Bella? Is that you?

Chapter 6

I fell asleep on the couch, and was woken up when someone sat next to me. I sat up, stretching and looked at Alice who had sat next to me. She had been next to me when I fell asleep, and I didn't know that she'd gotten up.

"Hey, are you OK?"

She nodded, and moved a little closer. It was dark out and I was pretty tired.

"Yeah. I saw Edward deciding to leave for a while earlier. And Kate is coming to visit."

I frowned, confused. I wasn't sure who she was talking about. She seemed to realise that I wasn't sure who she was talking about.

"Oh. Remember I told you about the Denali's earlier?"

Oh right.

"Yeah. I remember."

"OK. Well, she broke up with Garrett and wants to say here for a while. Edward decided to leave for a while, and I don't think we'll see him for a while."

I nodded, and yawned.

"You're tired, come on."

She looked at me, debating whether I should stay or not. Alice grabbed my hand and dragged me up to her room. I couldn't exactly stop her, could I?

"Bella, you can stay, it's fine. plus I wanted to talk to you. But, you're tired. We can talk about that tomorrow. Here."

She gave me something to wear and when I tried to argue ............ Well, she remembered the effect that her pout had on me. I can't say no when she looks at me like that.

"Fine, I'll stay. I'll be right back."

She smiled at me, and I walked into her bathroom, getting changed. That pout always got me, and she knew it. I walked back out and she was sitting on the bed. I wasn't as tired as I thought.

"You feeling OK?"

I nodded and sat next to her. I was getting used to being around her again, something I was happy about. I didn't want to get to close just yet though.

"I'm OK. Just a little tired. Did you see anything else about Edward?"

"Just that he decided to leave for a while. He didn't like the way we believed you over him."

I sat next to her, and she took my hand. She held it in my lap, but no to close to ........... Anyway, she looked at me smiling.

"Is this OK?"

I nodded, squeezing her hand. I didn't mind this, but I wanted to take this slow.

"Yeah. I just wanna take take this-"

"Slowly. I understand. I just don't want to make you uncomfortable."

I smiled at her, thinking about what she'd said. I looked away, looking out.

"Alice ........... Look, telling you about this was difficult. I thought you'd think I was-"

"Bella, stop."

I looked at her and she looked annoyed. Well, I thought she looked cute, but I could see that she was was trying to look annoyed.

"Bella, when I took your hand and felt that ........ It doesn't bother me. I was surprised, but you're still my Bella. That's one thing, that will never change, OK?"

She moved a little closer, squeezing my knee.

I nodded, trying not to think about where her hand was. So much for taking things slow.

"OK. I just thought-"

"Bella."

"Can I finish please?"