We're Both Broken

Chapter 2

Bella's POV

School was hell today, I was still so scared that one of the guys would do something, and I even had a few flashbacks to last night.

I was so glad that Rosalie had transferred into my Biology class and that she was my partner for the rest of the semester.

After class we made our way to Rose's car, Alice already beyond excited for our first shopping trip with the three of us. I of course didn't really share her enthusiasm, but I knew that Rose loved it, so I was okay with this, it wasn't like we were going shopping for the remainder of the day, or at least that was my hope.

With the way Rose drove it took us only an hour to reach Seattle, and of course Alice did most of the talking, which honestly I didn't really mind. It helped me get my mind off the things that happened last night, and Rose seemed to notice that as well, so she had no problems carrying most of the conversation with Alice.

"I'm so glad we can finally enjoy our day of shopping without the risk of a certain someone ruining our fun." Alice said with a smile.

"And by a certain someone I'm sure you mean Edward?" Rose asked with a knowing smile.

Alice only nodded and smiled at her. "Of course I mean Edward. Jazz doesn't mind us going shopping, and I'm sure Esme knows this would happen at some point, oh by the way, I received a vision of Edward just before we got in the car, and I must say it is troubling to say the least. I saw him going to the Volturi and demanding Rosalie's death because she 'stole his mate'."

Rosalie growled at that. "What can we do about this? it's not like we can already turn Bella after everything that happened."

"What do you mean you can't turn me yet, baby?" I asked softly.

Rose sighed softly at that. "I'll tell you later tonight, when we have a smaller chance of crashing, this is something we should really talk about in private."

I nodded and gave her shoulder a squeeze. I knew she would tell me later because I trusted her, more than I ever trusted Edward for that matter, even before I figured out I was her mate.

"Are you okay Bella? You've been so quiet this trip." Alice asked softly.

I smiled at her and nodded. "I'm okay, just thinking about everything that happened over the past few days, and now that I know how he is really like, I can see how stupid I have been in trusting Edward."

She smiled and patted my leg gently. "He had his clutches in you pretty deep, but it wasn't your fault, because next to his mind-reading, Edward is like a male succubus and he

dazzled you with that, making you think you loved him and it's just because you seemed to figure some things out on your own that his influence was lessened.

"It is his own fault really, since he insisted he spent every waking moment with me, I had little choice in my feelings for him, even if they were artificial. He did not have control of my dreams though, and it was there that I knew I loved you Rose. You invaded my dreams every night since I met you." I said with a soft smile.

I could see Rosalie smile in the rearview mirror. "I wish I could say the same Bella, but since we don't sleep, dreams are a bit hard to come by, but you have been in my thoughts from the moment I saw you in the cafeteria."

I had to blush a little at that, much to the amusement of Alice, who giggled at us. "You two are way too cute together. I swear if Edward had just listened to me we would never had these problems."

"You know Edward would never have allowed anyone else to get close to me, Ali. He saw me as his property, or as a pet." I said with a soft smile.

Alice smiled sadly at that. "It was more like that he didn't want Rose to get close to you, because he knew she was mated to you. He was willing to chain you to his side just to make Rose feel miserable, because that is the type of man he is."