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"Alice!?" What was she doing here!? She just let herself in! Bella looked absolutely terrified, and I'm sure my expression was similar in comparison. We broke our magnetic lock of eyes and looked to them. And she'd brought Jasper with her. Bella stared at them, frozen like a timid little lamb or something.

Alice got this little smirk on her face and wiggled her eyebrows at me. Oh god. What did she think I was doing!? Sure, it did look bad. I mean, we were lying in bed together. Her head was still resting on my chest, brown waves sprawled around. My mind couldn't help but stay away from the current situation and onto her. She looked like a little child. Bella was so…No! Your baby sister just walked in on you doing nothing with a girl! This is not the time for your creepy stalker-ish thoughts! I realized.

My eyes whipped back to Alice, clearing my throat. My voice was a little shaky though when I asked "Alice, Jasper…..what are you two doing here?" There was an annoyed edge to my voice. They could've knocked. But no door ever stops Alice.

"Um Eddie…" She said and rolled her eyes "I told you I was coming over." We both stared at each other for a minute. The wheels in my brain slowly turned until I remembered that Alice texted me the previous night to tell me that she was coming over.

"Oh. Oh." I moaned, pulling a hand over my face, sighing. How stupid. I can't believe I forgot. Although, anyone in the same predicament would've forgotten one little detail like that. I mean, Bella was screaming in the restaurant out of pure terror. Alice was the last thing from my mind.

Bella was still completely still as I slowly started to get up. As my stomach moved from under her chest, she gave me a look that made my heart squeeze. She was scared. I gave her a reassuring look. Alice may've looked intimidating by her determined and ultimately stubborn nature, but at 4 foot 10 inches, she wouldn't hurt a fly. Well, as long as she got her way. Her features softened a little, and she turned her head away from me.

"You must be Bella!" Alice launched herself onto Bella and hugged her tightly.

"Um…h-hi...?" Bella mumbled, her voice muffled by Alice's shoulder.

"Edward has to have told you about me! I'm his sister, Alice! Now get dressed little missy!"

"Why…?"

"We're going shopping. Duh!" Bella's eyes widened and she looked to me timidy. I shrugged.

"Just do it Bella. It's best to give into her now, rather than say no and then finally agree after she throws a tantrum." I smirked at Alice and she stuck her tongue out at me.

"Well I'm taking Bella by myself!" Alice said and held Bella possessively. She looked terrified. "No boys allowed!" Jeez, she sounded like she was in second grade. And I thought she'd gotten over cooties. She pulled Alice away from us, away from me and into her room to pick out her clothes.

I stared after them for a long while, hoping Alice wasn't torturing Bella too much over there. Yes, I was very worried. Bella was so fragile. Especially after last night. After a few minutes I looked back to Jasper. He was staring at me with a calm, knowing smile. "What?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"You like her, don't you Edward?" I blinked a few times. My hair stood on edge. Did I like her?

I decided beating around the bush would be best "Alice? Well of course I do! Sure she can be annoying sometimes, well all the time bu-"

"Edward." He interrupted me, his face growing serious. "We both know you know who I was talking about." I didn't say anything for a while. Thoughts swam through my head.

"I…I don't know Jasper. I mean, I think I do…but I'm not sure. I mean, I feel sad for her because of what she's had to go through. But...love her? I don't know…" I felt so stupid for rambling like an idiot. But Jasper didn't mind.

"I thought that's what Alice thought of me at first…that she was confusing her feelings. She was just sorry for me, you know?" He gave a little laugh and put an hand on his forearm, rubbing it up and down. I looked at the underside of his arm absently. The puncture scars in the skin were visible from even here. I sighed.

"Yeah, but this could be different…I mean, there's no way she likes me back." There was no way in hell she liked me like that. We barely knew each other. She was sad all the time. What happened yesterday, she didn't think anything more of that did she…? Did I? I couldn't just leave her alone to scream and be scared. What normal person would do that? But the way she rested her head on my chest…what was that about?

"You'd be surprised. Bella needs help…she's not well. I can see it in her eyes. She's sad over something…and she's scared." I blinked up at him in surprise and stood up, turning my back to him to make my bed.

"Scared? Why would she be scared?"

"I have no idea…Don't ask her about it. If she wants to tell you, she'll tell you." He said and clapped my back with his hand. I sighed and smoothed over the part of the sheets where she was lying. It was still warm…I smiled. But…why?

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