Vampires, Werewolves, and... Love? Oh My!

Dad was totally fine with letting Emma stay at our place for a while. The only condition was that Bella and I couldn't ditch and stay with her. I was seriously debating whether I would listen to Dad or not when Bella interrupted my thoughts.
"Alice is going to see you ditching the second you make up your mind. She has her ways of making you do something you don't want to. Just forget about ditching." Damn twin telepathy.
"Fine," I snapped with what dignity I had. "Em, we'll see you after that hell hole called school is over. Then we can do something later."
She smiled and nodded. "And please don't get drunk while I'm gone," I murmured when Bella was out the door. Her smile faded a little.
"Fine. I'll probably just call Embry or something. Have fun you two."
"Yeah right. Ditto, but not too much fun." I wiggled my eyebrows but Em just rolled her blue eyes. She wasn't one to lose her virginity on the second date.
I was sitting at lunch with the normal group not eating and desperately wishing I could be at a bar with Emma. A Bloody Mary sounds so delicious. Or strawberry daiquiri. Or even-
"Don't even think about it, Lizzy," Edward said, interrupting my daydream.
"Don't what?" I asked innocently.
"Elizabeth, I know that you don't want Bella to hear what you were just thinking about. But if you want to play dumb I'll gladly tell her."
My eyes became hard. *Get the hell out of my head,* I snapped mentally. Stupid mind reader. He chuckled and I just scowled at him. “You are such an asshole. In fact, why am I even sitting with you people? I’m still super pissed so I think I’ll just go now.” I got up and headed toward my fifth hour class. I could let Bella squirm a little longer.
I saw Rick try to catch up with me after school. I had to push a few people out of the way but I was able to get through the front doors without running into him or Mike. I smiled to myself as I stepped out into the cool air. It was at that point that Rick intercepted me.
"Dammit," I muttered. "What the fuck do you want?"
"Just want to talk. Please, Liz? You've been avoiding me for weeks now."
"Hm. I wonder why," I said sarcastically. "It couldn't be because you wanted to sleep with me for some contest with Newton. It couldn't be because I'm just some prize to you that you could use to spite him."
"If you remember correctly, I didn't have sex with you and I told you about the bet. I really care about you, Lizzy."
"Bull. Shit."
I tried to shove past him but he grabbed my arm in a vice-grip. "Liz-"
"Is there a problem here?" Emmett stood towering over even Rick. He smiled menacingly in Rick's direction and wrapped an arm around my shoulders in a friendly manner.
"N-no," Rick stuttered. I smirked and nestled closer to Emmett.
"Well then. We'd better get going, don't you think, Liz?"
"Yeah, yeah." Emmett started leading me toward the cars and I held up my middle finger toward Rick as I followed suit.
I burst out laughing when Rick was out of earshot. "Thank you so much. Hopefully now he'll get the hint and leave me alone. Thanks again."
He laughed. "No problem. It's fun rescuing damsels in distress."
I stopped in my tracks and scowled at him. "Excuse me? Damsel in distress? I'll have you know something. I'm not my sister. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself and I don't need someone else's help!"
"Relax. I know that you can handle yourself. I just like being a gentleman."
I rolled my eyes and snorted. "I'm in your Spanish class, stupid. There's nothing gentlemanly about you. You laughed at that poor little sophomore the other day 'cause she didn't know the answer to Señora Geoff’s question."
"True. But now you know the big secret. That means you are unofficially a Cullen and as such, my little sister. You're under my protection now."
"Speaking of which," I said dropping my voice. "What's your deal? Do you have a cool special power, too?"
"My gift is being me." He laughed when he saw my eyes roll. "I'm serious. Fine. I'm stronger than most and overprotective without being annoying. Edward's overprotective but he's too extreme sometimes. He didn't even let Bella talk to Jacob for a while because he didn’t trust the wolves."
"That's just stupid. Jacob's not any more dangerous than you guys. Bella's not one to listen to an ultimatum like that."
*Neither are you,* something told me. *But you know that if Jacob warned you to stay away from the Cullens, you'd listen to him in a heartbeat. That's how it is with Bella and Edward. Being in love does crazy shit like that.*
*Oh shut up,* I told the voice that I realized belonged to me. I refused to let myself like him. He was right at the top of my shit list with Bella for keeping this from me, even if I had had fun cliff diving with him.
"Here's the deal," I explained to Bella and Emma when we got home. "The three of us are going to Port Angeles without any supernatural mumbo jumbo from your boyfriends. Okay?"
"Yeah, sure. Let's go already!" they answered piling into Bella's truck. We were going to spend the day together just like old times. Bella was mostly glad that I wasn’t upset with her anymore and honestly I was glad too.
The drive from Forks to Port Angeles wasn't too bad. The tree of us joked around like we had back in Phoenix. It was natural, like we had never been separated. But part of me was longing to have Jacob with us. What am I thinking? I don't need stupid Jacob Black. I am not attracted to him. Even if he is a gorgeous, strong, amazing, werewolf.
Snap out of it, Lizzy. Girls’ day out. Stop thinking about him. Psh. Easier said than done.
We grabbed a quick bite from Mickey-Dee's (McDonald's) and started wondering around absently. We went in a few stores to look at clothes and shoes. It was actually kinda fun being girly for a few hours. "Oh, bookstore," Bella and I yelled at the same time, causing a fit of giggles.
"C'mon, let's go." I tugged my two best friends in and gasped. The store was pretty huge. We spent who knows how long looking in the isles. All I know was that it was dark when we walked out the door. And that it was the wrong door. Instead of walking out into the streets, we were in an alleyway, and we weren’t alone. Bella turned quickly to open the door again only to find it locked.
"What's wrong, ladies?" a man only a few years older than us asked. "Want us to keep you company." His two four friends laughed. Bella shrunk back, Em stood her ground, and I took a step forward.
"No, thanks. We can handle ourselves."
They laughed again and stalked towards us. "Oh, don't be like that."
"Don't push your luck, buddy." He grabbed my arms and pulled me only to push me against a wall. He leaned down towards my lips but I kneed him right between his legs.
He howled in pain and bent over. "Bitch!" he screamed, pulling out a knife.
I smirked and went to stand with my twin and friend. "Well that's not nice." I flipped my own pocket knife open from its hiding spot in my pant cuffs. "What? Jealous 'cause mine's bigger?"
"Elizabeth," Emma snapped between clenched teeth. "What are you doing?"
The man lunged at me and Bella screamed. He pressed me against the wall with the knife to my throat. My own weapon fell helpless and he forced his mouth to mine. I bit down hard as he tried shoving his tongue into my mouth. I twisted his arm behind him. "Now," I said slowly with venom in every word, "you and your buddies are going to leave us alone. Understand?"
He turned sharply, out of my grasp- not like that was hard considering he's twice as big. The knife in his hand came down quickly across my cheek and I fell to the ground. "Here's what's going to happen, sweetheart. We're going to have a little fun with you and your friends."
He was straddling my waste and I struggled against his weight but I was pinned and was becoming increasingly uncomfortable when I felt his little friend pressed against my thigh. I saw that Bella and Em were being held captive when something started growling near the entrance of the alley. A large wolf came bounding towards us and sent the men scattering. I stood up and saw Edward and Jacob walking towards us looking very pissed off. Bell ran to Edward and Em ran to wolf- Embry. Jake stood in front of me with his arms crossed across his chest.
"What?" I snapped.
"Are you okay?"
"Fine. And I had everything under control. I don't see why boys have to barge in."
"You're kidding right? We just saved you."
"No, I'm not kidding. I’ll tell you what I told Emmett earlier: I can handle myself. I'm not some damsel in distress. I don't need you or anyone else trying to protect me!" My voice was high with irritation and, well, anxiousness from what had almost happened. "I don't need-"
His lips crashed down on me to shut me up. I melted. It was pure bliss but then realized what I was doing.

*JAKE'S POV*
Pure bliss. I was kissing Lizzy. Wait, crap. She's going to kill me. Well, she hasn't stopped me yet. Maybe-
WHACK. Her hand came down on my face as she punched me. Her expression was scrunched up in anger but then switched to pain. "OW!" she hissed. "Sonofabitch that hurt."
"Damn. Sorry, Liz. Are you okay?"
She glared. "What do you think? Ow. I can't even move my fingers." Her jaw tightened and she groaned.
"Let's get you to a hospital. You might have broken it."
"Don't touch me," she snapped, cradling her hand to herself. "Stupid dog. Everything's fine and then you come and break my hand. Some knight you are."
She was sending a steady stream of curses at me but I couldn't help smile at her.