The next day's daylight was over pretty quickly and before I knew it, the vampires where outside, training in the dark. It was Jasper and Emmett that taught them everything they needed to know. While this was going on outside, Rosalie and I entertained the humans, Dottie, Bob, Tony, Sookie and Bella. Right at this moment, Bella was talking with Sookie and I; Rosalie wasn't talking at all. She hates being around humans because she is jealous. Jealous that they are human and she isn't. She desperately wants to be one.

"...And that is how I met Edward." Bella loves telling that story. "I love him and don't want to loose him again."

"Do you want to know how I met Bill?" she asked Bella.

"Sure," she answered, and Sookie immediately launched into her story.

I tuned out and stepped outside to watch the "vampires in training". As soon as I walked into the clearing, Jasper came over and gave me a big hug and a long, lovable kiss on the lips. When we finally released from each other, I looked over Jasper's shoulder to find that we had an audience. This is one of the times that I am grateful to be a vampire because if I was human, I would have blushed.

"I love you," Jasper whispered in my ear and behind us there were a few giggles from the younger vampires that could hear us. I smiled and motioned to the other vampires behind to continue. After they returned to their training, Jasper looked at me.

"I need to get back," he said after looking over his shoulder and I nodded. He took my hand and led me over to the group of vampires that contained the Sackville-Bagg's.

"Alice and I will demonstrate some fighting techniques," he announced as we approached. Everyone's attention turned towards us so we started. Jasper nodded towards me and I returned it. And then we were off. He swung his right arm at my neck but I ducked out of the way, just missing his arm. He continuously tried to hit me, but I always was always 1 step ahead of him. In the end, I decided that I would 'disappear', so, when he was facing the other way, I shot up the tree. I then dropped back to the ground to see Jasper's surprised face. I smiled and kissed his lips.

He turned back to his group and said to them sarcastically: "And that was a demonstration of Alice's moves."

I glanced at the group of vampires and caught a glimpse of Anna smirking. I turned back to Jasper and smiled.

"I think you'd better get back to work," I told him and before I left, gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay, who's next?" I heard him say before I turned around and walked towards the house. I smiled to myself as I made my way and thought; this is going to be a long couple of weeks. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Edward, who nodded in agreement with my thought.

As I walked inside, I realised a couple of changes. Firstly, Rosalie was missing from her spot on the couch and secondly, Bella and Sookie had disappeared. The Thompsons were talking amongst themselves but stopped and looked in my direction as I entered. I rolled my eyes and proceeded up the stairs into my and Jasper's room. I closed the door and froze. Someone else was in the room. I could smell it, only it smelt familiar. Too familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I turned around slowly and my eyes brightened as I saw him.

"Hello, pet," he cooed. I through my arms around Spike and hugged him. "Long time, no see." I pulled away from him to look into his deep blue eyes. He was wearing his signature coat he took from the second slayer that he had killed. Underneath that, he wore a red shirt and black pants. His black boots topped off his outfit. He smiled at me. The last time I had seen him, he was stuck in LA as a temporary ghost.

"How are you? I haven't seen you in ages!"

"Don't worry about me, Alice," he answered in his British accent. "What about yourself?"

I looked down at the ground and sighed.

"Stressed," I answered simply. I looked at him and smiled a tiny smile. He understood. He knew that I didn't want to talk about it. He knew me all too well. We walked to the window together to get a view of the vampires below. Spike nodded towards the vampires. "Which one of these is yours?" Knowing him, he was referring to my husband. I pointed him out to him and he nodded. Back in the days, we used to be together, but times had changed. I remember when he told me about the time he had fought his first slayer and won. He still has the scar to prove it, sitting in a V shape on his left eyebrow.

We stood there for a few more minutes and then turned to look at each other.

"Do you need some help here?" he asked me, once again nodding out the window. "Angel has finally decided that I was no good at Wolfram and Hart." I laughed at the last comment.

"Sure, if you would like to." I shrugged. "The more the merrier."I smiled and turned towards the door, beckoning him to follow me. With Spike behind me, I went downstairs and into the living room. Every pair of eyes from the humans looked up as Spike entered. They looked mesmerised at the sight of him. I rolled my eyes and sat down on an armchair. Spike sat next to me and explained the situation. He listened to me intently and patiently. He listened to me intently and patiently. When I had finished, he nodded and said, "I will do what I can, pet."

As the sun came up, the training ended for the night. The Sackville-Baggs, Bill and Spike went to find some dark place to sleep during the day and us Cullens stayed indoors. Esme went into the kitchen to cook breakfast for Bella, the Thompsons and Sookie.