"Oh come on Em! I just need you to drop me off and then you can leave. Please?" Alice begged her brother, although trying to reason with Emmett Cullen was like talking to a wall.
"No way Alice! I've got a date with Rosalie Hale, and if you think I'm gonna be late because you and Bella want to have a girly, mani-pedi, facial mask night, then you obviously don't know your big brother!" Emmett retorted.
Edward had walked through the door at this point and heard his opportunity knocking.
"I'll take you if you want Ali." He suggested, trying to be casual.
"Yes! Thanks Edward!" Alice replied slightly jumping up and down.
"Thank God." Emmett whispered, sounding exasperated.
As Emmett rushed off upstairs to get ready, Alice turned and stared at her cousin, her head fell to one side in a suspicious manner.
Edward took a slight step back and his eyes became wary.
"What?" He asked.
Alice skipped over to him and sat on the couch facing where he was standing. She crossed her right leg over her left and clasped her hands together.
"Do you have a thing for Bells?" She asked finally.
Edward's heart stopped beating momentarily as soon as the words escaped out of her mouth.
His palms suddenly became clammy.
Shit. I've said too much. No…maybe she was able to see how eager I was.
"Wh-wh-why would you ask that?" He struggled to reply, his words stumbling out of his mouth.
"Oh come on Edward, I know you've got a thing for her. I'm just seeing if you'll be a man and own up to it." Alice retorted matter-of-factly.
Edward rolled his eyes, and went to walk away. Hoping that would kill the conversation.
"I mean I know she likes you, but since you don't feel the same…." Alice trailed off suggestively.
He stopped dead in his tracks and whirled round at a speed that honestly wasn't human as her words started to sink in.
"What?"
Alice smiled victoriously.
"So you are interested?"
Edward glared at her.
"I'm her teacher Alice."
Alice threw her hands up in the air.
"Ugh, who cares? She's 18, and there's more of a relationship there than just teacher and student so go with it. Tell her!" Alice yelled at him.
"Keep your voice down!" Edward scolded her, walking towards her slightly.
"She is not to know about this conversation, Alice." He warned her.
She saw the seriousness in his eyes and heard it in his voice.
"Okay."
"Good." He replied, letting out a sigh of relief.
Alice thought she'd try to cheer him up, remembering the sadness in his voice when he said that he was her teacher.
"She's crazy about you, you know? Every time I mention your name, her eyes just light up." She said to him.
Edward looked up at her, his sadness was still there in his eyes, but it was being blocked out by something else.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really." Alice smiled warmly at him as she finally recognised what was in his eyes.
He was in love with her.
And he knew it.