A/N: Ooh, fast update…and new P.O.V.! Sorry it's so short, but it's sweet.

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Rosalie

After school I seeked out Alice and found her sprawled across her bed, ankles crossed, kicking back and forth. Her eyes were quickly scanning the lines and she was flipping through the pages of a book. I leaned in closer to see what she was reading…Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. "Really, Alice?"

She shrugged. "I'm running out of things to read."

"Well, since you seem to be enjoying that book ever so much, allow me to distract you." I grabbed the book from her hands and tossed it on the other side of her bedroom.

"Rose!" she exclaimed. "You didn't even mark my place!"

"Oh, god damn it, Alice, you have a perfect memory, you will find where you were. If you would quit whining for a moment, you might find that I'm going to say something you actually want to hear."

I sunk down on the edge of her bed without waiting to be invited. Alice sighed and sat up Indian style, placing her elbows on her knees and propping up her chin in her hands to show me she was at full attention now. "Yes, Rosie?" She asked, her voice dripping with sugary sweetness.

I shook my head at her childlike antics. Alice was so…Alice. Even when she was getting on my nerves she was still adorably endearing. "Behave yourself."

"I am," she half whined. "Just tell me, puh-lease, you know how bad I can be at being patient."

I laughed at Alice's truthful statement. Patience was a virtue Alice certainly had not been well endowed with. "Someone asked about you today," I informed her matter-of-factly.

If Alice were a dog, her ears would have perked up about now. As it were, she sat up even more and devoted every last ounce of her attention to me. "Bella?" she asked eagerly.

"Who else?"

"And?"

"I don't think you should worry about scaring her away. In fact I think you may have already reeled her in."

"She's not a fish, Rose." Alice scowled, but it was clearly a mock scowl. I nudged her in the ribs and she broke into a grin.

"So I think it is safe to come back to school now that you know you haven't scared your new crush off, okay little sister?"

She rolled away from me and pouted for a moment. "Are you sure? We have been going to school for so many years that it has been kind of nice to have a break. Carlisle and Esme have been so wonderful about letting me have some time off because of the whole Bella fiasco so maybe…"

"Well, while begging 'Mommy and Daddy' for some time off was very effective initially," I quoted Alice's use of pet names for our parents.

"It worked," she admitted suddenly becoming interested in playing with her quilt.

"Yes," I agreed. As the youngest daughter, Alice had our parents, and often our brothers, wrapped around her little finger. "But I am not sure it will work for much longer. Especially when they find out that Bella has no intention of avoiding you and was even asking after you." I stood up and began to leave the room.

She got up and followed me. "Rosalie, you wouldn't dare!"

"Oh, wouldn't I?"

"Rose, please, at least wait until I finish the book?"

I turned around and took her gently took her hands in mine. "Alice, I am only saying this because you are my sister and I care about you. But Alice, you are begging me to not make you go back to school, where you can see your future mate, so you can stay home and read the Harry Potter books. Stop and think about this for a minute, honey."

She pause briefly and blinked at me. She dashed backed to her room and shouted over her shoulder at me. "You're right. I should just read it now. I could totally finish it before school tomorrow."