Seven

I crawled into bed, and lay there thinking about everything that happened to me. This was my punishment. For living when my parents had died, for behaving the way I had been, for loving Edward. For everything. God left me alive to suffer my entire life. Edward claimed he loved me, but left me anyway, and Jacob had betrayed me in the worst possible way. What else would I suffer? Who else could he take from me?

"Bella!"

I groaned loudly. It had taken me a long time to finally get to sleep, and even then I kept having stupid nightmares of Jacob and Edward. They've all left me alone this long, and now suddenly they want to pay attention to me? Stupid vampires.

"Go away!" I yelled.

"It's three in the afternoon." Alice chimed through my door.

Hmm, okay so I slept longer than I actually thought. Oh well, if I stayed in bed forever, I couldn't get hurt anymore.

"Go away!" I yelled again.

APOV-

I glared at Bella through her door before stomping back to my room. I grabbed my phone, and dialed my idiotic brother's cell phone.

"Alice." Edward greeted warily. I couldn't help but smirk. He always knew when something wasn't right. When I wasn't just calling to chat. I was very glad he'd answered today as he had been ignoring me the past few days.

"Come home Edward. Something's happened with Bella. My visions aren't good." I stated quickly. Never could be sure when he would hang up anymore. One wrong word about Bella, and he was finished.

"Alice, we've talked about this. You said her drinking will stop, and you're rarely wrong." I growled in frustration. Honestly, he could be so stubborn at the most inappropriate times!

"Something new, something worse. I need help with this, Edward." I rebutted.

I heard him sigh. Yes! I had won. Ha. Take that stubborn jerk.

"I'll be there in a month. The semester will be over, and I can transfer out then. If I leave sooner, it may draw attention. Will that suffice?" He asked.

"Perfect! Bye Edward!" I hung up, and went to make something to eat for Bella. Now, I just had to keep her alive until Edward got back.

BPOV-

I hadn't gone back to sleep after Alice left earlier, I just wasn't getting out of bed. I heard my door creek open, but I didn't move. What did it matter?

"Bella? I brought you some soup, and a grilled cheese." Alice stated quietly.

"Not hungry." I mumbled. I felt the bed shift, and opened my eyes to find Alice sitting next to me, knees folded to her chest. Great. Guilt trips.

"What happened last night? You were screaming off and on all night." She asked quietly. I tensed, and knew she noticed it. "Nothing Alice, I'm fine."

"You are a terrible liar! I am your best friend Bella! You can tell me anything!" She pleaded. I have no excuse for what I said next, other than I needed to be mad at someone, and she was the first person to ask me anything.

"Why don't you look into the past for a change Alice! Or maybe you should have looked harder that day! Then you'd already know what happened wouldn't you? Hell, you could have stopped it from happening at all!" I snapped. She jumped up like I'd burned her, which in a way I guess I had.

"That's not fair Bella! You know I can't see clearly when you're around that dog!" She yelled back

"Get out! Now, Alice!" I yelled. I didn't want to say something else I would regret. My mouth had already said enough. She turned, and walked to the door. With her back to me, she said "I tried to warn you. I told you not to go. I said something bad would happen, but you were too drunk to listen." And then, she was gone. I lay there for hours, crying and feeling like shit. She was my best friend, and I couldn't even tell her! I lashed out at the one person I'm supposed to trust with my life. Stupid, stupid Bella!