AN: I'm so sorry for not updating so soon everyone! I'm in California, where I was originally born, spending time with my family for Christmas. I'm going to be out here for two weeks, and it's very hard to update on my sister's computer. Mainly because I don't want them finding out I'm writing a story like this, because I'll probably get kicked out for writing about two girls in love, not kidding. And I don't want them to find out and treat me differently for it, call me a coward if you want to I don't care. I promise I will try to update as much as possible while I'm out here anyways.

Disclaimer: Charlie would've killed Edward for basically forcing his daughter to marry him. Did anyone else realize this from Eclipse?

Chapter Four

Protect What's Mine!

Bella's Pov

The next morning, I woke to find that we were in the same exact sleeping arrangement that we were in last night. The only problem I seemed to have, was that Alice's ass was pressed right up against my crotch. And it just so happens that with my luck, the second I try to move she wiggles her ass trying to get comfy again. I hissed when I felt my lower body start to come to attention. I quickly switched myself out with a pillow as a replacement as I went to go take a cold shower. When I came back out, everything was under control and I was ready to go take Alice Christmas shopping. I put on a pair of jeans and a black zip up sweatshirt. I decided to leave my hair up in a ponytail for today instead of wearing it down.

I walked over to the side of the bed that Alice was facing. I noticed that Jamie was just starting to wake up, so kissed her on the forehead and picked her up. A bright smile lit up her face as she looked at me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I put her down on the floor, so that I could wake her mother. I stroked my thumb across Alice's cheek. Her eyes fluttered a little bit, but she didn't wake. So I decided to just go ahead and kiss her. I gently pressed my lips to her, and boy did she come to life! She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed back. I ended it kind of quickly, because I didn't want Jamie to see anything. She was upset that I pulled away so soon, until she saw that Jamie wasn't asleep anymore. She got up out of bed and stretched her arms above her head. I watched as her tank top slowly slid up her torso, stopping about halfway up her stomach. I watched as her stomach muscles flex, before she lowered her arms back down.

"Hey," she said quietly. I wrapped my arms around her and breathed in her delicious scent. She sighed into my chest and pulled me closer to her. I kissed the top of her head before pulling away.

"You ready to go shopping today?" I asked her. She looked at me in confusion for a second before nodding her head in agreement.

"Do you think that Esme could watch Jamie while we go?" she asked.

"Yeah, she can have a girls day out with Esme and Rosalie, since Carlisle and Emmett are going to come with us." I replied. Alice got herself and Jamie dressed, before we went downstairs. It was already around ten in the morning, so if we went to the mall right now all the stores would be open.

We sat down and ate the breakfast that Esme had prepared for us. She agreed to watch Jamie for us, so we wasted no time in packing up and heading out. Alice and I took my Escalade, while Carlisle and Emmett took Carlisle's Mercedes. We arrived at the mall by ten thirty and split up. Alice at some clothing stores first, so she could pick up some more clothes to have over at the house for herself and Jamie.

The first store that we went into was American Eagle, but she didn't like what they had in there, so we went to Abercrombie. I swear that was the biggest mistake I've ever made. The second I walked in, I heard two distinct voices that I had never wanted to hear in my life again. It turns out that Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory both worked here. I hated them enough when I went to school with them, but the second I heard their voices again, I wished that someone would kill me. Alice must've noticed that something was wrong with me and asked.

"Bella, what's wrong?" she asked. Well it just so happens that she asked loud enough for the two bitches to hear, and they immediately looked over and saw me. It didn't even take them two seconds for them to push Alice away and start trying to corner me into the wall.

"Oh my God, Bella! What are you doing here? Have you been working out?" Jessica asked as she began running her hand up and down my arms. I shrugged them off as best as I could, until felt Lauren press her body up against mine so that I could feel everything.

"Damn, Bella! You always did have a way of making me feel hot." she whispered huskily in my hear. I shrank away in disgust, and was surprised when I heard a growl come from Alice. I swear that it's the sexiest sound I've ever heard. She pushed Lauren away from me, and stood in front of me protectively. Both Jessica and Lauren growled back in anger.

"Who the hell are you!" Jessica yelled. I wrapped my arms around Alice from behind, effectively calming her down a little bit. Alice rested her hands on top of mine, causing Jessica and Lauren to glare at her and look at me in shock.

"She's my girlfriend, Alice Brandon." I said. I quickly pulled Alice to my side, my arms still wrapped tightly around her after seeing the death glares the girls were giving her.

"Why would you go for a girl like her? I mean her breasts are so average and her ass is flat." Lauren remarked. I could literally feel Alice's self esteem shoot downwards when she heard this, but I was furious when I noticed that she was starting to compare herself to them.

"There's nothing wrong with the way she looks. In fact, I think she makes Greek goddesses look like average people compared to her beauty. And the best part about her body, is that it's all real unlike the implants that both you guys have. I also happen to like her ass very much." I replied. I looked down at Alice and winked at her, causing the blush she already had on her face to darken to a crimson color. I stroked my hand up and down her back to sooth and comfort her, while I looked back over at the other girls. They both had their mouths wide open in shock. We left the store pushing past Lauren and Jessica who still had their mouths open.

"You really think that about me, Bella?" Alice asked as we stopped in the main part of the mall. She wouldn't look me in the eye, so I reached down and cupped her cheek. I raised her head until I could see her gorgeous eyes, while unconsciously stroking her cheek with my thumb.

"Of course I do, Ali. I just don't understand why you began to compare yourself to those fake bitches though." I said. I saw her shoulders slump in defeat and her eyes sadden. I couldn't believe that she was actually thinking about agreeing with them.

"Because I agree with them on why you would pick someone like me to be your girlfriend." she replied. I felt the tiger inside me roar in anger, but I kept myself calm on the outside.

"No, what I don't understand is how you found out about my darkest secrets, and that you haven't run away screaming yet and you still agreed to be my girlfriend." I answered back.

"It's because I don't care about what you are, and that I know you would never hurt me. I love that you trusted me so much to even tell me about it. I also think you're single handedly the most amazing person I've ever met in my life." she replied back. We both began to laugh at her ending statement. I pulled her into a tight embrace and kissed her forehead, before pulling back and offered her my arm.

"Well Ms. Alice, may I escort you on your shopping adventures for the day?" I asked trying to keep myself from laughing. She giggled, making my heart swell with love and joy for this amazing young woman, and interlaced her arm with mine.

"Yes you may, Ms. Cullen." she replied and we headed off towards another store.

Instead of carrying the bags around with us from the stores we went to, we asked them to ship it to the house already wrapped. I had just finished paying for the stuff we got Emmett and Jasper, before we headed off in the direction of Pac Sun because Alice wanted to find some clothes for me. As we walked to the store, something caught my eye from the jewelry store. I saw with my heightened vision a beautiful necklace that would look perfect on Alice. It was from the open heart collection, except it had sapphire's in place of the diamonds.

"Bella, can you go grab me a bottle of water? I'll go ahead and go into Pac Sun while your gone." she said snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and went over to Auntie Anne's to stand in line. I watched as Alice walked into the store as I waited in the huge ass line for a bottle of water. I was like tenth in line and the person at the cash register was taking forever. It doesn't matter though, because I would do anything for Alice.

Alice's Pov

I walked into Pac Sun and was surprised when I saw practically no one in here. I began to look at clothes for Bella, since her wardrobe needed some color added to it. I started looking through the guys t-shirts and other clothing, because her frame was built for it rather than feminine clothing. Knowing her, she would end up ripping the girl's clothes with her muscles by accident. Not only that, but she looked a lot more comfortable wearing guy's clothes than girl's anyways. Plus she looked way hotter in them.

I found a couple of nice looking shirts and pants, and was just waiting for her to come in. I heard the store's bells ring, signaling that someone else had come in, when I heard a voice from my past that I ruined my life five years ago. I quickly went into the girl's dressing room and hid there, waiting for them to hurry up and leave the store. I heard their voices drift off, so I started to head out of the store, hiding behind clothing racks when I needed to. I sighed in relief when I made it out of the store, only to have someone grab me from behind. I tried to scream, but the person who grabbed me covered my mouth with their hand. I was dragged into a little hallway beside the store and was roughly pushed against the wall. I whimpered when my back collided with the wall, causing the mystery person to laugh evilly. My eyes instantly opened wide with terror as I stared into the face of not only my ex- boyfriend, but the guy who held me down while another raped me, Mike Newton. I tried to fight him, but he was too strong. He grabbed both of my wrists in his hand and slammed them above me against the wall.

"It certainly has been a long time hasn't it, Alice." he said into my ear causing another whimper to erupt from my throat in fear. My whole body was shaking in terror, causing the entire group of guys to start chuckling darkly, each one of them staring at me with hunger in their eyes. I was scared of Mike, because I knew the reason why he became my boyfriend in the first place. Apparently the initiation for Mike to get into the Volturi, was that he had to get me to a secluded space, so that the son of the head of the Volturi could have his way with me.

"You know, I never got to have my way with you that night five years ago, and I need some lovin' right now." he said and ran his hand down my chest before ripping it wide open. My scream came out muffled, cause his hand was still on my mouth. I was about to hit him now that my hands were freed from his grasp, until one of the other guys held them back above my head again. I tried to shrink away from him as his hand cupped my breast through my bra and squeezed. He let go and made his way to my pants. He was just about to rip them open, but I bit down on his hand, causing him pull away and scream in pain. I felt some of his blood trickle out of my mouth, but that didn't matter. I inhaled a deep breath of air and belted out the loudest scream I've ever made.

"BELLA!"

Bella's Pov

I finally finished getting Alice a cup of water, because they didn't have any bottled water. Just as I rounded the corner from Auntie Anne's going to Pac Sun, I heard a blood curdling scream come from that direction. My heart instantly froze in fear, as I took off towards the store as fast as I could without exposing myself. I remember dropping the cup of water in my haste to get to Alice. When I got there, I saw something that made my blood boil under my skin. There my Alice was, shirt ripped open and being held against her will against a wall with tears streaming down her face. I saw red as I ripped the group of guys off of her and pushed her behind my back protectively. My heart ached when I felt her clutch onto me like her life depended on it.

The anger I felt from these guys hurting my mate was uncontrollable. I felt my canines lengthen and move closer to my front teeth, allowing the other set of canines to come out behind them. I flashed my teeth at the four guys that I'd ripped off of Alice, and they ran away for their lives after they noticed what I was, leaving one stupid looking asshole in the little hallway with me. He got back up and growled in anger at me and began to stalk towards me. He smirked when Alice clutched onto me tighter and uttered a small cry. It was then that I recognized who this jackass was. It was Mike Newton, the stupid little pussy who always tried to fight me and put me in my place. He graduated a year after I did, and became a Volturi member in his senior year. It was finally time to put this little bastard in his place.

Before he even got within spitting distance of me and Alice, I grabbed him and threw him up against the wall. I grabbed his throat with my hands and began to squeeze. I realized that he was only a half vampire, so I put my full strength up against him. I brought my knee up and slammed it into his manhood, effectively making sure that he would never be able to reproduce. His scream of pain was music to my ears. I was just about to rip his head clean off, when someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turned to see who it was, still in full blown rage mode. It was Emmett.

"Let him go, Sis. Alice needs you right now." he said. At the mention of Alice, I immediately dropped Mike and looked over to where Alice was. She was crying and shaking uncontrollably from her sitting position on the floor. Carlisle was trying to check over her, but she kept flinching away from him. The need to make sure if my mate was overwhelming as I knelt down in front of her. She launched herself at me as soon as I did and wrapped her arms around me tightly. Her grip was like a vice as she sobbed into my chest. I whimpered into her hair, and then began to nuzzle my cheek against her's, trying to get her to calm down.

Carlisle gave me the jacket that he had on, so that I could wrap it around Alice's exposed torso. I carried her out of the mall bridal style, ignoring the looks that I was getting from other people. I ran over to my car, and tried to stick her in the passenger seat, but she wouldn't let go. When I did, she cried out for me so I ran over to my side and hopped into my seat. I lifted up the middle console so that she could scoot over and sit by me. She attached herself to me once again and cried into my shoulder. I wrapped my arms back around her and began to whisper soothing words into her ear.

"I got you, Ali. Shh, I got you, Baby Girl." I repeated in her ear over and over again until she calmed down from her crying and shaking. I drove both of us home, one hand on the steering wheel, the other pulling Alice into my side. When we got home, I carried her into the house and set her down on the couch as the rest of my family came into the living room. Esme came rushing over to us and pulled Alice into her arms.

"What happened, Bella?" Rosalie asked as she looked over at Alice with deep concern in her eyes.

"We were shopping at the mall and while I was getting her something to drink, and Mike Newton's little gang cornered her and almost raped her." I replied back. Rosalie ran outside before she could reply back and went on a tree killing rampage to quell her anger. Esme was stroking Alice's hair like she does to any one of us when we go through something horrible, or if we're just having a bad day. Jasper and Edward were looking at me with sad eyes as they held one another close. Rosalie came back inside after her tirade and motioned for all the guys to get out of the room.

"What do I do, Rose?" I asked quietly while watching my mother continue to take care of Alice. Rosalie put her hand on my shoulder and stroked my back to try and comfort me.

"Show her how much you love her and don't leave her side. She'll need you now more than ever, Bella." she replied. I nodded and went to go stand by Esme and Alice. Alice outstretched her arms towards me, and I pulled her into my arms before sitting back down in her spot on the couch. She looked up at me with her blue eyes and tear stained cheeks. She looked so vulnerable and scared that it made my heart ache in pain for the love of my life. I cradled her closer to my body if possible and nuzzled my nose against her cheek.

"I swear on my life, Alice, that they will never touch you again." I said into her ear as I stroked her hair.

"Yes they will, Bella. They've done it in the past before." Alice replied quietly. I heard Esme gasp and looked at Rosalie. Her head flinched in disgust, and that could only mean one thing.

"Oh God, Ali, no." I said. She started to cry again, and I felt tears well up in my own eyes and begin to fall down my face. Then my mind flashed to Jamie. No, she was made out of love not rape, but then Alice never mentioned anything about her father. No, the father just left Alice when he found out she was pregnant that's all.

"Alice, please tell me that Jamie was a child made out of love." I got my answer when Alice started sob against me again. Tears were streaming out of my eyes like miny waterfalls as I looked up at Esme and Rosalie. Esme was sobbing against Rosalie as she stroked our mother's back. I was shocked when I saw Rosalie silently crying, because she never cries at all. When we all settled back down, I asked Esme where Jamie was and she told me that Jamie was asleep in her and Carlisle's room. I got up and carried Alice upstairs to our room.

"Bella, I want to take a bath, but I'm scared. Will you stay in the bathroom while I take my bath?" I didn't know how to respond to that question, so I just nodded in agreement. I got the bath started while she waited for the bath tub to fill up. When it was filled up to the top, I turned around so Alice could strip down and jump into the hot water. I heard her cry out, and I turned around so quickly that I almost got whiplash from it. She didn't even have her ripped shirt off, and was clutching her back in pain.

"Ali, what's wrong?" I asked frantically, looking for any injuries on her body.

"My back. Mike slammed up against the wall and my back hit it hard." she replied. I removed her shirt slowly and periodically stopping when she winced. I growled when I saw her back, because it was completely black and blue. The bruises were directly over her spine, and it was so bad that I was surprised that she could walk. I blushed bright red when I realized that I was going to have to help her take the rest of her clothes off, and silently pleaded that my lowed body wouldn't react at seeing her naked. She looked at me apologetically with a cute little blush appearing on her face.

I took off her shoes and socks, then moved onto her pants. I was doing pretty well until I had to remove her bra. I moved behind her and unsnapped it, and she crossed her arms over her chest. I turned her around to face me, and I could see that she was embarrassed scared at the same time. I gently removed her bra and then got down on my knees in front of her and removed her panties. I inwardly moaned when I saw that she was completely shaved. I got back up and outstretched my hand towards her, but pulled it back when I saw her shrink away.

"Ali, I promise I'm not going to do anything you don't want me to do, Sweetheart. Can I pick you up and put you into the tub?" I asked softly. She slowly but surely allowed me to put her into the tub. She whimpered as her back hit the tub, and I whispered my apologies to her. I added some of the bubble bath that I used when I took baths, and turned on the jets so that it could massage her back. She began to wash her body, so I grabbed some shampoo and conditioner. I showed it to her, and she smiled and nodded for me to go ahead and wash her hair. I scratched and massaged her scalp as I washed causing her to moan constantly. I ran out of the bathroom to get her some clothes to where so she wouldn't be naked and cold when she got out of the bath. I got her a pair of my sweatpants, pajama t-shirt, and a pair of her sexy, lacy, underwear, and ran back into the bathroom.

When I got in back, I saw her standing there with a big, fluffy, towel wrapped around her. I helped her dry off and get dressed before helping her get comfy on my bed. I changed into a pair of my sweatpants and situated myself beside her. I pulled her into my arms and rubbed her back gently. She quickly fell asleep, so I called Carlisle into the room to heal her back. He placed his hands on her back, and withing seconds all of the bruises disappeared. She stayed asleep until dinner time, and then woke up when she smelled Esme's cooking. She was amazed when she got up to stretch and noticed that her back wasn't sore anymore. I told her that Carlisle fixed, and we headed downstairs afterwards. Jamie came running up to us like normal, and I carried her to the dinner table.

When we finished eating, we went back upstairs and settled down onto the bed. This time though, we situated Jamie between us, and Alice and I faced each other. I wrapped my long arms around them both to pull them closer to me. They fell back asleep, both of my girls wrapped safely and securely in my arms.

"Goodnight girls, you have no idea how much I love the both of you." I whispered, and kissed both of their foreheads before falling asleep myself with my mind plotting over one thousand ways of killing Mike Newton.

AN: Once again I'm sorry for updating so late, but I hope everyone likes the chapter. Let me know what you guys think.

P.S.- I know Jamie isn't really in the picture right now, but that's going to change within the next couple of chapters.

xxWolfpupxx