We sat on the couch in Alice's cottage. She sat on my lap, and her phone beeped with a message. I laughed as she fished it out of her skinny jeans.

When she (finally) had her phone, she showed me the message."Apparently Edward thinks we've been gone to long." I shook my head, this was typical of him.

Alice told him we were staying there, and told Jasper the same thing. That took a lot more convincing.

Alice threw her phone onto the couch next to me. "You'd think 'no, we're fine.' Would be enough." I smiled, as she spoke. "Forget about them." I kissed her, wrapping my arms around her waist. Alice froze, and I pulled back to look at her.

Her eyes were glazed over. I kissed her shoulder, rubbing her back while I waited.

Alice looked at me, smiling. "What is it?" She shook her head, kissing me. "Nothing bad, I promise. Ness is going to talk to you and Edward about something important tomorrow. Just listen to her." I didn't answer her, what could Ness want to tell us? "Alice, what is it? If something's wrong-"

"Bella, it's nothing like that. Its not my place to tell you. Just promise me, that you'll listen to her?"

"Alice, we love her and whatever it is we'll deal with it. Im surprised that she hasn't gone to you or Rosalie yet."

Alice shook her head, looking away. "I'm serious, pixie. If there's something she can't talk to Edward or I about, she'll talk to you two." That made her smile. I kissed her, and she pushed me back onto the couch.

We got ready the next morning, going back to the house. Edward didn't seem happy that we hadn't come back the night before. "I thought you were coming back last night?." I shook my head, looking at him. "Alice and went to her cottage for a while, and started talking." We'll, it wasn't a complete lie. We did talk ... For a while. "OK, just let me know if you're staying out OK?" I nodded, promising I would. Honestly, I was thinking about throttling him. But, I don't think that would have ended well. And from the look on Alice's face when we went downstairs she agreed.

"You OK Aunt Ali'?" Ness looked at Alice, who smiled. "I'm fine, Ness. Why?" Ness shook her head, getting her jacket. "No reason." I looked at Alice, and we left, going to school.

I sat down at the lunch table, next to Rosalie. Ness was with her friend Milly, and Milly's brother Adam. She looked at me. Smiling and turned back to Milky. They'd been pretty close since we moved back, and her brother was a smaller version of Emmett.

"Still think he's a smaller version of Emmett?" I looked at Rosalie, as she spoke. "Well, you can't slap him when he does something stupid." Rosalie shook her head, turning to me. "Maybe not, but he is not as bad as Emmett." I nodded, she was right. "No one is, Rosalie. It's like saying someone is as perky as Alice. It's impossible." That made her smile, and I noticed the others walking toward us as I spoke.

Alice sat across from me, with Jasper next to her. Edward sat next to me, smiling at me.

"I heard that." I looked at Alice, deciding to play innocent. "Heard what? I was just talking Rosalie.." Alice just looked at me, shaking her head. I had to stop myself laughing at the expression on her face. (She's cute, sue me.) "Fine. Fine."

We all knew I was in for it, it was never good when she did that. I looked at Milly, who was looking at Emmett. She'd always been intimidated by his size. I was to, but I got to know him and he's really a great guy. "I think Milly is still afraid of you." I looked at Emmett, who shrugged.

"She'll get over it, you did." I smiled at him. "It wasn't like that. I was worried you wouldn't like me, remember?" They all laughed, when I said that. Emmett shook his head.

"You never had to worry about that, Bella. Really." I smiled at him, and heard the bell and walked to class.

I put my books away, and sat on the bed. Edward smiled at me, sitting next to me. "Are you OK, Bella?" I looked at him, smiling. "Of course I am. Why?" He shook his head, looking away. "Never mind. I-"

Ness walked in, interrupting whatever he was about to say. I remembered what Alice said about Ness wanting to talk to us, and smiled at her. She seemed nervous, and Edward looked concerned. She must have been hiding her thoughts from him, and he didn't like when she did that.

"Can I talk to you two?" I smiled, looking at her. "Sure, what is is, Ness?" She sat on the bed, next to me. Edward was sitting in the chair by the desk. I looked at him, and he was looking at Ness, concerned. "I need to tell you something."

I took her hand. "You can tell us anything, Ness. We all love you no matter what. Right, Edward?" I looked at him, and he smiled at her. "Of course."

Ness took a deep breath.

"Mom, dad. I'm gay."

I looked at Edward, he looked surprised but not angry.

"We love you no matter what, Ness. Who you're dating, doesn't bother us. As long as they treat you right." Ness gave me a hug, and I looked at Edward over her shoulder. He sat beside Ness, and she hugged him.

"So, who is she?"

I was thankful the rooms were sound-proofed, during this conversation.

Ness looked at Edward, as he spoke. She blushed, looking away.

"Come on, who is she?"

I nudged her shoulder, as I spoke. She looked at me, a small smile on her face. "Milly." Well, considering how close they've gotten since we'd arrived that wasn't a massive shock. We'd gotten here in late August and it was mid March.

"Milly? I thought I noticed you two getting closer." I nudged her shoulder, and she blushed. "Yeah."

"Relax Ness. It doesn't bother us, although your Aunt Ali' will probably drag you to shopping. Again." That made her smile. Ness was like me, and hated shopping, but Milly wasn't. She was scared of Emmett though.

"Yeah, she likes Aunt Ali'. But she's kind of scared of Emmett."

I put my arm around her, squeezing her shoulders. "Well, she'll get to know him and she won't be."

She hugged us, and left to tell the others. She left the door open and about 5 minutes later I heard squealing and hugging downstairs. Apparently Milly had to come over for dinner the following week. I looked at Edward.

"At least she's happy." He nodded, looking at me. I closed the door, sitting on the bed. "And from the squalling, and Alice's thoughts, I think a shopping trip is being planned." That made me laugh. Good God, she loves to shop. "Why doesn't that surprise me?" He laughed, taking my hand.

"Nothing to say about her dating a human?" Edward laughed, shaking his head. "I did exactly the same thing, why would I?" I smiled, and he kissed me. I thought about what Alice had said about telling them and one and decided to ask her about it.

We were all sitting downstairs that evening, and Ness walked in with Milly. It was Thursday, and she came over. We smiled when we saw them. "Hey, how are you two?" They both smiled, but Milly seemed nervous. They sat on the couch next to Alice and Jasper. "Milly relax I told them already, remember?"

I smiled at her. "Milly, relax. It doesn't bother any of us. As long as you two are happy, that's all that matters." She smiled at me, running a hand through her long black hair, something I did when I was nervous. "We told my parents yesterday."

"How'd that go?" Milly looked at Edward, she didn't seem to like him very much. She thought we were all siblings.

"They were fine with it. Adam, came very close to a concussion though. He's fine with it, he just thinks its funny to tease her. Until she smacked him." That made everyone laugh. Her brother was a great guy, as long as he didn't tease his sister. Then he was in trouble. He was 19 and she was 17.

Milly left a little while later, promising to come over for dinner the following week.

The next day, I walked over to our lunch table, sitting in between Emmett and Edward. Edward smiled, turning to me. "Hey." I smiled at him, and noticed Ness coming over with Milly. She sat beside Rosalie, who was next to Emmett.

"Hey Milly." Emmett smiled at Milly. She needed to get to know him, mow that she was dating Ness. She smiled at him. They started talking and discovered the both had an interest in something. I was talking to Ness, so I wasn't really paying attention, after they started talking.

"Any plans for tomorrow?" I shook my head, thinking I would know that night. "Not yet. You?" She shrugged, looking through her bag for something. "Milly and I might go out, not to sure yet." I nodded, I knew she was looking for permission but didn't want Milly to know. "Where to?" She found the book she was looking for and check something, before putting it back. "Movies." She smiled at me, and I nodded. "Have fun."

She smiled at me, and looked at Milly, who was now talking to Alice. And what were they organising ? A shopping trip.

"Looks like you won't be going to the movies tomorrow." I laughed, looking at Ness. Alice and Milly looked at us.

"Come on, it'll be fun." Alice smiled at me, knowing I can't say no to her.

Milly looked at Ness, who caved immediately.

"Fine." We spoke at the same time, making all the others laugh. "You're coming to, Rose." Rosalie looked at Alice, shaking her head. "As long as we're back by mid night."

"I'm not that bad." We all tried to hide our laughter, which didn't work. "Oh come on, it'll be fun." I looked at Milly, she seemed more relaxed around us, but still a little nervous around Emmett.

"Fine, fine."

They both smiled, and went back to planning. I shook my head and turned to Edward. He smiled, but I knew something was off. "You OK?" He nodded, but looked away. "I'm fine. Want to do something on Sunday?" Milly couldn't hear him, thankfully. I nodded, knowing I couldn't get out of it.

That night, Ness was in her room. Milly had to go home, she was having relatives over. We were in the living room. I was next to Edward, with his arm around me. Rosalie and Emmett were on the other couch, talking to us. Alice and jasper were upstairs, they had their door open and we could hear playful bickering.

"Milly seems more comfortable around you." I looked at Emmett, who smiled. She still seemed a little nervous, but it was getting better. "Yeah,-"

Alice and Jasper's voices got louder.

"No, you don't."

"Jasper, listen to me."

A loud smack followed and we all ran upstairs. I collided with Alice, who had a large crack down the side of her face. I've never been actually frightened that Emmett would hurt me, but if he was looking at me like that, I would be. He grabbed Jasper, who was in the doorway to their room. Emmett slammed him against the wall. Carlisle and Esme were out, so they had no idea what was going on.

Jasper looked at Alice, who had wrapped her arms around me.

"What the Hell just happened here?!"

I looked at Rosalie, who looked ….. Homicidal is the best way to describe the look on her face. No one hurts her Ali' and gets away with it. No one.

"We just had a disagreement."

Emmett slammed him harder against the wall. "Disagreements don't end like this, and you know it. Now, tell us what happened before I decide to remove a something vital." Alice's grip on me tightened, and I squeezed her shoulders.

I looked at Ness, who was watching Alice and I. She looked like she was putting something together.

"You must be mistaken."

Everyone looked at Edward, he must have heard something in Jasper's thoughts.

"What is it, Edward?" I looked at Rosalie, who looked like she was about to murder someone.

"Jasper thinks Alice has feelings for someone else. I think he's mistaken." Everyone looked at Alice, Rosalie put her hand on Alice's shoulder and Ness kept looking at me.

"Well, what did you hear Edward?"

He looked at me, and I could see he knew.

"It seems she has feelings for you. "