Nowhere But Up...
SIXTEEN
Rose's POV
I left Alice to cry about her dentist. She was acting so strange, it was kind of hard to be around her.
I sat down on the couch and inspected the dress. 
Alice was right. It was perfect. 
I couldn't focus on anything except Justin, so I decided to take a nap.
Maybe I'd dream about him.
I put the dress on the coffee table and spread out on the couch, willing myself to fall asleep.
"Why did I have three cups of coffee?" I groaned. 

After a while, my mind relaxed, my body went to mush, and I was asleep.
**In Dream**
I stood up and inspected my dress. Perfect blue.
"Hey-hey!" Alice said, walking into my room.
"You ready?" She asked. She smoothed her perfect hair to the side.
"Nice dress." I said, picking up my purse. Her dress was better than mine, more expensive-looking. It was purple with sparkly blue flowers lining the bottom hem. My perfect blue suddenly seemed like boring blue in comparison.
"Nice dress yourself." She said. 
I smiled, even though I knew she was just being polite.
"This is going to amazing." I said. She opened my door for me and we walked down the stairs and into my living room.
"Bye Mom!" I called. I shut the door behind myself and we ran to Alice's car.
This was before Alice got her car taken away because she was diagnosed as mentally ill.
"Hop in!" Alice said sweetly.
She hadn't changed personalities once.
We must've been going to...
"Uh..." Why couldn't I get myself to go back inside? This was MY dream. Aren't I supposed to be able to change it?
But, Dream-Rose got into non-crazy Dream-Alice's car and they sped down the road.
"Okay, so, I'm obviously designated driver, so I'm not drinking tonight. Are you?" Dream-Alice asked.
"No." I said firmly. That was what got me in trouble in the first place. No, I would not be drinking.
Dream-Alice led the way into the party and headed off into the dim lighting with some girls, and Dream-Rose went straight for the beer.
No, no, no! Why couldn't I stop myself from walking over?
I drank one beer, then two, and by the time I finished my fourth I was already kissing Timmy in the backyard. There was no turning back now.
I had to wake up. I had to.




**Author's Note:  This chapter is to help you guys put together why Alice is the way that she is. More on this later.
Another chapter this afternoon/evening and maybe one tonight.