passionately as she tangled her hands in my hair. I licked her bottom lip and her lips parted slightly. I pulled away breathlessly and looked her in the eyes. We both smiled at each other and I pulled my raven haired vampire even closer wonder if this day could be any crazier.
So there you go chapter 4! It was kinda hard to write and I worked really hard on it so review please!