So basically this is my second try at a fanfic, my first one didn't work out...I got bored of it too easily but maybe I'll finish it. Anyways I thought this one wouldn't get boring.

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I pushed through the crowd and made it to the bar. "Two beers please." I sat on the stool and lit my cigarette, offering Alice one and lighting hers. Alice hardly ever smokes unless she's stressed out. "What is it?" I asked her.

"Look at this place! No wonder we can't find a decent guy, they're all so...I don't know the word for it!"

"Alice, we're here to have fun."

"I know, I know, but I can't help but thinking every time I walk in a bar or club that maybe, just maybe," she took another drag, "he's here just waiting for me."

"Now you're not making any sense."

"He's just been on my mind lately... And the first part was just about finding someone decent to get my mind off of him."

Alice was engaged to a decent guy, well he wasn't just decent, he was picture-perfect. Gorgeous. Smart. Rich. Sweet. Did I mention gorgeous? I remember the night she called me crying from a police station. Needing a ride home. Poor little Alice was pretty much broken from the incident.

"He's an asshole for doing that to you. Seriously Alice, forget about him."

"Yeah, you're probably right."

"I am right." Although I knew that if I were the one engaged to him, it'd probably be harder for me to forget. We sat in silence for a bit until I could handle it no longer. "Let's go someplace else, this is kind of boring." I stood up, cigarette in hand and walked out the door. Alice was right behind me. We walked outside in the New York air. As soon as we walked out Alice offered me the rest of her cigarette, I took it and we walked. I opened up my clutch and dug for my mints handing Alice one, knowing how much she hated the after taste. "Thanks." We were quiet for a while with just the sound of people walking passed and cars passing. I had to break the silence somehow. "Do you want to come up to my place and have a few drinks?"

"Yeah, sure."

We walked to my building and up the steps and through the front door and to the elevator and up the elevator and to my house without saying a word to each other. I set my keys on a table and turned to look at Alice. She closed the door and turned to look at me with watery eyes. I reached her and held her tight. "It's not your fault...Everything will be fine, you'll see..."

I hated to see her in such a mess. She cried into my shoulder -- even with her in heels and me in flats she barely could reach my shoulder.

We talked all night. She smoked three cigarettes. She went home at about 5 in the morning. I went to bed still buzzed from my last drink. I was exhausted.

I woke up at about 2 in the afternoon. I rolled out of bed -- to buzz whoever the hell was at the door step in. I pressed the button and layed back down. I lit a cigarette and waited for whoever was coming. I didn't even care much, I was too tired to care. A soft knock was at the door finally. I got up and opened the door. I was shocked as my cousin Jasper pushed his way through the door. "Jasper?"

"Hey, you got one of those for me?"

I gave him a hug and asked him what the hell he was doing here so randomly. As he started talking I ran to my room to grab the cigarettes. I couldn't believe he was here. We hadn't seen each other in about two years and I missed him. But it was still strange for him to be here.

"Well, I'm just visiting for a bit. Nothing permanent yet...just seeing if I like it more than Texas. So far, I do."

"You look okay." I handed him a cigarette and lit it.

"I feel okay, yeah I feel pretty good." There was a small silence. "So would it be terrible if I stayed?"

"No problem. You know you're my favorite cousin."

"Yeah, I know." We laughed. "Why are you just waking up?"

"Oh, um, a friend was over pretty late last night."

"A friend? What's he like?"

"Oh no, not like that, her name's Alice. She was having a breakdown until 5 AM."

"I see."

Just then Alice was trying to get me to buzz her in. So, I buzzed. "I hope you're ready to meet the most perky person in the world."

"I thought you said she had a breakdown last night."

"Yeah, that was last night, this is today. And by the way, don't mention anything about the breakdown to her or in front of her."

"Gotcha."

I got up to unlock my door and leave it opened a crack so she could just walk in.

Soon enough Alice was practically bolting through the door.

"Hey Alice. How are you?"

"I'm doing a lot better."

We made our way a little bit through the apartment where Jasper was sitting at my kitchen table. "Alice this is Jasper my cousin."

He stood up and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Alice."

"Nice to meet you too."

Then, Alice blushed. "Could you excuse us for just a second?" I pulled Alice out of the kitchen and out of Jasper's earshot. "I totally saw that look on your face. He's my cousin, and he's staying here. And...he'll only be here for a few weeks."

"I don't need much longer than that. Come on, he's so cute! Can't I just ask him on one date?"

"Alice..."

"What if...what if he asks me out?"

"Ugh, fine. Just don't let him take you back to 'his place' because I don't want you two to be doing the nasty on my couch."

"Deal."

We walked back into the kitchen.

Pretty short, but it's only the first chapter! Soooo, what do you guys think? REVIEW!