Chapter 10

"Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen."

"It's… you," I mumbled. At that moment I didn't think my face could get any more red.

When I opened my eyes Alice was beaming at me. What the hell?

"Bella, you're very beautiful yourself," she said, giggling. I sat up and turned away from her, I couldn't possibly deal with this, could I? Immediately I felt her hand on my shoulder, pulling me back in her direction.

"Bella, is there more you want to tell me?" Her face was dead serious now, and I knew that it was now or never. But I couldn't find the strength inside me to tell her how I really felt. I didn't want to ruin this holiday.

"Because you can tell me everything, you know that," she touched my arm again and again a few tears escaped my eyes. Alice captured them all and pulled me into her, she hugged me and comforted me. It worked, as it always did. Her sweet voice cooed me and told me it would be alright.

"You don't have to tell me, Bella. It can wait, if you're not ready for talking about what bothers you yet," she was way too understanding. I shook my head, I had to tell her. It would probably kill me if I didn't.

"I want to tell you, Alice. But I'm afraid I'll ruin the holiday," a blushed crept on my face and I stared at my hands, which were in hers.

"Nothing you will say could ruin this holiday, Bella. It's perfect, it could only get better, not worse," that was the last push I needed.

"Alice, I'm in love with you," I whispered. Maybe this was quite a blunt way to put it, but at least I was straightforward about it, and no misinterpretation could be made. I slowly looked up at her and saw she was beaming again. Now I was really confused, was she happy about this? Did she feel the same way? Could that be?

"Bella, I'm very much in love with you too," she said, as soon as the words had left her mouth I felt her cold lips crash into mine. I couldn't help but smile at this and kissed her back. The kiss was perfect, it was exactly how I had hoped it would be. It was much better than Edward's kisses, Alice wasn't afraid to kiss me. She actually seemed to enjoy it. We stayed on the blanket for a few more hours, talking, kissing, laughing.

That night we got to Cork. Alice drove like crazy because she really wanted to arrive there before sundown. She had booked the most expensive room, again. I'd probably never understand the reason for that. Ten minutes later we got into our room, I wasn't as tired now and so I didn't fall asleep right away. Alice kissed me softly after she dropped our suitcases and closed the door. I kissed her back, wrapped my arms around her and pushed her into the direction of the bed. Our kiss deepened as she licked my bottom lip, begging for entrance. Well, who was I to deny her? I lay down and she got on top of me, our lips only broke contact because I had to breathe once in a while. Our tongues continually battled for dominance, but of course, Alice won. She always did, Alice always won everything. My hands soon found the hem of her shirt and I tried to get it off. Inexperienced as I was it didn't work, of course. Alice helped me a little and ripped her, probably very expensive, shirt off and tossed it to the side. She then got mine off as well. She kissed my throat, my collarbone, my chest and last but never least, my breasts. She ripped my bra off as well and was now softly licking my nipples. I moaned at the feeling which just seemed to encourage her. My fingers played with her short, silky hair. She then moved from my one nipple to the other, with one of her hands she massaged the other breast. This truly was the most amazing feeling ever. She then kissed my lips again.

"Bella, are you sure you want to do this?" she asked, her voice was hoarse and her eyes were a dark butterscotch color.

"Yes, but… you've got to help me, please?" I squealed.

"Good, because, I don't think I could have stopped right now. And yes, honey, I'll help," those were her only words before she attacked my nipples again. She slowly kissed, licked and sucked her way down and groaned when she got to my pants. She undid my buttons and pulled my jeans down, together with my panties. Her cold fingers were touching my wetness and I moaned as she licked her fingers clean. She brought her mouth back up and enveloped my lips in a heated kiss. I felt two of her fingers slowly enter me.

"Tell me if it hurts," she whispered. My nails scratched her bare back and she seemed to enjoy this. Our kiss continued and despite the short pain I felt, I enjoyed every second of our lovemaking so far. Her fingers now slowly started going in and out of me and I moaned again. Alice smiled into my lips and I opened my eyes, she did too. Her thumb started rubbing my clitoris and the feeling it brought was like no other… I buckled my hips along with her rhythm and again Alice started kissing her way down. When she got to my vagina I felt her cold tongue on my clit. I hissed at the feeling, it was so good. I knew I was going to orgasm at any time and Alice seemed to feel it coming too. She probably had seen this moment already but I couldn't bring myself to care about that. She started sucking, licking and nipping on my clit right now and I lost total control of my body. I started shivering and screamed loudly.

"ALICE!" she continued licking until I had calmed down a little and then got back up. She lay next to me and kissed me gently. Suddenly, I was terribly tired but I didn't think it was fair to stop right now. I wanted to please Alice too, I felt the need to.

"You should sleep, honey," she whispered.

"No, Alice… You…"

"You can make up for that tomorrow, okay?" I nodded and watched her take off her pants, she got into bed with me and with her arms around me I fell asleep.

The next morning Alice got me breakfast in bed. After I finished she kissed me, and I kissed her back. I pushed her on her back and gently kissed her whole face.

"I like where this is going," she said, smiling.

"Oh really? Where is it going?" She never answered my question and she didn't have to, because no matter what she would have answered, I would have gotten my way with her anyway. We made love several times that morning, each orgasm better than the other. She told me I was a natural and it made me feel so proud of myself. Alice didn't lose control once, and I was very proud of her too. Being close to me had never been a problem for her, and even making love hadn't been. She really was special, my special little vampire.

We stayed in Ireland for 2 weeks. We had started in Dublin and had also ended there. Our last night was in the same room as our first and the morning after we took a flight back to Seattle. Carlisle and Esme had brought us to the airport 2 weeks ago, and Charlie would be there to pick us up. I was a bit nervous about that, Alice and I were together now, and I knew I needed to tell him at some point. But I never knew how he would react. He could get angry, disappointed, or he could be happy for us. This was only the 3rd year I was about to spend with my dad and I realized I didn't know him that well at all. Alice had promised me everything would be alright, but still, I was nervous. She also told me that Carlisle and Esme would be alright with it, and I hadn't expected anything else. They were okay with every choice their children made, they were probably the greatest parents any child could wish for.

When our plane landed and we got back our luggage we went to look for Charlie. Alice knew exactly where to find him and when we did he looked genuinely happy to see us.

"Did you girls have a good time?" He asked, visibly excited about me being back home to cook for him. Alice and I looked at each other and both started giggling.

"It was fantastic, Charlie," Alice said, a bright smile on her face. Charlie nodded and mumbled something I didn't catch. He got our luggage and put it in the trunk of his cruiser. Alice and I both got in the backseat, she held my hand the entire trip, Charlie didn't seem to notice and for that I was happy. After a few hours we got home, he told me to get inside and promised Alice he'd take her home. Alice and I said goodbye, I knew I'd see her soon anyway and so I could deal without a kiss for now. About half an hour later Charlie got back, the flight had made me tired and so I had a good reason to get to bed immediately. When I got to my room Alice was already there, she kissed me softly and we both lay down. I fell asleep immediately and wouldn't wake up for a pretty long time.

"We've got something to tell you," Alice's soft voice was directed at the four people who sat in front of us. Three pair of curious eyes, and one pair of glaring eyes. Alice grabbed my hand and squeezed it softly. I looked up and saw a huge grin on Emmett's face. Rosalie on the other hand was looking pretty annoyed and both Carlisle and Esme were patiently waiting for what was to come.

"Bella and I are in love," she whispered. I hardly heard it but I knew the rest of the people present would. Rosalie's glare never changed, Emmett's grin got only bigger, if possible.

"With each other?" Emmett exclaimed, that comment was rewarded by a smack on the back of head by Rosalie, who still had a glare on her face.

Esme smiled softly at us and Carlisle stood up and came over to give us a hug, quickly followed by Esme.

"Congratulations!" she said, smiling as she hugged me. I thanked her and both Alice and I sat down.

"That is so hot!" Emmett exclaimed. By saying that he earned another smack on his head by Rosalie which made Alice and I laugh.

"I'm happy for you," those were the only words Rosalie said. And I was content by hearing them, Rosalie never said anything she didn't mean. She was never afraid to be considered mean, arrogant and bitchy. These words meant a lot to me. Alice gleamed as Rosalie said the words to her, she was her only sister and I figured that her opinion meant a lot to Alice. I spent the night there and Alice and I decided that we'd tell Charlie tomorrow. I still was pretty nervous about that. But Alice made me forget anything important that night, the only thing important enough to think about was her. She kissed me, pleased me and for the first time I told her 'I love you.' One blood-red tear rolled down her cheek right after I said that. I kissed it away and tasted it's iron-like taste. She was crying blood.

The next day we indeed told Charlie, his reaction was really comforting.

"As long as the both of you are happy I'm happy. I don't care who you fall in love with, Bells. As long as they make you happy," his words had made me cry and afterwards Alice and I got upstairs. We kissed for a while and when we were both taking a break from everything I felt complete. Almost.

"Alice, I want to be a vampire," I said. She looked at me and kissed me gently.

"And so you will be. Soon," she smiled and captured my lips with hers. My life was perfect, I was sure. Edward's perfect lies had given me this perfect person. I sincerely hoped that Edward and Tanya would be happy. The hole in my chest was mended, for good. And I was absolutely, 100% sure that Alice would never tear it open again. Like I said, my life was perfect.

The end.

A/N: I'd like to thank everyone once more for all the support! You guys are so amazing, I have no words for it. This is the end for now, I'm not sure if I'll ever make more chapters for this story, but for now my imagination is pretty much gone and I feel it would be better to leave it at this. Thanks again and I love you guys, you're the best readers anyone could ever ever ever wish for!