Doubts

The next morning, I didn't really expect anything but to her waking up with my face in that lovely chocolate brown eyes of hers. However, when she opened her eyes, I knew then who she was searching for; Edward. I suppressed the urge to bite down on my lip, when realization hit her. The apology was clear in her eyes, and she strained herself to smile. She must have felt guilty, for I knew that if I was in her shoes, I would too.

"Good morning Bella, did you sleep well?" I asked in my musical tone, the one that she loved to hear, even if it wasn't from me. She pulled away from me, with the strained smile turning into a half-real one.

"Morning." She replied softly, before yawning. I watched her as she began to stretch out. The sight was mesmerizing, and she looked like a cat, and that thought made me giggle. She stopped and looked over at me, confused. "What?"

"Nothing." I quickly answered before sitting up. As I swung my legs over to the bedside, I heard a gasp from behind me. I quickly turned, and Bella had already reached over and grabbed a hold of my shirt. Her grip was rather strong, and I looked down at her in concern. "Bella…"

"Please don't leave." She murmured, desperation was filling her voice. My eyes widened, it was just like what she had said in her sleep.

"Bella…I'm not…"

"Alice, please, don't leave." I was cut off by her pleading voice. How could our departure done so much damage to such a lovely, strong girl? Her hand around my shirt started to shake, and I knew then that she was sobbing. I quickly turned around, and pulled her towards me before wrapping my arms around her. She clung onto me tightly, refusing to let go. I sighed softly, before running my hand down soothingly against her back. Her sobs seemed to calm down, and it was then I spoke.

"Bella, I'm not going anywhere, I promise." I murmured, my hand going up to run my fingers through her hair to calm her. It did work, and I sighed in relief when the sobbing stopped. However, Bella didn't let go off of me, and I chuckled at that.

"You're not going to let go of me, aren't you?" I asked softly. Bella shifted, but didn't pull away. I chuckled again and felt the heat radiating off of her. She was blushing, how adorable. "Bella, my arms ache."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She quickly said, without making sense of what I had just said. She pulled away, her head still turned away from me. It was then that I burst into a fit of giggles. Bella snapped her head up, looked at me, before she realized that I was teasing her. She pursed her lips up into a pout, and that was when I stopped, but not completely.

"You tricked me." She whined, her lips pursing out some more.

"Yes, but you just have to see your reaction. It was quite funny." I answered between giggles, which seemed to be dying, slowly.

"It's not funny that you've tricked me." Once again, her whine gotten the best of her. I didn't need my vision to tell me that Charlie had waked up by her whine. I sighed and shook my head in a little disappointment.

"You woke Charlie up, so I'll just have to go, for a little bit." I said then quickly climbed off the bed. Then I turned to her and gave her a reassuring smile. "I'll come back, not through your window though."

"But Alice, how am I going to explain your stuff being here?"

"Tell him that I've dropped them off last night before going home, so I could come by today and stay for the night?" I suggested, and she smiled widely. I hadn't seen that smile in quite a while, I must admit that.

"Would that work?" She asked, rather to herself than to me. I giggled and nodded before bouncing silently over to the window. I perched my legs over, and was hanging outside the window like a cat. She looked over, and giggled at the sight, which made me smile.

"Yes, it will work. Everything will work when I'm around." I chimed and winked at her, before falling down towards the ground without much of a sound. In that moment, I heard the door to Bella being knocked, and Charlie's voice entered my hearing range. I listened to their conversation, and when Bella had answered the question that he had asked, I smiled when it was my cue to knock on the front door.

Thankfully, I had gotten changed while Bella was asleep, well, not deeply asleep as in clinging onto me. It was a wonderful feeling, just to have her there, but the feeling was soon washed away when the thought of her thinking that it was Edward that she was clinging to, crushed all hope of her being with me. I sighed, shaking the thought away before phasing over to the door. The day was still early, but everyone would be waking up by now, and I didn't really need to worry if anyone would be seeing me. They wouldn't, there wasn't a chance that I would expose of myself like that.

I gently knocked on the door, and waited. It didn't take long for someone to be rushing down the stairs. Judging by the sound, it was Bella. No one could mistaken her nearly tripping or bumping into anything as someone else. I giggled at that, and soon enough the door was flung open and there she was, smiling that beautiful smile that I've loved so much.

"Good morning Bells." I said happily, and that was the second time.

"Morning Alice." She giggled and ushered me inside. I walked in gracefully, though I didn't intend to. Charlie was there, and he smiled at me. I was his favorite out of, well, Edward after all.

"Hello Charlie." I greeted him with a warm smile.

"Hello Alice, it's good to see you again." He said approvingly, and I smiled once more.

"It is good to see you too, Charlie. How's things around Forks when we left?" I asked. He looked down at the floor then, and I wondered what was wrong. Then a vision flashed, showing me what he was going to say. I felt a pang of guilt, even though Harry Clearwater didn't like me one bit. But knowing that he had died, I felt sympathy for him, and Charlie's loss.

"Not that good. Harry just died yesterday, and well, I have to go to the funeral soon. I was hoping that you'd stay a little longer, to keep Bella company while I'm gone." He looked up at me, with hope in his eyes. I smiled and nodded eagerly.

"Of course. That wouldn't be too much of a trouble, right Bella?" I turned to her, and gave her a teasing smile. She rolled her eyes before going up stairs to her room, no doubt she needed to do her 'human' stuff. I giggled, and Charlie seemed to be chuckling with me.

"Thanks Alice. I can see that she's back to her usual self, now that you're back of course. But….is …he back?" He asked, and I could see the flash of anger in his eyes. I knew who he was talking about. I sighed and shook my head.

"No, I'm not sure when he'd decide to come back."

"I hope not." He responded, and the truth in his words was so strong that it made me grimace a little. I understood why he didn't want Edward to come back. The reason that Bella had broke from inside out was him. If I was Charlie, I wouldn't forgive him. Since he was my brother, I had to.

I only sighed, there was no comment that I could make to get Charlie to forgive my brother. Edward brought this to himself after all. I then turned to the sound of clumsy footsteps, and not to mention that I could pick up her slight tripping. I held in a giggle, when Charlie only grunted at his own daughter for being this clumsy. Bella came into view with a grin. She seemed to be smiling a lot lately, which was good.

"What were you two talking about?" She asked, although she didn't seem to be that curious. I sighed, already had the feeling that she must have eavesdropped somehow while I wasn't really paying attention to her.

"Nothing." Charlie shrugged before he walked over to the jackets holder, and grabbed onto his jacket before putting it on. "I'm heading towards the funeral…It would be great if you two could drop by." He commented while shooting both of us a glance. I saw sadness in his eyes, and I couldn't help but feel what he was feeling; losing the friend that he loved, and adored.

I just gave him a little nod. He nodded back towards me, looked over to Bella, before leaving the house. Once he was out of sight, I looked over to her when I heard her sigh.

"What's wrong?" I asked, though still standing where I was. She turned to look at me. She was confused then, but then smiled like it was nothing.

"Nothing really, just hungry I guess." She murmured before moving over to the kitchen. I followed, watching her every steps. She grabbed a bowl and put it on the counter, and pulled out some cornflakes. She poured the content in the bowl, before adding on some milk. The scent of the milk filled my nostrils, and I cringed at it.

"You eat that?" I asked, without even thinking. She looked up over at me, and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, I'm human, I got to eat, right?"

There was something in her tone that was screaming at me, calling me crazy for having to ask the question.

"I almost forgot. You humans eat weird things." I commented as I settled back down on a stool. I placed my arms on the counter, one of my elbows was propping atop it, while my head leaned into the side of my palm.

"You sounded just like….him." Bella bit down on her bottom lip, again, and I sighed. She still hadn't gotten over him, not yet anyway. My chance of being with her was slowly going down the sewer, a smelly one at that.

"Just eat, Bella." Softly as I could make the words flow, I suppressed another sigh. That was it then, I found myself giving up. Bella might love me, like Jasper had said, but that love was nothing more than friendship and sisterly love. If I couldn't see me and Bella together in the future now, well, that future would never be meant for us.

A/N: Thank you for all of your reviews.

This chapter is boring. Lol. I'm debating whether I should put up one Bella's POV or not. I am not sure. D;