Confusion

Alice.
She had been feeding; she needed to feed a lot more lately. For reasons she didn't quite know, or could bring herself to admit.
After her last feed, she dashed to her home to change. Still feeling restless, she left the house for some more alone time.

She knew it was wrong, she knew it broke the rules but something brought her to the beach. She could sense her. Bella, Bella, Bella Swan. A small smile curled on the petite girl's lips as she thought about her. Shaking her head free of the thoughts, she focused on the two bodies gyrating on the sand. One was that thing, Lily. The other was.. well, definitely not male, it was female.. it was, Bella.

Alice had never felt so much pain in her life, even the memories of her changing didn't hurt as much as this image did. "Why is this bothering me? Bella is free to sleep with any slut she likes,", 'Yeah but you want to be that slut she's with right now, don't you?', "Shut up inner voice. Just shut up,", she said to herself. It was killing her to see this.. so why couldn't she take her eyes away? What kind of emotional sadomasochist was this dainty immortal?

She hid at the foot of the woods until the couple finished up. As they were leaving, something made Bella look toward her, Alice's unbeating heart skipped a beat and she needlessly held her breath, as though it would suddenly make her invisible. As Bella squinted her eyes, Alice dashed away.
She would be in more trouble than she could handle if she was caught out here, away from her territory of Forks. Stupid dogs, smelly, flea ridden things, she thought to herself as the morning winds whipped at her face.

Alice kept on running, she ran and she ran, trying to shake her head free of the images she had seen.
'You liked it, didn't you, Alice?', "Shut up,", 'Maybe you didn't like the.. thing, but Bella caused you quite a stir, her hair, her lips.. and am I the only one who saw her slamming body?' Alice chuckled, it seemed her mind had adapted to some of the modern age lingo. She stopped running for a while and sat under a large oak tree, letting the shade cover her because, well, you never could know who would be in the woods, could you?

Bella
After Lily had dropped Bella home, explained to Chief Swan that it was all her fault for keeping Bella out so late, everyone was just dying to get to know her, she gave her a quick kiss goodbye, asking if she would like to go to Port Angeles later on with her, Jessica and Angela.
Bella shot a glance to Charlie who nodded.
"I'll pick you up at about four, Bells!" and with that, Lily was gone.
As she closed the door, she turned to face Charlie, expecting a severe scolding, instead he was quite understanding, "You look exhausted, why don't you go to bed, Bells?" she was pretty tired, after all, she had a very eventful night. Bella could feel goose pimples prickling her pale skin as she thought back to her activities with Lily. Fighting hard to keep a grin from her face, she hugged Charlie and made way to her bedroom.

While she was slipping out of her clothes, she noticed grains of sand spilling to the floor and sighed, time to shower, she thought to herself. After throwing her clothes in to the laundry hamper, she stood in front of the mirror, admiring her figure. She wasn't exactly in the best shape, but she was far from being the worst.
Her stomach was taut, flat and lightly muscled. Her hourglass figure; her hips, her legs; all slim, lithe and strong enough. She had been cursed with, what Bella considered to be, small breasts. They were a 34C, generous enough for anyone's hand but it was one thing she was never comfortable with.
Turning herself around, she admired the curves from the back, her apricot shaped ass. She shook her head a little, shaking her hair free of her tie, grains of sand fell from the waves. She giggled once more before skipping in to the shower, eventually making it there after nearly killing herself twice.

As Bella sank in the feeling of the hot water cascading over her body, she closed her eyes, sighing to herself and let her imagination run away. Last night was amazing, but something niggled at her. The eyes, why do I keep seeing them? Who do they belong to? I wasn't that tired, I didn't imagine it, they're invading my dreams and now they're peeping!?
Peeping..
Something made Bella open her eyes to look at the window.
They were there again! And, as usual, they had disappeared before Bella could move to see who they belonged to.

After she had dried her hair and put some pyjamas on, Bella slipped in under her sheets, the tiredness suddenly taking hold, she drifted off in what felt like seconds.
Golden orbs, only worthy of a goddess, they're so beautiful.. so intoxicating, and those lips, pale pink petals of flesh and, and, why are they so close to me? Strike that, why aren't they pressed against mine? The mysterious face pulled back, coming in to full view. That marble skin, the raven black hair, those amazing lips, the eyes.. they belonged to. -
Bella shot forward, waking up, with her hand over her chest, she felt like if she left them anywhere else, her heart would most certainly beat right out of her chest.
"Alice.. Alice Cullen, why are you watching me? Why can't I get you out of my mind? And why..", she grimaced, her stomach feeling awfully sick all of a sudden, "And why do I feel like I've cheated you with Lily?"
Lily. It was almost three thirty, just enough time to get dressed.
Knock, knock, knock.
Damn it.
She went to open to door, not overly surprised to see Lily there, the girl did like to be early, after all.
"Hey, Lily, I'm not really ready yet, I kind of just woke up,", Bella said, indicating to her bedclothes and messy hair with a sheepish smile.
"Oh, that's all right, I was hoping to catch you looking sultry and sexy,", she replied, winking towards Bella, "I'm kidding, go get ready, Bells."
Bella ran up the stairs, throwing on a pair of skinny jeans, a black tank top that hugged her body and threw a shirt over it. After she had put on her socks and shoes, brushed her hair and her teeth, she went down to Lily.
"So, are we ready?"
"Yeah, let's go."

After picking Angela and Jessica up, they made their way to Port Angeles. The car ride, for the most part, was uneventful; mostly the girls swapped stories about what had happened last night.
As they came to Lily and Bella's story, Bella felt strangely uncomfortable that Lily had said nothing happened. Not that she really minded, but if Bella were asked, she wouldn't have lied about it.

"Let's go see a movie!" Jessica squealed, "There are always such cute guys out here; why not go see a scary movie and get some comfort?" she asked, nudging Lily. Lily grinned, "Sounds ideal!"
She threw a glance toward Bella, the look in her eyes was something Bella didn't recognize or, well, feel very comfortable with.

The Movie Theatre
"Four tickets to Midnight Massacre Mayhem, please!"
"Ladies,", an unfamiliar male voice said, "You really shouldn't be paying to see such a violent movie alone, why don't the guys and I accompany you?", Bella turned to see a strange male, tall, sandy colored hair that was shaved, wearing a black wife beater and stone washed jeans. His friends seemed to wearing the same, Maybe they're in a cult and that's their uniform?, Bella thought to herself.
"Oh, big strong men.. Count us in!" Lily said.
.. Lily said.
"Aight, Ladies. Unless you want one of us comforting two of you, someone's gonna have to sit alone."
"Oh, Bella, you'll be OK, right?"
"Yeah, sure."
And with that, the three girls had left her alone and left with the three new guys.
"Sorry, miss. I've just sold the last seats to your, eh, friends?"
"Oh, it's all right, I'm not really in the mood of sitting alone in a theatre alone anyway."

Bella left to go exploring, she knew there was a halfway decent book store around here, somewhere. Looking towards the arrow signs, she followed the one for her destination, not really noticing that they further she walked, the darker and more isolated it became. As she was walking down, what seemed to be, a deserted alleyway, she heard the sounds of footsteps and a snigger that suddenly made her all too aware of her surroundings and the lack of crowds.
She swallowed hard before turning her head to see if her mind was playing tricks with her or she had reason to be concerned.
"Hey honey, what are you doin' down here all on your own, baby?" she heard of them say, his friend laughing and nudging him with his elbow.
"Yeah, why don't you slow your sexy little ass down and walk with us..? We'll keep you safe,", she said, barely concealing the sneer in his voice.
"I'm OK, thanks, though. I'm just going to go,", Bella replied, almost breaking in to a sprint and she saw them coming closer.
"Running's not gonna get you far, sweet thang,", a voice boomed from somewhere to her left hand side.
Before she knew what was happening, someone had taken a firm hold on her body, hooking one strong arm through both of hers and yanked them back while someone else grabbed her legs, lifting them and nodded to the person who has her arms, his face had a sickening grin plastered upon it while his hands ran up and down her legs roughly.
"Let's get this bitch back to the truck, I call dibs."
"Sure thing, I'm going second, she looks good.. Tight.. Baby, you a virgin?"
"Let me go!" Bella screamed. Her reaction only making the group more excited.
As they ran with her down to an isolated parking lot, one of them opened the side door to a truck. Bella closed her eyes, willing herself to wake up from the nightmare.
She watched as the first male took his belt off and snapped the straps together, "You're gonna get punished, bitch,", he said, leering at her before laughing maniacally.
"I.. please, no,", Bella pleaded, her face was already splattered in tears.
"Please, please, please, no!" he mimicked before bringing his hand back, slicing it forward so that the leather struck Bella's face.
"Keep fucking quiet. Or I'll –", Bella opened her eyes, tilting her head to see why the monster in front of her had been cut off.
She saw him shielding his eyes as a car screeched in behind them, the lights blinding him.
He laughed as someone got out, "Wait your turn, princess."
"Let her go.", she heard a voice, a familiar female voice say.. no, spit.
"A girl with attitude! Not like this blubbering mess here.", she sneered, pulling his fist back.
As Bella watched, the fist getting closer, she braced herself then heard an almighty crack.
But she wasn't hit? She opened her eyes, seeing the former brute now knocked to the ground, unconscious.
"I said; let her go. Now,", the voice spat again. Bella tried to focus on her savior, it was Lily, it had to be, she felt bad and.. no, no, it wasn't Lily. This girl was more dainty, not nearly as tall and her hair was jet black. So were her eyes.
Alice!
"Listen bitch, I'm gonna put this ho in the truck and you're going to go home and forget this ever happ.. what happened to your eyes!? Freak! Take her!", he said, shoving Bella forward before grabbing his friend, pushing him in to the truck and scurried off.

Bella fell to her knees, the ordeal still hitting her as the salty tear spilled down her face, great, heaving, choking sobs escaped her. She had almost forgotten about Alice until she felt someone bundle her in their arms, pressing their lips to her ears, whispering, "It's okay, Bella. I've got you now, nothing's going to happen to you, I've got you, I'm here now."
"Oh, Alice. How, how did you know?",
"I'll explain that later, love."
Love.
Bella felt her heart soar, which, given the circumstances, made no sense at all.
Before she knew it, Bella was in Alice's car, buckled up and everything while Alice sped away from the parking lot.
"Where the hell was that dog, Lily?!", Alice spat.
"She.. She went to the movies with Angela, Jessica and three guys. There was no room for me, so I left."
"Bella! It's dangerous out here for a young lady! You could have been killed because she didn't care enough to make sure you were OK! She had her fun with you and moved along to deny her sexuality!"

"I knew I saw you! I'm sorry, Alice, I didn't know any of this was going to happen, I just, I really didn't-", she had to stop; the tears were taking over again.
Alice pulled the car over, unclicked Bella's restraint and pulled her in to her lap, "Bella, please don't cry. They're not going to hurt you, no one will ever hurt you as long as I am around. I will keep you safe."
While Alice brushed her fingers through Bella's hair, stroking her cheek, Bella closed her eyes and felt herself relaxing. She believed Alice, she believed she was safe.
"Alice.. How did you take them on? And.. why can't I feel your heartbeat?"
"I work out a lot."
"And you have no heart beat."
"Pay attention to some of the local legends in Forks. I should get you home now. You need to rest."

As they sped through Port Angeles, Alice suddenly jammed on the breaks, hissing to the windshield, "Dog!", she spat.
Bella, assuming a pooch had run in front of the car, looked out to see, definitely not expecting to see a very enraged Lily.

Authors Note:
I'm terribly sorry about the delay, my life has been beyond hectic, I'm working on the next chapter as we speak, and I plan to make my posts more frequent.
So: Alice and Bella are sparking up, now Lily's back in the picture.
Reviews, please! Feel free to add in suggestions!
- Von.