"Jacob, I'll see you when you just stop being a jerk" Bella said while she kept her eyes on me to keep me as calm as I could manage "Go home"

"You try it again and you'll be missing an arm" I looked past Bella "Just an arm, if you're lucky"

I quickly walked to the other side of the car and I opened the door for Bella. She kissed me on the cheek before she got in and I softly closed the door behind her.

Getting in the car, I backed up and began to drive home. I was driving fast but I made sure not to drive fast enough to make Bella uncomfortable.

Bella was silent for most of the drive back until we took an unexpected turn

"Al this isn't the way home" Bella said furrowing her eyebrows as she looked back at the turn we were supposed to take to her house

"It's the way to the hospital" I replied quietly "We have to get your hand checked out before I can take you home. I don't think we should go to dinner tonight either"

"But I want to go out with you" Bella protested

"You're not going with a sore hand, it looks too painful" I replied as I turned a corner sharply "Not tonight. We have tomorrow still if your hand is feeling up for it"

"I'm feeling up for it now"

"You're tired, I can see that" I mumbled "How's your hand? You okay?"

"In a bit of pain but I'm okay" Bella nodded

"My brave girl" I cooed trying to lighten both of our moods

"How did you know what he was?" Bella asked

"The treaty Bella, we are aware that they were descendants of wolves and we knew of the legends of the tribe. I just wasn't sure whether Jacob was one but it was confirmed as soon as I smelt him all over you" I grimaced "If I had known that he was one, I would have been a little more reserved about you going"

"Wait, I smell bad?" Bella asked

"No, he smells bad" I growled

"I'll have a shower when I get home" Bella added quietly

We were silent for the rest of the trip to the hospital; I was stewing in my rage at Jacob and my worry about just how hurt her hand was. Bella sat quietly with her injured hand resting on her chest. It actually came to my attention that she could have been silent because she had been scared of me.

I parked outside the hospital and I expelled a deep breath as I tried to stop myself being so upset. I gripped the steering wheel so much that I was scared it was about to snap.

"Are you mad at me?" Bella asked as a little more than a whisper, looking down at her hand

It was strange, she was more or less the dominant one in our relationship yet she was like a cowering little child stuck in a time out after being punished

I unbuckled my seatbelt and ran around to her side of the car, opening her door to kneel down in front of her so that my eye level would be below hers. I reached up to cup her face gently in my cold hand

"No sweetheart, of course not" I cooed "I could never ever be mad at you. Why would you think I was mad?"

"I just thought you might be angry because I went to La Push when you didn't want me too and this happened"

"Oh sweetie, no. First of all, I'm only angry and Jacob and second of all, if you want to go somewhere and I don't want you too, I would expect you to go anyway. I don't want you to stop doing something you want to do just because of me. Does that make sense?"

Bella nodded wordlessly

"Good"

"I just don't want to lose you" Bella said "I can't"

"That's silly Bella. Why would you lose me? Why would you even think that?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows "You're my soul mate Bells, you're not going to ever lose me"

"Can you kiss me please?" Bella asked sheepishly

"With manners like that, how could I not" I replied

I couldn't be upset around my girlfriend; it just wasn't possible for me. Pressing my lips to hers, I breathed in her scent. I pulled away after a moment, deciding that she needed to be seen to more than she needed to be kissed and stood up. She got out of the car and I took her good hand while she held her injured one up stayed close to her chest

"So you just punched him in the face?" I asked with a small smirk "Just like that?"

"It was the first thing I could think of to do" Bella whined "And if I had of known he wasn't exactly human, I wouldn't have punched him. Thanks for the heads up by the way"

"I didn't know" I shrugged apologetically

"So how did you know he was a wolf?" I asked curiously as we walked through the doors and I led her to the elevators where we waited "Did he just tell you?"

"He transformed to show me" I heard Bella say

I groaned and I placed my fist against the wall, like I didn't already need another reason for me to murder Jacob Black

"He claims he cares for you but he does that right in front of you?" I spoke in a frustrated tone "He could have killed you!"

"But I'm fine" Bella said reassured me

"Your hand is hurt" I said shaking my head "And he ruined my night"

"Well we have tomorrow" Bella reminded me

We reached the 3rd floor, where I took Bella straight to Carlisle's office.

I knocked on the door and he opened immediately

"What's wrong Alice?" Carlisle asked

"I think Jacob may have broken Bella's hand"

Carlisle stepped aside right away and I tugged Bella in with me. He closed the door behind him and took Bella to the couch. I followed quickly, sitting next to my girl as she squeezed my hand while Carlisle checked her other one out.

"What happened?" Carlisle asked

"Well, Jacob Black decided it would be a good idea to kiss Bella" I grumbled, holding my other hand in a tight fist by my side "In turn, Bella hurt herself because of him"

"I punched him in the face and I think I heard something snap. I mean it feels like I broke it" Bella said as she winced painfully while Carlisle checked it out with a concerned face

"I'm sorry Bella" Carlisle apologized quietly

"Oh and he transformed right in front of Bella into his wolf form. Not only did he hurt her hand, he could have killed her. We all know how out of control young wolves are!" I hissed with narrowed eyes "He needs to be taught a lesson"

"It won't be taught by you Alice, you need to calm down" Carlisle said looking to me

"Okay fine but if this happened to Esme you would be the same way" I snapped as Bella squeezed my hand tightly to deal with the pain "If your mate was hurt because of someone else than you would be upset"

"Alice calm down" Carlisle repeated

I cursed to myself in Latin, at which Carlisle frowned at me.

I knew I was overworked but she was my mate. My one and only, I had to protect her with everything I had and I felt as if I had let her down.

"I thought I smelt something bad" Carlisle mumbled referring to my comment about Jacob being a wolf

"Carlisle that really hurts" Bella yelped

"Carlisle" I said with pleading eyes as I looked to him, hearing the distress of my mate "What can you do to stop the pain?"

"The good news is that I don't think it's broken" Carlisle said with a furrowed brow "But I think you've sprained your wrist quite badly. I'll bandage it up for you and give you something for the pain. You're going to need to rest your wrist tonight and I'll need you to come and tell me how it feels in the morning"

Carlisle bandaged her wrist up and gave her some medication for the pain, she was still hurting but it seemed to make it better.

Once he was finished with her, we began driving home; the only sounds in the car coming were coming from the radio. Bella reached over to place her good hand on my knee

"How are you feeling?" I asked quietly

"Fine" Bella nodded "The medication helps"

"I owe you an apology" I mumbled

"What for?" She furrowed her eyebrows

"I shouldn't have reacted like that to Jacob, you were hurt and I shouldn't have been like that. I'm sorry" I replied, taking my eyes off the road only for a second to glance at her

"I would have done the same thing though Al" Bella replied

"I'm just glad I can see you again" I mumbled, referring to my visions "Not being able to see you was hard"

"I like seeing you too" Bella said, a smile tugging at her lips while meaning that in the literal sense

"So you told Jacob about us, are you going to tell Charlie?" I asked looking to her for a moment "You still up for it?"

"Yeah" Bella replied "I want him to know and I want you to be able to come over as my girlfriend"

"So what are we going to tell him?" I asked

"Actually...I was kind of planning to do it myself" Bella said cautiously

"Oh...well...okay but why?" I asked shaking my head

"I just want to speak to Charlie on my own because I know it's going to be a bit of a sensitive subject for him" Bella replied "It's a conversation I should have had with him a while ago"

"He is your father" I nodded in agreement "Whatever you want"

"Thank you" Bella cooed "But I want to still spend the night together if you do. Can I come over to your house?"

"I would love that" I replied smiling "Are you still going to be friends with Jacob?"

"Right now, I'm not sure" Bella shrugged looking down at her hand "He's one of my best friends but if he's going to be a jerk like that...if he's going to act that way towards you then I want nothing to do with him. If he can grow up then maybe"

"I just don't understand how you can handle weird so well. You didn't freak out when I told you what I was and you seem fine about him" I shook my head in confusion

"My girlfriend is a vampire and my friend is a werewolf" Bella replied quietly "It is what it is but I always knew there was something different about you. I was a little surprised about Jacob but with you at least I had some signs"

I soon pulled up to Bella's house and Charlie's car was in the driveway

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" I asked "I could help"

"I'll do this on my own" Bella replied shaking her head

"Well if you do need anything just call me" I said "And I'll come pick you up when you're ready"

"What should we do at your house?" Bella asked

"We'll figure something out. You need to rest though" I replied "How's your hand feeling now?"

"Sore" Bella said shrugging

I sighed and I leaned over to cradle her injured hand in both of mine mine. I brought it to my lips and placed a very gentle kiss over her bandage

"All better" I mumbled with a small smile as I looked back up to meet her eyes

"Thank you for making sure I was okay" Bella whispered

"That's what I'm here for" I said shrugging

She placed a hand on my cheek, stroking it with her thumb

"You look beautiful by the way" Bella complimented

We shared a brief goodbye kiss and Bella walked inside.

Sighing I tapped the steering wheel then sped my way home.

Carlisle was home and I knew he would have explained everything to everyone already which was good because it saved me doing it

"How's Bella?" Jazz asked in a concerned tone as soon as I walked in

"She's sore" I grumbled "But in one piece which is more than can be said about Jacob Black if I see him again"

"Your girlfriend punched a werewolf. That's so bad ass" Emmett said chuckling

"Well she wouldn't have had too if he didn't kiss her" I growled "He stepped over the line"

"Alice you can't do a thing about that though" Jazz said "If you touch him, the treaty is off and they'll try and kill us. We'll just have to move again"

"So he gets away with it" I nodded

"Let it go Ali" Jazz said "It didn't mean anything to Bella so it shouldn't mean anything to you. She's yours and not Jacobs so just let it be"

"Easy for you" I grumbled

"We know you're going through a bit of a protective stage with Bella but you really are going to have to keep yourself calm dear" Esme said soothingly "We don't want you to do something you'd regret later"

"You're right. But Jacob did say something interesting while I was considering ripping his throat out" I said sitting down on the couch with a sigh "That nomad we've been tracking; well he's been running through La Push"

"So the warning we can take in that is we need to be alert for him" Carlisle said "No matter what else is going on"

"Well it's not like I can see him when he's there" I replied "The only way I'm going to be able to see him is when he gets through La Push to come to us"

"He's probably trying to get to us but he can't get through the wolves" Edward said shrugging "I'd expect him to be successful soon though"

"Great, just what we need right now" Rosalie said "More things to worry about. You're lucky that I just want you to be happy Alice because if we were going through this for anyone else I wouldn't be putting up with it. I would be long gone"

"Somewhere buried in that rant, I can find some kind of heartfelt message" I said smirking "And I thank you for your kind words"

"Don't be smart" Rosalie snapped "I mean it. I wouldn't be staying if it weren't you involved"

I felt myself pause for a moment and I knew the rest of my family were about to observe me closely as I was pulled into a vision

"Alice? As in Alice Cullen?" Charlie asked

"Yes dad" Bella replied simply "Alice and I are together"

"Well I have to say; with the time you were spending together I should have guessed" Charlie replied with a furrowed brow "Does her family know?"

"We only told them the other day" Bella shrugged "She's really great dad. Really great"

"She...she makes you happy?" Charlie asked

"Yes"

"I guess that's the most important thing" Charlie said in an awkward tone

"Are you okay with this?" Bella asked quietly

"Bella, you're my daughter and I love you more than anything. I'm okay with this as long as this is what makes you happy"

"It is" She nodded with a small smile

I came out of the vision with a small smile on my face; I noticed that my entire family was watching me intently. I looked to Edward who had a small smile on his face before he diverted his eyes to the ground

"What did you see?" Jazz asked

"Nothing really important" I said shaking my head "Just a conversation between Bella and Charlie"

I spent about an hour in my room, waiting for my Bella to call me. I quickly saw her deciding to call just moments before my phone began to ring

"Hey you" I cooed, picking up after the first ring

"You saw me calling didn't you?" Bella asked laughing

"Maybe, how did you go?" I asked hopefully "Charlie seemed to be okay"

"You saw that too, huh?" Bella asked

"He is okay with everything, right?"

"He's okay as long as I'm happy" She responded

"And are you happy?" I asked

"The happiest" Bella replied "Can you please come and get me? I've had a shower so I don't smell like Jacob anymore and I don't want to be away from you any longer today"

"I'll be over before you can blink" I said

A few minutes after getting off the phone, I knocked on Bella's front door to see Charlie standing there with a small smile but he looked serious so I knew what was about to come

"Hello Alice" He said opening the door

"Hi Chief Swan" I replied as politely as I could manage

"Alice, Bella told me that you two are together and I want you to know that I'm okay with that. I'm okay with you being in a relationship with my daughter because I like you and I feel like I can trust you but I want you to promise me you'll take care of my girl" Charlie said "And if you hurt her, there will be trouble. No matter how much I like you, my daughter comes first"

"There won't come a time where I will hurt Bella. I'll take care of her with the best of my ability" I answered nodding "You have my word that I would never do anything to harm her"

"And you make sure that when you're ready to let other people know, if anyone gives you any trouble, tell me about it and I'll deal with them" Charlie said firmly

"I'll remember that Chief Swan, thank you" I replied with a smile

"Bella told me that you took her to see your father at the hospital about her hand so I wanted to thank you for that" Charlie said as his stern face turned warm again.

Which was certainly to my relief, it was almost amusing how intimidated I was by a human when I could crush him with my pinky finger. It was actually the first time I had ever been intimidated by a human, for obvious reasons so I was in unusual territory

"I just wanted to make sure she was okay" I said "Did she tell you how she hurt it?"

"Jacob. I'm going to speak to Billy later" Charlie said "Don't you worry about that"

I heard a door open upstairs and footsteps coming down the stairs. Bella paused at the stairs when she saw me by the door

"Dad why didn't you tell me Alice was here?" Bella asked slowly

"Alice and I were just chatting" Charlie said shrugging "Can't help but do my fatherly duties"

Bella groaned slightly and she walked down to the door

"I'm sorry Alice" Bella said

"No it's okay" I replied cheerfully "Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah" Bella replied nodding "Dad, I'll see you later"

"You two have a good night" Charlie said "And Alice, remember what we talked about"

"I sure will Chief Swan" I replied with a grin

"Remember, call me Charlie" He nodded

I giggled as I drove out of her driveway and began our short trip towards my house

"Okay, what did he say to you?" Bella asked with a groan

"Oh, secret father, girlfriend business that I cannot share with you" I winked to her quickly "How's my patient?"

"I'm fine, my wrist hurts a bit but I'm fine" She replied bravely

"So I was thinking tonight that we could maybe spend some time with my family and watch a movie or something after?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows "I mean I had other plans but I figure we have tomorrow to do whatever we want and I know my family would love to spend some more time with you"

"That sounds like the perfect night" Bella said happily "Today wasn't the best day but I have a feeling tonight is going to be good"

"Of course it will be silly, it always is with me" I said jokingly with a giggle "You smell so much better now after your shower. Not like that dirty, wet dog smell"

"What do I smell like usually?" Bella asked

"You smell like Bella Swan. The best smell to me" I answered

"Jacob said I smelt like you" Bella said with a smirk "He hated it, he said it was too sweet"

"Probably because we spend so much time together" I shrugged "We'll have to spend even more time together so that you can just be coated in my scent"

"I have no objections" Bella replied with a smile

The night was spent playing board games with the family, of course Edward and I would constantly win for obvious reasons, making Rosalie angry but it was a usual night for us. I took Bella home after we watched a movie in my room; she was feeling drowsy from the pain medication Carlisle had given her.

She made me promise to stay with her at least until sunrise, which I did. I only left to change and get ready for our date in Port Angeles.

I was excited; it was our first official date as a couple. It was something I had been waiting to happen for a decade.