We walked back to the house, and found Angela bickering with Bret. It was only playful bickering, so no one said anything. I walked by them, shaking my head. Angela saw me, and told Bret not to worry about something. She kissed her, and walked over to me. Alice was bickering with Emmett, so I wasn't really paying much attention to her.

"Hey, how are you-"

"I'm fine. And, I suggest you look after your girlfriend before she explodes. Where did........."

I turned around and Alice had disappeared. Along with Emmett. Not again...........

I heard shouting at the back of the house, and walked out to see what was going on. I looked at Bret, she would be able to hear them. She was laughing at something.

"Please tell me she didn't kill him?"

"No, but she's not happy. Something to do with something she'd seen him deciding on. There they are."

I turned to see them walking back. Alice was soaked, and Emmett was laughing.

"He threw you in the river?!"

She walked past me, and I followed her up to her room. I waited for her to get changed, and explain what happened. When she walked out, and sat next to me, she started explaining.

"I'd seen him thinking about teasing us, and what he was thinking about saying wasn't exactly nice. So, I told him not to do that, and he started teasing me. You were with Bret, so I knew you wouldn't hear anything. he chased me and threw me in the river."

I couldn't help it, I started laughing. She glared at me, and when I calmed down, she didn't say anything.

"I'm sorry, pixie. I can't help it. Just ignore him, don't let him get to you."

She grumbled about something, but forgave me, and said it was getting late. So, I went home and my dad had left a not saying he had to go into work and would be back at 10. I fed Lexie and she went off up to my room.

I suggested watching a movie, and Alice agreed. I sat on the couch, waiting for her. Lexie walked in, and jumped up onto the back of the couch. She walked along the back of the couch and stopped behind me.

She put her paws on the top of my head, and looked at Alice as she turned around. Alice started laughing, walking over to me. She picked up Lexie, and put her on the couch next to us. I curled up next to Alice, and lay my head on her shoulder.

We watched the movie, well, I tried to but I lost interest in it. I looked at Alice, who was watching me.

"Alice, I-"

She cut me off, kissing me. I kissed, as she pulled me closer to her. She pulled away, leaning her forehead against mine. I kissed her, and pulled away.

We went up to my room, and my dad got back a little while later. He asked me how I was and if I enjoyed spending time with everyone. I told him I did and went to bed.

Well, he thought I was going to bed. I sat up, talking to Alice for a little while, and fell asleep with her next to me.

I woke up the next morning and got ready. Alice was in a really giddy mood, and asked if I wanted to spend the day with her, Cynthia, and Toni. I had a feeling something was going on, but I didn't say anything. I asked my dad, and he was happy I was doing better, but told me to keep my phone with me. I promised I would, and he asked me where I'd gotten the necklace. He hadn't asked the previous night. I told him that Alice had given it to me, and what it was supposed to represent. He liked it, and I left.

We met Cynthia and Toni, going for a walk. She was doing better without Trent, but ............. There was something about the way they were acting.

I grabbed Alice's hand as we walked and Cynthia noticed, smiling at me.

"How are you doing, Bella? I've been asking Alice all about you."

I blushed, looking away.

"I'm doing better, thanks to someone."

I looked at Alice, who shook her head, and tried to argue.

"Alice, that's not going to work. I wouldn't be here if you hadn't found me when you did."

"Can we not talk about this, please?"

It made her uncomfortable when that was brought up, but she was slowly accepting that it wasn't her fault.

Cynthia and Toni noticed and changed the subject.

"Hey, we need to tell you something. Well, I can see you know what I'm about to say."

I looked at Alice, who was smiling. I looked at Cynthia and she moved a little closer to Toni.

"I know I told you about the whole argument with Trent, but he disappeared with Maya. Since then, we've been getting closer........"

I knew something was different about them.

We congratulated them, and asked them how it happened. Toni got embarrassed, and Cynthia told us that they had been getting closer, and one thing led to another. So, they started dating. I was happy for them.

We walked by the river, and I noticed Toni take Cynthia's hand.

"At least you to can do that in school, we can't. And Jessica won't be bothering you any more. She's getting a lot of trouble now, Lauren is teasing her. A lot."

I looked at Cynthia, thinking about that. Alice had told me what was going on. Angela and Bret had told me a little as well.

"Yeah, I heard all about that. Trust me, I'm glad people know what she's really like."

"Yeah, we heard what you were like when someone was slapped."

Toni looked at Alice, as she spoke. She was right, I was pretty angry when she did that.

"Well, I don't like when people do stuff like that. I don't really cope that well with confrontation."

The three of them knew that, and we spent a little while longer with them before going back to my house. I was pretty happy for them. My dad was home when I got home, with Alice. We spent a little talking to him, before going up to my room.

"You knew, didn't you?"

"I did, but they needed to tell us. I'm happy for them, Toni seems nice. Where's Lexie?"

I looked around, and saw her out in the hall.

"Lexie."

I called her, and she ran in, and jumped onto Alice's lap. She really liked her. I sat next to her, and she lay back with her head on my shoulder.

Charlie checked on us a little while later, and when he saw us cuddling on the bed, he apologised for disturbing us. Alice told him not to worry about it, and he went back downstairs. I looked at her, and she shrugged.

"Your dad doesn't mind. You didn't see him when you were in the hospital. He was so worried about you. He talked to me about a few things. He was talking about how much happier you seemed when we started dating. He was so upset that he didn't see anything about this."

I felt her fingers tracing one of the scars. I wrapped my arms around her, and she kissed one of my scars...........

"Alice, I-"

"Bella, stop. It's a scar, you're here now, and everything will be OK."

The next day at school, I saw Jessica getting the treatment that I did. Most of the student were nice to me, there were still people that said something to me, but i ignored it and focused on Alice. Rosalie and Emmett weren't there, but the others were. Edward was teasing Bret about something at lunch. We were all sitting together and I loved it. Apparently she was thinking about something about Angela that Edward thought was funny. Cynthia was sitting next to me with Toni next to her. Edward teased them to, and Toni got annoyed when he said something to her. Cynthia just laughed, and whispered something to her that calmed her down. It was tough for them, they were supposed to be sisters, so they couldn't show any affection that could be interpreted as more than it should be between sisters.

I walked into biology, and sat next to Alice. Jessica was in the back of the class, being annoyed by Lauren, which made me smile. She needed to know how I felt about being treated that way. I grabbed Alice's hand, as I heard Lauren annoying Jessica. Something about staring at me, and how she felt about me. I felt Alice's grip on my hand tighten, and I squeezed her hand trying to get her to relax.

When class was over, I had to go to another of my twice weekly sessions with the councillor. I picked up my stuff, putting in my bag. Alice was annoyed, and I tried to fix that. I grabbed her hand, looking at her.

"Relax, Alice. Ignore them."

I put my hand on her shoulder, and felt a faint rumble. The class was noisy, so no one heard. She looked at me, and I kissed her cheek. I didn't care about Jessica being in the same class, she needed to see that I love Alice and not her.

"Fine."

We left, and I told Alice that I had something to do after school, remembering that she picked me up that morning.

"I can wait for you if you want? I don't mind."

I nodded, and we left.

After the appointment, we went back to my house, and I got something for my dad and I before Alice arrived. We went up to my room, and I did my homework. I was laying on my bed next to her, and she had a sketch book on her knees. I read something for an essay, and was doodling on a blank sheet of paper next to me. I looked down, and I had drawn something for from the book I was reading.

"What are you drawing in my sketch book?"

Oops.

"Nothing. Sorry, I thought it was one of my spare notebooks."

She shook her head, and told me not to worry about it. She looked down at what I'd drawn and asked me what they were.

"Remember that book I was reading?"

"Yeah, the one with the girl dating the vampire?"

I blushed, she must have read a little when I saw her sitting on my bed with it in her hand.

"Yeah, I love that bit. This one." I point to a circular symbol. "Symbolises courage, and this one." I pointed to a longer one, I'd drawn. "It .............. Symbolises love."

I didn't realise what I'd drawn and blushed. Alice smiled, and kissed my cheek.

"I love you to, kitty."