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Chapter 3
I wondered if she was angry with me too. She probably was, if I had hurt her brother in some way. They seemed like the kind of family that would stick up for each other no matter what. I still rolled down my window and waited for her to speak.
"Hey, Bella. I'm Alice. Do you mind if I get in?" Wow, she was pretty straightforward. I didn't know what to say, I mean, if I would've opened my mouth I would probably have made a fool of myself. I merely nodded and it took only seconds for her to get in.
"So, where are we going?" she asked, her voice was like music. It sounded familiar in a way, which again made me believe I knew her before the accident. I looked her over and noticed her beauty. Her eyes had that same golden color and the story Angela had told me about them all being adopted seemed, once again, very untrue to me. How was that even possible?
Her hair was all spiky, black and pretty short. But I loved it. It looked silky almost, and I had to resist the urge to touch it. Her skin was pale, just as pale as Edward's and Dr. Cullen's. No, they definitely weren't adopted. I wasn't buying that.
"Eh, I… I was… just, err.. going home, actually." Great, now I was stuttering. Way to go, Bella. She started giggling and sat up straight.
"Well, I was going to ask you to go shopping, but you probably won't accept that offer. Since you… Well, don't really… Know me anymore. So I'm going to ask you… if you want to go take a walk with me?" She had this great energy around her and I felt drawn to her even more than her brother. She was just the cutest girl I had ever laid eyes on. For as far as I remembered that is.
"Eh, okay. I guess that's okay. No, shopping isn't really my thing," she giggled again. And I drove off. She gave me instructions as to where to go and we rode in silence. When we got to where she had intended to take us to we got out of the truck.
"Hey, is there any chance you'll tell me about what has been going on?" I was hopeful again. I knew the answer already, but I still had to ask.
"Believe me, I'd really like to tell you everything, but I think my father wouldn't appreciate it. He instructed us not to tell you anything because there's a chance you'll remember everything on your own," she explained. I sighed and we started our walk. She led me into the forest, which wasn't that great an idea considering how terribly clumsy I was.
"Hey, Alice, I'm pretty clumsy so, I might break my neck on this little field trip of ours." I was completely serious but she merely laughed. She seemed like such a happy person, so laid back and without any sorrows. In a way I envied her for that. I was a worrier, always had been.
"No, I won't let you fall, Bella. That wouldn't be very nice," she made the promise and although she was much smaller than me, I had no choice but to believe her. Her eyes were sincere and showed me how much she cared.
We continued our walk and we went deeper into the forest, it got a little darker and everything around us was green.
"How do I know you're not going to kidnap me?"
"What?" She seemed confused by my question.
"Well, you're taking me pretty deep into the forest, and that usually doesn't mean anything good, so…" realization seemed to hit her and she erupted into a fit of giggles again. I had already grown to love that sound. It was like bells ringing, like music, it was just beautiful.
Right at that moment I stumbled over a small branch and right before I hit the ground small, cold arms were wrapped around my waist, keeping me from falling. I exhaled in relief and felt myself being pulled up, for such a small girl she was remarkably strong. Her face was beaming as I came face to face with her.
"Thanks, you probably just saved my life," I started blushing again. The smile she had on her face threatened to break her face.
"That wouldn't be the first time," she kept on giggling. I decided not to ask, because I knew she wouldn't tell me.
She walked me to a meadow and that's where we sat down. We spent the entire afternoon there, just talking. I soon found out that she was a very touchy-feely person and she was hugging me a lot. I couldn't say I didn't like it, though. Because hugging and cuddling with her felt natural to me. The feeling of her cold skin didn't bother me either, I had no idea whether this was normal or not, but she was such a comforting person.
We spoke about everything that had been going on, well, the parts that I could remember. I told her about my life in Phoenix, and though I was sure she'd heard all that before she seemed interested enough.
She also told me some things about herself, but I felt like there was so much that she left out. I didn't want to push her, though. If she couldn't talk about it, I wouldn't force her to. It felt to me that I didn't have the right to. She'd known me longer than I'd known her, for all I knew that was.
When I got home that afternoon, after dropping Alice off at her place, Charlie and I got in a fight about me ditching school. He didn't agree with it and didn't understand how I was feeling.
"Charlie, it sucks not to know anyone there, while they do know me! Why don't you get it? Today there was this guy, Edward Cullen, he was acting so rude to me. As if I have hurt him or something, but I have no idea if I have! Do you know how frustrating that is?" I wasn't far from yelling now.
Tears were running down my cheeks again. I hated crying, especially in front of Charlie, but he was so unfair to me. I did notice him flinch when I mentioned Edward's name, I wondered what that was about.
"Did you remember anything?"
"No." He nodded and went back to watching television. He obviously wasn't going to listen to my ranting any longer and I was glad to not have to talk about it anymore. I went to the kitchen and fixed him a meal with whatever was in the cupboards.
"Charlie, someone needs to do the groceries, we have almost nothing in here!" I yelled.
"Yeah, I'll get some after work tomorrow," he promised. That was one thing I wouldn't have to worry about. After having dinner I went up to my room, wishing things would get better.
Later that night my mom called and asked me to tell her all about today. She understood my frustration and was willing to listen to my complaints. She was glad that my old friends would also be my new friends. She was probably right about that, if they didn't like me they would've just pretended not to know me. That much I was grateful for.
When I told her about Edward's behavior she stopped talking altogether. I got this weird feeling that Edward had either done something incredibly awful to me or… maybe he was just very important to me. But that wouldn't explain his weird behavior.
"Look, Bella, I think you should just see what happens. Maybe you will remember later on. Maybe you won't, but maybe you'll get a great life, despite not knowing how things were before the accident." She was probably right. But it was frustrating me to no end that I didn't know a thing. Even if I could get a great life now, I would want to know what my life looked like before.
The only thing that was slightly familiar to me was Alice's cold touch and the sound of Alice's laughter. I told my mom and she just said that maybe it was a start. I was desperately hoping that it was, because if I remembered that it must've meant that Alice was important to me too. And I liked the sound of that, because I really liked Alice. She had been great to me, even though she wouldn't tell me about my past she still was very nice. And I felt… safe with her.
"Mom, I've got to go now. Talk to you later, bye. Love you."
That was the only thing I was sure of right now. I loved my mom.
