A/N: I do not own Twilight, Nuff said!

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On our way back to Forks Edward recounted us with his story about how he had found us. Apparently twenty minutes after we left he was inflicted with Do-gooder-itis followed by a case of over-whelming chivalry and decided that he too would drive to Port Angeles. He got there just in time to see us make our way into the bookstore. He said he didn't want to disturb us, just make sure we were okay, so he stayed in the car. Personally I think he just wanted to keep tabs on me, make sure I didn't corrupt his sister or try to sell her for cocaine! Anyway, he saw us walk out of the library and talk to Psycho Two and then he saw us take off on foot into the business district. He thought it was weird that we were walking in that direction considering the theatre was in the opposite direction. He sat there a few moments wondering whether or not he should come after us, but made up his mind the second Psycho Two started after us. He didn't want to startle her, or make a big deal out of nothing, so he just followed her in his car. He saw her turn into the alley and waited, he was going to wait five minutes, and if nothing happened he was coming in there. Five minutes passed and nothing happened so he charged into the alley in the Silver Car of Salvation, his nickname, not mine. He said he saw the two Psychos standing in front of him and thought he had lost us. Then he saw The Pixie and me standing there and something inside of him felt the need to act. When he saw Psycho One come towards the car he stomped on the gas, then worried he would hit the guy so he slammed on the break. From our perspective it looked like he was trying to scare Psycho One, which he did. The next thing he knew The Psychos were taking off on foot and we were just standing there.

That was the end of his heroing tale. After that we just drove in silence, I stared out the window trying to push the thoughts of Psycho One from my mind. I tried hard to ignore the looks Edward kept on giving me through the rearview mirror, but it was difficult and I almost snapped at him. But then I remembered that he was the reason that we escaped from The Psychos so I just ignored it. However, I really wanted to set him straight, but I was just too tired. Not only was I forced to go shopping by The Pixie, but I was cornered and nearly attacked by The Psychos. Also, I was trying to figure out what I was going to tell everyone once we got back to Forks. No doubt The Shrink and the other Cullens would want to know what happened. But there was no way I could explain why Psycho One was after me. I'd have to drag up all those repressed memories; I had repressed them for a reason.

"Alice!" I almost shouted from the back seat. At the same time both The Pixie and Edward turned to look at me, which caused the car to swerve ever so slightly.

"Geez Bella, don't do that, I could have killed us all!"

The Pixie and I exchanged an uneasy grimace between us.

"What Bella?"

"Your car."

"What about it?"

"It's still in Port Angeles!"

It dawned on her then. "Quick, Edward turn around…I have to get the car! Someone might steal it, or chop it up, or…god forbid…SCRATCH IT!!! Edward turn around!"

"Alice, it's okay. We'll come back for it tomorrow."

"No! Edward, we have to get it now, what if somebody touches it?" She looked on the verge of tears and I was trying so hard not to laugh. The Pixie was on the verge of hysterics and from the back seat I could see Edward's knuckles were turning white on the steering wheel.

"Alice, I will bring you back first thing tomorrow and you can get it. Or better yet, you and Jasper can make a day trip of it and then you can get it."

She huffed a sigh, crossed her arms over her chest, and pouted in the front seat all the way back to Forks. Edward asked me if I wanted to be taken home first, but I figured it would be better to straighten out The Psychos mess now, as opposed to later. So we continued to drive onward to the Cullen Mansion. We parked out front and all entered in through the huge front glass door.

"Carlisle, Esme, we're home!" Edward yelled to the silent house. It was eerily quiet, like only the dead lived there.

"Oh, Edward, good. We were just getting ready to go out, have you heard from your—hello. Who might you be?" This blonde woman was walking towards me; she looked to be about 35 and had a genuine smile on her face. She reminded me of my own mother, and a pang of longing rang through my heart. I felt that if I asked, she would bake me cookies and ask me about my day.

"Esme, this is Bella. Bella, this is our mother Esme." I did a double take of the woman, she did not look old enough to be the mother of two high schoolers, but then I remembered what The Pixie had told me the first time I rode in her car; all the Cullens were adopted. It all fit together then.

"Hello Bella, my you are just gorgeous. I just finished baking some cookies, would you like one?" I guess I pegged her.

"No that's okay. Is The…is Carlisle here?" I asked. She looked at me, kind of sideways, and then went off to fetch him. I turned to Alice and Edward, "Maybe we should tell them about what happened. They'll probably want to ask questions and what not, so…yeah…"

The Shrink came down the stairs with Esme and then looked at me. He quirked that ridiculous smirk at me and then looked to The Pixie and Edward. "So, how was Port Angeles? Did you guys have fun? Bella, did Alice force you to shop with her? She's always doing that to everyone."

"No, well, yes, well. Yes she forced me to shop with her, but I wouldn't exactly say we had fun in Port Angeles." The smile faltered on his face and then he turned to look at his kids again. I looked to and saw what he saw, Edward looked pained, and The Pixie looked like she was mentally reliving what happened in the alley.

"What happened?" the Shrink asked. It was more directed towards Edward, but I responded nonetheless.

"Maybe we should sit down."

The Shrink led us into a parlor with extremely comfortable looking sofas in it. The sofas sat in a semi-circle, and at the opening of the semi-circle sat a baby grand piano. If I hadn't of been so distracted by the day's events I would have asked Edward if the piano was missing its mommy. But I refrained.

"So, kids, tell me what happened. Edward, you weren't even going to go, were you?" Edward just shook his head.

"I wasn't going to go, but then I thought about some stuff, and decided that maybe I should tag along just to make sure they stayed safe."

"What stuff?" Esme asked Edward. Edward didn't answer her but just looked at The Shrink. It looked like they were silently communicating. "What stuff?" Esme asked again, slightly more persistent.

"Bella has been having some issues. The other night a man was seen prowling around outside her house. It was a slightly delicate situation and I asked Edward to keep an eye on Bella for me."

So the truth came out, that's why Edward was being so nice to me. The Shrink had asked Edward to look after me. I was not two, I did not need a babysitter!

"Yeah, so I thought about that and decided I should probably go and keep an eye on them."

"Keep an eye on me? Are you kidding me? I'm not a toddler, I don't need my mommy to—" I couldn't finish my sentence, because the truth was, I did need my mommy. I needed her bad.

Esme got up from her spot on the sofa next to The Shrink and came and sat by me. She put her arm around my shoulder and I pretended not to notice. The Pixie excused herself from the room and Edward busied himself with the hem on his pant leg. I didn't cry, but only because the stubbornness in me was greater than the sorrow, for now.

"I'm okay. I'm fine." I looked to Esme, "Thank you." She just nodded but didn't get up.

"Okay, now, what happened today?" The Shrink asked, he looked at Edward but Edward couldn't tell the story.

"Alice and I got to Port Angeles early so we decided to go shopping. First at this vintage store and then at a book store."

"You go Alice to go into a book store?" Edward looked at me amazed. I shot him a look that said get a grip and then continued.

"We walked out of the bookstore and Alice told me she didn't know how to get to the theatre so we asked this red head if she knew how to get there, and she gave us direction. According to Edward we were heading into the business district and then the red head started to follow us." Esme's grip on my shoulder tightened but I kept going. "So when we got to where the red head had told us to go, there was no theatre. We were just about to leave when she came around the corner of the alley and a man stepped out of the shadows."

"Did you know the man?" The Shrink asked.

"Yeah, it was the man from the other night, the same guy who was at the school."

"What do you mean at the school?" The Shrink asked again.

No one knew about Psycho One being at the school because I hadn't gotten a chance to tell anyone.

"His name is James. He used to be drinking buddies with Phil. He was the guy outside our house that night, and he approached me at the school. That was the day you told me that Alice could give me a ride, and when you brought my jacket out to me. You found me on the ground, remember? I had tripped in my hurry to get away from him."

The Shrink just sat there, taking it all in. He was probably thinking that his children shouldn't associate with the girl who was being stalked.

"Please, Bella, continue."

"There's not much more, Edward came rolling in and scared them away. Then we came back here."

"Bella, what does James want with you?" At this point everyone was paying attention to me.

"He…" I couldn't finish. Esme kept her arm around me while The Shrink left the room. Edward was just sitting there, staring at me; but for once I couldn't even tell him off. Memories were flooding back in and making it difficult to swallow. It started to rain and my face was getting wet, but then I remembered that I was inside and that the water on my face had to be tears. I tried to turn away but Esme just pulled me to her and let me cry. No one had held me like this for a long time. And certainly not since before the accident. This was the kind of hold that only a mother could do. I sat there for a few more minutes crying before The Shrink came back in with a box of tissues.

"I just called your father, he's on his way."

I looked up at The Shrink, and for once the mocking smile wasn't on his face. Instead he just looked at me with the eyes of someone who knew. He knew my secret, knew what had happened. His stare intensified and it caused me to start crying again. He thought about sitting next to us, but then changed his mind and sat next to Edward.

"Edward, is there anything else you can tell me about what happened."

"Not really. They took off on foot after I scared them off. Oh, Alice's car is still in Port Angeles. We were half way home before Bella remembered that we had left it there."

"I'll see if Jasper and Emmett can go down and get it tomorrow."

We sat there for a while just waiting for Charlie. Everyone stirred when we heard tires on the gravel outside. I was wiping my tears on my sleeves when a goddess walked through the door followed by a man who resembled a bear.

"What's with the little emo girl?" The Bear asked. He chuckled after this, but it wasn't fair to call it a chuckle because the sound of it sent vibrations through my ribcage.

I jumped off the couch and started towards him, meaning business, when I tripped over the rug on the floor and started to go down. The Bear caught me under the armpits and started to laugh again.

"Woah there, don't want to do that now, might think you were going down there for another reason." He chuckled again and my face turned red.

"Emmett! That is not appropriate, and I do not want to hear that kind of talk in my house again! Do you understand."

"Yes mom." He said, but the teasing smile never left his face. He stood me upright then and turned to The Supermodel next to him. "Wanna watch a movie." He winked at her and she just smiled and followed him up the stairs.

"What was that?" I asked. Edward chuckled at my use of What instead of Who.

"That, was Emmett. He's our son, and the girl with him is Rosalie. Rosalie is Jasper's sister, Emmett's girlfriend, and my niece." I almost repulsed visibly, but then I remembered that Emmett was adopted.

I was trying to figure out all the relations of the people in the Cullen household when Charlie knocked on the door. Carlisle let him in and showed him in. Esme asked Charlie if he wanted anything to drink, he kindly declined, and then The Shrink asked all of us to follow him into his study. Edward stayed behind and I was grateful for that, because this would be difficult enough without Edward there.

We all took a seat in The Shrink's office and just sat there staring at each other. Finally The Shrink said something.

"So, Charlie, how's work?" I scoffed at this, there was so much to be said and The Shrink was making polite small talk?

"Are you kidding me?" Charlie had opened his mouth to respond, but promptly shut it and glared at me.

"Fine Bella, tell Charlie about what happened." The Shrink said.

So I told Charlie about what had happened today, everything that had happened in Port Angeles. Then I back tracked and told him about Psycho One at the school. And then I told him who Psycho One really was. Charlie sat there the entire time just taking it all in. He had his cop face on, the impassive, give nothing away face. I concluded and then Charlie asked the question that I didn't want to answer.

"But what does he want with you?"

I stared at him. Then I stared at the floor. I looked at my shoes that were ratty and torn. Then I looked at Esme, and she looked so sad. I had a feeling she had figured it out as well.

"I…he…uh. James, was one of Phil's old drinking buddies. But he wasn't satisfied with just alcohol, he craved something a bit more. He actually craved a few things." I grimaced at this remembering the night before I came here. "I walked in on him once, he was snorting coke in our living room. He got pissed that I had seen him and held me against a wall. But I got a good slap off and he left me alone. For a while."

I couldn't continue. I wanted to, but I couldn't. I couldn't tell them about the night before I left Arizona for Forks. I couldn't tell them about how I was alone in the house for the last time. I couldn't tell them about how James had silently broken into our house. The house that I was leaving the next morning at seven. I couldn't tell them about how he silently crept up the stairs and into my room. I couldn't tell them how he held me down and…

The Shrink asked me a question about what had happened, he asked something specific and hit the nail on the head. I just nodded and started to cry. Esme came up behind me and placed her hands on my shoulders, rubbing them and trying to comfort me. I looked over at Charlie and his face was turning bright red. He looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel, or maybe he was going to pour steam out of his ears. He stood up and tore out of the house. I heard his car tear up the gravel and looked to The Shrink. He had his head in his hands and he couldn't look at me.

I just sat there until the tears stopped.

"I want to go home."

"I don't think that's such as good idea Bella, there's no one there and it may not be safe."

"There's probably a cop car sitting outside, if there's not I can come back here. But please, Carlisle, please, I just want to go home."

He looked at me and tried to plead with him as much as I possibly could, all with my eyes.

"I guess that would be alright. I'll go ask Edward if he'll drive you."

The Shrink left me with Esme, and went in search of Edward.

"Bella, if you ever need anything, or just want some place to hang out, you can always come here. You are always welcome in this household and I am always available to talk."

I smiled at Esme knowing that I really wanted to take her up on that offer, but unable to actually accept it. Then Edward and The Shrink entered the room and I was ushered out. Edward and I walked silently to his car and took off.

"Bella."

"Yes?"

He looked at me for a long second and I realized he had figured it out. He didn't say anything for a while, just drove.

"I'm sorry." He said. I looked at him, and something inside of me snapped.

"Don't be! I'm fine! I'm peachy flipping keen! I don't need you to be sorry for me, I can take care of myself! And all this bullshit about you keeping an eye on me, quit it! I can take care of myself."

"Obviously you can't."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"It means you nearly got yourself and my sister killed today!"

"I had it covered!"

He just scoffed.

"Oh, to hell with you Edward! I don't need you. I don't need your pity or your protection. I can take care of myself. And I'll stay away from your sister if that's what you want. That way she won't get mixed in with all the crazy shit that is currently going on in my life. Okay?"

He didn't say anything for a while and then we pulled up to the house. There was a cop outside the house, but he appeared to be sleeping. All the better for me, I wouldn't have to wait outside while he checked for the Boogeyman. This way I could just tear from the car and slam the door in Edward's face.

"Look, Bella, I didn't mean anything. I just want you to be careful, okay."

"I will be careful! But not because you told me to, because I want to! And I can take care of myself so leave me alone!"

"Fine, if that's what you want then fine, Bella! I'll leave you alone, I'll stop caring. No better yet, I don't care, I was just trying to care because that's what Carlisle wanted, but I'm done. I don't care anymore. I don't care! You hear me Bella, I don't care! Now get out of my car, we're here!"

"FINE!" I screamed as I slammed his car door. I stomped up to my house and put the key in the door. I yanked it opened and turned to see if Edward was gone. He wasn't so I gave him the finger and turned into the house a slammed the door.

I hadn't taken two steps before all the air rushed out of me. Psychos one and two were standing in the hall.

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