A/N: You are all sneaky little readers.. already assuming that Alice will call Edward if Bella won't... *tsk* *tsk* Patience my dears!

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Let's get right to what Bella thought of her little conversation with Edward... ENJOY!

Ch 6

BPOV

"Oh my goodness he was a cutie, Bella! Did you see that blush?" Alice's blue eyes sparkled with amusement. "Are you going to call him? I think you should!"

"Breathe, Alice. Just relax." I waited for Alice to calm down. It wasn't like her to get so worked up; she was a rather calm person. She reserved her passion for her art. When she was in the painting groove, there was no way anyone could get her to come back to reality.

When she was at last calm, I flipped to my side and held my head up with my hand. For a few moments we just stared at each other. I was certain she could see the swirl of emotions that roiled in me. When she said nothing, instead letting me stew in the chaos in my head, I fell back on my back.

"He was cute wasn't he?" Even behind closed eyelids I could still see his eyes, so green. They reminded me of all the moss covered trees of the forests back home. My brow scrunched as I thought about Quil. The ever present pain, flared just a bit and it allowed guilt to seep into my body. I had never reacted to Quil the way I reacted to Edward.

He was picture perfect, everything about him screamed male. He was tall, I could tell by how he towered over me. But it was those eyes that sucked me in. They were warm, sexy, and open all at the same time. His smile was charming and engaging. I found myself getting lost in his nearness and the sheer maleness that radiated off him.

The weird part was that I wanted to accept his invitation. The words were on the tip of my tongue and I just froze, guilt and worry reared their heads and stunned me silent. Alice in all her ever present wisdom, jumped in to help me save face, but it left me in a quandary. How to accept his invitation and not let my feelings overwhelm me?

"You know, it's ok to like him, Bella." Alice's words were gentle and kind. "It may be good for you, ya know?"

I snorted in derision. Only Alice would think that sex was the cure all. It was how she always got her way with Jasper. "I don't need to get laid, Allie." I sighed, "It's not even on my radar right now."

Alice pushed at my arm playfully. "No, not just that, but a summer romance. Think about it. It's a fling with a set end date. There are no worries about how or when to end it. Once the summer is done, so is the romance. Plus, you get the benefit of getting laid. A win-win if I ever saw one."

I turned to look at Alice. "Really, a summer fling? Do people do that?"

Alice laughed at my bewildered expression and I scowled at her. There was no need to laugh at my disbelief. I never really believed that people actually engaged in summer flings. To me, they were relegated to the smut books I liked to read.

"Of course they do, silly woman. All the time." At that I chuckled.

"How do you know? You've been attached to Jasper's hip practically since diapers."

"I read Cosmo," she retorted. Then her smiling face turned serious and she pinned me with her stare. "It may be what will help you move on from Quil, honey. It's time you let him go, you did once, now you need to do it again. Then, come the fall, you can start your last year of college with a fresh perspective."

As we packed up to leave, her words rattled around in my head. She had a way of saying things that made me think, I loved and hated Alice for that. She knew me like no other person. We had been friends since junior high when she moved into a house close to mine. She had lived in a small town in Montana and moved to Seattle when her dad got a better paying job. We literally ran into each other as we were riding our bikes. We've been inseparable ever since.

It was her idea, that once we finished high school we would head to New York, both of us looking for an adventure. When it came time to apply to colleges, we only looked at and applied to East Coast schools. The day we both got into NYU, we screamed and cried. It was our dream come true.

Now that we had been in the city for almost four years, it was like our second home. I missed it when I was gone and couldn't wait to go back. Except for now, that feeling of wanting to be home was gone. Maybe there were too many memories of Quil, too many emotions that threatened to bubble up and overflow. So maybe that was why her words struck a chord deep inside me. Maybe I did need to let go once more and that's what I was fighting against.

Later that night, after dinner and my aunt and uncle had gone to bed and Alice was busy engaging in phone sex with Jasper, I pulled up the few remaining pictures I had of Quil and I. They had been taken before things went so wrong. There was one of us kissing in Time Square on New Year's Eve, another of us in one of the horse drawn carriages in Central Park and one of us in my room, huddled in blankets.

My fingers traced the familiar lines and curves of his face, the smile that went from ear to ear, and the eyes that crinkled with mirth. He was a carefree person, sweet, loving, and generous to a fault. It was those traits that drew me to him. Our relationship was a good one, but soon it was all too apparent, we wanted different things in life. Before the memories could threaten to overwhelm me, I closed out the pictures, wiped the lone tear and snuggled down into my blankets.

Tomorrow I promised myself I would call Edward and let the chips fall where they may. I wasn't entirely convinced I could do the whole summer fling, but making a new friend never hurt anyone. When sleep finally pulled me under, my dreams were filled with penetrating green eyes and a gentle warmth in my belly.

A/N: Hmmmm soo much to chew and think about in there. We got a little bit more about Quil, her thoughts about Edward and Alice throwing out the idea of a summer fling...

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