The Twilight Saga is the rightful property of Stephenie Meyer. I only take credit for my own ideas.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Date Night

It seemed that lately all I've been about were plans. Plans to get my dad back together with his girlfriend, plans to break up with my ex-girlfriend-who-is-now-my-best-friend Holly, and now, I had plans to take out Alice Cullen.

Of course, I had to do something that would top the waterfall. After all, it was almost a date in itself, though technically it wasn't, so I wanted this to be a memorable first date, one that would surely stay with us 'til kingdom come.

"Hey, Bells," Charlie said as he knocked on my door as I was getting ready for school, stuffing a notebook into my backpack. "Can I come in?"

My brow furrowed in confusion as I tried to figure out why he would want to talk to me. Did he know of the date plans I had up my sleeve? Did I do something wrong? "Uh, yeah, sure I guess."

He snorted as he walked in, rolling his eyes before he closed the door. "You guess I can come in?"

"Well, it depends," I said with a shrug. "Am I in trouble?"

"I'm already in your room, aren't I? It's a bit late to ask that question, isn't it?" he winked before he shook his head with a chuckle. "No, actually, I wanted to thank you."

"Oh," I said. "Uh, you're welcome?"

Charlie no doubt caught the questioning tone in my voice, as he let out a small laugh before he gave me a small smile. "Sue told me you came and talked to her."

"Oh," I said as I remembered all that I had done over the weekend. I had a very busy past few days, so it should be normal that I can't remember everything I did right away. "I guess that means the two of you are on speaking terms, right?"

He nodded. "Yeah, we are. She called the station last night and she wanted to know if I could come and see her. I told her I couldn't, because I was about to head out and do my neighborhood patrols, but I promised her that I'd see her later. I was very surprised that Seth let me in the house; I was afraid he'd try to keep me away from her, but he was all smiles."

"Sounds like Seth to me," I said with a shrug. "Well, I'm glad it worked out for you."

"I wouldn't have been able to do it without you, though," he said, gesturing to my bed. I gave a sigh as I sat down, watching him curiously as he sat down next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. "If you hadn't have gone down there and talked to her and let her know she was my Anam Cara…it would probably take months for us to get back together."

I doubt it would be that long, Charlie. "You were miserable and she was torn into pieces. It was the least I could do, especially since you let me live with you having not known me."

"I still don't know you that well, kid. You've only been here a little over a month." He patted my shoulder before he snapped his fingers with a smile on his lips. "I got it. How about you and I spend some father and daughter time together, huh? I'll take you out for dinner tonight, how's that sound?"

"Err," I said before I bit my lip. How was I going to tell him that I couldn't make it without sounding like I didn't want to spend time with him? I mean, I wanted to, but…I needed this, I needed to go on a date with Alice and I didn't know why.

"What? You're too hip and cool for your old man?" he teased with a chuckle. "I mean, I know I'm old but that doesn't necessarily make me lame, alright?"

I shook my head with a laugh. "No, Charlie…I have other plans."

"Oh," Charlie said, his voice showing that he didn't believe it and his eyebrows knitted together to meet in the middle. He thought I was flaking on him because he was my father and I was teenager. Great. "Oh," he said again, realization dawning on his face as his eyebrows relaxed and the corners of his lips tugged upwards. "Date night, huh?"

"Oh, my God," I said standing up. "How the Hell did you figure that one out?" I crossed my arms in embarrassment, looking away as I clenched my jaw. Did I really look like I had plans for a date?

He laughed as he stood up. "Really, Bells, I was only taking a wild shot in the dark. Considering the way you reacted, I know for sure that's what it is. So what are your plans with Alice, eh? Does she know about them?"

"She doesn't know about them because I have a plan," I muttered. "Now, can you get out of here so I can finish what I'm doing in piece? I need to get ready so that I can execute my plans, if you don't mind."

He raised his hands in defense as he backed towards my door. "Alright, alright. I take the hint. You don't want to talk to your old man about girl problems, I get it."

I rolled my eyes. "Not girl problems, Charlie. Inter…species problems." What would the Volturi think if they heard that one of their own kind was mated to a Leanaí an Gealach? Probably pissed, I'd say. "Now get out!" I shooed him away, pushing him out of the room before I locked the door. With a sigh I headed towards my dresser and grabbed a tank top, one that I knew would show off my cleavage; perfect bait for Alice. Since it was mid-September, though, I would have to wear my jacket over my shirt. Granted, I could leave the jacket open, exposing my…assets enough for Alice to drool at the mere sight of me.

A grin grew on my lips as I imagined her face, and I was eager to get to school to follow through with my…devilish plans.

Once my leather jacket was on my shoulders, I grabbed my backpack and nearly ran down the stairs, skipping a couple steps before I reached the landing. Charlie could barely get out a "Goodbye!" as I rushed out of the house and onto my bike, ready to start out my day. I was excited and I wanted very much to start this day out right.

Gunning the engine to life, I headed for the school building and found a parking spot that was next to Rosalie's freshly polished BMW. I had to hide a laugh as I pulled up right next to it, because it was obvious that she had polished it to get rid of the profanity that was painted on the hood, considering her car hadn't been here since.

Rosalie was filing her nails as she stood next to her bear of a boyfriend, trying to keep up the human appearance as he talked football with some jock, one who was in my gym class. Jasper and Alice were talking quietly amongst themselves and Edward, of course, was making out with Jacob on the hood of his Volvo. Gross; they were really lucky I didn't have a hose or a water bottle to splash water to make them stop.

Jane was nowhere in sight, still on her trip for Aro, it seemed, and I was partially glad. That bitch was high on my hit-list, even above Rosalie, as it seemed she had a low regard for life. It was shocking to see that she was on an animal blood diet, as it appeared, to me at least, that she would thoroughly enjoy a life of killing humans and draining them dry of nutrients for her to sustain herself.

I shook my head as I noticed Alice's topaz eyes, they were looking in my direction but not at my face, and a smirk crept across my lips as I realized my plan was working. Time to initiate step one.

Walking over towards Alice with my hands in my pockets, it looked like I had no agenda, except I did notice that Alice laughed as I kicked Jacob's feet, causing his little make-out session with Edward to be interrupted as he turned to glare at me.

"Hey, Alice," I said as I approached her, smirk still plastered on my lips.

"Yes?" she asked after trying to stop herself from laughing. "Is there something you want?"

I nodded, eyeing Jasper carefully. He glanced at Alice who nodded to him, so he let out a sigh. "I'll see you in Algebra, Alice," he said before he headed for the double doors.

"So what is so important that you have to tell me without my brother being present?" she asked before she pursed her lips, her eyes once again inching their way towards my chest.

"I have a question for you, actually," I said with a smirk. "You want to go on a date with me?"

At first Alice kept quiet, eyeing me cautiously as if trying to see if I was playing a practical joke on her, before she nodded. "Why the sudden change in interest?"

"Nuh-uh, I'm not answering that," I said with a wink. "You're just going to have to wait until tonight."

"Tonight?"

I nodded. "Yes, come to my house around six thirty." With that, I waved behind me and headed towards my first class, pleased that step one was a success. Next step, talk to the brother. Lovely.

"Hey," I said as I sat down next to Edward. "Do you really want my forgiveness for what you've done?"

"I thought I had already earned it," Edward said in an incredulous tone, raising an eyebrow warily. "Or did I misinterpret your talking to me?"

"You did," I said. "Just because I talk to people it doesn't mean that I instantly forgive them. You kidnapped me. Were we humans, I could have you arrested for that."

"And I could have you arrested for vandalism," he said.

Mmm, touché. "Yes, but kidnapping is a more serious crime than something as petty as vandalism. You kidnapped me and then you, along with your boyfriend, watched as I was tortured, no matter how brief that was. You didn't say anything and you were just going to keep on watching until you got the answer you wanted."

"You gave us no other choice," he said. "You were threatening to expose us and you knew of our existence, of course we had to stop you."

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, grow a pair. It was an empty threat, I didn't really mean it." God damn, are all vampires this dense? "So do you want me to forgive you or not?"

"I would appreciate it if you did, but considering where this conversation has headed, I'm not sure that's possible at the moment," he said before he faced the front of the classroom.

"Look," I started, "I need you to talk to your boyfriend and tell him to leave me and my…date alone. We'll be going to the top of a cliff there and I don't want to be disturbed, alright?"

Edward's lip twitched before he turned to face me. "You're taking Alice on a date?"

"That didn't answer the question," I replied, crossing my arms.

He pursed his lips and gave me a brief nod. "I'll talk to Jake after school, then."

"Thank you," I said with a small smile. "Also, could you please tell me what kind of animal blood Alice prefers?"

He chuckled. "She's a fan of deer, though I don't see how she'd find their blood delicious. Carnivores have a better taste, in my opinion, and deer blood tastes dull in comparison."

I didn't need your favorite, dude, just Alice's. "Thanks," I said once more just as Mr. Banner walked through the door. Step two completed; next step would have to be setting up for the date.

Regardless, by the time the final bell rang, I was anxious to get to First Beach so I could scope out the area and find the place I felt would be perfect for my date.

It took me about ten minutes to get to First Beach and another ten before I spotted the cliff that looked like it would be the best place to be. I still had to figure out the way up there, but, since a good portion of the trek was through the trees, me and my wolf were calm as we walked around on the shifters territory. It still smelt like them, however, so I had to keep myself from gagging the whole hike.

Eventually, about fifteen minutes later, I made it to a clearing through the trees and found that the cliff overlooked the sea, the waves crashing against the rocks down below. I closed my eyes as I listened to the sound of the calming ocean, children's laughter echoing from down on the beach.

Shaking my head I nodded to myself and threw down my backpack, unzipping it to find the blanket I had stored in there. Spreading it across the ground, I quickly set up a nice picnic area, but the wind was fighting with me. Luckily, however, there were a few rocks I found that I used to anchor the blanket to the ground, keeping it from blowing away.

Once it was secure, I started to take off my clothes so that I would be able shift without tearing them, and I stuffed them into my backpack when I was stark naked. Glancing around, I hurried into the woods before anyone could see me, and I shifted when I could no longer see the sun behind me.

My bones were sore for a minute or two after the change, an obvious sign that I shouldn't have shifted with it being so close to the new moon, but I ignored it and ran through the forest, trying to pick up a trail of deer. After about five minutes with my nose to the ground, I came across a fresh scent, a herd that had passed through here about three minutes prior, and a grin spread across my wolf lips as I turned towards the herd.

There were about ten of them all together, grazing the grass while a buck looked around for any predators. The majority of them were does, one or two were fawns, and there was one other buck, apart from the one that was on lookout, so I decided to settle with a doe.

The buck bleated, however, and they were on the run, so I growled to myself and ran after them, thankful that I was faster than any wolf they'd ever come across before. I tackled the first doe I ran across, dragging my sharp claws into her rear end, and she was down for the count. I shifted back into my skin and picked up the doe, throwing her over my shoulders, before I ran back to my picnic site.

Tossing the doe to the side of the blanket when I got there, I quickly put my clothes back on before I grabbed the thermos that was inside one of the smaller compartments in my backpack, along with a needle and a syringe.

For the next hour I sat on top of that cliff, draining the doe dry of the blood inside her body and emptying it into the thermos I had supplied, and when I had a sufficient amount, I was pleased with myself. That was tiring and monotonous; vampires definitely had an advantage over needles and syringes.

Getting to my feet, I put the thermos back in the backpack and quickly dialed Charlie's phone number, putting the phone to my ear as it began to ring.

"Hello?" he asked. Good, he was home.

"Hey, Charlie," I started, "do you know any good dishes that could be made with deer?"

"Well, I do, yeah," he said after a minute of silence. "Why?"

I shrugged even though I knew he wouldn't be able to see it. "I have a carcass here and I thought it would be best to not let the meat go to waste. Think you can have it done by six thirty?"

He hummed to himself. "That's stretching it, but I think I could make it work. Why?"

"It's for my date tonight. I already supplied the…dinner for her, but I need help making my own."

"Well, do you need help bringing the carcass here? I could drive the cruiser there to get it, since I have a feeling you took your bike?"

Awesome. That would be tremendous help, considering it would look weird if I had a deer carcass over my shoulders as I drive home. "Yes, if you could. Meet me at the parking lot at First Beach."

"Alright, I'll be there in about ten minutes."

Snapping the phone shut, I grabbed my backpack and then I lifted the doe and threw her body over my shoulders before I made the hike down to the parking lot. By the time I got there, Charlie had already arrived, his cruiser parked next to my bike, and he was leaning against his car as he waited for me. The back door was open, and there was a tarp covering the back seat, so it didn't take me long to stuff the carcass into the car.

"That should do it," I said as I closed the back door. "I'll see you at home," I told Charlie as I threw my leg over the bike, quickly gunning the engine to life before I drove home. I arrived home before Charlie, but since I knew I would be out driving later, I parked on the side of the road.

He arrived about a minute after I did and I helped him get the carcass out of the car and into the shed. He grabbed a large butcher knife and gave me a nod. "Alright, it should take me about twenty minutes to get enough meat off of her to make you a venison sandwich," he said with a wink.

I nodded. "I need to do homework, anyway, before Alice arrives."

For the next couple of hours the house soon began to smell like venison, and I had to admit, it smelled delicious. Charlie surely did know what he was doing. By the time it was six o'clock, I could tell that it was getting close to being done and I knew that it was about time I got dressed for my date.

After getting dressed into a nice pair of blue jeans, ones that didn't have any rips in them, and a red v-neck shirt, I was sure to make Alice very happy that she said yes. Of course, it probably helped that I put on a special bra to make my breasts look better, but I would just let Alice think I was au natural.

When I got down to the landing of the staircase, Charlie walked into the living room with a picnic basket, a smile on his face.

"Alright, I made you two venison sandwiches, there is an apple in there as well, and a few napkins. Should that cut it?"

I nodded before I grabbed my backpack and dug around for the thermos, holding it in my hand to show Charlie. "One final thing, first."

"Did you…did you drain that deer of its blood?" he asked. "No wonder there wasn't as much blood on the tarp as I thought I'd see; that makes a lot of sense."

I shrugged. "Have to take care of my date somehow."

A knock came from the door a second after I had spoken, and I quickly put the thermos into the picnic basket, taking it out of Charlie's hands and ushering him out of the room. With a sigh I walked to the door and found Alice standing on the porch, her hair messier than usual, probably from the wind as I didn't see a car in the driveway, and I had to say it, she looked gorgeous in her dress.

It was a goldenrod floral dress, one that barely reached past her knees, and she showed just enough cleavage to pique my interest, but definitely not as much as I was showing.

"Hey," she said with a smile.

"Hey, yourself," I said, trying to keep my eyes from roaming her body. God damn it, she looked stunning. "You look…" hot, sexy, beautiful, gorgeous, "…great."

"You look…great yourself," she giggled. "So where are we headed?"

I grabbed my leather jacket and put it on before I closed the door behind me, handing the picnic basket to her. "You'll see when we get there."

"Meanie," she said, glaring at me.

"I know," I teased as I got on my bike, patting the back. "Do you want to get on or are you just going to stand there glaring at me?"

She stood there for another five seconds before she sighed and got on the back of the bike. "Just drive."

Again it took me about ten minutes to drive to First Beach, and once I got to the parking lot, Alice gave me an incredulous expression. "First Beach, really?"

I shrugged. "Well, we have to hike before we reach the destination, but I figured a picnic by the sunset would be nice."

"Mm," she said, eyeing me carefully before a large grin spread on her lips. "Trying to beat my waterfall present, huh?"

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up and let's start hiking,"

"Fine, fine," she said, though I could still see the mirth behind her eyes. "Are we allowed to talk on this hike?"

"Nope," I said, making sure that my lips made a popping noise at the 'p'. "We can talk when we get there."

She groaned but for the rest of the fifteen minute trek, she kept quiet. When we reached the blanket, the sky was already starting to turn into a beautiful mixture of purple and pink as the sun inched closer and closer to the horizon.

"I've never seen the sunset from this high up before," she said as we sat down on the blanket, watching the colors mix together. "This is beautiful."

"I love nature," I said with a shrug. "I think that most of what Mother Nature gives us is beautiful. Even the rain…"

"You said this was a picnic, right?" Alice asked, raising an eyebrow. "I hope you didn't go to the trouble of making me a sandwich. I don't eat human food, I hope you know."

I snorted. "I'm not that stupid," I said as I reached into the basket and grabbed the thermos. "I prepared this for you."

Her eyebrows knitted together as she took the thermos from my hands and unscrewed the lid. "Deer blood?"

I nodded. "And I didn't let the body go to waste." I grabbed the two sandwiches from the basket and placed them on the blanket. "Venison sandwiches."

She chuckled. "Wow…how'd you drain the blood from the deer?"

"A tiring process that consists of a syringe, a needle, and an hour."

"So why the sudden interest in me?" she asked before she took a swig from the thermos, eyeing me carefully.

I shrugged. "Well, after we kissed I started to think about you in that way and I—"

"You make it sound like you don't want to think about me in that way," she said, raising an eyebrow.

"No, I just had to make sure that my…girlfriend knew that I could no longer be with her."

Alice's eyes grew wide. "Oh, my God! I'm so sorry. I didn't know you had a girlfriend. If I did I would've waited to kiss you. God, I feel horrible."

I chuckled, placing my hand on her shoulder. "Relax, Alice. I'm glad you did kiss me. You showed me that I shouldn't be fooling myself, considering that Holly and I weren't meant to be."

"And we are?" she asked.

A sigh escaped my lips as I looked out over the horizon, trying to find the words, and the courage, to tell her that she's my Anam Cara. "Werewolves only have one true soul mate, one Anam Cara…" I turned to look at her. "And you're mine." Taking a deep breath, I continued. "I didn't know it until you kissed me, but my wolf had picked you the moment I saw you. I didn't notice the changes, as you usually don't until you're already…head over heels for them…but the change is so drastic that you can't love anyone else, even if you were in a relationship prior to finding your soul mate. That's why I had to break up with Holly; because even though I felt no more romantic feelings towards her, it still felt wrong to kiss you when I was going out with her."

"You didn't want to be a cheater," she stated. "I understand that. I just…If I had known, I would've pulled you aside and told you that I…I wanted to go out with you and that I wanted to kiss you."

I rolled my eyes. "I think I got the hint when you watched me when I was in a towel."

She scoffed. "Please. I didn't even know back then that I wanted you. I didn't start to notice until after we had detention together and then…well…I realized you were my soul mate and that we were meant to be together."

"Gosh we sound like a bunch of teenagers," I said in a joking tone. All this talk about soul mates on the first date was almost juvenile, almost like people saying "I love you" after the second day of going out.

"Technically, we are teenagers," she winked before sighing. "But yes, I see what you mean. We could…go slow, if you want to?"

I nodded. Even if we just declared our love for one another. "I would like to go slow, yes, but only if you want to."

"Of course I do," she said with a smile. "But first I want to enjoy this sunset."

We watched the sunset together while enjoying our meal, she was chugging down her blood and I was chewing my sandwich, but our free hands managed to slowly make their way towards one another before we were finally touching. I turned to glance at her and she only gave me a smile before squeezing my fingers softly. I smiled back and watched the sunset the rest of the way.

Once the sun had disappeared over the horizon and the stars made their appearance, we stuffed the dishware back into the basket and laid down on the blanket, gazing at the stars while we held hands.

"This was a perfect first date," Alice said with a sigh. "Thank you, for asking me out."

"Thank you for saying yes," I said turning to face her.

"Please, you wore a tank top that practically threw your breasts in my face. Of course I said yes," she giggled. "Of course, I can't lie, your breasts look better now."

I rolled my eyes. "Don't even get me started on what you look like."

"I bet you want to kiss me now, don't you?" she teased, turned to face me with a smirk.

"And what if I do?"

"Then you should man up and kiss me," she whispered.

I took that as a challenge and leaned forward before I pressed my lips to hers. It was soft and chaste, much like our first kiss, and when I pulled back, she smiled.

"You're a good kisser," she said, smiling.

"Well, not to be modest or anything but yeah," I chuckled.

"Where does that leave us?" she asked, her topaz eyes sparking with a hint of lust.

I shrugged. "It depends on what you want. Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

She hummed briefly. "You know, I think I need time to think on it…"

I gave her a small smack on her shoulder, causing her to giggle.

"Of course I want to be your girlfriend," she said before she pressed her lips to mine. This time, however, as soon they touched she froze.

"What the Hell are you doing here?"

A/N: Uh-oh. I wonder who it could be? Take your guesses in your reviews!

Things were going smoothly until someone decided to be a jerk. First Charlie and Sue got back together and then Bella and Alice were having a nice first date. Want to send the pitch forks to this asshole? Don't. Bella teaches the jerk a lesson. :)

Until next time.