A/N: Another slightly shorter chapter. They'll become longer once the story moves along some more :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters; Stephanie Meyer does.
Chapter Six
BPOV
On Thursday, my bike refuses to start up and I'm forced to walk again. I don't see Alice until the very end of Gym, so I don't really get to talk to her.
As I'm walking home, I start thinking that maybe I shouldn't leave my bike out in the rain. Sure would save me a lot of walking. About halfway there, Alice's car drives past me before slowing down to stop.
"You need a ride?" Alice asks when I reach the open window.
"Are you sure? I still have a cold and I don't want to make you sick."
"It's okay, my dad's a doctor and we all got our flu shots," she says, looking like she was enjoying some private joke. The Volvo drives past us, Jasper throwing me a small wave through the open window. I return it before turning back to Alice.
"Okay then, just don't say I didn't warn you. I don't want your father to be angry at me for getting his little princess sick," I say, getting into the car.
Alice rolls her eyes. "You make it sound like I'm some sort of daddy's girl."
"With a car like this, I don't doubt it," I say, leaning my head back on the seat.
"Are you saying I'm spoiled?"
"That's one way of looking at it."
She narrows her eyes at me.
"Eyes on the road please, Alice. I don't want us to end up wrapped around a tree." She rolls her eyes again, but does as I ask.
"So I was wondering," she begins. "Would you like to come over to my place on Friday for a sleepover with me and Rose?" I nearly laugh at the thought of having a sleepover with Alice's sister.
"Your sister doesn't like me," I tell her, looking out the window.
"How can you know that? You two have never talked once."
"Because she's always glaring at me."
"She's not glaring, she's just...trying to see you better. She needs glasses, but won't admit it," Alice says.
I stare at her, waiting for her to admit what we both knew. Eventually, she sighs.
"Fine, so you're not her favorite person at the moment. She's not so bad though once you get to know her." She stops the car and turns it off.
"You wanna come in?" I ask, hoping she'll say yes.
"Sure, but I don't think I can stay for long," she glances at the clock in the car's dashboard.
We get inside and leave our shoes near the entrance, then go upstairs to my room. I show off my comic book collection to her, and she ends up engrossed in them. I pretend to read as well, really just watching her out of the corner of my don't realize how late it is until we hear Charlie closing the front door.
"Bells? Alice?"
"Wow, I didn't even notice what time it is," Alice says while I check my wrist watch.
"Yeah. Hey, um…" I began nervously.
"Yes?"
"There's this beach party on Saturday and I was wondering if, after we're done with the sleepover, you wanted to come."
"Which beach?"
"First Beach. It's over in La Push."
"Oh. I'm sorry Bella, but I can't. My parents don't like me going there."
"Why not? We'll be a whole group so you don't have to worry about getting lost or not being safe."
"I know, but I'm gonna be doing something on Saturday with my family anyway."
I try not to look too disappointed. "Well, there's always next time, right?"
"Of course."
We go downstairs and greet Charlie before putting on our shoes and making our way to the door.
"See you in the morning?" Alice says.
"Yeah, I'm not sure what's up with my bike recently."
"Maybe Rose could take a look at it. She's great with mechanical stuff. You can bring it over on Friday."
Charlie decides to make himself known at that moment. "Hey, no kissing you two. I don't want to have two sneezing teenagers hanging round my house, it's bad for my image." He makes the universal "I've got my eyes on you" sign, before retreating to the kitchen.
I'm sure that my face is beet red, and I glare at the spot where he was just standing.
Alice giggles. "I'll see you tomorrow Bella," she says, kissing my cheek before heading outside. My face can't get anymore red and to compensate, my mouth falls open.
While I watch her make her way to her car, Charlie comes to stand next to me.
"She's a lovely girl. You really should ask her out Bells, before someone else snags her."
"I'm working on it," I say quietly, waving at Alice while she starts her car. She waves back, grinning and drives off.
I go back inside, realizing that I haven't made supper yet. "Don't worry about it Bells, I ordered some pizza."
I sit on the couch and watch TV with him until the pizza arrives. It's not plain cheese, but I eat it anyway because I'm so hungry.
A/N: Alice so heard that little comment ^^ Review with your thoughts or ideas.