"Mm, Bella," Alice moaned, placing her hands on Bella's hips as the brunette's lips trailed across her neck, nipping at the cool skin in a way that always made her purr. "It's almost nine," she continued, her chest rumbling as Bella's teeth scrapped against her throat．
"So?" Bella murmured, her hand inching higher under Alice's shirt．
"I promised Charlie I'd have you home," Alice said, her own hand snaking under her shirt to capture Bella's. "We'll go straight up to your room," Alice continued, her voice husky and full of promise as she drew Bella's hand out from under her shirt．
"Ugh, spoil my fun," Bella muttered, but she pulled back from Alice, giving her enough room to open up the car door．
"Just delaying it … briefly," Alice promised, holding Bella's hand as she climbed off of her and onto the ground. "Besides, it'll be more fun lying down," she continued climbing out of the car herself．
"Is that so?" Bella asked arching her eyebrow at Alice．
"More maneuverability," Alice replied meeting Bella's gaze, grinning as she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively．
"That does sound … fun," Bella breathed out, her hand slipping into Alice's．
"The fun …nest," Alice said, her body going completely still as her head snapped around to the side．
The movement was so fast that Bella almost wanted to reach out and check to see if Alice's head was still attached．
Alice's lips curled, revealing her teeth and she shoved Bella behind her．
"Inside, walk quickly," Alice said her hand on Bella's stomach pushing her backward as her eyes remained trained on the woods that surrounded the property, her teeth bared as she crouched down．
"What," Bella began to say．
"Now," Alice growled．
Bella shut her mouth and turned, walking as quickly as she could towards the door, Alice keeping pace with her even though she was walking backwards, so that she could keep her eyes on the tree line．
"Inside!" Alice barked and then a flash of red streaked across Bella's field of vision and Alice was gone．
Bella turned and blinked, just able to make out a mass tumbling away from her on the ground．
She breathed in sharply and backed up, pressing herself against the front door. Ｈer eyes focused on the lawn as Alice hopped to her feet and crouched. Victoria was standing in front of her, and they moved together in a circle, growling, occasionally making a movement as if to pounce before they pulled back and continued to circle each other．
Bella jumped, her elbow knocking against the door painfully as she heard what sounded like a clap of thunder．
Bella shivered．
The night sky was clear. She knew that meant one of the women had landed a blow．
Focusing forward again, Bella saw Alice on the ground. She had her feet poised behind her as her finger tips were digging into the soil. She was coiled and ready for action once more, but she had been knocked down by Victoria．
"Get inside, Bella!" Alice yelled, her eyes never moving from Victoria．
Bella fumbled behind her for the door knob and twisted．
It was locked．
Bella's head swam as her heart thundered in her chest. She needed her keys. She felt her pockets, her eyes closing in frustration．
She had dropped them．
Bella picked up a flash of movement out of the corner of her eyes and turned to look. Alice had launched herself at Victoria and they were both on the ground, rolling and struggling against each other fiercely before Alice managed to climb on top of Victoria．
CRACK！
Bella flinched and shivered．
CRACK！
She could just barely make out Alice's arms as they rained down on Victoria viciously, pounding her face like an enraged great ape．
Bella turned around to face the door and began to ring the doorbell, pushing it again and again in rapid succession until it opened. She barreled in; ignoring Charlie's gasp of surprise and shut the door behind her, immediately heading for the window．
"Bella, what's …" Charlie began as he followed her to the window．
A streak of movement caught his eye however and he stopped talking. There was something moving by the tree line, but he couldn't see what it was. It was nothing but a blur. Ｈe strained forward, his nose practically pressing against the window．
It almost looked like there were two of them．
Charlie turned his head to the side, his eyes spotting Alice's car in the drive. Immediately, he turned to look behind him, but he knew Alice wasn't in the house．
A loud noise like thunder sounded again and Charlie looked up．
The sky was as clear as he had ever seen it. There wasn't even the hint of rain．
Charlie looked towards the trees again. Something had just tumbled out onto the lawn, but before he could register what it was it had hurdled itself back into the bushes．
"Bella," Charlie said turning his attention to his daughter. "Bella!”
Bella turned to look at him, blinking rapidly．
"Is Alice out there?" he asked．
Bella's eyes began to pool with tears, and she started to shake. Charlie could just barely make out her nod．
Ｈe moved away from the window, and into the living room. Unlocking the drawer to his desk, he took out his gun and moved into the foyer to grab his holster, strapping it on before he headed for the door．
"No! Charlie, no!" Bella said, grasping his arm with both of hers, tugging as hard as she could, trying to hold him back. "Dad!”
"Bella there is some sort of animal out there," Charlie said trying to shake her off, but she maintained her grip. "Ｈoney, you said Alice is out there. I'm just gonna go get her okay," Charlie tried, hoping that mentioning Alice would grab her attention. "I'm gonna go get Alice," he repeated．
Bella shook her head back and forth. She didn't know how Alice was faring in the fight, but she did know that if Charlie got caught up in the middle of it that Victoria would kill him. Alice was as strong and fast as her opponent. Charlie was just … human, and his gun would do no good against Victoria and her marble skin．
Charlie tried to walk towards the door, but Bella held on. Ｈe kept on walking, dragging her with him towards the door．
At the door Charlie stopped and turned around. Reaching out he put his hand over Bella's and carefully pried her fingers away from his wrist, blocking her hands as they tried to grab at him again．
