It's Always Been You

"It has been exactly 30 minutes and I was calling to see if you needed rescuing from your so called 'date' yet. So do you?"

Edward smiled at the thought of his petite best friend 'rescuing' him from anything.

"You have no idea," he answered her.
"Well I have pizza, ice cream, and old black and white movies if you wanna come over. Just tell Jessica you have a family emergency or something."

"I'll be there in 20."
"Hurry up before I eat all the food."
"Yes, Ma'am," he said, hanging up and returning to the table to tell Jessica the tragic (completely false) story he told all the other vapid, shallow girls- his dog died. Not very original maybe, but it got him away.

Exactly 23 minutes later he was knocking on the door of the downtown apartment his best friend had fallen in love with the moment she saw it.

A split second after he rapped his knuckles against the door, it swung open. She must have been standing there waiting for him.

"About time you got here," she said, placing her hands on her hips in mock outrage.

"Sorry about that, but I did bring you some cheesecake," Edward said as he held up the little box containing the dessert.

"Fine, you're forgiven. This time," she told him as she took the box from his hands.

Edward simply smirked as he stepped into the apartment, letting the door fall shut behind him.

"So on a scale of boring to slut, how bad was this one?" She asked as they both settled down onto her plush couch.

"Can we not talk about my terrible love life right now?"

"Oh fine," she answered, stretching out and placing her bare feet on his lap. "But I just don't understand why you don't like any of your dates recently.

He knew the reason, and maybe it was about time to tell her. The reason he couldn't get into any of his dates recently was actually her fault. He spent more time thinking about her, and comparing whichever girl he was with to her, than actually listening to the girl unfortunate enough to be on a date with him.

He reached out and began gently rubbing her feet, causing a soft moan to slip through her lips.

"Ok, I will love you forever if you keep that up," she said, sighing happily and letting her eyes drift shut.

"Is that a promise?" Edward asked, leaning closer.

"Hmm?" She asked, opening her eyes again. She jumped a little when she saw how close he had gotten. "Edward, what...?"
"You wanna know why I didn't like any of those other girls?" He asked, reaching up to stroke her cheek. "Because they weren't you."

He closed the remaining distance between them, capturing her soft lips with his own. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer- until she was sitting on his lap. Kissing her was just as perfect as he had always imagined it would be. He ran his tongue along her bottom lip, silently begging for entrance. She parted her lips slightly and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Soon, the need to breathe became to great to ignore. Pulling away only slightly, Edward brushed a strand of dark hair away from her face.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but it's always been you," he said, gazing into her eyes. "I love you Ali-cat."
"About time," Alice said, smiling. "I love you too Edward."

AN: :D I really love shocking my poor readers. But I love you!

I'm going to go hide from the Edward/Bella shippers now. I know I said this chapter should make you happy... and I had fully intended on doing an Edward/Bella chapter. But then, well... this happened. I must say I did seriously consider just making this and Alice/Jasper chapter instead (and honestly, anyone who knows me will know that for me to pair Alice with anyone other than Jasper is just weird) but I do like the way this turned out. And I rather enjoy shocking people.

Thoughts? Reviews are loved.