Falling for You

Official

My phone was vibrating quickly across my bedside table. I lifted my head sleepily and looked at the name. Alice. I should have known. I yawned and picked up the phone. I wasn't getting out of this. "Hey Alice."

"Isabella Marie Swan. Why did you not call me? You had specific instructions to call me as soon as you got back from his house." She took a steadying breath." If I didn't not love you, you would be in a lot of trouble right now."

I rolled my eyes and looked at the clock. It was 2 o'clock in the morning. "Alice, it's been an interesting day. When I got back I just wanted to sleep."

"Well tell me now. I have to know." Her excitement was getting the better of her. "Did you talk about the kiss? Did he kiss you again? Are you guys officially dating yet?"

"Alice, slow down. Yes, yes, and yes. Now will you calm down? I'm not sure your little pixie heart can't take all the excitement." I tried not to giggle, but it escaped anyway.

"This is so amazing, Bella. Now you can finally come with Jasper, Emmett, Rose and I on our dates."

"Don't Edward and I usually come anyway?" I wasn't sure that our becoming official really changed anything besides the fact that I had pulled the most beautiful boy in existence off the market.

"Of course, now we'll all be on dates. It will be so much more romantic. We've been holding back on the mushy stuff for your sake. Now we're going to do actual date stuff."

"Did it ever occur to you that you could have gone on a date without me? I mean, come on Alice. Jasper probably wants to spend some alone time with you."

"But I needed to make sure that you and Edward progressed properly. I couldn't have you screwing this up for yourself."

I sighed. She was right in a way. I had this ability to make myself miserable. I hoped that I wouldn't screw up what I had with Edward. "Alice, promise me you aren't going to neglect Jasper in you mission to keep Edward and I together.

"Don't be silly, Bella." I wasn't being silly. She had a way of getting caught up in a project. "I just got off the phone with him." She paused. "Are you going to get some alone time with Edward when we get back?"

"ALICE!"

I heard footsteps and my door slammed open. "What's wrong? What's going on?" Charlie was standing in my door way with a baseball bat in hand.

"Sorry, Dad. I was talking on the phone with my roommate." I felt really bad. Charlie had probably gotten used to complete silence while he slept.

He grumbled incoherently and went back to his room. There was more grumbling in his room then a comforting, familiar female voice.

"Sue?" It came out in a whisper.

"Bella, what are you talking about?"

I was in shock. How had I not noticed this before? "I think my dad's sleeping with this woman that I know. I think I hear her voice coming from his bedroom."

"Good for him. You should learn from him. It's time you take your relationship with Edward to the next level."

That snapped me back to attention. "Alice, we just made it official. It's not the right time, I'm not ready yet." That was almost a lie. I had never been more ready for somebody in my entire life, but it wasn't the right time, yet. Something was missing, but I wasn't sure what yet. I shook it off, "I just need a little more time."

Alice sighed, "Y'all are driving back tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, it's supposed to take us more than 2days, but Edward gets us there in almost 24hours. I can't pay attention when he's driving, he has to be going over one hundred miles an hour." I sighed. "Alice, I'm tired, can I talk to you later."