I woke up, and realised I was cuddled up next to Alice and ...................... Wait. I started to move away, realising the position I was in. I knew she'd know how I reacted to laying next to her.

Alice stopped me, wrapping her arms around me.

"Bella, stop. I don't care about that, now come on. Charlie will be up soon."

She didn't let me go, and I looked up at her.

"Aliiiiiiice!"

She laughed, looking at me. She pulled me a little closer, and I noticed Lexie on Alice's knee.

"She woke up at around 2, and decided to sleep there. And I don't want you to do that, you know I don't care about that. All I want is you to feel comfortable around me. Acting like that, makes me feel like you don't like being close to me."

You really did it now, Bella. Didn't you?

I sat up, and pulled her into a hug. She was right. I needed to stop worrying about that. She didn't care about me being different. I needed to stop worrying about that.

"I don't feel this comfortable around anyone but you. I just get nervous sometimes. I'll try to stop that, though. I'm sorry, pixie."

I felt her squeeze me, and kiss my neck. It was a little to tight though.

"Alice, can't breath."

She let go of me, and sat back.

"Oops."

I laughed, and shook my head. I didn't mind, she was just a little upset. I needed to make her see that I care about her, and felt completely comfortable around her.

"It's fine, pixie. I think we woke Lexie up though."

We looked down at a very disgruntled Lexie, as she jumped off Alice's lap. Alice left, promising to pick me up, and I got ready. I had to take Lexie to the vet after school, but it was my dads day off so we didn't need to worry about anyone being home.

Alice arrived a little while later, and after saying goodbye to my dad, I walked out and got in her car. I kissed her, and she seemed a little happier. I grabbed her hand, rubbing the back of with my thumb. I felt like an idiot about earlier, but I wasn't used to it. I know she's stayed before, but I ................... I just couldn't believe that like her, wanted to be with someone like me.

"I'm sorry about earlier."

Alice looked at me, and shook her head. If anyone else had been driving, I'd have been worried, but she was and I wasn't worried.

"Bella, I just want you to be comfortable around me. When you do stuff like that, it makes me feel like you're not comfortable. It makes me feel like ........... Like you don't trust me."

We had arrived at the school, and I turned to look at her properly.

"Alice, look at me."

She looked up at me, upset.

"Alice, you're the only one I can get this close to without freaking out completely. I know, I moved this morning, but I'm trying to relax more. I trust you, Alice. There's no one I trust more than you. You're the only one who knows about .................."

She knew what I meant, and I didn't say anything else.

Neither of us said anything, and I waited for her to say something. I hoped she wouldn't get tired of this, I don't know what I'd do about her.

"Bella, you know how I feel about you. And what you're considering is ridiculous, I'm not going anywhere. I just wish you would relax a little. Like that day in my room, you didn't care, did you? I was on top of you, tickling you. I know you're nervous about getting closer to me, but you need to understand that I love being close to you."

I really needed to remember that.

"I cant help it, Alice. I'm the school freak, and you're ....... You. I know, you don't like me saying that, but it's true. I promise I'll try and relax."

She seemed to accept that.

"Bella, you know how I feel about you. Just try and relax a little, kitty."

Hearing her use her nickname for me helped me stop worrying about everything.

"I promise, I will, pixie."

We walked into the school and I felt Alice grab my hand. I saw Rosalie and Emmett, and we started talking to them.

"Hey."

Rosalie leaned against Emmett, as I spoke. Emmett ruffled Alice's hair and she glared at him.

"Bella, you ever seen these two fight?"

I looked at Rosalie, who was watching the other two, and shook my head.

"No, I've seen her pissed off with Jessica though. But, I have a feeling I'm about to."

As I spoke, Alice and Emmett started bickering. I looked at Rosalie, and she turned to me.

"You'll get used to it, Bella. He teases her over her size and it annoys her. How are you, anyway?"

"I'm good. What about you?"

She looked at Emmett, and back at me.

"Fine. Did Alice tell you about Trent and Cynthia?"

I nodded, thinking about that.

"Yeah, she did. It's terrible."

"Yeah, he's lucky she didn't use her ability on him."

Ability? Alice never said anything about that.

"Ability?"

"Alice didn't tell you? She can control electricity. Trent is lucky she didn't do anything permanent."

Yeah, he was really lucky.

I managed to drag Alice away from Emmett before she hit him, and we went to class.

"Try not murder your brother, people may get suspicious. Plus, you'd piss Rosalie off."

Alice grumbled about that, and told me not to worry about Rosalie.

Nothing important happened, until the last class of the day. Alice and I had been passing notes, nothing unusual. And she must have noticed Jessica watching us again.

We're being watched again.

I looked around, and noticed her watching us. And she wasn't looking at the back of my head either.

Relax, pixie.

She didn't respond to that, and I finished what I was doing. The class ended, and I stood up and put my stuff away. Jessica walked by, and pushed past me. I stumbled, but Alice caught me. I noticed everyone else had left, and it was just us.

Great.

"Watch it, freak."

Alice was annoyed as it was, but that just made things worse.

"Is someone forgetting what I said to her?"

Jessica looked at me, as Alice's grip on my hand tightened.

"I told you that I didn't know what you were talking about, and you weren't going to tell me what to do."

I started to get nervous. I knew this wasn't going to end well.

"Jessica, we all know the truth. I don't give a damn, you keep this up, everyone will know."

Jessica took a step towards Alice, who was know in front of me.

Yeah, this is not gonna be good.

"You have no idea what you're talking about, freak."

"Oh, I know exactly what I'm talking about. And so do you, and if this doesn't stop, so will everybody else."

They continued to argue, until Alice said something and ........................ Jessica slapped her.

I gasped, and I could see that Alice was angry.

I .................... Well, I lost it when she did that. I shouted at her, and Alice promised everyone would know the truth.

Seeing her that angry....................

Well, I thought she was cute when she was annoyed with me, but this ........................ This was something else entirely. And I loved it. We walked out of the school and got into Alice's car.

Alice looked at me, and I could see that she was upset.

"Relax, pixie. It's OK, she was the one in the wrong."

Alice shook her head, and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Bella, I don't care about her. You're the one I'm worried about. I shouldn't have gotten so angry. I cant help it, when you're involved. She just gets on my nerves."

I grabbed her hand, holding it in both of mine.

"You have nothing to worry about, kitty. I cant believe she slapped you! The bitch actually slapped you!"

I felt Alice squeeze my hand, and she looked at me.

"I don't care about that, I-"

"Well, I do. I don't like when people slap my girlfriend."

I was getting annoyed, and tried to calm down.

"Kitty, relax. All I care about is making sure you're OK, and believe me I was serious when I said I was going to do something about that bitch."

I knew she was going to do something about that.

And there was nothing I could do to stop her.

She drove me home, and told she would come over later. I put my stuff away, and took Lexie to the vet. She was fine, she just needed to gain some weight.

I went home, and saw a note from my dad. He had to go into work, something had come up.

I went up to my room, and lay on my bed.

I couldn't believe what Jessica had said! She didn't care what she said or who she said it to. I started getting anxious and sent Alice a message, asking her to come over. She never answered me, and the feeling got worse.

I kept thinking about what Jessica said about me, and wished it would stop.

Would it ever stop?

I tried to stop myself and took a deep breath.

Remember what Alice said, she's not worth it, Bella.

But, would that ever stop? I couldn't take it anymore!

That's it, I cant take this. I got up and went into the bathroom, grabbing the razors.

I couldn't take this anymore.

I sighed as the razor slid across my skin, feeling relief from all the anxiety I was feeling. I looked down at my arm, and noticed the blood wasn't stopping. I had cut to deep and it was bleeding to much. The blood ran down my arm and onto the floor.

I knew something was wrong, and started to feeling light-headed. The bleeding wasn't slowing down, and there was a lot of blood on the floor and my arm by now.

The last thing I heard before I passed out, was Alice's voice coming from my room.

........................

I'm gonna go hide now.