APOV

"Hello Alice?" I heard someone say down the phone

"Umm Who is this?" I asked slightly confused

"It's Charlie Bella's dad." The man said

"Oh?" I replied half acknowledging and half 'really why are you calling me?'

"Yeah. Umm Bella asked me to call you and tell you that she's sorry for today and for the fact she won't be in school for a while. A case has came up." I slammed the phone down on him. I couldn't help it. Bella was off again. Heaven only knows when I would see her again. She might get hurt. She might be killed. She might...She might

"I have to go down the Police station." I said as I slammed the door shut. I ran the whole way praying that she hadn't left yet. I needed to tell her to be careful. I arrived at the station only slightly out of breath. I went calmly through the doors and said to the receptionist

"I need to see Emmet."

"What reason?" She asked

"Personal. Tell him its Alice. Blackie's friend"

"Right. Go and sit there. Emmet will be out soon." She replied pointing to a row of uncomfortable plastic chairs that were bolted together. I sat and started to bite my finger nails. It seemed like a lifetime before Emmet appeared leading an old lady out.

"Now you be safe Miss. Vero." He said before turning to me and said

"Blackie's friend Alice. What can I do for you?"

"Has Bella gone yet?" I asked standing up.

"Yeah. Sorry Alice-chan. You just missed her. Literally."

"Oh. O.K. Well when she gets in contact tell her I said be safe." I said before turning to leave. Emmet caught my arm and turned me round to face me

"Could you come through with me for a minute." He said. His face was soft so I knew he wasn't going to interrogate me so I went through with him. He took me into a room labeled 'Soft room one'. All the chairs looked much more comfortable than the plastic ones. Emmet motioned for me to sit so I did.

"Yes Emmet?" I asked trying not to shake

"Don't worry. Your not in trouble." He said sitting opposite me

"Imouto-chan, that means little sister, doesn't have many friends. She pushes people away. Do you know how she started working for us?" He asked I shook my head.

"Well...it was about two years ago now. We caught her during a street fight. She tried to run away but she ran straight into another squadron of officers. She convinced us all that she was disabled so it couldn't have been her fighting. It was of course. She was fighting with her Ex-Girlfriends new Girlfriend. They had all come to Port Angeles for a shopping trip and Jessica had started to wind Bella up. Knowing that Bella was friends with Rosalie before dating her. Bella got really annoyed and lashed out. Rose tried to break them up and ending up getting involved. We were called out and all three of them were brought in. I noticed Bella and asked if I could interview her. I was allowed so I started to talk to her. She explained how she only acted disabled so that people thought she was vulnerable and tried to mug her. She then beat them up with the stick and dumped them outside a police station with a note attached telling us their name address and a witness statement. So unknown to all of us she was 'The Mugging catcher', loads of the people she had caught described her and I saw her a few times on the street but she didn't look like the person they described as she looked to confident. They all said that she looked harmless until they attacked her." Emmet paused a minute and I realised that my mouth was hanging open trying to imagine Bella looking harmless.

"When I found out who she really was I spoke to my superior and told her. She listened to the tape and heard that she was telling the truth. They made a deal that she could go free if she agreed to work for us as a U.C. She agreed and did her first case that week. She moved in with her Father to be closer to her work. That was about the same time she started your school." I nodded wondering if he was going to go on. When he didn't I asked

"But why does she push people away?" Emmet looked at me as though he was trying to figure out whether to answer or not. Then he replied

"After what happened with Rosalie and Jessica she swore that she would never fall for her friend again. She thought that the best way to do that was to push people away."

"So why hasn't she pushed me away?" I asked curious now

"I suppose at first she didn't think that she would fancy you. Before you get offended she has proved herself wrong. She has fallen for you. Hard. So she thinks she has proved herself right. I need you to prove her wrong. Just try to love her back. She needs it. She is still healing and if this goes wrong she will broken beyond repair." Emmet looked at me. I had tears in my eye's

"I didn't think that she..." I broke off and started to cry.

"Didn't think that she what?" Emmet asked urging me to go on. I didn't look up and said in a very small voice

"I didn't think that she would return my feelings.

Emziiee-xxx: Ooh interesting development. Tell me what you think. Next chapter we get to see Bella working :)|(:

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