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"Charlie's walking up the driveway."

"What do we do? How do we explain this to him? I can't just be like 'oh hey dad, oh this? This is Alice! She's my vampire girlfriend!" I ran a frantic hand through my hair, pacing around my room, ignoring the fact that Alice was sitting peacefully on my bed, following me with her head and eyes.

"It's simple."

That caught my attention. I stopped in my tracks, my arms coming up to cross over my chest, my hip cocked to the side as I stared her down.

"How is this simple?" I asked, my disbelief showing in my voice. Alice stood up gracefully, calmly approaching me and placed a kiss on my cheek and to my surprise, I relaxed. I was completely taken aback at how quickly she'd managed to soothe me, my eyes focusing as she stood so close to me, her hands running up and down my arms.

"Here's the plan, we'll go out the window, yes? Wait for him to enter the house then you will knock on the door, in a panic, okay?" She explained slowly and I licked my lips, nodding my head.

"Okay, then what?"

"I don't know yet!" Alice chirped happily as she scooped me up quickly, trotting us over to the window. Out of instinct my arms wrapped around her neck as I looked up at her incredulously.

"You don't know! What the fuck! Are you nuts? This isn't gunna work! That wasn't even a plan! You gave me like, half the instructions!" I shouted at her and she silenced me by feigning dropping me. I squealed like a little girl, my eyes shut tight but slowly opening when I realized she was just trying to shut me up. I glared at her even though she was smiling at me like it was no big deal.

"Bella, just calm down, I have it under control." She stated as she opened my window, preparing herself to jump down onto the ground.

"How!"

"Look, once Charlie opens the door, just run with it, okay? A lie will be much more believable that way because you'll be more under stress which he'll mistake for panic thus making whatever story you make up, more believing! Simple!" Alice explained happily, holding me tightly against her and I shut my eyes as we fell down to the ground. A small 'oof' escaped me as Alice's strong body came into contact with the hard earth, her landing more graceful this time so as not to leave more indents.

"But I have no idea what to say-"

"Here! I'll just…uh…hang on…" Alice replied in a scattered manner and I raised a brow as I watched her run around my back yard, her actions a blur to me until she came to a full stop before me, her arms out as she presented herself to me, "What d'ya think?"

"You put….dirt on yourself?" I deadpanned, pointing at her and she nodded emphatically at me.

"Yup! See?" She gestured to herself, my t-shirt that she was still wearing and nothing else might I add was now covered in soil and grass stains.

"You have no pants on. How am I supposed to WORK WITH THAT!" I shouted perhaps a bit too dramatically at her.

"Just go with it! Trust me! You trust me, right?" Alice asked softly as she walked up to me, taking my hands into her own. I gazed into her golden eyes which were filled with nothing else but pure love for me and I couldn't help but smile at her.

"Yes, of course."

"Okay, good because Charlie's entered the house and is now looking for you! Come on!" Alice grabbed onto my arm and pulled me towards my front door, "Now it should start raining in three…" I looked up to find the clouds darkening, "…two…" A clap of thunder sounding off in the distance, "…one!"

A torrential downpour immediately followed Alice's little prediction and within a few minutes we were soaked to the bone.

"That is so cool…" I muttered to myself, forgetting that Alice had super hearing and I heard her release a small giggle.

"Here, put your arm around me." She commanded gently and I did as told. We walked up to my front door and I took several deep breaths, Alice pressed against my body as though she'd fall over any minute if not for my arm around her waist. I exhaled slowly before I pounded my fist rapidly against my door.

"CHARLIE! CHARLIE! Oh god, please open the door!" I screamed out, my voice breaking and rasping accordingly to my pitch and tone so that I sounded extremely distressed and scared. Within seconds, my dad had flung the door open, his wide with panic and the urge to protect his own flesh and blood.

"Bella! Bella, what's going on! What happened?" I watched his eyes travel from me to Alice, the rain drops hitting hard on both us and the pavement, making it noisy.

"I-I don't know! I-I was driving home from school and-and-and I took a detour and I saw these-these men!" I spat the word men out because I knew what lie I was now going to tell and the mere thought of it caused me to cry, good, because it added effect to my story. Alice seized up for a moment and I guess she must have seen my decision, "They were-they-they had her and-and I stepped in, they freaked out and ran but oh, god daddy! I didn't know what else to do so I brought her here!"

"Oh, honey!" Charlie cooed out, bringing Alice and I inside. I pretended it was a struggle as I dragged Alice inside with me, smirking a little at how well this was going as Charlie shut the door behind us. Without a moment to spare, he scurried to the hall closet and pulled out a warm blanket to wrap around Alice and me. I didn't miss this opportunity to hold Alice close as she pretended to shiver against me.

"Shhh, it's okay, you're okay now. I've got you," I repeated quietly to her over and over again, to make it seem believable. Alice looked up at me, her eyes shining in the dim light of the room and a small smile, barely visible, was tugging at her lips and I couldn't help but blush, "I've got you."

'I love you' She mouthed to me quickly and as Charlie turned his back to us once more to grab his first aid kit, I pressed a quick kiss to Alice's forehead, her skin and hair still wet from the rain but she never looked more beautiful.

"Has she said anything to you?" Charlie asked me seriously and it took all I had to maintain my own seriousness.

"Uh, well, no not yet…maybe she was just in shock! Maybe you should try talking to her?" I suggested the end of my sentence coming out in a squeaky upward inflection and Charlie looked at me, for a moment, as though I were stupid.

"Oh…kay?" Charlie steeled himself, squaring his shoulders as he crouched down to look Alice in the eyes as we sat on the couch together, huddled close beneath the blanket, "Hey there, I'm Chief Swan, can you tell me your name?"

"Mmm…" Alice bit down her lower lip, turning her head sharply away from my dad and burrowing her face into the crook of my neck, pretending to be distrustful and scared. I 'eased' her off of me, whispering to her that it's okay over and over until her and Charlie were eye to eye again.

"Honey, may I please know your name? It would help out greatly so we can find those bad guys who tried to hurt you, okay?" Charlie tried again, playing nice cop.

"Alice…" My little vampire answered meekly and I rubbed her back as a reward.

"Alice! My, ain't that a cute name? How 'bout your last name?"

"I don't…really remember…" Alice began, making it seem as though unconsciously she was moving her hand to touch her head as though it were tender and she'd been struck there, "I…they pushed me and I…I hit the ground…"

"Alright, well, let's see here…" Charlie stood up, clapping his hands together then rubbing them together before bringing a hand up to scratch at his head, "It's late…Bella! Why don't you take her upstairs to your room? She can stay here as long as necessary. I'm gunna go make a few calls and see if we can't dig up more info."

"Okay, Charlie." I said quietly, standing up off the couch, pulling Alice along with me and 'showing' her to the stairs.

"Oh man! We pulled that off perfectly!" Alice cried out giddily as she flopped down onto my bed not a second after we'd reached my room and I'd shut my door.

"Yeah but…" I walked over to the bed, watching Alice amusedly as she rolled around my bed, hitting the edge of one side before rolling to the other and than doing it again, "…I don't know if I like our lie…it seems a bit…heavy? Ya know?"

"For lack of a better term…you pick heavy?" Alice teased me, still rolling around absent mindedly on my bed.

"Hey, I'm a Forks High School student, lay off!" A scowl grew on my face as she continued to never endingly roll on my bed, "Why do you keep rolling around on my bed?"

"I'm all weeeeet!" Alice whined out, pausing her rolling for a moment to sit up on her knees, shaking her head viciously fast, water droplets splattering everywhere and I winced as a few hit me in the face. She grinned childishly up at me and I blew a strand of my own wet hair out of the way before she continued to roll around on my bed some more, attempting to dry herself off.

"Will you cut that out! Jesus, it's like having a damn cat-baby!"

"Awe, don't yell at me just cause you're stressed out!" Alice whined, pouting, and ceasing her rolling (FINALLY) and looking up at me with big doe eyes. I opened my mouth to say something but she got me there. I was just a little stressed is all and I had no business yelling at her. I made to apologize, feeling insanely bad about being even the littlest bit mean to someone as freaking adorable as her but she waved a hand at me, catching my attention as I wrung my wrists out of guilt, "Don't worry about it, love. Come here!"

"Oh so demanding!" I joked and Alice giggled stupidly, clapping her hands together before pointing to the door, a fake serious expression on her face.

"Damn straight, woman! Go fetch me a turkey pot pie!" Alice did her best to look serious and threatening and it was all I could do to not laugh at her, "Nah! I'm jus' kidding! Seriously though, come here and lay face down on the bed, okay?"

"Odd sexual tendencies starting to surface, Alice?" I teased as I did as I was told, a small noise escaping the back of my throat when Alice straddled me on the bed, her ass sitting right atop my own and I made another noise when she wiggled around to get comfortable.

"Mm, baby, wouldn't you like to know?" Alice whispered seductively, leaning forward so that her lips were brushing against my ear. I couldn't help but moan slightly as I felt the weight of her atop me, her body moving against mine.

"Well, I would like to know what you're doing."

"My girl's stressed out, I don't like it!" Alice stated petulantly as she sat back, her hands sliding down my sides before dragging themselves up to my shoulder blades, her agile fingers pressing down and squeezing at the knotted muscles that encircled the bones of my upper back. I instantly relaxed under her touch, making a noise every now and then to let her know I was really enjoying this.

"You don't…unh! Have to do this for me, Alice." I groaned out, my head turned to the side as I attempted to look up at her.

"I don't have to but I want to!"

Huh. Good reasoning, I suppose. I closed my eyes, allowing myself to simply feel what was happening. Every now and then her fingers would dance along a tender spot, digging into it then with careful precision, work it out and soothe it away, her constant purring only added to my relaxation. The silence between us went on for a good 15 minutes or so before my absent mind decided to break it.

"So…I talked to Jasper today at school."

It was like Alice had literally frozen in her spot. Her purring slowly grew into a low growl in the back of her throat. I swallowed hard, instantly regretting what I'd mentioned.

"You talked to one of them?" She asked me in a low voice, her tone dripping with venom.

"Well…I mean…I didn't go looking for him, ya know? He-he uh, caught me leaving the bathroom-"

"He waited 'til I left!" She snarled out, her hands gripping my upper sides but not enough to hurt me.

"No, no, no! It's not like that! Look, he knew about what happened between us…" I began, moving to sit up and thankfully Alice was aware of her self enough to allow me to do so, sliding off to the side so that she was close to me as we sat, facing each other on my bed, "And he just wanted to give me some…insight on it, that's all. Just advice. He was actually really nice to me, Ali."

"The Cullen's are NOT nice. They are NOT sweet. They are NOT good guys. I can't believe he had the nerve to approach MY mate without me being there!" Alice ground out between bared fangs, her body rumbling with constant growls, her golden eyes darkening as they darted from side to side as she tried to contain her anger. I knew she was doing it for me and I couldn't help but admire her strength, how strong she could be simply because she loved me.

"Look! Why don't you just tell me what happened, Alice! Why is their family so bad? Why do they hate me with you? Why do they hate you? What did they do, Alice? Please, just tell me!" I begged her, getting a bit fed up with this seemingly pointless feud. I had no idea why they wanted her, why they wanted me out of the picture, why Jasper felt bad about what happened. I just wanted to know because it was hurting my Alice so it was hurting me.

"I don't WANT to talk about it." Alice snarled, shutting her eyes tight, her hands gripping the sheets of my bed, her head bent forward as she shook with rage, her hair a mess atop her head.

"Alice, please, whatever they did to you, I won't let them do it again, okay? I love you, Alice! I'm not gunna let anything harm you which is why you need to talk to me about this because it's hurting you," I gently cupped her face in my hands, she growled at first but it slowly turned into a small whimpering sound as I brought her face up to look at me, "It's hurting me…"

"Bella…I…" Alice began and I watched in wonder as her eyes, returned to their honey gold color, her small hands coming up to grip my wrists as I cupped her face, "Please, don't make me talk about it…"

I bit my lip upon hearing her sad request, my heart breaking for her. She just looked so pained, so hurt by whatever it was that had happened. I couldn't bring myself to press her any further. I leant forward and kissed her forehead, keeping my lips there as I spoke to her.

"We don't have to talk about it…okay?"

"Okay…" Alice let her head fall to my shoulder, nuzzling me as her hands came up to my sides once more to knead at my shirt, her way of calming herself down.

"I'm sorry…"

"For what?"

"For bringing it up."

"Don't be, I'm sorry that we're being watched right now."

I'm sorry, what was that?

"Alice…what?" I attempted to look behind me, out my window but Alice nudged me with her nose, stopping my actions.

"It's Emmett and Rosalie. They're about 50 yards back, they can't hear me but I had a vision. They've decided to try to come a few yards closer so they can do just that." Alice explained quickly, her voice in a low whisper. I tensed up because this was just a bit too freaky for my tastes.

"They're watching us? Why? That's fuckin' weird, it's like James Bond type of-" I was cut off when Alice suddenly tackled me onto the bed, smiling happily and rubbing her nose against mine, "Hey! Bi-polar, much?"

"Bella! Were you not listening to me? I said they're watching us, meaning they can see us! See us acting normal, get it?" Alice looked at me incredulously and I stuck my tongue out at her.

"Well excuse me you kind of, literally, sprung this at me!" Alice rolled her eyes at my pun and I rolled mine as well, "So what do we do?"

"I dunno but here's what's gunna happen!" Alice wrapped her arms around my waist, lifting me up off the bed and holding me against her, "Wrap your legs around my body!" She demanded and I did as told, "Hold on tight!"

"Awe, fuck."

And with that, Alice leapt off the bed, lifting open my window and launching herself at full speed out onto the nearest tree, hopping from branch to branch and by some miracle of God, I managed to keep my hold on her. She paused for a moment, landing perfectly on a tree branch and I squealed as she spun me around so that I was now on her back, legs wrapped around her waist and arms locked tight around her neck.

"I won't let anything happen to you, okay, Bella?" Alice said, looking over her shoulder at me and I nodded my head, a soft smile finding its way on my face.

"I know." Alice gave me a half smile before she whipped her head face forward, just in time to hop down off the branch onto a lower one…

Just in time to have Emmett launching himself over us, missing us by a mere moment. I held my breath as I looked up to see him crouched down on the branch above us, glaring down at us with scary dark black eyes.

"Hey there, tinkerbell." He greeted, his voice deep and reminding me of a bear growling.

"You're so funny." Alice stated, her voice cold and void of emotion. Emmett sneered down at us before he brought his fists up, bringing them back down swiftly onto the branch he was on, smashing it into pieces. He fell through and landed right on our branch but not before Alice let us fall backwards, flipping herself in the air so that just as we struck ground, she landed on her feet.

"Ha! That was pretty co-" My comment was cut short with me screaming like a maniacal 5 year old girl as Alice quickly dropped me to the ground just as she was tackled roughly by none other than Rosalie. I gasped as they landed in a sickeningly loud thud right beside me, Rosalie pinning Alice to the ground.

"You didn't say hi to me, now that's a bit rude, don't you think?" Rosalie snarled out and Alice growled right back at her, struggling to shove her off. My heart rate sped up and I could feel my chest tightening in anger as I took in the sight of Alice helpless beneath some stupid bitchy blonde vampire. Not only was my protective girlfriend side kicking in but I was also enveloped with jealousy, don't ask why.

"Get the fuck off of my Alice!" I shouted, not thinking obviously, as I lunged at the blonde only to be held back by a yeti…or Emmett, whichever. He locked me in a choke hold and I cried out in anger as I struggled against him.

"LET GO OF HER!" Alice shouted, her voice sounding like a lion's roar as she snarled and snapped her teeth up at Rosalie who only smirked down at her. I watched, helplessly as Alice did everything she could to get the blonde off of her, her body twisting and writhing with power and strength but to no avail, "YOU FILTHY MONSTER, I'LL KILL YOU FOR TOUCHING HER!"

"Monster? You dare call us monsters?" Rosalie asked calmly and Emmett laughed deep in his chest behind me and it made my body vibrate, making me shiver in fear. This guy was huge. Like, stupid huge.

"Hey, Alice can you see off that high horse of yours?" Emmett joked and Rosalie shot him an annoyed glare as he laughed uproariously at his cheesy pun.

"Emmett's right. Why don't you take a step off your pedestal and-AH!" Rosalie shrieked out into the night as Alice managed to free her right hand, her fingers tensed into what almost looked like a claw as she swiped at Rose's face, missing by mere millimeters but successfully knocking the blonde off. Rosalie flipped back and away from my little vampire and just as I was about to cheer, Emmett's grip on me tightened and I felt the sensation of being choked, my eyes tearing up.

"Listen up, pixie, you touch my mate and I'll crush yours." Emmett threatened and I watched through squinted eyes as Alice looked hopelessly between me and Emmett, then me again. Her black eyes swirling with fear for my safety as she took in the gravity of the situation. Personally, I hated the fact that I was a really huge liability like this.

"Fine. Please, just…let Bella go, please." Alice stood up slowly, her body shaking as she outstretched her arms towards me, her hands making a grabbing motion and a pout on her face. I felt Emmett sigh against me before he released me, shoving me towards Alice who caught me in her arms, holding me tightly against her and kissing the top of my head over and over again.

"Alice! I-I-" I could feel my eyes watering up with tears, a huge wave of relief coming over me, my emotions getting the best of me now that I was safe in Alice's arms.

"Shh, it's okay. I've got you, I've got you, Bells," Alice cooed over and over again, nuzzling her face against my hair. The sound of cruel laughter interrupted our moment and I stood up straight in Alice's arms, now taller than her, I stood more at her side, ready to protect her with all that I am because I'll be damned if something happens to her! I could tell she felt the same way as her arm wrapped around my waist, holding me to her as her other arm was poised before her, her hand tense and her fingers bent sharply at the joints, and the nails coming to a fine point, "What's so funny?"

"It's just that the human is taller than you and you're so short-"

"Shut up, honey," Rosalie snapped at her mate who quieted instantly at her command. The two vampires glared at us with shining golden eyes before Rosalie opened her mouth to speak once more only to be caught off by my Alice.

"I don't care how long you've been watching us for." She said quickly and Rosalie's eyes widened infinitesimally, caught off guard for a moment until she seemingly remembered who she was talking to.

"Yeah but-"

"I also don't care why. I just want it to stop." Alice growled out and I nodded my head fiercely at her words.

"Yeah! Go off and…suck blood or something! Leave us alone!" I spat at them brilliantly and Emmett looked like he was trying to hold his laughter in. I'm glad someone appreciated my humor!

"Listen, Alice, Carlisle-"

"Don't you even dare mention that name around me!" Alice roared out and I felt her grip on my waist tighten just so.

"Oh my god, really, Alice? I thought you'd have gotten over this by now!" Rosalie said in exasperation, placing her hands on her hips and cocking her hip to the right.

"Gotten over it! Are you kidding me right now? No, I haven't gotten over it, sick bitch!" Alice yelled back and, now, Alice never really swore so it came as a surprise to me to hear her say that. I watched the way the two were looking at each other and to me it seemed like they were bickering…like sisters would.

"I'm not a bitch! You're a bitch!" Rosalie bit out and Alice growled in her throat.

"You're immature!"

"No, you're immature!"

"No, you!"

"You!"

"You!"

"I hate your stupid short hair!"

"Oh yeah? Well, I hate your face! It's a stupid face!"

"I hate-"

"Oh my god will you two knock it off! Christ! Women, right?" Emmett gestured over at me, giving me 'the nod' and I couldn't help but laugh, nodding my head as well.

"Yeah, I know, man! Don't even get me started on this one!" I continued laughing with Emmett; however our unification over one common thing was cut short as both of our girl's began to growl at us. Emmett and I both rubbed the back of our heads in shame, quickly quieting down. Rosalie punched the large vampire in the shoulder as punishment while Alice simply bopped me upside the head.

"I hope you know I'm not cuddling with you tonight." Alice informed me nonchalantly, her nose in the air and her head turned away from me as I gaped at her.

"Awe, what, really! I'm sorry! I was only kidding!" I whined, looking down at Alice who would simply not look in my direction. I heard Emmett laughing and I whipped my head to glare at him only to see Rosalie punching him again.

"And what're you laughing at? Good luck trying to get laid tonight!"

"Oh shit! She got you good!" I teased, pointing a finger at the now sulking Emmett and laughing but I immediately stopped when Rosalie shot me a glare.

"What? Do you think you can just banter with us vampires?" She snarled at me and I swallowed hard, opening my mouth to answer when Alice took charge.

"Are we done here?"

"Not even close, bud." Emmett said in a gravely, deep voice and this time I was too quick for even Alice to interrupt.

"What the fuck? Are you kidding me? First you guys attack us, then you two-" I pointed two accusatory fingers between Rosalie and Alice, "-bicker like you're fuckin' sisters and that's not all? What the hell do you guys want with us! Why do you keep bugging us! What happened between you guys?"

"We attacked you because you ran at us!" Emmett shouted angrily.

"And we bicker like sisters because we were!"

There is such a thing as complete and total silence. And it happened after Rosalie yelled at me. For the hundredth time today.

A/n: A filler chapter somewhat. Actually, if you pay attention close enough you will pick up on some psychological things and of course stuff is growing. Progress is being made. Yes. Next chapter...oh next chapter :D Lots of stuff happening. I'm essited.