Some insight in Alec's mind.

My first Alec POV!

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POV: Bella, Alec

I Promise

BPOV

It was late morning when I was woken up by a bright light. Apparently, someone had left the shutters open and so the morning rays filled the room and since I had been sleeping with my face in the other direction so I did not notice it until I became uncomfortable and had to change my position. The light was annoyingly bright and woke me up against my will. When I looked around I found myself surrounded my cards, teddy's and balloons. I have a suspicion that a certain pair of siblings are behind it all. Even though I felt it all stupid but still I couldn't help with the smile that spread across my face. My crazy friends. I laughed a small laugh and shook my head at the very thought. Only Alice could find such stuff at this hour. I tried to sit up but had a vigor of pain my stomach. I winced and clutched it with my good hand. Who would have thought that just days after my birthday I would be lying in such a condition.

"Does it still hurt?" a familiar voice broke my out of trance. I did not notice when Carlisle came, so when I heard his voice I jumped up in surprise which made most of my body hurt in response.

"Yeah" I responded in a pain filled voice. He gave me a sympathetic look and went to check on my vitals. It was so bad that I had to move carefully so till the time I was able to sit up straight he was done.

"Alright, here are some medicines to ease your pain" he said putting a brown paper back besides the bed "and put some ice on the stomach to ease the pain. From what I see, the wound is only superficial so applying ice pack will help. That's pretty much all." He said with a smile.

"Thankyou, for everything."

"No, thank you Bella for helping my daughter. I know that she has not been much of social towards you in the past but it is because of her past otherwise she is a great girl." He said with a lost, thinking look in his eyes.

"I know. Jane told me." At this his head snapped in my direction.

"She did?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"Yeah" was all I could say. He simply nodded with a look of disbelief and hope in his eyes. Disbelief for the fact that Jane told me everything and hope for her to get better.

"Bella?" I looked at the door to see Jane standing there.

"Hey, come in." she smiled as she entered. I looked at Carlisle, he had a smile on his face but his eyes were moist just like Edward's.

"Um, Esme was looking for you." She turned to Carlisle who nodded.

"Alright, now take care of yourself and please don't strain. I will check you in the evening." When he spoke he looked at he with some emotion in his eyes. An emotion I could not figure out but his smile explained it. I nodded ever so slightly to show him my gratitude. He too nodded a bit and then looked at Jane for the last time and with that he was out of the door. As he was out I turned towards Jane who looked nervous about something.

"What is it?" I softly asked.

"I just don't know what to do. Everything I thought about everyone was just my delusion. But now my thinking has changed. I have started seeing everything differently. Even today in the morning, when those friend of your came" she recalled them in a fond voice "I was surprised when they actually asked how I was instead of blaming me for your condition." I started to object but she held her hand up to stop me. "All I want to say that I just want to change the things in the past. I know I was not the most welcoming person but I want to change it. I want to become normal again. I want to become me again." She finished with a tear leaking her eye. I gently reached out and wiped it.

"I know you want to." I gently whispered as she sat on the chair besides my bed and laid her head besides me. I gently stroked her hairs in order to soothe her. "I just want you to know that I will be there for you. I will help you. I know that you have Edward but he won't understand it completely. And as for them, I am sure that they will never make you feel like an intruder. In fact, I am sure Alice has already planned her shopping trip with you." I chuckled at that thought.

"It's not that easy you know." She muttered in an unconvinced voice but I know I had got her thinking.

"I know, but there is one thing that I can say for sure."

"What is that?" she asked as she lifted her head and looked at me with an expected look.

"That is that you are not alone anymore. We all are there for you. I don't mean only Edward and me but others too." I said softly. She thought about for a moment and then smiled.

"She's right." A chiming voice replied before a pixie skipped into the room. I smiled at Alice who beamed back. Jane looked at me with bit of fear in her eyes. I laughed a small laugh as I shook my head and decided to rescue her but before I could say anything Alice interrupted, already knowing. Psychic Pixie. "I don't think we've formally met. I am Mary Alice Brandon and I can see you have already met my sister Isabella Marie Swan. This is my and Bella's over sized, brother bear Emmett McCarty." At the sound of his name, Emmett came forward and picked Jane into one of his bone – crushing hugs. I laughed as Jane squealed at the sudden disappearance of ground from beneath her. "You'll squish her you big oaf!" Alice scolded him as he gently put a smiling Jane down. "Sorry, he just gets out of control sometimes." At which Emmett stuck his tongue out and Jane giggled. "So where was I, right." She resumed as she pointed towards Rosalie. " This is Rosalie Lillian Hale, Emmett's girlfriend and mine and Bella's official sister." She said and then with a fond smile pointed towards Jasper "Her twin, Bella's other brother and my boyfriend Jasper Whitlock Hale." Alice used everyone's full name and relation for the introduction. Jane raised her hand like a child in class to ask a question. All of us laughed as Alice nodded encouragingly.

"How is that you names are not the same?" This time Rose answered.

"Well, this is because our parents chose them to be that way. I have my mother's original last name as my middle name where as Jazz has our father's. But we share a common cast. As in the case of Em and Ali, they don't have matching casts since Ali's is that of her grandmother as Em has his grandfathers." She explained in a polite manner. I know how it feels; even I took a lot of time in memorizing it all since it's all so scrambled.

"Don't worry. It took me years." I assured her when her expression turned panicked. At this she shot me a thankful smile.

"Alright, now back to the point." Alice started. "How are you Bella? We tried to see you last night but someone grumpy shooed us all away." She finished, making a face.

"Who is this grumpy who dared to shoo Alice Brandon?" I asked with a fake gasp. She rolled her eyes.

"Brother of my new sissy." She said pointing towards Jane.

"Edward?" I asked in a complete astonished voice.

"Yup, you got that right." Alice chimed ignoring my incredulous expression.

"You should have seen him last night. The way he looked, like he was ready to murder someone." Rosalie added.

"Yeah, we had to leave. If we wouldn't have he would've kicked us out." Alice commented.

"Hmm. The way he beat the hell out of the scumbag, that was quite impressive." Emmett spoke.

"Yeah dude, if it wasn't for Emmett that scum would've been dead and gone by now." Jasper said, thinking back. I shuddered at that. It's not like I care what would've happened to that... ugh, whatever he is, but I do care of what happens to Edward. If he would have killed him then he could go to prison.

"And speaking of Mr. Grumpy Pant. Where is he?" Rosalie asked.

"He went somewhere this morning, said had something to take care of." Jane replied. It was nice hearing her voice without the venom. "I wonder what it is….. " Jane wondered herself almost in a whisper until Alice jumped in.

"Guys, we again swayed from the topic." Alice said, trying the tame the pressure.

"What topic?" Emmett asked in a confused voice.

"The topic of how is she feeling now?" Alice said slowly like she was explaining it to a two year old.

"I am feeling just fine." Was my immediate reply.

"Then you can come to New Year's party, right?" she asked with expectant eyes.

"You know what, suddenly I am feeling a bit queasy." I said trying to put the face of a sick patient but I am sure as hell she had already caught my bluff.

"Ow! Come on Bella! You can't miss it. It's New Year's Eve." She winned just like Emmett.

"You know, you sound like Emmett." Rosalie said unable to contain herself.

"Our thinking is alike." I quiped, laughing.

"These are the side effects of staying longer than necessary with Emmett." She resorted back

"Hey! I resent that!" Emmett protested.

"Guys stop. What will Jane think of us?" Jasper finally had enough and decided to cut in. Suddenly, I yawned loudly.

"Alright guys, this is her medication kicking in. I suggest you give her some rest." Jane said as she started shooing everyone out of the room.

"Jeez, what's it with you brother and sister?" Alice resorted while Jane simply chuckled.

"Yeah, it's like both of them are trying to find ways to kick us out." Rosalie said in a fake hurt voice.

"Trust me you guys, I have no intention of being rude but these are the doctor's orders. He said that her pain medication will make her sleepy so when she gets sleepy she must sleep. It's good for recovery." Jane explained.

"Wow! It's like you are reading it from somewhere." Rosalie commented. I must say I was impressed too, she remembered it word to word almost like Carlisle was here giving me orders.

"I just have a good memory." She said shyly.

"Alright, we'll leave Bella alone but we'll come back later to get the doctor's consent." Alice nothing but yelled.

"Consent on what?" I asked.

"Consent on you going to my New Year's party." Rosalie replied as they all disappeared from sight.

"Rest Bella." Jane said with a smile as she close the door softly behind her. Slowly sleep engulfed me. It was about two hours later when I woke up. I was surprised when I noticed that no one else had come to visit me yet. I think it was all because of Jane. I laughed at that thought.

AlecPOV

I am scared. I really am. Not once I my life had I felt anything like this. Not once in my life have I witnessed anything like this. But the sight of my sister, all bruised and broken was enough to scare me. When Edward bought her I was immensely happy for my sister had made it back. When she did not pick her phone after the repeated attempts we all got scared. It was almost 9 when the real worrying started. You see, Bella is a very abiding girl. She would have made it home by then no matter what or atleast called to let us know. But it was all strange. And when Alice called to ask if Bella was alright we came worried. She said she was having a very bad feeling about all of this and we need to find her immediately. When she did not answer her phone dad set out with almost whole of the police force. Strange thing, Jane was missing too. So all of them, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Edward, Carlisle and dad along with the Forks Police department set out to find both of them. But when we all saw her condition, mom instantly broke into tears so did I. even Esme, Alice and Rosalie started crying. When Carlisle checked her and assured that it's nothing serious, all of us breathed a sigh of relief. When asked, Jane told us the whole story. Atleast till the part she knew. I was so proud of my sister. She had done such a brave thing even without thinking about herself. Even thought that thing came as no shock, it's always been her nature to think of everyone else before herself. My loving, selfless sister. Later, when she woke up everyone was relieved. Since it was late so Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were forced to go home with a promise that they will be alerted. I was sitting downstairs and at some time fell asleep. I was woken up by mom shaking me and saying that Bella woke up a few minutes ago but was put back to sleep due to the heavy medications. I went home with them but my mind was drifting off to the scene before. I just pray that I would never ever have to face that again. I was always considered the tough, big boy like my father. But this whole thing just came as a shock and I just couldn't control myself. And now here I am, standing just a few feet away from my sister, trying to look normal. After a moment of taking some deep breathes I creaked the door open.

BPOV

I was just lying when the door suddenly creaked open and my little brother peaked in but there was something off about him. Like he had aged a few years along the night. His usually blue eyes were almost black and clouded with worry.

"Hey" I said with a weak smile.

"Hi" he said softly and came in and sat on the chair besides my bed. "How are you?" was his first question

"Better" we sat there for a minute in silence.

"You know mom's making food by herself." He decided to end it.

"Really?" I asked in a surprised voice. Even thought mom knew basics of cooking she still hated it.

"Yeah, and truth to be told she's doing pretty good. Not that it could be compared to yours but it's still pretty good for someone like her." He said with a smile.

"Yeah, I wish I can get out of here and have some."

"There is no way you are getting out of here before Carlisle checks up on you again." I started to protest but he cut me off. "Mom's orders" I remained silent at it. "I just wanted to check up on you." He said quietly. "Without you it's all boring." I took his hand in mine and gave it a small squeeze. He looked up and smiled.

"I am fine, I really am." I assured him. That did it. He burst into tears leaving me dazed. As I recovered I pulled him to my chest. He sobbed voilently.

"I'm sorry, it's just seeing you last night, the way you looked. It was horrible." He continued as he sobbed.

"I know, I am sorry." I said rubbing his back in my desperate attempt to soothe him. I have never seen my brother so fragile, so scared. He was always the tough one, never once had I imagined that he would suffer from a breakdown like this.

"Promise me." He said pulling back, looking straight in the eyes and holding our entwined hands in the air. "Promise me that you would never do it again. No matter what." I looked at him for a moment. His eyes said nothing except for sadness, fear and pain. In his eyes I could almost see yesterday's night. How mom would've been, dad worrying, Alec scared, all of them desperate to find me. And when they did, crying to see my condition. We sat there for a long moment before I broke the silence.

"I promise."

Sorry guys if you expected something else, but I had to do this. After all Alec too deserves his chance.

I know, I know it's been quite a while since I last updated but I was kinda busy with all the exams and tests. But now since I am free I would be updating more often. In fact I have started working on the next chapter. Just bear with me and my new obsession, Bones. Oh God! I am mad after it. I downloaded all of its seasons and am watching it like ten episodes a day.

Lastly, please review. Also the other day someone commented about the gift Edward gave Bella on her birthday, the bracelet. I give you a question on it.

Whose bracelet do you think it is?

Give me your answers with you mail id cauz if you figure it out right, I will give you the next five chapters in advance. The choice is yours, also please spell the id.

Much Love,

Bella