A/N: Here is the real faze two, still not the BIG date but its still one of my favorite parts of the three faze date.

I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT

Ch.21

Bpov

I grin as I drive down the almost solitary road, Alice's voice breaks my concentration. "You missed them." She states. I look at her from the corner of my eye and look back to the road. I nod. "I did." I say.

"Why? Don't you see them often?" She asks. I frown "I… I haven't really been around since, um, Charlie died." I say quietly. "Oh, I'm so sorry." Alice's voice gasps. I grin at her and shake my head. "Don't worry about it. It's cool, I just. I got pretty lost after he died… hell I'm still lost. The only plus is now I have a flash light." I say giving her a grin I just don't know how long the battery will last. I think to myself.

I feel her hug my arm. "I'm here for you, Bella. Whenever you need someone to talk to or just someone there, I'm here. I won't let you down and I won't hurt you." She says softly. I nod and kiss the top of her head. "I know, It's just… a challenge to open up" I say.

She nods against my arm and still holds me tightly. After a few minutes we reach the trail mark. I close the roof up and climb out grabbing things. Alice grabs the cooler and I grab the quilt and food. "Its not to far, maybe a mile or two." I say. She nods and we start up the trail until a windy curve. I walk through the trees and I hear Alice stop.

I look back to see a confused Alice. I grin. "Come on, I'm not going to kill you." I say rolling my eyes. She giggles and walks behind me. "Sorry I just… I thought we were going to stay on the trial." She says. I chuckle. "Since when do I ever follow the rules?" I ask.

I hear Alice giggle behind me and we start walking again. After around fifteen minutes we finally get there. I stop and look at Alice, I grab the bandana I always keep in my back pocket and motion for her to turn around. She frowns. "What are you…" She trails off when I wrap it around her eyes. "Shh… give me a moment to set it all up and I'll be right back, do not walk around. You're just going to get hurt." I say as I grab the small cooler from her feet and walk over the huge bush and to the lovely meadow.

I ignore the stabbing pain or the sadness and quickly set up, I place the basket and cooler on the side of the blanket and use big stones to anchor it there. After I'm sure everything looks perfect I walk back out of the meadow and to a sitting Alice. I chuckle and stop infront of her. "What are you doing?" I ask and she jumps.

"Shit, Bella. I didn't hear you, you scared the crap out of me." She says laughing slighty. I chuckle. "Sorry, I just… got used to walking quietly. Anyway come on." I say grabing her arm and pulling her up.

I walk her through the thinning trees and threw the thick ferns and big bush and into the meadow. I stop right at the edge of the meadow and pull the bandana from her eyes gently. "This used to be my happy place." I say quietly.

Apov

"This used to be my happy place." Bella says quietly as she lifts the bandana out of my eyes. I squint in the light until my eyes adjust and I stare in shock and awe. Its breathtaking, amazing and looks like it came out of a fairytail. I try to hold in my shock but my face is a frozen mask of shock.

Deep green's on the walls, the huge bushes around it with the upper part of the perfect circle in with the deep brown trunks of the trees. It's a small clearing a meadow. Its filled with wild flowers all vibrant colors and perfectly attuned.

Bright pink, deep purple, soft blue, light green, white, violet, red, soft yellow, deep blue and soft pink. I stare in pure shock at all the wild flowers in the perfect cirle of a meadow. "Its beautiful." I say. I look to the side to see Bella looking down and a smile on her lips.

I smile back at her, she clears her though and shifts. "Um, theres a stream a few feet threw those branches and if you follow it down theres these hot springs that are amazing. The hikers normaly go to the upper mountain for the big ones but I find these to be better." She says quietly. I smile at her. "How did you find this place?" I ask.

Bella leads me to where she set up the blanket in the middle of the meadow and sits down. I sit next to her and she clears her throat. "Um, I…I was out training with Charlie and I just stumbled upon it. I haven't been here in a long time." She sighs looking around the meadow.

I frown. "How come?" I ask. She looks at me and sends me a soft grin. "Once Charlie died…I… really didn't have a mind for much." She admits looking at a flower to the side of her. I frown deeper. "You don't have to talk about it." I say, she looks up and smiles at me. "I know, I… I want you to know me. The true me, its just… difficult to let my guard down." She says frowning and plucking the flower from where it was rooted.

She looks at it in her hand for a moment before holding it out for me. "You can ask me any questions you wish, I will try my best to answer them." She says to me as I take hold of the deep red flower. I give her a smile and I see a glint in her eyes before she looks up at the sky.

I think for a moment and remember what she said before taking my blindfold off. "This used to be your happy place?" I ask. She closes her eyes and nods once. "It was." She says quietly. I frown. "How did it stop?" I ask quietly. I don't want to offend her or push her.

I just… I want to know her. I want to know why she's so guarded and what made her that way. I want to know the way she reacts to some subjects and the reason behind it. For now this is my only chance to ask her questions and I'm going to take it. Questions first apology's later.

She opens her eyes slowly and looks me in the eyes for a moment. "It stopped being that place when Charlie died. Material things… they meant nothing to me afterwards. Nothing did… somethings still don't matter to me. There all just filled with taunting memory's." She says looking in my eyes for a moment longer guarding my reaction.

I keep my face neutral and nod once. "Ok, and… why do you call your dad Charlie?" I ask. She stares at me for a moment before cracking a grin. "He hated it when I called him Charlie, he always wanted me to call him dad… even when we were training. I just got used to calling him Charlie behind his back because… for most of my childhood he was always on tours and what not." She say, her eyes glassy with a far away expersion on them.

"It was always me and my mom, on the odd ocacions that he was home I would call him Dad but once he left he was back to being Charlie. And when…" She traills off shaking her head and letting out a shaky breath "When, um. My mom died… he came back and stayed for good. I was already a semi teenager and was rebelling against him for some stupid reason." She says chuckling. "I would call him Charlie. He… he stared being dad to me the night… um… I can't. I'm sorry." She says shaking her head and her jaw clenching.

I watch her from where I sit as she clenches and unclenches her jaw, her hands fisted, her eyes closed tightly, and a small tremor running through her back. I reach forward tentatively and touch the back of her clenched hand, she flinches back. My eyes go wide and I freeze and she opens her eyes and takes a few deep breaths.

"S-sorry. Re-re-reflex." She says quicky. "Just… give me a-a mom-ment to calm d-down." She stutters. I am frozen, she's stuttering and she looks so… breakable. What happened to her? One moment she was tough ever challenging Bella and now… she looks like a haunted girl.

I wish I could pull her to me and hug her to me and tell her she's ok but, I have a feeling that would do more harm then good. After a few minutes… or five she breaths in relaxed and her muscles lossen. She looks at me from under her bangs. "Sorry, just… got lost in thought." She says.

I nod. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to feel uncomfortable." I say quickly. She smiles at me. "Alice, its not your fault. I shouldn't have let the memory come at me like that. I'm good, trust me." She says giving me a grin.

It doesn't reach her eyes, they still look haunted to me. I nod, hiding any emotion form my face. "So, um. I call him Charlie because it hurts less to call him by the name of the father that I didn't get to see all that much. Then calling him Dad and morning the loss of my protector." She says not looking at me.

She's leaning forward grabing two cans of coke from the mini cooler and hands one to me. I smile at her. "Thanks." I say. She nods and cracks hers open an takes a drink. "Any more questions?" She asks with a smile. I chuckle. "Oh, just around a million more." I say.

Bella lets her head fall forward and chuckles at me, I savor the sound of her soft almost musical chuckle. "I want to know everything about you." I say. She looks back at me. "What if what you find scares you, Alice?... My past isn't all that nice." She says.

I roll my eyes. "Your not going to scare me off, if that's what your wondering." I say, she rolls her eyes. "Of course not, who would ever think the pixie would be scared." She says sarcastically and gives me a grin and I laugh at her. "Your crazy." I say.

She grins at me. "Only for you." She says her voice smooth and even. I look in her eyes for a long moment before looking down and bite my lip to keep from smiling like an idiot. I run a hand through my short hair trying to process this girl, she's so confusing.

I feel a warm hand cup my cheek and lift it up to stare at her. She runs her thumb from my jaw line to my lips where she tugs on my lip to pull it from my mouth. Her warm black brown eyes, they burn in to my hazle eyes.

She leans forward for a moment and once were an inch apart she stops for a moment. I slowly cup her cheek and look in her eyes. "Alice.." She say quietly. I smile slightly at her half hooded eyes before pulling her head to mine.

Our lips touch and all I can focus on is the electric current running all through my body. The buzz behind my skin making it hard to consentrate on anything that isn't Bella. Her free hand grab's by hand –the one with the soda- and she takes the can away from me before discarding it somewhere.

A moment passes and then she starts to lean forward, pushing me back. I let her, loving the feeling of her covering me. Her strong and warm body making a barrier against the outside world.

Right now she has me pinned against the soft blanket, one hand on my neck her thumb grazing over my jaw line every once in a while. Her other is next to my head, her elbow holding her weight off of me.

My hand is on her neck and the other in her hair. I feel Bella shift above me for a moment then stay still. I frown a bit, what's up with her? I slowly break the sweet kiss. I'm breathing a bit more heavy then usual but nothing unmanageable. I can stop the smile that creeps on my face when Bella pulls back and opens her eyes.

"Your to tempting when you bite your lip." She says quietly before touching her lips to mine again quickly licking my bottom lip before pulling back. I slowly start to get up and look at Bella who is sitting Indian style in front of me.

She gives me a grin and I playfully glare at her. "That wasn't nice." I tell her. She grins wide almost turning in to a smirk. "Really? I thought it was fabulous." She says. I smile at her. "Oh, it was. It just wasn't nice to tease me." I say. She lifts one eyebrow. "You tease me on a daily basis. It seemed fair for you to have a taste of your medicine." She says with a shrug.

I grin at her and lean forward until I'm an inch away from her. "Then good thing my dad's a doctor, isn't it?" I ask. "How so?" She asks her eyes glued to mine. I grin. "He taught me to like drinking medicine." I say before leaning forward quickly and connecting our lips.

I kiss her for a long while, both of us on our knees body's pressed together. I let my hand drop from her shoulder and I tap her leg, trying to communicate without having to breath the kiss.

Bella stays put as she is and continues to kiss me, I fight the urge to roll my eyes as I hook my hand behind her knee and pull towards me. Bella losing her balance falls back on her butt and I try to fight my laugh at her shoked face.

I can't help it and giggle as I lean forward and touch my lips to hers, giggling in between kisses. "You should…. Have just… listened to me." I say kissing her. She places a hand on my cheek and the other on my neck pulling me even closer. "I didn't know… what… this… meant." She says mimicking the double tap on my leg.

I hear her humm and then I remember for a moment I am wearing a short skirt with thin blue leggings, a fitting blue long sleeved shirt with a black cardigan and skirt. She kisses me pasionetly, not moving her hand from my leg. Instead she hooks her hand behind my leg and she starts to lean back.

I can't protest, it's what I wanted. I straddle Bella's lap and continue to kiss her while she moves her thumb on my leg. She doesn't move her hand and I don't know whether to be happy or frustrated.

A soft moan escapes me when Bella tugs on my hair and I can feel her smirk againt my lips before I lean forward more and have her pinned under me. After a moment I pull away grinning and sit back, Bella sits up and gives me a grin and reaches to the side for her can of soda.

I reach forward and grab mine and take a drink of it. "So… you never really told me about Phoenix." I say. Bella looks at me for a moment and shrugs. "What do you want to know about it?" she asks again.

I shrug. "What do you miss the most?" I ask. She frowns for a moment. "The house where I lived in most of my life." She says. I turn my head to the side. "Why?" I ask. She snorts a bit in to her can before chuckling. "Because… it has all the memories of my mom and dad. In a way it is better and in another its worse. But… Phoenix, it has way to many bad memories." She says taking a drink of her soda.

I frown, I know it's where her mom died but… what else happened to have so many bad memories. I don't want to push her so I change the subject. "Favorite music genres." I ask. She smiles. "Rock." She says. I raise an eyebrow. "Oh? So you're a rocker chick?" I ask.

She rolls her eyes and shrugs. "I like all type's of music really. All depends on my mood but rock is one of my favorites." She says. I nod and she redirects the question to me. "I like pop and dance music." I say.

She grins. "Not surprised." She says and reaches for the baskets and grabs some food and places it infront of us. I smile. "Why is that?" I aks. She shrugs "You look like a dancer." She says poping a Dorito in her mouth.

I lift an eyebrow in question as I take a chip and eat it. "Um, well, you know. You look… dancy." She mumbles. I look at her and laugh. "Dancy?" I ask. She sighs. "Fine, the truth is well… you look like a ballerina, you walk with grace." She says.

I smile and laugh softly. "I used to do ballet when I was younger, but I grew out of it." I say. She laughs. "You grew out of it?" She asks and I pout. "Must you poke fun at my height?" I ask.

She shrugs. "Not really, so if it bugs you I will stop." She says. I shrug. "Nah, I'm over the whole being short thing." I say. She nods and smiles as she leans forward to wisper in my ear. "If you ask me, you being so short is really adorable… and sexy." She adds and pulls back.

I shudder for a moment and grin. "Tease." I say. She laughs. "If anything you're the tease, no one should be allowed to be so sexy." She says with a grin. I raise an eyebrow. "So, you think I'm sexy?" I ask. She gulps a bit and nods. "Incredibly so." She says eating yet another chip.

I grin, sweet! She things I'm sexy. "But, don't start getting ideas, I'm adamant at keeping you all to myself." She says smirking at me. I smile. "So, no wild three-some in the girls locker room, huh?" I ask jokingly. Bella who was taking a drink of her soda laughs and starts to cough.

I laugh. "Fuck, that burns." She says couching. I try to hold in my giggles but fail and I hear Bella growl at me. "You think that's funny?" She asks. I look in her eyes and she theres a bit of mirth there but can't help that the look on her face is way to funny.

I giggle even more. "Hahaha, sorry, but, hahaha, yeah your funny, hahaha." I say laughing. I hear Bella growl at me and before I know it I'm pinned against the blanket her hovering over me with a cocky expression on her face.

"Let's see how funny I can be, no?" She asks her eyes burning in mine before she lowers her lips to graze mine. She trails her lips down to my neck and starts to nibble at the skin there. "Shit." I breath when she start to place open mouth kisses on my neck.

She kisses the hell out of my neck and before I can take it she lifts her head up and kisses me. She kisses me with a hunger I don't think I have ever felt from her, a primal hunger that I can't wait to figure out.

But, before it can get to anything Bella pulls away and rolls over to the side panting. "Not so… funny now… huh?" She asks in between pants. I look over at her to see a shit eating grin on her face. I laugh. "No… not funny at all." I say shaking my head.

She leans on one elbow and leans forward to place a peck on my lips before she pulls away and sits on the blanket next to me. She reaches around me for a peice of fruit and pop's in a grape in her mouth.

"So, how you liking the meadow?" She asks feeding me a grape. I grin and take it from her hand and chew carefully before swallowing and answering. "Its amazing, thank you for trusting me enough to bring me here." I say looking up at her.

She smiles down at me for a moment. "Anytime, I just want to show you… truly show you that your not just some other girl to me. Your not like anyone I have ever met and I have never felt this comfortable with anyone other then you, I just want to show you that you mean a lot to me." She says quietly looking in my eyes, when she finishes what she says she averts her eyes to one of the bushes on the far side of the meadow.

I sit up a bit and capture her hand in mine. She looks at me for a moment before I hug her tightly. "You mean a lot to me too." I say and hug her to me. She wraps her arms around me and hugs me tightly, after a long moment of silence she breaks it.

"You know, you really have made me a wuss. I used to be all tough and stuff but you have made me soft." She says jokingly. I pull away in mock offence. "Why, Bella. I would never! If anything you were always a wuss as you say and just covered it up by being so guarded." I joke to her.

She places a hand on her chest. "You hurt me woman." She says. And we share a look before exploding into laughter. After we calm down she pokes my sides and I squirm being as tickleish as I am. "I can't believe you called me a wuss." She says poking me. I laugh and squirm. "Darling, you called yourself a wuss, I just told you what you called yourself." I remind her.

She rolls her eyes and brings the sole of her hand to her forehead in a face palm movement. "Oh, right sorry." She says sarcastically eating a berry from her hand. I sit up completely and Bella shifts a bit to be an inch away from me. She grabs some more food and motions for me. "Eat, Alice. If you don't you're going to vanish in thin air." She jokes. I roll my eyes. "Like your any better." I say.

Bella laughs. "This," She says motioning to her whole body "Is all muscle honey." She says with a grin. I let my eyes roam over her slowly but her clothes are to baggy, I sigh. "Your clothes are to baggy, I could never tell." I say with a shrug as I pop a chip in to my mouth.

She smirks. "Like you have never seen me." She muses rolling her eyes. I gasp. "I haven't." I say. She smirks. "Hmm… then I guess I broke a rule haven't I?" She says seriously. I gasp at her. "What?!" I ask. And Bella falters, she cracks a smile and starts laughing so hard tears come out of her eyes.

"Oh my god, I can't believe… you actually… fell for it…. oh my god… your face…. So worth it…" She says in between laughs. I breath a sigh of relief and mock punch her arm. "You thought that was funny huh?" I ask before I start tickling her. Which causes her to laugh again that she's grabing her sides. "I can't… breathe… Alice… stop…" She says knocking my hands out of the way.

I free one and keep tickling her until she leans forward and pins both my hands above my head. She grins down at me before hiding her head on my shoulder trying to catch her breath. She doesn't loosen the hold she has on my hands. She stays there so long I actually think she feel asleep.

If it weren't for her tight hold on my hands I would swear she's sleeping. Her head is in my neck and her breathing is even. "Bella… you asleep?" I ask softly. Her shoulders shake a bit and her head shakes against my shoulder. "No, just comfy." She says, her voice muffled by my shoulder.

I lean my head back down an just cherish the feeling of the sun on my skin. I tug a bit on my hands and surprisingly she lets them go, I roll up my sleeves and place a hand on her hair and start to run my hands through it.

I sigh and lean back just staring at the sky, after what seems like an eternity but could possibly just be half an hour she stirs and lift herself up off from me. "You are very comfy. Like a soft pillow." She says before sitting up. I chuckle. "Why thank you, its an off day when someone tells me I'm not comfy." I say.

Bella chuckles. "Why don't we finish up this picnic and then I can take you home so you can get ready for faze three of our date." She says. I lift an eyebrow "I though you were kiddng. This is only part of the date?" I aks. She nods "Yup, the real mind blowing part of the date will be later tonight. I'll have you back at eleven sharp don't worry, make sure to tell your parents that." She says.

I nod and with that we spend a couple of hours more in the meadow. Just talking and eating and lying down. At one point we layed down and started picking images from clouds.

Bella wouldn't though, she would just stare at the sky lost in thought before I would pick one out and she would smile and laugh and agree. She never offered an image from the clouds and that just got me to think… does she even know the purpouse of this small game.

"Bella, you do know your supposed to offer some images right?" I ask looking to the side. We were both laying down but with my head propped on her stomach so we formed the 'T' She looks down at me, her head being propped up by the basket and shrugs. "I don't see anything up there unless you point it out." She says.

I frown. "What you mean?" I ask. She looks down at me for a moment and I can see the battle in her eyes, before she takes a breath. "I just… its stupid really but all I see are big blobs of clouds… I don't really have an imagination per say." She says.

I turn to give her my full attention. "What do you mean you don't have imagination? Everyone does." I state. She nods. "I know, I just. I can't pick out a shape in them and chose what to imagine. But, once you tell me what one looks like I can see it. Its weird, that's why I say I just don't have an independent imagination. Mine is strictly dependant." She says with a small smile.

I frown… maybe I should ask Carlisle about that… "Don't worry Alice, I talked about it with a doctor. He says its some form of delayed post tramatic stress. Nothing to serious." She says running a hand through my hair.

I give her a small smile and nod. "Good." I mumble before return to the game. After half an hour more Bella sighs. "The clouds are going to cover the sun any moment now, let me get you back home before it starts raining." She says. I frown, I don't want to leave. I look up at the sky and see that she's right.

The clouds are moving in quickly. With a sigh I get up and stand, Bella chuckles at my expression. "Don't worry, I'll bring you back here anytime you want." She says giving me a first in my eyes crinkly grin.

I smile brightly at her, she's letting me in. I can tell, I've found out so much about her today and her about me. Its great and just to think, we have another part of this date to have later today. Nothing can falter my mood.

Bella and I start to pick up our stuff and placing everything trash like in a bag to be disposed off in the trash bin at the beginning of the trail. Once were set up to walk Bella empties out the empty cooler letting the ice on a corner and gives me the empty plastic bin.

I roll my eyes and grab the trash bag before she reaches it. "I can handle some weight Bella." I say rolling my eyes. She sends me a small smile. "Sorry, I'm just used to.. yeah." She says shaking her head.

We make our way into the forest and after twenty mnutes were back in the car driving down the road. Bella honks loudly when we pass the store and I guess that's her way of telling them she's back.

Before I know it, Bella is pulling up to my driveway. She places the car in park before turning to look at me with a grin. "I'll see you tonight." She says. I nod. "Tonight." I say. She leans forward a bit but stops right in front of my lips. "What are the chances Emmett is going to push me against my car again if I kiss you?" she asks.

I giggle. "Slim to none." I say placing a hand on her neck. "Hmm… I like those chances." She says before bringing me to her for a quick kiss. She leans back and shrugs at me look. "I'm not taking to many chances when it comes to your siblings." She says.

I laugh and get out of the car and she looks at me in shock. "You can handle the door?" She asks. I roll my eyes. "Yeah, I can." I say. She frowns. "So then why do you always act like you have trouble with it?" She asks. I grin sheepishly. "I like it when you open the door for me." I say.

I look up to see her grin. "Good, I like that detail too." She says before leaning forward and giving me a quick peck before I close the car door and walk to my front door. I hear her honk when she pulls out and I chuckle. I open the door and lean against it for a moment before making my way to the kitchen. "Mom, I'm home." I say.

Mom looks behind her and smiles. "Hi, honey. Have a great day with Bella?" She asks. I nod and smile. "Yeah, we had an amazing breakfast and an awesome lunch picnic. And later tonight she's taking me out." I say smiling. Mom beames at me. "I'm so happy for you honey, I'm glad you two are having fun. You deserve some time alone after how your siblings have acted." She says.

I nod. "Yeah, thanks mom. Well, I'm gong to take a nap." I say before turning on my heels and heading out. I'm in the doorway when my phone buzzes. I stop and read the text I received.

'Hey, Al. Sry but I'll need to pick you up at 8, I need to fix a little detail that has been ruined by the rain. Remember to tell your parents when you will be back. See ya! ~B

I chuckle before typing back.

'Ok, its cool. More time for my nap. I'll tell them, till then. ~A

Her reply is almost immediate.

'Awww, your like a cat with its naps! I'll see if I can call you Allicat! So adorable, lol. Anyway you better! I don't want them thinking I kidnapped you, later. ~B

I roll my eyes and go back to the kitchen were Esme is at. "Mom, I'll be leaving at eight and I'll be back at eleven." I say to her. She turn and smiles. "Alright honey, just be careful. Better late and alive then early and dead." She says.

I nod. "Will do." I say and yawn. "As for you, go take your nap Alice. Your tired." Mom says. I smile softly and go to her and hug her, I snuggle in deeper when she hugs me back. "I love you, mom." I say. Mom sighs happily. "I love you too, Alice." She says giving me one final squeeze before shooing me to my room.

I walk over to my desk and place the deep read wild flower there next to a pad of paper before i head back to my bed. Once I get there I sigh and drop down on my bed. I snuggle in to my bed and set my alarm quickly for seven, that will give me a hour to get ready. Before letting sleepiness consume me.

A/N: Awww, cute chapter! Alice all sweet and Bella so open, don't worry nothing is wrong with Bella. She's just to depressed to see figures in the clouds its nothing serious. Till the future!