A POV
After finally choosing what to wear, I borrowed Edward's Volvo to drive to Bella's. I would have borrowed Rosalie's convertible, but I didn't want to be too flashy. At least not right now. Besides, Rosalie wouldn't have liked me driving her convertible to Bella's, as she wanted nothing to do with the human.
About halfway there I got a vision of Bella asleep, laying on her bed, but the blanket was not over her and her head was not on the pillow.
Should I still go there? Humans did need a lot of sleep, and if Bella had fallen asleep knowing I was coming she must have been really tired. But Bella was expecting me, and if she asked Charlie when she woke up if I had been there, she'll think I bailed her. I'll just have to go there and wake her up.
When I got there Charlie had just been about to get into his police cruiser, fishing gear in hand. "Well hello Alice." Charlie said. "Hello Chief Swan, is Bella here?" I asked, even though I knew she was, the vision was proof enough of that, and I could clearly smell her intoxicating scent.
"Oh, call me Charlie. Bella is up in her room, but I think she fell asleep." I listened closer and could her that her heart beat did sound slower. Maybe he would let me wake her up. I searched for the answer to my question. Yes, he would.
I put on a disappointed face and said, "Oh, okay. Bella and I were supposed to work on our project. I can just come back tomorrow I guess." I knew Charlie wanted Bella to have friends, and he was not going to be to keen on letting a potential friend for Bella leave.
"Well she's been sleeping for awhile now I think, you can wake her up if you want." Yup, just like I had seen. "Thanks Charlie!"
"Well if Bella asks where I am, tell her I went fishing down at La Push. Oh and you can let yourself in." He said. "Okay, will do." At that he left.
I passed Bella's truck to my way to the door, and my first thought was that it had seen better days. I let myself in, and looked around for a moment. The Swan residence was small but homey. As I walked up the stairs, I pondered how I should wake up Bella. I could see scaring her awake would not end well. If I said her name softly, and gave her a gentle shake awake she wouldn't mind, but she would stammer and blush like crazy when she realized who had woken her up, and stutter out an apology for having fallen asleep when she knew I was coming.
Bella's room was the way I remember. Bella LAY sleeping on her bed, her expression peaceful. I just stood there, looking at her face for a minute, memorizing her face and the shape of her body, trying to get every detail. I don't know why, but I feel like I have to. Finally I break out of my trance and walk up to her. "Bella," I whisper. "wake up." "Alice" she murmurs, still very mush asleep. She's dreaming of me! I couldn't help the happiness that washed over me, she was thinking about me as mush as I was thinking about her. "Bella, wake up. Bella" I say a little louder, giving her a gentle shake, being extra careful not to crush her with my strength. I may be small and petite, but I was quite strong.
Bella opened her eyes a little, and grunted at the light. Then she realised I was above her and shot up. "Oh my gosh, A-Alice, I-Im so s-sorry, I fell asleep." There was the stuttering and apology. "How long have you been waiting?" And there was the blush.
"I just got here Bella, don't worry." I smiled at her, and she blushed even more. Damn she was adorable when she blushed. Friends could think other friends were cute, right? Yeah.
"So now that you're awake, should we get started?" I asked. "U-um, yeah sure." Bella's heart had calmed down now, and we spent the next twenty minutes discussing what to write our essay on, and agreed we would both research it and then put together our information. I offered to type it once we had the draft done. I already knew everything about our topic, but I wanted Bella to be able to do something too, so she wouldn't feel like she didn't help, even though I could very well write it on my own.
After we had worked everything out, and we had looked up information her ancient computer, we fell into a conversation about how she was liking Forks.
"It's a very green town I guess, and cold, but everyone seems pretty nice." She said. "You don't like the cold?" I asked, curious. "No, not really. I guess that's a side effect of living In Phoenix for most of my life, though with my complexion you'd never have guessed I lived there." She laughed. I liked the sound of her laugh. And her words were true, I'd have never have been able to guess she'd lived in Phoenix, what with her pale skin, if I hadn't heard her say it at school. I hadn't been eavesdropping, I had just happened to hear it in a conversation at school, in fact with my hearing, I'd heard several times where she had lived before.
"Yeah, you are pretty pale." I teased. She laughed again, Oh how I loved her laugh. "Your one to talk Alice, you're as pale as a ghost." I pretended to pout, and she sobered up, but than I smiled at her and giggled, then Bella joined in, and we were both laughing and smiling.
I hadn't realized how late it had gotten, until I saw Charlie would be home in ten minutes. "I should get home Bella." I said. She looked sad that I was leaving, and so was I. Get a grip Alice! You'll see her Monday, besides you barely know her! She walked me to the door. "Goodbye Alice." She said. "Goodbye Bella." I couldn't help myself, I held my breath and kissed her on the cheek, much to her surprise. I acted like it was the most normal thing in the world, I mean friends kiss each other on the cheek all the time. "I'll see you Monday." "Um, y-yeah I'll see y-you M-Monday." I climbed into Edward's Volvo, and left her with that adorable blush of hers on her face.
I had kissed her! Sure it had been just on her cheek, but it was still a big deal to me. Kissing her cheek had felt so...right. This really had been one hell of a 'study date'.
Hey guys, here's another one. I know some of you don't like this story, but most of these chapters were written quite awhile ago. I love your constructive criticism, but please don't be rude. I'll try to post another one tomorrow. :D
