[Disclaimer] All things Twilight belong to Mrs. Stephenie Meyer.

[A/N] Hello my lovely readers out there. Thanks for supporting my little soap opera/fanfic with your reviews. I really appreciate all of them a lot. It's because of you that I keep writing this story.

This one is dedicated to beelotus and aquarius127 for their helpful suggestions about where the girls could go.

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**Chapter 33**

"Mommy, are we there yet?" Lilly asked me impatiently from the backseat, carelessly throwing her coloring book back on the backpack that was lying next to her.

"No, we're not, sweetie. Try to sleep a little bit."

"But I'm not tired." She mumbled, her voice reaching the shrill overtired tone that made it pretty obvious to me that she would fall asleep in the next couple of minutes.

Ali put her left hand on my thigh and started stroking up and down on the rough fabric of my jeans. Then she leaned over and planted a soft kiss upon my cheek.

"I think that we should make a little break now. You haven't eaten anything the whole day."

I sighed deeply and pulled out the bottle of diet coke to sip on it.

"That awful stuff doesn't count as food. Don't tell me that you're not hungry, Bella."

Of course, I'm hungry. I'm always hungry…and it won't help me with my goal to lose weight.

"Bella?"

"Yes?"

She took my hand in hers and put it to her lips to plant kisses all over my knuckles. Her warm breath tickled my skin, sending a pleasant shiver down my spine.

"I don't like it when you starve yourself. Can't you see that I really like you the way you are?"

I squeezed her hand and started circling my thumb over her dainty wrist.

"If people tell me ugly things about myself it's way easier for me to believe them. Isn't that embarrassing?"

Her eyes narrowed for a moment and she swallowed hard before she spoke up again.

"I hate it that my brother treated you like crap for such a long time. Why did you stay with him?"

"Well, I think it was mostly because of Lilly. My own parents got divorced and it was awful for me. I never wanted that for my own child."

"I'm sorry, Bella. If I hadn't…"

"Ali, don't you dare to finish that sentence. I'm so glad to have you in my life. You're the best thing that ever happened to me. You bring out the best in me."

She twisted a wisp of my long hair around her fingers and started massaging my neck with her fingertips.

"And you bring out the best in me. Before I met you, I thought that I could never trust anyone again, but with you it's…well; it's just different with you."

"I guess different is good…" I mumbled while I pulled the car over to park it in front of a huge rest stop.

Ali stepped out and I wrapped my arms around my sleeping daughter to wake her up.

"Are we there yet?"

A low chuckle left Ali's throat and she hugged me tightly for a moment.

"Why are you laughing?"

She leaned over and whispered into my ear.

"Lilly, kind of reminds me of that donkey in Shrek."

"It's normal that she's so impatient. I think that she inherited that from me."

"Auntie Ali, are we there yet? I want to see Cinderella!"

"No, sweetie, we're not even in California yet, but we're going to make a little break here."

Lilly rubbed her eyes and stumbled out of the car. I lifted her up on my arm and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Are you happy that we're going to Disneyland, sweetie?" I asked her as we entered the building that smelled a little bit too much of disinfection spray, at least it seemed to be clean.

"Hmm, yes I am, but I wished that we could have taken Fido with us."

For a moment I wondered if I should probably get her puppy for her birthday. She would be so thrilled about that...

"You can sit down with the little one and I'll get us something to eat." Ali told me and I instantly missed the touch of her hand in mine as she walked over to the counter.

"Mommy?"

"Yes, Lilly. Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

She shook her head stubbornly.

"Why was Daddy so angry at me?"

I inhaled sharply through my teeth and pulled her on my lap.

"He's not really angry at you, sweetie. It's just…" it's just that he's a cholerically asshole. But of course I couldn't tell her that. I would rather bite my own tongue…

"Fries or fries?" Ali asked cheerfully as she sat down on the plastic chair next to us.

"They had some burgers too but they didn't look too good to me. I don't want you to get sick. It's enough that Rose got the stomach flu…"

"Fries are fine, thanks Ali."

I kissed her cheek before I dipped one of the greasy fries into the mayonnaise and nibbled on it. One after the other disappeared in my mouth until the unpleasant growling in my stomach finally stopped.

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The hot water of the shower poured down on my body while Ali started adding some of my strawberry shampoo into the length of my hair. Her fingertips stroked down my back in smooth movements until she reached the roundness of my hips. Slowly she turned me around and I cupped her face between my hands.

"I love showering with you." she whispered breathlessly against my mouth before she kissed me tenderly.

Hesitantly I reached out my hand to stroke over the lilac bruises on the side of her body, they were already starting to turn into an ugly yellowish color and I couldn't wait for them to disappear completely.

"Are you still in pain?" I asked her anxiously.

She nodded her head.

"It's not that bad anymore. You don't need to worry about me, Bella."

Slowly I pulled her closer to me and my nipples hardened as her perky breasts nudged against my upper body.

Her fingertips found the tiny nub and when she squeezed it gently between her thumb and her forefinger a low moan escaped my throat.

The tingly feeling between my legs increased when her other hand stroked down my stomach. I leaned down and licked off the tiny pearls of water that were pouring down her collarbone. My tongue swirled over the rosy nipples before I sucked one of it between my lips and she whimpered slightly.

"Bella…"

God, how much I loved the way she said my name when her voice was thick with lust.

My legs felt like yell-o as I kneeled down in front of her and parted her thighs; slowly I caressed the velvety skin until my palm brushed against her slick folds.

I held her open with two of my fingers and took a moment to enjoy the beautiful sight of her above me.

Like a flower…or no, not like flower really…but beautiful and intoxicating at the same time…

My tongue darted out and licked the entire slit from the top to the bottom and back again. When I reached the tiny pearl she cried out in pleasure. Her hands twisted into my hair in an attempt to pull my head even closer against her overheated flesh.

"Yes, just like that." She whispered hoarsely as the tip of my tongue circled over her throbbing clit. Her essence tasted sweeter than I remembered it. God, she was delicious. A shiver went through my entire body as the honey like sweetness poured down my throat. I licked her greedily and sucked her inner labia between my lips while I shoved two of my fingers inside of her, feeling her stretch around them.

I wished that she would be able to touch me too, but I knew that it was impossible in this position. Yet I needed to do something against the unbearable aching for relief between my legs.

"Touch yourself for me, Bella." Her voice was trembling slightly now and I knew that she close as more of her sweet essence poured out of her tight entrance.

I started rubbing myself in quick movements, circling my thumb over my clit. Ali's inner walls tightened around my fingers inside her and then she collapsed on top of me. Her climax triggered my own and I was glad that the sound of the shower pouring down on us drowned out my moans.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face against my shoulder.

"I love you."

"I love you more."

"Don't think that's possible." I mumbled before I planted a kiss upon the wet curls of her hair.

We sat there, holding each other until the water above us turned cold.

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"Do you want coffee?" Ali asked me as she sat down next to me and put her arm around my shoulder.

I nodded my head and rubbed my tired eyes.

"You're really not a morning person, Bella." She stated and put a wisp of my hair behind my ear.

"Not, if you and my daughter decide that six A.M. is a good time to stand up."

She chuckled slightly and kissed the sensitive skin right above my hairline.

"Sleepyhead…"

"Did I snore again?" I asked her while I nibbled halfheartedly on the piece of toast in front of me.

"Yes, you did. It's cute actually. And just for the record; Lilly snores too. I think she inherited that from you."

"Auntie Ali, do I really snore?" to my amusement it sounded as if she was proud of it.

"Hmm, yes you do, sweetie. Do you want me to braid your hair?"

"Yes please!" she called out and dropped her glass of orange juice over the table.

I sighed deeply and started wiping it up with a few napkins.

"You were right when you told me that you are used to cleaning up other people's mess, weren't you?"

"Usually it's just Lilly's." I mumbled and sat down again, my hands twisting into the spikey ends of her hair.

She pulled Lilly on her lap.

"You and I we have to help your Mommy more when we get home, will we?"

Lilly nodded her head and grabbed the peanut butter sandwich on Ali's plate.

"Auntie Ali, have you been to Disneyland before?"

"Once or twice when I was little, I remember throwing up on your Auntie Rosie during a carrousel ride. I guess it wasn't that funny for her."

"Can we write her and Uncle Emmett a card when we're there?"

"Sure we can, if you want to, sweetie." She told her cheerfully and started combing her copper hair before she started braiding it with skilled movements.

"You're really good at that."

"I'm good at a lot of things, Bella."

"I know, Ali. You're especially good at kissing, aren't you?"

"Maybe you should test that..."

I leaned over and planted a kiss on her full lips. She smiled against my mouth before she slipped the tip of her tongue between my slightly parted lips. Her tongue nudged against mine and I cupped her pretty face between my hands to pull her closer to me. A shiver went down my spine and for a moment I completely forgot that we were in a public place right now.

"Just look at that. Now they're even starting to let these freaks adopt kids. It's such a shame."

A low growl left Ali's throat as she pulled back from the kiss. Her caramel eyes narrowed into angry slits as we looked at the red-haired woman in front of us. She seemed to be in her late thirties and was probably twice my size. Her shirt was too tight around her waist.

"Excuse me, Ma'am, but I don't think what we're doing here is your damn business!"

I took her hand in mine and squeezed it gently in an attempt to calm her down.

"Perverts like you shouldn't be allowed to adopt children. They're going to get all confused in the head."

Ali stood up from the chair and for a split second I was worried that she would punch the woman straight into her bloated face.

"And people like you shouldn't have kids because they could turn out as narrow-minded as you."

"You'll rot in hell for your sins!"

"You should better make sure that I don't send you there in the next minutes…" her crystal voice raised two octaves.

"Ali, just forget it. It doesn't matter what she thinks about us."

I lifted Lilly up from the chair and pulled Ali after me. It seemed stupid and weak to me run away from this confrontation. But was running away from our problems not was we were doing right now anyway?

"Mommy, why was the woman so angry at us?"

"It doesn't matter, Lilly. Just forget it. She was probably just unhappy with her own life and wanted others to be miserable too."

I opened the door of the car to set her down in her booster seat. She pulled two of her Barbie dolls out of her backpack and nudged their heads against each other while she made kissing noises to it.

My face turned into a crimson red color as I closed the door behind her again.

"We're really influencing her, aren't we?" I asked Ali as I leaned back against the hood of the Volvo.

She cupped my face between her dainty hands and stroked down my cheekbones with her fingertips.

"Are you worried about that, Bella?"

"No…yes, I don't really know. She's starting to understand that our relationship is different."

"Bella, she'll come around. Children are way more likely to accept people that are different than adults."

Her gaze softened as I wrapped my arms around her delicate waist again.

"You and I we belong together." She whispered so low that I could barely hear her words at all.

Slowly I leaned forward to plant another kiss on her mouth and I didn't care at all who might be able to see us right now.