"You ready?"

I looked at Lucy, we were spending today with Angela. It was Saturday, and we didn't have anything else to do. She grabbed her jacket and walked out.

"Yeah. You got everything?"

"Yeah, come on."

They'd been getting along pretty well but I knew nothing, if anything, would happen just yet. With the way the acted around each other, something would happen. But, they'd known each other for a week.

I looked at Lucy, as she watched Angela, who had decided to drag us shopping. They were talking and laughing.

"You OK, Bella?"

I smiled, looking at Angela.

"Yeah, where do you want to go next?"

We stopped, talking. We'd been here for a while, and I really wanted to get out of here. I hate shopping, sue me. They shrugged, looking at each other.

"Lets get something to eat, and then decide. I'm hungry."

I nodded, and followed them. I noticed something, and told them that I'd follow them. I'd noticed something for Alice's birthday and got it. I found them, and got something to eat. I sat next to them and they looked at me, waiting for me to tell them where I'd gone.

"Well, where did you go?"

I looked at Lucy, shaking my head.

"I spotted something for Alice's birthday. Her birthday is the day after mine, the 17th."

"Well, what is it?"

I knew Angela would want to know. She'd reacted the same way at Christmas. I reached into a bag and took out the locket I'd gotten for her. I passed it to them, and they smiled at me. Lucy looked at me, passing it back to me.

"It's beautiful, Bella. What photo are you going to put in?"

I knew the perfect one to put in, and put it away.

"I think I'll use the one someone."

I looked at Angela, who looked away, pretending not to know what I was talking about.

"Took a few months ago." 

Lucy looked at us, confused.

"OK, would someone explain that to me, please?"

I shook my head, taking out my iPod. I'd fixed up the photo, and it was perfect. I passed it to Lucy, who smiled when she seen it.

"She took this a few months ago. We thought she was upstairs. Alice came over after school."

"Was it after the-"

"Yeah, it was. She came over everyday, after school to see me."

Lucy didn't say anything. I put my iPod away and we decided to go home.

We walked in, sitting on Lucy's bed.

"Will you relax? She'll love it, Bella."

I shrugged, I had been talking about how I hoped Alice would like the locket. Lucy shook her head, telling me to relax.

"Yeah, she will, Lucy's right. You're glad I took that now, aren't you?"

I shook my head, looking at her.

"Yeah, yeah. Hey, would you get my charger? It's on my desk."

Angela grumbled, calling me lazy, but walked out. Lucy watched her go, and looked at me. She closed the door behind her.

"She's cute."

I shook my head.

"She's my best friend. She's never been with a girl, Lucy. Plus, she just-"

"Hey, slow down. I'm not going to do anything other than be really nice to her. I'm not going to do that, Bella. I can see she likes me, but doesn't know what to do. She seems happy though."

"She is. Since she split from Eric, she has been. She was pretty upset about it, but he's been avoiding her."

Angela walked back in and threw my charger at me.

"You need to clean up that desk, Bella."

I shrugged, my desk was a little messy, I'd been busy with work the previous night.

"I will, I had a lot to do last night."

She sat on the bed, and talked for a little while before Angela left. She was babysitting her brothers again.

I sorted out Alice's gift. I had a few copies of that photo, printed out. I tidied up my desk, putting everything away, and grabbed my phone. There was a message from Alice, asking me if I'd enjoyed shopping. She knew I hated it, and I shook my head.

"Well, I'm pretty sure they like each other. I know Lucy likes her, but Angela she's new to this."

'Yeah, but I'm sure something will happen eventually, it'll just take time for Angela to actually admit it.'

She was right, it took me a month to actually do anything about how I felt.

"Yeah, I know. It took me a month to do anything, remember? Then someone avoided me for a week. I know what you're going to say, that you were worried about me in all this. But I kissed you, you told me to leave, but I still kissed you."

'I remember, baby. What did you expect me to do? Ask you to wait the next day and confess that I liked you since the first time I seen you? I know you did, I was just over thinking stuff. You know what happens when I get like that.'

"I understand, pixie. You were worried, but I understand that we need to be careful. Sure, Lucy figured it out. But, that girl notices everything. They said they'd cover for us, something Lucy is pretty happy about. She said something about getting to know Angela better."

Something Lucy would enjoy.

'I'm sure she is. Hey, are you busy tomorrow?'

I am now.

"I'm not. I'm sure Lucy could find something to do. Why?"

'Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come over?'

"Of course I do. Is 10 OK? If that's to early I'll come over later."

'That's fine, baby. See you tomorrow.'

"Love you, pixie."

'Love you to, baby.'

I put my phone away after asking Angela, who said yes, and went into Lucy's room. She looked at me when I knocked. She told me to sit down and I sat next to her.

"I'm going over to Alice's tomorrow. Want to get to know Angela a little better?"

"Sure, is she OK with it?"

I nodded, she didn't seem to mind at all.

"Yeah, she didn't seem to mind at all. I'll tell my dad that we're spending the day at her house, and bring you over, then I'll go to Alice's. Is that OK?"

"That's fine. I kinda knew you were going to do that."

I raised an eyebrow, and she laughed.

"I meant telling your dad about spending time with Angela. What you do when you spend time with her, is not something I need to know."

"You like my best friend, how do think I feel?"

"Hey, she likes me to."

I shook my head, looking at her. She was blushing. As in, her face was nearly the same colour as her hair blushing.

"I know. It'll be good for her to find someone who actually cares about how she feels. Eric didn't."

We left the next morning after telling my dad we'd be at Angela's for the day. I dropped Lucy off and went to Alice's. She smiled as I walked in, kissing me.

"Is Lucy at Angela's?"

I nodded, sitting on the couch. Alice sat next to me, laying her head on my shoulder.

"Yeah, she is. I'll get her later."

Alice nodded, cuddling in closer to me.

"Everything OK, pixie?"

I felt her nod.

"Yeah, I just want to-"

"Come here. I seem to remember you threatening to withhold cuddles for 2 whole weeks, and-"

"You were asking me to do something, which I find impossible."

I shook my head, wrapping my arm around her.

"Yeah, is this OK?"

She kissed my shoulder, not moving.

"It's fine. I trust you, Bella. You know that."

I looked down at her, kissing her. I knew she did, I can't help it though.

"I know you do, pixie. I can't help it."

She sat up, looking at me. She took my hand, looking at the ring she'd given me. I never took that ring off.

"I know. I just want you to relax. I'll tell you if something bothers me, OK?"

I nodded, knowing I needed to relax.

"OK, I'll try relax a little."

Alice lay back down next to me. I loved cuddling on her couch, we could on the one in my house, but this one was more comfortable. I wrapped my arm around her again, and she laughed. I looked down at her.

"What is it, pixie?"

She kissed me, and shook her head.

"Nothing, I just like laying here. With you, that's all."

I did to, I really did.

"Come here, I need some cuddles."

Again, she laughed.

"Did you hand in that story?"

"Yeah, we're going to be doing that for a while. He thought the brother and sister fighting was a good way to diffuse tension."

"Hilarious. What else did you do yesterday?"

I shrugged, thinking about the previous day.

"Nothing much. We went shopping, and we went back to my house, before Angela left. She had to babysit her brothers."

I took her hand, squeezing it. She smiled, looking at our joined hands.

"I'm sure she's enjoying getting to know Lucy."

"Yeah. Hopefully, not to much."

"They've known each other for a week, baby. This is new to Angela, it'll take time, baby."

I knew this already.

"Yeah, I know. Anyway, have you heard from your family since Christmas?"

"Yeah, they were just asking how I was, and if I'd met anyone. I told them I was to busy with work to worry about that."

I kissed the top of her head, thinking about that. The last thing we needed was anyone finding out.

"I know you wouldn't tell them, silly."

"I know."

She fell asleep on my shoulder, and moved closer to me. She started talking in her sleep, making me wonder what she was dreaming. It was a lot of groaning, but it made me wonder.

"Mmmmmmm."

I looked down at her, smiling. She kissed my neck, and I froze. She never did stuff like this. Then again, she was asleep and didn't know what she was doing. Her arm was across my waist, and tightened. I couldn't understand anything she was muttering, apart from the groans.

She woke up a little while later, and looked up at me. She blushed, but didn't move.

"Baby, I-"

"It's fine. I'm not complaining, am I?"

She blushed, not answering me.

"It's fine, pixie. I cuddle in my sleep to."

She looked up at me, not saying anything. There was absolutely no space between us now, and I was feeling a little nervous. But, I didn't let it show.

"I know .............. I wasn't talking in my sleep ......... Was I?"

"Nothing I could understand. Just some muttering."

She seemed relieved about that, which made me curious about what she was dreaming about.

"What were you-"

She cut me off, kissing me. I was surprised, but kissed her. She moved, and I wrapped my arms around her. She pulled me closer, kissing me. She pulled me closer, running her fingers through my hair. I didn't want to do anything that would ............... OK, I'm babbling. I let her push me back, and she started kissing my neck. Before I could stop it, a moan escaped my lips. She froze, moving back. I sat up, looking at her. I understood why she'd stopped, and didn't want her to be upset.

"It's OK, pixie."

She shook her head, turning to look at me. She looked upset.

"Bella, I-"

"It's OK, pixie. I understand."

She shook her head, looking away.

"I just ................. -"

"Alice, it's OK. Just being here with you is enough. I love you."

I honestly hadn't been expecting her to do that. But, I knew I needed to let her on that.

"I just ................ -"

"Alice, I understand. I'm not going to push you to do anything that you don't want to do."

She shook her head, burying her face in her hands. She started to speak, but it was muffled.

"OK, wanna try that again?"

I lifted her head, and looked at me.

"I just ............. I want to show you how much I care about you, and-"

"Alice, you don't have to do that to show me you care. I know you love me, and I love you. Spending last weekend here ............ It meant a lot to me. You sleeping next to me, it really showed me how much you trust me."

She seemed to relax after that, and we sat together, talking. I eventually had to leave to pick up Lucy. She kissed me, telling me she would see me the following day.

"I love you, baby."

"I love you to, pixie."