Alice looked incredible in her red dress; she literally took my breath away as my heart skipped a beat when I looked at her. I should have been embarrassed when she saw me singing my favorite song from before the accident but all I wanted to do was dance with her. I approached her slowly feeling the bass vibrate below my feet. She chewed on her bottom lip for a moment before smiling as I took her hand. I'm not the greatest dancer in the world, actually I'm pretty terrible. I spun her gently and the bottom of her dress twirled beautifully.

Everything felt so right; this is how my life is supposed to be. Everything before this moment is simply the prologue. I found myself gazing into her eyes as she moved gracefully to the music.

The song ended sooner than I would have liked, I looked up seeing my sister and Emmett standing in the doorway. About time. Rosalie signed with a smile. I smiled back at her and slowly stepped back from Alice.

Emmett looked as if he gave a frustrated sigh as he rolled his eyes. Alice turned around as Emmett began to speak, "Alice, Take Jasper upstairs and make sure all of the doors are locked, I want no one in my room alright?" Alice nodded and grabbed my hand as she led me upstairs.

The moment we reached the top of the stairs I felt her small hands slightly above my stomach, her touch gave me goosebumps. I couldn't focus on her lips as my eyes were glued to hers. I didn't notice that she was slowly pushing me backwards until I felt the wall behind me. I'm sure she was saying something as her eyes were moving slightly as they were locked with me. I took in a deep breath as she leaned up and kissed me.

Raspberries. She tasted like fresh summer raspberries. I felt my lips moving in tandem with hers as I melted into her, I closed my eyes as I felt her cool hands reach up around my warm neck. I don't know how long we were kissing but Alice suddenly pulled back and blushed. "Someone's at the door" she explained as she listened to what was going on downstairs. She rolled her eyes, "It's Jess Stanley" she rolled her eyes and took my hand again, she points to a few doors and showed me that she wanted me to lock them. I smiled at her miming and nodded, she hurried off down the long hall to do the same.

I met her back at the top of stairs when I finished locking the doors. I smiled was her hand slipped into mine. This is why my hands are so large, to hold her hand this way. She smiled back at me before leading me down the stairs. Bella looked at me and smiled before giving me a knowing wink. I could tell by her expression she wouldn't say anything.

"Do you want to get a drink?" She asked me as we walked into the kitchen. She went over and started making herself a drink, I didn't want to drink but I didn't want to have her drink alone. I don't know if it was a misplaced attempt to be a gentleman but I felt like if she was under the influence and I wasn't I would be taking advantage of her in some way. I grabbed a beer and opened the bottle with my belt buckle.

She took my hand again and lifted it above her head before draping it over her shoulder; I smiled at her; as long as she was calling the shots I wouldn't run the risk of offending her. In this relationship, if that's what this is, I wanted her to be completely comfortable. The last thing I would ever want to do was hurt her, I knew I would do anything in my power to make her smile.

I walked with her outside after I felt loud music start. Her home was beautiful and very secluded nearly a mile from any other home. She walked me over to the edge of their pool. It was glowing a remarkable blue as its lights shined. She sat down in one of the chairs next to the water; I sat down next to her looking as the surface of the water rippled with the warm breeze of the Indian summer we were experiencing.

I got lost in my thoughts and the beauty of the water, I suddenly felt Alice's hand on my cheek as she turned my head to look at her. "What are you thinking about?" I watched her perfect red lips. I couldn't tell her the truth; I didn't want to tell her that I was thinking about the song lyrics to Such Great Heights and how much it felt like it was describing the two of us. The chatterbox and me, the guy who would never hear her laugh; which I'm sure was beautiful. I was about six foot two and she was maybe an inch over five with her heels on. It felt like we were made for each other, puzzle pieces if you will.

I felt my cheeks blush as she gazed at me, wanting to know what was going on in my head. "Just about how beautiful tonight is" I lied somewhat believably.

"It is isn't it?" She smiled before turning her head away from me as she took in her surroundings again. We started talking as the party really got started. We talked for what I'm sure was hours, the only breaks we took was when I went inside to refill our drinks. I continued to make her vodka-cranberries but they were much more cranberry with hardly any vodka and I was drinking cokes with barely a splash of rum.

On my way back to the pool after our most recent 'refills' I ran felt someone stumble into me. I staggered a bit but remained upright; I turned my head to see Mike Newton balancing himself on a glass table next to the edge of the pool. I frowned at him and turned back towards Alice. I took my seat and handed Alice her drink. No more than thirty seconds passed before I felt something wet splatter across my back. Alice's face was splattered as well. Her face was one of anger and shock; I got up quickly as I saw a solo cup bounce into the pool. I turned and saw Mike Newton shouting at me, his words must have been slurred because I couldn't tell what he was saying.

My face must have been one of confusion because he began to slow his speech and his expression became one of angered mockery. "What's your problem Lenny?" Lenny? I couldn't figure out at first. Lennie, of that's charming. I was shocked that he even knew what Of Mice and Men was, this pathetic dig was not something he thought up on his own.

I rolled my eyes and turned back to Alice who had moved to my side. I was suddenly pushed into her, nearly knocking her over. I turned and shoved him with my forearm. "Are you okay?" I asked as I turned my head to look at her. I felt a sudden pain in the side of my head as Mike's fist caught me. Little punk hit like a Rosalie, I fell and my head slammed into something that shattered when I hit it. Before I knew it felt cool water as everything faded.