A/N: Woo! Another long one :) Enjoy my loves.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters; Stephanie Meyer does.

Chapter Twelve

BPOV

Turns out Charlie didn't forget. I've been grounded for two weeks so far and he's adamant to remain firm on the topic.

On the positive side, Alice and I had been getting much closer since the dry humping incident and for that I was eternally grateful. Angela greeted me with a fierce hug and demanded an explanation for my two day absence from school. I couldn't tell her the truth but I did tell her about what had developed between Alice and me. She had gushed happily and congratulated me on finally having the guts to make a move. She was slightly peeved about me missing school for two days just to be with Alice - the not-so-little white lie I had told her about where I had been - but after I explained that it was really because I had hurt myself and Carlisle was looking me over she went right back to gushing excitedly.

The news about Alice and I spreads quickly, probably because we aren't trying to hide our relationship from anyone and the looks we received were mostly jealous ones, though there was the odd judgmental look every now and again. I don't care what anyone thinks though, they're not the ones dating Alice freaking Cullen. Most of the people don't even look at us more than before since Alice and I were always close around school anyway.

Because Forks is such a small town, I decide to tell Charlie about Alice and I myself before he finds out some twisted version of the truth through the grapevine. He barely reacts when I tell him since he had already once thought I was dating her, and now that I actually am there's no difference.

After the Cullens hear my side of what happened during those two days, it turns out that the woman who attacked me was a vampire they've been having trouble with in the area for a long time already. I find out at the same time that that's the 'Victoria' I often hear Alice mentioning in her phone conversations and had briefly gotten jealous over. They've been after her ever since their first stay in Forks years ago and she somehow ended up in the same area as them again.

The fact that she almost killed me makes Alice ballistic and for a moment I actually feel a hint of fear before becoming incredibly turned on. She's so sexy when she's angry.

Things more or less settle down though after that incident, and now - nearly two weeks after - Alice and I have fallen back into our routine. Some days she picks me up and we drive to school in her car, and other times Edward would drive by my house and drop her off on their way to school and Alice and I follow after a while with her sitting behind me on my bike. She refuses to wear a helmet though, complaining about getting helmet hair. I guess she wouldn't actually get hurt in a collision either way though.

"Swan!" I jump up in my seat and the pen I had been twirling around my fingers falls to the ground noisily.

Señora Hernandez has a look of irritation on her face and is looking at me expectantly.

"Antonio Gaudi," Jasper whispers quietly into my ear.

I clear my throat. "Antonio Gaudi, señora."

She grunts with irritation. "Escuchen, por favor," she mutters before turning back to the projector displaying pictures of gothic cathedrals in Barcelona.

"Thanks," I whisper to Jasper. He nods and turns back to the board. He has probably learned all of this before anyway, so why even bother paying attention? Last I checked vampires have an impeccable memory.

I spend the rest of the lesson planning the details of my date with Alice for this Friday. I haven't asked her yet and I'm counting on her saying yes because it's already Wednesday and Edward and Rosalie have been helping me with figuring out what kind of date Alice would enjoy. I just need to find out what kind of movies she likes. I decide to ask her during lunch.

Edward turned out to actually not be all that bad after I found out they're vampires. Apparently his frustration with my was only because his mind reading didn't work on me and I'm the only person that's ever happened with. I'm glad when I hear that because I'd hate having someone picking my brain all the time. We've actually become close after all the weirdness was sorted out.

While Jasper and I are walking to the cafeteria, Angela catches up with us and loops her arm with mine.

"Hey, Jasper," she greets before pulling me toward the lunch line. "Want to sit with us today? Alice can too if she wants"

"Sure," I say, grabbing a soda and three slices of pizza. Alice walks into the cafeteria and I wave her over to the table where Ben and Eric are already sitting.

Alice takes a seat on my left side with Eric on her left and toys with her fruit salad until I'm with my pizza so I can eat the salad for her.

Jessica and Lauren arrive shortly after, and Jessica forces a chair between me and Angela and leans close to me.

"Hi Bella," she says in a breathy voice.

"Uh…hey Jessica. What's up?"

She giggles with a bit too much enthusiasm "Nothing, as usual!" I try to ignore how she touches me more than is necessary all throughout lunch, but I can tell it's starting to get to Alice so I decide to bring up our date.

"Hey Alice," I start, pulling my arm away from Jessica and scooting my chair closer to Alice's. "What kind of movies do you like?"

She looks away from Jessica to answer me, but the jealousy is still in her voice. "Romantic comedies I guess."

"Ugh, those are for stupid old ladies."

Angela snorts. "Jealous much Mike?"

"I'm not jealous," he mutters, pulling a face at her. How flattering.

"What do you say to going out with me on Friday to see one? Among other things."

She looks surprised, and then regards me with a curious smile before nodding. "Yeah, sounds like fun."

"Good," I whisper, leaning into her some more to make Jessica see that I was very happily taken.

"Great," she whispers back with a grin, giving me a slow kiss that lasted longer than necessary - probably for Jessica's sake. I'm not complaining. "I'm not very used to being taken by surprise," she says quietly so only I can hear, "but sometimes it's nice to not know everything," she grins. Apparently, Alice's power also doesn't work on me very well, though I don't completely block her like the wolves in La Push.

The subject of there being other wolves in La Push intrigued me greatly and I always want to meet them so everything that's happening to me won't seem so weird and unexpected. Some guidance would definitely be nice. I haven't been able to broach the subject yet and from what I've observed there's some hostility between Alice's family and the aforementioned wolves, so getting them to help me might not be so easy. Jacob invited me to go cliff jumping on Sunday though, so that might be my opportunity to get the answers and help that I need.

Alice wasn't very happy when she found out that I was going there but she relented, not stopping me from going using her ownership over me both as my girlfriend and since I was technically still her slave for life.

The rest of the day's classes fly by and Gym is once again a breeze, which I've found out is because of me turning into a wolf.

In the locker rooms, I quickly open my locker and pull my sweaty shirt and sports bra off, tossing them on the bench next to me. I turn to Alice to find her tossing her sports bra aside and now working on her shorts and I'm unable to look away. She pulls them down her legs, bending at the waist to get them off her feet and remove her shoes. My breath catches and heat rises up to my face when she removes her underwear next and pulls on her skirt without anything underneath.

By the time she's done changing, I'm nearly hyperventilating and I don't realize that I've barely done anything myself until she turns around and her mouth falls open a little when she sees that I'm shirtless. Glancing at the clock on the wall, I quickly finish changing and then Alice and I head to her car.

She drives me home and stays until Charlie arrives from work - he doesn't mind her coming over even though I'm grounded because he has a soft spot for her. At my needy request, after Alice 'leaves', she often climbs back through my window after returning her car home and stays with me until morning. She says she doesn't mind, and when she told me it was because she enjoyed my sleep talking I was embarrassed since many of my dreams recently have involved the two of us in heated situations.

"See you tomorrow Alice," Charlie says from his couch.

"Bye Charlie," she replies as I lead her to the doorway. We share a gentle peck at the door. "See you in a few minutes."

"I'll be here," I say with a smile.

I head back upstairs and check the movie schedule for Friday one more time and make sure there are more than two options for movies I can watch with Alice just in case she feels like watching something non-romantic. Satisfied that everything will go fine, I change out of my clothes and into my sweatshirt and sleep shorts before crawling into bed and waiting for Alice.

When she arrives, she curls up against my back, letting out a contented purr as she snuggles into me. I turn around and wrap my arms around her, sneaking my hand up her shirt and resting it on her back. I love how cool her skin is. She lets out a sigh and her own hand moves up the front of my shirt and rests gently on my breast, not teasing but just there. I use my hand on her back to pull her a bit closer to my body and I soon dose off in her arms.

A/N: Any guesses about what Bella has planned for their date? Reviews are welcome :)