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Chapter 4:

The next morning I wasn't feeling up for cooking anything so I figured we would just grab a nice thing of flowers for Alice before going over for brunch. On our way to Alice's' house I reminded Tony that she didn't have any kids and we would be meeting her husband Jasper. He seemed to get really quiet when I said Jasper's name so I just had to reminded him that Emmett is Alice's brother. If Alice is currently married to Jasper, than Emmett must think he's a good guy. After that he seemed to be just fine with meeting Jasper for the first time.

Alice's house was such a cute little cottage style house. It really seemed to fit her personality. Alice answered the door and took us right into the living room where Jasper was sitting on the couch with old Bugs bunny on.

"Jasper, this is Bella and her son Tony. Guys, this is my husband Jasper."

"Nice to meet you guys." Jasper said and I could hear just a bit of a southern drawl.

"Hi" Tony and I responded.

"So Tony, do you like Bugs Bunny?"

"Sure, he's funny."

"Great, you can come watch it with me. Alice thinks its silly that I love to watch my cartoons on Sunday."

Tony looked back at me and I just nodded my head that it was ok for him to go sit. He seemed to walk slowly over to the couch and sat next to Jasper. After a minute they were both laughing at something on the cartoon. Alice grabbed my arm and started to pull me towards the kitchen.

"Let's have some girl talk while I finish up in here." Alice told me to sit in a stool so she could finish up what she was doing while I just relaxed.

"Did you have fun at Emmett's and Rose's yesterday?"

"We really did. Hanna and Tony had so much fun. I don't think I have ever seen him play so much at one time with someone. I'm really glad I got to meet Rose. Both her and Emmett are really great."

"They really are. I hope you don't mind but Emmett might have mentioned something to me."

She was looking at me sideways trying to gauge my response to that. I kind of figured this would happen so I wasn't too surprised.

"He didn't really say much, he just said that it's obvious that there is a story to your past and it might not be such a good one. He said that it involved Troy's dad and a conversation that he overheard had him a little worried. I know Emmett so I'm sure he told you that if you need to talk to him you can, but I want you to know again that I am here for you as well."

"Wow. I never realized there were so many nice people out there in the world."

She walked about the kitchen to where I was sitting and gave me a hug.

"There are a lot of good people out there. I happen to know many of them. We are friends Bella. I was raised by my parents that friends are the families you create for yourself. I truthfully don't have many friends but that's because my friends are just as special to me as my family. You fall into that category even if we haven't known each other very long. We all look out for each other and we will always be there for each other. Just remember that ok."

"Thanks Alice. It really does mean a lot to me. I've never really had friends. I'm not really up for talking about my past but it's not all pleasant. Troy's Dad is a very bad person who is locked away for a very long time."

"You aren't in any danger are you?" She sounded a bit worried at that.

"Not for 15 to 20 years I'm not." Now I was watching her reaction. She just nodded and started to go back to her cooking.

"Well, just know in 15 to 20 years you will have a whole town of people here for you."

"Thanks Alice."

After that we seemed to be done talking about the heavy stuff. Jasper and Tony stayed on the couch until brunch was ready. Tony really was having a great time. During brunch they kept talking about their favorite cartoons. Apparently when Jasper doesn't have to go to school in the summers he spends his morning watching cartoons. He says it helps him to be able to relate to his students, but I'm pretty sure that's just an excuse. I don't know many high school students who still watch Bugs Bunny or Sponge Bob. I'm pretty sure Jasper won Tony over with his love of cartoons. I'm sure they will end up being great friends.

The next few days were pretty quiet. Tony and I just stayed around the house doing different projects. Until the shop is all ready there really isn't much for me to do during the day. Tony will be going to school in the fall so I had a lot of craft projects ready to keep us entertained all summer long. I didn't need to work at the moment. I've got a lot of extra money in the bank now.

We had another meeting with Emmett about the plans and we have finally come up with one that I think will work great. He wrote up an estimate which I am sure is a lot lower than it should have been. I suspect I might be getting a 'Family' Discount. I'm not about to complain though. I have learned over these last few days that Alice was serious about how friends are the same as family to her and I can't imagine her brother would think much differently.

Alice and I have talked on the phone most days which has been a lot of fun. There's even been a few times when Rose has called to just check in. I really can't believe they are such great people.

It wasn't until Friday that things started to take a turn for the worst. My dad had the day off and we were just hanging out in the living room when we heard a big truck pull up outside. When I looked out the window I couldn't believe what I saw.

A/N : I hope you all liked this chapter. Please review, let me know. The more reviews the faster I'll post the next chapter…Edward shows up in the next Chapter. Woo Hoo! Please review!