Hey all. I really have no excuse for not updating my fics, so I'm just gonna apologize and be done with it. I think I'll have more time this summer, considering I'm looking for a job but haven't found one. Not many jobs in a small town and even fewer for someone still in school that can only work for the summer. But I'm trying here, I lost my inspiration and I don't know where I wanna take any of my fics anymore. Once again, suggestions are appreciated and I'm sorry for not updating.

The next morning, I wake up like nearly every morning for the past three years; Bash curled into my side, clutching my shirt tightly as if I'd disappear if he doesn't. Smiling softly at my baby brother, I kiss his forehead and shake him gently. We have school, after all.

"Bash." No response. "Bash." He shifts a little but otherwise, he doesn't respond. "Bash!"

He jerks awake and nearly smacks his head into mine, rubbing his eyes and yawning sleepily. "What is it, Isa?"

"We have school. Get ready so we're not late like yesterday." I get up and walk to my closet, searching for an outfit. I hear him mumble something about the Cullens but I don't pay much attention as he walks across the hall into his own room to get ready. I pick out a simple outfit of black skinny jeans, a white tank top that has Peace Love and Happiness on it in cursive script, a leather jacket I borrowed from Eliza years ago but never gave back, and whatever pair of black boots I grab first. Once all of that is on, I put on my Slytherin crest necklace that Bash gave me for my birthday last year and make my way downstairs where I smell Hunter cooking breakfast.

"Morning, Isa." Hunter says, putting a cup of coffee and a plate of food in front of me. The man knows me too well sometimes, it's scary.

"Morning, Hunter. Where's Eliza?" I ask, looking around for my little sister. She's usually up and rushing us off to school by now.

"She said something about securing the perimeter of the house. She swears she saw that bronze haired asshole last night in the tree outside your window and she doesn't want him or any of the Cullens coming near the house anymore without our permission." Taking a bite of my food, I hum in agreement before a loud yelp and a thud sound from outside. Looking out of the window, I see Eliza on her bum with a pained look on her face.

"You okay, Liza?" I ask, trying to keep from laughing.

"Falling from the tree is just great, you know? Why don't you come try it?"

Sighing, I get up and put my plate in the sink. "Come and eat so we can get to school."

Once everyone's fed, dressed, groomed and all of that good stuff, we head to school and I pray today goes as well as yesterday. Meaning, I pray I'm able to avoid Edward like the plague…

Getting through my morning classes with no problems is easy considering none of the Cullens are in them. It's lunch that makes me nervous. Yesterday I was lucky because they weren't expecting me (well, all but Alice). Today, however, they know I'm here and if Edward glaring holes into my sister's head was any indication, they want to talk.

Making my way to an empty table with my lunch bag (Bash and I love to cook, it's a good pastime), I pull out my phone and play Candy Crush while I wait for my siblings. I should've known the peace wouldn't last because next thing I know, someone drops into the seat next to me and it's not Eliza, Bash, or Hunter.

"Bella, we need to talk."

That voice used to make my heart skip and my breath catch. Now, though, it instantly pisses me off. "I don't owe you anything, Edward."

I look over just in time to see his eyes flash with anger but he closes them and takes a deep breath, which backfires considering my blood still sings to him. So he opts to stop breathing all together and clench his fists instead. "Love, you're being unreasonable. Just, come sit with my family and we'll talk."

I sigh and put my phone back into my pocket, turning my body to face him. "I told you already, I don't owe you anything. If I wanna talk to you, any of you, I will. But until then, don't push for anything."

I see his eyes darken to a near coal black color and just as he reaches for my arm to forcefully pull me to his family's table, Hunter puts a hand on his shoulder. "Is there a problem here, Isa?"

I see the muscles in his hand strain as he squeezes Edward's shoulder and the asshole winces. I start hearing a cracking noise and I shake my head at Hunter, telling him to stop. Reluctantly, he lets go and stands slightly in front of me in a protective manner. "Leave my sister alone or you'll lose your arm next time."

Edwad lets out a pathetic growl and stands up, eyes flashing angrily once again before he storms out of the cafeteria altogether. Eliza and Bash happen to be walking in while he's going out, causing him to shove Bash out of the way in his anger; making my little brother lose his balance and fall back on his bum. My eyes flash with a murderous light at that, the sound of the metal on the chair being crushed indicating that Hunter is furious as well.

"You okay, Bash?" I ask him telepathically, grabbing Hunter's wrist before he could go after Edward.

"Yeah…what happened to piss him off so bad?"

"I wouldn't let him control me…seriously though, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Isa. Eliza looks ready to throw him in a fire pit though."

I watch as Bash practically drags Eliza to the table and we all eat our lunch in relative silence. I shoot glances at the Cullen table and see everyone has anger in their expressions but some are mixed with disbelief (Emmet and Jasper) and others are layered with even more anger (Rosalie and Alice). I see Rosalie look over at me and the question is clear in her eyes: Can I talk to you?

With a nod, I see her get up and make her way over to our table cautiously. I see Eliza start to get up and open her mouth to tell the blonde off, but I pull her back down. "She asked permission first, it's fine."

She starts grumbling and I can't help the chuckle that escapes me. "What's up, Rose?"

The blonde vampire looks at the empty chair to my right and points at it. "May I?" At my nod, she sits and I can see the regret in her eyes. "I know it doesn't mean much, but I have to apologize for my behavior when you were dating Edward. I was such a bitch to you, but you have to understand…you had every chance that I never had at a normal human life yet you were willing to throw it all away for this terrible existence. I know I went about it the wrong way, but I was jealous of you; jealous of the opportunity you were so willing to throw away…"

She trails off and looks at me, begging me to understand where she's coming from and I do. I know exactly what she's telling me and I have to say, I would've been a bitch to me too if I met myself while I was with Edward. So I smile and take one of her hands, squeezing it gently to get my point across. "I understand, Rosalie. I forgave you a long time ago and I'm willing to start over if you are."

She smiles at me, a genuine smile and it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. It's like seeing a freaking unicorn; I don't think I've ever seen her smile at me. She then looks at her family and I follow her gaze: Alice and Emmett have such crestfallen expressions on their faces and Jasper looks sad as well.

I let out a sigh and discreetly conjure up a piece of paper and a pen. Writing down my number and address, I hand it to Rose. "Don't tell Carlisle, Esme, or Edward. I'll be expecting you four but call ahead of time so I know to take down Eliza's security measures."

At my sister's protests, I put a hand over her mouth, grimacing when I feel her lick my palm. Rose looks slightly taken aback and confused. "Why can't we tell Carlisle and Esme?"

Eliza manages to bite the skin of my palm and I wince but still don't let go. "Because Edward's their golden child. He can do no wrong. And they still think I'm his mate so they won't bother hiding their thoughts of my phone number and he already knows where I live."

Eliza grabs my wrist and burns it, causing me to let go of her finally and mumble profanities under my breath. It really hurt. "You saw him last night too? I told you I wasn't crazy, Hunter!"

"Keep it down or I'll sear your lips shut." I hiss before nodding. "But yeah, I saw him last night too. He was looking through my window but since we locked them all, he couldn't get in like he used to. Not without breaking and entering."

Before any of my siblings can comment on the last part, I turn to Rose. "Seriously, call ahead. Eliza rigged the house like we're in Home Alone or something and most things have to do with fire."

Nodding, Rose gets up and goes back to her table to talk with her siblings who definitely heard every word.

I sit next to Jasper for History today, making him look at me in surprise. I just smile and we carry on with the lesson, me sending him understanding and forgiveness throughout the lesson and hoping he gets the message. When class ends, he opens the door for me and we walk to PE together in silence. We have a free period for PE today, which Eliza and Bash take full advantage of. The gym is completely oblivious and doesn't notice Eliza and Bash going at it; trading blows and basically Eliza fighting out her frustrations with the Cullens. Out of all of us, she seems to be the one to be taking their return to my life the worst. Hunter's furious with the situation as well, but Eliza's always been the one with the shortest fuse when it comes to our little family. I love her to bits and I know she's just trying to protect me, but I wish she'd trust that I know what I'm doing.

Knowing the four Cullens I can actually tolerate right now are watching (I love Carlisle and Esme, don't get me wrong, but their constant blindness to Edward's childish behavior and borderline manipulation is more than enough to piss me off), I turn to look at them and smile. Rosalie smiles back and Emmett's grin is so huge, it looks like it'll split his face in half. He looks like he wants to get up, but Rose puts a hand on his arm and holds him down, remembering what I told Edward about approaching them when I'm ready. Jasper smiles back with a small smile of his own, tossing a basketball with Emmett. Alice…Alice's smile is so bright yet so nervous and scared, I have trouble remembering how to breathe when I finally look at her. She wiggles her fingers in a little wave and I swear, I blush a little bit. I return her wave, blush still tinting my cheeks red, and she giggles. She freaking giggles and that does it. I quickly turn around and continue watching my siblings, who I see are finally getting bored.

Eliza looks back at me and smirks. I know what's coming and I don't know if I can talk my way out of it. "Why don't you come help Bash out, Isa?"

"I don't think so, 'Liza." I sit on the bleachers, elbows on my knees and my chin on my hands.

"Why, you scared I'll beat you both?" Eliza's always been overconfident, but she usually does her best to follow through. She knows when to pick her battles though but since she's my sister, she knows I won't hurt her on purpose.

"No, I just don't think you want me to beat you in front of a crowd." I counter, a small smirk curling my lips upward.

"Come on, please? You haven't sparred with me in forever." Damn it, she brought out the pout…

I sigh, pushing up and walking a few feet in front of her. "Fine. You have five minutes to try and pin me."

Bash takes my seat on the bleachers, phone out to the stopwatch app. "Five minutes starts…NOW!"

Eliza circles me, looking for an opening. Hunter taught us never to attack your opponent first unless you see a sure opening because the first strike is always the most unexpected. So when she does strike, it's at the back of my knees but I'm anticipating that. I spin around and jump back, waiting for her to try and attack me again. She rushes me then, showering punches and the occasional kick but I'm just toying with her by blocking all of her attacks. Finally, Bash calls out the two-and-a-half-minute mark and I smirk; causing Eliza to look slightly scared. She doesn't have enough time to stop her next attack and I side step, grabbing her arm and using her momentum to flip her onto her back. I straddle her, holding her wrists above her head and my legs holding hers together.

"Pinned ya." I smirk, getting off of my sister and walking over to Bash.

He stops the timer and turns it to me. "A minute to spare. Good job, Isa."

Eliza grumbles from the floor, staying down while she collects herself, but I can tell she's happy I sparred with her. She's right, we haven't sparred in ages but she's had Bash and he enjoys spending time with Eliza.

I hear footsteps and turn to see Emmett walking up to us cautiously. Raising an eyebrow, I face him fully. "What's up, Emmett?"

He seems surprised that I'm acknowledging him but he smiles slightly, looking really nervous. "You think you'd be up to sparring with me next?"

Looking him over, I tilt my head to one side and then the other before nodding. "Sure, why not. But be careful, we're still in school."

Emmett nods enthusiastically before we square off. It doesn't take me long to pin him, seeing as he is all offense and little defense. I can hear Jasper snickering, Rose's exasperated sigh mixing in until I hear bells. Twinkling bells that sound like angels descending on Earth to guide you to heaven. My heart races as I get off of Emmett, smiling at everyone before grabbing my stuff and walking out the door just as the final bell rings.

I tell my siblings I'm gonna shadow travel home today so I can think. Think about how every time Alice is near me, I feel like exploding into tiny glittery heart confetti pieces. Think about how whenever she smiles, my heart skips a beat and I can't help but smile back. How just the sound of her voice is enough to make my brain malfunction. How when she touches me, my skin feels like it's on fire despite the frigid temperature of her skin…

Shooting up from where I situated myself on my bed, my eyes are wide at the realization.

"Holy shit, I'm in love with Alice Cullen…"

Never written a fight scene before, I'll need to practice that. What should happen next? I'm stumped. Anyways, review if you'd like, follow, favorite, all that jazz. Hope to hear from you readers.