Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns Alice and the other Cullens, if I did...the book wouldn't have ended with Bella having Edweirdo's child...Well, she wouldn't have been with Edward at all. Alas, they are not mine, but here's what should have happened. (;

Okay, so here is the wonderful chapter six. This is for all my lovely read&reviewers, you all responded so well to my last chapter, and my bitchrant about the pacing!

This chapter is all about, as the title indicates, Alice. So a nice little break from her awkward brother. There is NO Edward in this chapter, save for a very, very brief phone conversation. I know isn't it glorious? I think Bella thinks so too.

So, I wanted to go more in depth with all my characters, this is just the first chapter of its' kind. So, let me know what you think, and I looked up dates and such on twiwiki so thanks to that, this is an accurate time line for Alice, to the stringent little readers out there. This chapter took a lot of research and time. So I hope you appreciate it! I loved writing it, if only I could truly enjoy research for important things, like school. Ha, oh well. (:

Also, this chapter is dedicated to Hollowgo, without whom this could have been a much shittier chapter. My original wasn't on the correct time line and he helped me with the information and edit. So a HUGE thanks and cyber hug to him. I'm sure we've all read or are reading "Blood Solstice" and "Broken Aurora". No? Then you should! You'll be met with great reward. He and I have been getting into the pattern of simultaneous posting for "Broken Aurora" and "Moondance".

I highly recommend playing the song "The Mummer's Dance" by Loreena Mckennitt while you read the first part of this. It helps set the mood, and Alice thinks it's a great song, so why not? I'll offer you a few different songs to listen to while you read future chapters, and depending on what YOU the readers want I might even make a youtube account with a glorious playlist of all different kinds of music for all the characters and chapters! So, let me know what you think. I even have a little surprise for you! I might go as far as making a tumblr with all the pictures of characters, and some manips. I have a AWESOME banner for this fic. (Sound a little like Hollowgo?) Yeah probably, because he helps me come up with these ideas! He gets all the credit.

Anyways, enough of my obscenely long author's note. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Let me know what you think. Those of you who don't normally review, give it a try, let me know your opinions and thoughts along with any ideas you may have for what you want in the future. Those of you who always review, I look forward to what you have to say!

Enjoy.

Cheers,

Lemon

When we got inside, Alice set our back packs down on the table, and looked at me.

"Would you mind if I turned on some music while you do your homework?" I shook my head.

"Actually I prefer it, it helps me concentrate." She smiled and removed her iTouch from her back pack. She disappeared into the living room and music began to play. It was an upbeat dance type tune and she returned moving to the music as she walked. I smiled at her. She looked adorable.

"Alright, what do you wanna do first? English, or espanol?" she asked as she danced around me in a circle. I laughed.

"Let's start with the easy. I'll do my English, that won't take too long." She shrugged.

"Alright either way." She continued her dancing.

I sat down and began reading through the short story that had been assigned on Monday. When the song ended Alice disappeared into the living room and changed the music. This was a completely different type of music. Something you'd find across the globe, it was gorgeous. The woman's voice was crystal as it flowed in and out of the instruments that played along with it.

I glanced up about to ask her what it was, and where it was from, but fell short. Alice's hips swayed back and forth as she moved to the rhythm. She was as graceful as she had been when she was dancing to Edward's piano yesterday, only this was faster, and more…sensual. There was no other word to describe the way she moved than that. Her eyes locked with mine and she danced over to me.

She gestured for me to stand up, but I gave her an are-you-kidding-me look. She rolled her eyes and lifted me up any way. She spun me around never missing a beat of her own: her body still fluidly twisting to the sounds coming from the living room. She led me to the middle of the kitchen and twirled me again, only to stop half way when I was facing away from her. She pulled me to her body, and held the hand she twirled me with out to the side, while her other hand rested on my stomach.

My heart beat sped up as she began swiveling her hips again, this time moving mine along with them. She did this for a few more moments before spinning me out again and fully rotating me to face her. She pulled me into her again keeping eye contact with me, moving us in time with the music. Her brilliant golden eyes were shining with happiness and warmth. She spun me out and back to her, stepping towards me, and holding me tightly. A smile lit up her face and she turned her back to me holding my hands against her stomach. Her hands rested on top of mine. She moved us, I had no reason to fight it, I was actually…enjoying myself, having fun while dancing, was not something I was used to. So why ruin a good thing?

I could feel the taught muscles of her stomach moving beneath my hands, through her shirt, as she swayed, I felt myself blush, but tried to ignore it. She gripped one of my hands and twirled out, this time letting go, and she began to dance around me again. I stood there in awe of what was Alice Cullen.

The song faded to its end, and Alice slowed to her finish and she stood in front of me, smiling a dazzling smile. I couldn't help but smile back in full.

"That was wonderful, Bella!" she chirped and stood on tip toe to kiss me on the cheek. "I'm surprised you didn't fight me on that." She giggled. Another song started playing, but she didn't start dancing again.

"Err, it was actually…fun. But, don't expect me to ever be able to do that again, not without falling. Who was that anyway? It's not familiar to me." She laughed.

"You will not fall if you dance with me. I wouldn't let you! And that's Loreena Mckennitt. She's and Irish musician, most of her work is of the folk-y type. That song was called The Mummer's Dance. I absolutely love her music." I nodded.

"I liked it. It's pretty." I went back to sit and finish my English as she began dancing again. Though it was hard for me to concentrate on it with Alice twirling and swaying in front of me. I shook it off and forced myself to concentrate.

After about an hour and fighting with my focus, I was able to finish my English and start on my Spanish. When I began I got through the first days homework, it was based on things we had learned before break. However the same could not be said for yesterdays and today's. I sighed.

"Hey, Alice." She stopped dancing and looked over at me expectantly. "I need help now." I said sheepishly. She just smiled and strode over to me.

She helped me finish my homework, and actually managed to teach me everything that I had missed, fairly easily. It was much simpler when you had someone worth listening to, showing you how to do things. Not to mention the fact that her voice sounded amazing as the Spanish flawlessly flowed through her lips.

When I finally finished I looked up at the clock, it was already six. Time to start dinner, even though I had no idea what to make. I looked through the cupboards and the refrigerator. Alice walked up behind me and poked her head in the fridge next to mine. I giggled.

"Can I help?" she asked looking through its contents. I shrugged.

"Sure, I guess if you really want to, though I have no idea what to make." She reached inside and grabbed the tortillas, cheese, and a few other ingredients. I looked at her curiously.

"How about cheese enchiladas?" I cocked an eyebrow and crossed my arms.

"You learned how to make cheese enchiladas?" she smiled over her shoulder at me, as she set the items on the counter.

"Do you want salad with that?" she asked. I smiled and nodded.

Her "helping" me make dinner for Charlie and me, turned into her making dinner for Charlie and me. I just sat on the counter and we talked as she put things together.

"What else did you learn to cook?" I asked kicking my feet against the cupboard as she chopped onions. No worries about it stinging her eyes, and eliciting tears.

"I don't know, a few different things. Different styles of food. I had an awful lot of time on my hands. I needed something to do to…get my mind off things. I learned a few more difficult things to make. But, I'll just show you those later." She smiled up at me, though I sensed the sadness at the mention of her not being here. I smiled back at her.

"I love Mexican food, and Italian. I love Italian." She continued throwing things into the sauce she was making, from scratch, and replied.

"I know, I learned how to make a lot of different Italian dishes. I learned how to make things you've probably never had before, from all different countries." Music continued to play in the back ground from the other room; the genres constantly changing. She started dancing to a song I recognized, and sang along as she cooked.

I stared at her feeling the contentment I had been starved of for the last several months. I closed my eyes just reveling in Alice's presence.

"Bella?" She asked gently.

"Hmmm?" I couldn't force myself to ruin my own moment with my rough voice.

"Are you alright?" I smiled and nodded happily. "Good." She said and I heard her go to a pantry and pull out a baking pan as she sang. I opened my eyes and watched her put the enchiladas into the pan, and pour sauce over them. She stuck her finger in the sauce and sniffed it. She made a face.

"Blech! I hope this tastes better than it smells." I giggled. "Try it." She held her finger out to me. I looked at it for a second before sticking my tongue out to lick it off. She stared at me, and I saw something in her eyes that, again I couldn't place. Then she smiled.

"Is it?" she asked. I nodded.

"It's delicious. I can't wait to eat it." She chuckled and put the pan in the oven which had been heating up as she made the sauce. It hadn't taken much time. Alice moved quickly for the most part, though not quite at vampire speed, but it still only took about 15 minutes for her to make everything and put it in the oven.

"So, what'd you wanna do?" she asked and looked at me before her eyes glazed over. I waited patiently for her to rejoin me in the present time before I looked at her questioningly. She frowned.

"Edward's going to call you. They…" she trailed off eying me. I gestured for her to continue. "They caught Victoria's scent, just outside the forest. She took off towards Canada though. She knows we're back." My eyes widened.

"What?" my voice shook slightly. Alice walked over to me and put her hands on my thighs, I just looked down at her horrified, from my perch. She looked directly into my eyes.

"Bella, don't worry. We won't leave you or Charlie alone. She won't get anywhere near you. I promise. I swear on my life." Her eyes carried her conviction. I nodded and she wrapped her arms around my stomach; the top of her head barely making it to my chest. I relaxed as soon as she did this. I put my arms around her neck.

I felt her press her ear up against my chest, above my heart. I heard her sigh in contentment. We sat like this, neither of had the desire to move, for five minutes. The phone rang then. She sighed and released me. She walked to the phone on the wall.

"It's Edward." She said, I nodded for her to go ahead and answer it, and I hopped down from the counter. "Hello?" she said to her brother.

"Yes, I saw. But, she headed north when she knew you were there didn't she?" she nodded. "Okay, who caught her scent then? …Rosalie?" I looked at her questioningly.

"What happened?" I asked. She covered the receiver with her hand, though I figured it didn't do much good.

"Edward was at home, Rosalie was out hunting and called when she caught wind of Victoria, they ran after her and she high tailed it north." I nodded and she listened to the line again, then she nodded.

"Okay, okay. Yes, here she is." She handed me the phone. "He wants to talk to you." I grabbed it from her hand and she reclaimed the spot on the counter where I had been, and watched me.

"Hello?" I said raising the phone to my ear.

"Bella? Are you alright?" he asked with a hint of concern in his voice.

"I'm fine. I mean I was a little worried at first, but Alice told me what happened." The phone was silent for a beat before he responded.

"I won't be able to come to you until later, as you know, so I want Alice to stay with you until then. She'll hide the car when she's supposed to leave, but she'll come back to you." I looked at Alice who nodded. I felt bad making her stay here.

"I don't want to inconvenience you." I pointed at her, she rolled her eyes, but it was Edward who answered.

"Bella, don't be absurd. It's fine. Don't worry. I'll see you tonight. I've got to go, we need to run and make sure she didn't slip by." I grimaced at that thought.

"Alright. I'll see you later."

"I love you." He said.

"See you later, Edward." I hung up the phone, and bit my lip, staring at nothing. Alice was beside me in a second, with her arms around me.

"Bella, don't worry so much. I'm here. So buck up, because Charlie will be home in half an hour." She kissed me on the cheek and I smiled.
"Alright, so as I was saying before, what would you like to do?" she asked. I shrugged.

"Whatever you want." She rested her hand on her chin as she pondered.

"We could start a movie?" she said with a shrug. I nodded.

"Sure, what'd you have in mind?" she smiled and walked into the living room standing in front of the DVDs.

"Drama or Comedy?" she asked and looked at me. I shrugged.

"I don't really care either way, but we have plenty of drama right now as it is." I replied with a laugh. She joined me and nodded.

"True, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy it is. I've always enjoyed British humor." She stated as she withdrew the movie from the shelf. She gestured for me to sit down and turned off her iPod. When she put the DVD in she was next to me in a flash. She handed me the remote, and I sat back and put my feet up on the coffee table. Alice lay down on the couch, and rested her head in my lap with a smile up at me. I smiled back, I didn't mind.

I pressed play and the movie began. I owned it, but I had never actually seen it. When I mentioned this to Alice she let her jaw drop which coerced a giggle from me, before she regained her composure. She just told me to be quiet and watch then. I did as she said; it's not that I hadn't wanted to watch it. I just hadn't exactly found the time. It was funny, I was enjoying it the whole time we were watching it.

I didn't realize that I had started running my fingers idly through Alice's hair until I felt her start vibrating slightly. I looked down at her quizzically before I stopped. She turned her head and looked up at me sheepishly.

"Sorry…" she said and if she could have I'm sure she would've been blushing.

"Sorry for what? What was that…?" I trailed off, then the light bulb lit in my head and I grinned from ear to ear. She just continued to look at me.

"Were you purring?" I asked gently, but with a slight laugh in my voice. She just ducked her head back and covered her face. She would be beet red had it been possible. "Alice, Alice." I tried to pry her hands away from her face.

"Alice, I don't care, why are you being like that? It's cute." I said with a giggle. She finally released her grip and looked at me with a large smile, which I returned.

"Good, then continue, because it was highly relaxing." She stated replacing my hand in her hair. I laughed, but did as she asked and continued watching the movie. I felt the rumbling begin a few moments later and if I listened closely enough I could hear it too. It made me smile, I was glad I could help Alice relax a little.

After about another half an hour she sat up. I looked at her questioningly as she shook her head. Her hair was in its' perfect tangle again and she stood up.

"I've got to check the food, Charlie will be here in two minutes." She stated and walked towards the kitchen. I turned off the movie and followed her. She opened the oven and reached in without any protection from the heat. My eyes widened as she picked up the pan.

"Alice! What are you doing?" she lifted the pan out and held it as she looked at me like I was crazy.

"Bella, what? What's wrong?" she set the pan down on the stove top and looked at me again. I grabbed her hand and examined it. Though, I should have realized nothing would be wrong…she's basically made out of diamond. Right.

"Oh, err, never mind. I forgot." She laughed.

"Silly human." She winked at me before going back to checking the food. She nodded her approval, and as the smell permeated the room, I drooled mine. I grabbed two plates and set the table. I looked at Alice as she moved the hot pan and set it in the middle of the table.

"How are you going to excuse yourself from this?" I asked. "You made it." She looked at me and shrugged.

"Not hungry, Esme is making us a large dinner when I get home." She winked.

"What like Grizzly Bear, large?" I smirked. She pushed my arm playfully. Then she went to the cupboard and pulled out a glass for me. Pouring exactly what I had wanted, cranberry juice, into a glass and handing it to me.

"Charlie's here." She smiled and gestured for me to sit down, just as I heard the cruiser pull into the drive way. A few moments later Charlie entered the house. We heard him hanging up his coat and gun belt then stomp his way into the dining room. He spotted us both and smiled warmly.

"Hey, girls."

"Hi, Dad." I said.

"Hi, Charlie. How was work?" Alice asked politely.

"Long, there seems to be some problems in Seattle, and we're having to help keep and eye on them, make sure it doesn't find its' way here." He said as he sat down at the table. "This smells great, Bells." He looked at me.

"Err, actually, Alice made it. I can't take credit for this." He looked from me to Alice as she sat down next to me, nothing in front of her.

"Well are you going to eat anything, after all you made it." He questioned her. She waved it off.

"No, Esme planned on making us a family dinner tonight, so I'll eat when I get home. I just wanted to make you and Bella something to eat. I enjoy cooking." Charlie shrugged and grabbed the serving spatula, getting me some, then him self. I made sure he got salad, which he huffed at, and then we ate.

"Wow." Was all I said. Alice laughed. Charlie made a similar response.

"This is wonderful, Alice. Where did you learn to cook so well?" Charlie asked. I giggled.

"Food network." We replied at the same time, and laughed. Charlie just looked at us and shook his head with a smile.

"Well, it's great. Thanks a lot, sweetie." He said. I agreed. She just smiled.

Charlie and I both ate more than our share. It was hard to stop, it was so delicious, and we still had leftovers. Mmm, lunch tomorrow? Alice went to clean up the dishes when my father and I both stopped her. We told her she had done plenty by making us our dinner. She just smiled and remained seated as my father and I cleaned up, joking around and splashing water at each other; eliciting sweet laughter from the tiny Cullen.

When we finished Alice got up and collected her things. Charlie and I shared similar looks of disappointment.

"Leaving already, kiddo?" he asked. She smiled warmly at us.

"Yes, it's getting late, and I don't want to keep my family waiting for dinner." I looked at the clock, it was almost eight thirty. "Thank you for allowing me to come over, Charlie. I had a great time with you both." Charlie beamed.

"Sure, anytime, Alice. You know you are always welcome over here." He said with an emphasis on the you. She laughed and shook her head.

"Thank you, Charlie. I'll see you soon." I moved over to her and headed towards the door, we listened to Charlie go to the living room and flip on the T.V. I looked at her and she spoke.

"I'm just going to go put this away and hide the car. I'll be back in a minute, make sure your window is unlocked." She winked and was out the door. I smiled and closed it behind her. I ran up the stairs, nearly tripping back down as I did, so half way up I decided walking was the best way to get there.

I entered my room and checked my window, it was unlocked. So I decided to play some music again, and grab my book. I was nearly finished with Frankenstein already. Then I remembered I'd never thanked Alice for loaning me her book. I sat down on my bed in the same moment hearing a tap on my window. I smiled.

"Come in." I said gently as I lay back on my pillow. Alice lithely hopped in without making so much as the floor creak. She shut the window behind her and came over to plop down next to me.

"Long time no see, stranger." She joked. "What you reading?" she questioned my book. I held it up.

"Re-reading it. I had started it last night before you dropped off the other one. Thank you for that, by the way. I really appreciate it. I have wanted to read that." She beamed a brilliant breath taking grin at me.

"Good I'm glad, and as I said, you can take any of my books as you'd like. Sharing is caring." She stated. I giggled. Then I began to think about reading that book, and learning more about the time of her and Edward. Then this lead to me wondering a little more about her life, what she remembered anyway. It was about a year ago that James had disclosed to me a little information about her, and then last week she had told me a little bit about what she found out, while she was away.

"Alice?" she turned her head to look at me.

"Hmm?"

"I was just wondering, I know you didn't learn much about…err your human life, but you told me you found out your birthday." She cocked her head to the side.

"I was just wondering if you'd tell me, you never actually mentioned it…" she smiled at me.

"Oh," she giggled "I'm the same age as Edward, well a few months younger. I was born on December 22, 1901 according to the file from…the asylum." I thought about that for a moment, they were the same age. James had mentioned him finding her in the twenties.

"What, year was it that… you woke up?" she turned her eyes to the ceiling.

"It was 1920, I believe." So she was 19 and lived as a human two years longer than Edward did, but had no recollection of any of it. I immediately felt saddened by this, it didn't seem fair. I contemplated asking her more questions, my curiosity getting the better of me. I noticed Alice's eyes glaze over for a moment before returning to the present time.

"Edward won't be here for another two hours. You can ask me anything you'd like and I'll do my best to answer." She looked at me again and smiled. I returned it. She was willing to tell me about her life, something that had always interested me about the Cullens is what they had lived through in history. What they had seen and how they would each remember it. I thought about a question to ask for a moment and then voiced my thought.

"What was your favorite decade?" I asked and she lit up with another brilliant smile and rolled over onto her stomach to look at my face.

"That's easy, the sixties. The beautiful fashions, the music, it was a colorful time; everything was so vibrant and upbeat. I even met a few famous musicians from the time. It was pretty wonderful." I smiled at her.

"Who did you meet?" she thought again for a moment.

"Well Jasper, Edward and I met a few bands. We even managed to accidentally run into The Beatles." My eyes bulged. Alice, Edward and Jasper met The Beatles. She laughed.

"You guys never mentioned that! How could you not mention that? How did you run into them? What were they like?" the flood of questions pouring quickly from my mouth. Luckily her being a vampire she understood and answered them.

"I'm surprised Edward didn't mention it, he didn't stop talking about it for months. And we ran into them after seeing them play and we had nowhere to go, so Edward, Jasper, and myself being so wonderfully gifted, harnessed those gifts for good, and we ended up bumping into them in some bar. Edward had heard what they wanted to do, I had seen where they'd go when they decided, and Jasper influenced the people surrounding them to trust us and we walked up without so much as a second thought. It was quite the experience." My eyes were wide. The effing Beatles.

"They were really nice, funny. John Lennon actually talked to Edward for a while about their interest in piano. We all kind of just talked and joked around well into the early hours of the morning, though them being human did eventually have to leave." I laughed a little when she finished.

"That's really cool." I said, and then thought of something else to ask. "When did you meet Jasper?"

She looked at me and smiled, but there was something in her eyes I couldn't decipher, something sad.

"That's actually quite a long story… it began when I woke up." She said I looked at her quizzically and she smiled.

"I suppose I can tell you about what it was like for me then, but can I ask you one thing, Bella?" she said and then sadness took over her features entirely.

"Anything, Alice." She took a deep breath.

"Please, please don't think of me as a monster." My eyes widened and I didn't understand how I could ever think of Alice as a monster.

"Never." I stated firmly. She sighed and sat up. She rested her back against the headboard and crossed her legs, placing her hands in her lap.

"Okay. Well… As I said before, I woke up in 1920, and I was somewhere in Mississippi. There was no one around. I had no idea who I was, or what I was for that matter, the only thing I had was a white robe, and a name tag that said 'Alice'. I wasn't sure at the time, but I assumed it was my name. I wandered for a short time, trying to find something, anything, though I didn't know what."

"It-it didn't take me long to find the smell, something that made me feel like I was being set on fire from the inside out… my body followed it without me really deciding to…" she hesitated and looked at me, her eyes were so full of pain, I guessed what was coming.

"I eventually came upon a small shack hidden in the woods, away from everything modern in the world. It was small; there was a well in the front yard, and smoke coming from the chimney. The smell was so strong there; it made me want to scream. My instincts told me to continue and follow the delicious scent…and I did, I knocked the door in and… and that's when I no longer had any control over myself at all. I came face to face with a man, probably in his early twenties, and he stood up quickly from his chair shouting something at me, though I couldn't tell you what. The only thing I could hear… was the sound of his heart and the blood rushing around his body." She paused momentarily and I could see all the horror and the agony on her face, I felt the desire to move to comfort her and wrap my arms around her, but I knew she needed to get through this on her own. She continued.

"When I was…finished with him, I heard the same sound, the heart beat and blood. I was still in a daze and my body reacted so fast I couldn't stop myself. I burst through the wall into the room I heard the sound coming from, and was met with another delicious scent. It was a young woman this time; she was asleep in her bed, not being disturbed by my quick killing of her companion… I was on her the moment the scent hit my nose." Alice now had her legs pulled up to her chest, her arms wrapped around them, and her face buried in her knees.

"When there was not a drop left of her blood, I felt myself slowly coming back, though not entirely. It was then I'd realized what I'd done. I didn't know why, I didn't understand how. I just knew that I was horrified and disgusted with myself." She paused briefly, all I could think was poor Alice, she had no idea who or what she was, and she had to have been so scared. Then she began again recapturing my attention.

"I fled. I ran as fast as I could, in no particular direction only to a knock down a tree as I slammed into it. The tree and I fell, that is when I saw something that wasn't there."

"If I was terrified before, I was now in complete horror of what I'd become, feeling like I'd completely lost all sanity. The vision was blurry, I didn't know what to make of it, but there was a man: tall with honey colored hair, and black eyes, he looked at me like…like there was hope. Then reality snapped back and I was so afraid, so afraid of what I was, if I was going to hurt more people."

"Edward told you about Carlisle's past didn't he?" she asked me not looking up.

"Yes…" I whispered.

"After…after I'd killed those two humans…I sort of went about things the same way Carlisle did. I stayed away from cities, away from the smell; I ignored the burn as best I could. For weeks I didn't know what else to do. I didn't want to hurt anyone again. I'd rather have died then ever take someone's life. So…I tried. Jumping off a cliff, I only made a crater in the ground beneath me. Poison, it only tasted horrible. I even ran in front of a freight train…I just killed the conductor and walked away without so much as a scratch." Alice's voice was shaking; I didn't know how much more of her pain I could take before I had to act.

The thought of always happy Alice, being so depressed that she ever tried to end her own life, caused my heart to wrench. I never would have dreamed she felt such hatred for herself.

"It was after the train when I'd had my second vision; I was still a newborn, still so lost in the thirst that it was still a blur of indecision. But it was there, and it helped save me." She finally looked up; her eyes were glossy and deeply shaded with distress. I knew she'd be crying were it a possibility. I offered her an encouraging smile. She continued.

"This vision wasn't of the same honey haired man I'd seen. But it was of a blond man with a warm smile, and a boy with bronze hair. They seemed like me, only they weren't killing humans, they were feeding from animals. That was all my vision showed me, and I hoped for one moment that it was possible, that it could be true. Maybe the things I saw weren't my imagination. I had to try."

"I focused my attention back on my surroundings, trying to pick up on the sounds and smells of the creatures I'd been ignoring. I caught a scent, it wasn't nearly as strong as the smell of the humans, but it was enough for me to follow. I came upon a large bear, bigger than I was, but I allowed myself to let go of the hold on the burn I'd been trying to subdue. I took the bear down easily, its blood tasted nothing like that of the humans, it wasn't as…good. But, it was horrible either. When I finished I realized that my vision was right, I could live this way, and not kill humans. However I was still a newborn and things were still extremely difficult." I cocked my head to the side.

"Newborn?" she had used this term twice now, and I didn't know exactly what it meant though I had a vague idea.

"The first year of this life, we're at our most dangerous…I was wild, feral, and crazed with bloodlust, but somehow I was able to keep myself away from cities, and I continued to only feed off of animals. It was hard, but the visions continued to make appearances, some of the boy and the blond man, those made it easier to continue to live the way I was." She sounded a little more hopeful now, some of the sorrow leaving her voice, but not entirely.

"Months passed without my knowledge, until I noticed differences in myself, I wasn't as driven by my constant thirst, and I was able to think more clearly. Things had definitely started getting easier, but I was still a nomad, still alone wandering aimlessly. The only companion I had was my visions. I would sometimes just sit for days trying to force them to come, to gain some meaning out of them."

"I continued to get visions of the two men, and they were soon joined by a woman with a warm face. I still got some of the lone man, they were fewer, but I felt drawn to him. I wasn't sure how I would go about that, but I knew I would eventually try. Some more time passed, still alone, but I was becoming more confident in myself, I would venture away from seclusion and into small towns. I could only stay for short periods of time at first before I felt the burn, but I was happier just being around people. More weeks came and went and I was able to finally try my luck with a city."

"Where were you?" I asked, trying to lighten her mood more, though I was truly interested in her whereabouts of the time. She smiled a little, more light entering her gold eyes.

"I was in Chicago, Illinois at the time. In 1921 it was absolutely booming. The industrial revolution caused the city to thrive and grow, not to mention the night life of a city. Bootleggers and speakeasies galore. It was much more, alive, than the small towns I'd been through. This was wonderful, hard, but wonderful since I'd been forced to stay out only at night. I stayed in Chicago for some time, but I was still pretty secluded from others, being what I am I didn't want to keep people in danger for long."

"I continued attempting to sift through the visions and get a better understand of them." Her eyes met mine and she smiled again "By 1922 I was ready to leave Chicago. I'd been having more and more visions of the man from my first one. I decided it was time to start looking for him, though I had no idea who he was or where he could be, I trusted the visions enough now that I knew he was at least real." She laughed a little at that and I smiled as I felt the mood in the room shift to be a bit brighter.

"Of course, when I decided to look for him, I got more visions of places I'd be going, places he had been. It was a very interesting, and very frustrating experience."

"Why was it frustrating?" I asked.

"Well, he had no idea I was looking for him, so he changed his mind quite frequently." She laughed again, this time I joined in with her.

"It took me years. During those years, I'd had visions of the coven as well, but they were becoming fewer as my focus was on the man. However in 1928 I stopped seeing the boy with the man and woman." I looked at her confused, and then realized this must have been when Edward told me he'd left his Carlisle and Esme.

"Edward left them." I stated. She nodded.

"Of course I didn't know who they were, but I'd have visions of all three of them still, but Edward's were separate. I was actually a little disheartened by this; I had liked the idea that there could be more than one or two of us together. I was growing very tired of being alone."

"When did you find Jasper then?" I asked finally trying to bring around the original question that had led to the story.

"Well, the first time I'd seen Jasper, was the first day of my new life, as you now know. But it wasn't until 1931 when I'd actually, finally, met him."

"Where did your visions lead you?" I asked.

"After those years of aimlessly wandering, then following sporadic visions, I had the vision that told me we would be meeting. The vision was short, but it filled me with such hope I'd never felt before. I'd finally be meeting another vampire, finally be meeting someone I'd felt I'd known for some time now. The vision showed him going to a diner in Philadelphia. So to that diner I went. It took him nearly three days to show up. I was worried he wouldn't. Then he walked in, and my life changed completely."

I felt something in my chest, it was an annoying feeling, but I couldn't place exactly what it was. Alice was quiet for a moment, and when I looked at her face I saw her eyes out of focus, though I knew they weren't in the future, they were somewhere reliving her past.

"What happened next?" I asked pushing aside the sour feeling in my chest. Her eyes refocused on me and she smile brighter then she had in a while.

"Well, I told him I'd been waiting for him. I had known that he had been depressed because of his way of life, and I told him about the small coven. Any one else would have though I was completely insane, hell even I had at first, but Jasper is unlike any other and he trusted me immediately. That's when I decided I'd wanted to find these vampires. I'd seen them as long as I had Jasper, so they must have been very important, and I felt they could help us."

"Jasper agreed and we set off in no particular direction. However not long after we'd made the decision, the visions of them started coming more frequently, and they had more detail. I now knew names that went along with the faces; Carlisle, Esme, and Edward, who had returned to them in late 1931"

"Jasper and I continued to follow my visions, it wasn't easy and they weren't always correct. In 1933 though, I saw a new vampire with them. She was exquisitely beautiful; her name, was of course, Rosalie"

"Of course." I replied with a smile. She returned it and went on.

"Another two years went by, we still hadn't found them, but Emmett joined their coven. I was now seeing they weren't really a coven of vampires as much as a family. They took care of each other. Jasper and I were trying so hard to find them."

"Things were harder for him, and made it a little slower moving, he had a more difficult time going through large populations of humans, so we always had to take a more secluded route. I was doing my best to help make the life style easier for him. He and I ended up getting very close during the time of our travels." She paused and looked up at me. I couldn't exactly read the emotion that flashed in her eyes because it was gone as quickly as it appeared, but she looked at the sheets and started up again.

"We came to love each other. We had both been alone for a long time, and when we met each other, our lives changed drastically." She looked at me again and that sour feeling returned, but I brushed it off.

"How long did it take you two to finally meet them?" I asked. She smiled.

" It took us nearly 20 years." My eyes bulged. "The visions I'd have were never of places they stayed, and when I'd have them there was too much time between decisions being made and how quickly Jasper and I could get there. It was so frustrating." She paused and her brow furrowed, a pout forming on her delicate features. Then she smiled.

"That is until Esme decided she wanted to stay somewhere near a coven in Alaska, whom Carlisle was close to, and they bought a house."

"After nearly 20 years of searching, Jasper and I caught a break. We made it to Alaska in a few days. When we showed up, Emmett and Edward weren't there. I think we scared the others, Rosalie for sure. You should have seen the look on her face when I ran straight up to her and embraced her. It was like greeting your sister after a long period of absence. I knew everything about her, and knew we'd be close. However, she didn't, so Jasper had to assist in calming her down." Alice and I laughed together. She continued when we both stopped, but still held the same beautiful smile.

"When Edward and Emmett returned, Edward was able to clarify that we were only here as friends, family really, and we meant no harm; though Jasper pretty much had them convinced already. It was the most wonderful feeling, to have a family. Something I'd never known." She sighed with her eyes a light with the beautiful memory of her family.

"When did you and Jasper… get married?" She blinked and looked at me, the same emotion as before flashed in her eyes, I thought maybe it was uncertainty, but it was gone again.

"In the winter of 1955." She said and I smiled at her.

"Did you have a big wedding?" she chuckled.

"No, it was just us and the Denali coven, who came at Esme's request. Though by this time we were mingling with humans much more in school, college and work, we didn't have any close ties outside of their clan. Plus I didn't want a huge wedding." I cocked an eyebrow.

"You didn't want a huge wedding?" she giggled again her smile brightening my entire room.

"Oh, hush, Bella. No, I didn't, but I was more then happy to throw some large weddings for Rose and Emmett, they've been married several times. Some vampire friends came to those." She shrugged. I sighed, and remained quiet for a moment. Taking in everything she had just shared with me. Edward had never told me much, not about his life anyway. He only told me small bits and pieces, and then a little about Carlisle, but not about Alice or the others. Though I understand that they weren't his stories to share, it still upset me that he usually refused to tell me anything in detail, the way Alice just had.

"Edward never told me about anything like that." Alice frowned.

"I know, he'll probably be upset with me for telling you a few of the…err more gruesome details. I guess I should've left those out…" she said looking sheepish. I shook my head.

"No, I'm glad you did." She looked at me like I was crazy. "No, no I mean I know it was…sad… and difficult for you in the beginning, but it helps me to better understand you, and what you've gone through. He simply refuses to go into detail about anything having to do with your more…vampiric side." I huffed and crossed my arms. Alice laughed at me petulance.

"He is just trying to protect you, though he can go over board." I laughed with her, I guess she was right. I yawned then, I hadn't even looked at the clock since Alice had begun her story.

"Are you tired?" she asked me. I shrugged and glanced over at the clock and it said it was nearing ten. We'd been talking for that long?

I looked back to Alice and she froze for a second then disappeared. I wondered where she went when I heard my father coming up the stairs.

I grabbed my book, I didn't want him to poke his head in here and see me just sitting on my bed doing nothing, which might look strange. So I flipped my book open to the page I had bookmarked and continued to read. Then I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in." I said and looked up as my father opened the door and took a step in.

"I just wanted to tell you tomorrow I might not be here when you get up. I've got to get to the station early." I just nodded.

"Alright, that's fine. Be careful." He nodded.

"Always am. Goodnight, Bells." He said and shut the door as he walked out. Alice reappeared beside me on the bed. I set my book down and stood up to grab my pajamas. Track pants and a t-shirt again.

"Be right back." I said to her she just smiled and I walked to the bathroom. I changed quickly, this time taking her sweat shirt off. However much I didn't really want to. I had grown fond of it the last few days. When I finished I walked back into the room to see Alice playing around with the stereo.

"Do you mind?" she asked shaking her iPod at me. I shook my head. Whatever she wanted to play I knew I'd like it. She had wonderful taste in music. I tossed my clothes in the hamper and put her sweat shirt on my desk chair. Soft classical music flowed through my room as I lay down on my bed. I was suddenly very tired. Last night's restless sleep coming back to hit me, full force. I pulled the blankets up over myself. Alice turned around and looked at me; I patted the space beside me where Edward usually lay. She smiled and danced over and hopped on the bed.

I turned off the light, and I felt her scoot closer to me. I turned around to face her, and scooted into her side. She wrapped her arms around me. I felt completely at ease. I snuggled into her even more allowing her honey and chamomile scent to swim through my head. I felt her nuzzle her nose into my hair gently.

"You smell wonderful." She whispered and I heard and felt her purr. I giggled.

"Well thank you, Alice." I said as I looked up at her and she stopped.

"Sorry." She said sheepishly. I just shrugged.

"That's alright, you smell amazing too." I replied, relaxing into her hold again, allowing my eyes to close. I yawned.

"Alright, time to sleep, human." She said and I started drifting off.

Not two minutes later; I left my spot next to her into a different world that my subconscious mind created.