A/N: Alright, so don't beat me up but...I kind of have a writer's block for 'Darling'

DON'T HIT ME! I will try to get over it as best as I can.

Anyway, I want you all to know I appreciate every single review and I simply love waking up and seeing how many I get and all the wonderful things you guys have to say, even the suggestions and critiques. They help me out greatly. Don't ever be afraid to say something.

So quick funny story for y'all.

This lady comes through my drive through and goes: "So I'm out here looking for your dollar menu, where is that at?"

"...it's...on the menu." I say, somewhat reasonably nicely. Because...what the hell else do I say to that?

"But where?"

"I don't know, ma'am, I haven't memorized it."

Then! Some other woman pulls up and goes "I'll have a fish-filet but without lettuce or mayonaisse."

"It doesn't...it doesn't come with that but okay."

Long pause. Then she goes, "Make sure there's no lettuce or mayo on it."

"Ma'am, it doesn't come with that."

"What comes with it?"

"Fish, tartar sauce...and cheese. Are you aware of what you're ordering?" (I have no idea why I'm not fired yet, I am so rude to customers. I've never been yelled at by a customer though, it's all in the smile. Being adorable is honestly a weapon)

Long pause.

"It doesn't say on the screen that you've taken off the mayo and lettuce, make sure you do that." (Wtf, right? She was totally stoned, I swear it.)

"Will you just pull forward, ma'am?"

I hate my job. Anyway, read on, I just wanted to share some stories.

"Alice, put that down right now!"

"It smells!"

"No shit, it smells! Good! It's deodorant!" I slapped my hand to my forehead, dragging it back through my hair and letting out an exasperated sigh. My god, this girl will be the death of me. She gets into everything! Right now, as we speak, she's sprawled out on my floor going through everything she can get her little hands on!

"I don't know what that is!" She whined out, rubbing it on the tip of her nose and sticking her tongue out afterwards, chucking the deodorant across the room where everything else she didn't like was piled up. I groaned at the sound it made as it collided with my laptop, which she decided was 'deplorable use of mankind's mind'. I watched her with narrowed eyes as she stood up abruptly albeit gracefully, making her way over to my dresser where she stopped, looked up at me and simply stared.

"What?" I dead panned and she continued to stare, blankly, "WHAT?"

"I'm booooooored!" She whined petulantly and then proceeded to knock off items from the top of my dresser; make-up, old pop cans, books, pictures. She began giggling her wind-chime laughter while I looked at her with disbelief. She was such a brat!

"Stop that! All of those things were organized!" I shouted and she stopped mid-swat and looked up at me incredulously.

"Organized? Bella, all that stuff looked like you simply threw it there with reckless gay abandon." Alice stated, her tone light and innocent as she, I'm pretty sure, insulted me.

"Yeah! I threw it there into perfect order!" I said matter-of-factly and she rolled her eyes at me. SHE rolled her eyes at ME? "If you're so bored, go do something!"

"Okay! Let's go do something!" She exclaimed excitedly, I blinked and in a flash she was right before me, standing on all fours on the bed with me. I almost fell back onto the pillows. Damn, she was fast. I was almost cross-eyed trying to look into her face what with how close she'd gotten to me.

"Like what?" I asked her, not amused that was until she made the cutest pouting face ever.

"I don't know…I really haven't…ventured…out there yet…" She mumbled vaguely, lowering herself so that she now sat cross-legged in front of me. She chewed on her bottom lip, her brows knit together in thought and god, she was so adorable but so confusing.

"Alice, what do you mean?" I asked her, getting fed up with her mysteriousness. She shrugged her shoulders, her body language showing me that she was now going to revert back into herself and not trust me even though a few minutes ago she was acting like we were best friends…which I kind of wanted her to be, oddly enough. She just had such an amazing personality…so far. I guess I was jumping ahead of myself but honestly, it was hard not to.

"It's hard to explain…"

"Alice, please, I'm more than willing to listen to you. But I'm also more than willing to wait for you so it's up to you, whatever you wanna do, I'm fine with." I said calmly, reasonably. She looked up at me with those big doe eyes and a small smile made its way onto her face.

"You're so sweet. I knew you would be from the moment I saw you." She looked a little embarrassed at her own forwardness but I couldn't help but blush and smile at her words. She knew how to make my heart melt, that's for damned sure.

"So…does that mean you wanna talk?" I asked cautiously and she nodded at me.

"Yes, but I've no idea where to begin…"

"We could…play 20 questions?" I suggested and she raised a brow at me, cocking her to the side. I loved when she did that.

"Is that a game?"

"Yeah, I ask you 20 questions and you answer me, honestly. Simple." I explained and she grinned childishly at me, her dimples showing.

"That sounds fun!"

"It is! Okay, so…how old are you…really?" I knew a thing or two about vampires as I am not a simpleton so I knew that she could be anywhere from a thousand years old to hundreds.

"I'm 109, I believe? I've lost track honestly, it's not like people throw me birthday parties you know." She admitted and I couldn't help but look surprised at that new information. I did the mental math and my mouth opened in shock just a tad.

"You were, correct me if I'm wrong, 'changed' in 1901?"

"You're correct. I was turned by a doctor at the mental asylum I was sent to before some vile tracker-"

"Whoa, whoa, hold up. Mental asylum?" I asked, my heart beat quickening and my panic button flicking on. Am I harboring a psychotic vampire in my room!

"Oh! I'm sorry, you're scared!" Alice stated, looking down at my chest then back up at me, "I'm not crazy, well I mean I am crazy but not psychologically disturbed! My parents put me in there because I used to have 'premonitions' as a child and back then that was a sign of mental instability and…you're still scared?"

"Well, a little, I mean…you used to see things?"

"Oh no, I still can. I can see the future!" She stated as though it were like saying 'I have brown hair!' I raised a brow at her and slowly began backing away from her and towards the top of my bed, near the pillows.

"You…see the future?" I asked skeptically and she nodded at me.

"Yeah, well not exactly. I can see what's going to happen before it happens but it's based on people's decisions. I saw you when you first decided to leave food out for me. I saw that you were going to continue to wait for me, and I saw when Charlie came home and so on and so forth but the funny thing about you…" She began, leaning forward a bit and I could only watch her as she pointed at me, "…is that you're very rash with your decisions, very impulsive. You surprise me, Bella Swan."

"Is…that a bad thing?"

"No, I like it. Very much." She smiled at me but this time it was different, there was a glint in her eye that seemed suggestive? "You've asked me 6 questions so far."

"Oh! Well…okay…um…what have you been doing the past 109 years of your life? Surely, you should know a lot but some of things I have and have shown you, you don't even know about?"

"I…have been avoiding humans….I try to stay away from villages, towns, cities because I'm scared." She said simply and the look in her eyes made my heart clench. She looked so lost and forlorn.

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to hurt anybody…that's why I kill animals for their blood which I can barely even manage to do…I don't like being a monster, Bella." She concluded sadly and I couldn't help but frown at this.

"I don't think you're a monster, I mean…you don't seem like one to me."

"That's because you're too kind for your own good…and please don't hug me, as much as I want you too, you really shouldn't." She said suddenly and I tensed with surprise.

How did she-? Oh, that's right…she's That's So Raven.

"Have you ever killed a human before?"

"No." She stated determinedly, giving me a hard look that showed that the mere thought disgusted and angered her, "I've come close; I've wanted to, I still do but I would rather die than do that."

"So…are you…tempted to kill me?" I asked, swallowing hard as the air in the room became pregnant with tension.

"Yes. In fact, you're the most tempting human I've ever come cross. You smell so good and you're blood is so loud," I watched as she continued to speak, her golden eyes beginning to darken, "It's amazing. No one has ever affected me the way you do, every single thing I do I have to control and sometimes I can't help but react in a animalistic way towards you because, god, Bella, I really want to bite you."

"Wow…" Was all I could say, my mind completely blown by her words and she licked her lips, her eyes pitch black.

"Yeah…it's weird…" She muttered, her eyes lowering to stare at my neck and I began to feel uncomfortable under her gaze; I felt like prey.

"What's weird?" I asked in a low voice, my heart rate picking up as she continued to stare at my neck. Oh god, I can't move.

"Something inside of me…hurts at the thought of hurting you…it hurts…." She clutched at the front of her shirt, where her heart was.

"Your…heart?"

"I don't have a heart…died…when I died…You get dead when you become vampire." She explained and I started to panic. Her words becoming choppy and broken, it sounded like she was struggling with herself. The look on her face was that of focus but of hunger, of want, and I was scared.

"Alice, are you okay?" I asked cautiously, willing my body to move but it wasn't working. I was officially the dumbest human on the planet.

"I hungry." She stated, leaning forward onto her arms and she began to crawl towards me on all fours. I scooted myself back against my headboard as I watched her crawl to me, "Just one bite…"

"Alice, please stop..." I muttered, my body breaking into a cold sweat and my hands clutching at the sheets below me. She jerked her head from side to side, as though she were shaking her head no as she moved towards with an almost cat-like grace. She reminded me of a lion or a jaguar, the way she was stalking me. I blinked and in a blur, her nose was pressed against my neck, her body straddling me as one hand squeezed at my shoulder in a claw-like grip the other gripping at my side, near my hip bone.

"I want to…" She growled inhaling deeply against my skin and shivers shot through my body, coursing down my spine as I took in the closeness of her body against mine, "Just one bite…I want to taste you…"

Oh god, this would be kind of hot if she weren't about to eat me.

And not in the good sense of the phrase.

"Alice, stop, we're friends remember?" I tried, my mind searching for any means of escape, for any way out of this. My basic instincts kicking in and telling me that the only way through to her was to either verbally or physically bring her back. I wasn't about to hit her so talking will have to do….for now.

"Friends?" She repeated and I gasped when I felt her tongue lick its way slowly up my neck and back down again, her grip on my side tightening.

"Yeah, friends, Alice, friends don't eat friends." I said slowly as though I were talking to a child but she only snarled at my tone and I could feel her fangs being dragged against the vulnerable skin on my neck.

"Stop talking," She commanded, inhaling deeply once more, "Relax."

"Alice, stop-" I began but was cut off when my body, despite the situation actually started to relax in her grip. What the fuck? It was like I wasn't even controlling my own body anymore as my eyes began to droop, I felt totally at peace, almost like I was ready to go to sleep.

"Niiiiice." Alice purred out, her voice was sultry and low, like she was seducing her prey. Which she was…and it was working. My mind seemed completely at peace with dying right now, it was frighteningly eerie how calm she'd made me. Must be some sort of weird vampire trick…vampire…Alice was going to eat me. The calming haze that had overcome my mind seemed to fade as I started to remember and realize what was going on. I was about to die. I blinked a few times and I became more aware of Alice and the fact that her body was now crouching over me, her legs bent on either side of my body as she continued to nuzzle at my neck, her source of sustenance.

I panicked.

I smacked her in the back of the head.

MOTHER FU-that hurt like a son of a bitch. I winced as tears flooded my eyes but it seemed to have done something, if not hurt her, it startled her. Alice completely ceased all movement, her body becoming somewhat of a statue. That is, until I heard a low growling sound emitting from her body, rising in volume and I gasped when her head snapped up to look me right in the eyes.

Holy shit!

I have never seen anything so beautiful look so terrifying. Her facial features were contorted into rage, her lips pulled back as she bared her glistening fangs, her nose wrinkled as her nostrils flared, her brows knit together as she glowered at me, her eyes reminding me of black holes. Her face was honestly less than an inch from mine and I felt my heart stop.

"Alice, please, for the love of god, remember me? It's me! It's Bella! I'm a person! I'm Bella!" I pleaded with her because oh man, I was so scared I felt like I was going to cry. Actually I think I was. Tears began to fall from my eyes and I noticed Alice's predator eyes watch them as they fell. As she watched, her face began to relax itself, her features changing from menacing to curiousness and then she blinked, looking back up at me.

"Bella?" She repeated, her tone that of realization and I nodded. Her eyes widened with fear and sorrow, the color still a pitch black but they were different, it was like, her humanity had come back to her, "Oh god, Bella!"

"Alice, wait-" I cried, my arms reaching out to grab her but in a flash she was gone, a blur as she launched herself over to my window, her hands working on getting it open as fast as she could.

"I have to go; I have to get out of here!" She kept chanting to herself, her mind clearly not in a good mental state as she was struggling with my window. Finally she released a snarl of frustration, tearing it off its hinges and shoving it open, "I'll fix that."

And with that, she was gone.

Is it bad that I desperately wanted her to come back and that I already missed her?

"Mmmm…"

"Bella…?"

"Unngh, wha?" I shook my head, rubbing at my sore, tired eyes, inhaling deeply as I rolled over in bed. Oh man, guess I musta passed out waiting for Alice….Alice! I opened my eyes to find Alice standing over my bed, a sad expression on her face, and her arms behind her back.

"I came back…" She whispered, sounding ashamed of that fact and I couldn't help smile gratefully up at her, sitting up in the bed, and wrapping my arms around her. Her body was hard but at the same time Alice was just so touchable, her body fitting perfectly in my arms. She seemed taken aback by my actions, a gasp escaping her lips, "Bella! What're you-"

"I was so worried you wouldn't come back! Where did you go?" I felt myself to tear up as I remembered how worried I was after she'd left earlier. I was scared for her; scared she'd go out and attack something she didn't want to, scared that she was going to blame herself for what happened. I wanted her to know that I didn't blame her, that I wasn't scared of her, that I wanted her to stay with me.

"I went to hunt…I-I needed to take care of my thirst because…well, because I saw what would happen…if I decided to not come back…" She admitted bashfully, her arms finally coming down to wrap themselves around me. I released a contented sigh as I buried my head into her stomach, breathing her in. I was so relieved, it was like having your pet run away and they'd finally managed their way back to you.

Alice was like…having a pet.

"Are you okay now?" I asked her, pulling away slightly to look up at her and she seemed surprised by my question.

"Am I okay? Bella! Are you okay? I almost…I could've killed you! Aren't you scared? Don't you hate me?" She asked me, her voice pained and I quickly shook my head.

"No! Never! It's not your fault! You can't control it!"

"Yes, I can, Bella! I should've known better! I should've known that it had been awhile since I'd eaten! I should've been more careful, I should've-"

"Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Just stop, okay? You're back and right now, that's really all I care about…" I said to her, resting my head back against her stomach and I could feel it rising and falling, that struck me as odd, "Alice, aren't you, ya know, dead?"

"Yeah?"

"Why're you breathing?"

"I don't need to; it's a habit I guess. I like doing it too…"

"It's nice…" Was all I could say, feeling completely at ease with her near me once more. Alice had such a weird, calming effect on me. It was like having that one best friend where you could sit in silence for hours and do nothing and you'd be content. Alice was just so personable, whether she meant to be or not. Everything she did I couldn't help but love.

"I'm glad…" She whispered and I looked up only to find her looking down at me, a smile on her face and I smiled back. Her eyes were that wonderful gold color once more and it made me feel safe. I pulled away from her, scooting back onto the bed and patting the spot next to me. Alice paused for a moment, debating with herself and I simply waited for her, hoping. Finally, she gave in, hopping onto the bed and laying down next to me and rolling onto her side to face me.

"So we never finished playing 20 questions…" I began and Alice let out a soft chuckle, an amused smirk on her lips.

"We're at 13 questions, I believe."

"What's with the clothes?" I asked her, looking down at her ratty white t-shirt and shorts and she frowned at me, offended.

"Hey now! This is the best I could do! It's not like I can walk into a clothing store and be like 'Oh hey, so I want-boy, you smell good, can I suck your blood?'" Alice joked around and I rolled my eyes at her.

"Again with that, I don't get it. You seem pretty controlled to me." I said without thinking and Alice looked at me as though I'd just told her I was pregnant with twins.

"I tried to eat you like less than 4 hours ago, do you not remember that?" She reminded me and I just shrugged as best I could when one is lying down sideways on a bed.

"I guess so; I'm not worried about it."

"You are so bizarre, even for a human." Alice looked at me pointedly and I merely shrugged again, looking past her to see the time on the clock. Wow, I have so not been paying attention. It was damn near 1 in the morning. I had school tomorrow. What would I do with Alice? Enh, I'll just worry about that later, after all, tomorrow was another day.

"Alice…?" I began, pausing the briefest moment to think over what I was about to ask her, would she think I was weird for asking this? "Would you-"

"Yes, I'll stay right here. And yes, I will go change into some of your clothes; I can see why the dirt and blood stains would bother you a bit." Alice dead panned and we both broke out into laughter. She quickly got up, went threw my dresser, disrobed, and threw on an old band t-shirt of mine and some flannel short shorts. She twirled around, inspecting herself as though she nervous about this new look. Personally, it was kind of a thrill seeing Alice in MY clothes.

"You look fine, goofball. Hop into bed." I commanded and she saluted to me quickly before doing just that. She curled up against my front, rubbing me with her head, and stretching her body out as her hands grabbed onto my shirt, clenching and unclenching as though she were kneading against me. She pressed her face into my chest and I blushed hard as she inhaled deeply, over and over again, her body vibrating as she started to purr quite loudly.

"You smell goooood." Alice purred against me and I willed my body to relax against her as she cuddled with me; goddamn it was like having an over-sized kitten except it was hot.

Aaah, she was doing strange things to me.

"You are seriously just like a cat." I mentioned and she giggled against me, nodding her head in agreement. I shook my head, yawning as Alice finally settled down, her body pressed against my own perfectly and I couldn't have been more comfortable, her constant purring lulling me into sleep.

"Nighty night, silly Human."

"Nighty night, silly Vampire."

Tomorrow was another day.

A/N: Alright so that was somewhat of a filler chapter, I needed the basic info out and now Alice and Bella's relationship can REALLY develop. I want to expand a bit on that real quick; My version of vampire Alice is like, a feline somewhat. I want her to be graceful, quick, beautiful in her actions and adorable in her mannerisms. Imagine a cheetah I guess, or any other powerful feline animal. Think of the power, the way they hunt, the way they move.

I want to combine Stephanie Meyer's vampire with that. Making the way Alice acts very instinctual at times, very basic. But when she's okay, when she's not 'thirsty' think of a kitten, the way it's affectionate, the way it needs you and your attention. Anyway, hopefully you'll pick up on every thing else.

Because Alice is still also bubbly, friendly, personable yet sexy, alluring and surprising at the same time. She is Alice, ya know? She is brighter :)