Lucas POV "We need to talk, Alice!" I told her as I settled into her room's sofa. Alice's expression is one of annoyance as if she doesn't want to talk. I can't criticize her, but I also can't abandon her. "Say it." She answers me by squatting down beside me, her body slightly tilted so that she can see me from the front. Her black hair has its own luminosity. It is long and straight, without imperfections. You can see that Alice takes good care of it, as that shows. Her black eyes looked at me with curiosity, waiting for me to speak. "Are you also coming to lecture me?" Her head tilts slightly as she tries to figure out what I'm up to. "No. Why should I?" My assessment of her actions is negative, but who am I to criticize her? If I had had the same opportunity she did, I would have ta

