BPOV

I was snuggled to Edward's side, thinking how much I loved him. I couldn't believe I finally had him, after all this weeks of suffering without him as even my friend.

"Bella?" Edward asked.

"Yeah?" I replied dreamily. He chuckled and sat up.

"Why are you laughing?" I asked him. I did not have one clue of why he was laughing, and I was afraid he was laughing at me.

"I was just thinking… how all seems like a dream. I can't believe we are finally together. I honestly thought you did not like me, and that you liked Shawn," he admitted sheepishly. Guilt washed over me, he did not know the story behind it, and I was as sure as hell he would find out one way or the other.

"Yeah, me too. But, the one I love is you," I told him with a smile. He flashed me a big smile, and gave me a peck on the lips. He helped me sit up, and we headed outside of the woods.

When we got to my house, Edward gave me a goodnight kiss, and I was left dazed in the porch of the house. When I finally came to my senses, I smiled, and went inside of the house. Charlie wasn't home yet, so I sat down on the couch, and started jumping up and down like a five year old thinking of Edward and me.

EPOV

I was so happy that I finally had Bella, after suffering so much these past weeks. The only thing bothering was that I felt as if Bella was hiding something from me, something big. On my way home, I heard my CD from Debussy, with a huge smile on my face, and at over 120 km an hour. I laughed, all of a sudden, remembering today's day *cough*Bella*cough*and me*cough*.

When I got home it was barely past 7 at night, so I crept upstairs to the music room. I had not played in the past weeks, I had no inspiration, but now, I had my inspiration back: Bella.

I sat on the bench, and slowly, I began to play anything that came to mind. I was startled by a light knock on the door, and I came to my senses and said.

"Come in," to whoever was outside of the room. As soon as the words slipped from my mouth, the door creaked open, and in came Alice.

"You are playing again," she noticed. "What do we owe this honor?" she asked sarcastically.

"Bella and I are together now," I mused. Alice's eyes widened and she squealed, then ran to me and gave me a hug. She pulled back and looked at me, then frowned.

"What is it, Edward? You seem troubled…" she asked. She had always had this kind of 6th sense for knowing when something was wrong, so I decided to tell her, there was no running away from it.

"I, I think Bella is hiding something from me. Something big, and that may be troublesome for her," I told Alice. She had this thoughtful look, then she looked at me intently.

"Do you think it has to do with what happened in the first week of school? When she and Emmett had a 'Family Emergency'" she asked while adding quotation marks to family emergency. I gave it some thought, how since then Bella hadn't seemed the same, and still today she looked tense.

"Yeah, that might be it," I decided. Alice nodded, and headed to her room. You could tell her brain was going 100 miles an hour, and that she was planning something. I could only hope it would cause no problems.

APOV

I was going to talk to Bella in that moment. I was very curious to find out the truth, but also a bit scared. What if it was something like she was an ax-murderer? Ok, where did that come from? Fine, so maybe I did not think she was an ax-murderer, but still, I had to come up with an idea for her secret. I headed outside of the house, and got in my car.

The sent hit my nostrils very strongly, and I smiled when I recognized who it was from. Jazzy. Jasper, Jasper, Jasper!! My head started singing his name, and a goofy smile appeared on my face. Today I had driven him home, since his car was at the mechanic's.

I had to concentrate, so I pulled out of the driveway and made my way to Bella's. When I got to Bella's house, I knocked on the door. Some seconds later, Bella appeared with a goofy smile on her face, which faded quickly when she saw me.

BPOV

Ahhhhh!! What could Alice want now?! She hadn't spoken to me in 3 weeks, and now, all of a sudden, she appears on my doorstep. The same day Edward and I get together. Shoot, I forgot, chances Edward would tell Alice about us were 100%.

"Alice? What are you doing here?" I asked confused. She smiled at me, kind of sadly and asked if she could come in. I nodded and led her to the living room.

"So… what are you doing here?" I asked her nervously.

"What? Do I have to have a reason to come here?" she asked me offended.

"After not talking to me for 3 weeks and giving me death glares?" I asked incredulously. She looked down, defeated, and fiddled with her fingers.

"Look, Bella. You don't know how sorry I am for all that. It's just that you broke my brother's heart really bad, and, family is family," she whispered.

"Alice, I love him. Practically since day 1 I have loved him. I know probably you don't believe me, but Shawn kissed me, and I never wanted him to," I said sadly.

"Bella, can I ask you something?" she asked me. I nodded. Alice sighed, and stared at me, then looked at me straight in the eye.

"The first week you and Emmet had a Family Emergency. It seemed pretty bad. What was, exactly, the emergency?" she asked. Oh no, anything but that!

"Alice, nobody can know what it was, I'm sorry," I told her.

"No, Bella! I have to know, I have my rights. You have kept all of your friends in the dark; there is something you are not telling us, something big. How the Hell are we supposed to help you when we have no clue what to do?!" Alice was fuming by then, so I sighed and gave in.

"You are right, I am sorry, Alice. But, for me to tell you, you have to understand 2 things. One, you CANNOT tell anybody, if you do, I will never tell you anything ever again. Two, your life will be in danger. Serious danger, so much that you could be dead by the end of the week. Do you understand?" I asked her. Alice looked taken aback, but quickly composed herself.

"Yes, Bella, I understand. What is the emergency?" Alice asked again. I took a deep calming breath before answering.

"Shawn," I said simply. Alice looked very confused, and quickly spoke her thoughts aloud.

"What about Shawn?"

"He is the emergency. Alice, he is the dangerous person," I explained. Alice's expression did not change, so I decided to tell her the straight story.

"Alice, I am going to start from when I was living back in Virginia." I said and sighed before continuing. "Alice, when I lived in Virginia, I was also a very shy girl. I had a huge crush on Shawn, the most popular guy in school. So you will understand my surprise when one day he asked me out. I quickly said yes, without even thinking it. So, the day of our date, it all started well. But, when the date was finishing, he started becoming a jerk and a huge pervert. When we got to my house, mom was out shopping, and Emmett was at a party. Shawn took advantage of that, and took me to my room. We started making out, an innocent act, when it changed. He started to remove my shirt, I protested, he slapped me, and took off all of my clothes. I was a virgin, and did not want to lose it with him. Alice… he abused me; and left me pregnant," I finished. Alice looked like a true murderer. Note to self: Never ever make Alice mad.

APOV

I could not believe what I was hearing. I mean, Bella had been abused? And pregnant?! I was seething with anger; I just wanted to kill Shawn. All my mind could process was: BLOODY MURDER!!

"He… what?!?" I yelled. Bella flinched, but I was too mad to apologize.

"He abused me… and left me pregnant," Bella whispered.

"Oh My God…" I said lost in thought. "What? How? When? Where?" I couldn't make a coherent question.

"H-He left me pregnant, Alice. A year ago. It all happened so fast," Bella whimpered. I rushed over to her side and enveloped her in a hug. "Then what happened?" I asked.

"Well, I will tell you more about that later. So, the day of the family emergency, it was when I found out Shawn was back. I had moved here to stay away from him, but I guess it did not work." She said.

"Bella, what about two weeks ago? When you got to school with a bruise on the cheek?" I asked. I was kind of afraid of what more she had to say.

"I was going out of school alone; Emmett had gone to leave Rose to her house. Shawn took me by surprise, and drove me here. He left the door open, both to the house and my room, and also shredded my coat. Emmett knows all about my habits, so he ran upstairs. Shawn was trying to abuse me again, Alice. But when I felt my shirt being removed, also Shawn was removed from on top of me. Emmett was then hitting Shawn with everything he had, but Shawn managed to get away. Before, when Shawn was trying to straddle me, I would not stop moving. So he slapped me; hard." She finished. I was boiling with anger again; how could someone do that to sweet Bella? I asked my other question.

"And on the other Thursday?" I asked.

"I was walking again out of school. Shawn caught up with me again, pushed me against the wall, threatened me, and kissed me. Edward showed up, looked at us, and ran away. Shawn had me pressed against the wall, so I could not run after Edward," she summarized. Now it was time for the big question…

"Bella, what about your baby? What happened to it? Did you have it?" I asked. Bella sniffled a little bit, and looked me straight in the eye.

"Alice, I had the baby, it was a she. I gave her for adoption; I just could not keep her. It would have made it all very difficult for me, also reminding me of Shawn all of the time. Alice, when she was born, I felt my heart break in pieces. She had my brown hair, but Shawn's blue eyes. She also had Shawn's straight nose, and my lips. Alice, she was beautiful. I loved her in the instant, but I had already signed every paper of the adoption, so there was no turning back. Now, I constantly wonder what it would have been like to keep my daughter," she cried. I hugged her again, but this time even harder. How could someone as sweet as Bella could have been through so much? She did not deserve it; nobody did.

"Bella, I am so, so sorry. I swear to God I will send the bastard to jail very soon," I growled.

"NO! Alice, you do not understand. The last person, who tried to turn him in, was killed. Do you know who that person was? Alice, it was my mom. She died because of me, her knowledge killed her. That was what I was afraid of you knowing, that you would also get killed," she cried again.

I cried along with Bella, for who knows how long. When we were saying goodbye, Bella looked me straight in the eye, and said.

"Alice, you CANNOT tell anyone. Not even Edward. You are not supposed to know anything, act as if you didn't. Please," she whimpered. I promised her, though I knew it would kill me not to tell. I got home, heartbroken, and dreamt of a little baby with brown hair, blue eyes, straight nose, and full lips.

So, yeah... So here is Chapter 9!!! it is the largest chapter I have made... i think. I know, I know, it was all of a sudden the whole thing. You didn't see the baby part coming, did ya? And if you did, please, let me believe the lie. Remember: you didn't see it coming... at all. Jaja! Nah, kidding. So, pretty please review!! I am pretty sure the more reviews, the faster i write and longer too. :D

Leah.