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-Claire-


"Don't Ever Feel Alone"

"Chapter 2:Lack of Concentration

(Bella P.O.V)

*Beep, Beep, Beep *

I was woken up by the annoying sound of my alarm clock. I looked over to it reluctantly and what I could make out from my squinted eyes, it was 6:30 am. Why is it when you alarm goes off your bed is suddenly comfortable?

I leaned over and pressed the off button and slowly made my way out of bed and proceeded to walk to bathroom. Eventually I was ready, it didn't take me long, but when you have a nightmare that keeps you up most of the night, it took a little longer than normal because of my zombie state.

My dream was about the other night when I saved Alice Cullen from that deranged creep, go figure right, the dream mostly consisted of ways that it would have gone if I couldn't protect myself, but thankfully It wasn't all bad, I mean the dream ended pretty much the way it really did, it ended with me and Alice talking here on my couch, and for some reason I couldn't get Alice off my mind.

I really, really hate Mondays, College was always the worst on Mondays because everyone would be busy and crowd the hallways, making it impossible for little olé Bella to get to her classes on time. I wonder if I could just skip?

My thoughts were interrupted by three rather loud bangs on my front door.

"Bella, come on we're gonna be late" I heard in a familiar voice, and I also heard a whining dog and new exactly who was at the door.

I grunted and walked over to the door, opening it to find a 'Larger than life' Jacob towering over me, I smiled at him and then looked to his side to see his dog, Spike lying on the ground. He was a husky dog and kinda looked like a russet coloured wolf, he was massive compared to the dogs you see going around now,

"Hey Spike!" I said bending down to rub his awaiting belly, Jacob scoffed and I looked up to him,

"Oh that's nice, I don't get a 'hello' but he does, I don't think I will be bringing him with me next time" he said crossing his arms and looking away from me, I stood up again and smiled at him,

"Good morning Jake" I said teasingly, rubbing the top of his head like I did to Spike, he looked back to me smirking,

"That's better" he said and I motioned for them to walk in,

"You know Jake I'm pretty capable of driving myself to College" I said with a smirk,

"Well now, that's not entirely true, remember what happened last Monday?"

Thoughts were flooding through my mind of me falling down and almost braking my neck when I was walking down the stairs of my building.

"that wasn't my fault, the floor was went with no warning signs" I explained as I grabbed the last couple of things I needed, I ran into the kitchen,getting the first aid kit and quickly put a bandage over my right hand, I then covered it in a glove so Jake wouldn't notice and ask questions. I walked back into the room to see him smirking once again.

"Sure it wasn't, anyway I like going with you, which reminds me, can I leave Spike here?" he asked clamping his hands together pleadingly,

"why don't you take him with you?" I asked as I was putting my shoes on,

"well I would but the kennels there are expensive, and I don't much money as it is" he told me as we made our way to the door, "why didn't you leave him at home?" I asked confused as why he even bothered bringing him out,

"He loves to visit you Bella, plus he loves it here" he said as I opened the front door,

I thought about it, Spike was house trained at least so I guess there is no reason to say no,

"Fine, but you ow me" I said pointing my finger at him,

"Sweet! Thanks Bells, See ya later buddy" he said to spike as he walked out of the door, I heard Spike whining on the inside as I locked the door.

Then I turned back to Jacob who just smiled at me,

"Come on, we better get going" he said and walked down the hall, and out to his truck, and I followed.

Even though Jake can be a pain in the ass sometimes I'm glad he's my friend. After what happened to my parents Jake was there for me, when I returned to Forks he was always there to comfort me and be there when I needed him, I'm lucky to have a best friend like Jacob, he's all I have here, apart from my school friends of course, but Jake was like my brother.

It didn't take long to get to College. When he eventually found a parking space – another reason why I hate Mondays – we both got out the truck and walked up towards the campus.

"So what did you do the weekend, anything interesting?" he asked and my mind went back to the last couple of days.

"well on Saturday I went out with some friends to Port Angeles" I mentioned, I didn't really want to tell him that I saved a beautiful girl and myself from getting raped, I got a feeling that wouldn't go down well. I think it's best to keep that to myself for the safety of school property.

"cool, you know me and you haven't hung out in ages, you should come down to the reservation for a visit, I'm sure everyone wants to see you" he said before we separated to go to class, I nodded to him and shouted from across the hall, "Sure, should be fun" his face turned into the biggest grin then he waved to me before he turning the corner of the hall.

Jake used to go to school on the reservation, but he didn't get along with some of the people there, so he came here, this place is a High school and a College mixed together, so we see each other all the time.

I'm studying to become an author, or trying to, it's always been something I wanted to do, something that you can use your imagination to its full potential without people thinking you're crazy, my parents supported me about it, being an author has been a big ambition of mine since I was younger and it's always interested me.

I walked into my crowded class room and sat down at my desk, ignoring the stares from people, everyone knew what had happened to my parents by now and that's when all of the stares started, now though I have become used to it so its not that intimidating any more. I don't know anyone in this class, so I didn't really talk to anyone, I just sat down and waited for the teacher, I took off my gloves and put them in my bag, I couldn't keep them on all day I would be itching like mad. Then before I knew it class started.

When class finished It was lunch, the worst part of the day, I hate walking in to the hall and every ones eyes are on me, I can handle it in a small classroom, but not a massive dinner hall, it really messes with your self esteem, if Jake and Angela weren't in there I wouldn't even bother going in.

I slowly walking in went to collect my food, you know this menu really needs to be checked to see if anything is actually edible, I think the only thing that Is, is the fruit, and even that looks funky today.

When I collected my food, I saw Jake waving to me to join him, he was sitting by himself like usual on a little table near the back of the hall, we didn't really socialize with others much, sometimes when Angela isn't busy with the school newspaper she comes and sits with us and if she does, then Jessica and Mike sit with us too and with Mike's flirtatious comments it can get pretty tiring, and lets just say that Jacob tells him where to stick his chat up lines.

I was walking towards Jacob, when I failed to notice a guy bombing towards me, everyone knows that my reaction time is terrible so as per usual, I fell , but not without taking my food with me, and like always I could hear laughs around me, I slowly came back to reality and noticed Jacob coming towards me, he smiled and me a pulled me up, holding onto my non-bandaged hand, as I hid the other in my pocket and away from his eagle eyes.

"Hey Bells, you sure know how to make an entrance don't you?" he said and I stuck my tongue out at him, he laughed as I brushed myself off, it was then that I noticed that I spilled my water all over my jeans, making look like I had wet myself,

"You okay?" he asked quietly, I nodded to him, "Yeah, I'm just gonna, you know, go and dry off" I said in embarrassment, he smiled at me and I walked away from him and walked out of the room, ignoring the strange looks that were coming my way.

By now I was running to the bathroom and walked in, well I would have if I didn't do another clumsy act and bump into someone else on the way in, we both fell to the floor, and what I could gather from my blurred eyesight is that I was now pinning said person on the floor.

My vision suddenly came back to me as I apologised "Sorry, are you okay?" I said blinking and looked down at the victim of my clumsiness. I suddenly took in the petite girl underneath me, her hair was short and familiar, and her eyes were familiar also, I realised that I was still on stop of her as I saw her whipping her eyes trying to focus on me, I slowly found my voice and spoke,

"Alice? Is that you?" I exclaimed loudly, I watched as she looked up at my face, she stared at me and then something clicked, she looked at me with a 'deer in the headlights expression'.

"Bella?!" her expression quickly changed to a face splitting smile, I quickly stood up, extending my hand to her, she took it and I pulled her off the ground, and to my surprise I felt two arms around my shoulders and I was pulled into a tight hug.

She drew back and looked at me with a smile.

I was too caught up in her features and for once I had forgotten how to talk, she looked even more radiant than she did the other night.

"I didn't know you came here, Bella?" she asked, she was now holding my hands, I managed to get my mind on track and spoke.

"Ugh yeah,I haven't been here that long, but I guess you never knew me so you wouldn't have noticed me" I said and I couldn't keep the smile off my face, I was ecstatic to see her here, and the fact that she attends here is even better. This day was turning out better than I had thought.

"well I guess that makes sense, it's so good to see you again, and I'm sorry for bumping into you" she said with a sad smile on her face as she looked down at my hands, no doubt noticing the bandage on my hand as she leg go of my injured hand the second she realised.

"No don't be, it was my fault, I was running and I'm more clumsy than you realise" I said with a laugh.

It was silent after that as we stared at each other happily, then I noticed Alice's eyes glancing down at my soaked jeans, she let out a small chuckle and looked back up to me,

"Were you that excited to see me Bella?" she said as she covered her mouth to stop herself from bursting out laughing, I blushed and laughed quietly.

"Well I am glad to see you but that's not why I am drenched, as I said before I'm very clumsy" I said to her, she nodded in understanding, I would have stayed there all day holding her hand but I was getting colder and colder and I needed to dry up before I head back to class.

"It was nice to see you again Alice, I gotta go dry off, maybe I'll see you around" I said regretfully,

She pouted, and I swear that was the cutest thing ever. But then she went back to her smile,

"I'll help you!" she shouted, and I laughed at her hyper attitude, it way better than what she was like the other night.

"It's okay you don't have to" I said as I went to let go of her hand, but she gripped it tighter and looked at me,

"I want to help Bella, I ow you anyway, plus you can't stand in your underwear in a public bathroom while you dry your jeans under the dryer" she had a very good point, but I didn't want her to waste time helping me with something so stupid, I was about to tell her that when she lifted her finger to my lips,

"don't say no because you don't have a choice" she said smirking as she removed her finger from my lips and dragged me into the bathroom, thankfully there was no one else in there but us, she pushed me into a stall and told me to remove my jeans, I complied and chucked them over the top of the door, I could hear her drying them at the dryer, I was glad that it wasn't a loud one because I could still talk to her while it was running,

"thanks for this Alice" I said meekly, I could tell she was smiling even though I couldn't see her,

"Your welcome Bella" she said as she continued to dry, I stood with my back against the door, there was silence in the room and I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking about,

"hows your hand?" she asked suddenly, and I was searching for something to say, eventually remembering some actual words.

"It's getting better, thanks for asking" I said as I heard the dryer stop and my jeans were hung on the door,

I put them on checking that there was nothing else wet and then I exited the stall, I couldn't help but feel miserable as I saw Alice standing there looking at me with guilt written across her face,

"I'm sorry" she said as she looked down at the floor, I couldn't help but move closer to her and grab her hand,

"Sorry for what?" I asked , her eyes drifted to my bandaged hand and she stroked it lightly. She was still blaming herself for my injury, even though it wasn't her fault in the first place.

"Alice, none of that was your fault, I promise okay, you have nothing to be sorry about" I said as I shook her hands in mine,

She looked up to me and she smiled. Then I looked down to my watch , I had 45 minutes left of lunch, I looked back to Alice who seemed to know what I was thinking,

"shall we go?" she asked as she looped her arm around mine, I nodded to her and we walked back into the dining hall.

As soon as we entered all eyes were on us, Alice let go of my arm and looked to me,

"well I'll let you get back to your friend" she said as she looked over to Jake who was now calling me, "Oh and thanks for the note" she said with a wink before she walked away over to collect her food.

I smiled as she danced over to the line, I then walked over to sit next to Jake who was looking at me with a confused expression.

"What?" I asked as I stole a grape from his tray,

"Since when do you know one of the Cullen's?" he asked and I looked at him, his brow was furrowed in confusion and I took another grape.

"What, you mean Alice?" I asked and he nodded,

"I met her in Port Angeles the other night, I, ugh, gave her a ride home" well I wasn't exactly lying, I did give her a ride home, just not the same night.

"Oh" he said as he looked over to where Alice was standing in line, I followed his eyes to see Alice paying for her food and smiling at the guy behind the till.

"Why do you sound so surprised?" I asked laughing at him, his eyes came back to mine and he brow furrowed,

" it's just the Cullen's don't really socialize much and I was just shocked to see her like that with you that's all" he said as he continued to wolf down his meal.

"well I don't really know them I just met Alice, do the rest of them come here?" I asked, trying to get some more information on the interesting family that is the Cullen's.

"Yeah they do,I'm surprised you have never heard of them, they're quite the celebrities of this school, but I'm not sure why they aren't here today" he stated, and for once I knew the answer to that question.

"they're on vacation" I said simply as I reached in for another grape, I really should have got some of these myself, he looked at me as if to say 'how do you know'

"Alice told me" I said shrugging, then my attention was back on Alice as I watched her walk over to an empty table at the back of the hall. She was going to sit alone? Doesn't she have any friends here? Then again there was only me and Jacob that sat at this table, although lots of girls wanted to sit with Jake, but he didn't want the hassle.

I looked over to see Alice, looking lonely whilst eating her lunch, I contemplated whether to ask the question that is on my mind, well it's now or never,

"Hey Jake, do you mind if I ask Alice to come sit with us?" I asked him, he looked to me and then over to Alice, he smiled and turned to face me again,

"that's fine with me" he said and I grinned at him, I then got out of my chair and walked over towards where Alice was seated, as I approached her table I could feel the eyes burning in the back of my skull but I just ignored then.

When I got to the table Alice then looked up and smiled, "Bella!" she said

"hey again, Alice" I said and I fidgeted with my hands, I looked down at them as I asked her,

"I was just wondering if you wanted to come and sit with us, I mean you don't hav-"

"I'd love to" she said, her voice was melodic, I looked up to her and she was smiling,

"that's great" I stated and she stood from her seat. We walked back over to my table and Alice sat next to me and across from Jake.

"Jacob this is Alice, Alice this is Jacob" I said motioning to one another.

They smiled at each other and Jacob extended his hand out to Alice, he was actually being a gentleman, he does surprise me a lot these days.

"It's nice to meet you Alice" he said and she took his , his hand was large compared to her dainty one.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too Jacob" she said with her lovely smile, I couldn't help but stare but I tried by best not to and tried to make up conversation.

"So Alice, your family is still on Vacation?" I asked pinching another grape from Jacobs plate, he glared at me and I smiled cheekily at him , Alice giggled and answered my question,

"Yeah, they come back tomorrow, finally" she said as she looked at her plate, she looked deep in thought, and I looked to Jacob, he just shrugged and continued eating.

"So you don't you get scared being by yourself in that big house?" I asked her and she shook her head,

"I don't mind it, I just miss my family, we are very close" she said and I couldn't help think about my family, well not that there was much of it left, just my aunt and my cousins, and if you classed Jake as my brother he was in there too.

"so what are you studying here Alice?" Jacob asked as he looked at her, she looked back at him,

"I'm studying Fashion design, I kinda always loved clothes so I thought why not learn to make them!" she said in her hyper tone and we laughed together

Then Jacob started getting up from his chair and I looked to him, "I gotta go early Bella, the teacher wants to see me, I'll catch you later, nice meeting ya Alice" he said with a smile and took off,

"Bye Jacob" we both said in unison, silence was between us now as I twiddled my thumbs, I invited her here and now I don't even know what to say

"I guess it's a bit boring sitting with me huh, at least you can sit with you family tomorrow" I said looked over to her, she shook her head and smiled,

"I enjoy sitting with you Bella, it's nice to have a friend, well I don't know if that's what we are but that what I feel you are to me" she confessed and I smiled at her and turned my chair slightly to look at her,

"Of course I'm your friend Alice" I said and took her hand,

"It's nice for me to have a friend too, I don't really know that many people here, the only friends I really have are Jake and Angela" I chuckled and she looked relieved

"That's great then because I really wanted us to be friends" she said and I stared into her beautiful enticing blue eyes.

Then I heard the bell sound, and I grunted, of all the bad luck, Alice smiled at me and stood from her seat, I stood as well, and we walked out of the lunch room together.

"Well I guess I will see you later" I said nervously, I felt the blush on my face and I could feel my heart going ten to the dozen, she smiled and nodded at me

"Of course!" she said 'as matter of factly'

I smiled again at her, her contagious smiling was working again and I couldn't stop now, I waved her off, and I walked back to class, for another couple of hours of learning, what fun.

And finally the day is over! I made it out alive, even though I didn't listen to a word the the teacher was saying I was too fixated on Alice, I couldn't get her off my mind again and I didn't really want to, to be honest.

I walked out of class and headed for the car park, to find a worried Jacob Black standing by his truck, his face was like a hand written apology in itself,

"What's wrong?" I said when I reached him and he bit his lip,

"You know when I said I had to see the teacher?" he asked and I nodded slowly,

"well I gotta stay here for a while, apparently I need to do some research for a paper with up to date stuff they have here, so I can't take you home" he said quickly, I nearly didn't get any of what he said he had said it that quickly,

"That's okay, I can just walk, I mean it's not that far" I shrugged and he looked even more guilty than before if that was even possible,

"I'm really sorry Bells" he said biting his lip once more,

"Don't worry Jacob, oh but what about Spike?" I asked and he looked at me in shock,

"oh I forgot about him" he said as he scratched the back of his head,

"I'll keep him at my place until you're finished" I said and he pulled me into a hug,

"Thanks Bells" he shouted before running off towards the campus again, I shook my head and started walked towards home.

I was walking down a straight road now, I was already tired and I had only been walking for two minutes, I was literally limping to my house now, as you can imagine, I tripped earlier and now I hurt my ankle, I know! My bad luck is the worst.

I was taken by surprise when I saw a canary yellow Porsche drive past me and then it came to and abrupt stop about 10 feet away from me, I stopped for a minute, deciding whether to carry on walking or just wait till it drove off.

Then it started reversing and was beside me, I couldn't see who was in the car because of it's tinted windows. The stared into the window looking at nothing but glass and then it rolled down, I looked in a took a relieved sigh, placing my hand on my frantic heart

"Alice, you scared the crap out of me!" I stated looking at her face as she just simply smiled at me,

"Sorry Bella, but I saw you limping and I was worried, are you hurt? Why are you walking home?" she asked and I couldn't help but smile at her, her worried expression was actually quite cute.

"Well I kinda fell over earlier and hurt my ankle and Jacob had to stay at the school so I had no choice but to walk home" I said and she looked irritated,

"Bella! You should have told me, I could have drove you home!" she explained,

"I know but you helped me today and I didn't want to ask you, you might have had plans" I said and she shook her head,

"Bella, I would have said yes if you asked me, it's better than you walking alone, and with a busted ankle, get in already" she said and I smiled gratefully at her and walked round to the passenger seat.

"Thanks Alice" I said for the second time today , she smiled at me and continued driving down the road,

We sat in silence as she drove, she was going down all the right lanes and I didn't even have to tell her any directions.

"You remember where I live?" I asked her in wonderment that she could remember from only coming here once.

"Well when you drove me to your house I took in the whole drive, so I could remember how to get home if I needed to" she said , I was surprised, that's why she didn't talk while we were driving from Port Angeles.

"how observant of you" I said smirking at her, she turned her head and grinned at me.

"Isn't it just?" she said and I couldn't hold my laugh in, she joined me and I realised all too soon that we were outside my apartment.

I looked to Alice who seemed to have a sad smile on her face, "Well thanks again for the ride Alice, it means a lot to me" I said as I unbuckled my seatbelt,

"It was my pleasure Bella, oh and here" she said as she reached into her pocket to pull out a piece of paper, she then handed it to me and I looked at it to see numbers on it,

"Call me, in case you ever need a ride again, or if you just want to talk" she said and I nodded in thanks, I opened the door and hopped out of the expensive car. She must have had quite a bit of money to own this. No wonder they were the talk of the school

"See you tomorrow?" I asked before I closed the door,

"affirmative!" she shouted back and I laughed as I closed the door, she moved the car so that the drivers side was next to me and she looked at me.

"Bye Bella, and rest that ankle" she yelled,

"Don't worry I will" I yelled back and she smiled as she drove off down the road.

Once again I was left alone at my apartment, thinking of the mystery that is

Alice Cullen.


A/N: hey, hoped you all liked it, please review if you can, its greatly appreciated, and I also put a picture of what Spike (Jacob's Dog) would look like on my profile, so check it out if you want. xx

Much love to ya.....xxx

-Claire-