The drive to Alice's house was, short as always. She kept me entertained on the way, telling me about all the shopping she'd been doing over the past few weeks. She said she had bought a whole new wardrobe of clothes, and would show me if we had time. We arrived at the house and she pulled into the empty garage. She made quick work of getting out of the car and opening my door. I laughed. Its easy to forget just how quick vampires can move. It was almost pitch black in the garage, so I let Alice lead me into the house, which she did fairly swiftly. Once in the house she turned all the lights on so I could see her fully. She was beautiful. How I had even seen Jake as beautiful was beyond me. As long as Alice was around, he had no chance at all. But if Alice wasn't around, did he have a chance then? I tried to shake the thought out of my mind.
"So did you have a good time with Jake?" She asked.
I nodded. "It was good. Did you watch me over the past weeks?" I raised my eyebrows at her.
"Of course, although Jake has been kinda blurry lately." She genuinely looked confused. "I saw you fall off your bike. What were you thinking?" She walked up to me and examined my head, just to doubly check it was all healed up.
"It was fun… Sort of."
She laughed. "It looked a little painful!"
I grimaced at the memory of blood dripping out of my skull. She pulled my chin up to look at her. She kissed me lightly on the lips and I was in heaven. It dawned on me just how much I had missed my Alice. She took my hands and walked me to the sofa, softly placing me down. I knew what was about to happen, and I ached for it, so much so that I couldn't control myself any longer. This time it was me leading Alice. Something I thought would never happen.
The next morning I awoke in Alice's bed. I opened my eyes slowly and surveyed the room. No broken beds this time. I wondered what sort of state the sofa was in after last night. I smiled to myself. I heard movement to my right but was too tired to move any more. It was obviously Alice, who then planted a kiss on my cheek and held me close. I could feel her cold naked skin on mine, such a nice feeling.
"Good morning!" She said in a chirpy voice, one that wasn't meant to be used before 12noon.
I groaned at her to show my appreciation of her chirpyness.
She laughed gently and nuzzled her head into my neck and took a deep breath, then exhaled.
I turned around to look at her and she was lay there, naked, smiling at me. The things I could do to her right now.
"You need some breakfast, does a full English sound good?"
I nodded, "Sounds amazing."
"I'll go make it, I'll give you a shout when it's done. I have some fresh clothes in my wardrobe, help yourself." She winked at me and in the same second was gone.
I rolled over and smelled the sheets where she had been lay. They smelt of Alice. Dragging myself over to her wardrobe, I did the same thing to her clothes. Even though they were what looked like newly washed they still smelt of Alice. I picked some that looked like they had been specially arranged for me, and looked at myself in the mirror. A questionable look came over my face. I could never look as good as Alice does in these clothes. I trundled into her en-suite, and found some toiletries had been placed there ready for me to use.
Twenty minutes later I strolled down the stairs and was greeted by a full English breakfast, complete with fresh fruit juice. My stomach grumbled loudly and it hit me that I hadn't eaten for quite a while. I tucked into my breakfast and finished it pretty quickly. Alice watched me eat every mouthful. It was a little off-putting, but I was really too hungry to care. Alice whisked the plates and glasses away once I had finished with them and pulled me over to a sofa. I noted it wasn't the one we, "Used" last night. She looked me deep in the eye, I could tell she had something to say to me.
"What is it?" I asked.
She shrugged. "Can I ask you something about Jake?"
I nodded.
"Do you like Jake?"
I looked at Alice. "He's my best friend."
"I know but, do you really like him?" She had a slight smile on her face, what was she up to?
I sighed. Honestly, I didn't know.
"It's okay." Alice stroked my face. "You're only human."
I smiled at her. "Alice I want you. Only you."
She shrugged. "If you are confused though just, let me know okay. I want what's best for you. I am in love with you, and would rather have you happy than not."
"Okay." I nodded at her, and hugged her. "Why would you let me though?"
"Because I love you so much. Bella I'm away from you a lot of the time, and I'm going to be gone for a couple of months now, so I guess it's my way of saying make your mind up in your own time."
"A couple of months? Alice why?" I was shocked. A couple of months? Seriously?
"Look it will go quickly, I promise."
I looked away from Alice. Why did she have to leave me again?
"Hey." She pulled my chin up to look at her. "I'll be back for you I promise Bella, I promise. I will come straight back if I even see you, thinking about doing something dangerous. Bella dangerous anyway." She smiled.
I couldn't help but smile back at her. Her face glowed, her golden eyes boring into me. I loved it. I loved everything about Alice. She was perfect. I could sit like this with Alice all day, but Alice obviously had plans.
"I've gotta go Bella, I'll take you home then I'll be off for a few months. I promise I'll stay in contact daily. E-mail me with everything you do and I'll reply as soon as I can."
I breathed deeply. The thought of having to live without Alice for any longer made every bone in my body ache. I knew eventually I would be able to spend every single day with Alice, I just didn't know when that day would be. Alice moved super quick and appeared with a brand new Apple Mac for me. I looked down at the shiny object on my lap. For me? "Alice?"
"It's got everything on there you'll need, and I've got some faster internet set up for you at home. Consider it a leaving present." She hugged me and I stood up.
"Thank you Alice."
She smiled at me, took me by the hand and led me to her car. She drove me home. Within minutes we were back at my house, Charlie's car sat on the drive. I got out of the car and walked up to the house, said my goodbye's to Alice and walked in the house. Charlie was watching the football on the tv, so I said hi and went up to my room. I ran to my window and looked out, Alice was gone. My heart sank a little and I placed the laptop onto my bed and switched it on. I needed to call Jake, see if he's okay after last night.
