The Response
Bella's POV
Words. It seemed they were so hard to find nowadays. Like right now as I looked down at a blank sheet of paper, there was so much I wanted to say to Alice. Like how she'd never hog my time. I wanted to tell her how much I loved her. How much I needed her with me or maybe vice versa. And of course there wasn't a word on the page.
"Guess I should start out with a greeting.," I mumbled to myself. Alice. It was short and sweet. Maybe it was more of the style of an email header but I didn't care. I've missed you too. It should be illegal how much I miss you. Some days its even a miracle that I can function through the constant memories of you and I together. Like serious together. Like 'the' serious.
Shit, why do I have to explain the whole 'serious concept to her? She was there. Hell, she was the driving force behind it. Alice, I start over on another sheet of paper, I've missed you too. It should be illegal how much I miss you. Some days its even a miracle that I can function through the constant memories of you and I together. Like the one night at my house while Charlie was away. I'll be honest with you, and don't shoot me for saying this, but I've had many girlfriends since you. I've had many experiences with them like our experience at my house but nothing quite compares to you. In fact I'm sweating at the thought of that night. Or maybe its just the Arizona heat.
I swear, if you were here, you'd be sizzled to a fucking pulp. I should know. I'm not a vampire and I'm burning like there's no tomorrow coming. Okay why was I talking about the weather in Arizona. I mean if I hadn't been talking all lovey-dovey, 'I miss you' and all, I probably could've let the weather comment slide. My roommate tells me I should care more about the environment and not throw away a 'perfectly good' sheet of paper because of one small mistake but what can I say? My roomie's a pain in the ass so sometimes I purposely throw 'perfectly good' sheets of paper in the trash to get on her nerves. But that is not my point.
Sorry about that. I know you've heard hundreds of stories about how hot Arizona is. So why am I telling you all of this? Because I want to cherish this moment as long as I can. I've missed you so much. I know I've said that a lot but its true. I want you even more than I did the first time I saw you when Edward formally introducing us. I'm using 'formally' because of the first time I saw you in the cafeteria. Please tell me you don't want me to recall that incident. But I digress. So you know its saying a lot if I want you more than I did then. Seriously? I am that easy to read though. Bella, stop rambling on and on. Go on ahead and tell her your plans before she gets so bored she decides to put the letter down, I thought as my sweat started to loosen my grip of the pencil in my hand.
But hey, let me get to the point of this. I'm moving back to Forks. Quitting my VERY good paying job and heading back. The plane leaves in a few days. So hopefully (unless the USPS really does hate me) I should at least be on my way to Forks by time you get this.
Your love, Bella.
Okay, why do I feel so cheesy for closing it for with 'Your love'? I guess its romantic but I'm not romantic. I mean I know when to give a girl flowers and whatnot but out right romanticness? Nah, I'm about as romantic as a rock.
A few days later I'm at the airport. Jessica and Angela are with me. Its amazing how we've managed to still keep in contact. Alice still hasn't come yet. I even texted Angela the other day asking her if she saw Alice if she'd tell her that I was coming back to Forks today.
"She'll come soon.," Angela said, obviously seeing the widening of my eyes.
"You did tell her, didn't you?" My voice is thick with worry. I can't help it though. I'm either pissed as anything or I'm a nervous wreak.
"Of course. I do value my life very much.," Angela teased me.
A few hours passed before I ever saw even the slightest sign of Alice. Angela and Jessica had left maybe 30 minutes earlier. I'm not entirely sure. You would think that after a while I would've gone with them but there was something about Alice that just pulled me so hard to her.
"Hey Alice!," I shouted by the odd chance that it might be her and I wouldn't make a complete idiot of myself. She looked at me almost as if she was struggling to distinguish whether I was her mind playing tricks on her or if I was actually there. Her face quickly started to light up.
"I love you.," she whispered holding me tightly as we kissed. I didn't want to let her go but I had to because I honestly think the whole state of Washington was staring at us.
"So what took you so long?," I asked her as she was driving me to the Cullen house. We hadn't talked much since she picked me up at the airport.
"You know usual mess.," she replied blandly, her eyes never leaving the road. I almost wanted to shout "What usual mess? I haven't seen you in two years!" but maybe I was overreacting.
After a few more minutes the silence slowly started to bake itself into my skin. I had to say something. Anything. "I got the letter you sent me. It was real sweet.," I finally said, smiling in a way that I know she couldn't possibly resist me.
Her face started to light up with a sense of satisfactory. "Thank you. I put a lot of effort into it. Your letter was sweet too. Made me think back a lot.," she laughed, "We oughta do it again some time. Oh geez, I just said the wrong thing, didn't I?" Actually she didn't. I was thinking of the same thing. But do I say that? Of course not!
"Hey Alice, before I get harassed by Emmett, can I ask you something? Or better yet, will you do me a favor?," I asked her as we sat in her car in front of the Cullen house. Now she was staring at me with her topaz eyes. I'm her whole focus now.
"Well...I've been thinking real strongly about this and I want to be turned.," I paused to look at her face that screamed 'What?', "Into a vampire, I mean. I've put a lot of thought into it. Really. Not joking or anything." She gave a quick sigh and her whole face just got paler than what it usually was.
"Not now Bella.," she finally said with a sigh and gestured me to get out of the car. I felt like a little kid again. Except this time I wasn't a little kid fighting with their parent over something that in their teen years wouldn't mean anything. I was a 20-something year old fighting with their girlfriend about spending the rest of eternity together. But I guess considering my girlfriend is a vampire, it does make a little more sense.
"Okay Alice when can I be a vampire then?," I whispered, trying not to get Emmett or for that matter any of the other Cullens' attention.
"I'll let you know. Now let's go in so you can catch up with everyone.," she calmly said. Part of me wants to believe her, the other part...I don't know. I guess time will tell though.
AN: You wanted more so here it is. I'd like to thank everyone who has reviewed, favorited, alerted, etc. this story. Probably going to do an epilog. Just to tie things up. I'm thinking of writing an Alice/Bella story but nothing might not come of it so don't get your hopes up too high, dear reader. Review if you like, review if you hate.