"So, what did you get her?"

Angela was sitting on my bed, excited about what I had gotten for Alice. I thought it was a good idea. I thought I would have a tough time finding this. I'd done some research, and found the perfect gift.

"Hold on, I'll get it now."

I got my stuff and found Alice's gift. I had gotten something for my dad, but this was the one I was worried about. I sat on the bed and opened the small box. I had gotten her a ring, with a celtic design of ........... It's difficult to explain. It was a silver ring, with design of intertwined lines. The research I did helped, there was 2 ways to wear this. One represented care and commitment.

"That's beautiful, Bella! How did you find that?"

"I was helping you when I spotted it. I hope she likes it, I know she loves this stuff."

Angela shook her head, looking at the ring.

"Don't be silly, she'll love it. Does that symbol mean anything?"

"Yeah. It symbolises care and commitment. I think it's a good idea, considering everything that's happened."

She handed it back to me, and I put it somewhere safe. I really didn't want anything to happen to it.

"You're right, it is. That's really thoughtful, Bella. And she can wear it, without anyone saying anything other than to say it's beautiful."

I went into school on Monday, happy I had found something. It wasn't something she would have to hide, which made me happy.

"Bella, could you give this to Ms. Brandon?"

I looked at Mr. Casey, who was holding a sheet of paper.

"Sure."

I took it from him, and walked out. I was pretty sure that she didn't have a class, but I needed to be careful. I walked into her class, and she didn't have a class. But the there was a blonde woman sitting with her. Alice turned when I walked in. She looked surprised, but just smiled at me.

"Hey Mr. Casey wanted me to give you this."

I handed it to her, and the person she had been talking to turned around. It was her sister, Rosalie.

"Bella, this is my sister, Rosalie."

I smiled at her, as Alice read whatever Mr. Casey wanted her to check. She gave me something to give to him, and said she'd see me in class later. She knew what he was like if you took to long doing something for him. Alice seemed nervous, about me meeting her sister. I looked at Rosalie.

"Nice to meet you."

"I hope she isn't being to hard on you."

She looked at her sister, who was glaring at her.

"Of course I'm not. Right Bella?"

She looked at me, and I could see she was having trouble with keeping a straight face. She managed it though, and waited for my answer.

"Right, Ms. Brandon. Well, I gotta get back before Mr. Casey sends someone to find me."

I walked back to class and he asked me where I'd been. I told him I had a question about chemistry. He nodded, and told me to sit down. I sat down, next to Angela. She watched me, waiting for me to say something. When I didn't say anything, she nudged my shoulder.

"Well? Where did you get to?"

The class ended, and I walked over to her. I kept my voice low, as we walked to class.

"I just met her sister ..........."

"What she like?"

I shrugged, I'd only met her for about 5 minutes. But, she seemed pretty nice.

We stopped outside chemistry. I leaned against the wall, and looked at her.

"She seemed nice."

Alice walked by, smiling at us. I looked at Angela, who was watching me.

"Hey, can I come over after school?"

"No, sorry. I need to finish that English assignment."

We had gotten one that week that was due the next day and I need to finish it.

"Aw. OK, I'll see you tomorrow then."

I walked in, and sat down. Alice started the class. I kept thinking about meeting her sister. She seemed pretty nice, but I could see that she was nervous. She had nothing to worry about though. Kevin went up with a problem, and she helped him. She looked at me, as he sat down and smiled.

I got home a little while before my dad and left something for him. I grabbed something and went upstairs. I spent the evening working on the assignment. My dad checked on me when he came in and went downstairs when I told him what I was doing. I finished and put my stuff away. My phone beeped and I checked the time. It was only 9:30. I must have had less to do than I thought. I had a message from Alice.

'So, did you enjoy meeting my sister?'

I couldn't stay after class, so I was expecting this.

"She's pretty nice. Sorry, I had to leave so fast. You know what he's like."

'It's OK, baby. She said something about you actually.'

She said something? We didn't act in any way that a teacher and student shouldn't. I only handed her the note and stood by the desk.

"Really?"

'Relax baby. I know you're freaking out. She just said you seemed nice.'

That was a relief. I don't think I would be able to handle it if she figured it out.

"Well, she seemed nice to me."

'Yeah. Did you finish your English assignment?'

Oh right, she heard me talking to Angela.

"Yeah, I did. What about you? Still grading papers?"

I got changed and lay on the bed, waiting for her to answer.

'Yeah. Remind me again why I put this off?'

"Because you actually have a life outside school?"

I smiled, reading her messages. I really did care about her.

'So, did you enjoy spending time with Angela?'

"Yeah, what did you do?"

'Oh nothing much. Got a few things done in my apartment. I found the perfect place for your drawing.'

This should be interesting.

"Really where?"

'It's in my room, baby. I love it."

The next two weeks were fairly quiet, I spent some time with Alice and Angela. There was just one week until Christmas break. I was looking forward to spending more time with my dad without having to worry about any work I needed to do. I hadn't really spoken to my mom since I moved. I hadn't really gotten along with the guy she married and decided to live with my dad. Angela had been the first person to speak to me when I moved here.

I was waking by Alice's class on my way home and noticed she was still there. I stopped and walked in, she didn't notice me, and I noticed she had her iPod on. I walked by the front of her desk and she noticed me put my bag down. I didn't want to do anything that would startle her. She looked up at me, smiling. But, I could see that wasn't expecting to see me.

"Hey, I'm sorry if I startled you. I noticed you were still here and thought you might like company."

She put the iPod away, and I sat next to her.

"It's OK. You didn't walk behind me or anything, so I didn't get much of a fright."

"Still, I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm sorry, pixie."

My use of her nickname made her smile, and she finished the last one before turning to me.

"It's fine. You OK?"

I nodded, and smiled at her.

"I'm OK. I was just leaving when I noticed you were still here."

We were supposed to spend the previous Saturday together, but Alice had cancelled, saying something had come up.

"Yeah, I had to finish this. But, I'm finished now."

I nodded, and Alice put her stuff away. She walked by me, and looked at me.

"Hey, is your dad working this evening?"

We had gotten off early, but I had to stay back for some help in maths. My dad would be working until about 11 and it was only 1:45.

"Yeah, he's working until about 11 tonight."

"Come on."

I followed her out to her car, and we went back to her apartment. I saw Angela coming out of the physics lab on the way out and told Alice I'd be right back. I asked Angela to bring my truck home for me and she told me to have fun.

"Is everything OK with Angela?"

I looked at Alice, as I sat on her couch. She grabbed 2 drinks and 2 blueberry muffins before sitting next to me. She gave me mine and took off her jacket. She was starting to relax about that scar, which I was happy about. I grabbed her hand, looked at her.

"You feeling OK?"

She nodded and I started rubbing the back of her hand with my thumb. She started to relax and leaned against me. My iPod fell out of my pocket and Alice picked it up.

"I'm not sure if Angela has been messing with that. I forgot it was even in this jacket. I haven't had time with all the assignments I've been getting."

Alice started going through the photo's, and turned bright red. She buried her face in her hands, not saying anything.

"What is it, pixie?"

She didn't say anything, so I took the iPod off her. I looked at it, and started thinking of a plot to murder Angela. She had taken a photo of Alice and I cuddling on the couch in my house. How did she get down the stairs without us hearing her? Alice had her head on my shoulder and I was kissing her forehead. It was a cute photo, but it was embarrassing that she had actually taken it.

"I'm going to kill Angela. Slowly and painfully."

Alice looked at me, blushing. She's pretty cute when she blushes.

"I'm trying to work out how she took that."

"Yeah, I'm not sure about that. I'll get it out of her though."

Alice looked at me, and didn't even try to talk me out of it.

"Somehow, I doubt I can talk you out of that."

"Can I talk you out of fighting with your brother?"

She glared at me, but didn't say anything.

"Hey, when are you going back to your parents?"

"Sunday. Aren't you going to visit your mom?"

I shook my head. We hadn't really talked about that to much.

"Well .......... I haven't really seen my mom since I was 12. I didn't really get along with the guy she married. So, I moved here. She sided with him, and doesn't speak to me or my dad."

Alice moved closer, putting her arm around me. It was usually the other way around, so this was nice.

"I'm sorry, baby. I shouldn't have said anything."

I shook my head, kissing her shoulder.

"It's fine, pixie. I don't mind. I like living with my dad. My mom wouldn't let me go anywhere, she drove me everywhere. I could never leave early on a Saturday and spend the day with you at our spot. She would want to know where I'm going, who I'm going with and the exact time I'd be back."

The spot Alice took me to, where we could see Forks quickly became, 'our spot.' I loved spending time with her there.

"That's terrible, baby. I understand you were only 12, but you should've been allowed to go out with your friends. She'd be calling you, demanding that you go home if you done this."

I nodded, cuddling up to Alice. She smiled, as I made myself comfortable.

"Comfy?"

I mumbled something and she laughed. I looked up at her, smiling. I was a little tired

"I like cuddling like this. If you're uncomfortable, I can move."

Alice stopped laughing, and stopped me from moving.

"It's fine, baby. I don't mind."

She kissed me, and we cuddled on her couch for a while.

The next week was fairly quiet, and by Friday night, I was looking forward to giving Alice her gift. I asked Angela about that photo, and she just laughed and told me that she thought we were adorable together. She kept teasing me about how nervous I was about giving Alice her gift. She kept telling me, that she would love it, but I was still nervous.

Alice picked me up, and we went up to our spot on Saturday morning. I had her gift wrapped in my bag and made sure nothing happened to it. We sat, looking out at Forks, enjoying spending time together. I reached over to get something out of the basket, which I assumed had food in it, only for Alice to slap my hand away.

"Hey!"

Alice opened the opposite side of where I was going to look and took stuff out. I took something, and she looked at me.

"I'm not going to ask. You feeling OK?"

She nodded, and she leaned against me. I moved closer, making sure no one was sitting on my bag.

"I'm fine, baby. What's with the bag?"

"What's with the basket?"

She didn't answer me, and looked away. I nudged her shoulder, and she looked at me. I kissed her, and leaned my forehead against hers.

"I think it's time for your gift."

She reached into the basket and took out a small box. While she was doing that, I got hers and put it next to me on the blanket. She gave me the gift, wrapped in red wrapping paper. I carefully unwrapped it, noticing she was watching me, looking nervous. I slowly opened the box, and inside was a cladaggh ring. It was a beautiful silver ring. I knew enough from my research to know what this meant.

"Alice, this is beautiful. I love it."

I could see she was relieved.

"There's different ways you can wear it."

She took it out of the box, and looked at me. She took my right hand, putting the ring on my right ring finger, with the crown pointing towards my wrist. The ring really was beautiful. Two hands surrounding a heart and topped by a crown.

"The crown represents loyalty, the hands represent friendship and the heart, well .........."

She got flustered, and I leaned forward kissing her. I had been planning on telling her, when I gave her the gift, but changed my mind. I kissed her, leaning my forehead against hers.

"I love you to."

She smiled, kissing me again.

"I love it, Alice. Thank you so much."

I looked down at it, it really was beautiful. I picked up my gift, and gave it to her. She took it, and opened it.

"Baby, this is beautiful. I love it."

I was going to take it and put it on, but of course she knew exactly how she was supposed to wear it. She looked at it, and at the ring she had given me. She was wearing hers in the same way I was.

"Bella, how much do you know about celtic designs?"

I looked at her, confused.

"I know what the rings represent, why?

She took my hand, looking at me.

"Bella, there's a connection between these designs. They're worn by people who love one another, and want to show each other how they feel. I can't believe you picked this! It's next to impossible to find."

I couldn't believe it. I had researched it, and it didn't say anything like that. I knew they were rare, but not that rare.

"I had no idea. I know that it represents care and commitment. But, I never know that."

"Not many people do. Thank you so much baby! I love it."

Again, I kissed her. She looked at the ring again. I looked at mine, smiling. I couldn't believed that I had picked that.

"Baby?"

I looked up at her.

"What is it, pixie?"

"I love you."

That made me smile. I really did care about her.

"I love you to pixie."