Her morning went as planned, the food was eaten even if she wasn't hungry anymore, she got another few hours of sleep in before she heard Malcolm made a made dash for hte bathroom. She scrubbed her face with her hand and checked her watch, noting that it was already passed noon. From the sounds of it, Malcolm wasn't gonig to be wanting his breakfast anytime before dinner, she she wheeled the cart outside hte suite door, cash tip tucked under a tray. She was about to duck her head back inside when she spotted Kasumi walking towards her suite.
                              
"Hey bride, you're looking awfully spunky this morning." Alice greeted with a warm smile. Kasumi had kept her bachelorette party inside the hotel, and upon learning that Alice was sitting in her room alone, had come up from her own party to invite her downstairs. Ace had gone down, making sure to only have one drink, just to be safe, and used the opportunity to get to know Malcolm's female relatives, and some of Kasumi's friends. Althought there were five years difference between the two of them, surprisingly Alice and Kasmui got along famously and had the same general feelings about modern movies, music and media.
                              
"I get married to the man of my dreams in a few short hours. Of course I have no clue where he is, some drunken lout is in his bed..." Kasumi joked. Alice smiled at Malcolm's soon to be sister-in-law, knowing exactly what she meant.
                              
"Really? Seems a convention of them came by and kidnapped our men, replacing htem with snoring, vomiting versions." Alice joked back. 
                              
"Hmmm." Kasumi nodded, obviously thinking of something. "Can I talk to you, seriously for a few minutes?" she asked. Alice frowned, not knowing what this was about.
                              
"Ah sure, Malcolm's in the bathroom being violently ill, but if you don't mind sound effects, we can go in." Alice offered and Kasumi followed her in. 
                              
They both heard the shower start, and Kasumi looked too nervous to sit, so Alice just waited for hte older woman to spit it out. "Malcolm told Diego last night that you were seventeen and his student." Kasumi finally blurted, looking worried but not upset. 
                              
Alice just blinked, taking the rushed statement in. It wasn't a question, so Kasumi believed it, but then why was she here now? Ace tried to ignore the nerves fluttering in her gut again, but it was hard to not notice how her body tensed, ready for a physical attack as soon as she became anxious. If she could have thought of anything smart to say right now, she'd say it, but nothing came out. Her jaw locked and she stayed silent, not knowing what would make this worse. Now she felt like hte one who should be kneeling over a toilet, worshipping the porceline gods. 
                              
"Oh." Alice finally squeezed a response out, swallowing down bile. She was waiting for the outburst, a ranting discourse of how disgusting she was for seducing Mal away from Shawna, how pathetic she was to be acting like she belonged, how immoral their relationship was, how wrong it was for her to be in love with Malcolm.... Kasumi grabbed Alice's shoulder and helped her sit down on the couch.
                              
"Hey...hey it's ok..." Kasumi soothed. "It's ok, I'm not going to tell anyone." she said softly. "I just needed to let you know I knew. Diego said that Malcolm had been freaking out for part of the night and he finally badgered an explanation out of him." she sat next to Alice. 
                              
"Oh." Alice repeated, relief chasing away some of the violent nausea in her gut. 
                              
"And once he and Malcolm got to talking....." Kasumi trailed off, unsure of how to continue talking about it. But Alice understood.
                              
"He told Diego everything." she said simply. Kasumi nodded, patting Alice's shoulder sympathetically. Alice folded over her own body, head resting against her knees while Kasumi rubbed her back a little. "So was there anything you wanted to ask me or was this just so I'd know you and he knew?" Alice asked, voice surprisingly normal sounding despite her dejected body language.