I grabbed my bag, walking into the bathroom. I got changed and put my stuff back in the bag. I walked back out to see Alice sitting on the bed, smiling at me.

"You OK?"

I nodded, sitting down. She moved a little closer, taking my hand.

"I'm fine, pixie. Come on."

We got into the bed, and she lay next to me, with her head on my shoulder. I kissed her, and she moved closer.

I wrapped my arm around her, kissing her. I was starting to relax more, and I knew know that she would stop if something bothered her. She pulled away, looking at me.

"You really are starting to relax."

That made me smile, I was glad she knew that I was actually trying to relax.

"Yeah. You telling me that you'd tell me if something bothered you, finally sunk in."

"I'm glad something finally sunk in."

"Hey!"

She laughed, and I shook my head. I knew she was only teasing. But, I could see part of it was it was real. She was glad I'd finally realised that she really trusted me enough to be with me like this.

"You know I don't mean it, baby."

She looked at me, smiling.

"It's OK. You just want me to understand that you trust me enough to be with me like this. I understand."

She kissed me, laying her head back on my shoulder.

"Yeah. I love you, baby."

"I love you to, pixie."

I woke up in the middle of the night, and Alice was groaning in her sleep. I was worried it would be one of those dreams again, but the groans told me it wasn't. I hope I wasn't saying anything in my sleep, but I doubt she'd tell me if I did. She was cuddled up to me, with her arm across my waist. I didn't move, not wanting to wake her.

"Mmmmm."

Now, I had a few idea's what that could mean, and blushed as ideas raced through my head. No................. It couldn't be, could it?

"Bella."

Scratch that. It is. I looked down at her, trying to think of how I'm going to keep a straight face in the morning .............................

Alice moving, woke me up. I thought about the previous night, as I sat up. Alice was in the bathroom, so I didn't have to worry about her seeing me blush. Not yet, anyway. I got up, stretching. The fact she was thinking about that.......... Alice walking back in, disrupted my train of thought. She sat next to me, taking my hand. I looked at her, somehow managing to keep a straight face.

"You sleep OK?"

"Yeah, I did. What about you?"

She seemed to see something in the way, I was acting, and frowned.

"I was talking in my sleep, wasn't I?"

"Just some muttering. Nothing I could understand."

She raised an eyebrow, she clearly didn't believe me.

"You're a terrible liar, baby. What is it?"

I sighed, running my hand through my hair. How the Hell do I do this?

"It was just a lot of groaning............ And........"

"It's OK, baby. What is it?"

I took a deep breath, looking at her.

"Just some groaning and you said my name a few times."

Alice blushed, looking away. I suddenly had a feeling that she was about to tell that I'd said something in my sleep.

"Why do I suddenly think you're about to tell that I was doing the same thing?"

It was Alice's turn to blush.

"No, you didn't. You just cuddled me in your sleep. But-"

"You did the same thing. Just with a lot of talking ....... And groaning."

Again, she blushed. I couldn't help but think of how cute she is when she's flustered. I knew this was embarrassing, but at least we weren't on my couch where someone could hear us.

".................... Bella, I-"

"I know, pixie. It's OK. Come here."

I pulled her into a hug. I kissed her, smiling at her. I know it was embarrassing, for your girlfriend to hear that. But, I was surprised that hadn't done that yet.

She pulled away, not looking at me. I knelt in front of her, looking up at her.

"It's OK, pixie. Now, come on. I'm hungry."

She shook her head, smiling.

"OK, OK."

We got something to eat, and spent a little while talking before I went home. I arrived to find a very happy Lucy.

"What has you so happy?"

She shook her head, smiling.

"Where were you?"

"You didn't answer my question."

She stood up, and I followed her up to her room. This is gonna be interesting. I threw my stuff in my room, and walked into her room, sitting on the bed.

"You know how I was supposed to spend yesterday with Angela?"

"What happened, Lucy?"

She shook her head, I could see something had happened. What, was the question..............

"Well, she arrived not to long after you left. We decided to go over to her house. Her parents had decided to bring her brothers out for the day. So, we went up to her room and started talking. I could see she wanted to say something, but I didn't push her. This was all new to her and I didn't want to do anything that would freak her out."

"She started to relax and ended up sitting right next to. I was talking about something in school when, she ............ She kissed me. I was shocked and she pulled away, thinking I didn't like her. She started to get upset, but I told her that I liked her to and kissed her. We spent a little while together and I came home to an empty house............"

So, my cousin is dating my best friend. Wait, she wants an explanation. She looked at me, raising an eyebrow.

"I was at Alice's. How did Angela take it?"

"She's still nervous and doesn't want to be out in school yet. Something, I completely understand. She'll be over later, so pretend you don't know anything, OK?"

I nodded, and went into my room to get changed. Angela arrived about an hour later, and we sat on the couch. Angela seemed nervous, and asked me how my day with Angela went. Lucy started laughing and told her that I'd spent the night with her. Angela raised an eyebrow, and I shrugged. I asked her what they'd done the previous day. She got nervous and looked at Lucy, who nodded.

"Actually, there's something we need to talk to you about."

I nodded, and she took a deep breath.

"OK, what is it, Angela?"

She looked at Lucy again, for re-assurance, and looked at me.

"Lucy and I .............. We're kind of .............. Well, we're-"

"I kissed her yesterday. We're dating."

Lucy cut her off, when she could see Angela was about to freak out. Angela looked at her, but Lucy just shook her head. I smiled at the 2 of them.

"At least you've found someone who'll treat you properly. I-"

"Yeah. You can stop her from strangling me."

Angela shook her head.

"I don't want to know. Are you OK with this, Bella?"

"Of course, I am."

She relaxed a little, as I said that.

"You don't want to be out in school just yet, don you?"

She shook her head.

"Not yet."

"OK. What happened?"

She blushed, looking at Lucy.

"Come on, spill. I told you what happened with Alice."

"We were at my house, and I ........ I kissed her. She was shocked, but we talked for a while and she told me she liked me."