The Edge

Just The Two of Us

Summary: Alice and Bella arrive at the hotel in Port Angeles, and enjoy some quality time alone together

Later That Night

"This," Bella said flopping down onto the bed with her arms spread open, "is far too extravagant," she continued, propping herself up onto her hands so that she could see Alice, who was depositing their bags by the door.

"I was hardly going to take you to the Have-a-Nap, Bella," Alice said grinning, stretching her lithe body before bounding to the bed as well, somersaulting onto it and rolling into Bella's waiting arms.

"Nice," Bella murmured as Alice settled against her.

"I have my moments," Alice replied, grinning quickly before leaning forward to press her lips against Bella's. "Do you need food?" Alice asked, her eyebrows scrunching together.

Despite her best efforts, Alice could never seem to figure out at what hours she needed to eat. The only time she was ever certain it was feeding time was lunch, and that was only because it was written on her timetable.

"Probably," Bella sighed. She had been too nervous anticipating Alice's arrival to eat dinner with Charlie, which meant that it had been almost nine hours since she had had anything to eat. She wasn't starving, but she could feel a headache beginning to come on, and she didn't want anything to get in the way of enjoying her night away with Alice.

"I knew it," Alice said delightedly, "I'm getting better," she said smugly, smiling at Bella, before rolling half on top of her and reaching over the bedside table to pick up the room service menu. "Can I pick?" she asked rolling off of Bella, turning to look at her questioningly a few moments later.

"What I have for dinner?" Bella asked smiling, though she looked kind of confused.

Alice nodded.

"I guess so," Bella said, her smile growing as Alice grinned at her. "As long as it's something I don't mind eating," she added, not wanting Alice to pick the most exotic thing on the menu just because it sounded nice and was expensive.

"Okay, sure," Alice agreed opening up the menu, her eyes immediately beginning to scan it studiously.

Bella watched Alice closely as she looked at the menu in her hands, her eyes going over and over the selections as she bit down on her bottom lip, her eyebrows furrowed together deep in thought.

"You are too precious for words," Bella murmured, barely resisting the urge to ruffle Alice's hair and coo at her.

"What? Why?" Alice asked blinking, turning to face her. "Am not," she added after a second.

"Are too," Bella responded, giving into the urge to lean over and kiss Alice. "Why do you want to pick what I have for dinner, anyway?" she asked curiously, resting her head on Alice's shoulder so that she could see the menu as well.

Alice shrugged, jostling Bella a little.

"I hear about food all the time, but I can't eat any of it. So, I want to pick something that I've heard people talk a lot about and then watch you eat it," Alice said as if it was the most logical thing in the world. "Do you like steak? People talk about steak a lot," she continued thoughtfully.

Bella scrunched her face up, not quite following Alice's thought process, but after a moment she decided to let it go.

"I do like steak, but it's a bit heavy for," Bella craned her neck so that she could see the clock, "ten o'clock at night."

"Hmm, heavy," Alice murmured, wondering how much a steak weighed. She would look it up later. "What about lobster?" she asked.

"Too messy," Bella said shaking her head. There was no way she wanted Alice watching her fight her way through a lobster dinner. Alice sitting there staring at her while she ate was going to be weird enough without her having to wear a bib.