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Bella POV

...the truth is hiding in your eyes

and its hanging on your tongue

just boiling in my blood...

Alice shoved me into the hallway, then disappeared without me even seeing her fly back through the window. I sighed, and locked myself in the bathroom, switching my clothes for some dirty pajamas in the hamper. I stepped into the shower and turned the water to near-scalding, hoping that would take away some of the smell of mine and Alice's...activities.

It really was too hard to believe that I had just been fucked by Alice Cullen. Not that I was disappointed, of course, far from it. Alice had always been the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen, even prettier than Rosalie. Alice, aside from Carlisle, was the Cullen I was most in awe of. She hadn't had anybody, until Jasper, to turn to, to inspire her to go against what she was, and even when she'd found Jasper he wasn't what had made her humane, kind, and good.

I sighed, reaching for my shampoo, digging my fingernails into my scalp. It wouldn't be so weird for Edward to smell Alice on me, after all, I'd spent the evening with her and Esme, and then she'd dropped me off. I thought of Edward climbing in through my window, waiting for me on my bed, and I cringed. I'd give anything for Alice to still be in there. Or in here...my mind whirled as the image of her, of what she looked like completely free of the designer clothing and lingerie she always donned, looked like.

I felt the burning again, and shook my head to clear it. It wouldn't do well to get even more aroused right now. Maybe later, when Alice and I had some more time alone. But when would that be? And just what was going on between Alice and I? I'd be a fool and a liar to say that I only wanted sex from her, although that part was one of the most amazing experiences, if not the most amazing experience, of my life. But I did want more than that, I wanted us to be more than that. I wanted us to actually be, to exist. It wasn't that I didn't love Edward, and I knew without a doubt that Alice loved Jasper, but...hadn't I spent my whole life searching for this sort of thing? With Edward there was no physical chemistry, beyond the whole hunter-and-prey thing. Not that I was worried for my safety around Edward, of course not, but...I couldn't deny that when I was with him, it was really his sister I wanted to be with.

Yes, I knew what I really wanted, what I really needed. Now, I just had to hide it from Edward until I could figure things out with Alice. If she didn't want me, there was nothing I could do but stay with Edward. Even to just be around Alice would be enough, if I couldn't have her.

I rinsed my hair and turned the water off, reaching for a towel. I dried and dressed quickly, and ran a brush through my dripping hair. I looked liked I'd calmed down enough. My cheeks weren't any more flushed than usual, anyway. I thanked God for whatever was wrong with my head, grateful that Edward couldn't read my mind. Alice could very easily hide her thoughts from her brother, but I wasn't so skilled.

"Edward!" I cried in false surprise, when I had taken a deep breath and entered my room. He was laying there, just as I'd pictured him, on my bed, flipping through a magazine I'd gotten while at the grocery store last week.

"Bella, love." Edward said, and in a flash he was at my side, his arms around me.

It was easy to pretend that his arms were Alice's, easier than I'd thought. The smell was different, of course, Alice smelled like fresh oranges and clean cedar, much different than Edward's scent, but that was easy to overlook when our lips met, his holding the same icy texture of his sister's, although the kiss wasn't nearly as enjoyable as it had been with Alice.

"How was your trip?" I asked, as Edward swung me up in his arms and placed me on my bed.

"It was fine, but I don't like being away from you."

Great. Now I'd never get him to leave. Plans, already half-formed in my mind, evolved, plans of Alice and I taking a girls only shopping trip somewhere, some where far away...Los Angeles, perhaps? London, Paris? Milan? The farther away the better.

"Love? Is something wrong?" Edward asked, catching my chin between his index finger and thumb, forcing me to look up into his eyes.

"Not at all. Just tired."

"I hope Esme and Alice didn't do anything too horrible to you, I know how Alice was going on about a proper slumber party..."

I forced a laugh. "No, it was great. Esme got the good Italian food from Port Angeles, and Alice had all my favorite movies on hand. You don't need to worry so much, you know I love your sister. Um, and the rest of your family."

"And they're very fond of you, as well. I don't know what our lives would be without you, Bella."

Well, my life would be an empty pit of nothingness if I'd never met the Cullens. I loved them, all of them, they really were my family now. And what would happen if Alice felt the way that I did? Would we be able to tear that same family apart?

"Bella," Edward said, his voice hard, "there's something you're not telling me. What happened?"

I felt myself blush. I so wanted everything to be out in the open, to tell Edward that I didn't love him the way he wanted me to, the way he needed me to, that instead my passion and my heart was reserved for Alice, his sister, one of his closest friends and confidantes. But I knew this would take time, would take careful planning, and I knew it would be worth it.

"Really Edward, every thing's fine. I'm just beat." Edward leaned down to kiss me again, but I turned my head and adjusted myself away from him, under the pretext of making myself more comfortable. "You don't need to stay tonight, if you don't want to...I think Charlie is beginning to get suspicious." Of course Charlie was as clueless as ever, and Edward would know a thousands times more than I ever would if Charlie really was suspicious, but it seemed like a good enough excuse to get him to leave. I didn't want him to spend the night by me, not when I couldn't trust myself. Who knows what I'd say in my sleep?

"Sleep, then." Edward said, an edge to his voice. I knew he was upset with me. He was expecting a much better reception when he came home, or at least a more enthusiastic one. I realized that I felt only minimally guilty that I couldn't give it to him. When I rolled over to face him, he was gone.

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Alice POV

What was I going to do? What was I going to say? It would only be a matter of time before Edward tracked me down. I saw Bella more or less kicking him out of her bedroom, and that would lead him here, to the open forest. My scent was easy enough to track, especially for him.

Oh Bella, what have you done to me? She was much too exquisite for her own good, she was too lovable and too soft and too warm and too intelligent. It had been no feat to fall in love with her, that was for sure. Easier than it had been with Jasper. Or was I really in love with Jasper? He had been a constant in my immortal life, from my visions of him, to when I actually found him, until now. There was no denying that we were a part of one another, and I truly did love him. But the things I felt for Bella, because of Bella...Jasper could not even dream of fulfilling me the way she did.

I saw Bella loving me, I saw her needing me the way I needed her, wanting me the way I wanted her. Who knew that moving to Forks, Washington would lead me to her?

I smelled Edward now, he was drawing nearer, searching for me. Bella's behavior alarmed him, and he wanted to know what I'd said or done to her. Oh Edward, if only you truly knew what had gone on minutes before you climbed through her window...

"Alice."

"Edward." I said, my teeth gritted. Before Edward knew anything or figured anything out for himself, I needed to talk to Bella. We had to sort this out, and make a decision.

"What did you do to her?"

"Nothing she objected to." I automatically replied, then bit my lip. "I didn't hurt her, or scare her, if that's what you mean. We had a nice evening with Esme, okay? You worry too much."

Edward sighed, but nodded after a short pause. "Yes, I do, don't I? She...she just means a very great deal to me, Alice. I guess you'd never understand that, would you?"

I looked away from my brother and into the dark trees. Of course not, Edward, I was supposed to say. Of course I have no inclination as to how you can feel so strongly for a human girl. Of course Bella Swan is precious to you in a way she is precious to no one else. Of course.

So I did. I was a good liar, as I'd always been, especially where my love for Bella was concerned, and when Edward turned and and sailed away silently, I began to run. Run away from him, from my family, from my home, from Jasper, and to the reason my dormant heart felt like it would crash through my chest.

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