Perfect Tragedy

"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world."

Leo Buscaglia

Chapter 13

Things had changed for Kagome. She had a reason to live. A reason to go on with her life and be happy with whatever was to come of it. She moved on and with the help of Bella, her life molded into something different and serene. She began to go back into the open world. Ready to explore and be intimate among friends. Even her friends had noticed this. They were so happy to find that she was happy and not stuck with a book to her face as she had been.

Kagome had begun to see more of Edward. Every now and then he would just smile at her. Kagome would smile back. She knew that he was happy with Bella and she was happy for this. Bella finally had someone to be with. Kagome found this to be an exciting period of time. Love was new in the air. Kagome was determined to move on with her life and from holding back on love. It wasn't going to wait on her or Jacob. Jacob? He crossed her mind a lot but she was going to live.

Bella had introduced her to Alice Cullen. They had become close friends. They knew everything about each other and that was something Kagome wasn't used to sharing but Alice did not know that she was a vampire. Kagome could tell that the Cullens were vampires but they were kind to her. She was to think that they only drank animal blood. The clue was the color of their eyes. It gave them away. There was no way a simple human could have such eyes without the help of contacts.

She thought often.

What were things going to develope into?

It made her curious.

Kagome sat on the edge of her bed and stared out the window. Everything looked serene and calm to her. She knew that everything was going to be fine. Life had its odd way of coming back to someone. She tensed as she saw someone beneath her window. It was dark outside and the figure was waving to her. She swore that she could hear someone shouting her name. She placed her hand on the top of the window latch and opened it. She saw the person looking up at her.

It was Alice.

"Hey Kagome," she said.

Kagome looked at her as if she were crazy."What're you doing outside at this time of night," she asked.

"Coming to see you. I thought maybe you were still feeling bad. Also, do you want to do something?"

"Such as?"

"Going to town. I want to go shopping," said Alice.

"At this time of night?"

"Yup."

"You must be criminally insane," replied Kagome.

"I've been told that," she said as a smile came onto her face.

Kagome laughed. "To that comment, I'd love to go shopping with you," replied Kagome.

Alice laughed. "Alright, hurry up then. I won't wait for long."

"I know," said Kagome as she turned around.

She headed over to her bathroom and took a quick shower. She got out and put on a pair of skin tyte black-blue jeans and put on a turquiose-blue silk top with ruffles in front of the chest area. Leaving enough room to not show any cleavage and slipped down the window onto the ladder that was just underneath her window. Her father had been paiting recently and had left it out. She climbed down the ladder and ran to Alice's Yellow Porsche and sat in the passenger's side.

"You ready," asked Alice.

"Sure thing," replied Kagome.

"What do you want to get?"

"Um...I don't know. Anything really."

"All right. Do you need clothes or anything?"

"Maybe some more shirts."

"All right, then let's go and get some," grinned Alice.

They drove down the back roads in order to get into town. Those roads could've been considered dangerous because of the way they would wind and curve into the hill-side. It made it much more dangerous because of the time of night that they were both out at. They passed by the several houses and stop signs. Everything was so much more interesting at night. Or so Kagome had begun to think. She enjoyed going with Alice and having some sort of fun.

It made things easy.

The stress of the months that she had spent in isolation; were over. She would never allow herself to go back into such a phase. Like any phase, it had come and gone. She was quite happy with the one that she was in now. She didn't care what others had to say. She was going to be herself and that was all that mattered. Hanging out with the Cullens, or not. She was Kagome. She was a beloved daughter and friend to many and was happy with that.

Kagome put her hand onto the car door and looked at Forks. It was beautiful at that time of night. Though most of the lights were off, the ones that still remained, made the town look like a celestial city. With the crashing waves to the west, and the amusment park to the north. It was a perfect place and she loved it all the same. It was a paradise in the middle of nowhere. It was an oasis in the middle of a desert. Where plants would grow and water was an abundance.

She then looked over at Alice. Alice had been there with her ever since they had met each other. The girl seemed to have some of the best timming skills ever known to Kagome. Alice knew exactly where she was and so on. She found this odd but she was all right with it somehow. Alice is what Kagome would picture a pixie to be. Alice was maybe 4'8 and had short pixie hair. She was very energetic. She could jump pretty high for someone of her stature.

She smiled.

A true friend indeed.

They continued on their way through Forks. Kagome could tell where they were going. Alice was going to try and take them to Seattle. So she had been correct in the statement that she had wanted to go shipping. She wanted to do some big time shopping. Kagome was all right with that but how was she possibly going to explain to her father what had happened. She knew that he would find out.

Alice looked at her. "You okay," she asked.

Kagome looked back. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired since a certain someone had to come and get me in the middle of the night," replied Kagome.

Alice laughed. "It's techinically my way of saving you from boredom."

"At night time?"

"Precisely."

"Remind me to ask Carlisle what kind of medication he gives you and ask for some," laughed Kagome.

Alice laughed along with her. Their laughter filled the car. Everything was going right for a change. Their laughter died down. "You can go to sleep," suggested Alice.

"I will. Better remember to wake me up," replied Kagome.

Alice smirked. "Don't remind me. You are cranky when you're woken up."

"Wouldn't you know," Kagome said sarcastically.

"Go to sleep, Kagome."

"Yes, mom," Kagome replied as she fell asleep.

Alice looked at her and smiled. She noticed that her friend had finally gone to sleep. She wondered what would keep Kagome up for so long but she already knew what it was. It was the heartache that she had gone through because of a certain wolf. She knew what Kagome had gone through and what Kagome was. Alice had told her whole family. She had had plans to ask Kagome about that while they were out that day.

She would have time.

oOo

When Kagome had fallen asleep, Alice had dramatically increased the speed of the car. Right now, she was pushing about a hundred-miles an hour. She liked it the fast way and there was nothing that anyone could say to stop her. Not even Kagome. She had come close to Kagome over the last couple of months and she was glad for that. She had seen visions of Kagome many times but now they were finally coming true. She knew that whatever was going to happen that night was going to be very important.

Very, very important.

They had finally made it to Seattle. Alice looked over at Kagome and had begun to nudge her awake. "Kagome," she cooed. "It is time to wake-up."

Kagome groaned. "Five more minutes, dad," was her response.

Alice tried again.

"Please...f-five...more minutes."

"Kagome," Alice said softly as she nudged her again.

Groggy, Kagome opened her silver-blue eyes and looked into Alice's amber-golden ones. Kagome sighed. She had guessed that they were already at the destination that they had wanted to go to. Like a minx, Kagome gave a cat-like stretch and had begun to sit up. "We're here," she asked.

"We are. Are you hungry?"

Her stomach rumbled. "Now that you mention it, I am," she replied with a small smile.

"All right. Let's go then. I just parked at a McDonalds."

"Okay."

They both got out of the car and walked into McDonalds. Kagome ordered something and sat down and had begun to start eating. Alice looked at Kagome. Kagome had been eating her food quite fast. It seemed as though she had been starving. Alice had remembered when she was human. She used to crave all types of food. She smiled at the thought. Everything was different now that she was a vampire. It didn't mean much to her or anyone for that matter.

"You must've been hungry," Alice teased.

Kagome looked up. "I am."

Alice looked out the window. "Kagome. I know what you are," Alice said.

A/N: New chappie yay! And a cliffy. OMG, I am mean! no this is still kagome and jacob. thanks for your reviews.

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