Chapter 9

I was so confused. I had never liked meeting people or even really caring of people liked me and when I finally wanted and needed a group of people to like me, they hated me instead.

A warm touch upon my cheek drew me from my thoughts and I glanced down at my angel who in worry at my complete silence had pulled her bottom lip into her mouth. With a small smile, I used my thumb to smooth it out again.

"Are you alright?" she asked, capturing my hand in hers. I spent a second revelling in its softness before gently lifting her hand to my face and placing a small kiss upon it.

She understood. I could see by the calm expression she held that she understood. She wasn't bothered by my lack of speech, she was barely fazed. We didn't need words between us, I could get everything I needed to know from her expressions and her touch.

"I don't know what this is between us, Bella but I know that I never want it to end. I've known you a day and yet I know you're the one for me, you're my...soul mate" Alice whispered, leaning into me.

I knew exactly what she meant, from the minute I had seen her dancing beautifully yesterday I had known that she was all I needed, all I had ever needed.

I squeezed her hand gently in response causing the beautiful smile to appear on her face like it had yesterday. I couldn't help but smile back.

We continued simply holding hands and silently eating our lunch until the bell rang and we made our way to biology.

Once we were seated I put my plan into action. I wanted to know more about my angel but I knew I wasn't quite ready to speak just yet. So I opened up my notebook and scribbled down a question

What's your full name?

She looked surprised by the note but a smile spread across her face when she realised what I wanted.

Mary Alice Cullen. You?

Isabella Marie Swan.

We continued on in this manner throughout the lesson. There were so many questions I had for her and I wanted to know everything about her.

I had learned that she loved to dance and she had been dancing since she joined a ballet class when she was four.

I learned that she was the youngest of all the Cullen siblings and her brothers were very protective of her. I was happy at this news; I liked knowing that she would be kept safe.

Every single piece of new information I learned about her was fascinating. There was nothing about Alice that I didn't like.