Chapter 23: Recovery and New Sensations.
When Bella opened her eyes next, she saw Esme sitting on her hospital bed looking down at her. She tried to sit up straighter but her huge migraine wouldn't let her. "Ow!" She gasped and put her hand to her forehead. Esme put her hand on Bella's shoulder and urged her to lie back down on the bed. "Don't move too much Bella. You've been through a lot in the past couple of days." The girl nodded and looked around the room trying to look for the one person she wanted at her side. "Where's Alice?" Esme smiled sweetly and said. "Her and the boys are out hunting before they come to see you." Bella looked around the room and saw that she was indeed in a hospital bed. Tears came to her eyes as she remembered what had happened only a few hours ago. "Esme, is Alice alright?" Esme smiled sweetly at the girl and touched her cheek. "She's fine Bella. Just a little shaken up, like you are." The human looked at her right forearm and frowned. She remembered the pain and the burning of the bite as well as the venom inside of her. "What happened after James...attacked me?" The mother frowned as she recalled the story that Carlisle had told her when they had first brought Bella to the hospital. "Alice flew into a rage and killed him. She tore off his head and went straight to you to help you. The boys burned James's body and Alice's attention was solely on you after that." Bella asked the mother vampire, "Alice saved me." She whispered. Esme nodded her head and another voice filled the room. "Alice bit you and sucked James's venom out of your blood stream." Edward spoke to the women as he entered the room. "If she had taken any more of your blood than she had to Bella, she would've killed you. It took some immense self-control on her part for you to be saved. You know it would've killed her if she were to have done what her demon wanted her to don't you?" Bella nodded her head and covered her face with her hands so they wouldn't see her cry.
After a moment of that, Bella felt a pair of dainty arms covering her body. "I would never hurt you Bella. You are the only reason for my existence. You are the reason why I maintain my humanity. If anything were to happen to you Bella, I would find some way to disappear forever." Bella sobbed and clutched to her love. Alice's family watched with tears in their eyes. These two girls have never felt anything this intense in their lives, that much was true. The only thing that the both of them hoped was that this love would last for all eternity.
A few days later, Alice and Bella made their way to school in Alice's yellow Porsche. Despite the intense battle that had happened only a few day ago, Bella healed rather quickly. The only thing that remained was a cream colored scar on her forearm. When they got to the school, the pixie got out of the driver side first and opened the door for her love. Bella got out of the sports car and immediately wrapped her arms around Alice's waist and kissed her lightly on the lips. "I love you." She whispered in the pixies ear. Alice giggled and kissed Bella lightly on her neck, sending a series of shivers down her spine. "I love you too." She took the humans hand and lead the way up the stairs leading to the school. As they passed Jessica and Lauren's group, Bella twirled Alice around and smiled at the posh girls and the boys who accompanied them. The boys became slack jawed and the girls just glared at them. The girls stopped at the edge of the stairs and kissed each other's lips. The kiss started off sweet and innocent but it soon became heated as people passed by them. After a moment, the two girls heard wolf calls and whistles at the public display of affection. They laughed and Bella brought her love up the stairs and towards their first class.
The day went by as perfect as anyone could've hoped for. When the girls were in English together they would pass secret notes to each other like they were in elementary school. It was fun for them. At lunch, they sat next to each other as did Jasper and Angela. The empath was so grateful to his girlfriend that she didn't run away from him when she found out what he was. Jasper didn't think he could take that. Alice was turned sideways in her chair and leaning up against Bella's chest with Bella's arms wrapped around her neck. Angela was resting her head on Jasper's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. The empath turned his head and kissed the girl lightly on the lips and whispered in her ear. Both Angela and Alice smiled at the whispered question. "What's the smile for?" Bella asked curiously. Alice turned her head and kissed her girlfriend quickly. "Jasper just asked Angela to prom." Bella smiled at the smile that appeared on her best friends face. Angela kissed the boy soundly and it soon became heated. Alice had to cough to get the two teens apart. "I'm so happy for you guys." She said before she leaned back down with her head on Bella's chest. Alice took the girls arm in her hand and kissed the white scar that was there. The memory from how the girl had received it still haunted her mind, but she was grateful that the monster that had put it there was dead. Alice ducked her head in shame and Bella had noticed it. "What's wrong Alice?" The human asked. Alice shook her head trying to put off the question. Bella nudged the girl up off of her chest and looked her in her amber colored eyes. "What's wrong baby?" She asked again, more slowly this time.
Alice relented and released a heavy sigh. "Come outside with me." Alice got up and took her girlfriends hand, leading her out of the double doors of the cafeteria. Once they were outside and in the grass in front of the school, Alice took Bella's free hand and held both of them to her face. Bella shivered at the temperature but it wasn't an unwelcome response. "Why do you stay with me Bella?" Alice asked unsure if the question would make Bella mad or confused. The human just tilted her head and smiled. "Why do I stay with you?" She repeated the statement. Bella looked into her loves eyes and slowly moved her face closer to Alice's. When Bella's lips were a hairs inch away from the pixies she whispered so quietly knowing that Alice would be able to hear her. "I stay because I need you." Bella's eyes went from Alice's amber eyes, back to her ruby lips. "Will you go to prom with me Alice Cullen?" Alice's eyes widened and she backed away for a split second. "What's this? Bella Swan asking me to a dance? I thought I would never see the day." Bella giggled and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Yeah, it is sort of strange isn't it?" She walked up to Alice and rubbed her nose against her girlfriends in a loving gesture. "I don't know why but asking you feels right. Going with you to prom with everyone would feel so nice for some reason." Alice smiled and nodded her head in agreement.
Bella brought her hand up to Alice's face and kept it there for the longest time it had seemed. The pixie kissed the palm of it and leaned into her love's touch. "I love you Bella." Alice whispered quietly. Bella brought her face down and rubbed her nose against Alice's. "I love you too." The human brought her warm lips against her girlfriend's cold ones. They both moaned slightly at the contact. They continued to kiss until they each heard the shrill ring of the bell ending the lunch period. Bella was the first to get away from Alice's lips and she smiled when the pixie still had her eyes closed relishing the kiss. When she opened her eyes again, Alice found that they were slightly darkened by the sound of Bella's gasp. It wasn't out of hunger, but out of shear arousal that her pupils had darkened. "Do you wanna do something fun?" Alice asked with her eyes stuck on Bella's own. Bella was so entranced by Alice's stare that all she could do was nod her head in agreement. "Ok. Hang on one second." Alice blurred into the cafeteria knowing that everyone had gone to their next class, and got Bella's belongings. She threw her bag to her and when Bella caught it, she gasped as she felt her love swing her onto her back. The two women raced through the forest surrounding the school and over to the field that they loved so much. When they passed it however, Bella got a confused look on her face and whispered in her girlfriend's ear. "Where are we going?" The girl asked out of curiosity. The grin on Alice's face widened. "Close your eyes." She replied. "You'll see when we get there."
Bella did as she was told and closed her eyes and felt Alice pick up speed. The thrill of it was amazing. It didn't last for very long however. When Alice stopped, they were facing a deep lake with a rather large waterfall in the distance. Bella got off of Alice's back and walked on the soft grass and stared in awe at the new sanctuary. The tiny bit of sunlight that was present shined on the waterfall and made it resemble tiny gems falling in the water beneath it; much like Alice's skin did. She felt Alice's light touch on her shoulder and she jumped slightly at the contact. Bella turned to look Alice in the eyes as the pixie spoke. "I saw this place in a vision. I also saw the reaction you just had. It was priceless Bella." She said with excitement lacing her voice. "It's beautiful Alice." The human whispered knowing full well that Alice could hear her. Alice just smiled and walked up to the water's edge. When she reached it, she put her fingertips into the water and like the temperature of it. Naturally warm from the bit of sun that was shining. Alice turned around and looked Bella straight in the eye as she asked. "You wanna go for a swim?" She brought her hands down to the hem of her shirt and pulled it up slowly over her head. She then went to the button of her jeans and undid it before pulling the zipper down slowly so Bella could hear every single sound she was making.
Bella had a look of complete desire plastered on her face. Every move that Alice made got her more aroused with each passing second. When the pixie pushed her pants down to her ankles she kicked them off with a flick of her leg. Bella felt her panties getting wetter and it kind of embarrassed her but the desire to touch her love was overwhelming her feeling of embarrassment. Alice could smell her girlfriend's desire from where she was standing. She knew what Bella wanted to do but she kept her still with the intensity of her stare. She turned to face the lake and dove in without a second thought. When Alice arose, she smiled at Bella and giggled. "Are you gonna come in baby or just stand there and watch?" Bella couldn't help but blush as she instinctively covered herself even though she had all of her clothes on. Alice sauntered up to the girl. The water dripped off of her like pearls. Bella tried to keep her gaze as away from the pixie as possible. Alice took her loves chin in her hand and made her look into her darkened eyes. "Bella please understand one thing," The vampire said with desire and attraction in her voice. "You are a beautiful creature. You're so beautiful I can't even keep my thoughts on the straight and narrow with you. Please come join me for a swim. I'll get awfully lonely if you don't." She added with a pout. That did it for Bella and she nodded her head.
Alice smiled and jumped up and down while clapping her hands at the same time. While Bella undressed, Alice dove back in the water and stared at the girl when she arose from the surface. A blush rose on Bella's skin and it almost made the pixie want to bite her again and take a sample of her delicious blood, but the warmth in her belly was more intense than the burning in her throat. All thought was lost for both women when Bella was clad in nothing but her sports bra and panties. As the human walked into the water, her eyes never left Alice's own. She felt the warmth of the water and it was like heaven to her. She watched as Alice swam over to her as gracefully as an angel would. That's when Bella realized that this would always be her own personal heaven. The girls swam to each other and held one another in their arms. The human seemed to be getting used to the cold feeling her girlfriend's skin because she never shivered when Alice touched her. The only feeling that was present was the overwhelming feeling of heat and desire as she looked into Alice's copper eyes. "I love you Alice." Bella whispered as her lips got closer to the pixies own cold ones. Alice did not get the chance to respond before Bella's lips were on hers. Both girls moaned as they felt the contrast of each other's lips.
They swam over to a shallow part of the pond and kissed for what seemed like forever. The kiss became heated very quickly and there was no stopping it from here. Alice couldn't help but move her kisses down to Bella's jaw and neck and when Bella moaned, she felt herself getting very hot under her cold skin. "I've wanted to kiss you like this since the first time." Alice whispered in Bella's ear. The human shivered from the desire lacing her loves voice. She pulled Alice's face to hers and began kissing her lips once more. The pixie moved her hands all up and down Bella's torso and felt her skin to be hot to the touch. For a second, she thought that the girl was feverish but then she knew better. With Alice on top of her, she knew that she would never get another fever as long as she lived. Bella's hands moved around to Alice's back and dragged her fingertips gently over her loves spine. It was then that she started to purr like a kitten. "Are you purring?" The girl moaned at the feeling of Alice's lips on her heated skin. Alice pushed the girl back to where she could lay her down on the firm ground and began to move her kisses to her toned shoulders. "Yes," she said while kissing her neck. "Do you hate it? Cuz I can stop if you don't like it." she nibbled slightly at the skin beneath her lips.
Bella moaned loudly and shook her head. "No. I love it. Please don't stop baby." She melded her fingers into Alice's soft wet hair. As if going by instinct, the pixie moved her hands over Bella's bra clad breasts and started kneading them. "Oh my god, Alice." Bella moaned as she felt her nipples strain against the cloth of her bra. It was then that Alice moved her kisses down to the crook of Bella's neck. She took one whiff of the girls scent and her entire world went black for only a moment. The scene before her was one of serenity and beauty. The forest surrounded them and they blurred past hundreds if not thousands of trees. Alice and her family were where they belonged, but where was Bella? She asked herself. Alice looked down at her side and saw that she was holding hands with someone. When she looked up into the persons face, she saw that it was Bella. Bella was running with her and her family. But how could this be, she thought. A closer look into the girl's eyes told her everything she needed to know. Gone were the sea green eyes of her mortal love, the ones that replaced them were the even more beautiful sight of red eyes of that of a newborn. Bella had a look of mischief in her eyes in this vision. Then she asked a question. "Wanna race?" She said with a smile sporting the new fangs of a newborn vampire as well. Alice smiled in return and let go of her loves hand. When she did, the girl took off into the distance and Alice raced off behind her knowing she would catch up.
"Alice." The pixie heard her voice being called and knew that the vision was ending. She leaned up and looked into Bella's warm beautiful sea green eyes once again and let out a single breath. "What did you see baby?" Bella asked out of curiosity. Alice giggled and wondered for one moment if she should tell her love of the vision she had. She paused before answering. "I saw you and me running through the forest with my family." Bella looked at the girl a little confused. "How is that possible? I'm not a vampire." Alice was quiet for a moment before replying. "That's the point my love. In my vision...you were a vampire." Both girls remained still and quiet. Both were contemplating the thought of Bella being a vampire. Neither one knew what to think of it. Bella was the first one to speak. "I wanna be with you forever Alice. There's no doubt in my mind about that." Alice looked down at Bella with tears in her copper eyes. "But there is so much for you to experience in this life first my love. I don't want to take you from a life that you haven't even lived yet." As she said this her hands moved from Bella's sides and up to her cheeks. The girl looked defeated. "But I feel awkward in this life. I'm clumsy and I blush all the time. It's really very embarrassing." Alice giggled. "But those are all of the things I love about you Bella. Among other things, but you get the point." Bella used some of her strength to roll the two of them so that she was on top. She looked to be in thought for a moment but then she spoke up. "Can I make a deal with you?" Alice nodded. "Can you promise to change me after graduation? That way I can live a little and tell my dad I'm going to go away for college." Alice thought about this for a second. "You know that once you become a vampire Bella, you won't be able to see him again." The girl nodded slowly. "I need you Alice. As long as I have you, I'll have no regrets in this life or the next." The pixie brought her arms up around her loves neck and held her for a long moment. "You'll never be without me, my Bella." Bella smiled and buried her face into the crook of Alice's neck. When the two separated, Alice spoke. "So after graduation then and not a moment before." Bella nodded. "Alright then." Alice rolled them so that she was on top once more. "Time to get up then. We got some living to do."