Disclaimer: I do NOT own Twilight or any of its characters! The only thing I own is Spike (the dog)

A/N: Hey everyone, here is another chapter for you, I hope you are liking it, I enjoy writing it anyway.

-Claire-


"Don't Ever Feel Alone"

"Chapter 3: Arrivals"

(Bella P.O.V)

"You know I love you don't you?"

"Yes You Do, cause you're a good boy that's why!"

It comes to something when you are completely bored that you are talking to a dog. Especially one that looks at you as if to say you are mentally challenged.

I was sitting on my couch with Spike at my feet begging for food as per usual. Jacob still hasn't come to pick him up yet, I mean it was four hours ago that Alice dropped me off here. I guess I should phone him or something, knowing him he probably forgot about his own dog and ran back to his house for a nap, wouldn't surprise me at all if that's what happened.

I reached down into my pocket for my phone but nothing was there, I did the same to the other pocket, and basically to every pocket that was attached to my clothes, and still no phone, great!

Now I can't even call him cause I've lost my damn phone, where could I have lost it? College maybe? Or Jake's truck?

I sat there for a while trying to figure out where I had lost it when I decided to take a shower, it would turn up eventually, I hope.


30 Minutes Later

I stepped out of the shower and put my robe on that was hanging on the bathroom door, I walked out of the steamed room to find.......the T.V on? Ok now I'm slightly freaked out, I didn't put that on before I went in right?

I walked further in the room, no one was in there, so I turned to the kitchen, then I heard talking....talking?

I walk slowly round the corner trying not to make a sound in case I needed to call the cops. I sneaked round the corner and I saw someone standing at the fridge with it open.

I walked slowly towards whoever it was and then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I couldn't help the scream that escaped my mouth, then the person turned round that was at the fridge, I stood there in shock,

"Rosalie?" I asked incredulously, staring at her in shock, but then I turned round and copied my former expression,

"Jasper?" I shouted and they both started to burst out in laughter, I harnessed the rage that I had and glared at them.

"You guys scared the crap out of me!" I shouted not trying to keep the anger out of my voice,

"Sorry Bella, we didn't mean to" Jasper said, being a gentleman but still laughing,

"Why did you scream?" Rosalie asked calming down from her giggles, I walked over and sat at the small table and they joined me,

"Well you know when people come in to my home and I don't know about I should be aloud to be scared for my life, for all I knew you could have been thieves or something" I shouted running a hand through my hair,

"Well you did give us keys and we were knocking for ages, so we just let ourselves in" she said triumphantly,

"Well I don't know whether you noticed but I was in the shower!" I said sarcastically and Rosalie put her hands up in front of her in defence,

"We didn't disturb you, so no harm done" she said smiling at me, there was no point in arguing, Rosalie pretty much wouldn't stop until she was right, so I quit while I was ahead.

"anyway......Why are you here?" I said quickly changing the subject, I stared at them before Jasper finally spoke,

"we wanted to come check on you, we haven't seen you since you moved all the way here, we wanted to see if our little cousin was doing ok" he explained ruffling my hair, I glared at him and swatted his hand away,

"So you came all the way here for a visit? I asked with my mouth slightly agape, they looked between each other and smiled they looked back to me,

"Well not quite, were gonna be staying for a while" he said scratching his neck, then he looked to me,

"how longs while?" I asked and he laughed,

"about a couple years" he exclaimed and I'm sure from my facial expression that they knew I was shocked,

"how come? is aunty alright?" I asked in a panic, and they just laughed a little,

"Don't worry Bells, she fine, we just wanted to give her some space, its been busy up there with work and she was the one who suggested that we come down here for a while" Rose said as she stood from the chair and went back over to the fridge,

"Oh well that nice, so where are you staying?" I asked, I could hear Rose rummaging around in the fridge , "Well we rented a two bedroomed apartment, it's not great but it will do" he said laughing to himself, I smiled at him and reached for his hand,

"Well I'm glad you're both here, I missed you a lot" I said and he smiled softly at me and placed his hand on top of mine,

"We missed you two Bells, so tell me what's new, anything interesting?" he said lifting his eyebrow, and I looked at him confused,

"Um no....why are you looking at me like that?" I asked as I heard the fridge door close and Rose came back to sit down at the table with nearly the whole contents of my fridge in her hands,

"Well when we got here, a certain half naked guy came here looking for his dog, I'm pretty sure he said his name was Jacob" he said smirking at me, I laughed. He was half naked? What a surprise, well not really seen as he spends most of his time with his shirt off than on. At least he came back for Spike, poor dog was starving, and I only have enough food for myself, well until Rose got her grubby mitts on them.

"Oh right, yeah he's that guy I told you about remember? He lives on the Reservation over in La Push, he's just a friend" I said frowning at them

"If you say so" Rosalie said as she gorged herself on my food, Jasper shook his head at her and looked back to me,

"Well it's late, we should get going" he said as he scraped the chair back and stood up he then looked to his side and stared at Rose, she then stopped eating and looked up to him, she huffed and got out of her seat too,

"I'm coming" she said as she walked across the kitchen, I laughed and followed them to the front door,

"Well it was nice to see you guys, I guess I'll see you round, your welcome here whenever you want" I said with a smile as I opened the door,

"Thanks Bella, oh and you will see us tomorrow" he said just as they walked out but I spoke before they could walk off,

"What do you mean? Tomorrow?" I asked in confusion, he looked back and ran a hand through his hair,

"were gonna be attending that College of yours while we're here" he said and then Rosalie smirked,

"Really? That's great, well I guess I'll see you tomorrow" I smiled, they returned them

"Bye Bella" Rosalie said as she turned the corner, Jasper waved before he followed and I sent one back.

When they were gone I shut and locked the door, I leaned on the door while I gathered my thoughts up, I mean It's great that they came here, It's just being with them reminds me of when I was living there after my parents died and It's gonna be hard but I missed them being near so I'm gonna try my best not to dwell on it too much.

I smiled to myself thinking about how everyone will react to the new additions tomorrow, no doubt Rose will draw attention, Jasper probably will too, oh I almost forgot, Alice's brothers are gonna be there too. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what the other Cullen's are like, I wonder if they are hyper and kind like Alice, I kinda hope they are not, I like Alice being like that, it makes her kinda unique in a way, I laughed to myself at how excited Alice was when she told me and Jacob about her course she is doing at College.

The rest of the night was pretty much me thinking about Alice, I'm not really sure why? But I just guess having a friend like that really gives you a lot to think about, I mean she funny, sweet, hyper, passionate, beautiful. I mean most of those things I'm not, It's strange that Alice wants to be friends with someone so plain. But that's Alice for you.

I tidied up Rose's mess in the kitchen before I went to bed. For a girl with her figure she can sure eat a lot. I set my alarm old alarm seen as I can't find my damn phone!, and drifted off into a peaceful sleep ready for the next escapade that happens in my life.


"Bella?? I know you're in there answer the door, you seriously gonna be late!"

Is that Jacob??

"Bella!"

Yeah that's Jacob.....why is he being so loud?

I got up and walked to the front door and swung it open, I saw Jacob giving me a half amused and half panicked face, "Why are you being so loud Jake?" I asked rubbing my eyes,

"Bella do you even know what time it is?" he asked and I shrugged, I was still in half asleep zombie mode so my normal functions were operating just yet. Jacob sighed and lifted his arm so I could look at his watch, I grabbed his arm and pulled it closer to my eyes, what I could make out was..............7:30!

"Jake! Why didn't you tell me?" I said running back into my room to find some reasonable clothes to wear, and straight after I darted into the bathroom,

"I tried Bells, I was banging on the door for about twenty minutes, what happened?" he asked as I raced to the hall to put my converse on,

"I don't know, I lost my phone and I had to use my other alarm clock it must be broke or something" Damn it! Why do converse take ages to put on?

"You lost your phone? No wonder, I thought you were ignoring me" he said with a smirk and I stood grabbing a brush combing through my hair quicker than the speed of light and getting my keys, I ran and pushed Jake out the door.


Thankfully we got there just in time, I was now sitting in my boring class looking at the teacher draw on the board, I was taking notes absent-mindedly as I thought about my meeting Alice's brothers, I was actually getting nervous, it startled me when the bell rung and I nearly fell out of my seat, I had been on edge all morning.

I gathered my stuff and headed to the door, and I nearly jumped out of my skin when I walked out of the door to see someone waiting for me.

"Bella!" she shouted and jumped at me giving me a tight hug, I smiled into her neck as she continued to hold me,

"Hey Alice, how are you today?" I asked as she let me go, she was practically beaming and I couldn't hold back my giggle,

"I'm perfect! And you?" she asked as she gripped one of my hands,

"I'm good thanks, you seem to be in a good mood" I stated and she smiled again showing her glowing white teeth,

"Well I have reason to be, I'm here with you and my family have come home!" she exclaimed excitedly jumping up and down on the spot, I couldn't help but smile at her, she was cute when she was in her hyper state,

"I'm happy for you Alice, at least you can sit back with your family at lunch" I said and she looked to me with a shy smile,

"Well I was wondering, maybe.......um would you like to sit with us?" she asked, her voice was cracked I could tell she was nervous, I tried my best not to laugh and embarrass her,

"Of course, if you're family don't mind, would it be ok if Jacob came as well, it's just without me he would be sitting on his own" I said and she smiled and nodded,

" yeah sure, and they will be ok with it, they are actually excited to meet you, they wanted to know the person who saved me" she stated with a sad smile,

"Oh, you told them?" I asked, she looked at me with an apologetic expression,

"I'm sorry if you didn't want me to, it's just they were wondering how we met and it kinda slipped out, of course I had to try and persuade Emmett not to go to Port Angeles to hunt the guy down, but I can't hide things from my family" she said and I squeezed her hand slightly and she looked up to me,

"It's okay, it's not like it's a big secret anyway I just didn't want to bring it up because of you're feelings but you don't have to apologise" I said with a reassuring smile, she once again beamed her teeth and placed her other hand on my arm,

"Thanks Bella, Oh! That reminds me" she exclaimed and she released her hand from mine and retrieved something from her pocket, then I looked at it and it looked sort of familiar, wait a minute is that my?

"Phone, you left it in my car when I dropped you off" she said holding it out for me and I took it, I was smiling at her and I wrapped her in a hug,

"Alice, you're a life saver, I thought I lost it!" I shouted as I looked it over and placed it in my pocket.

"That's what friends are for I guess, oh and it was going off all morning" she said in a chuckle,

"Oh yeah, that was Jacob, I kinda never woke up on time cause I didn't have my phone alarm on" I said with a embarrassed laugh. She giggled at me and rolled her eyes playfully.

we were just waking into the lunch hall, as we walked in I saw Jake and I called him over, I explained that I was sitting with the Cullen's and invited him to come and sit with us, he obliged and followed me and Alice to the table,

There were two guys sitting there, the one was masculine and had a baby face with black short hair, the other one was skinny but not too skinny, he had stoic features and bronze unruly hair, they were not that bad looking to be honest. As we got closer to the table they looked to us and smiled, I smiled back and Alice squeezed my hand,

"Bella, Jacob, these are my brothers Emmett -" she said pointing to the masculine one, at the mention of his name he did a little wave with his hand and I smiled at him, "And this is Edward" she said finally pointing to the bronze haired one, I smiled and sent and shy 'hello' to them, after that Alice pulled me down on a chair and I sat beside her there, she was still holding my hand under the table and they rested on her thigh, I should have been more than uncomfortable and where my hand was but I was actually enjoying the contact, Jake sat next to Edward, he shook hands with both of them, Emmett then looked over to me and sent me a warm smile,

"No need to be shy there Bella, a friend of Alice's is a friend of ours because, well to be honest she doesn't really have any friends" Emmett stated, I felt Alice kick her leg out under the chair to hear a yelp of pain coming from Emmett, I couldn't help but giggle and Alice broke into a smile,

"What? I was just going to say that Bella must be special!, you didn't need to kick me!" he whined while rubbing his leg,

"Well thanks Emmett, and I will take that as a compliment" I said and he grinned at me, I then looked to Edward, he was smiling at us and tapping Emmett shoulder,

"It's okay Emmett, you'll find a friend someday" he said and we all burst into laughter apart from Emmett.

"Yeah okay, laugh it up, but you wait Alice you won't be laughing when I tell Bella all about your little escapades in the past, then we would see who's laughing"

"What escapades? I don't even know what your talking about" she said smiling and angling her head away from us,

"Well this one time we were on this vacation in Italy and-" Emmett was cut off by Alice's hand covering his mouth, I looked to her face to see a slight blush on her cheeks

"Now Emmett , Bella wouldn't be interested in something that boring" she said sending him glares, to say I was curious was an understatement. Edward was giggling to himself at the side of Emmett and she sent him a glare too before sitting back down beside me, I missed her holding my hand, but I was to shy ask to hold It again, even to me that sounds strange. Jacob sat there laughing as well as Emmett continued

"fine I'll ask her, Bella would you like to hear something that boring" he asked with his eyebrows raised, I looked to Alice who looked totally embarrassed, I would love to know more about her but I don't want her to be embarrassed even though that blush is really cute.....whoa did I just think that? What's going on with me.

"Umm no it's okay, I'm sure Alice will tell me in due time" I said chuckling and Emmett pouted, Alice beamed at me and relaxed back in her chair, I saw her look at me from the corner of my eye, but I drew my attention back to Edward who was staring at me as well, these people new how to make you feel self conscious.

"Bella, can I talk to you for a minute" Edward asked and I was slightly shocked, what would he want to talk to me about? I looked to Alice and she looked as shocked as me, I just simply nodded and stood up "Uh sure", I looked back to see Alice frowning, but she smiled as Jacob started talking to her, at least she had someone to talk to. I then continued to follow Edward out into the hallway, he then walked over and leaned on some lockers as he smiled at me,

"Well all I wanted to say really was thank you, you know for saving Alice, I mean if you wasn't there when it happened then I don't know what would have happened to her, and I am eternally great full to you" he said as he smiled a crooked smile at me,

"It's okay, she would have done the same for me, she is a wonderful girl" did I just say that out loud? Man that sounded weird.

"Yeah she is, I didn't want to say this in front of her, she would get embarrassed. She never stops talking about you, so I thought I would come and thank you personally" he said and I nodded,

"Well thank you" I said, I couldn't keep the blush off my face at the fact that she talks about me all the time,

"Well we best get back in, before Alice thinks I have kidnapped you" he stated with a chuckle and I smiled at him, we were about to walk back into the dining hall when I heard my name being called,

"Bella!" they shouted and I turned round to see Jasper and Rosalie walking up to me, they smiled at me and then their eyes went to Edward next to me,

"Hey guys, where have you been all day?" I ask as Jasper takes my hand and kisses my cheek, I saw Edward shift beside me as Rosalie came and hugged me,

"We were sorting out all the paperwork, who's your friend?" Rosalie asked as she looked over Edward,

"Oh this is Edward, and Edward these are my cousins, Jasper and Rosalie" I said motioning to each of them, he smirked to himself and then looked to me, they both smiled at him

"Your cousins?" he asked and I nodded in confusion, who did he think they were?

"Well it's nice to meet you both" he said politely as he shook both of their hands but he lingered as he held onto Jaspers hand, it was getting kinda awkward so I cleared my throat, and grabbed Jasper's hand to pull him away

"so we should head back in, otherwise Alice might send out a missing persons report" I said and he smiled,

We walked into the Dining hall again and as soon as Alice saw me she smiled and then she was frowning, I'm not really sure why though, as we approached the table I could see Emmett gawking at Rosalie and I couldn't help but laugh,

"Hey guys, these are my friends, Alice and Emmett, they are Edward's sister and brother" Alice smiled but it was a sad one, she is acting strange today,

"And these are my cousins Jasper and Rosalie" I said and as soon as finished speaking Alice seemed to perk up and she smiled, but the sadness was gone, weird.

Emmett was still gawking at Rosalie until Edward nudged him and he came out of his stupor,

"Oh hey, nice to meet ya" he said as he stood to shake their hands, Alice did the same and then they proceeded to sit down, Jasper was sitting in between Jacob and Edward, while Rose was in the middle of Alice and Emmett.

"Hey again Jacob, It's nice to see you with some clothes on, I thought you were Bella's new guy when you came round last night" Rosalie stated and I could have sworn he blushed, but then he quickly smirked, I quickly sent a glare to both of them

"i was just looking after his dog while he was busy that's all Rose" I stated looking to Jacob who smiled and nodded. I smiled and then I looked down at Alice next to me, I bent my head forward and whispered in her ear,

"You okay?" I asked, she smiled up at me and nodded, I then felt her grab my hand from under the table again and I couldn't keep the smile off my face at her doing so. It saved me the trouble of having to ask.

Well so far so good, everything has been going great, Alice seems to have cheered up, Jasper and Jacob have been getting along with Edward, and even Rosalie has been smiling while talking to Emmett, well no surprise there, from what I have learned Emmett can make even statues grin.


College was finished for another day and I was heading out of my class to find Alice waiting for me, I could get used to this, at least it's something to look forward to at the end of class,

"Hey Al" I stated and she smiled and looked at me, most likely at the nickname,

"Al?" she asked laughing at me,

"Well you try coming up with a nickname, it's hard work" I said laughing with her,

"yeah but you can find a better one than that, I mean that makes me sound like a forty year old guy who lives in a trailer" I laughed at her analogy,

"Ok then you try and find one for me, lets see how easy it is for you" I said, she looked at me with her eyebrow raised,

"You're on! As long as I get a better one too!" she said practically bouncing off the floor,

"Ok, anyway to get off that subject, what are you doing later?" I asked and she looked thoughtful for a minute and then turned to me,

"Umm nothing really, it's usually pretty boring after school, usually I just sit at home and sketch some ideas" she said as we continued to walk out to the parking lot, should I ask her? She'll probably say no anyway, No, I will never know If I don't ask,

"So um I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my place, I mean we could watch a movie or something, I mean it's okay if you want to sketch, I just wanted to ask at least" I said, I started to babble, great, now I probably sound like I'm not making sense. And as if possible Alice's smile grew even wider,

"I would love to come over Bella, what time?" she said yes? oh yeah I gotta respond,

"Umm you can come over at seven if you want" I said shyly as we separated to go to our cars,

"Seven it is then" she said smiling at me as she walked backwards

"Seven" I replied smiling, I waved to her and she sent one back, I sighed in relief and turned around and nearly jumped out of my skin. Jasper was standing in front of me smirking,

"Jasper! Is it your job to scare me to death or something?" I asked as I looked for my keys, he just laughed and followed me to my car,

"So you got a date tonight then?" he stated with a big grin, I blushed of course and rolled my eyes at him while shaking my head,

"It's not a date Jasper, I'm just having Alice over to watch a movie, you know as friends" I stated at him he just nodded slowly,

"Right as friends" he said and he turned to walk away, I shouted to him,

"Where's Rose?" he turned around and smiled at me,

"She's with Emmett, seems that she has taken a liking to him" he smiled and turned back around, walking up towards the campus.

Well it seems that they are settling in alright, I could do without the sly comments though. Well I guess I should get home, I am not going to have Alice coming over to see my apartment looking like I let Jake live there.

Time for some super spring cleaning!


A/N: Hey Everyone hope you like the new chapter, if you did then it would be great if you could review, and I am writing the next chapter now so it should be up in the next couple of days,

Much love to ya....xxxx

-Claire-