The rest of the lunch break went smoothly as Alex made small talk with Alice and Emmet. It mostly consisted of video game character clothes and designs they actually thought were good enough to even wear in real life.

"This is a dumb topic, most video game characters are made to look as appealing to the player as possible, that is the reason why the men are wearing full knight armor while the woman characters wear skimpy outfits," Alex said as he shook his head at the two vampires.

Emmet had been trying for half an hour now to convince him and Alice that all the clothes and armors were something worth wearing even in real life, while Alice had countered him and said that only some of them could, and even then, they would look horrendous.

"What do you know about clothes either way, Emmet," Alice said as she turned her head to Alex, who had stopped trying to calm the argument down.

"This is the dumbest conversation I've ever heard," Alex said as he shook his head in disappointment.

Only to freeze and then give an awkward smile.

'Maybe not the dumbest one,' Alex thought.

*Riiinnnnggg*

The bell signaling the end of lunch rang, and the students started getting up as they headed out of the cafeteria.

Rosalie didn't even wait a single second as she grabbed Emmet's shoulder and practically dragged him behind her.

"I really don't understand what's up with her" Alex mumbled as he looked at the woman's retreating back dragging a bear-like man.

"It sure does make for a comical sight though doesn't it?" Alice asked as she gave a slight smile.

Alex nodded.

"It sure does look comical."

Alice then turned to face Alex and then made an expression as if she was sorry.

"I am sorry about her behavior and that we have had to say this so many times but she will warm up to you soon enough, it's just that she has her own reasons for being so closed off and I hope you can understand that," Alice said for once her cheery mischievous attitude was gone, replaced with something much more serious, more fragile even.

Alex looked at her for a moment and then nodded as he got up from his seat. Turning towards Jasper and Edythe, Alex waved and said his goodbyes.

Turning his head towards Alice once more, Alex told her.

"I understand Alice, it's not her obligation to like me, and neither should she be forced to. I'm sure she has her own reasons for disliking me and I can respect that."

"Thanks, Alex," Alice mumbled as a smile bloomed on her face.

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To Alex, it felt like his breath had been sucked out of his lungs as he stared at her. For a moment, it almost felt like the whole world revolved only around him and Alice.

It was broken soon after, however, and Alex nodded.

"Well, I'll be going now, Alice. See you sometime?" Alex said.

Alice nodded and then added on.

"Sure, you have my number though you don't ever really call or text me, that isn't nice you know Alex?" Alice said as she looked at Alex, her brows furrowing minutely.

Holding his hands up in surrender, A sheepish smile emerged on Alex's face.

"I'll call or text you, I promise," Alex said as he slowly retreated step by step.

Alice simply widened her smile and nodded, finally back to her usual unstoppable happiness that seemed to almost radiate off of her.

Heading out of the cafeteria, Alex started going toward his next classes.

Meeting up with Mike halfway, they walked together and headed into the class.

The rest of the classes weren't anything interesting and soon ended as well, with the final bell of the day ringing and signaling the end of the school hours.

*Riiiiiinnnngggg*

Heading outside, Alex quickly arrived at his truck and hopped in, turned the car engine on, and reversed out of the parking lot.

Driving his old beatup truck, Alex heard the students talking among themselves.

"So, who are you taking to the dance?"

"I still haven't decided, though I'm thinking I'll ask Jerica."

"William asked me to the dance. I can't wait. We're going to have matching colors, and it's going to be just perfect."

Finally, Alex drove out as he started his drive to the swan household.

'They have already started getting prepared for the dance, huh? It's kind of annoying that I can't participate, I'd love to dance with someone, maybe I could have asked Alice?' Alex thought as he imagined what it would be like for him to go to the dance with Alice.

'We would most definitely look the best' Alex thought as he shifted gear, hoping the truck would go just a bit faster but it was no use.

No matter how hard he stepped on the pedal, the truck would simply make noise and not go any faster.

'If it had a voice then I'm sure it would be complaining' Alex smirked as he thought about the old orange truck complaining about Alex's abuse.

The drive to the house wasn't long as always with forks being what could even be considered a backwater city with not a lot of cars or people for that matter.

'While I do love the big city, I still find it nice that I can actually get around without having a headache in Forks' Alex thought as he parked the truck in front of the garage.

'It must be annoying for Charlie to reverse my truck every morning and evening just to get access to the garage or to be able to go out to work.'

Shutting down the engine, Alex went outside, headed towards the stairs, and walked inside the house.

"Bella, are you here?" Alex shouted as he closed the door behind him.

For a moment, Alex only heard some ruffling and then finally heard the voice comming up from upstairs.

"Yeah, I'm in my room." Bella's voice was heard, and from the tone, she clearly wasn't in the mood for any of Alex's teasing or the little bit of trolling that he did.

'Please just become lovers already. This shit is getting annoying,' Alex thought and shook his head.

Heading upstairs, Alex fell down on his bed as he took in the calming coldness of the sheets.

'I have been training on and off but I'm still not quite ready yet, while the control of my full transformation has gone up dramatically, I still don't feel like I'm actually in control when I'm transformed.' Alex thought as he pondered any solutions or ways to be able to train and further his control over the transformation.

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