Full Circle

23

So this chapter is to make up for all the Alice/Bella interactions i've had in the past few chapters. Nothing huge happens this chapter but it sets up a little something for the next chapter.

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"You're a good kid Alice" Charlie mumbled quietly "She deserves you"

"So you're telling me that if I died, you would have gone to the Volturi?" I heard Bella ask as I rested my head on her shoulder

She had woken up early that morning and couldn't get back to sleep.

It was the second night she had spent in hospital. She said she felt so much better than she had been feeling previously over the past few days.

But I think she was just anxious to get out so it was good news when she found out she was being released later that day.

She used the lame excuse that she couldn't sleep without me next to her to get me on the bed but I didn't mind how cheesy it was.

It was cute and sweet, plus I really wanted an excuse to cuddle with her anyway

"I hadn't really decided what to do once I got there though" I said with the furrowed brow

"What do you mean?" She shook her head in confusion

"Well I could have asked them to kill me or I could have accepted their offer to join them" I shrugged "But it's all just words now I guess"

"You wouldn't fit in there" Bella said

"It's not like high school Bells, I'm a vampire. I would fit in" I replied with a hint of playfulness

"No you wouldn't" Bella said seriously "From what I've been told by everyone in your family, including you they sound pretty scary"

"I can be pretty scary" I glanced up at her

"I don't believe that" Bella replied before she smirked, placing a kiss on the top of my head "You can be very pretty though, just without the scary"

"I can be?" I propped myself up on my arm to look her in the eyes with a raised brow

"I mean you're pretty all of the time" Bella said with a sheepish smile

"That I am" I replied jokingly before tucking my head back into her neck

"But seriously" Bella said quietly "You wouldn't fit in because you're not like them. You're better than them"

"I know" I said with a sigh "Thank you"

We stayed silent for a moment until Bella brought her hand up to stroke my cheek gently. Her touch was as warm as ever but all I could do was stare at the bandage on her wrist

"How are you feeling?" I asked as I gently took her hand from my cheek to bring her wrist gently to my lips "Is it sore?"

"It's okay" Bella shrugged but she couldn't hide the rush of blood that crowded her skin in a blush "What about you? Are you feeling okay?"

"Why would you ask that?" Once again pulled my head from Bella's neck but I sat up next to her this time so I could look her in the eyes while we talked

"Hmm Alice I don't know. Just for starters you've got red in your eyes" Bella said "The blood can't have made you comfortable"

"I wouldn't say it made me comfortable and yeah I do feel a bit strange having human blood in my system after it's been so long since having it last" I said with a simple shrug "I'll be fine though, it's really not a big deal"