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Bella wasn't sure how to respond, so she just sat there, staring at Jasper. How could he tell? It wasn't like she wore a sign around her neck that said she liked girls, not boys. If she had, her mother would have known a long time ago, wouldn't have been surprised when she caught her with Angela. It wasn't like Angela was her girlfriend. She was just a friend, someone who she kissed and touched on occasion, but Renee had freaked out and the next week, she was loading onto a plane to Forks, Washington.

"Are we wrong?" Jasper asked, lifting an eyebrow as Edward backed up before shifting into drive, and heading away from the clearing, leaving Jacob Black to fend for himself.

"No," she admitted. "Just didn't realize you could tell, that's all."

Bella shifted her eyes from him to Edward and back to Alice, who was smiling at her. "So, you're all . . ."

"Gay? Queer? Fags?" Edward asked, and when she looked at him, he was watching her through the rearview mirror with a smirk on his lips. "Yes, we are, and proudly, too."

"Hells yeah!" Jasper crowed, leaned across the seat and planting a kiss on Edward's cheek, causing Edward to laugh. "He's my boo."

Bella snickered, and looked back at Alice, who was still staring at her. "And you? Are you a . . . lesbian, too?"

"Since the day I was born," she smirked, reaching over and taking hold of her hand. "Didn't your daddy warn you about us?"

"He did," she confessed. "Told me to stay away from you."

"Not surprised." She leaned toward her. "He doesn't like us."

"He doesn't like me, either," Bella murmured, bringing her other hand up to Alice's face, gently pushing her hair behind her ear. "Is that why you followed us? Because I'm like you."

"Partly," she whispered, her eyes traveling to Bella's lips before she leaned away. "But mostly because Jacob Black shouldn't be allowed to do what he does. Especially to you. And your daddy shouldn't let it happen."

Bella bit her lip and looked away. "So he did know what Jacob was going to do, didn't he?"

"He should, seeing as you wouldn't have been the first girl to file a complaint against him," Edward quipped. "Jacob Black has made it his mission to cure any girl dumb enough to let him get inside her of her sinful ways."

Bella frowned.

"Not that you're dumb," he clarified. "I didn't mean it like that."

"No, it's just . . ." Bella looked out the window. "How could my father do that to me? I mean, I knew he didn't love me, but to push me into the hands of Jacob Black? What kind of father does that?"

"Not the kind you deserve," Alice whispered, bringing her hand up to her lips.

—TNSPD—

Bella wasn't sure what to think as Edward drove them back to their houses. He and Jasper were quick to climb out, while Alice and Bella simply stared at each other for a moment before slipping out of the backseat. She met them in front of their car, her eyes flickering from their house to Charlie's. Logically, she told herself her father never would have purposely set her up to be raped by the son of his best friend. But what if he had? What if he had known exactly what Jacob Black was going to do to Bella? That he had set her up so Jacob could 'fuck her straight' as Edward mentioned.

"You can came to our house," Alice murmured, reaching out and wrapping her hand around Bella's. "We'd keep you safe."

"Yeah," she whispered, her eyes flickering back to her father's house.

"You're not coming, are you?" she asked with a sigh.

"I just . . . I want to, but I can't."

Alice nodded and looked at Edward and Jasper, tilting her head toward their house. They gave her a look before heading over and standing on the front porch, clearly not comfortable leaving the two alone. Perhaps they were worried that Jacob Black would suddenly show up, or that Charlie would walk out and catch them. Biting her lip, Bella shifted her eyes back to Charlie's house, almost expecting him to be standing on the porch with his service revolver in his hand.

"Do you have a cell?" Alice asked.

Bella looked back at her and laughed. "I am a teenage girl."

Alice smiled. "Can I have your number? You know, so I can make sure you're okay, or whatever."

"Um, yeah."

Bella dug her phone out of her bag and held it to her. Alice smirked as she programed her number, then gave Bella her phone, so she could do the same. Once she done, she held the phone back to her, feeling her skin warm as their fingers touched.

"Thank you. For, you know, coming to my rescue tonight."

Alice smirked as she took the two steps toward Bella and brought her hand to the side of her face, causing Bella's eyes to flutter as she leaned into her touch. "I'll rescue anytime you're ready, beautiful."

And then leaning up, Alice placed a gentle kiss against her lips before turning and running over to her house, glancing back at her before following Edward and Jasper inside. In that moment, Bella knew she wanted more of the queer girl next door.

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