31.

The day Bella was to go back to school arrived. Bella was trying her hardest to not show that she was fearful about the whispers and the staring she was sure to endure. She ate the wonderful breakfast Esme made for her with false gusto, and tried to keep her mind occupied by making shopping plans with Angie, Alice, Leah and Rose. They would go shopping for the outfits they were going to wear to the trials. Charlie had been unable to keep Angela's name out of the case so she was being called to testify under oath. Bella of course was going to have to give her account to the court and jury. Luckily they would only have to do It once. The prosecution were trying the girls together. Both Lauren and Jessica kept with the story that Bella got everything that was coming to her and everything would come out In the trial. Jasper and Emmett knew that the girls' families would do anything to keep their children out of prison, so were on the look out for anything online that could be tracked to the Stanleys or the Mallorys. They intercepted an email going out from Mr. Stanley's work computer. It was an email for an order of a high end video editing computer and software. The computer cost a small fortune, but it seemed Mr. Stanley had a contact in his back pocket. The boys kept track of the computer system and were able to grab it before it was delivered and attach a new software that Jasper invented that would enable him to have a blank shell computer at the house become like the clone of this one. Everything that happens on the Stanley's computer would happen to the clone computer. However Jasper could change anything that he wanted without alerting anybody that an outside source was ever there, He could cause a malfunction on the computer and render it inoperable.

The minute the computer was put into work Bella knew what Jessica and Lauren's family were trying to do. They were working on compiling videos that they would edit to make It look like Bella was sleeping around with many of the boys from school. It seemed that Jessica and Lauren had video taped their many conquests and were using that for the special scenes. With the advanced software they were able to take videos and pictures they found of Bella and were able to edit her face onto the bodies of Lauren and Jessica. The would tweak the bodies here and there to make them look slightly different than theirs. The original footage was kept in an encrypted folder on the computer. Jasper had that folder cracked and copied in two seconds. These girls were messing with the wrong people.

Bella knew that it was time for everybody to head to school. Emmett took her hand in his and led her towards her new truck. "Do you want to drive or would you like me to?" Bella knew Emmett hated riding shotgun with her, but she felt she need to drive. She couldn't allow herself to hide behind her family and friends.

"No, I can drive." She gave her self a shake and hopped into the truck. "Let's go!"

When they arrived at school people were milling around in the parking lot. "It seems that word has gotten around that I was coming back to school today." Bella put on a brave face and headed to the front office. Charlie told her the night before that the Principal wanted to speak with her first thing. Emmett and Jasper were going to stay in the office with her. The Principal was already aware that Emmett would be with her at all times and one of the other members of the family were going to be with her as well. They were taking no chances with Bella's safety.

As soon as they approached the school Lauren and Jessica thought it was smart to make and appearance. "Well, well, well. Look who it is Jess. The Fucking Whore is back. Do you really think that you are welcome her bitch?" Lauren was letting loose and it seemed that the teachers that were around were unwilling to do anything about it. Alice had turned her camera on her phone as soon as they started walking towards the school. No one noticed that the other members of the family also had taken their phones out and started recording. Charlie wanted this done by the book. So… that's what they are going to do.

"Excuse me, I have an appointment in the front office." Bella said evenly and politely.

Lauren and Jessica started cackling. "Oh that's too funny."

"Also you are to remain 20 feet away from me. You have been given a restraining order so you know that currently you could both be arrested." Bella started to speak a little louder. By now a crowd had gathered and many more people had their phones out recording. "The teachers of this school would do well to remember that they know about this order and are obligated to maintain order. My dad, the CHIEF of Police, has just about had it with this town hiding their heads in the sand. So move 20 feet away from me and leave me alone. If you need to speak to me, have your lawyers call mine." Bella went to push past Lauren and Jessica when Mr. Banner and anotherr teacher came from the front doors. "MALLORY! STANLEY! You have been told to stay away from Ms. Swan. If you do not remove yourself from her presence then you will be suspended until you go to prison!" Two mouths opened to protest but were summarily shut up. "Not. A. Word. Get to your first class now. No stopping along the way. GO!" Jessica and Lauren couldn't move fast enough.

"Ms. Swan, I cannot promise that they and others wont bother you, but I can promise that If I or another teachers see something like this we will stop it. I know that the show that the staff have just given may make you doubt what I am saying but please believe me when I say, they will do something about it or they will lose their jobs." The Principal said. "What I just witnessed was wrong. Every staff member that was out here will meet me in my office in 10 minutes. I already wrote all of your names down, so If you don't show you will be fired. Ms. Swan the only thing that I wanted to tell you this morning Is that the on duty police men from your dad's station have volunteered to escort you around. They have made a time schedule that works for them. They want what's best for you and I really think that you should allow them to do this for you. I wasn't sure that you needed It at first but what I just saw changed my mind."

"Thank you Mr. Greene. I think that I will take them up on that offer. I want to feel safe while I am learning. I know they wont come Into the classes with me but knowing they will be there between will make me feel safe. Thank you sir." Bella said as she headed off to her first class. Emmett and Jacob had class with her. The police man that was escorting her kept a nice distance and just made her feel safe. The staring and whispering did follow her throughout the day, but people were kept at bay by Emmett and which ever officer was escorting her at the time.

The day flew by and before Bella knew it, school was over. With a huge sigh of relief she thanked the police officer and she and Emmett drove home. The adults, sans Charlie who was at work, were pacing the living room when the crew arrived. Esme was the first to grab Bella and pulled her into a hug. Bella didn't let go for a good 5 minutes. She had been so tense the whole day her body and mind hurt. Hugging Esme just seemed to help with the stress. She began to tell everybody about her day. The adults were shocked but happy that things worked out the way they did.

"I wonder if Charlie knew what his boys were going to do?" Esme asked. When Charlie came home later that evening he explained that he had no idea what his men were doing. They told him after school let out for the day what they decided and that Bella seemed to feel safe with them. They said they would do it until Bella said she no longer needed them around. It had brought Charlie to tears that others thought that much about him and his family. Sometimes he really hated the small town, but moments like that make him remember why he really did love Forks.

The rest if the week progressed pretty much the same. It wasn't until Saturday morning that Bella was reminded that the trial started Monday. When she and Emmett made their way down to the kitchen that morning the news was playing on the small tv In the kitchen. The main headline was the Stanley and Mallory trial. Something this big hadn't happened in the sleepy town of Forks in along time, if ever even. Forks was so small that the trial would be held at the court house in Port Angelas.

"Our lawyers will be by this afternoon to get us ready for the trial. Bella and Angela are both going to be called to give their statements to the court. We are going to try and push so that you only will have to be there for one day if you want." Carlisle said.

"You mean that they could say that we have to be there for the whole trial?" Angela asked getting a little worked up.

"They could ask you back to the stand if they want to ask you more questions. We are going to try and get that out of the way after the opening arguments. We really don't want this to affect your lives more than it already has." Carlisle said while putting a comforting arm around Angela. "We suspect that the Mallorys and the Stanleys will be trying to play this a dirty as the legally can. We know that they tried to make fake footage of Bella sleeping around to try and discredit her, we stopped that."

"They actually were going to go through with that?" Bella asked, a bit surprised that people would actually do things like that. "What are we going to do with the clone computer?"

"Nothing Darlin'." Jasper said chuckling. "It's just in case those two rats get off with a slap. Y'all don't really want to know the details. Honestly Vampire memory can be a blessing and a curse. I have seen more of those girls and many of the boys around school than I ever would have liked. I will always be trying to scrub my brain clean of those images."

Emmett knew that Bella was stressed and probably a bit sore. "Bella, would you like for me to give you a massage before the Lawyer arrives?"

"That sounds really nice Emmett."

Bella loved the feeling of Emmett's strong hands against her skin. Although they had plenty of opportunities to take their relationship a lot further, they were taking their time. Neither one wanted to feel like they were forcing the other into something that they didn't want. Sure Emmett's hands had wandered to cup her butt when they were making out but it was always with clothes on. Today Bella was going to try and see if Emmett wanted to go a little further. Normally when Bella has a massage she wears a tank top and really short shorts. When Emmett closed the door so Bella could get ready and comfy, she stripped down to just her panties. She slid under the sheet that had been place on the massage table.

"Bells, you ready?" Emmett asked peeking his head in.

"More than you know." She said with a shy smile.

Emmett came in and put on the nice relaxing music and started at Bella's feet. As he worked his way up her body he soon discovered the lack of clothing. "UNGH! What are you doing to me Bella?" Emmett asked in a very husky voice.

"I just thought that my wonderful fiancé should be able to see and feel me with out a bunch of fabric in the way. I'm not saying we should have sex, I don't think I'm quite that ready but you can touch me. I love it when you touch me. Your hands are so massive but are so soft and tender. I know that is just for me."

Emmett was having a hard time controlling himself. "Bella there is nothing I would love more than to take you here and ravish you. We don't have to have sex, but there are many other pleasurable things that we can do."

Bella shook with desire as she looked into Emmett's now dark honey colored eyes. "I'm all yours, and you're all mine." That was enough for Emmett. They spent the rest of the morning exploring different parts of each other. Emmett was thankful that the rooms had all been updated to be sound proof. Bella was a screamer, and Emmett wouldn't have it any other way!

By the time that the humans went too be that night Bella was much more comfortable with the impending trial and she and Emmett had progressed their relationship. Bella hoped that the happy times would continue for awhile before something else popped up. Snuggling into Adi and Emmett Bella drifted off to dream world.