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Okay. So I have decided not to include Ace's tragic past…Well mostly because this story has been sad for such a long time…Time for some happiness to shine through.

Discovering The New Kid

crystal-mist

Chapter 13

Change

A new school year began…Things were peaceful. The birds were chirping and the wind was ruffling the trees.

"So Ace…Did you bring the music CD I asked you to?" asked Myleen running up to Klaus and Ace and putting her hands, one on each shoulder.

"Uh…What CD?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"What! Don't tell me you forgot? No ..Klaus, I asked you to remind him." She complained, pouting.

"Ace, don't play with her. Just give it to her already." said Klaus getting a bit annoyed.

Ace smiled as he took the CD out of the bag and handed it to Myleen.

"I am so gonna kill you." yelled Myleen and started chasing Ace all around the place.

Klaus just smirked and Mira just watched from the side-lines, with an amused expression on her face.

Ace was running backwards, with his face turned in Myleen's direction as she chased him. And this was really ticking her off.

Soon Ace bumped into something or someone. There was a little scream as whoever it was; was sent hurtling to the ground.

Ace's eyes widened as he recognized who that scream belonged to. It was Alice Using his fast reflexes he turned around with one foot on the ground and swiftly caught her before she hit the ground.

She was actually so close to hitting the ground that it looked like one of those dance-steps in which the male dipped his female partner.

One of Alice's legs were on the ground and one of them off it. She was glad that she had worn jeans that day. Her arms were around Ace's neck.

Ace's arms gripped her securely in place. Their faces were mere centimeters apart. They were blushing heavily. Ace was intoxicated by the flowery scent of Alice's hair…'Shampoo maybe?' he thought.

Klaus smirked a little, as he raised his hands and clapped in applause. Myleen and Mira giggled.

Ace and Alice immediately parted from each other…

"Uh…Good morning." greeted Alice awkwardly.

"Aw…Ace. You should have kissed the girl when you had the chance." informed Mira, still giggling.

Alice gulped uneasily. After Mira, Myleen and Klaus left; Alice turned to the mint-haired boy.

"Thanks for catching me." She stated with a small blush.

He nodded, embarrassed as well.

That day Ace did a lot of thinking when he was in class… Perhaps it was about time to reveal his true feelings to Alice. To him, it was evident that he still harbored feeling for her. In his books, she was just amazing.

That evening; when they were heading home Ace convinced Alice to go to the park with him.

They reached there.

"Alice….You and I… We have been through a lot together haven't we?" he stated vaguely.

"Yes." She agreed. "We went through misunderstanding after misunderstanding… Why do you bring this up?"

He closed his eyes to calm himself. "Alice….I….I….No, forget it."

Her eyes widened as she saw Ace's uneasiness. "What's wrong?" she questioned softly.

"No…it's nothing."

"Ace…."

He gazed at her beautiful figure in front of him. To think that he was risking the chance he had of remaining her friend was too much. He took her hand and shot the words he longed to say out of him as fast as he could.

"I love you Alice Gehabich." He said as fast as he could to get rid of his fear.

She brought her hand to her mouth in utter bewilderment. "Ace…"she whispered, as tears threatened to roll down her cheeks.

"No, you know it's okay…You don't have to tell me any answer right now…I just had to get it out of my mind, you know…"

"Oh Ace….but I want to….I want to reply. So badly…." She threw her hands around him and held him close. "It's been so hard for me to hide it from you….At times, it was almost shattering…but just know one thing Ace…I love you as well….So much."

He gently caressed her face. "You really mean it?" he whispers.

She nodded. "I will always love you Alice." He added.

Alice smiled and closed her eyes and parted her lips a little. "Seal your vow." She whispered.

Ace was so surprised by Alice's request but he complied. He put one of his hands on her face and the other one on her back and kissed her lips gently and sweetly.

Ace smiled as he tasted her strawberry flavoured lip-gloss.

After they parted, Alice rested her head on his chest.

He smirked. "Strawberry lip-gloss? So childish." He teased playfully.

"Ego-maniac." She reciprocated, as she laced fingers with one of his hands.

Some years later.

Ace and Alice were still dating and they were on one such date.

This time Ace had somehow convinced her to go to an extremely extravagant restaurant. She didn't know why but she agreed anyway.

After dinner Ace knelt down on the ground and extended a leather case in Alice's direction. He opened it to reveal an exquisite diamond ring.

"Alice Gehabich…We have been through a lot together. We know everything about one another. You are the reason I am no longer lost in the depths of despair. I do not know how I will live my life without you Alice….I promise to always take care of you and to love you forever and more…. "

He took a deep breathe. "Will you do me the honour of marrying me?"

Tears glazed Alice's eyes as she nodded her head. "Yes…I would love to…"

Ace stood up and slipped the ring on her finger and planted a sweet kiss on her hand.

She blushed as all the people in the restaurant clapped.

After this, they settled down; Alice looked at her ring and laughed a little.

Ace's eyes widened. "What is it?" he asked his fiancée.

She smiled at her fiancé and said "You remember what happened when I gave you that speech on friendship?"

"Of course, I remember every single word of it."

"Hm…Let's see...I said …..'Allow me to prove to you. I can be your friend. I will always be there for you in Happiness and in sadness in-' and then you cut me short saying something like-." explained Alice.

"Allow me….I said 'You'll say I pronounce us as husband and wife next.' "added Ace.

"Well then I guess I should have pronounced us as husband and wife then and there. It would have saved such a lot of time." stated Alice as she started laughing….

Ace blushed a little as she said that.

"Whatever." He said, with a small smile as he kissed her slightly.

"Oh now. Don't tell me you are going to your former 'one-syllable' self." She exclaimed.

Ace chuckled as he escorted Alice outside. They got in Ace's car and he drove her home.

He dropped her at the front porch and kissed her before bidding goodbye.

"You better be glad that you are engaged to someone as famous as me." He joked.

"Ego-maniac." She retorted as she quickly took his lips in hers before he could reply. He smiled as he deepened the kiss more and more.

They were engaged and they loved one another. Nothing else mattered.

The End

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