Note: Sorry for changing my style of writing.

Pretend

Now that I'm back in this room – while Alice and Aro discuss god knows what – I'm beginning to think about honesty and loyalty, what those two would mean to Alice. If she would go to the extent of siding up with Aro just so she could be here, with me, then I'm having doubts about her honesty and loyalty towards me. I want to know what she is thinking, and right now I'm sure as hell would prefer the power of absorption over my mental shield. That way, I could just absorb Edward's ability so that I could read Alice's thoughts. Tempting, really, but what if I asked her about what she had just said to Aro earlier, and she would wave it off and lie to my face? I could handle anything from her; her leaving me, her breaking my heart, basically everything but a lie. If we were to have a relationship, I want her to at least be honest with me.

The sound of my door opening and closing brings me back to my surrounding. Her scent wavers over to my nostrils, and I unconsciously inhale it as if her scent was the finest perfume in existent. I look up at her, and she looks back at me. I can't even look into her eyes without knowing that I'd be able to see the guilt within them. So I did the best thing that I could then, I turn away and stare straight ahead out of the window.

"So, what did Aro want to talk to you about?" I asked casually, not wanting to give off some hint that I've overhead the first part of the conversation.

"Not much. He was apologizing about his guards' behaviors' that's all." She answered, and a moment later I feel the bed shift beneath me, indicating that she has taken a seat beside me.

"Really? That's all?" I asked incredulously and turned to face her. She had a look on her beautiful, palest face; the look that most children had when they had been caught stealing something that they shouldn't have stolen. Well she has that look, and I know why she has it.

"Yes, that's all." She murmured, and I know that she's lying to my face at the moment. I need Jasper here to control my stupid anger problem, because I'm trying my hardest to not burst out screaming why she's lying to me. My hands are clenching and unclenching, and I know it wouldn't be long until I destroy something in the room.

"No lie?" I asked once more, and this is my final test to see if she would actually lie to me. I keep eye contact with her, to actually see if she would lie straight into my face.

She looks back into my eyes, and I see that she's struggling to keep the truth away from me. I can see it all in her eyes. Her emotions are going haywire as I stare deep into those beautiful honey orbs. After a minute or so, she turns her gaze away from me and bites down on her bottom lip. Please God, tell me that she isn't going to lie to me, even though she isn't going to look at me while she does it. Just command her to tell me the truth, with a snap of your fingers or something.

"Yes…No lie." She murmured her answer, and hell that gotten the best out of my anger issue.

I let out a growl, and her head whips back in vampire speed to look at me in surprise. Her eyes widen, and she let out a gasp. This must mean that my eyes have grown dark. She just lied to me, and I couldn't believe it. This isn't what I want, this Alice is not the Alice that I've grown so comfortable, and in love with. She has changed for the worse of it, and I don't know how that has happened. And I snapped just like that when she lied to me. She must have seen it coming; seen what I'm about to do, because she moves away with such gracefulness when I tries to grab on her. It isn't because I despise her from lying to me, I just dislike it. I want this relationship to be about honesty, love, and loyalty; not lies and fake love. If she loved me, she would know that.

I stretch my arms out as quickly as my newborn speed would let me, and of course Alice couldn't move away fast enough for it. I grab onto her wrist and pull her down on the bed. Her back hit the soft mattress and soon enough I'm left hovering above her. I stare down at her with fierce eyes, and really I don't want to do this to her.

"Alice, whatever happen to you, I want the old you back!" I half screamed down at her, and she flinches at my words. I honestly want the old Alice back, because I can't stand to have this new Alice. My old Alice isn't like this, and now I'm beginning to think that Aro has something to do with this.

"What do you mean?" She asked, a little confused when I know that she's trying as best as she could to hide whatever it is that she's hiding from me. I growled down at her, and my body actually shakes from all of this non-sense.

"The honest, loving and loyal Alice! The one that would never lie to me!" I yelled, though I know that even if I did try to lower my voice down, I know that the whole castle would hear it anyway.

Realization hits her this time, and her eyes widen in apprehension. She bites down her lips nervously, and I feel myself growling again. Why is she doing this? What is her purpose for even doing this? I decide to just scream these questions to her, until she beat me into it.

"I'm sorry! I don't want them to hurt you anymore than they're hurting me! I really do want to see you unharmed, that was why I thought up of that stupid plan to get me to come back! I never did actually boarded that flight, I didn't even go near it when I saw that your attention was on Heidi then. So I floored it, getting out of your senses and pretended that Felix and Dimitri got a number on me. I truly am sorry!" She let out a gush of explanation to why she was lying, and about her previous plan to have her to stay here. God, this woman is smarter than I thought! But not smart enough, because if she was smart then she would know that I would not want her to stay here. Not because of what the Volturi would do to me, it's what the Volturi would do to her. Already, she's starting to act just a bit like them.

"Urgh!" I groaned out in irritation and let go of her. I jump off of her and start to pace around the room. Honestly, there has to be a better way to calm my nerves down at the moment. She actually did all of that because she doesn't want to see me get hurt! Jane has been struggling to harm me! Although I've been struggling to keep my shield up as well when she'd intensify the level of her illusion.

"Bella…"

I'm still pacing. Just leave me alone while I pace to calm my nerves down, even though it isn't going to work.

"Bella…please…"

That stops me, only because she sounds like she's about to cry. I swiftly turn and face her, and her face tells me that she wants to cry. Immortals can't cry, and because of our immortality that we seem to appear emotionless to those that have studied about us. Well, right now Alice has proven them wrong. The sight of her so broken right now actually makes me want to kill myself, and get someone to revive me so I can do it again, and again. Why the hell did I just hurt the only woman that I've ever been in love with? Stupid, I know, and I did not deserve her. Not even one tiny ounce of her being.

"I'm sorry." That's the best that I could do, since I have no ability to reverse the time and tell her that no matter what she'd choose, I'd always love her.

"No, you have nothing to apologize for." She looks down at her feet then, and I raise an eyebrow at her. Well, those words sure did sound convincing, except it doesn't.

"I just…" I sigh as I raked my hand through my hair, not caring if I was messing it up. "I don't want you to lie to me. I want you to be always honest with me, like I am to you. It's just…this…" I wave my hand between her and I, and she finally looks up just in time I did so. "We aren't going to be alright if you wouldn't be honest with me, do you understand?"

She nods and starts to stand. I watch her from where I'm standing, not moving an inch. Her movements are slow, but I'm still trying to figure out what she's about to do. Soon enough she moves towards me, having her face so close to mine that I could feel her cold breathe on my skin.

"You do know that when I say I love you, there's no lie in that, right?" She softly murmured as her eyes are locked onto mine. I nod as she inches her face closer to mine. "From this point on, I won't tell a single lie to you. To keep this promise, I will have to ask for your permission to seal it with a kiss."

That stuns me, because not only that she can be cheerful and bubbly, but right now she's being romantic, too romantic! But that doesn't mean that I don't like it. Also, I find this side of her very appealing, and that doesn't really help the situation at all. I have gone from being angry, to being turned on, and I don't even know that would actually work! I know that she must have smelt my arousal, because I'm trying my damnest to keep it under control.

I nod once more, and in a blink her lips claim mine. To think that would seal the promise that she will be keeping, I slowly pull away. I don't even know that for her to seal the promise, she has to deepen the kiss and slip her tongue inside my mouth. I moan as her tongue explores my mouth, and all too soon she pulls back. She has that smirk on her face when I open my eyes to look at her. Damn, she knows that she's turning me on and now she's just playing with me.

"There, the promise is sealed." She said in her sing-song voice with a hint of playfulness in her eyes. I quirk an eyebrow at her, and she giggled while turning to walk back to the bed. I watch as she flops back down onto the bed before turning and raise an eyebrow at me. I smile and shake my head, this isn't the right time to actually jump her at the moment. So I settle back down on a chair, looking out at the window as I try to relax my mind. These past few days have been…not my favorites. And even though I don't want to admit this; having Alice here helps me to keep my sanity intact. Without her, I don't know where I'd end up to with this power lusting empire.

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