A/N: Awe! I love all the feedback I'm getting on this story! Each and every review seriously puts a smile on my face! I'm glad you all like it so much!
So!
To show appreciation to you, my readers, I drew up a picture of how I imagine our beloved Mary Alice Brandon to look!
The link is on my profile page, lemme know what y'all think, I'm interested :)
Now don't get me wrong, I love Ashley Greene too. She's vair vair sexy.
"I brought you home last night?"
No shit.
"No, Alice, I mean, like, why are you still here? In my room? After bringing me home last night? I mean, you, you stayed the night last night? Why?" I asked, once again, gesturing at her with my arms for emphatic effect and she simply cocked her head at me, once again stunning me with her cuteness, a look of utter confusion on her face.
"Why would I leave you?" She asked me, as though the mere thought of her not being with me right now was utterly impossible. I simply looked at her, my face expressionless for a moment because I really didn't know what to say to that.
"Uh…well, I, uh…okay, good question I suppose if it…were…to make sense! You can't just…just sleep over at someone's house like that without even being invited?" I scolded her yet that confused look on her face remained.
"But I didn't sleep?" She stated, slowly as though I were dumb. I raised a brow at her.
"Huh?"
"I don't sleep, silly! I'm a vampire!" Alice said matter-of-factly and I groaned at her, pulling at my hair slightly before allowing my arms to fall limply at my sides.
"Again with the vampire thing…" I grumbled, turning away from her and making my way to my dresser. I perused through a few drawers, tossing clothes out that I didn't want to wear. I glanced over at the clock, making a face upon seeing that it read almost noon. Great, I'd slept half my day away; thank god it's a Sunday.
"But I am a-"
"Yeah, I know. A 'vampire'," I brought my hands up in quotations at the word, turning and looking at her with a blank expression, "If you're a vampire…then how come you haven't bitten me yet?"
"Well, that's an easy question, silly human. I simply don't want to. I don't want to hurt you." Alice looked up at me, a childish grin on her face like she was proud of the fact she'd just admitted. I still wasn't buying it.
"Okay…prove it." I challenged, placing my hands on my hips, my body fully facing her. I swallowed hard after I'd realized the words I'd said because um, well after last night there was a good chance that she wasn't lying. An alarm was going off in my head saying 'DANGER DANGER. YOU'RE AN IDIOT' but of course…the nerves that connect my mouth to my brain were out of service at the moment. Alice raised a brow at my challenge, an odd smirk playing across her features.
"Oh, I can already see where this is going. I don't think you want me to do this, Bella." Alice warned me, gracefully standing up from the window sill, and making her way over to me. She stopped when she was less than a foot away and I looked down at her, a determined look on my face.
"I think I do or I wouldn't have said it." I retorted. Where in the hell was this confidence coming? Who is this in control of my body and why do you hate me so! Alice's smirk grew, her teeth beginning to show and my eyes widened when I visibly saw her canines grow, the ends elongating and sharpening to a terrifyingly sharp point. Her brilliant golden eyes seemed to darken, a faint ring of black appearing in the middle of her iris. She took a few steps toward me, a devilish look on her face, like she were enjoying this but it seemed false. The rigidness with which she carried herself showed that she was fighting herself every step of the way.
I blinked.
"RAURGH!" She snarled, and I let out a scream. In a flash, I was shoved up against my wall, right next to the dresser. Alice's small hands pinning my arms above my head, her lower body pressed roughly against mine and her lips, oh god, her lips were tantalizingly close to my own as her eyes bore into mine.
"Okay, okay, you can stop!" I squeaked out, my heart pounding in my chest which was heaving up and down with each breath I took. I was terrified but the more I looked into her eyes…the longer I was near her…feeling her, smelling her…I wanted more of her. I wanted more of her pressed into me. I wanted her to feel me…oh man, where was this feeling coming from? Alice's eyes were a pool of swirling golden black and her grip on my hands tightened.
"You're so tempting, Bella," Alice groaned out, she shut her eyes, looking like she were fighting with herself before she let her head fall to my shoulder, turning so that her nose and lips were touching my neck. She nuzzled into me and I could feel her lips part like last night, her sharp teeth grazing the skin, "God, you have no idea what you do to me."
"Alice…please…" I whimpered, squirming a bit as my panic started to overwhelm my desire to have her touch me. I believed her now, she was definitely not human. I gasped when suddenly, in a blur, she was no longer before me and I nearly fell forward with the sudden loss of support. Once I caught my balance, I looked up to find Alice, sitting fetal position in the corner of my room, her hands clutching at her soft, black locks, her face buried in her knees but I could hear her whimpering.
"Oh god, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, Bella, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that! I didn't want to but you're blood was so loud and you smell so good and you challenged me! And I'm stubborn, so stubborn! I'm sorry!" Alice apologized profusely, her voice sounding so pained and filled with sorrow and regret that it killed me. Literally, it felt like someone was squeezing my heart. Quickly, I scrambled forward towards her, falling down to my knees before her, placing a few loose strands of hair behind my ear as I looked at her.
"Alice, don't, please don't. Its fine, really it is. I pretty much asked for it, I should've known better, I should've believed you when you said what you were. I'm the one who should be sorry, not you!" I reasoned with her and I stopped any further words when she slowly brought her head up, her face looked so sad, it was heart breaking. Her golden eyes were shining to the brim with tears and her lip was quivering slightly. I resisted the urge to wrap her up in my arms…for now.
"No, it's not okay! I almost killed you!" Alice cried out, a pained sound emitting from her and it sounded like someone had just ran over a small puppy. Oh god, she was breaking my heart! There was only so much that organ could take at this point! I wanted to hold her so bad but something within me sensed that if I did, it would make this harder on her.
"Alice, sweetie, please don't cry, don't cry because of me." I requested and she swallowed hard, blinking a few times and shaking her head slightly.
"I can't cry…vampires…can't cry." She explained weakly and my mouth fell open slightly.
Oh…my…goodness…that was so sad! This whole moment between the two of us was honestly the saddest thing I'd ever been subjected to my whole life! This made me feel like The Notebook was hilarious!
"Well…still and all, Alice, it was my fault. Please stop blaming yourself for it."
"But…but I almost killed you! I don't wanna kill you! You're my friend!" Alice exclaimed and I felt my heart swell with emotion. She thought of me as her friend?
"Friend?" I couldn't help but repeat the word and Alice nodded her head.
"Yeah!" Alice blinked away at the tears that would never fall, wiping at her nose with her forearm as she let her legs slide down so that now she was simply sitting on her bottom, her legs outstretched with me crouched between them, her back falling to lean against the wall, "Aren't we?"
Could she get anymore pathetically adorable?
"Yeah! Yeah, of course we are!" I couldn't help but smile in relief when my words brought forth a giant grin from her, the previous event seemed to completely fade from her memory with that smile, with my words and I felt proud.
"Yay!" She cried out happily, clapping her hands together like a giddy child and I chuckled at her, reaching forward to ruffle her hair. As soon as my hand shot out, she growled at me but I ignored it, showing her that I trusted her, and I placed my hand atop her head, feeling the softness of her unruly hair before ruffling it lovingly and instantly she began purring.
"You're too cute for words." I said without thinking, just watching her and she gave me a quizzical look.
"You think I'm cute?" She asked, wrinkling her nose a bit, her tongue poking out slightly as she bit down on the tip. I blinked, a blush arising on my cheeks and I noticed that her nostrils flared suddenly.
"Um…well…."
I'm incredibly smooth.
"Yeah, yeah I do." I admitted finally, seeing no point in taking it back now. She beamed at me, her dimples showing magnificently.
"Awe, well I think you're cute too!" She stated and I laughed out loud at this.
"Ha, thaaaat's a lie." Alice frowned at this, her head tilting slightly.
"No, it's not or I wouldn't have said it. I think you're cute. And beautiful too!" She complimented and she sounded so sincere and honest that I felt my heart skip a beat, my blush increasing tenfold. This girl was something else.
"Okay, so now you think I'm beautiful?" I stammered out, almost somewhat accusing her and she nodded her head emphatically, that innocent grin still on her face.
"You're very beautiful, Bella! Don'tcha sees it?" She asked me, a look of wonderment filled her eyes and I suddenly felt embarrassed of myself, of my low self-esteem so I ran a hand through my hair, self-consciously scratching at the back of my neck.
"Well…sorry to say but no, I really don't see it?"
"Silly human!" Alice exclaimed, catching me off guard when she suddenly leant forward, her hands coming up to gently cup the sides of my face. A chill went through my body when her skin came into contact with mine. Holy fuck, she was freezing…yet it didn't bother me?
Well that's honestly no surprise because by now I don't think anything could surprise me anymore. A bomb could drop from the sky and all I think I would do was go 'Oh yeah? This now too? Bring it on, bitches.'
"I guess I'll just have to convince you…" Alice muttered, her eyelids fluttering as her eyes drifted down to my lips. I simply watched her, feeling my own lids slowly begin to close as that wonderful feeling began to permeate the air once more. I…wanted to kiss her…I wanted to kiss a girl…a vampire? A vampire-girl, yeah, that's it.
Right on cue, my stomach growled. Ruining the moment is honestly like, my specialty sometimes.
"Fuck…" I grumbled, shutting my eyes tight in disappointment as that feeling slowly faded away and I was suddenly aware of how hungry I was. Alice looked curiously down at my stomach, her hands sliding from my face and she poked at my stomach and I couldn't help but giggle yet look back at her in astonishment as she looked back up at me, curiously.
"Wha's that?" She asked me and I couldn't help but let my mouth fall open in disbelief. Are you freaking kidding me?
"Uh, my stomach made a noise because I'm hungry?"
"Oh! Like one of those alarm clock things you guys all have now?" Alice inquired earnestly and I could not believe my ears. How long has she been a vampire? Was the whole stomach thing something that went away when you…became one? How did you become one anyway? And what did it mean for you? All of these questions flew through my brain but I didn't want to overwhelm her just yet.
"Yeah, kind of." I said simply and she clapped her hands once more, pleased with herself for getting it right.
"I thought so! So that means…you need to eat?"
Awe, she was so dumb. Like a child. An incredibly sexy, adorable, vampire child. Yeah, she was sexy. I'll say it, I'm not ashamed, I can admit when someone's good looking…incredibly good looking. I can appreciate both sexes. What of it?
"Yes, that is what it means."
"What's this thing?"
"That's a ladle…Alice."
"Curiouser and curiouser," Alice released a fitful of giggles, glancing up at me to see if I was laughing at, what I presumed was a joke, "You know? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?"
"You mean Alice in Wonderland?" I corrected her and she shot me a quizzical look whilst still playing around with the ladle as she sat, cross legged on my counter.
"No, I mean Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' Have you not read that?"
"It's a book?" I asked her, my brow rose up at this new information. Now it was her turn to have her mouth drop in astonishment. She swung the ladle around as she began to use her hands to talk, something I noticed she did.
"Yeah! It's a book! It came out when I was just a kid!" She explained, shifting a bit so that she was now facing me as she sat on the counter, "I remember staying up all night reading it when I was old enough and I simply fell in love with it! How can you not know it was a book?"
"Hey! Come on now, excuse me if my generation pretty much comes out of the womb with an iPod attached to their hands." I joked and she cocked her head to the side.
"Does that mean you do not read?"
"No! No, I read. I just, you know, to me, for me Alice in Wonderland is a Disney movie." I explained and Alice shook her head slowly in understanding.
"I remember Walt…" She muttered to herself, returning her attention to the ladle, holding it between her two hands so that the ends were pressed into her palms.
"What?" I asked, utterly confused but Alice's attention was no longer on me. Yeah, she was totally just like a child. I rolled my eyes, opening my cupboard and pulling out a box of Mac and Cheese. I set it down onto the counter, near the stove and placed the pot filled with water atop the lit flame, "Man, I hate waiting for water to boil."
"Humans are always so impatient." Alice commented absently and I shook my head at her, goddamn she was goofy. Is it wrong that this made my like her more? Like her…as a friend I mean.
"Vampires are always so blood…sucky." I cleverly retorted and I giggled when Alice gently bopped me on the head with the ladle.
"Aha! Cheap shot, my friend!" Alice exclaimed, grinning like a child as she inspected the ladle, her eyes going cross and I couldn't help but laugh more even though she continued to speak, "You've only known that I was a vampire for less than 24 hours, silly human, how could you possibly know if we are 'always' anything?"
"Oh, so on top of violently hitting me with a ladle-"
"Violently?"
"-Yes! Violently! So on top of that, you're going to take apart my comeback? At least let me have that, Alice!" I joked and she released another series of giggles that made my stomach fill with butterflies at the sound.
"You are quite the dramatic little thing, aren't you?" Alice teased, sticking her tongue out at me and I stuck my tongue out as well in retaliation. She covered her mouth with her dainty hand, trying to stop herself from giggling anymore than she'd already had. I snickered at her actions, returning my attention back to the pot, the water starting to boil and I poured the noodles in. I looked around for the ladle to stir the noodles around so they wouldn't stick, my head snapping up and turning in Alice's direction, my eyes coming up to find her still holding it. She looked at me, then the ladle, then back up at me, a sheepish grin making its way across her face.
"Yeah, I kind of need that back, Alice." I stated, holding my hand out.
"Kind of need it? So not all the way then? You don't really need it back?" Alice teased me some more, grinning foolishly, sticking her tongue out once more and biting at it as she grinned. I scoffed at her, putting my hands on my hips.
"I would very much like my ladle as it is not a toy like you seem to think." I quipped, doing my best impersonation of someone who sounded sophisticated. She blinked a few times before lowering her head in defeat, releasing a fake sigh as she relinquished the ladle, handing it over. I snatched away from her before she could get any bright ideas.
"Hey...Bella?" Alice asked, her tone suddenly sounding unsure and wary. As I stirred the noodles, adding in the butter, milk, and cheese powder, I looked up at her, raising a speculative brow.
"Yeah…?" I responded, pausing now as I noticed the grace with which she carried herself seemed to fade and she began to fidget with her hands; Looking up at me with big, uncertain eyes.
"I really-" Before she could continue, she snapped her head up, her body going rigid with attention. I gave her a quizzical look at this sudden change of pace before-
"BELLA-BEAR! I'M HOME!"
Why do all Dads have the worst timing in the world? I honestly could've shot him in the face with his own handgun right then but I simply resorted to squeezing the shit out of the ladle still in my hand. Then I realized…Alice was here! I turned my head quickly in her direction only to find that she was already gone. What? Where had she gone off to! My head swiveled in the direction of my dad as he entered the kitchen, scratching his stomach and stretching with his other free arm.
"Mac & Cheese?" He asked me, sounding displeased and now he really was asking for it.
"Short shift?" I countered and he frowned at me, clearly confused, "I meant at work? You leave early or something?"
"Yeah…slow day. No attacks for the past…3 nights now? I'm goin' over to Bill's house to go fish. Wanna come? Jacob should be there?" He offered, taking a beer out of the fridge before walking out of the kitchen, into the living room and I heard him open the front door, pausing to listen to my response.
"Uh…no, I'm good. I'm sick." I stated randomly and I could've slapped myself.
"Sick? With what?"
"A sickness?" Was all I could come up with; Wow, I was so not a good liar, "Anyway…I'm just going to…chill out in my room, 'kay love you bye!"
"Bye?" Charlie replied warily, and I bolted up the stairs to my room, completely forgetting about the Mac & Cheese. I trotted over to my bedroom door and I prayed to whatever dude was up there in the clouds that Alice was somewhat smart and had decided to hide in here. I held my breath before I turned the knob, stepping inside.
"Bella!" A wind-chime voice cried out ecstatically.
Oh thank god.
"Alice! Oh thank goodness, I thought you left or something and I was worried-"
"I would never leave you, Bella!" She said cheerily, smiling at me as though I was only thing in the world that made her happy and I couldn't help but smile back, my heart swelling once more with elated emotions. She was so charming. I shook my head a bit as my mind finally registered her words. Never leave?
"Alice…do you…even have somewhere else to go? Like…a home or something?" I asked softly and Alice's face fall and I could've kicked myself for causing her to be anything but happy but these things had to be asked.
"No…" She answered sadly and before my common sense could even get a word in edge wise my big fat mouth blurted out:
"You can stay with me!"
A/N: Alright I hope you all picked up on the small things here. The mention of Alice liking Lewis Carroll's book is in there for a reason. The book came out in 1865. So! Reviews and feedback is always appreciated and like I said, go check out the picture if ya want, ya don't have to. Just something for you readers I surpose :)