Authors Note:
Hello everyone! It has been a long time, I know. I have been procrastinating and lost motivation at some points. But as I promised I am going to finish this story. I received a PM recently that really kicked me in the butt and motivated me to put a chapter up. Again, I want to thank you for all of the support I have s been receiving for this story. Without you guys reading, I wouldn't be receiving the incredible motivation and great feedback you all always give. So thank you! :)
Alright, Let's get to the drama!
Stephenie Meyer own Twilight and all of the characters from the books.
I apologize in advance for any errors and/or mistakes.
Reviews, criticism, and suggestions are always welcomed. I hope you all enjoy this chapter :)
*All thought in italics
Bella's POV
Everything seemed to move in slow motion. My chest heaving with weighed down breaths, my head and heart pounding, and my fists tightened in anxiety and utter terror. I wanted to scream out, but I knew if I did, a bullet would be in my brain before I could blink.
Fuck! Shit! I have to make it out of this alive, for my baby, I have to! And Rosalie, she is in the kitchen. Fuck! I have to protect her too. Maybe I can reason with this person. What the fuck would I say? Maybe they want money. I could give them money.
Before I could open my mouth I hear the door unlock. I hear the rustle of bags along with the click clack of heels.
Alice. Shit.
"Ali-" I start to scream before my captors hand roughly stifles my words.
"You shut the fuck up and stay quiet" a female voice hisses.
So it's a female? Who the fuck is she? Maybe I can take her. No no, I can't. I'm not putting my child more at risk.
I obediently stay silent and pray Alice and Rose find me soon. I hear the sound of heels coming towards us.
"I am so sorry girls!" Alice yells as she comes into the living room. She hasn't looked up yet but she seems to be sending a text on her new phone.
"I know I took forever," Alice continues. "But the line at the Chinese place was surprisingly long. And I wanted to stop the get some more things for the ba-" she finally looks up. Her eyes widen in horror and she drops her phone in shock. The sound of the shattered screen pierces through the silence. Another pair of heels rush into the room.
"I heard something crack. Someone better have not broken my-" Rosalie is also stopped in her tracks. She takes in the scene before her and in a split second her face turns from slight anger to complete rage.
"YOU BITCH! " she roars out they charges at my captor. My captor switches positions and puts her arm around my neck and points the gun at Rose. This causes me to start fighting and screaming again. This seems to get Alice out of her shock.
"Rose no!" Alice shouts and she manages to grab Rose's arm before she can get her hands on the women holding me.
"Leah, you fucking cunt! How dare you! I will fucking murder you!" She rages on. Rosalie fights against Alice, but Alice manages to hold her back.
"Yeah right, like you could pull that shit off. You are just weak, you were always weak! Your dumbass would probably end up killing yourself instead of me!" Leah yells back with the gun still pointed. Alice then runs in the middle of them and puts her hands up to tries to put an end to their bickering.
"Both of you, stop! Just stop!" Alice screeches out in a command.
"Get the fuck out of the way" Leah spits out to Alice while her eyes are still trained on Rosalie.
"No" Alice refuses and she stands completely in front of Rosalie shielding her.
"Get. Out. Of. The. Way." Leah repeats her voice raising.
"Leah no!" Alice stands her ground. "Let's just talk about all of this like civilized adults"
"You wanna be civilized now? After you and your sister try to fuck me, AJ, and everybody else in the crew over? Fuck no. The time to be civilized is over" Leah grits out and her hold tightens slightly on my neck.
"What the fuck are you talking about you delusional bitch! I could give less than two shits about you and the crew. But I love AJ and AJ knows I would never rat him out like that! But you know what? I'm gonna stop repeating myself to you because you are obviously too fucking stupid to comprehend what I am saying" Rosalie hisses out at Leah. Rose pushes past Alice and lunges to grab onto Leah's hair. This causes Leah's hands to shoot up to defend herself, freeing me. I pant and shake and massage my neck to dull the pain. I look to my left and see the gun splayed on the ground. I look up to see Rosalie and on top of Leah, punching her jaw with brute force. Alice races to break up the fight, but one stray leg in the tangle of legs manages to reach her face, knocking her to the floor. During the attack Leah notices Rosalie has left her right side vulnerable and delivers a brutal pounding to it with her fist. Rosalie cries out and Leah takes this opportunity to flip them so that she is on top. Leah wastes no time and starts to immediately punch Rosalie. She grabs her blonde tresses and slams her head to the ground. Her screams don't deter Leah and she keeps going without no mercy. Alice is yelling, screaming, and pleading for it to stop. I on the other hand stay silent and watch helplessly.
I am too weak. Fuck! I can't fucking do anything about this!
I start to see blood and Leah's fists.
"No," I whisper.
I can't let Rose get hurt. I have to do something! Think Bella, fucking think! What can your pregnant ass do? Pregnant…That's it!
I hold my stomach and start to moan out in pain. Alice immediately rushes to my side.
"Bella what's wrong?" Alice asks in a panic. I start to moan louder and look Rosalie's way. She has managed to get Leah off her and she is standing.
I have to make this more effective.
I pretend to lose my balance and start to fall. Alice tries to catch me. I glance to Rosalie and I see her face contort into worry. She pushes Leah off of her with as much force as she can muster then delivers a round house kick to Leah's face. Leah stumble to the floor and Rosalie rushes to my side.
"Bella talk to me! What is it? Is it the baby?!" Rose asks as she finally reaches me. She is frantic and shaking. "We need to take you to the hospital!" she says breathing heavy and helping me up. Alice helps her and once they finally have me standing I process what Rosalie said.
"No no!" I yell out. "I just…I just need to lie down. I feel so shaky and weak. Something might be wrong" I croak out, trying to look as sick as possible.
"Let's get you up stairs" Rose says to me as she take of most of my weight. Then she turns to Alice.
"Ali, I'm not trying to be a bitch to you right now in your tough times and all, but ou have ten minutes to get this psycho bitch out of my fucking house or I am calling the police" she says venom rolling off her tongue and her eyes looking deadly at Leah. Alice still looks shaken up from everything. I reach out for her hand and squeeze it gently to offer some comfort. She looks at me and smiles slightly, the touch seeming to calm her and bring her to reality.
"Got it" she finally answers Rose. Rosalie carries her weight and some of mine up the stairs and we get safely away from the madness for now. Relief washes over me.
Alice's POV
I watch the two of them go up the stairs. Once they disappear I don't turn around immediately. I take a second, and breathe.
You made this mess. You had to know it would blow up in your face. Now it's time to make it right. Fix it.
I turn around to see Leah staring dead at me. Her eyes are black and fierce. She looks as if she wants to take my clothes off and throw me off a cliff at the same time. That looks is making me feel like she can end my life and begin it all over again in a single breath. I feel like she is looking into my soul. No one has ever looked at me that way before. It's frightening and thrilling at the same time.
"You lied to me" she grits out. Her words cut deep and cause me to physically step back. I make my hands into shaky fists and I feel the tears start to build up in my eyes.
"I'm sorry" I breathe out my lips trembling.
"I'm fucking sorry" she says then lets out a humorless laugh. "That's all people like you ever fucking say. I'm sorry. You saying that bullshit doesn't change the fact that you fucking lied to me" she grits out, standing dangerously still.
"Leah, what I did wasn't right. I know that now. I was just trying to protect and save my sisters. But I didn't do it the right way. I didn't do the right thing. I'm sorry I had to get you involved. I'm so sorry I hurt you" I with regret, moving closer to her and reaching out to comfort her.
"You didn't fucking hurt me" she yells out. She gets in my face and stares me down.
"I never let anyone hurt me because I never let anyone in. I hardly trust anybody, just a few fucking people. And my stupid stupid ass was about to start to letting you in. I started to trust you, I really did. Because I thought you were different. But you are the same. You are worse. You are a fucking con artist and I almost fell for your trap" she whispers maliciously to me. I let out an uncontrollable sob and the tears start to flow freely.
Why am I in the position again? Why am I always the one feeling bad? Why am I the victim? Jas-…he made me feel like this. He always did, but not anymore. Fuck him. Fuck him to fucking hell. Fuck anyone who makes me feel like this.
"Fuck you Leah" I spit out in her face. She looks slightly taken aback at my language choice. "I am owning up to my mistakes. But I will not apologize for making you feel again. I will not apologize for my friendship and how I feel for you. All of this time we spent together I was myself. You know me, who I am, and what I have been through. The only lie I told you was my name. But you saw me, you saw everything! And I WILL NOT apologize for that" I tell her looking her dead in the eye. We just stay silent and stare for what seems like an eternity. I can feel my expression start to soften as I get lost in her eyes. I can feel us getting closer and closer until are breaths are mingled together. She is the first to break away. She locates her gun and grabs it. She gives me one last look and then walks out the front door. I stand there, not sure what to do. So I just start to cry.
Bella's POV
My eyes are trained on Rosalie as she cleans up her face in the bathroom. I am lying in the middle of her bed with one of her throw blankets over me. I haven't been in this room for a long time. But being in here again is bringing back all the feeling and memories I have been trying to avoid for so long. My heart twinges and my stomach churns.
We had sex here. We made love here, in this bed.
My heart beat quickens and my loins jump as I think about the times we have taken each other in this bed.
Bella stop for fucks sake! You can't be thinking about that shit right now. You can't go back. There is more important things going on right now. Stop it!
"You sure you don't need some help?" I say to her in an effort to distract myself.
"No, I'm alright, you just relax. I have done this before, nothing a little make up can't fix." She replies.
"Is she gone" I ask quietly, and I can't help the fear that spikes through me. Her holding that gun to my head will be etched in my mind for a long time.
"Yeah, I think I heard the door close a couple of minutes ago. She better be gone if she knows what's good for her" I can hear the apparent distain in her voice. The room is silent for a moment.
"How are you feeling? I hope that bitch didn't leave a mark. That will really make me want to fuck her up." she growls out. I smile slightly at her protectiveness.
"I'm okay. My neck hurts a little but I don't think it's bruised. I should call the cops. And goodness if Edward finds out he is going to have a fucking fit" I say looking down and playing with the blanket and shaking my head
"Yeah, Emmett too. And I have a mind to call the cops too. But I don't want AJ to get burned by all of this. He may do not the purest thing for a living, but he was there for me in my darkest time. I don't want to hurt him" she tells me, her voice dripping with sincerity. I open my mouth to ask her if she minds talking more about AJ, but I stop in my track when I see her. She comes out of the bathroom moments later, her face back to its normal perfection.
God, she is so beautiful
I shiver at the sight of her.
"Are you still cold?" she asks concerned. "Here," she says. Then she moves to lay down next to me and moves me so that I am laying on her chest. My arms automatically wrap around her.
Shit, this feels so fucking good. Fuck
I fight the urge to hold her tight to me.
"Is that better?" she asks.
"Definitely yes" I say before I can think about it. I close my eyes and for a few moments, I lay there, completely contented. I then stare up at Rosalie and to my surprise she is staring back at me. I see the love again in her eyes, so much stronger this time
This can't be real. This has to be a dream. This isn't really happening.
"Bella" she whispers my name. I look at her, entranced, unable to answer.
"Bella, I want to kiss you" she tells me. "Don't let me kiss you" she asks. But I am unable to move. She leans in closer, at a snail's pace. But I take in every second. How her eyes never leave my lips. How her sweet smelling breath moves slowly between our faces. How her arms hold me closer inevitably pushing me towards her.
"Bella tell me no" she pleads. Her lips are now so close to mine that I can taste them.
She is so close to me. She wants me, I know she does. I want her, more than anything.
"I can't" I whisper her to her. And without no pause she kisses me. We both moan into the kiss and hold unto each other for dear life. We kiss again and again and again and again. Each one more breathless and needy and passionate than the other.
"Bella tell me to stop" she says in-between kisses. "We shouldn't be doing this" she tries to reason with me.
Find some fucking will Bella! Stop!
I yank my lips away from hers and try to catch my breath. This prompts her to attack my neck with kisses.
"Oh god" I moan out and my middle aches with need. I feel as though I am losing my breath, but at the moment I don't care. I am drowning in the ecstasy of the way she is making me feel.
She can't stop, you have to be the one to stop this
"Go check on Alice" I blurt out before things go any further. This seems to bring her back to reality and she stops kissing me. She leans her head against my neck and is panting loudly. She gives me one last kiss on my neck then untangles herself from me. She sighs deeply then gets off the bed and leaves the room.
Shit.
I try to gather my though and comprehend what just happened.
It shouldn't have happened. Period.
But then one though dawned on me.
She has to feel the same. It must be uncontrollable for her too. She couldn't stop.
I lay myself back on the bed and stare up at the wall.
I don't even know what's going to happen now. We were getting along, things were going well, and now this shit has to happen. Fuck!
My text tone going off jolts me out of my inner monologue. I forgot that it was beside me all this time. I grab it and look at what it is says. The text is from Seth.
It reads: Need to talk to you ASAP. Let's meet up
My face scrunches up in with worry.
I text back: Hope everything is alright
A few seconds' later answers back: Everything is fine. Just really need to tell you something. Has to be in person though.
I text back: Okay. I can meet tomorrow night at the diner. That okay?
Another minute later, he texts back: Cool. See you then.
I set down my phone and run a hand through my hair
Wonder what this is gonna be about. I hope it's not bad. I don't think my heart could take any more bad
Rosalie's POV
I walk down the stairs slowly, trying to get myself together before I face Alice.
What the fuck was that? Are you that fucking weak? You begged her, fucking begged her to make you stop! You beg no one, not even Emmett much less Bella. Shit, you are losing it Hale. Big time. But…fuck that make out session was amazing. Bella is such a good kisser. It felt so fucking good. So right. I lo-..Stop! don't you dare!
"Fuck" I whisper to myself. I force myself to keep walking and enter the living room. There is see a crying Alice. I go into protective big sister mode and rush over to her.
"What happened? You okay? Shit I shouldn't have left you down here alone with her, I'm sorry! Did she hurt you?" I ask her I am kneeling down in front of her inspecting her.
"No,. And it's okay. You had to look after Bella" Alice says her voice laced with tears.
I hate seeing her this way
I scoop her up in my arms and hug her to me tightly.
"If is see that bitch again I am seriously gonna slit her throat" I say to myself more than Alice.
"Don't hurt her" she says quietly. I end out embrace and look at her surprised.
"I know what she did wasn't right. But don't hurt her. Just let her be. Give her a chance like you gave me one. If she attacks again, then we do something. But don't go after her. I think she might have learned her lesson. She left with a lot of bruises." Alice reasons with me.
"Good, she deserves those bruises. You are too fucking nice. Defending her" I say and shake my head. I rise up and put out my hand to help her up.
"But fine, as long as the bitch isn't near any of us I won't touch her. But I am only doing this for you" I tell her in finality. She smiles and a little and gives me another hug. The doorbell ringing interrupts out sisterly moment.
"Jesus, what now?" I grind out grumpily. Alice gives my arm a comforting rub.
"You go get the door and I will check on Bella" she suggest and I nod in approval. I hear her heels click clack up the stairs while I answer the door. I open it too see a little girl, who looks about six standing there. She wasn't selling anything, she seems empty handed. And I see no adults nearby.
What in the world? Who would leave there child unattended like this?
"Hello, sweetie. What's your name?" I say kindly to the little girl, not wanting to scare her.
"My name is Emma" she tells me with her little soprano voice.
"Are you lost sweetheart?" I ask concerned. She shakes her head no and her brunette curls bounce all about.
"I was at the park with my mommy. Daddy was gonna come. But he didn't. I though he got lost. So I went to find him. Have you seen him?" she asks sweetly.
"Well I don't know honey, can you tell me what he looks like?" I ask her. She smiles and her curls bounce again. You can see her two front teeth missing. She pulls a picture out of her pocket and hands it to me. I look at the picture and I almost pass out.
This is a picture of Emmett.