Chapter 4

Sunshine, Blue Skies please go away

The sun woke Bella and for a heart stopping minute she thought Alice and Forks had been a dream. She kept her eyes closed hoping that if that was the case she'd be able to go back to sleep and see Alice again.

"Bells you're gonna be late!" Charlie shouted from downstairs.

Her heart when back to normal. She was dreaming, Forks was just sunny. She got showered and dressed. She went downstairs and ate cereal across from Charlie where he was reading the news paper. She didn't mind these silences, actually she preferred them. She thought about Alice, Beautiful Alice. Bella had dated before, both guys and girls but she had never in her life thought she'd want someone who looked like that. Alice was a rare find, she was both intelligent and beautiful. Most of all she wanted to be Bella's friend, with no strings attached. There was no benefit for Alice, she could hold her own in the class room and probably when it came to guys. The thought made Bella sad, Alice with some guy.

"Bells you ok?"

That snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah fine"

"Now maybe you want to start eating again?"

Charlie probably thought his daughter was going mad. Charlie got up to leave for work and Bella said good bye. She got to her truck and found the note on her windscreen, it was in a plastic bag.

"Dear Bella,

I won't be in school today. Try not to miss my presence too much.

Alice"

It hit Bella in the chest like a ton of bricks. No Alice for today at school. She sat in her truck for another ten minutes before she took off for school. She decided it was best for her just to go and get it over with. She would see Alice tomorrow. As she drove along all she could think of was Alice. She had to focus extra hard to drive, when she got to school most of the students were already in the building. She rushed in and got to homeroom which was uneventful as usual. As she left someone grabbed her arm.

"Hi"

She had black hair and she wore glasses.

"Bella right? I'm Angela, how are you?"

Bella could tell it took a lot for this girl to come and say hi to someone she didn't know.

"Yeah Bella, definitely not Isabella. I'm good, we share classes don't we?"

The girl, Angela looked relieved.

"Yeah all of them actually, where's your friend?"

"She isn't coming in today."

Saying that was more difficult than Bella had expected. Alice's note was still in her pocket. And she was doing the exact thing Alice told her not to do. So instead she threw herself into making another friend today, she spoke to Angela about herself and found out more about her. Angela loved photography and she was the school paper's photographer. Her dream was to leave Forks and become a freelance landscape photographer.

When she spoke about photography she lit up and was much less shy about herself and her surroundings. They walked to class and Bella took her usual seat and conveniently it was directly behind Angela. They focused in class and everything went smoothly. When lunch time came around Angela told Bella to come and sit with them. She introduced them all. Mike was the athletic guy and Jessica was the athletic girl, they seemed to be going out. Ben was sitting next to Mike and Angela and judging from their hushed conversation Angela and Ben were dating. Bella was the dreaded fifth wheel, but they didn't make her feel like it at all. They were all friendly and welcoming

"You know you should invite your friend to sit with us too. Where is she?"

Angela told him Alice wasn't in today, Bella mouthed thank you and Angela gave a brief nod. They had chemistry and gym left for the day, chemistry was a disaster because the Cullens were still upset about Bella and Alice showing them up. They were having a lecture today on mitosis, it was basically a summary and revision class, which went by quickly. The bell rang and Bella got up and tripped over the big guys foot. He started laughing at her and Bella could feel herself getting angry, she hated people like this. Luckily Mike shoved him back and helped Bella up.

"Watch yourself Cullen!"

With that Mike, Angela and Bella left the classroom. Bella couldn't believe them, what had she done for them to be such assholes. She missed Alice even more now, she was Bella's counterweight. She wished she had a phone so she couldn't text Alice. Bella had known this girl exactly one day and she wanted Alice to be her Alice even though she wasn't the best at relationships. She wondered how Alice felt about all this and more importantly her.

The rest of the day went off without much of a hitch, when she was driving home she noticed that Alice's car wasn't in the drive way. She went on her way cleaning the house, she put in her earphones and took out her mp3 player and put in both earphones and started playing her current favourite song. She never sang unless she was home alone, like now

"Do I wanna know?

If this feeling flows both ways

Sad to see you go

I've started hoping that you'd stay

Didn't we both know

That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day"

She kept quite after the chorus, the song really made her think. Alice. That's all she thought about today, she decided that she was going to make the move. Alice should feel the same way. And if she didn't well Bella that was a risk Bella was willing to take. When Charlie came home Bella had cooked him supper, done all her homework and started on a project. She had to kill time and ensure she didn't let Alice consume her every waking minute. When she washed up after Charlie he sat and asked about her day and how school was, they had a short conversation and Charlie went to the tv and Bella went upstairs where she decided to take a shower and have an early night.

Alice was laying on her cars roof looking up at the clear sky. It was very seldom that she could be outside like this, but Forks was quite at night. She thought about her life and how she had come to this point, she didn't think she'd be in Forks and going after a girl, she just hoped she hadn't scared Bella away by being too affectionate. She saw Bella's entire day, she wanted to punch the shit out of them. Trying to hurt Bella because they had done their work and the Cullens hadn't was completely unnecassary. She knew the clouds would be back tomorrow which meant she'd have her Bella back at her side.

AN - The vote was completely one sided. Everyone says Bella, and yes she will have a stronger role in this story. The song Bella sings is Do I wanna know by The Artic Monkeys. Take a listen to it, its really good.

Next question.

Should Alice tell Bella everything about herself and her nature?

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