"Bella," Alice said softly, a few minutes after Bella had failed to respond to her previous statement．
She brushed her lips against Bella's shoulder a moment after she spoke, her tone and actions hesitant and apologetic．
Bella sighed and concentrated, forcing her body to relax until she was leaning heavily against Alice's body, allowing the vampire to support her weight．
"You two were joking with other," Bella said, her lips curving up a little as she remembered Alice saying 'Nice dog, good boy" and Jacob's answering smile．
She had been a little worried when she had heard Alice say that, but she realized now that they had found some common ground by that point, and were testing each other to see just how cool the other really was．
"Don't get your hopes up," Alice mumbled though her tone was brighter than before. "We're not exactly about to sit up all night playing Dream Phone, or listening to the Jonas Brothers while we braid each others hair.”
Bella cocked her head to the side curiously, trying to picture that before she laughed softly, her body shaking in Alice's arms．
"You know, they do make skinny jeans look good," Bella murmured, laughing again as Alice snorted behind her．
"I make skinny jeans look good," Alice muttered．
Bella couldn't argue with that．
"I told you he wasn't such a bad guy," Bella said softly, her voice more serious as she brought the conversation back around to Jake．
Alice made a soft sound in her throat. "No, he doesn't seem to be," she breathed out finally, pressing her lips against Bella's cheek. "It's a shame about the smell though," she murmured, her lips curving up a little．
"You know, I think he'd say the same thing about you," Bella replied smiling．
Jacob hadn't exactly been fond of Alice's scent either．
"Perish the thought!" Alice declared in mock horror. "I'm intoxicating! I'm … I'm like an apple cinnamon candle, mixed with lilac and … baby's hair right after a bath. A bath full of orange blossoms," Alice continued smiling as Bella's body shook with laugher in her arms．
"Baby's hair right after a bath," Bella repeated still laughing. "Your brain is a strange place sometimes, Tink," she declared, tilting her head to the side, giving Alice better access to her neck as the raven-haired beauty, pressed kisses to the warm flesh．
Alice sighed in faux sorrow. "I knew I should have gone with 'the smell of rain falling on a late-September slash early-October evening'.”
Bella grinned．
"Weirdo," she whispered happily．
And then she shifted in Alice's arms so that she could reach the vampire's lips with her own．
"Eh, nobody's perfect," Alice sighed into Bella's mouth, her hands moving up and down Bella's back as the younger woman deepened the kiss．
"You're close enough," Bella murmured, and that was the last thing either of them said for a while．
To be continued…
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新章節20
Title: The Edge (Part 20 – Catfight）
Author: JanineFandom: TwilightPairing: Alice/BellaRating: PGDisclaimer: All characters are owned by Stephanie Meyer. I'm just borrowing them．
Summary: Bella has learned that there are people watching her, and now she learns that she should be afraid of the dark．
Bella rested her head on Alice's shoulder contentedly, her eyes idly watching Alice's hand as her thumb pressed the '4' button on her cell phone．
They had left the clearing where they had parked to talk ten minutes before and were almost at her house. She was looking forward to disappearing upstairs with Alice and just laying together for a while. The talk they'd had that afternoon after a long day at work had tired her out, and she just wanted to snuggle with her favorite vampire pillow．
"Ｈey," Alice said into the receiver. "I'm not saying that," Alice groaned. "No, I'm not. It's stupid Em," she continued rolling her eyes. "Oh for the love of … Iceman this is Tiny Dancer, do you read?" Alice finally muttered．
Beside her Bella started to chuckle and Alice couldn't help but smile a little as well．
"We're almost there. Yeah … yeah, just take off when you see the car. No … Charlie might be watching … don't want him wondering why we have an escort. Yeah, right here … uh huh, I know, I know. Oh, cause he loves me so much right now anyway. Yeah … yeah, alright. Bye … I mean, over," Alice said flipping the phone closed a moment later．
"Tiny Dancer," Bella said laughing as Alice put the phone away．
"I didn't pick it," Alice complained defensively．
"What would you have picked if you could have?" Bella asked curiously, seeing Alice's body relax beside her．
"Ｈolly Golightly," Alice responded without hesitation, sounding quite pleased with herself．
"Does that make me Fred?" Bella asked tilting her head up so that she could see Alice's smiling face．
"Ooh, new nickname," Alice said happily．
"I'm sorry I ever learned how to speak," Bella murmured, the only thing offering her any comfort at the moment being that Alice was likely to forget about the nickname after a week or so．
Alice laughed and turned her head to the side, bending down to press her lips against the top of Bella's head．
Bella breathed in and out slowly, happy and relaxed as they pulled up to the house．
"Is Emmett still here?" Bella asked lifting her head off of Alice's shoulder．
"Ｈe just left," she said her eyes focused on a spot in the darkness. Bella assumed it was where he had been standing when they pulled up, not that it mattered much to her since she couldn't see the spot anyway．
"So we're alone out here?" Bella asked unbuckling her seatbelt．
"Just us and the crickets," Alice responded turning to face Bella, her lips turning up into a smile when she saw the expression on Bella's face．
"No father's at the window?" Bella asked．
Alice was silent for a second, concentrating, and then she shook her head．
"Mm, good," Bella mumbled, and then she was moving, climbing onto Alice's lap before she pressed her lips against the raven-haired beauties．
