Bella, what are those?

11

I woke up, and realised that Alice had stayed. I sat up, and moved away. I was a little nervous about this, and she could see it. I had cuddled up to her in my sleep.

"Bella, you don't have to move away. I like the way you cuddle with me in your sleep. Every time I moved, you started talking in your sleep, so I stayed."

I blushed, and looked away. I was embarrassed about this, she didn't think it was a big deal. She didn't have to worry about .................. Wait, I was cuddling her in my sleep. Did she notice?

"Bella."

I looked up at her, and she shook her head.

"W........ What?"

I ran my hand through my hair and she caught my hand, holding it in hers.

"Bella, how many times do I have to tell you that I don't care that your different? I know what you were trying to decide, and you don't need to worry about that. I like cuddling with you, and I couldn't leave you last night. You moved in your sleep and started talking, when you wrapped your arms around me, you stopped. Every time I moved, you started talking. I was worried about you getting cold."

I shook my head. That never bothered me, I like it, really.

"Stop that, pixie. That never bothered me. I love being close to you. I just don't want to make this hard on you."

I started getting ready, and Alice told me she had to leave. She was trying to get around telling where she was going, and got a little flustered. I walked over to her, kissing her.

"It's OK. I know you need to hunt. You never have to worry about talking about that. If you need to go, just say so."

I kissed her again, and grabbed a few things. She left, saying she would be back soon. I decided to check my emails, most of which were from my mom, making sure school was going OK. I told her things were going fine, and she was happy about that. I grabbed a new book I was meaning to read. Well, it wasn't new, it's been out for a while. But, I'd gotten a while ago, and never got around to reading it. 'City of Lost Souls.' I'd read the others and wanted to read it. My dad was downstairs watching some game, but I talked to him, when I got something to eat, before I started reading. I spent a few hours reading it, and laughed when Isabelle started dating Simon, who was a vampire. I checked the time, 2:30. I started thinking about whether or not I should tell my dad. I knew that he'd be OK with it, he knew that Alice was OK with me being different.

"What's so funny?" 

I jumped, and turned around. Alice was leaning against the window sill, smiling at me. She walked over to me, and sat next to me. I sat up, throwing the book down next to me, and kissed her.

"Nothing, just something in the book I was reading. How are feeling?"

"Better. I didn't expect to stay last night. What about you?"

I moved and she sat back. I threw the book on my desk, looking at Alice.

"I'm fine, pixie."

She nodded, and I grabbed her hand.

"You can tell him if you want. My family know, I can't exactly hide it, living with Edward."

I knew her family knew, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell my dad.

"I know they do. I know I saw Bret smile at me, at the party. When she wasn't glaring at Angela's-"

"And you were staring at the back of my head, were you?"

I blushed, I thought she'd hadn't noticed................

Alice laughed, when I buried my face in my hands. She pried my hands away, and made me look at her.