Love In Paris

by Bianca19948

Bella and Alice are sister whose father Charlie is an army offical who gets relocated to Paris. Where Bella and Alice find love! Hope you enjoy

10. Chapters 8 and 9 in ALice's pov

Chapters 8 & 9: Alice's point of view

I was sitting on the couch flipping through the foreign channels of the television in the main room. Even though I fluently spoke French I still missed my favorite shows. After 5 minutes of thoughtlessly flipping through the French speaking television channels I finally settled on some type of comedy sitcom. I stared at the flickering images on the television screen but wasn't at all thinking about what was occurring. Instead I was wondering what Bella was doing. She was probably on some romantic date roaming the perfect streets of Paris with out a care in the world, swept up in the arms of a mysterious rich gentleman. The contrast between Bella's experience so far in Paris and the experience I've had was so obvious that it was hard to think about. While Bella was out enjoying every part of this new city I was here in the main room of our apartment watching some horrible French sitcom. I was beginning to feel like there was something wrong with me. Sure, there were plenty of French men that had asked for my number or had flirted with me but all of them seemed to be so, shallow. I wanted someone who could sit with me for hours and actually be listening to what I was saying.

After about two hours of watching TV. I began to grow bored of the foreign shows that I was watching. I turned off the television and began turning out the lights throughout the apartment. Once I was finally done turning out all the lights I headed into the kitchen to get a glass of water. When I opened the French doors that led to the kitchen I was shocked to see Charlie asleep with his head on the table. I chuckled at how peaceful he looked and began to walk my way towards him. "Charlie, wake up." I said in a loud tone. Charlie jumped at the sound of my voice and slowly raised his head off of the kitchen table. "Hey Alice," Charlie said in a heavily sedated tone. I chuckled lightly as Charlie struggled to get out of his chair. "Come on Charlie let's get you to bed" I said as I put Charlie's left arm around my neck so that he wouldn't fall. "Thanks Alice." Charlie grumbled, he was obviously extremely tired. I walked Charlie to his room and told him goodnight as I closed his door. I surprisingly wasn't tired at all yet and felt like I needed a shower. I walked into my room and turned on my light. I sighed with contentment as I scanned my beautiful pink room and my beautiful white wood bed. I still wasn't used to having my own room especially since it was definitely bigger and more…… luxurious than the room I use to share with Bella back at forks. I walked over to my closet and pulled out a pink polka dot pajama set with matching underwear. I then began to head to the bathroom. Once I got into the bathroom I picked out my favorite smelling shower gel which was black raspberry and stepped into the marble tiled shower.

I loved to take showers right before I went to bed, it always relaxed me. I stayed in the shower for about thirty minutes. Once I got out I felt the cool bathroom floor on my feet. I brushed my teeth and then I headed back to my room. When I was finally in my pajamas I slid into the soft cotton sheets of my bed. I quickly fell into a deep slumber.
I was in a peaceful sleep when all of a sudden I heard a deep and scruffy laugh, my eyes shot open and I was shocked at what I saw. I didn't see the four walls of my room… instead I saw a dark alley way that was extremely narrow. I looked down into a dirty water puddle that was on the ground and what I saw in my reflection was that I was not me but I was indeed my sister Bella, I was interrupted from my gazing at the puddle by another sickening laugh. I looked up to see a group of men coming towards me with sick and disgusting expressions written on their face. I smelled the smell of cheap liquor and dirt. The alley was a dead end and the men were blocking my only way out. I felt so scared, I began screaming for help but nothing came. The men began to form a circle around me. Then my vision began to fluctuate one minute I would see my room the next I was back in the alley way, it was like someone was flipping between two channels on a television. One of the men came up to me and said something, I was screaming to loud to hear them. "No, No, don't hurt me….. Take my money. No...please" I begged frantically of the men. They didn't listen to me the continued to approach me. They were mere inches away from me when my vision began to blur, everything became almost static like until all I saw was darkness.

The darkness soon subsided and I was back in my room. At first I was relieved that I was out of that wretched alley but then, I thought of Bella. Was she in that alley? My eyes subconsciously searched the room for my sister….my eyes finally met hers and I saw that she was okay. I was overcome with joy as I leaped into my sister for a hug. I than looked around the room to see a tired Charlie leaning in the doorway… they must of heard my screams. I returned my gaze to Bella who looked relieved as she said, "Alice what was that all about?" When Bella said those words my mind immediately thought of what I had just experienced in the horrid dark alley, I didn't know how to explain it so my words came out in a mess. "O Bella! It was horrible I was you and I could see and feel everything so…clearly… there were men….. And they were trying to hurt you…. It was awful." I said frantically. My voice was hoarse due to all of the screaming that I had done. Bella than sighed as she said "Alice you just had a nightmare". Bella's words were meant for reassurance but they did nothing to alleviate my distress. I was about to object but Charlie than said in agreement, "You are probably not use to the time change, and it was just a nightmare." I couldn't believe that Charlie and Bella thought I just had a nightmare, my eyes were open wide and I was more alert than I ever was in my whole life… no it wasn't a nightmare. I began shaking my head no in disagreement. "No it was not! I saw it with my own eyes! My eyes were open! I was not asleep." I almost screamed. "Alice. People sleep with their eyes open all the time." Charlie said in a rushed voice. I could tell Charlie had already dismissed any idea that what I saw was real. It to have been real, I needed them to believe me. I bent my head down so that I could whisper in Bella's ear, "Bella it was so…. Real to real." Bella's face went into worry and I began to feel hopeful that she believed me… but all of that hope fell when Bella shook her head in disagreement and said, "Alice don't worry it was just a dream go back to sleep." I didn't know what to do…. I saw it… I felt it…. It must be real. "I… I don't know…." I murmured in frustration but before I could continue Bella put her hand over my mouth and slid the covers back over me. Then Bella and Charlie both exited my bedroom leaving me by myself.

I couldn't believe what had just happened…. What I had just seen. It was like I was there. But Bella was fine so obviously no one had hurt her while she was out. May be Charlie and Bella were right; it probably was just a nightmare. They probably thought I was crazy. With those thought's I drifted into a sleepless slumber.

The next morning I woke up extra early, like I always do. I got up and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. Right before I stepped into the shower I looked into the bathroom mirror and didn't recognize who was staring back. To my relief it was me who staring back at the mirror but... I had dark circles under my eyes and my hair was an absolute wreck, it was sticking up in every direction possible. I was definitely going to have to spend extra time getting ready and doing damage control on myself. Everyone was always use to me looking so put together and…perfect. If anyone ever saw me looking like how I did they would think something was horribly wrong with me.

I stepped into the shower and began to lather on my favorite smelling dark raspberry shower gel. When I got done with my shower I wrapped a big towel around myself and walked over to my room. I opened the French doors of my closet and scanned my ever so growing collection of clothes. I came across a perfect and simple outfit; it was pink and came down to my thigh. I put on a pink bead necklace with matching heels. Once I was done getting dressed I had to work on my messy hair. It took me especially longer to do my makeup, but I managed to cover up the dark circles under my eyes. When I was finally done with damage control on myself I headed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. I wasn't in the mood to cook an extravagant breakfast so I decided on pancakes. I began getting the eggs, flour, sugar, and milk. I found comfort in doing such a simple activity. It helped me keep my mind off of the horrible 'nightmare' I had experienced the other night. When the batter was ready I began to place dollops of the mixture on the skillet that was on the black stove. I was putting the final pancakes on the skillet when I heard some one come in. I turned around to see that it was Bella and I flashed a smile at her. I could tell that Bella was impressed that I didn't look a total mess as she said, "Well, someone is looking better today." I shrugged my shoulders as if nothing happened last night… but I couldn't shake the images out of my head. "You were right Bella it was just a nightmare." I said in a flat tone. "I am glad your feeling better I was really worried about you." Bella said in a relieved tone. I placed an equal amount of pancakes on two plates and then handed one to Bella as I sat down at the kitchen table. "It was a really scary nightmare, seeing my sister helpless and crying. It was so real." I replied silently as I began to eat the pancakes. We sat at the table in silence… until Bella's phone began to ring. I was so annoyed by her ring tone and she just let it ring repeatedly until I said, "Will you please answer that phone, it's driving me crazy." I had just put our empty plates in the sink and I turned to look at Bella. Her face was twisted in confusion as she said,
"Alice my cell phone isn't…." Bella was interrupted by what appeared to be the first ring of her cell phone. Did I just hear something that wasn't happening? I was beginning to feel crazier by the minute. I felt my eyes widen as shock as Bella asked, "How did you know?" I didn't know how to answer that question without sounding like a maniac so I simply said, "Lucky guess?" the words came out more like a question, and I couldn't hide the shock and confusion in my voice. Bella mechanically opened her phone and her face appeared to be in a dazed state. "Hello?" Bella asked mechanically. As soon as Bella heard the voice on the other end her face became alert again but with excitement. It must have been Edward on the other line. I didn't hear the rest of the conversation because I was to busy wondering what was going on with me. Was I going insane? Whatever was happening to me I needed to keep it from my sister better than what I was doing. I quickly snapped out of my deep thought and said to Bella, "You ready to go?" I picked up the keys to the apartment that were on the counter. Bella nodded her head yes and we headed out the door and began walking to our job.

When we got there Charlize was looking stunning but flusterd as she greeted us at the door. Then in her French accent she said, "Come on girls! We have many things to do, I have a showing tomorrow and there are many things I am going to need. I am going to need for you two to run a few errands for me." Bella and I nodded our heads as Charlize handed us a clipboard containing a list of things that we needed to pick up for her. This was just what I needed mundane activities to keep my mind off of what had occurred last night. I began to feel uplifted as I realized this. "Hurry along girls." Charlize said as she shoved us back onto the busy sidewalk. "Okay so the first thing we need to do is go to the boutique 'maison de style' and pick up a few chiffon scarves." I murmured in an excited tone as I gazed at the clip board. Due to me being capable of reading French street signs and maps, it only took us 10 minutes to get to the boutique. Once we were there a woman was waiting for us and handed us the scarves.

At around 6:00 we were completely done. During the course of the day we had picked up shoes, scarves, hats, and many other things. Bella and I were completely tired and famished. We still had time to kill so we both agreed on stopping at a local café to grab a quick snack. It was an immense struggle to try and open the doors with all the bags we were carrying but we managed. The café sort of reminded me of star bucks. It was a small size and had elevated tables and chairs. The room smelled of coffee beans and vanilla cream. I was still scanning the room when I noticed a pair of the most beautiful eyes staring at me. I met his gaze and was in awe. The man who was staring at me was so stunning, his eyes were gold and his skin was very pale his hair looked natural and messy. I had never seen anything like him before. He looked extremely mysterious he was sitting in the corner of the café with a book in his hand but he wasn't reading it because he was to busy staring at…me. My view of this angel was disrupted by Bella's hand waving in my face. "Earth to Alice." Bella said sarcastically. I shook my head slowly and tried to stop staring at him, but I couldn't…. it was like he was a magnet that drew me into him.
"Who is that?" that was the only thing I could say. I heard Bella giggle as she said, "That is Edward's brother Jasper." What a beautiful name… Jasper. I was still staring at him when I heard the cashier say, "Miss, are you going to place your order." I reluctantly tuned around and told the cashier that I wanted sweet tea with a Caesar chicken salad.

Once Bella and I got our order we carried our bags and found a place to sit. Once we were finally settled I continued to look at Jasper. "Alice you need to talk to him." Bella said in a whisper as she noticed my gawking. Was she serious? I could not go up to him he was so… perfect. . "I don't know Bella…..."was what I began to say but I stopped mid sentence when I saw him walk over to our table. "Hello Bella." Jasper said to my sister. Surprisingly he never once looked at her he continued to stare at me! "Hi" Bella said. "Who is this?" Jasper said while looking at me. "This is my sister Alice." Bell said proudly. "Hello Alice, what a pleasure meeting you." Jasper said with his velvet like voice "May I have a seat?" Jasper asked while gazing at me. All I could do was nod my head yes. Then to my surprise Jasper started talking to me. I felt bad for Bella because she was just sitting there messing with her clipboard, but then again I was too mesmerized by the fact that Jasper was showing interest in our conversation. Jasper and I were still talking when Bella said, "Alice we forgot to pick up the dress from the seamstress that Charlize is going to where at the showing." I was really bummed out about having to leave Jasper. "Okay let's go pick it up." I said while looking at Bella. She shook her head to disagree as she said, "No don't worry I know where to go I'll just pick it up, you stay here with jasper" I would have to think Bella for that; she knew I really wanted to spend time with him, but I still should help her. "Are you sure Bella?" I asked half heartedly. Bella shook her head yes. "Well don't worry about the bags they'll stay here, I'll take them to Charlize and meet you there." I said. "Okay see you soon." Bella said as she walked out of the door leaving me and Jasper.

I turned my gaze back to Jasper who was staring at me, I felt my cheeks blush.
"What do you like most about Paris?" Jasper asked. I paused as I thought about it.
"There are many things, but I love how everything seems so beautiful here, the clothes, the buildings, the food, and…. The people." I said as I looked down at the table. I heard Jasper chuckle and I looked back up at him. "Yes, the people are. Very beautiful, but I think there is one who is an exception." Jasper said playfully. "Who might that be?" I asked curiously. "I'll give you a hint, she is sitting at the table with me, she isn't just beautiful, and she is absouluty breath taking." Jasper said as he stared at me. I blushed even more as I realized he was talking about me. All I could do was stare and there were a few minutes of silence as Jasper and I had our on private conversation. Even though Jasper kept staring at me I noticed that he looked as if he was in pain. I would subconsciously lean into him and his whole body would stiffen. "So, what are your hobbies?" I asked.
"I like to…. Hunt… animals." Jasper said. I giggled. "What?" Jasper asked with a smile on his face. "It's just you don't seem like the hunting type." I said as I looked at how he was dressed. "You would be surprised." Jasper said with a chuckle. I giggled and took a sip of my empty cup of tea. "I could go get you some more." Jasper said as he noticed my empty glass cup. "No I am okay I can, but thanks" I said as I got up to get a refill.
That's when it happen, my vision began to blur and I saw the same image of a dark alley, but this time it wasn't through Bella's eyes, it was if I was a spectator looking. This time I saw everything much more clearly and I saw the street name. When the image was over I hadn't noticed that I dropped my cup causing the glass to shatter. Jasper was at my side but he made sure he wasn't to close to me. "Alice what's wrong." Jasper said in worry. "This is going to sound crazy jasper but, I saw something terrible happen to Bella. I have a feeling that it's going to happen very soon. I know where she is. I saw it! She is on 256 Jadore` street. Please believe me; I know I sound crazy…." I said in a frantic whisper to Jasper. "I believe you Alice; I know exactly where that street is. I can take you there." Jasper said as he began to lead me out the door. I couldn't believe how he believed me right away… as if he knew exactly what was happening to me. I wondered why Jasper was so at ease in believing that what ever I saw in my head was real. "Jasper why do you believe me." I asked in disbelief as we began walking outside of the café. "Let's just say that, sometimes people have gifts that they are born with, that make them more …perceptive of situations." Jasper said in a hushed tone. "What do you mean jasper?" I asked in confusion. "Alice, you may be psychic." Jasper said quickly. "Psychic? Me? That means I am not crazy?" I asked with excitement. Jasper chuckled and nodded his head yes. Jasper and I were now walking with me following him. As we continued walking I noticed that the streets began to get less and less crowded. I practically had to run to keep up with Jasper's fast pace. We made a left and were in a dead end alley…. The same one that I saw Bella in. What I saw at the end of the alley shocked me. There were a group of men around Bella, but Edward was there. The next thing he did was astonishing; he lifted the men who were 3 times his size off the ground and through them against the wall as if they weighed nothing. Then Edward took Bella in his arms and suddenly became a blur as he ran towards me and Jasper than past us and out the alley. "Jasper! How did he do that?" I asked. Jasper ignored my question and said in a grim tone, "I know where he took her."
"Can you take me there please?" I asked jasper. Jasper shook his head yes and than we both walked out of the alley. It took about 20 minutes until jasper finally stopped in front of a subway station. I was shocked. "He took her to a subway." I asked.
"No he didn't," Jasper said as we began walking down the stairs. Once we were in the subway station Jasper hopped on to the train tracks and I hesitantly followed. We then began walking on a walkway that went into a dark tunnel. It took a long time for us to finally stop in front of a door that blended in with the wall apart from the doorknob. Jasper pulled out a key from his front pocket and opened the door.

I was shocked at what I saw. The room was so beautiful and open spaced as if it was a loft in New York. The floors were dark green granite while the walls were white granite. There was a chandelier in the ceiling. The wall opposite of Jasper and it was covered with hundreds of books that reached the two story ceiling. There was a couch that was tan leather, its back was to us and I saw Edward's face. He was knelt down beside something. I walked over to view the front of the couch, it was Bella. "O Bella! Is she alright." I asked Edward as I brushed my hand on her forehead, she was cold. "She passed out when I saved her from… those men." Edward said with disgust directed to those criminals. I couldn't stand to see Bella looking so frail on the couch. "Jasper is she going to be okay? How did you do that Edward?" I asked both of them. I wanted to know how Edward picked up men 3 times his size like they were weightless. There was a long moment of silence, at first I thought Edward hadn't heard me and I was about to repeat myself but then he said, "We can discuss that later…right now we need to worry about Bella, I think she is just in shock." Edward murmured as he returned his gaze back to Bella. My eyes glazed over and I to my excitement I saw Bella waking up. Than Edwards face turned to me, as if he saw what I had just seen. "I have a feeling that she is going to wake up very soon" I said with excitement. As soon as I said that Bella's eyes began to slowly open. "Bella" all three of us said in relief. Bella's eyes were scanning the room as I ran and gave her a hug. "Bella, I knew that it wasn't just a nightmare, you should have listened to me." I said in a slightly frustrated tone. Bella's face was crumpled with confusion. "Alice how did you and Jasper gets here." Bella asked. "Well we were talking in the café when you left and everything was… great…. But then my eyes glazed over and I saw you getting…attacked again…. It was so awful…. This time it was even clearer and I saw what street you were on… I told Jasper and he and I ran to where I saw you…. But by the time we got there Edward had already gotten to them... Jasper told me he knew where Edward had taken you and… that's how I ended up in this place!" surprisingly I was able to say all of that in one breath. "Wait! Your nightmare wasn't a nightmare? So what… was it?" Bella said as she shook her head slowly in disbelief. Then Edward got up from sitting on the floor to sit on the couch beside Bella. "It was…a vision…. We believe Alice might have a gift." Edward said. I wondered how Edward knew about Jasper and If's conversation. Bella still was confused. "What gift?" Bella asked. "She is psychic." Jasper said while looking at me. "Wow." Was all Bella said. After a few minutes of silence Bella said, "Edward?" Edward looked into Bella's eyes and said in relief, "Yes Bella?" "How… Did you know where I was? How did you pick up those large men like they were weightless? How did you move so…..fast?" Bella asked with confusion. I was wondering the same things. "What are you talking about Bella?" Edward asked innocently. He knew exactly what she was talking about, I saw it to. "Edward I saw it to, Jasper and I came right when you picked up those men. I have never seen anything like it, they were like 3 times your size and you lifted them up like they were a piece of paper." I said in astonishment as I recalled what I had seen in that narrow alley. Edward's gaze met jasper's for a period of time and Edward nodded at jasper as though Jasper had said something to him. "Alice I think you need to sit down for this." Jasper said in concern. Than Edward got up and ran around the room once at an inhumanly fast pace and ended u standing right next to jasper. I listened to him in shock and sat down beside Bella on the couch. "As you guys have just seen I have incredible strength and I am fairly fast….. So is jasper…. So is my whole family." Edward said with slight hesitation. "Are you guys like superman?" Bella asked in astonishment. Jasper laughed and said in a hushed tone "Not exactly." "We are….vampires." Edward said. The moment Edward spoke those words my body went into shock I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "You mean you guys drink the blood of humans." Bella asked. The shock in my body slowly became replaced with fear. "No…no, my family and I are different from the others….we are vegetarians." Edward said in reassurance. "We… we should go." Bella said as she nudged at my arm. Then Edward's face began to look sad. "Bella don't go… I …need you…. I am not dangerous… I have been extra careful around you; remember how in the restaurant you said that my eyes looked black? Well they were. That's why I couldn't pick you up at your house. I was going hunting so that way I wouldn't be tempted by your scent. That's what I was doing right before I saved you. I…. need you Bella. Don't be scared. I have had many many years of practice to know how to resist human blood." Edward said in a rushed voice. "What do you mean many years? How old are you?" Bella asked confused. "I have been 17 for….661 years." Edward replied slowly. " I was born in 1331, when I was 17 my country, England was struck by the Black death, it was a vicious plague that killed so many of my friends it killed both of my parents… it would've killed me…. If it wouldn't have been for Carlisle…. He was a doctor and he saved me by turning me into a vampire." Edward said. I couldn't believe what I was hearing the only thing I could think of saying was. "What about you Jasper? How long have you been 17?" Jasper looked at me embarrassed as he said, "I have only been 17 for 8 years."
Then Edward said, " Jasper was one of the victims of September 11 he was in one of the towers when it collapsed, Carlisle had been working as a doctor in a hospital near by and saved him by turning him into a vampire." There were a few minutes of silence as Bella and I took in all that was being said. I couldn't believe that vampires truly existed. I was scared but I was also drawn to Jasper. Everything about him fit my description of a perfect man. My thoughts were interrupted when Bella said, "I don't care. I am not scared of you Edward; I know you would never hurt me." Edward's face immediately lighted up as he said, "O Bella, I promise I will never hurt you." Then he pulled Bella into his arms and gave her a peck on her lips. Then they both sat down on the couch beside me. I noticed that Jasper was now staring at me with hopeful eyes, that's when I realized he would never hurt me, there was something about him that told me that he would only protect me. "I just met you jasper but I don't think that you would ever hurt me." I said slowly. Then jasper gave me a hug, but there was something about this hug, it seemed as though it pained him to be this close to me. I didn't care though, I needed to know more about Jasper, and I needed him. Never would I have thought that Paris would be the home of such a beautiful creature, human or not I needed more of him.