Okay so I thought this chapter was really necessary for Alice's character in particular, you'll see why. : )

It was fun writing this and I hope you have fun reading it.

The song for this chapter is Collide by Howie Day and I'll explain why later.

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Surprise, astonishment and confusion all flowed through her mind like a sudden tidal wave. Had I asked too soon?

"Marry you?" she murmured.

I had asked too soon. Why had I gotten so caught in the moment?

"Alice, I'm sorry. I don't want to make you uncomfortable… I didn't mean to say…" I trailed off. My mouth had gotten me in enough trouble already.

"Does that mean you didn't mean it?" she asked, shocked.

"No, of course I meant it. I love you Alice. I can't imagine a single day of my eternity without you." How could she ever doubt the way I felt. Relief washed over her as I answered her question.

"Well then…" she began, her emotions suddenly reshuffling into order, "I guess you'll have to get me a ring." The smile that spread across her face was amazing and I knew it was mirrored in my own features.

"I guess so." I replied and pulled her close to me to kiss her. She was wonderful, she was amazing, she was my fiancé and I could scarcely believe it.

"I love you too." She murmured into my ear. Content with just holding her in my arms I pulled her close and clung to her as though I was afraid she and this entire miracle would disappear. As we lay there the sun slowly began to rise through our tiny window. Morning was inevitable but that didn't mean it was welcome.

"Jasper…" she whispered, "we have to go now." I sighed, knowing she was right and still not finding the idea of moving any more appealing. Slowly she loosened my embrace and bounced of the bed. Her energy and vitality was too hard to ignore and seemed to animate my own body as I got up after her.

"We need to go and buy new clothes before we go to… before we go." Alice said and I could certainly see what she meant. We had both traversed half way across the continent and our clothes really showed it. It was a wonder that perverted inn keeper hadn't thrown us out with one look at our appearance. Then again, it was appearances that led him to give us a room; Alice's appearance at least. The memory still made my fingers twitch in anticipation of tearing him limb from limb but I doubt Alice would like it if I did that.

"Okay, let's go then." I said dimly. Even after 80 years of not being human I was still a typical male deep down… I hated buying new clothes. Noticing my tone Alice turned to me with a wide mischievous smile.

"Don't worry. I'll pick for you."

"Oh no you…" I began before Alice bolted down out of our room and down the stairs musically laughing all the way. I quickly bounded after her and caught her around the waist on the street out front of the motel. She playfully squealed as I lifted her up into my arms. I found myself laughing along with her. I couldn't remember the last time I had laughed before Alice had come into my life. I had simply existed, not knowing what I was going without. Now that I Alice had walked into my life, I simply couldn't imagine another day without her.

"Jasper wait!" she exclaimed with a giggle. "We didn't pay for our room"

Like that man deserved to be paid. I had worked hard for the money I carried in my pocket. By that I mean it was hard to steal it. He didn't deserve it.

"Jasper. We need to pay him." She told me in a playfully chastising tone.

"Alright." I groaned as I put her down and taking her hand I led back inside the Tired Traveller to pay our dues. Once again the irritating bell rang as we entered the foyer and the Jack the per…inn keeper emerged looking quite intimidated. Maybe I had scared him too much. As he glanced towards me then stupidly at Alice, I realised I hadn't scared him nearly enough.
"Good morning sir. Will you be leaving today?" he asked cautiously.

"Why yes Jack we will be." I responded cheerfully, suddenly having a great idea of how to best annoy him. It was impossible not to notice both his relief at our, or rather my, departure and his confusion at my friendliness.

"Mrs Whitlock and I here enjoyed our stay very much." I announced as I visibly tightened my grip around Alice's waist somewhat suggestively.

Floundering to regain his composure Jack began ruffling through pages searching for our bill.

"Tha… That will be um, 1 dollar and 80 cents." He told me.

Grinning I paid the man and shot him a superficial smile.

"Well worth it, wasn't it sweetheart?" I mockingly asked Alice before turning and kissing her right in front of the now fat and jealous inn keeper. Yeah, you should be jealous.

By now Alice had caught on to what I was doing and decided to humour me. Breaking away from Alice's lips, I felt a fresh wave of jealously rush through Jack and couldn't help but smile wider. After gazing into Alice's eyes for at least 3 long seconds for added theatrics, I turned back to Jack.

"Well thank you very much for your hospitality. We will be leaving now." His face was growing positively red now. I had to get out of here before I burst into laughter.

"Have a nice day." I added mockingly and hastily lead Alice through the exit.

We both only made it 10 feet before we were in stitches of laughter once again. It would be worth it to devote my entire existence to simply making Alice laugh. Not even the finest musician could compare to it. Slowly we managed to get ourselves under control with just the few occasional chuckles.

"That was so mean!" Alice accused, playfully punching me in the arm.

"Did you see his face though? Priceless!" I replied and I knew she had enjoyed putting old Jack in his place as much as I had.

"Very funny, Jazz. But now we really do need to find a clothes store."

"Okay, you're right. Lead the way." I invited with a flourish of my hand and we set out down the street hand in hand.

After a few minutes casually strolling, we found ourselves facing a flashy department store with the words "Mark & Taylor" in gold letters painted across the entrance. Wow, this was going to cost me. I looked over at Alice who now had a look on her face that very much brought to mind the "kid in a candy store" analogy and decided that it would be more than worth it. Alice grabbed my hand and led me through the ostentatious glass doors and suddenly she was in her own personal heaven. If it weren't for the fact that she looked like she belonged in here our clothes my have garnered some curious and even repulsed looks. It may have also had something to do with the fact that Alice looked better than their best poster model even in torn and tattered clothing. Scoping the entire store with one well trained glance her eyes came to rest on a red sundress that, though beautiful, paled in comparison to her. The glazed look in her eye and the way she bit her bottom lip staring at it was both so adorable and so funny that I withheld the urge to burst into laughter. Making a bee-line for the dress with incredible grace she plucked on from the rack beside the mannequin and rushed to find matching shoes.

Feeling totally out of my depth, I simply followed her around and waited outside the dressing rooms as she tried on the dress that I was pretty sure she loved as much as me. Seeing her come out of the dressing room, I felt my unnecessary breath hitch as I decided that on Alice, I loved that dress too. The way it clung to her small waist and the way the red set of her porcelain skin and dark hair…

"Like it?" she asked playfully though I was sure that the expression on my face told her exactly what I thought about it which was a good thing. I would have been totally incapable of talking even if I tried. She cracked another beautiful smile in my direction and charged forward catching my arm and dragging me towards the men's section of the store.

"Your turn."

"I look…bizarre" I murmured to Alice, looking at my reflection. What had she done to me? After 10 minutes of practically dancing around the menswear section she had emerged with a triumphant smile and an armful of clothes. The direct result of her obsession was me dressed in brown trousers, a light blue shirt (which apparently went wonderfully with my blonde hair according to Alice) and a beige tie. A tie!

"No, you look dashing. No one I dress ever looks bizarre" she said in a tone that made me think I was being corrected by a school teacher. I couldn't help but smile. Ah, Alice, my little shopaholic.

Looking somewhat foolish we presented the tags we had already removed from all our clothing to the flustered sales woman and offered a jumble of explanations to which she simply smiled and began adding our total. Well at least the ridiculous prices included good service, I mused. After handing over a large portion of my money for the clothes we left the store and deposited our old, dirty clothing into a bin. "Well I guess the Tiffany ring will have to wait." I joked though I could feel Alice growing tense beside me. Even though the shopping had been her small escape she knew what came next in our plans. It was time to chase the leads we had travelled hundreds of miles to follow.

"Are you ready?" I asked her in a more serious tone, knowing she would understand what I was referring to.

"As ready as I'll ever be." She replied in an uncharacteristically small voice as she took my hands and we walked together towards her painful past.

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Okay a more serious end to a playful chapter which set the scene for the next chapter. Stay posted because it will be up soon!

Obviously Collide is perfect for when they are just lying there together.

"The dawn is breaking, a light shining through. You're barely waking and I'm tangled up in you." Ah it is perfect!

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