"A cemetery?" Julius asked himself as he pulled up to the address Gowland had given to him. It was a nice and well-kept gated cemetery, but it was small. He could see Alice right away as he pulled in. He parked the car and watched as Alice continued talking to what appeared to be nothing. She would stop and laugh and continue talking. Julius wished he knew what she was saying. He finally gained up enough courage to exit the car. He silently made his way over to where Alice was.

"-mom. He is so kind to me. Just the other day he took me to school and took me out to dinner. At first I was so embarrassed because I thought it was a date and then I realized he was just being nice to me. I think in a way he is the kind of man I always wanted. He is a doctor and I know you never really liked doctors but I think you would have liked him. I like him a lot…. I just wish I knew his feelings for me…." She sighed. "Boris is pretty cool too. He took me to his room and showed me his knife collection. Gowland got angry though…. He wanted to go to the amusement park with me yesterday. I said no. I wanted to be alone. I was feeling quite depressed since it was so close to the anniversary but now that I see you I'm happy. They are taking very good care of you."

"Alice?" Julius asked, tentatively. He saw that she was talking to a tombstone.

"Julius? W-what are you doing here?" She spun around and nearly jumped out of her skin. "Shouldn't you be at work?"

"I took the day off to spend time with you since you were acting different, but when I woke up you were gone. I started to panic and went to find Gowland. He told me you would be here…"

"I'm sorry. I should have told you I was going someplace but I didn't want you to drive me here since I would have had to take a bus." She sighed. "This… this is my mom." She said pointing to the tomb stone. "She died… 3 years ago…. From an… unknown illness…." Julius could hear her sadness in her voice. Tears began to build up in her eyes. "Mommy… This… i-is Julius. He has b-been taking c-care of m-m-me while I have b-been going to college." The tears finally began to fall when she finished. She almost collapsed but Julius took her in his arms and held her.

"I'm so sorry…" He whispered. One of his hands held her head on his shoulder as she cried. "I had no idea…"

"Of course y-you wouldn't have known. N-not many people know. I-I'm surprised Gowland even knew." She cried. Julius had no idea what to do. He wasn't good with people crying. That's why he sometimes hated his job.

"Don't cry…" He whispered. "Please don't cry… I don't know what to do when people cry." She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back. When she stopped crying she began to push him away. He frowned.

"You should probably go now…" she whimpered.

"Why?" he asked.

"I want to talk privately with my mom." She said, getting irritated.

"I thought you already told her all about me and moved on to Boris?"

"How much of that did you hear?" She asked, taking a step back.

"Enough. Just know that I like you too." He smiled.

"Oh?"

"Yeah. I wouldn't let someone I didn't like live with me."

"Oh…." She frowned at his response. "o-of course…"

"Well… I will stay here to take you back home but it would be awkward if I stayed out here with you. I will be waiting in the car." He said, turning. Alice sighed. It appeared he didn't share the same feelings. 'Whatever. He is way out of my league anyway….' She thought to herself.

~x~x~x~

Julius sat in the car for about an hour waiting. Every time Alice smiled it made his heart skip a beat. He loved it when she smiled. He felt so stupid for saying what he said. He sighed and wondered how he could ever tell her his true feelings. His phone began to ring. It was the hospital.

"Hello? …. But I took the day-…. What about Arbury? … Nell- …. But I'm busy… Fine. I will get there as soon as I can." He mumbled into the phone, angrily. He got out of the car and ran over to Alice. "Are you almost done here?" he asked her. She shook her head no. Julius rubbed his temples. "Well there has been a huge accident and a lot of people are injured. They need me in there right away. Are you fine here by yourself?"

"Yeah."

"Need me to call someone to pick you up?"

"No. I can ride the bus."

"Ok. I'm so sorry about this." He said as he raced back to his car. Alice watched as he sped away.

"He is such a kind man…." She turned back to her mom's tombstone. "Do you remember Gowland?"

~x~x~x~

It was really late by the time Julius was able to get home. He had hoped that Alice was able to get home safe. He reached for the door to enter the apartment complex when he saw Alice. And Blood was with her. Julius watched as his worst fear came true. Blood leaned down and kissed Alice right on the lips. The kiss lasted for many seconds and Julius pulled himself away from the door and clenched his heart. He was too late. Too late to admit his true feelings. He should have told her at the cemetery but wouldn't that have been awkward? He had a headache after all the surgery and paperwork. He looked back in and found the hall empty. He decided he would just go to bed after his long day. When he reached their floor he opened the door. Alice was nowhere to be seen. She must have been avoiding him. He sighed and went right to bed.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! XD Oh. Poor Julius. Too late to make his move... Or is he? MUAHAHAHAHAHA