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[A/N] Welcome to a new update, my dear readers. Thanks for your reviews. I love hearing your thoughts on my fic.

Today's chapter is dedicated to SOFisticated1 because she knows how my crazy mind works like.

**24**

"Why did she call off the wedding?" Alice whispered to Jasper who was sitting next to her in the last row. He had just told her that his older sister had cancelled her wedding unexpectedly. Alice chewed on the end of her pen and tried to ignore the rumbling in her stomach. This morning she hadn't felt like eating anything before class and now she felt famished. Lunch break couldn't come soon enough, she thought.

"Because she's a moody bitch, that's why" Jasper stated. "Mom is so upset about the whole incident. She spent the rest of the weekend crying in her room."

Alice coughed. "Don't you think that's she's overreacting a bit? It wasn't her wedding."

Jasper reached out his hand and pulled the book that was lying between them closer to him. "Mom is pretty emotional. She didn't handle it well when my father died."

"There's therapy for this kind of problems. You should know about it."

"I don't need anyone telling me that my mother is crazy. She's been through a lot."

"Mr. Hale, Miss Brandon is there anything you'd like to share with the rest of the class?" The professor's deep voice echoed angrily through the room. "This class is about mental disorders. It's not a place to hook up with other students."

The rest of the class started cheering and laughing. Alice's face turned crimson. How embarrassing. She cringed and moved as far away from Jasper on the bench as it was possible. God, how much she hated this jerk. If only he hadn't caught her and J. together.

Yes, it was wrong of her to sleep with her married professor. But blackmailing her for doing it was surely as much wrong as the affair itself.

Finally after twenty more almost unendurable minutes the bell started ringing and ended the class. Alice practically jumped from her seat, finding herself stopped by Jasper's grip around her wrist.

"Wait, you need to come with me." He demanded. "Emmett and I are taking Mom out to lunch to cheer her up a little."

"What does that have to do with me?" Alice snarled, pulling her hand away from him.

"I told Mom, you'd be coming with us." Jasper told the dainty girl next to him. "She likes you."

"Everyone likes me." Alice responded. "But I don't have time for lunch right now. There's something I need to talk about with J., I mean with Professor Hunter."

"You're really a slut." Jasper chuckled. "Nobody would assume that from such a nice girl like you."

"I hope your boyfriend's cock suffocates you the next time you suck it." Alice hissed, grabbing her bag. "Fine, I'll go with you, but I need to speak to J. first. He's waiting for me in his office."

All the way through the corridor and up to the second floor where Professor Hunter's office was located Alice tried to keep her head up and the tears from falling. Jasper was such an asshole. What was between her and J. was love, true, passionate love. Now that she was going to tell him, he was going to be a Dad he'd finally leave his stupid wife for her.

"Come in," J. called when she knocked on the wooden door. As soon as she had stepped inside the room, he turned the key around in the lock.

"I don't wish to be interrupted while I'm with you, my little vixen." He murmured, hugging her tightly from behind. She could feel his excitement against her backside and sighed.

Not now, she thought. "Can we talk first?" Alice asked, trying to free herself of his embrace. J. liked it rough and maybe sex could harm the baby. Could it?

"Talking," Professor Hunter murmured, running his hand down to Alice's chest. "Talking is not the reason why I wanted to see you today."

"James, please." Alice said. "It's important."

He sighed and caressed the small roundness of Alice's breasts through her blouse. "What could be more important than this?"

"It has to do with us." Alice whispered. "James, do you love me? Do you really love me?"

He smiled against her shoulder before he pressed a kiss on it. "Of course I love you, my silly girl."

Alice took a deep breathe. Then she pressed out the next sentence as fast as she could. "I'm pregnant."

James dropped his hands from her. He stepped back and leaned against the bookshelf at the right corner of his office. "Are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm not. I made a test. I mean I made several tests and my OB/GYN has confirmed the pregnancy. Now, are you mad at me?"

The man's eyes narrowed. He had trouble keeping his temper under control. His life had gone so smoothly in the last years. His career was successful and he had enough ambition to become the next Dean when the old fucker retired. The last thing he needed now was a little bitch trying to shit with him.

"Is it from me?" he asked Alice, his voice trembling because he felt more like yelling at her right now. What was so difficult in remembering to take your fucking pill every morning?

"Of course it's yours. Why are you asking that?"

"Because you're a goddamn whore." He snapped. "I bet you've probably slept around your way all over the campus."

Alice felt red hot anger spreading through her. How could he dare to call her a whore? She had been a virgin before she had met him. J.'s reaction to the pregnancy news was way worse than she had ever expected it.

"Look, I love you. This baby is ours. I've never been with anyone apart from you. We can make this work somehow."

James made a noise that reminded Alice of the growling of a large dog. He jumped towards her and pushed her forcefully against his mahogany desk. "Is three-hundred bucks enough to solve the little accident?" he hissed, fumbling for his wallet.

"You don't to give me money for an abortion? That's out of the question. I've decided that I want to keep the baby."

He dropped a pile of books from his desk and growled again. "You're going to do what I tell you to, you little whore! Or there'll be consequences."

"Let me go." She pleaded. "You are hurting me."

"It's going to hurt a lot more when I'm finished with you."

Alice grabbed the next object she could reach with her fingers and tossed it over J.'s head with as much force as she was capable of. He tumbled to the floor and she managed to make it to the door in a flash.

Her hands were quivering so much it was making it difficult for her to open the lock again. Tears were pouring down her cheeks, ruining the carefully applied make-up within seconds. She had made such an effort today to look most beautiful for J. Now, she felt so stupid for it.

"What the hell is going on here?" Emmett called out, when Jasper's girlfriend wrapped her arms around his brother. "Did she fail a class?"

"Alice, stop with the crying." Jasper told her. "I'm sure it's not that bad."

"Don't tell me what is bad! You know shit!" Alice sobbed. "All of you know shit!"

"Jazz, I think your girlfriend is losing it." Emmett stated. "Good thing we are close to the asylum two blocks away from here."

James stood up from the floor, rubbing his temple. "Girlfriend? You're Hale's girlfriend now?"

Alice sniffed and took two steps away from Jasper. That she had let this asshole see her cry…

"It's not like you think it is, J." she told James, rubbing her left hand that was throbbing from when he had grabbed her so harshly earlier.

"Rumors say you prefer ass to pussy." James stated, glaring at Jasper with disgust. "But I know that Alice is tight either way."

The next thing James felt was how a fist connected painfully with his nose. Blood splattered. Pain rippled through James' face with so much force it knocked out the breath of him. Then a second hit against his stomach made him fall over and cough up a mixture of blood and saliva.

"Stop it!" Alice called out. "Emmett, stop it! You are hurting him!"

"Jazz, aren't you going to do anything to defend her? She's your girlfriend and he's talking about her like she's some random whore."

"He's not my boyfriend!" Alice screeched. "Jasper is gay! He's gay!"

"Lower your voice, Alice." James coughed, spitting out a bit more blood. His nose felt like it was broken. Crap, it was definitely broken. How was he going to explain that to Victoria?

"You are gay?" Emmett asked his younger brother. "I thought you'd swing both ways?"

"That's what I told Mom to make her feel better." Jasper explained. "You know how she's like."

Emmett nodded his head. "I still don't understand why you are pretending to be dating Alice then?"

"Jeez, you are really fucking slow, aren't you?" Alice said to Emmett. "Your brother found out I'm sleeping with our professor. That's why he's blackmailing me to be his alibi girlfriend."

Jasper whined when Emmett grabbed him roughly by his shoulders. "Is that true, you little shit?"

"Brandon, Hale, you are both excluded from my class for the rest of the semester." James snapped, holding a tissue against his bleeding nose. "And you, Sir, should be glad if I'm not going to press charges against you."

"Do what you feel you must." Emmett told James, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "But I'm sure the Dean of this place wouldn't like it too much to know you are molesting female students."

"Molesting her? She threw herself at me like the whore she is!" James hissed, earning himself a third punch that ended up on his jaw this time.

"I would break your nose too, if you weren't my brother." Emmett stated, smacking Jasper against his head. "You are not only gay. You are a fucking coward on top of it."

Alice sobbed silently. Her legs felt boneless, making it impossible for her to move. Eventually though, she made it outside of James's office and rushed downstairs. She needed to get away from here. She would call her father and make up some excuse on why she needed to transfer to another college. Damn it, where were her car keys?

"You left your bag at prince Charming's dungeon." Emmett said, tossing the leather bag to the crying girl. "Wow, you catch well for someone with such small hands."

"Save your shit, for someone who cares hearing it!" Alice yelled, another sob shaking her delicate body. She was angry and felt terribly humiliated on top of it.

When Emmett blocked her way to the door of her car, she punched her fist against his forearm.

"Harder. I didn't feel anything."

"I hate you. Get out of my way. I want to go home now."

He sighed and placed his hands on her shoulders. "I'm not letting you drive when you are agitated like this."

Alice sobbed and leaned back against the hood of her car. "Just so you know. I happen to be an excellent driver."

Emmett smirked and pointed to the damaged bumper. "I can see that."

"It was just a little accident." Alice told him. Just a little accident, she thought bitterly. J. had referred to the baby as a little accident too. She hated him so much right now that it was physically painful.

"My sister could fix this for you." Emmett said. "She's good at stuff like that."

"I don't need anyone of your stupid family fixing anything!" Alice hissed, wiping a bit of snot from her running nose. "Your brother is an asshole who's been blackmailing me for weeks now."

Emmett fumbled around in the depth of Alice's huge handbag until he finally managed to pull out a package of tissues. "Blow your nose and clean up yourself. There's black crap all over your cheeks."

"That's waterproof Chanel mascara and not crap." Alice said, taking the tissue from him. A sudden wave of dizziness spread through her and she had to steady herself by leaning on to Emmett's tale frame.

"Are you hurt?" he asked, carefully cupping her face in his hand. She really was a tiny thing, not even high enough to reach his shoulder. Something deep inside Emmett clenched for a second. He had a preference for dainty women. Not that it mattered right now.

"Are you hurt?" he asked again, stepping back from her when she assured him that she was okay.

"I'm fine." Alice stated. There's no need to worry. Can you let me drive home again now? I feel like spending the rest of this shitty day in bed."