Chapter 16

"Alice you do know that Jasper is a vampire," I informed her. We were upstairs in my room. Alice was perched on the dresser and I was lounging on the couch.

"No!" She exclaimed with a sharp intake of breath, "Really? I would have never guessed it!" she said with pretend shock.

"Well Alice, or should I say Ms. Smarty-Pants, that means he has vampire hearing." Once again Alice gasped dramatically. I laughed loudly and so did she.

"You think he's going to be listening to us?" she asked, once again serious. I listened downstairs, I could hear everyone moving around, I could tell who was who. I nodded. "Hum well I don't think so. But if you really want we can go to my house to talk. If you really think so and you really want to."

"That would be nice." I smiled and pushed my hair out if my face.

"Alright. I like getting more use out of it anyway," Alice said with a smile. Her hair bobbed as she said this. Alice ran out the door and pranced down the stairs with me close behind. I could hear my hair swishing behind me. As we headed to the door Jasper gave both of us a quizzical look. Alice just shook her head.

"We'll be back soon," I promised him. Jasper shrugged and left us to whatever he thought we were up to. I turned back to the door Alice had just disappeared out of; I could hear both their footsteps going in opposite directions.

"Don't be so slow!" Alice complained, "Now come on already." Alice turned away from me again.

"No car?" I asked. Alice shook her head and ran into the woods.

We were sitting on Alice and Jasper's bed in their house once more. I was leaning back on the comfortable yellow pillows. My hair was knotted in a few places because we had run here. I ran my hand through my caramel hair for the 20th time in the last minute. Alice stared at me, waiting for me to speak, but patiently. Even though only a minute had passed it seemed like a long time.

"O gosh," I said as I rubbed my cool forehead with slender fingers, though it felt warm to me. Alice only raised her eyebrows, still waiting. I looked out the window, it was raining. It seemed it was always raining. They sky was dark from the clouds, which for vampires was a good thing, but I wanted clear skies again. I looked down the street filled with puddles and no one was in sight. After I had my fill of staring I looked back at Alice. She looked at me expectantly, like a puppy waiting for a treat. I just looked right back at her dark vampire eyes. She raised her eyebrows once more.

"Alice this is horrible. I messed up. Damnit! Why did I have to go and be like that and he have to be… O Alice. Everything is messed up, I shouldn't have… He should have… We… Alice!" I threw my body down onto the bed hard in exasperation. Alice just looked at me. We stayed like that for only a few seconds.

"You made absolutely no sense to me Gill. Please, full sentences. Tell me what happened." I sat up in the bed and made myself comfortable.

"Well what happened was Edward," I started. Alice's eyes widened just a little bit. "We finally decided to have a talk about everything. He explained what had happened when we had met as humans. It was going well at first, he just told me stories and I nodded when I recognized something. Then some of my old feelings started to come up and I guess I kind of reacted the wrong way." I stopped, unable to form the words I needed. Alice just stared at me eyes huge. "Well I sort of kissed him and he doesn't like me that way anymore and I know its cause of that Bella girl and I can't help but be jealous but I know that he never loved me when I was human and I know that he's not the one for me but I will probably always have a crush on him. He didn't react too happily and that's why I ran away and into that werewolf-like thing," It came out all jumbled and rushed into one or two sentences that took less than a second. Alice still said nothing but her mouth was formed into an O. I waited suddenly very self-conscious, though I only had to wait five or six seconds.

"Gill, I can't say that I saw this coming. I'm a little surprised."

"I know Alice! I'm horrible! How could I do that I mean I really should have more control! Alice what's going to happen?"

Alice pulled her little brows together in concentration. She was trying to see what might happen. "I'm not sure. There are too many factors. Too many different decisions you might make," she said. I groaned. This is not gonna be fun. Alice patted my shoulder lightly. "Who knows, maybe it'll all turn out for the best," she told me comfortingly. "I think we should go back, it would make it less awkward if you were there and acted like it never happened."

I shrugged and we left the comfort of the house. We walked at a slow pace until we were away from human eyes. I had an idea. "Race you Alice," I said while getting into a running stance. She smiled wide and sparkling. "Don't look at who wins!"

"On the count of three," she said. My body tensed, along with hers. "One… two… Three!" Both of us launched ourselves into the forest. It zoomed by, but not too fast for my eyes, I could see every tree and every detail. I could hear Alice's light footsteps right next to me. I glanced over and gave her a smile before speeding up. She picked up the pace too. It was a close race the whole way, sometimes I was in the lead and other times Alice. Alice was slightly ahead when the Cullen's house was in sight so I took a huge leap into the air and landed gracefully only a few feet away from the house. Alice was right behind me as I took the few steps to touch the house.

"I win!" I said with a grin.

She huffed, "Barely." We both burst into musical laughter.