Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight

Months flew by after I had met Alice and school was almost out for summer session and I had an impending 17th birthday coming. I spent every lunch with her fascinated by all of her stories of travels with her eccentric mother. They did not stay long in anyone area and her mother was always planning the next big move.

I was just hoping that there would not be any big moves in the near future because Alice was too much apart of my life now. We quickly became best friends and kept it as such because I was too scarred to move beyond friendship and she never mentioned anything about being more.

Although I met Alice's mother briefly on occasion and used my best French to strike up conversation I was never invited to their home, but Alice was always welcomed at mine and my parents adored her.

She was very intelligent and could keep up conversation easily with my father. My father would always drop hints to when we would become "exclusive" but I tried to explain to him that she saw us as just friends. He asked me if I had even tried and I replied no so of course he came back with the idea of me actually trying.

Well at this point my raven haired, blue eyed porcelain doll beauty of a friend caused me too many nerves to find the courage to do so. I felt like every day I got to know her, the more beautiful she became and it was very distracting for me to think of anything else.

On the last day of school, the day before my birthday, I walked Alice home as was our normal routine. Something felt different but I was not sure if it was a good difference. She was very quite which was unusual for her when she was with me and therefore caused me to be silent as well.

I heard her inhale a breath slowly, "Edward…" she stopped walking and looked to the ground. I stopped immediately knowing something was definitely wrong because she always looked me in the eyes.

"What is wrong Alice?" I asked quickly trying to hide the worry in my voice.

She continued to look down and I thought I saw a tear slide down her cheek. "I…I do not know how to say this because I really do not want to have to say this," she began her voice on the verge of breaking.

I already knew where she was going with this, I had been dreading the day when it would come, when she would leave me. I joined her in looking at the ground and waited for her to finish.

"My mother, she gets these feelings, or as she says premonitions, and then we leave. It is always when I feel like things are finally going right, or normal in my life and then she just uproots us and we are gone," Alice started softly sobbing after the last word.

"What do you mean premonitions?" I asked a bit confused.

"Edward, my mother, she is different from everyone as you already know and I am the only one that truly ever understands her, apart from the language barrier. There are some things about her, actually about us that you do not know nor would understand."

She was still looking down and I was too worried not to think about my next action as I lightly held her chin in my hand to bring her eyes in contact with mine. "Alice, whatever it is you know I will understand. There is nothing that could ever break what we have, our friendship is stronger than anything else."

I was amazed to see her smirk as she closed her eyes. "There are things in this world normal people are not meant to know about and my mother and I are some of those things." She opened her eyes and stared intensely right into mine. I was taken aback by her words and the sudden coldness of her features.

"I am not sure that I am following you Alice …" I trailed off unsure as how to continue. With all of the sadness out of her voice she began with new confidence.

"Well Edward, I suggest that if you want to understand then you follow me back to my home," Alice turned and continued into the woods and I automatically began to follow a foot behind her.

We reached Alice's home still in silence and then she stopped a few yards away and turned to me. "Edward, before we go into my home I would like to tell you something before all else changes."

I stood quietly absorbing everything she said. She took a deep breath and continued. "I have never met anyone like you before and never will. You are very special and important to me and I am so very thankful for all of the time we have shared together. I care about you more than you will ever know, and you have made my heart feel warmer than I could ever imagine. So that is why I feel I must tell you this now Edward that I love you, and that I always will. Edward I love you…" she whispered the last sentence and took me by more surprise as she stood on her tip toes and kissed me directly on the lips.

It was soft at first, and I felt her hands fall lightly on the back of my neck. I in return softly placed my hands on either side of her face as our kiss became more deep and passionate.

Then as suddenly as it started it stopped. She pulled away leaving my hands in the air and began walking to her house. She turned her head to look towards me and asked, "Are you coming?" and I nodded as she turned around and entered her house with me right behind.

I entered Alice's house and it was unusually warm for a dimly lit house. There were dark curtains covering the windows and a few lit candles scattered around the small room we were in. In the middle was a round table with a deep red cloth covering it and cards with various pictures spread out. Alice sat at the table and motioned for me to join her.

I complied still confused about what had just happened outside and what was now happening inside.

"Edward, my mother has already left and I must follow her soon, but before I go I wanted to warn you of something very dangerous that will be attacking the city of Forks and I need you to leave as well. I have already made necessary arrangements for you to leave with your family back to Chicago so you should not have any stress as to how you will do so. I cannot foresee the exact danger but I know it is looming in the air and is no good." She paused to let me absorb everything. "My mother and I are as people say "witches"… I continued to look at her and contemplated everything she just said.

"So you are a witch and do magic?" I asked curiously. My tone made her smile because she heard no fright in my voice. She smiled and looked me in the eyes, "yes" she simply answered.

Well that explained a lot to me. I knew she was different, no I knew she was magical in her own way and now she had literally just confirmed my suspicions. I had felt bewitched body and soul by her from the moment our eyes met months ago.

I spoke more strongly now, "so because you are a witch you are leaving me?" I asked accusingly.

"No Edward that is not the reason. The reason is that something will happen here and people at the church already suspect my mother and when this thing happens they will blame it all on her, especially since she left beforehand. But you have to understand that what does happen was not of our doing, we do not ever cause harm to those undeserving of it. And with that we must leave for our own safety and I want you to leave so you are not affected by this event either."

I looked at her believing every word she said because I had no other reason not to. "Alice, what you told me outside, did you tell me that because now you think I won't love you because I know you are a witch?" I asked a bit hurt by her presumption.

"No Edward," she smiled again and my heart beat faster as she stood and walked to me placing her small hand on my cheek. "I told you that then because I wanted to let you know how I truly feel, and will always feel before you ran away after I told you what I really am. When a witch falls in love, it is forever."

I placed my hand on hers, "Alice …I love you too and nothing will ever change that whether you are a witch or not," I knew as I said it that it was completely true.

She bent her head slightly and kissed me on the lips softly again. I took my hands and gently placed them around her waste and helped guide her to my lap. Our kiss deepened and she turned her body towards me so that she was straddling me on the chair.

I took my hands and ran them from her waste up to her hair tangling my fingers in the silky strands. Her hands caressed my face and neck as our tongues began to dance together filling me with a warmth I had never known before. She began slowing the kiss and placing a few small ones on my cheeks, forehead, nose and lastly my lips. She held my face in her hands as her eyes fiercely scanned mine.

"Edward we will see each other again. I promise you that. I will meet you in Chicago in the future and we will love each other just as we do now." I smiled and closed my eyes as she traced her finger tips down my lids.

I felt the weight of her vanish from my lap and quickly opened my eyes. Alice was no longer on my lap nor was she anywhere near me. The room was brightly lit by the sunlight and was empty besides for me and the chair I had been sitting on.

"Alice?" I cried out. I ran through all of the rooms that were just as empty as the first. No where. I flung open the front door to the yard and still nothing. She was gone. I knew it and suddenly I felt an emptiness like when you wake up from a beautiful dream that felt so real only to discover that it was all a dream. But I still felt the kiss of her lips lingering on mine and knew that she and us had been real.