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Week 29-May 11
"And..." She sighed, "Mom is going to homeschool me for the rest of this year."
"That's not so bad." Emmett said.
"I guess." Alice sighed sitting down next to me on the couch. She placed her hands on my belly and smiled weakly when the baby kicked. "Mom and I are going away for a week though too."
"Where?"
"Camping in Montana." She moaned. "She says we are going to be totally honest about everything with each other.
"When?" Emmett asked.
"We leave the 25th. Mom said she needs to meet with the lawyers for Bella, and then she can focus all of her attention on me for a week." She made a face as if she had just eaten something gross.
"This is for the best." Rosalie told her.
"Whatever." Alice pushed herself off of the couch. "I'm going to bed."
Once Alice was gone we all looked at each other. "What do they have to be honest about?"
Everyone shrugged. "I think Alice has been hiding a lot of stuff." Rosalie said.
"Why?" I asked. "I mean why do you think that?"
"I dunno. I just have this feeling."
We all sat there in silence for a while. Finally I stood up. "I have to be up early, so I'm gonna pack it in. Night."
"Me too." Rosalie stood up and followed me over to our side. "She's gonna be okay, right?"
"Yeah. Her and mom just need to work things out."
Rosalie nodded. "Yeah. I guess you're right. Night." She went into her room and I went into mine. I walked through the bathroom into the nursery. The walls are painted a light pink and the curtains are a light brown. Other than that there isn't really any furniture in it yet. Alice had talked about wanted to pick out the furniture and I don't have the heart to do it without her.
I leyed down on the floor and stared up the ceiling. The school year was coming to an end and I knew that come summer things would really start to change. Emmett will be leaving to university, the baby will be coming, my social life will be over. Kyle's trial, hoping we make it to trial that is, would probably be in early July.
"Bella." Alice was standing in the doorway. She was wearing a baggy sweater and huge sweats. Her eyes were red and swollen and her arms were wrapped around herself. "Will you come sleep with me?"
"Of course." I pushed my self up and walked with Alice into her room. I always feel like I'm in a Barbie dream house when I'm Alice's room, with all the pink.
"Bella, I'm so sorry." She sniffed. "I don't know how things have gotten this bad."
"Alice, drinking isn't that bad."
"I know that." She said, "But I've done other stuff too." We climbed into her bed and I wrapped my arms around her. "Sometimes everything just feels like too much and I..." She stopped mid sentence.
"You what?"
"I can't believe I dropped to this level." She said, more talking to herself than to me.
"What level?"
"I love you Bella." She said and then she was quiet.
"Love you too."
***
When I woke up in the morning Alice was till sleeping. She looked so peaceful, her lips formed a slight smile and her breathing was soft.
I tip toed out of her room and into mine. I peeled off my clothes and stepped into the shower. Today was my meeting with my lawyer and I wanted to make a good first impression. I dried my hair and curled in and then put on my nicest maternity outfit, a black skirt and a white blouse. I did my make up and then went down to the kitchen. It was barely eight, and besides Carlisle, Esme and me, no one was up.
"Almost ready?" Carlisle looked up from his newspaper.
"Yeah." I grabbed a muffin and a glass of orange juice and then went to find my shoes.
The drive to the lawyers office was quiet. I sat in the back seat alone, staring out the window. "Thanks for taking me." I said,
"Of course, Bella." Esme turned around in her seat and smiled at me.
The lawyers office was very nice, and before we were even in her office I had a good feeling about her.
We walked into her office and were immediately greeted by a middle aged blonde woman with a bright smile. "I'm Sophie Grayer, you must be Bella," She shook my hand,
"Mr and Mrs Cullen." She smiled and shook Carlisle and Esme's hands too.
"Thank you very much for meeting with me." I smiled.
"Of course. Here, let's move into my office." She led us into a colorful office and we sat down around a round table.
"So I talked to Mr Zyley and he told me his clients side of the story. From what I heard his story is total bull, and I think that if we put you in front of a jury there is no way he will be granted any sort of custody, and he could possibly face some jail time as well."
"Really?" I would love nothing more than to see Kyle rot in prison.
"I would need all of the details from you though. And you would have to repeat your story over and over again. Are you prepared to do that?"
Was I prepared to do that? Could I really sit there and describe the rape over and over again? I had to though, for my baby.
"Yes." I nodded firmly.
"Alright then Bella. I have Kyle's statement here." She patted a blue folder. "I need to get yours and then I can compare them, alright."
I nodded again. She pulled out a pen and a piece of paper. I looked at Carlisle and Esme. They had never heard the story. All they knew what that I was raped at a party. I took a deep breath and began. I told the exact same story that I had told Laura all those months ago. Ms. Grayer wrote down every world I said and then once I was done she pulled out Kyle's statement.
"Before you read that..." I tried to catch my breath. "I mean, from what I've seen on TV you have to be totally honest with your lawyer, right?"
"Yes. Is there something I need to know?"
"I don't know. I just, I don't want them to think that I was with holding information. Like, I don't know if this is important or not, but just in case Kyle says that I was a slut, which I'm sure he does say, and if he says that I'd have had sex with anyone, well..." I took a deep breath. "It's sorta true. Back then I was kind of a whore. But if Kyle says that I said yes to him, I didn't okay. I didn't have sex with anyone. And I only had sex when I wanted to, and that night I definitely did not want to, especially with him. So, yeah. I just..."
"Thank you Bella." She scribbled all of that down. "It's good that you told me that. I need to know everything, weather you think it's relevant or not."
She opened Kyle's folder and pulled out his statement. I can only imagine all the bull shit he said.
"So Bella, one thing that Kyle's lawyer will definitely ask is why you never pressed charges or went to the doctor at the time."
"I was scared of him. Like this kid is huge okay, he would have had no problem beating the shit out of me if I said anything. And then like four days later I found out that I was moving across the country to Forks, and I just thought that this whole thing would be behind me."
"And you never went to the doctor?"
"I went to my gyno in Phoenix before I left, but I always do that before I move homes. I was more concerned that he had given me an STD or something. I never even thought about pregnancy."
"And, if he says that I consented, you know he's lying because a) we didn't use a condom, and I never have sex unless he has a condom, and b) my birth control pills had run out a few weeks before and I hadn't renewed them yet. Which I know can be kind of iffy on my part, but trust me, yeah I was a whore, but I was also a safety freak, and no bc plus no condoms for me equals no sex."
"Alright." She capped the lid on her pen. "So I'm going to make copies of these and send them over to Mr Zyley and I'll see if we can work something out. If he sees that his client has no chance of winning he might just drop the case. But I'm hoping I can get us a date in Family court as well as Criminal Court."
"Criminal court?" Esme spoke up.
"Kyle is seventeen. That means he will be tried as an adult."
Good. I hope they lock him away and throw away the key. "Well Bella, Mr and Mrs Cullen, it was very nice meeting you and I'll be in touch later this week. Please don't hesitate to call if you need anything." She handed Esme a business card.
"Thank you very much Ms Grayer."
"No problem Bella. I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that Kyle doesn't get anywhere near you."
"Thanks."
The three of us went out for lunch after the meeting. I really wanted to ask them about Alice, but it didn't feel like the right time.
Saturday night Edward and I cuddled in his bed watching a movie. I love being around Edward. He always makes me so happy. His hands were wrapped around me and my hands were resting on my belly. The baby would be here soon, only ten more weeks. I talked to Alice today and she said the once her and Esme got back we could go shopping for baby furniture.
Sunday we all just leyed low. It was wet and cold outside and no one really felt like leaving the house. It was the type of day that was meant to be spent drinking hot chocolate in front of a warm fire surrounded by your family. And minus Alice, that's pretty much exactly what we did.
Week 30-May 18
Monday morning it really sank in for Alice that she was kicked out of school. She watched as the rest of us went on with our routines as normal, just sort of watching with a zombie like look. Jasper left to catch his bus first and then I left with Edward and Emmett a few minutes later. I wasn't sure what exactly Alice was doing today, but I think she was going to clean out her locker and stuff. I felt so bad for her. She had made some stupids mistakes and now she was really paying the price for it.
Emmett dropped me off in front of my school and I went in and found Jenna and Dani. Jenna's stomach was slowly getting bigger and Dani's daughter, Adeline, was growing crazy fast.
We dropped Adeline of at the day care and then went to homeroom.
"How was your weekends?" Jenna asked.
"It was good. Quiet." Dani said as she sat down. They looked at me and I could feel my face getting red.
"Uh, it was, eventful? Friday my little sister Alice--"
"She's the one with the blue hair, right?" Dani asked.
"Yeah, thats her. Well Friday she was kicked out of school for having vodka in her locker."
"Ohmygod, isn't she like, in the seventh grade?" Jenna's eyes were wide.
"Yeah, I know. So that was friday and then Saturday I met with my lawyer."
"Jesus Bella." Dani said, "What a crazy weekend."
I rolled my eyes. "I know."
"Okay, well I propose that tonight we have a girls night." Jenna beamed. I love being at school and around my freinds. It's like an escape from real life. I guess that's what Alice felt like when she was drunk. Like everything is okay.
"Yes!" That sounded like such a good idea, "You guys can come to my house, and Dani you bring Adeline, it'll be so much fun!"
Jenna and Dani smiled. "Sounds good. I can drive us over since Adeline's seat is in my car."
It's amazing how great friends can make a shitty day so much better.
After school Dani drove us back to my house where Esme and Alice were sitting at the kitchen table with some math book open.
"Esme, this is Jenna, this is Dani, and this is Dani's daughter Adeline. Guys, this is my mom, Esme, and this is my sister, Alice." Alice was wearing a white t-shirt and dark skinny jeans and was scribbling on some loose leaf. I hope she dyes are hair back soon. I can't stand how it looks now. It's so...un-Alice.
"Kay, well let's grab a snack and go up to my room." We grabbed some chips and a bottle of warm milk for Adeline and then ran up to my room.
"I love you room Bella!" Jenna gushed as she fell back on my bed.
"Thanks." I love my room too. It's so...me. I feel like it's the one place I can truly be me.
Dani placed Adeline on the floor and she started to roll around. Adeline is a spitting image of Dani. White blonde hair, big blue eyes, a cute round face.
We spent most of the evening just lounging around, watching TV, gossiping about other girls at school, talking about boys. All the regular teenage girl stuff. It was just what I needed to bring my mind off my crazy family.
The rest of the week passes without incident. Esme set up a meeting with Ms Grayer for Friday at 2:45 but until then not much was really happening. Alice was very quiet, doing the work Esme gave her and pretty much nothing else. Her and Esme were planning on leaving this Sunday for their mother daughter retreat, and I know that she is dreading it. I'm not sure what she has to be honest about, but whatever it is she sure has been doing a good job of hiding it, even from herself from what I can tell.
Friday at 2:45 Carlisle and I were sitting back in Ms Grayer's office with a whole bunch of papers scattered on the table.
"Alright," She said trying to organize a pile of papers, "So I talked to Mr Zyley we came up up with this." She looked down at one of the papers, "Kyle is hell bent on getting shared custody, and even when I offered him the deal that if he dropped his case we wouldn't bring this to criminal court he still refused, so we see no choice other than to go to court.
"Now we lucked out and got court dates for before your due date, which well help a lot with our case. The first trial in family court will be June 9th and the second court date in criminal court is June 29."
I nodded. "So what will I have to do?"
"For family court I will be doing most of the talking, but they very well might ask you to repeat your story, is that alright?" I nodded. "And for the criminal case it will be a lot like what you see on TV. You will be asked a lot of questions and you will have to answer them as honestly as you can while still appealing to the jury. Sound good?"
I nodded again. "Yeah, I think so."
"Alright, so I'll give you a call for when we can meet again and I will start preparing you for court as soon as possible. Both trials will be in Seattle, so that part at least will be easy."
"That sounds good," Esme smiled warmly, "Thank you very much and we'll see you soon Ms Grayer." We stood up and shook her hand again then made our way down to the parking lot.
I couldn't wrap my head around the idea of going to court. I had wanted so bad to put that night out of my head and now it was pretty much my whole life. I hate it. I know I've said it a million times, but I just want this whole nightmare to be over.
Soo.... did you like it? Haha I know it sucks, but I wrote it in a rush so I could have it up today. The next chapter will be all Alice and Esme, and it will be waay better and there will be lots of hidden secrets so you better review if you want the next chapter!! Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!
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