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Jazz had decided she would be a 'fantastic sister' in her words; driving Bella and I to the airport the next morning after prom.

It was 7am and Bella was a little cranky after the early morning wakeup call but I made sure to cheer her up by showing her how I had colour coded her suitcase during the night.

Of course Bella appreciated what I had done but she found it more amusing than anything. Normally I would have just rested with Bella through the night, letting her grip onto me as she slept but that night I couldn't sit still.

Cuddling with Bella at night was the closest thing I had ever come to sleep in my existence as a vampire. I became so relaxed and at peace that I felt like I could close my eyes and possible drift off to sleep.

Though technically it wasn't possible, it felt like it was almost in reach.

Carlisle had explained to me that when this happened; it was because I was in a peaceful state of mind while I was with Bella, that I was one hundred percent content with her and it was true.

But that night my mind didn't want to be peaceful or content, it just wanted to place further stress on me.

Prom had been an amazing night, Bella had actually enjoyed herself and I wasn't about to let that escape her attention in the near future.

I gloated the entire trip home from prom about how I was right and she was wrong because I always knew I would be right.

Though as soon as I changed and found myself in the very familiar four walls of Bella's room, I realized what the next day would mean.

It would mean that I would be facing my biggest fear yet: her mother.

I wasn't afraid of Renee, nor was I intimidated but I just wanted to make the best impression possible.

I had changed my outfit for the trip to Florida five times overnight while Bella was sleeping.

"What's going on in that beautiful head of yours?" Bella asked as she looked back at me from the front seat

"Huh?" I asked shaking my head before I registered what she had said "Oh nothing"

"Real convincing" Jazz mumbled "You're going to be fine Alice. I could practically feel your anxiousness from Bella's house this morning"

"Alice why are you still nervous about this?" Bella asked with a sigh "How many times do I have to tell you that she's going to love you?"

"A couple hundred more" I replied

"Stop" Bella furrowed her eyebrows "I'll say it again; she's going to adore you, it's impossible not to okay?"

"Okay" I nodded

"If she freaks out too much just give her a bit of a slap on the back of the head, generally gets the brain working again" Jazz said trying to lighten my mood "Ali you'll be fine"

"I know" I nodded again "This is just really important to me"

"And I love you for valuing my mom's approval so much" Bella encouraged "But you need to stop this or you'll drive us both crazy on the way there"

"I know, sorry" I replied sheepishly

Bella flashed me a grin before she turned back to face the front of the car

"So what are you going to do while we're away?" Bella asked my sister

"I'm not sure, the usual I suppose" Jazz shrugged "There'll just be less chirpiness around the house"

Once Jazz dropped us off at the airport and we cleared security after checking in, we boarded our plane just in time before it took off.

Bella and I had the entire row to ourselves which was handy but Carlisle had explained to me that he had gone ahead and arranged that for us.

He told me he wanted it to be a surprise but it wasn't really possible for him to surprise me in any way.

"You really might as well sparkle, Alice" Bella said as she closed the shade of the window seat she was sitting in

"You think I look strange?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows

I thought I looked rather reasonable with my large round sunglasses, long sleeved shirt and scarf wrapped around my head

"It's going to be really warm in Florida" Bella warned

"I know, I'll just explain that I have a circulation problem" I replied simply "Though technically that is very true"

"Technically" Bella said laughing

"Are you enjoying watching me squirm over this?" I asked with a small smile

"Only a little" Bella replied "You do deserve it after what you put me through at prom but at the same time you don't deserve it because you're just you"

"Thank you" I replied "It's going to be sunny out today but otherwise we picked a good time to come. It's going to be cloudy tomorrow"

"So we'll just have to stay inside for most of the day then" Bella replied shrugging "Easy"

"Sorry for making your trip so complicated" I said shaking my head as I leaned my head against her shoulder "Though I like to think that I make it worthwhile"

"You do" Bella said seriously "You'll be fine Al. She's going to be eating out of the palm of your hand"

"That's the plan" I shrugged jokingly before I nodded against her shoulder "I've just never done this before and neither have any of my family so it's not like they could relate to me"

"I can relate to you though" Bella shrugged "I know how much you want to impress because that's what I felt like when I met Carlisle and Esme"

"You were great with them though" I replied "And it's not like Renee is any threat to my life like Carlisle and Esme could have been to you"

"There is no way that Carlisle or Esme would ever be a threat to my life" Bella replied

"I know but it's possible" I replied

"You managed to win Charlie over though and I guarantee that he will be the difficult one" Bella smiled "He loves you and he's completely accepting of us so you've done a great job of him, mom will be so easy for you"

"I will admit that Charlie surprised me" I nodded "But he's great"

"Mom never liked Lauren so chances are you've already impressed her by making me happy and not miserable like Lauren did" Bella replied

"Yeah but your mom didn't actually know you were gay until you told her about me" I answered

"She had her suspicions though" Bella shrugged simply

I closed my eyes for a moment, taking in the sounds of conversations that were happening around us.

"You're not falling asleep on me are you?" Bella asked

"I wish" I mumbled

"You know if you breathed, you would actually look like you were sleeping" Bella whispered playfully

"I'll work on it" I responded quietly

"I kind of wish I got to meet your real parents" Bella said after a few moments of silence

"Honestly?" I asked taking my head from her shoulder to look her in the eyes

"Well yeah, I mean if you were born just a little bit later" She began with a smirk "You're so old"

"And you're so young" I teased "So are your parents"

"Yeah I don't know, I just think it could have been interesting meeting your parents" Bella replied, clearing her throat as someone walked down the aisle "Though I don't think the meeting would be quite as pleasant as it was with Carlisle and Esme because of what they did to you"

"You know I kind of wish I did remember them so I knew exactly why they decided to put me into the asylum" I shrugged "Not that I really care because they indirectly gave me the chance to meet you"

"That's true" Bella replied

The rest of the flight was quiet and uneventful, which was just the way I liked plane trips

We waited our turn to exit the plane before heading towards the baggage collection area.

I spotted Renee first, nudging Bella to make her aware that I had spotted her mother.

"Bella" Renee called

Bella's hand left mine when we reached Renee, I smiled as I witnessed Bella give her a warm hug

"I missed you" Renee said happily as she squeezed her daughter

"Me too" Bella said in true Bella fashion as she pushed some hair behind her ear "Uh Alice this is my mom Renee, Mom this is my girlfriend Alice"

"I don't really think we need formal introductions Bella" Renee said with a smiled "It's nice to finally meet you Alice. I've heard so many great things about you"

"It's nice to meet you too" I smiled as she pulled me into a quick but welcoming hug

"So how was your flight?" Renee asked pulling away

"Oh it was fine thank you" I said politely before gesturing to my choice in clothes "It was a little cold though"

"Alice has a little bit of a circulation problem" Bella explained

"Well Florida will certainly warm you up" Renee said happily "I'm so excited to have you two here for the weekend. We're going to have so much fun"

"We're excited too" I replied with a smile

Renee paused for a moment to look at my smile before she blinked, smiling again at both of us.

"How about we get your bags and get home?" Renee asked

"Sounds great" Bella nodded

Renee lead us to the correct baggage claim carousel where we waited to collect our things

"Stop dazzling my mom" Bella warned playfully

"I didn't do it intentionally" I replied innocently

I giggled musically before Bella took my hand again in full view of her mother who just smiled approvingly at Bella's gesture

"You know Alice, Bella told me you were beautiful but she really didn't do you any justice" Renee said

"Thank you" I nodded simply

"Your parents must have great genes" Renee said jokingly

"I like to think that they do" I laughed inwardly

"That's your bag Al" Bella pointed to a bag that was moving slowly towards us

"Do you want me to get it?" Renee asked "That's a big suitcase for a small girl"

"I like to be prepared" I smiled charmingly "I can get it thank you"

I reached over the other bags, pulling mine off with ease

As I set it down I was met by Bella and Renee's eyes, both wide in my display of strength

"I have good upper body strength" I shrugged "It's not as heavy as it looks anyway"

"So are you loving Forks still Bells?" Renee asked as we pulled out of the airport car park

"I think I'm going to love it for a while" Bella said with a knowing smile

"For obvious reasons" Renee looked back to me in the rear view mirror with a grin "You seemed to have settled in well anyway"

"Everyone's really nice" Bella replied

"Speaking of nice, Alice thank you so much for getting Bella to the hospital as fast as you did when she fell down the stairs" Renee said "That's just typical Bella doing something like that"

"It's okay, I felt bad because of what happened at our house" I shrugged "I couldn't get her there soon enough. It was really scary"

"I know" Renee nodded

Bella glanced at me from the front seat and I shared a small smile with her

"So is your family from Forks Alice?" Renee asked

"No actually, we're from all around the place. I don't know what Bella's told you about my family but my mother can't have children so they adopted us when we were little" I explained quietly "I'm actually from Mississippi though"

"I didn't know that, I'm sorry" Renee apologized

"No it's okay" I said waving her concern off "I don't mind talking about it. I love my family so I don't mind"

"So why did your family move to Forks then?" Renee asked "If you don't mind me asking of course"

"My dad is a doctor at the hospital, they needed more doctors so he applied for a job" I shrugged simply "I love Forks. It's a small, simple town and I actually love the weather"

"You love all the rain?" Renee asked pulling a face

"It's relaxing, I never get sick of it" I replied smiling at her expression "You get used to it, right Bella?"

"Yeah" Bella replied with a chuckle

We arrived at Renee's house in no time where I grabbed my bags and quickly hurried inside.

"This place is really nice" I said looking through the glass doors to the beach "You must love it here"

"I do" Renee said with a smile "Phil and I just love this place. It was a steal as well, we fell in love with it straight away"

"Where is Phil?" I asked

"He's out in Houston this week so it looks like it's just us girls" She replied happily "I'll show you your rooms. Now just so you know, I'm not treating you any differently than I would treat Bella if she brought a boyfriend here. You two will be in separate rooms just down the hall from each other"

"After a 5 hour flight next to her, that sounds fantastic to me" I said playfully

She showed me to my room and left me for a moment to settle while she went to call Charlie just to let him know we had gotten in safely

"Hey you" Bella said as she stood by my door

"Hey" I smiled brightly at the sight of her

"How's the room?" Bella asked looking around "It's bigger than mine"

"You know I think she might like me better than you" I said teasingly

"You might be right" Bella said sarcastically "You really had nothing to worry about with my mom, she already loves you"

"You think?" I asked

"I can tell" Bella replied

"Oh so you can read minds too?" I asked raising an eyebrow

"No but I know how hers works" Bella said simply

"This place is really nice" I said looking around the room once again "I wish we could live in a place like this"

"So you want to live with me now huh?" She smirked

"I would love to live with you" I replied honestly "One day anyway"

"How far away is one day?" Bella asked seriously

"I don't know. You're going to need to live with my family for a while when you're turned but when you're controlled we can go where ever we want" I smiled shyly

"That sounds pretty perfect to me" Bella said pushing off the door to walk towards me "I don't care where we live, as cheesy as this sounds I just want to be with you"

"You're right, that is cheesy but I happen to love that kind of cheese" I stood from my bed to meet her right in the middle of the room "Thank you for letting me come here and meet your mother. Though I wish I could have met Phil"

"Maybe one day you can" Bella shrugged simply

I tore my gaze from Bella's to look down at her hands as I took both in mine, loving the feel of the warmth radiating from her. I knew it was something that I would never get used to.

"Are you sure you're going to be able to give this up?" I asked "And be honest with me"

"I can give it up and gain you in the process" Bella replied seriously

"No I know but you could have me either way" I said

"Nothing is going to change my mind"

"I'm not trying to change your mind; I just want you to understand what you're giving up" I said before I paused as a quick vision hit me "You're mom's going spend some time outside, you should join her"

"What about you?" Bella asked raising her eyebrow

"Oh I'm tired from the flight and I have a bit of a headache" I winked

"Bella?" Her mom called

"Go on" I nudged Bella after I dropped her hands slowly "Go spend time with her, I'll be fine in here"

"Are you sure?" Bella asked

"Yes" I smiled "Now go before I pick you up and put you outside my door"

"That would be pretty interesting" Bella said "If you did that though, I think my mom would clue into the fact that you have super strength"

"Well I wasn't about to let her help with my suitcase because I wasn't sure if she knew just how heavy that thing is" I grinned "I may have a bad habit of over packing"

"Oh you don't say" Bella replied sarcastically "I love you for it though and every other quirk about you"

"Well aren't I just the luckiest girl in the world" I rolled my eyes playfully

"If you do actually need anything, come and find me" Bella replied

"Off you go"

I kissed her on the cheek, letting my lips linger for just a moment before I stepped back from her again.

She sighed quietly, exhaling a little shakily before she made her way out of the room.

I smiled to myself shaking my head before I moved back to sit on the bed. I was content just to let Bella have time with her mother, that was the whole purpose of our trip anyway.

"I just thought it would be a nice break in the weather for you both to sit outside with me for a little while before we start making lunch" I heard Renee say from the other room

"Oh Alice isn't feeling well. She isn't a big fan of flying and she doesn't feel well" Bella explained quietly

"Does she need anything? Poor girl" Renee said sympathetically

"No she's fine, she just needs some sleep" Bella said dryly

"Shouldn't you sound more concerned about her?" Renee asked curiously

"No I am concerned about her but I know Al, she'll be fine in a few hours" Bella said "Did you still want to go outside though?"

"Maybe I should go check on her" Renee said before I heard her take a few steps towards my room

"No, she's probably asleep by now" Bella said "I'll go check on her later and you can come too"

"As long as you think that she's okay" Renee replied hesitantly

Hearing footsteps again, I knew they had gone outside when I heard the door open though I didn't hear it closed.

I figured that Renee had wanted to keep it open just in case I had needed anything while they sat outside.

"So Forks is pretty great huh?" Renee asked happily "I didn't think you'd like it there"

"Either did I" Bella responded, I could hear a smile in her tone "But I guess that changed pretty quickly"

"She's really sweet Bells, I really like her" Renee said "And she makes you happy?"

"Yeah she does" Bella replied before pausing "I mean I know it must be odd for you but she does make me really happy"

"It's not weird Bella" Renee scolded "You can't help who you love, it just happens. You picked a looker by the way, she's stunning"

"Tell me something I don't know" Bella muttered "I just didn't know what you thought when I told you that Alice and I were together"

"I'll admit that I was a little hesitant at first about the idea of you two together but that was only because of how Lauren hurt you" Renee said "You went through a lot with her and I didn't want Alice to be another heartbreak for you because I could just tell how much she meant to you just through your voice on the phone"

"Alice is nothing like her" Bella said quickly

"Well I know that now but I can't help but be protective of you, you're my daughter" Renee responded "How did everyone at school take the news that you two were together?"

"Surprisingly well, I mean some people are always going to be narrow minded but most people were great about it" Bella replied "At first they were pretty curious about everything but people eventually found something else to talk about and we were left alone. My friends are great and they accept Alice, it's hard not too though because she's so sweet"

"She is sweet" Renee agreed "How did you know you liked her though?"

"She was the first person who spoke to me at school, the first person I met at Forks high. I dropped my books and she helped me pick them up. I don't know, it's weird talking about it but I just felt something and my feelings just progressed pretty quickly from there" Bella explained

I couldn't help but smile, it was nice to be able to hear what was going on in her head when she was too shy to say some of these things to me.