Author's Notes: I want to further state that the title is credit to Rebecca Sugar. However, the description's credit goes to Caleb Hyles over on YouTube. He made an extended version of Love Like You and it is amazing. Please go and check it out.

They were opposite in every way.

One liked nature, the other only recently learned to appreciate it.

One had family that they cared for and loved, but the other rarely talked to her parents.

One had hair like the sun, the other had hair like starlight.

But that was what Alice liked about Gwen.

Alice wasn't sure what had started it. The "it" being the way her heart fluttered in her chest when she saw Gwen; the way she had to hold her breath whenever she smelled Very Berry shampoo wafting past her; the way she imagined how Gwen's lips would taste. It was things like this that would keep Alice awake at night or distract her from her work. Funland would no longer turn Leaf Valley into an amusement park, but she was still there in the valley for reasons unknown to everyone.

Rudolph told her that the villagers believed she stayed there for Toy. It wasn't the truth.

Alice was there for Gwen and only her.

Maybe she once stayed in the valley for Toy, but her affections shifted and led her elsewhere.

Matters of affection and love weren't something that she was accustomed to. All her life, Alice had trained and prepared herself to become the CEO of Funland. She had no time to go on dates or have a boyfriend. Her attention was locked on simply being the best CEO for the company. Anything else would have resulted in her failure. She couldn't allow that.

So, Alice didn't know what to do about her affections for Gwen.

Her professional side said that she couldn't get into a relationship with such a lowlife. The side of her that wasn't Alice the CEO, but Alice the person said to give it a chance. Love was fleeting and if she didn't take the leap, she would feel like this forever. The feeling of having her insides ripped apart, unsure of what Gwen's feelings were for her. It would split her open until she found out.

But her fear ruined her. Alice had never seen herself as someone who was afraid of simple things, but here she was. It wasn't the company or displeasing a room full of men that didn't think she could handle the job—it was Gwen. This spunky blonde haired, ruby eye colored girl that smelled like horses and pine needles was giving her fear a run for its money.

No matter what, Alice had to do something before she left the valley with regret.

"I'm going to pretend that I have a piece of hay stuck in my ear," Gwen said. She had her arms crossed and her face was set in a scowl. "Did you just ask me out on a date?"

Alice knew that this was a bad idea, but she did it anyway. To be more correct, just blurted it out when Gwen passed her. They were walking down the road at the same time. Thankfully they were alone. If they weren't, Alice was sure that she would have dropped dead from embarrassment.

She sighed and stared up at the canopy of trees above them. "Yes, Gwen… I asked you out on a date."

"Why?" Gwen asked. She was getting angrier by the second. It was the one thing she wore on her sleeve better than anything.

Alice couldn't define her reasoning in one simple answer. It was because when Alice looked at her, she felt that she was a better person. When she looked at Gwen, she felt that she could be someone that Gwen would fall in love with. Whenever their eyes met, Alice felt her insides melting until they were a puddle at her feet. If she ever told Gwen this, then she would be laughed at and never show her face in public ever again.

"Because," Alice said with a sigh, "I think we could have a good time together." That was the only answer she could come up with.

Gwen snorted. "Are you for real? Let's discuss what you had done, Alice." With her hand, she started to list things off, "You were going to kick us out of the valley. Your lackey ruined parts of our valley with his machines. Let's not forget how threatening they were when we did nothing but try to save our valley."

Alice closed her eyes. She expected this.

"And yet you have the nerve to ask me out on a date? Who do you think I am?"

"A beautiful woman that makes me want to be a better woman."

"What was that?"

Alice could feel her face growing hot. She had said that out loud. What she had meant to think to herself had been vocally uttered and Alice felt like falling into a ditch. She hadn't meant to say it, but now it was too late. What was said was said, and she couldn't take it back no matter what she tried.

"I… I didn't say anything," Alice said quickly. She backed away from the blonde who looked more confused than angry. Even that look was beautiful on her. Gwen was a literal fire that Alice wouldn't have cared if she got burned from. "I have to go. There's work that I need to get done."

She ran off before Gwen could stop her.

Hours later, Alice was lounging about on her bed. She had her face buried in the pillow, hoping that it would suffocate her if she remained like this long enough.

Never in a million years did she ever think she would embarrass herself like that. She had before in front of Toy, Renton, and Charles, but this was different. Alice's crush on Toy was infatuation. Anything that would have happened between them wasn't something that she would have wanted. What she felt for Gwen was powerful and more dangerous to her mindset.

It was foolish, now that she thought about it. Alice and Gwen were too alike in too many ways. They were both raging fires that would consume everything in their paths, destroying it all. Them together would only cause mayhem and strife. Their families wouldn't approve of it, either. Woody seemed like a reasonable man and so did Kurt, but Joe? He had his own scowl set towards her when she passed.

Alice tried not to think too hard about what her family would say about their union. They were still trying to set her up with Bradley Uppercrust the Third. It didn't matter how many times she told them no, they persisted.

She groaned and finally lifted her head from her pillow. She knew that her hair was a mess, but she couldn't find it in herself to care. No one else but Rudolph was in the building and he had seen her at her worst times. This look of hers was nothing new.

A buzz resounded in her room and she jumped off the bed, more so from fright than to answer it.

Alice hurried across the room until she met the controls and security footage. Her eyes bulged from her head as she stared at the entrance's camera. Gwen stood there with her hands on her hips. Due to the fuzziness of the screen, something that she had yelled at Charles about countless times before, Alice couldn't see her face too well.

But she would know that ponytail and fit body anywhere. It had invaded her daydreams far too many times.

There would be no sense in making a guest wait. Even if she had embarrassed herself in front of said guest not too long ago.

After straightening herself out, Alice descended the elevator and walked the path to the door. It seemed longer than usual, but she knew it was her own fear psyching her out. What was happening was a trick of her mind and nothing more. She realized it in the nick of time, saving herself from crashing into the door.

Further embarrassment was something that Alice wanted to avoid.

She opened the door slowly until it nearly hit the wall. Having Gwen at her doorstep was never a good sign. The last time she was here was when Alice planned on destroying the valley. She couldn't see out of her eye for a week after Gwen punched her.

Alice wasn't sure what gave her confidence that Gwen wasn't here to hurt her. Maybe it was the way Gwen's cheeks were as red as her own.

"So…" Gwen started, looking everywhere but at Alice, "what kind of date are you thinking about…?"