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Chapter 6

E POV

With Alice's help, I had acquired some clothes and food for Bella and Emily. I had also bought Bella a simple cell phone, the kind that could be bought for very little at Wal-Mart. That had also meant that I had to confide in Alice about where Bella was staying. Alice...Well, she voiced her concerns.

"What if this is just a ploy? You just spent how much on her? You don't even know her!"

"Alice, trust me, I wouldn't be doing this if I thought she was using me," I said and placed my attention back on the road, she was insistent on meeting Bella and Emily. "Al, you gotta trust your big brother."

I could feel the classic Alice eyebrow raise, it was something that she had perfected from watching Rose too much. "Trust you? Need I remind you about Jane?"

"Why is everyone bringing her up lately? She was my first girlfriend, yes she was crazy but I was 15."

"Okay, you're 22 now. Use your head, I don't want you or our family to get hurt."

"When you meet her, you will see that she's not using me, okay?" Alice nodded and quickly went back to her phone. "Texting Jasper?"

"Edward… Please, you haven't even given him a chance, he's a nice guy," Alice began defending him immediately.

"Tell me about him," I said which surprised her a little bit. She went into detail how he was an A+ student, plus he was on the football team. The way she talked about him, I could see how enamored she was by him, it concerned me, I didn't want to see my sister get hurt. She was in the middle of a sentence when she went dead quiet. We had arrived at the cabin, she could see Bella in the window with a spatula in hand, dancing around the room.

"Ed, I hope you're right," she said giving me a look. I took a deep breath and readied myself for this meeting.

B POV

I saw the familiar car pulling up the drive and couldn't help the butterflies that I felt in my stomach. This nice guy was helping me and it had had an effect on me, I wasn't blind, I could notice how attractive he was. The butterflies intensified when I saw his sister step out of the passenger side. What was she doing here? I put the spatula down and went to the door, fixing my bed head I waited for them to come in. Was I supposed to open the door? I barely knew him and I didn't know her at all, how was I supposed to greet them? Would they knock or walk right in? A few seconds passed before a knock on the door.

"This is our cabin," I heard his sister say, I didn't hear his reply but I opened the door. His sister ran her eyes over me before scoffing. "She's pretty, you aren't thinking."

"Alice," Edward said through gritted teeth as his sister, Alice, breezed right past me. Edward gave me an apologetic look, "I'm sorry, she's not like this normally."

"I'm Alice, obviously, he said my name. I came here to see who you were and what you are thinking."

My mouth must have been hanging open for a few minutes before I could finally answer, I threw a look to Edward as I answered. "Excuse me?"

"Alice, stop it," Edward said coming to my defense. "I told you to trust me."

"Ed, go out and get the rest of the groceries…" Alice began but was cut off by the sound of a door opening. Someone was up from their nap. Alice's head turned slowly, eyes connecting with Edward's, when she caught sight of Emily. "You have a daughter?"

"Alice…"

"I do, I do have a daughter," I said walking over to Emily and picking her up. "She is three years old."

"You're how old?"

"I'm 19," I said not taking my eyes off Emily, she laid her head on my shoulder and looked content. "I had her when I was 16."

"I can do the math," Alice said then looked at Edward. "Why don't you go get the stuff out of the car?"

"Why don't you come with me?" Edward asked, it was obvious he was growing annoyed with his sister's behavior.

"I want to talk to Bella." Edward shot me another apologetic look but walked out anyway. Alice and I both made our way to the couch, Emily was beginning to stir so I gave her a crayon and some paper. "So, I'm going to be honest. I don't want my brother getting hurt. If you are using him in anyway, you will regret it. I'm younger than you, yes, but he is my brother… Understand?"

I gave her a small smile; her behavior was understandable. It was obvious that Alice adored her brother, she respected and looked up to him. "I understand, Alice. I have a friend, I used to live by him before Edward brought me here. I would act the exact same way, he was the closest thing to family I had."

"Why aren't you with him? Why isn't he helping you out?"

"Jake has a future ahead of him, I can't let him stay here for me." I looked down at Emily, "You're wondering how I could be so irresponsible as to have a child at 16, am I right?"

Alice looked embarrassed, "I wasn't. I just… Why not get help from someone you know rather than a stranger who happens to be the son of the man who owns the hospital?"

"I didn't ask for his help, I haven't asked for help since I was 10. My parents overdosed when I was 10, the police came and my aunt came. Maybe if she had stuck around things would have been different. She took off as soon as the police finished their investigation." I had never told anyone my whole story, yet I was opening to this girl, why? Maybe because I admired the way she had stood up to me. "Anyway, she would drop by every now and then to see if I was still alive. Jake noticed and did his best to make sure I was okay. When I was fifteen, I met Mike. Mike was 17 at the time and I thought he was going to take care of me. I thought…"

Alice interrupted me and I saw the regret in her eyes. "Please, you don't have to keep going."

"You really don't," Edward's voice joined us, I hadn't even heard him come back inside. Looking at him now, his fists were clenched so tight by his side that it scared me. He shook his head and motioned to the bags on the counter. "I wasn't sure what size Emily was, but I got both of y'all some clothes with the help of Alice. I also bought some food and drinks for the fridge. Here are my keys, you need to get to work don't you?"

"I do," I said with a nod, looking at Alice I gave her some explanation. "I work at the diner, I have to go in and close tonight. Edward is kind enough to let me use his car and he agreed to watch Emily while I work."

"That's my brother, just the Prince Charming," Alice said with a smirk. "Hey, Edward, I like this girl so keep doing what you're doing."

"You said you're younger than me, how old are you?"

"17, I'm about to be a junior in high school."

"Wow. You must be excited that summer break is coming up right?"

"You have no idea!" Alice then looked as if she had just thought about something. "Um… Ed, you know we come up here for the fourth of July. You have to come clean to mom and dad about this, you know they'll help."

"It's only May, Al, there's still almost a month before the fourth of July. It'll be fine," Edward said then shot me another look. "You need to go, here I'll walk you out."

"What about Alice? Does she need a ride home?" I asked giving her a look. "I can at least give you a ride to a friend's house or something."

"I'm happy to stay and watch Emily," Alice said giving my daughter a smile and running her hand down her brown hair. "I can help her try on all her new clothes! We'll do a fashion show!"

"I'll stay and make sure she doesn't get too crazy," Edward laughed pushing me out the door and walking me to the Lincoln. "You have a spare uniform at work?"

"I do. We always keep a spare uniform there. Weird, but it comes in handy."

"I'm sorry that Alice put you through that rigorous interview session, she's a good person but…"

"Hey, I get it, you're her brother. She loves you, she wants to make sure that I'm not robbing you of your money." I got in the car and turned on the engine. "By the way, I intend to pay you back for all you just bought me."

"I won't accept it," Edward told me with a smile. "Now, go, have a good night. What time do you think you'll be back?"

"Around 10:30? We close at 9, it takes a little bit to close everything though. I will be back as soon as possible though," I reassured him. "I have to go, I will see you tonight. Thank you again."

"Of course, drive safe," Edward called as I began backing out of the drive. I had just begun to trust two more people in my life, that had to be a record for me.

A/N: I am so sorry for taking over a week to update. I had this document opened on word for three days, staring at trying to come up with some new chapter to present to y'all. I had 600 words written, I went in the next morning to finish it and all 600 words had been deleted. I'm not sure what happened with that, if I forgot to save it or what, but this is much better than the 600 words I had written. So! I hope y'all enjoyed it! For those who don't know, I have a Facebook group! I'm about to start on a journey of vlogging! I've been posting that I'm going to upload the first video, but I'm so incredibly nervous about it that I haven't. It's very vulnerable what I'm doing, I'm opening myself to y'all and letting y'all into my personal life. So, as soon as I get the nerve up, I will post a video of me reacting to my old writing. In the one I have recorded, I read part of Just a Dream. Anyway, this is a long A/N, so I'm signing out and hoping to wake up to lovely reviews! Bye!

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