Chapter 2: Girl Talk and a Vision
Alice's POV
I knocked quietly on Edward's bedroom door. Of course I knew that Bella would be inside, alone. And of course I knew what she and my little brother had been talking about.
"Edward?" I heard Bella's question quietly on the other side of the door.
"Bella, it's Alice. Can I come in?" I replied, trying to keep my voice from sounding too excited.
"Sure…yeah, come in." she didn't sound completely sure about her decision.
I slowly opened the door to find Bella lounging on top of Edward's gold comforter. She was wearing a blue sweater (Edward loved Bella in blue) and khakis, and she looked a little unhappy to see me.
"Bella, I'm hurt!" I exclaimed in mock astonishment. "No smile or anything. Not even a casual 'Hello, Alice'."
"Hello, Alice." She countered. If I didn't already know why she was unhappy, I would have thought she sounded really tired.
"Bella, is there something you want to talk about?" I questioned, just for her sake; though she probably figured that I already knew. The look that spread across her face and the pitiful little sigh that was emitted from her confirmed it.
"Alice……..you had a vision didn't you?" I think she was asking me, but it sounded more like a statement rather than a question.
I paused for a moment, choosing my words carefully. "Well….um….yeah, I did…."
"…And?" she was beginning to get impatient.
I didn't really know how to reply.
"Alice! Just spit it out!" yes, she was growing very impatient now.
"WellIhadavisionabioutyouandEdwardarguingandIknowwhatitwasaboutandIcannotbelievethathewoulddothattoyouandIamreallyreallyreallyreallysorry!"
"Alice……..breathe!" Bella knew very well that I had no need to breathe, but I probably did need to calm down a little. Plus, she probably didn't understand a word I had just said.
I took a few deep, calming breaths just to humor her and the spoke again, at a normal speed this time.
"Ok, Bella. I had a vision about your argument with Edward and I just can't believe it! How could he do that to you?"
"Alice, he does have reasons….and really good ones, but…I just……I don't really care about the reasons anymore. I think my body takes over my brain when I'm around him and I just kind of lose control." She began to blush her usual bright red.
"Well, that's perfectly understandable. I mean, if Jasper didn't have the ability to control my emotions then the same thing would happen to me when I'm around him!" I wasn't sure if Jasper would be very happy with me for sharing our personal life with Bella, but she was like a sister and I definitely could not talk about this with Rosalie. Besides, it had been a long time since I'd had a real girl talk and the girls in our family were not the people to talk to: Rose did not make talking about stuff like that easy, and with Esme, even though I love her so much, it's just a little awkward talking to her about it.
"Thanks, Alice." She replied, not meeting my eyes.
"Anytime, that's what sisters are for. Plus, I also enjoyed this! I like talking to you. Rosalie is just a little too…….what's the word I'm looking for?"
"Full of herself?" Bella finished, instantly regretting what she said.
"Ha ha, yeah, sort of." I giggled, hoping that it would help her realize that she didn't have to feel bad about what she said. Rosalie was full of herself, and we all knew it.
Bella's POV
Omigod! I can't believe I just said that about Rosalie! And to her own sister……but why was I worried? Alice of all people would understand where I was coming from, plus the way she was giggling uncontrollably made me positive that she agreed with me.
All of a sudden, Alice stopped giggling and her face became blank. I had seen her like this before, this is what happened to Alice when she was having one of her visions. I knew it would be over in a minute so I just sat and waited to hear what it was about….that is if she would tell me. Sometimes Alice kept her visions from people for their 'safety' or because she didn't think that they wanted to know, or something ridiculous like that.
Finally, she broke from her trance with a pleased look on her face. It looked like she would implode with excitement in about three seconds so I decided to save her and just ask what she had seen
"Alice?...what was it about?" if it was possible, I think her smile got even wider and her excitement was building out so much that she screamed….really high…and really loud!
"Alice…Alice…..SPIT IT OUT!!" my impatience was growing as much as her excitement and I couldn't take it much longer.
"Well, I think that what I saw in my vision will make you…………..well……I think it will make you very happy!"
"Alice, no cryptic messages, just tell me what you saw!" ok, this is it! She's driving me crazy, why doesn't she just say it already?
"Well, in my vision I saw you and Edward a little more than a month from now. It's after the wedding but you're not a vampire yet. It was you and Edward in this very bed…..eww! I don't think I can sit here anymore!" she jumped up in mock disgust.
"Alice, what were we doing?" I hope she'll say that we're doing what I'm thinking about doing in this bed, but I didn't dare say anything. I didn't even let my excitement into my voice. After all, what if I got my hopes up and it was something else?
There was a light knock at the door and Alice quickly changed subject. Edward slowly opened the door and peered inside.
"Alice, stop singing that song!!" apparently to cover up our previous conversation, Alice must have been singing an annoying song over and over in her head. And by the look on Edward's face, it was driving him absolutely crazy.