CHAPTER 12
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Alice Point of View
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
"Ugh!" I said as I opened my eyes, turning to my side to check the hour. 6:45 AM.
"Shit!" I yelled rolling out of bed and scrambling in my feet. I went to my closet to get my outfit for school and headed toward the bathroom to shower.
Thirty minutes later I was already showered and dressed, and went downstairs to get breakfast.
I made my way toward the kitchen, where my dad was making coffee.
"Morning dad!" I said and went to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Morning my princess." He answered my greeting and poured me a cup of coffee.
I put the coffee near the counter and started making breakfast.
"Alice, there is something I want to talk to you about." Dad told me seriously.
I turned around and gave him a curious look. "What is it dad."
He proceeds to scratch his neck and gave me a grimace. "Well! You and Bella have been dating for a month now and I was a teenager once…" I caught him off before he could say anything else.
"Dad! It's not like that…. I mean, its not that I haven't thought about it." I muttered and my dad nearly chocked at that.
"What I meant is that it's too early in our relationship to take that step." I said with as much dignity I could muster.
My dad on his part gave me a relieved look. "That's good. What I meant to tell you is that as teenagers if we start dating someone, we think is the forever kind of deal and, in most cases it isn't." He finished with a soft smile.
"Dad I know that I'm only 16 but, I know what I want and I know that is Bella the person that I want to spend the rest of my existence with." I said to him while looking into his eyes.
"How can you know that?" My dad asked while we started eating our breakfast.
"It's a feeling actually. There are no words to describe what we feel toward each other. Its like an unbreakable bond." I explained to him between bites.
He let out a sigh and gave me a big smile. "Well, at least I don't have to worry of you getting knocked up!" He stood up and left.
My mouth opened and closed a few times and I bet I resemble a tomato right now.
"Alice! It's 15 minutes till school starts! Get your ass up in gear!" My dad yelled from upstairs.
I finished quickly and went to brush my teeth. I went downstairs and as I was reaching the last step I heard a honk outside.
I grabbed my backpack, opened the door and went to Bella's car.
"Good morning my beautiful angel." She greeted me and then gave me a quick kiss.
"Good morning baby!" I said cheerfully.
"Ready for another boring day at school?" She asked me teasingly.
"Hahahaha. School is not boring!" I stated.
"Well, for you maybe. Try go to school a dozen of times and you let me know." Bella answered me.
"You got me there." I said as I looked for a radio station. The rest of the ride was made in silence.
We arrived a few minutes later and parked the car near Emmett's Jeep.
"Hey! Lil sis!" Emmett said opening the door.
"Hi Emmett, hi Victoria!"
"Hey Alice! How's it going?" Victoria said.
"Things are going good. Do you think we can talk later?" I asked to my close friend.
"Sure." Victoria answered.
Bella came to me and wrapped her arms around my waist.
"Love, Esme wants to know what would you like for dinner tonight." She informed me.
"Anything is good." I gave a short answer.
Just then, the bell ran and we all made our way to class. Today I didn't have any morning classes with Bella, but Bella, being a gentlewoman walked me to my first class.
"Here you go my love." She said handing me my backpack.
"Thank you baby." I told her and then gave her a peck on the lips.
"See you at lunch." She said retreating to her class.
My morning classes passed quickly and I couldn't wait till lunch.
It was lunch hour and I was preparing to go to the cafeteria when Jessica and Lauren approached me.
"Hey Alice, can you come with us for a second?" Asked Jessica.
"What for?" I asked them with suspicion.
"We just wanted to explain our behavior to you." Answered Lauren.
I stared at them for a few seconds, trying to figure if they were being honest or not. I decided to go with them.
"Ok, lead the way." I told them with a wave.
They grabbed both of my hands and led me toward one of the empty halls as far away from the cafeteria.
We stood there for a few seconds and I was growing impatient.
"You wanted to talk?" I asked them annoyed.
"Yes…Umm the thing is…" Jessica started when Mike interrupted.
"Look what the cat dragged in." He said with a creepy smile on his face while approaching us.
"What do you want Mike?" I asked him with my hands on my hips and a glare.
Mike on his part made a notion with his head and Jessica and Lauren disappeared.
"You see Alice…I don't approve of your lesbian relationship and after thinking a lot; I came to the conclusion that what you need is a real man." When he finished that sentence he lunged at me and put his hand on my mouth.
He tore off my blouse, leaving me only in my bra. I could feel his erection through his pants. "Oh God! Please no. I don't want my first time to be like this."
I tried to fight him off but he had a vice grip on me.
"Hey, if you wanted it rough, you only had to tell me." Mike whispered in my ear, while fumbling with my skirt.
"I have to do something! I need help." I thought with tears streaming down my face. Suddenly a thought came to me and before I knew it. I bit Mike's hand hard.
"You little bitch!" He screamed and backhanded me.
I fell to the floor and before I lost my chance screamed. "HELP!"
"We are far away from the cafeteria Alice. Nobody can listen." Mike said with a sneer and then proceeds to take off his belt. He never took his eyes off of me. A sinister smile was adorning his face, I couldn't move from my spot. I was paralyzed by fear. He approached me, but before he could touch me. He was tackled to the ground.
"You fucking piece of shit!" Bella screamed while punching him on the face.
He was on the ground and before he could move. Bella gave him a kick in the nuts.
"That's for trying to rape Alice." She growled. Then she punched him in the stomach. "That's for hurting her." Then she grabbed him by the collar and with a low menacing voice said. "Now, I'll make sure you will not be able to reproduce." She grabbed his balls and squeezes them.
Mike let out a guttural scream and Bella dropped him on the floor. Bella turned around and in an instant was by my side.
"Alice! Baby its ok, he cant hurt you." Bella said frantically.
I gave her a confused look before everything became darkness.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
I could hear something in the distance and I tried to open my eyes, but they felt so heavy. I tried to remember what happened but nothing came to mind. After a few seconds, I tried again and now I could open one eye. I could see I was in a hospital room. "What the hell! Why am I in a hospital?". I thought to myself. I closed my eye again and after a few minutes I tried opening them again. This time I succeed and what I saw, was not what I was expecting.
"Alice! Thank God you're ok."
"Jacob! What are you doing here?" I asked him slightly angry.
"Your dad, told mine what happened and I decided to check up on you." He told me sheepishly.
"Besides, I wanted to ask you for a second chance again." He finished his explanation.
I do not need this right now. "Look Jacob, after everything you did. You expect me to open my arms for you to welcome you back." I said
"Alice please, you know you are safer with me than with the bloodsucker." Jacob said with a slight hint of anger in his voice.
"What makes you said that. Bella has protected me just fine." I told him angrily.
"And why do you need her protection? They tried to rape you today! Just because you have a relationship with her!" Jacob screamed with trembling hands.
I sat there shocked and everything came back to me. "Mike tried to rape me and Bella saved me."
"Alice, you know I'm right. You are better off without her. If she really loves you, she would leave you free to have a normal relationship." Jacob explained while taking deep breaths.
Before I could reply, the door opened and Bella came in.
"Mongrel." She snarled.
"Leech." He answered.
They stood there staring at each other and finally Jacob decided to talk.
"I hope that you are happy with what you have accomplished. You manage to make Alice an almost rape victim." Jacob said with a glare.
Before Bella could reply to that, he continued. "If you claim to love her so much, why don't you leave her to have a normal relationship."?
"And by normal, you mean a straight relationship with you." Bella said with a neutral look on her face.
"Yes. I can give her everything she needs." He told me while crossing his arms and flexing his muscles.
Bella stood there silent for a few seconds and with a sigh she answered.
"Jacob Black, if Alice where to have a relationship with you. She would be cherished and protected and you would give her everything she needs right?"
Oh no! Bella is going to leave me?" Without noticing, tears were streaming down my face.
"Of course! I could make her very happy with time." Jacob answered Bella with a smile.
"What about your imprint?" She asked him with a hint of a smile.
Jacob's smile dropped from his face.
"You can give Alice everything she needs, but what about the things she wants?" Bella said seriously.
Jacob didn't have an answer to that and instead threw Bella a dirty look.
"Cat got your tongue?" She smirked at him. "And what is that thing of me leaving her for her own good? That's just stupid! Only a retarded would think like that. This is real life! Not a bad soap opera." She finished with a glare.
"Alice is my mate, my lover and my everything. I will not leave her unless she asks me to." Bella finished while looking at me with a loving smile.
I was beaming at her last comment and Jacob looked like he was going to change in any second.
"Jacob I think its time for you to leave and don't come back. You are trying to control my life and I don't like that one bit." I said to Jacob with a dirty look.
"This isn't over!" he yelled before leaving my room.
Bella rolled her eyes at that. "That line is so overrated! Cant he think of anything else to say."
Bella was smiling but when she looked at my face, her smile was gone.
"You! I thought you were going to leave me Bella. Don't do that again." I told her with an angry look.
"I'm sorry Alice but I needed to give him a lesson. Remember that the stupid mongrel only thinks with his other head." Bella told me softly.
I motioned with my hand to come and sit in the bed with me, which she did obediently.
"Bella. There is no way in hell that you are going to get rid of me. You're stuck with me for eternity." I informed her smiling. She smiled back and we just stood there, getting lost in each other's eyes.
A few minutes passed like that and suddenly I remembered something.
"What happened with Mike?" I asked Bella softly.
Bella's demeanor changed drastically. She jumped from the bed and her game face was on.
"That low vile human got what he deserved!" She said with an evil glint.
My eyes were wide opened. "Did you kill him?" I asked her with a trembling voice.
"Death is the easiest way out for humans like him. I did something better." Bella answered me.
"Bella Cullen what did you do?" I asked fearful of the answer.
"I just beat him and managed to prevent him to have kids." She told me.
Bella just looked at me and her eyes look like she was holding her tears at bay. Suddenly her whole body shook with dry sobs and she collapsed on my lap.
"I was so scared Alice! I thought that I was going to lose you." She buried her head on my lap and I started to stroke her hair with my fingertips.
"Shh. Baby I'm here. You saved me, you always save me my beautiful vampire." I cooed her softly.
"I 've never felt so helpless. I mean, what good does it make to have all this abilities if they are useless when I'm trying to save the woman I love with all my soul." Bella continued crying.
It broke my heart seeing her like that. She has been so strong for me and to see her so broken.
After a while Bella lifted her head to meet my eyes and suddenly she crashed her lips against mine. The kiss was so urgent and filled with need. And spite of everything, she was being careful not to hurt me.
I held her close to me and separated my lips from hers just so I could take a breath and then dive in again.
This time, our kisses were more lovingly, it was like a merging of souls. We continued with pecks on the lips, cheeks, neck and foreheads. Bella was looking at me like I was the most beautiful creature on this earth, and to her, I was.
"Better now?" I asked.
"Yes, thank you my love." She answered while nuzzling my neck.
I closed my eyes and held her there. I fell asleep with her in my arms, knowing that in spite of everything, we were meant to be together forever and that our love was stronger than anything in this world. The last thing I heard before succumbing to sleep was: "My precious Angel. We're destined to share eternity together."