To all the lovely people that reviewed thanks a lot for them! They really help me steer the story into what I hope you guys will love. Do not despair! Because in the end, it'll still work out between Alice and Bella but what's the point of not having them go through some frustrations first, right?

This is kind of a short chapter, sorry…

Disclaimer: I don't own twilight.

Sarah closed the door behind Alice cheerfully and turned. "Hey Bella, so this is,"

"Alice," Bella breathed out.

"Um," Sarah pointed to the two of them, only now noticing that both were still with shock. "Do you two know each other?"

Alice seemed to shake herself out of her reverie and lightly smiled at Sarah, "Uh, yea actually. We went to high school together. I had no idea she was transferring here though."

"Oh." Sarah walked to her closet and pulled out a towel, "well it looks like you two need to be reconnected," she opened the door to their room. "I'm just going to hop in the shower real quick and we'll all talk when I get back."

"Wai…" Both Alice and Bella said at the same time. It was too late though as Sarah had already walked out and pulled the door shut behind her.

An uncomfortable silence fell between the two of them and Bella glanced around nervously. She tried to stop the crazy beating of her heart but with no avail.

Finally, it seemed that Alice had had enough. "So, um, what made you transfer here?"

Bella laughed nervously, she was never nervous and it really bugged her. "Actually Edward convinced me to come here. He failed to mention that you went here too though." She looked pointedly at Alice. "The only thing he said was that Emmett was here." She tried to get her wits about her. She was the infamous Bella who could make girls beg for her with just a smile. This could not be happening.

"He must have something up his sleeve then," Alice said lightly. Silence fell once more and Bella fidgeted in her seat. Giving up, Bella began to unpack since she hadn't done that yet. As she moved off Sarah's bed, Alice moved to sit on it. Successfully avoiding her gaze, Bella ripped open the first box. Alice simply sat quietly there.

Unable to take the silence any longer, Bella blurted out, "So, um, what are you studying?"

"Art and fashion," Alice replied curtly.

"Oh… I see." Silence again. Bella pulled out her sheets and blankets and threw them on the bed. "You, uh, you look," she glanced over at Alice, "you know," she gestured to Alice, "you look nice."

Alice laughed, "Thanks. Do you always sound so nervous when you're talking to people?"

"No!" exclaimed Bella, indignant. "Just, you know," Bella looked at the ground, "around you it seems…" she trailed off. This was not good. She was falling for her again and Alice hadn't even been here that long! It was just because her presence was unexpected, Bella reasoned. She'd ready herself starting tomorrow and this wouldn't happen again.

"You know," Alice said. "You don't look bad yourself." She looked at what Bella was wearing. "And you've got a nice style going too."

Bella self-consciously straightened her leather jacket. "Uh, thanks," she mumbled.

To her relief, the door opened and Sarah walked in with the towel wrapped around her head. "Hey honey," Alice greeted her. "Took you long enough," she winked. Bella felt something in her almost break. It seemed as though Alice and Sarah were together. This wasn't the first time Alice had called Sarah "honey". Alice must've been that someone Sarah had said she was seeing. Not that it should matter to her. Bella had no claim over Alice since nothing had really happened between them. It was only a kiss and Bella would know now that that doesn't mean much seeing as she had sex with lots of girls but was never committed to any.

"Hmmm," Sarah said, "the hot water just felt too good and I didn't want to come out." She glanced over at Bella. "I see you're finally getting around to unpacking." Bella nodded. "I was wondering how you were sleeping," Sarah joked.

Bella gave a half smile, "yea…"

"Anyways," Sarah continued, oblivious to Bella's mood. "I wanted to tell you something."

"What?" Bella asked. "That you're gay?"

Sarah paused and looked at Bella. "How'd you…" she trailed off then glanced at Alice, "did Alice tell you?!"

Bella shrugged, "no, she didn't. I figured it out when we were in the cafeteria actually. You never gave a gender when you talked about the person you were seeing. Plus, you were super reluctant to let me meet her. Therefore, I concluded." She sat at the edge of her own bed. "Besides, I have a decent gaydar I'd say."

"Oh…" Sarah said. "Well, you're okay with it then? That we're both gay and living together I mean."

"Um… who told you I was gay?" Bella asked, curious.

Sarah smiled in an almost guilty way. "No one." She pulled off her towel and shook her wet hair out. "Actually, I saw you take that one girl's hand while you were at the table. I was getting a drink then." Alice seemed to tune in at this point, giving Sarah her full attention. "Honestly I figured you weren't actually going to come back tonight given how into you she seemed."

Bella laughed lightly, uncomfortable that Alice was in the room. She didn't know that Bella had become quite the lady killer and Bella didn't exactly want her to find out quite yet. Besides, when Alice knew Bella, she'd been shy and in denial of who she really was. "Oh, it was nothing," Bella answered. "I didn't really know her so I wasn't going to spend the night, ya know? Besides, I wanted to get to know my roommate." She glanced over at Alice and noticed that she seemed to be not paying attention at all, staring at her nails.

"Aww, you're too kind," Sarah said. She turned to Alice, "how come you've never talked about what a nice friend you knew back in high school?"

Alice looked up at Sarah. "We didn't really know each other back then," she admitted. "She was just best friends with my brother actually."

"Oh," Sarah sat next to Alice, "well this is perfect! We can all get to know each other now!"

Bella shifted uncomfortably, "Um, right, we can."

"Let's all have lunch tomorrow then, yea?" Sarah asked, excited.

Alice seemed to steel herself and all of a sudden had a determined look on her face. "Sure, dear." She replied.

Bella remained completely calm and monotone as she agreed also. She was not about to let their relationship bother her. Besides, it wouldn't hurt to become friends with Alice. She had wanted to be best friends with Alice back in high school anyways. Though looking back, Bella realized it was because she liked Alice and just didn't want to admit it then.

"Well," Alice said as she stood up, "I'll let you two alone then cause Bella still needs to pack and I don't want to keep her from it." As she said that, Alice winked at Bella.

"Yea, let's do that." Sarah replied as she stood up with Alice, not noticing the confused look on Bella's face. She couldn't figure out what had just happened. "We'll see you tomorrow then, right?"

Alice gave Sarah a big smile, "of course, Honey." With that, Alice turned and left, leaving Sarah and Bella together.

With a visible shake of her head, Bella pulled herself together and began to unpack again. Her mind was still reeling from Alice's wink. She couldn't figure out why Alice had done it. Sarah was clearly with Alice so Alice shouldn't be doing something like that. It did do weird things to Bella when Alice winked though. She got butterflies in her stomach and even now couldn't seem to stop thinking about it.

"So, um," Bella began, "how long have you known Alice?" She couldn't help but be curious about the two of them.

"Oh," Sarah began, "it was freshman year actually. We've only been getting closer since then. She really helped me out with many things. The biggest is definitely coming out though." Sarah laughed at a memory that Bella couldn't know about. "She was convinced I was gay even though I denied it and wouldn't stop bugging me till I finally admitted it." Sarah lay down on her bed and pulled her covers to cover herself.

"I see," Bella responded as she continued to unpack as if unaffected by what Sarah had said. However, on the inside, her brain was reeling. It seemed as though Alice just liked to get people who were in the closet. Perhaps that was the reason Alice went after Bella back in high school. Now that Bella was totally out, Alice found her uninteresting. Bella was convinced of this but a small part of her asked why Alice had winked at her if that was the truth.

"Anyways," Sarah continued, "I'm really glad I met her. She's a really great person." Bella simply nodded. She decided that she was just going to unpack tomorrow so she pushed all the boxed to the corners so it was out of the way and set about making the bed. There were a couple moments of silence before Sarah spoke up again. "You really are okay with us rooming together, right?"

Bella looked over at her confused, "of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?"

"Well, we both are gay so, you know…?" She trailed off and glanced over at Bella.

"Don't worry," Bella said with a small chuckle. "I'm totally fine with it if you are. One rule though, we can't hook up or date or anything like that. It would be way too weird if things ended badly so I don't want it going there." She took off her leather jacket and hung it on the back of her chair. "That has been my rule since even before transferring here." Bella bent and unzipped her boots.

"Yea, no, of course," Sarah agreed quickly, "it's a good rule."

"I don't think we'll have to worry about that anytime soon anyways cause you already have someone," Bella replied with a grim smile at Sarah. She pulled of her boots one at a time.

"You're right," Sarah replied, her facial expression getting soft as she thought about the person. Bella pretended she didn't see that Sarah was clearly deeply infatuated with Alice and walked over to the lights.

"You ready to sleep?" She asked. Sarah nodded and the lights were flicked off. Bella felt her way to the bed in the dark and crawled underneath the blankets. After a lot of rustling, Bella stilled and lay in her cocoon. She decided that she'd go for a run tomorrow morning to freshen up. She needed to clear her mind and have some time alone. That was probably one of the two things that hadn't changed since sophomore year of high school. When anything happened, Bella still needed time to herself to think things through. That and of course the fact that she still liked Alice.

She lingered on that thought a little more. They hadn't really seen each other since the night Alice kissed her at Mike's party. Bella still remembered that night as if it happened yesterday. She really shouldn't be surprised that Alice still affected her. Ever since she went into college and became this person that could woo girls with no problem, there had been rules she'd enforced on herself like no kissing on the lips and that the other girl couldn't touch her in intimate ways and Bella couldn't help but think that these were placed because of Alice.

Shaking her head in the dark, Bella decided that she wouldn't allow Alice to affect her like that. She'd show Alice that she was better than she was back in high school. Bella knows things that she would bet that Alice doesn't know yet. She had experienced life to the fullest and wouldn't let this little blimp mess up her groove. There were many girls out there that would still fall at Bella's feet and she'd take as many as she wanted. Bella was the confident person who put herself forward when there was something she wanted, not that timid girl who wouldn't even admit she was gay.

That's decided, Bella whispered a "good night" to Sarah and rolled over on her side, determined that tomorrow would be the start of a new day.

What's going to happen next time they meet? Tell me what you think guys. I posted this before a week was up cause I wanted to be updating on a weekend instead of a weekday :P