Chapter 10

Alice stiffened as Sirius entered the elegant dining room.

She had been dragged out of bed at dawn by her dear mother to have breakfast at the Black's. Although she protested her mother wouldn't hear of her not going unless she had a valid excuse. Which of course she couldn't give her. She could hardly tell her mother that she'd been at the Black's just the night before. That she had written a letter for Frank. That Sirius and her had…

Her eyes flicked to Sirius's face. He grinned wickedly at her and slowly winked. She flushed angrily and looked away. Lily looked at her curiously as she attacked the food on her plate with undue gusto.

She couldn't help looking up again. He ran his tongue slowly over his lips and grinned.

Alice went rigid, dropped her cutlery of the plate and ran off with a muttered "excuse me."

"I do apologize for her rudeness" said Augusta, getting up and scurrying down the hall after her daughter.

"Bella… Bella… Bella!" came Alice's panicked voice from the Dark Mirror. Bella groaned and sat up in bed. She straightened the strap of her black silk nightgown and ran a hand through her messy brunette curls.

Her eyes flicked to her beside clock. 11 am. She scowled. Alice had better have a bloody good excuse for waking her up before noon…

Thank goodness her… visitor… had left already. She hated to think how awkward that would have been…

With a groan she retrieved the Dark Mirror from her beside cabinet and opened it. Alice's face appeared on it, white and anxious. Bella's curiosity was aroused? What had happened to Miss-Goody-Two-Shoes?

"Alice? Are you ok?" she said in what she hoped was a concerned voice. "No I'm not ok…" Alice sniffed. Dear god… please don't let her start blubbing again thought Bella.

"What happened?" Bella said, irritation creeping into her voice. "Last night… I went to yours…" she started… trailing off in an embarrassed way. Bella sat up, a mischievous grin sliding over her face. She had a feeling this was going to get good.

"And…" she prompted, keeping her voice even. "I went to get that letter… from your cousin…" Alice continued, chewing on her lip in an embarrassed way. Bella fought to keep from looking smug.

Alice looked down and mumbled "and he… he took advantage of me." Bella had a hard time keeping a cheshire-cat grin off her face.

"He forced you to sleep with him?" she asked in a semi-shocked tone. Alice's eyes widened. "No… no… not forced…" Alice said in a startled tone. Bella raised her eyebrows "Then what?" she asked in mock bafflement.

"He didn't force me… but I found it impossible to say no. He did this thing… with his tongue… it felt so strange… but good… really good… and then…" she blurted out, as if saying it quickly would make it easier to tell. "You had an orgasm" Bella finished, a smile playing around the edges of her lips.

"Is that what it was?" Alice said curiously. "It happened again… when he was…" she piped, trailing off. "Fucking you?" Bella said mischievously, a wicked grin on her lips.

Alice blushed bright pink and looked at her feet. A smug satisfied look came over Bella's face. She quickly replaced it with a warm smile as the girl looked up again.

"At first it hurt… but then… then it was actually… really… nice" Alice finished lamely, clearly as a loss for words. Her cheeks were still quite pink.

"The pain is like the guilt. You only feel it once" said Bella dryly. "And now your finally a woman" she said in an pleased voice. "I am?" said Alice in a slightly happier voice. "Yes. I'm so proud of you" Bella said in a warm voice.

Alice smiled. "So it's not bad… what I did?" she asked shyly. "Of course not silly" Bella chided. "The only way to get good at anything is to practice right?" Alice nodded."And you want to be good for your erstwhile suitor do you not?"

Alice nodded vigorously, her face lighting up at the thought of Frank.

"My advice" said Bella in a conspirital tone. "Is to… practice as often… and with as many men… as possible" she finished. "Isn't that… rather… slutty?" said Alice skeptically. "Oh Alice. Everyone does it" said Bella laughingly. "It's just no one talks about it" she said in the same conspirital tone. Alice chewed on her lip, smiling as she mulled over the idea.

"Well if you say so" she said happily. "Good girl" said Bella smugly..

Well done cuz… thought Bella as she cut off the miror… well done.