"I'm home!" I shouted as I entered the house with Alice behind me. I imagine Uncle Charlie was here.
"I'm in the kitchen." He replied as we walked toward there. He was sitting at the table. "I didn't realize that you brought company. Hello Alice."
"Hello Chief Swan." Alice reciprocated.
"So you weren't lying about knowing each other." I commented.
"Nope." Alice agreed.
"I didn't know that you two knew each other." Charlie responded. "You didn't tell me that you made any friends."
"You didn't really ask." I said as I shrugged my shoulders. I turned to Alice. "So what were we going to do anything?"
"I was thinking that we could work on our homework a little, maybe watch some TV. I assume you don't have any video games." She replied.
"I can go show you my room." I offered as I led her up the stairs.
My room wasn't all that amazing, it included a television, a few books, this stuffed dog that this guy named Claude gave me when I was a kid and was painted purple. The color was a little strange but it was better than white. And there was also a window which was something that I didn't have in my old room. Oh and there was a bed too.
"What do you think?" I asked.
"I think it reminds me a lot of you. It's not exactly but I like it." She explained. "So how are you adjusting to the move?"
"I like this place a lot better than the old place that I lived." I answered. "I'm still not quite sure where that was. I don't think anyone ever told me of if they did, I probably was not listening. I looked over to Alice and noticed that she was looking out of the window. She had this blank stare on her face. I thought about shocking her but didn't
"Hello?" I asked as I waved my hand in front of her face.
She seemed to come back to reality.
"Sorry I got kind of distracted." She responded.
"What were you looking at?" I asked.
"Just something outside. I don't think it was really anything actually." She said. "Anyway we should probably get to work on our homework."
"That probably won't take me that long." I replied. "I already know much of this math stuff that they're trying to teach me. Oh and I've already read that book for English. I don't really get the point of history though. I mean that stuff already happened, why is it important?"
"It's important because it happened." Alice explained. "Haven't you ever heard those who don't study history tend to repeat it?"
"No I haven't ever heard that." I told her. Though, I had been through some of the company files when I was bored. I guess I can understand that there was some stuff there that they didn't want happening again but that wouldn't be in any of the history books. Actually I think they were wrong. The event of the Kennedy assassination was because some guy named Oswald found that Kennedy had like super intelligence and decided to kill him because he was different. Then Oswald was gonna try to tell people about people with abilities but Company agent, Jack Ruby shot him so he couldn't. I think the books are wrong about of lot of the stuff that happened since the 60s.
"Well the sooner that we get it done, the sooner we can watch TV." Alice bargained. That definitely was the more important thing because I found that I really like the high school shows.
We spent about fifteen minutes working on homework. It really didn't take long because both of us seemed to already know it pretty well. After we were done with that, we turned on Gossip Girl. I'll admit the premise was a little bit stupid. I mean would someone devote a website exclusively to the personally lives of people at one particular school and that voice they used for Gossip Girl was kind of weird. But I did like the characters.
"So who's your favorite character on this show?" Alice asked me. Hmm she seemed to be thinking about the same thing that I was. That was a little weird.
"I think it would be Jenny." I answered. "Only she hasn't really been on this season."
"You know, you kind of remind me of her." Alice remarked abruptly. I wondered what she meant by that and if I should be offended.
"What do you mean?" I questioned.
"I mean that you're both outsiders trying to fit into a new world." She responded.
"I'm not really trying to fit in." I interrupted.
"Well you're still in a new place." Alice continued. "Jenny being into a new school on the other side of town and you're someone who's never to been to school."
"Yeah but I still don't care if people like me or not." I responded. "Well I don't care if everyone likes me. As long as just a few people like me then I'll be okay. And apparently people do seem to like me so everything is good."
We watched the rest of the episode, talking about a few different things. The relationships were really hard to follow in the show. Nate was with every girl in the main cast, Serena dated Dan and Nate. Blair was with Nate, Chuck and now Dan and Chuck was a total manwhore. I guess that's the reason that some people call these shows nighttime soap operas. I had never seen a soap opera so I couldn't be sure.
"So are those rumors about the dating between your family true?" I asked. I didn't really care but it would kind of be good to know.
"Yes Naomi is with Jasper and Rosalie is with Emmett." She clarified. "They've been together for a few years now."
"Are you hungry by any chance because maybe I could get some popcorn or something?" I asked. "I mean I bought some at the store and I really don't want to eat it all by myself."
"No I'm still not hungry. Maybe you could give some to your uncle?" She suggested.
I went downstairs and found that Uncle Charlie watching some sort of sports thing. I wasn't quite sure what it was but I didn't really. I put the popcorn into the microwave and watched as the bag popped before my eyes. I had had popcorn before I had never it being made. After it was done popping, I took out a small bowl and filled it with the white stuff before taking the bag out to the living room.
"Do you want this?" I asked.
"You should ask Alice first." He replied.
"I already asked her and she didn't want any." I told him. "So do you want it?"
"Yeah I guess I could take it." He responded as he took the bag from me. I grabbed my bowl and went back upstairs to find Alice was lying down on my bed.
"You know you're bed is really soft." She commented. Well it was definitely softer than my one back at the facility so I guess that is true. I never noticed before she had really never legs. Sure they were white as snow but they looked absolutely perfect. "Do you wanna lay next to me?"
"I have this popcorn to eat." I said as I put a piece in my mouth. "So what all can you eat?"
"It's really not something that I like to talk about." She responded.
After I finished my bowl, I decided to cave and lay next to her. I put my hand next to hers and pulled it away quickly.
"Whoa you're like freezing cold." I remarked. How the hell cold someone get so cold? "Do you want a blanket or something?"
"Well we don't exactly live in one of the warmest places in the country." She said. "I wouldn't mind a blanket though."
I went over to the linen closet and grabbed a nice soft blanket I went back to my room and Alice was on the floor and the TV was on again. She smiled as I sat down next and drooped it over our shoulders. It definitely added to the warmness factor. We were watching show called Hannah Montana on the Disney channel. I'd seen Disney movies before but I didn't know that they had a channel with shows on it. The show was about a girl who went to school and all that jazz but she also was some sort of singing sensation. It fascinated me someone could pull that off.
"So do you watch this show a lot?" I asked.
"Yeah I haven't missed an episode, even some of the dumb ones." She answered. "You probably don't know but Miley Cyrus is famous in a real life."
"So this show is based on a real person?" I asked in confusion.
"No the character is named Miley after the main actress Miley Cyrus." She explained. "Miley is a singer and an actress and sings all of her own songs."
By the time that we were done watching, Uncle Charlie popped into the room.
"You know it's getting kind of late." He said "Alice should probably get home. That is unless she wants to sleep over or something?"
I smiled brightly. "Do you wanna sleep over?" I asked. I had seen sleepovers and they looked really fun. Sure they usually had more than one person there but that was beside the point. I really hoped that she would say yes. I waited anxiously for her to answer my question.
"Well I would have to call home and ask my parents." She replied as she out from beneath the blanket and went to…the bathroom? Why would she make a call from there? Was she going to be talking about stuff that she didn't want me to hear?" Or maybe she just had to pee and decided to take her phone with her.
For whatever reason that she went in there, I waited in my room for her to return. I mean i kind of wanted to hear what she was saying but I heard somewhere that it's not polite to listen to people when they're on the phone. I never understood why though.
Alice spent a few minutes in the bathroom so I decided to pick the blanket up off of the floor. I also decided to get changed for bed. I decided that I would sleep in a tank top and my underwear. I mean I don't think that Alice would really have a problem with that. She did help pick them out after all. Once I was fully suited for sleeping, Alice walked back into the room with a smile on her face. I wondered if I should assume this as good news.
"They said yes." She beamed.
Hurray for sleepovers. It seems like Alice and Elle's night can only get better. Sure they're not really anywhere closing to being together but this chapter is at least really fluffy. I mean this thing with them sharing the bed and the blanket? I also wanna say happy birthday to Kristen Bell. Please don't forget to review.