Seth jumping up on the bed woke me up, instead on settling on Alice's lap, he jumped onto mine. I looked at him, as he nudged my hand.

"Told you he liked you."

I looked at Alice, as she looked at Seth. He started purring, as she scratched behind his ears.

"Yeah."

A little while later, Seth decided he'd had enough and jumped off the bed. We got up and went downstairs. Esme was on the couch with Milly and Ness. They smiled when they saw me. Ness looked a little nervous, like she knew we'd overheard. I smiled, sitting on the couch.

"Hey, when did you get back?"

"A few hours ago. Adam is in his room. Apparently, someone." Esme looked at Alice. "Punched him, and he was dragged off by Emmett."

They had gotten back a little while after Emmett. And after he dragged Adam off to who knows where. I nodded, looking at her.

"Yeah, the three of us were down here, and Adam walked in. I was next to Alice, and he growled at me. Then someone." I nudged Alice. "Lost it, pinned him against the wall and punched him when he growled at me again. A little while later, Emmett got back a little while later and dragged him who knows where. Something about hurting his baby sister."

She nodded, looking at me. Milly looked at me, nervous.

"You OK, Milly?"

She shrugged, looking away.

"I just wish that twit would understand that's all."

She looked at me. I knew what she meant, someone was going to do something if he doesn't stop.

"He'll get it eventually, he will."'

Alice looked at me, shaking her head.

"No, you can't kill him."

The other three laughed, looking at me.

"Well, maybe not murder-"

"No."

She laughed, shaking her head. Rosalie walked in with Emmett, sitting down.

"Please tell he didn't try anything else?"

I shook my head, looking at Rosalie.

"No, apparently I'm not allowed hurt him."

A little while later, Alice and I went out. We were walking, hand in hand.

"Ness looked terrified, when we walked in."

That made me laugh, and I shook my head.

"Well, the rooms are soundproof, as long as you close the door. Which she didn't."

Alice laughed, squeezing my hand.

"Yeah, she was afraid you would react the way Edward would've."

I shook my head, looking at her.

"I wouldn't, you know that. She's happy, that's all that matters. I like Milly, it's just her brother that annoys me."

She stopped walking, and looked at me.

"Come on."

She led me to a large lake. And sat on one of the rocks at the edge. I sat next to her, looking at her.

"Bella, I can handle Adam. Don't worry. Do you honestly think I'd do that to you?"

I couldn't believe she was asking me that. I never even considered that. I just don't like the idea of him constantly watching her. I took her hand, looking at her.

"Alice, I never even considered that. I just hate the idea of him constantly watching you. I never even thought about. I love you, pixie. That's never going to change."

I kissed her, wrapping my arms around her.

"I just can't shake the feeling-"

"Hey, look at me."

Alice had looked away. She turned back to me, and I could see she was upset.

"I would never think that, OK? I love you, pixie. That's NEVER going to change. I just don't like the way he watches you."

I smiled at her, kissing her. She relaxed, leaning against me.

"I love you, Bella. That's why I thought-"

"That I was convinced you were going to run off with that idiot?"

She looked up at me. I shook my head, looking away at the lake. It was getting bright. I looked at Alice, her skin sparkling. Which, of course reduced me to an incoherent mess.

"Bella!"

I blinked, and she started laughing.

"I'm not going anywhere Bella. Ever."

I finally regained the ability to speak, I smiled at her.

"You should've said something sooner."

She shook her head, looking at the ground.

"You were so busy wanting to take his head off, I couldn't."

I sat back and pulled her onto my lap.

"You can tell me anything, no matter what's going on. OK?"

She cuddled into me, laying her head on my shoulder. I felt her body tense, before relaxing. Not thinking much of it, I squeezed her shoulders, kissing the top of her head.

"OK. Now, what were you going to say, when you looked at me and turned to mush?"

I swear, if I could blush, I would've.

"It's not my fault I turn to mush just by looking at you."

That made her laugh, and she kissed my neck. She looked up at me.

"Bella, you zoned out for 5 minutes and I had to shout at you to get your attention."

This really didn't surprise me.

"And? You're beautiful."

We walked back to the house, only to find Milly and Ness on the couch. They were ….. Busy and didn't notice us. Really? There's a whole floor of bedrooms upstairs and you pick the couch? Plus, that's something I really didn't need to see. Knowing was enough. Alice looked at me, the look on her face told me she'd seen this. That explained why she was tense (or at least part of it) at the lake.

"Unless you want your uncle to find you like that, I suggest you go upstairs."

I looked at Alice, I wasn't going to say anything. But, she must've seen something unpleasant involving Emmett. They sprang apart, looking up at us. Ness was blushing. I shook my head, looking at her.

"Relax, if you're going to do that, go upstairs. AND make sure your door is closed. OK?"

They looked at one another, and at us. Milly nodded, not saying anything.

They stood up, and Ness straightened her shirt. She kept looking at me. She knew at that point, that she hadn't closed the door the day before. I knew she'd suspected it that morning, but now she knew for sure. I shook my head, and they went up to the (now shared) bedroom.

"That was something I never wanted to see."

Alice laughed, as I sat on the bed. I lay back, my head in her lap. She started running her fingers through my hair. Something which always made me fall asleep.

"Pixie, unless you want me to fall asleep, I wouldn't do that."

She stopped, looking at me. We looked up, as the door opened. Seth jumped up on the bed. He walked over to me, settling on my chest. He was definitely starting like me. Alice started playing with him, making him roll off my chest. I sat up, watching her.

"What was that about him not liking you?"

I laughed, as he settled on Alice 's lap, falling asleep.

"Yeah."

The next day, Alice was with Ness, and I was with Rosalie. We were in the her room, talking.

"I hope they aren't planning another shopping trip."

I laid my head on the back of the couch, making Rosalie laugh.

"Ness? No. Milly? What do you think?"

She had a point. Plus I can never say no to Alice. And she knew it.

"Plus Alice knows you can't say no to her."

I looked at Rosalie.

"It's not my fault I turn to mush when she pouts."

Again, she laughed.

"Come on, all she has to do is look at you and you're mush."

I shrugged, you're point is? I sat up, looking at her.

"You're point is?"

She shook her head, and we went outside looking out. I really did like it here, it was quiet, plus we weren't really doing much other than keeping an eye on Milly and Adam.

"I'm waiting for Adam to slip up."

Rosalie looked at me, as I spoke.

"Yeah, he's going to try something. And when he does….."

I nodded, agreeing with her.

"Why does that scare me?"

I turned to see Ness looking at us. I told her to sit next to us, and she sat next to Rosalie.

"You have no idea what your aunt is like, Ness. Cross her and you have a death wish."

"Come on, I'm not that bad."

I just looked at Rosalie, as Ness watched us.

"I'm not going to ask. Is it OK if Milly and I go out for a walk?"

"I thought Milly was with Alice?"

Ness shrugged, looking away.

"Yeah, I think they were planning a shopping trip. But I managed to drag her way, before Aunt Ali' could get me to agree. Of course, we'll be dragged anyway."

The three of us laughed.

"OK. Before they start planning again."

Ness walked back into that house, and walked back out with Milly. They smiled at us, as they walked hand-in-hand.

"Where's Emmett?"

"I think Seth was following him. He sat on the Xbox, when I left talk to you."

That made me laugh, Seth really liked him. It was so cute.

"That's cute. He really likes Emmett. And Alice."

"Yeah. I think I'll go see where Adam is, I have a feeling something is about to happen."

I stood up, following her in. It was never good when she said that. Ever.

It was pretty quiet, other than Emmett playing his Xbox. I looked at him, and saw Seth sitting on the table in front of him, looking at him. Looks like he moved.

"Hey Emmett, have you seen Alice?"

He looked at me, shaking his head.

"No, I haven't. I've been busy, trying to get him." He looked at Seth. "To stop following me."

I shook my head, laughing.

"It's cute."

Rosalie walked into the living room, looking around.

"She's right. Have you seen Adam?"

Again, he shook his head.

"No, I'm waiting for him to slip up though."

I told them, that I was going up to check our room, and left them with Seth settled on Rosalie's lap.

I walked up the stairs, to our room. It was pretty quiet, so I wasn't surprised, that the only thing I could hear was Rosalie and Emmett playful bickering downstairs. I shook my head, as I heard her slap him, followed by, "Ouch! What did I do?"

I opened the door to our room, only to see Alice and Adam. He, being stronger than her, had pinned her to the wall. I ….. Well, I lost it. I grabbed the back of his jacket.

"Get away from her!"

Seconds later, everyone was in the room. I threw him on the ground, looking at him. I looked at Alice, she was looking at Adam. I pinned Adam against a wall.

"When will you learn that she loves ME and NOT you?!"

He growled at me, trying to push me away.

Esme and Carlisle had gone out, and Milly had gone out with Ness. Or so I thought. I heard the door open downstairs and someone coming upstairs. They noticed the open door, and walked in. When they saw what was going on, Milly's senile disappeared. She looked at Adam, and at Alice.

"Oh you've done it now."

The fight ended with Rosalie and I dragging Adam out of the house. He didn't exactly resist. Much. When he tried, Rosalie shoved him to the ground. We had walked a considerable distance from the house. Leaving Alice with Emmett, Milly and Ness. I knew she'd be OK. I still wanted to be with her. But, this guy needed to pay.

"What the Hell did you think you were doing?"

Now, don't get me wrong, I like Rosalie. But, even I wouldn't want to get on her bad side when she's angry. Especially when it came to her Ali'. I'm not that stupid.

"I'm waiting."

He didn't answer her. Well, he did. He growled at the two of us, which resulted in me pinning him to a tree. He kept trying to fight me, but I just shoved him against another tree.

"Keep fighting and I promise I will make this a lot more difficult for you." He looked at Rosalie. I never want to see her look at me like that. "And looking at her won't help. I'm the only thing between you and her taking you head off."

I knew she could grab him if she wanted to, but he didn't. But, she played along. I looked at her, and he used my distraction to throw me off. Rosalie grabbed him, hitting him. Oh he's in for it now. He put up a fight, but it was no good. We (slowly, very slowly) made sure he'd never hurt Alice again, and took care of it before going back to the house.

We walked in, to see that Esme and Carlisle were back. Esme had her arms around Alice, looking at her daughter. She looked up, when we walked in.

"Please tell me-"

"He won't hurt her again."

Carlisle looked at me, as I sat next to Alice. She took my hand, but stayed where she was, which didn't surprise me. If Rosalie or I couldn't calm her down, Esme could. Rosalie sat next to me, looking at Alice. We both had cracks running along our checks and I had one on my chest. But neither of us cared about those.

"What happened?"

I looked at Esme, it didn't surprise me that Alice wasn't able to tell them. I looked at Alice, who squeezed my hand, telling me it was OK.

"I was talking to Rosalie, we were sitting outside. We came back in, I walked up to our room, leaving Rosalie and Emmett here. I opened the door, seeing him, he had her pinned. I grabbed him, throwing him on the ground, and we dragged him outside, away from the house."

"Are you OK? Those look bad."

I shook my head, and looked at Carlisle. He knew I wasn't worried about myself.

"I'm fine, I'm not worried about myself right now."

She looked like she wanted to say something, but decided against it. She nudged Alice's shoulder, so Alice would look up at her.

"You should get some rest."

Alice opened her mouth to say something, but Esme stopped her.

"I know, I wouldn't expect you to stay there. I had Emmett move everything to another room."

The room was similar to the other room, except there were floor to ceiling windows along most of the walls. The other room, had them along one wall which led to a balcony. I looked at Alice, sitting on the bed. She looked at me. She was clearly upset, and I didn't want to make it worse. I hated seeing her like this.

"Are you just going to stand there, or are you going to sit here?"

She pointed to the spot next to her, by the headboard of the bed. I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, so I wasn't sure. I stood there, trying to decide, forgetting that she would be able to see it.

"Bella, you won't make me uncomfortable. Come here."

Shaking my head, I sat on the bed.

I still had my jacket on, trying to hide the crack on my chest. I had a v-neck on, so she would be able to see it.

"Bella, why are you still wearing your jacket?"

She looked at me, but I looked away.

"OK, take that off."

I looked at her, not moving. She shook her head, and moved to open it. But I stopped her. I sighed, not wanting to take it off, but I knew I had to. I opened it, shrugging it off. Her eyes widened when she saw the crack along the left side of my chest.

"Bella, what-"

"He grabbed me, Rosalie threw him off. I'm fine, pixie."

She didn't seem convinced, but a knock on the door interrupted us. I told whoever it was to come in. Carlisle came in, looking at me. I knew he'd want to check my injuries eventually.

"How are you two feeling?"

"OK."

He looked at me, and started checking my injuries.

"Take it easy. You'll be fine."

He left, closing the door behind him.

"I'm fine. See?"

She shook her head, looking at me.

"Yeah, yeah. Come here."

I sat next to her, and she leaned against me. I considered cuddling in beside her. But decided against it.

"Did he hit you on the head? Wait, that wouldn't do anything. Bella, you never have to be afraid to do that. Now, am I getting a cuddle or not?"

I smiled, shaking my head. I wrapped my arms around her, and she cuddled into my side.