QUICKIE: I think my Castle addiction is getting out of hand. I watched about twenty episodes the past two days. Afterward I couldn't help but think how much writing I could have gotten done in that amount of time, haha! I don't even remember the last time I updated, which means it's been way too long! I managed to buckle down long enough to write this chapter. It's not as long as I would have liked it to be, but I've been gone and haven't had a lot of time lately with the holidays coming and all. Hope you understand. I'll try and get another one up tomorrow (Friday the 16th).

-Bella's POV-

The rest of the week actually went by rather fast. Mainly because Charlie got me a job at the sporting goods store in town. They keep me pretty busy, so I hadn't had enough time to really think about much anything. Saturday was here already, and I was excited for my date with Alice tonight. That was until my boss said that we needed to stay late and do inventory for the second night in a row. With my luck, of course something had to come up. And being stuck with Mike for more hours of the day, wasn't my idea of a good night. He always checks on me, to see if I need any help. He doesn't get, if I needed help, I would say it. I was on my way to lock up the store, when I got a text from Alice.

A - ALMOST READY?

STUCK AT WORK DOING INVENTORY AGAIN. WON'T NO GET OFF UNTIL LATE.

A – WANT SOME HELP?

BELIEVE ME, NO ONE SHOULD ENDURE THIS TORTURE. GO AHEAD AND EAT. THEY ARE FEEDING US HERE.

A – TEXT ME WHEN YOU ARE DONE, MAYBE WE CAN STILL CATCH A MOVIE. IF YOU WOULD STILL BE UP TO IT?

:) I'D LIKE THAT. TEXT YOU WHEN THEY LET US GO.

Maybe my night wasn't going to be as bad as I had anticipated. I worked as fast as I could, doing my best to focus on the job at hand. It was about ten o'clock when they finally said we could leave. I texted Alice, and went home and quickly changed while waiting for her to come pick me up. Charlie wasn't exactly thrilled that I was going out so late, but it wasn't a school night and he knew he could trust me. But he still gave me some pepper spray just "in case".

Alice arrived a few minutes later, but not in the silver Volvo. An amazingly shiny yellow Porsche is what was there instead. I got in and we headed to Port were both quiet, but the lack on conversation was not awkward. About ten minutes in, I realized that the trees outside were going by way faster than they should be. I glanced at the speedometer, and to my surprise, we were going nearly a hundred mph.

"Oh my God! Alice, slow down!" I looked at her horrified, though she was perfectly calm. She sighed with a faint smile, then let her foot ease the pedal back.

"As you wish. I just hate driving slow."

"If fifty-five is too slow for you, then maybe you should be a race car driver."

She slowed down until the red needle was a eighty. That was still way too fast for my liking, but I trusted her and she made me feel safe. We reached Port Angeles in no time, and we happened to be right on time for the movie we wanted to see. After we got a small popcorn, we found two seats in the middle of the room. The place was pretty packed since it just opened yesterday, but I liked seeing movies with big crowds. It seems to heighten your senses in a way. I didn't need to see a movie with a crowd for that to get the feeling anymore. Just being around Alice will do the trick. I looked over to her and she was already looking at me. Brown locked on gold, and didn't let go. She smiled that beautiful smile of hers, and I smiled back.