"So, how'd it go?"

Angela blushed, as I sat next to her in English. I'd asked her the day before but didn't get an answer. Apparently her little brother broke her phone.

"Great. What about-"

"Angela."

Angela laughed, looking at me. I wrote something down, and looked around. It was sunny, so none of the Cullens were there.

"Fine. But, it went great. I told her that I'd never dated a girl before, and she was fine with it."

I smiled as she said that, I knew she would be. Alice was fine with me being different, so I knew that wouldn't bother Bret.

"Of course she is."

"Yeah. Did you know Alice has a Porsche?"

I nodded, remembering seeing it outside my house. I didn't pay much attention, I was nervous about seeing her.

"I know. It's yellow. Why?"

"Bret wanted to borrow it, but Alice wouldn't let her. On Saturday."

I knew why, but couldn't tell Angela that. I shrugged, looking at her.

"Maybe she was busy, and needed it?"

Angela shook her head, thinking.

The rest of the day was fairly quiet. Seth wanted to come over after school and we spent a little while talking.

"So, how's school?"

"Fine, I guess. There's a new girl who wants to be friends. She's really nice. but people are giving her trouble for talking to me. Jessica told her about me, and she doesn't care. She wants to be friends with me."

Seth was happy about that, and smiled at me.

"There's nothing wrong with being different, Bella. Angela and I don't care. You're still you. No matter how much you want to strangle Angela."

"We're not that bad."

Seth just looked at me, and we both laughed.

"I know. You two are really close. She said something about a date?"

Seth lived on the reservation, so we didn't get to see him as often as we would like.

"Yeah, she went on a date with a Bret on Saturday. She's one of the new girls at school. There's three girls and three guys. The Cullens."

Seth nodded, but something about his behaviour was ..................... Different.

"Yeah. I heard it went well. I'm sorry, Bella, but I gotta go. I have to pick up my sister."

He left, and I sat in my room confused. Why would he react that way about the Cullens? I didn't say anything I shouldn't have. It wasn't my secret to tell, and I wouldn't do that to them. I sighed, and started my homework.

The next day, they were back. I smiled at Alice, as I sat next to her in biology.

"Hey."

She turned to me, and I noticed her eyes were much brighter.

"Hey, how's Angela?"

That made me laugh.

"Fine. When I can get her to talk about something other than Bret. Apparently Bret wanted to borrow your car?"

"Yeah. But, I had somewhere important I needed to be."

To anyone else, it wouldn't sound like much. But, to me, it meant a lot. She looked at me, and I noticed Jessica watching us. I grabbed a piece of paper, looking around.

Is it me, or are we being watched?

I passed it to Alice, and she shook her head.

She's been staring at your ass since you walked in.

I blushed, and I could see Alice was trying not to laugh.

No murders.

The class ended, and Jessica walked by me, pushing me. I tripped, and bumped into Alice.

"Sorry."

Alice caught me, and shook her head, glaring at Jessica who was laughing.

"Don't worry about it. You OK?"

I shrugged, and we walked out. Bret and Rosalie were outside, waiting for Alice.

"Hey, Bella right?"

I nodded, looking at Rosalie.

"Yeah. I think your sister may want to kill Jessica, though."

They looked at Alice, who was next to me, glaring at me. She was trying to look annoyed, but I thought she looked cute.

"She pushed Bella, nearly knocking her over."

Both of them got annoyed, when she told them about that.

"Ignore her Bella. We were there when she told Alice about you. She thought it would bother her."

Alice never told me that. But, she was more worried about making sure that I knew she still wanted to be friends with me. I looked at Alice, who seemed to want to apologise for not mentioning that.

I looked at Bret, as she spoke. It was the end of the day, and there weren't many people around.

"Yeah. Don't worry about her Bella. Although, you may have to, if Ali' gets her hands on her."

I looked at Rosalie who was looking at her sister.

"I won't do anything. It just annoys me."

We went back to my house, and the others went home. I had a little bit to do, and when that was done, I sat on the bed next to Alice and grabbed her hand.

"So, still plotting murder?"

Alice shook her head, and started playing with my fingers.

"No. But, it annoyed me."

"Not everyone see's it the way you do. And you never told me that they were there?"

"I was more worried about making sure you knew I still wanted to be friends with you."

I nodded, and moved a little closer. She seemed comfortable with it, and I grabbed a pillow, holding it on my lap.

"Well, everyone else thinks I'm a freak. What was I supposed to think? I know you saw me thinking about telling you that I really like you, but I thought you'd reject me."

Alice shook her head, and kissed me.

"Bella, you know how I feel about you. When I saw you figure it all out, I knew I had to talk to you. When I was with you and saw Bret thinking about the date, I thought you'd freak out. But, you didn't. You just started talking about Angela."

"Alice, you can't control it. When it happens, I'll just ask if you're OK. I won't say anything about it. Why would I? There's nothing wrong with it."

I kissed her cheek, wrapping my arm around her shoulder. She froze, but relaxed against me.

"Is this OK?"

"Yeah. Thanks, kitty."

I knew she needed to get used to being around me, and felt like an idiot for doing that. I moved, and she stopped me.

"It's OK, Bella. I'm fine with it. I like being close to you."

I nodded, and she leaned against me. I kissed her cheek, and she giggled.

I thought about everything, and there was something she hadn't told me.

"Alice, can I ask you something?"

She never told me how old she was when she was changed, and I was curious. Alice looked at me, and I could see I wasn't going to get a straight answer out of her.

"I know, I didn't. I was 19."

I nodded, so that would have been 1920. I got annoyed thinking about what she told me, and she could tell.

"So, did Angela bother you about telling me?"

She was trying to distract me.

"Yeah. After talking about Bret, and telling me you wouldn't let Bret borrow your car."

Alice lay her head on my shoulder, looking around. I felt her short hair tickle my cheek, and squeezed her shoulders.

She seemed OK with getting closer to me, but I didn't want to make her uncomfortable.

"Even if I wasn't busy, she wouldn't be able to borrow it. I don't let people borrow it."

I understood that. Nothing wrong with that.

"Understandable."

She left a little while later, kissing me, and telling me to ignore Jessica. I told her to ignore her, and ......................... Good God, that pout is adorable. I was mush, when she did that. She laughed, seeing my reaction and left.

The rest of the week was fairly quiet, and Alice came over again on Friday. My dad was spending the weekend with Billy, so we didn't have to worry about him. I got something when we got to my house and went upstairs. We had some work to do, and when that was done, we sat on my bed talking.

"Hey, what was wrong with you in biology?"

She had been annoyed over something, and I was the only one who seemed to notice. She shook her head, when I asked her, but I knew something was wrong.

"Jessica was thinking about ways to make you suffer. It annoyed me."

I moved a little closer to her. Alice had gotten annoyed with me being careful around her, and told me that she liked cuddling with me. After that I didn't mind being close to her, now that I know that I don't make her uncomfortable.

"Ignore her, pixie. Did you hear about the party at Angela's tomorrow?"

"Yeah, she told Bret, who was told to come."

So was I, no matter how much I argued she wouldn't listen.

"So was I."

Alice laughed and told me that should would see me there.

The next day, I done a few things and got ready. Angela was happy I came to the party. Bret was talking to her, when I arrived. They were pretty happy, and I didn't want to disturb them. Feeling like I was being watched, I turned around and who do I see staring at me? Alice.

I walked over to her, and we started talking.

"I wasn't going to disturb them. When did you get here?"

"About 10 minutes ago. Yeah, they seem pretty close. I saw Jessica with Lauren. I have a feeling something is going to happen. They are going to say something."

I nodded. She was warning me, that she had seen something.

"They always do at parties. I just agreed to this, because Angela wouldn't give up until I agreed."

A little while later, they started bothering me. Alice was talking to Bret about something and Angela was annoying me about telling Alice.

"Just tell her. I've seen you staring at her, and it wasn't you face you were staring at, Bella."

I thought about strangling her, and I looked at Alice. She winked at me, turning back to Bret. Jessica walked by calling me a freak. I ignored her, and she said something about me being friends with Alice. I got annoyed at that. Alice appeared next to me, glaring at Jessica.

"I'll be friends with her if I want to be. I don't need your approval."

Jessica didn't expect that, and looked at Lauren.

"Leave it Lauren, they're probably dating."

"Who want to date that freak?"

Alice said something to them, but I didn't hear her. I decided to leave, and just walked out. Alice, Bret, and Angela followed me out.

"Bella, wait!"

Alice grabbed my hand, and it took all I had not to grab her and hug her.

"It's fine. I just need to leave. I wanna be alone for a while."

After a few more minutes of talking to them, I left.

I got home, and got changed. I couldn't get what they said out of my head. Were they right? I know Alice said she really cares about me, but what about what they said?

I shook my head. I couldn't take it anymore, and I got up and walked to the bathroom. My dad wasn't home, so I didn't have to worry about him catching me. I grabbed a razor and pulled up my sleeve, and slid the razor across my skin. I watched as the blood started to pour down my arm. I couldn't listen to them say stuff like that.

A few hours later, I was woken up by my window opening. I never locked it. I turned around, afraid. But, I saw Alice standing by the window.

"A...... Alice?"

I switched on the light, so I could see her a little better. I looked at the clock, it was 2:45.

"I'm sorry, I had to check on you. I was so worried. Bella, why can I smell blood?"

Oh great, how do I explain this?