Chapter 1- Confrontation

Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored! Hey, I know Jake is Bella's best friend now, but I honestly kind of preferred it when she was spending some time with me. Don't get me wrong, it's been fun since she moved in- most of the time- but sometimes I get the feeling that I am left out of things.

My name is Gia, and I'm a year younger than Bella, the second child of Dad and Renee's marriage. The last child. And I am the sister that made all the wrong choices. I stayed in Forks. That's the biggie. I always wanted Bella here, but not so much of the drama thank you very much!

Whoa, that sounds whiney, taking into account I have been entrusted with the secret about the Cullens, but the thing is, what's bugging me most is that I have always been friends with Jake. I know maybe we were never best friends like they are now, but we were close, almost family. And family can tell when something is up, which was so the case. And I was determined to find out. Maybe it would have made my life easier if I had just stayed in my room, minding my own business, but things tend to set me off…like big-time.

Then I heard the doorbell. Scowl fixed in place from my internal struggle, I opened the door one handed, key resting in the other.

"Hey!" Bella practically shouted in my ear, "Is Charlie home yet?" She knew Dad preferred her to call him so, but she thought she was above that. Another reason to be annoyed…

"No, not yet!" I replied, letting some acid seep into my tone, not that she noticed. "Why didn't you let yourself in, I was in the middle of something here!" Complete lie there, but my remark hit its target. I could nearly see here temper rising.

"I lost my key when I was with Jake, thanks for being so understanding!" she growled, matching my tone.

"Have mine then, useless!" I shouted, chucking my key at her. I heard it hit the floor, but by then I was already halfway up the stairs, tears pricking my eyes.

The thing was, I knew what I was annoyed about. Since the Cullens had left, Bella was really down. I didn't pretend to understand, but I tried to cheer her up. Nothing I did helped. But then she went to Jacob. I know she had nothing to do with him in the sense of dating, but the jealousy was still there. Of course, I was not jealous of Bella (Edward was not my type- too shiny) but I was spending less time with my sister.

It was a double edged problem. On one hand I was jealous of Jacob for being better at cheering up my sister, but then…there was something else. I was jealous of Bella. I used to love seeing Jake, but I then she came, it felt like I was being replaced, only with a little more significance for him (Bella told me about the friendship/relationship issues they had) though there was never that with me! Bella and I do not keep secrets from each other.

Then I discovered what the problem was really. Hadn't I just been thinking of them being really secretive lately? That was what I was mad about before I even answered the door! And now this had just backed my point up even more.

But I was going to find out.

Just then, my door opened. Dad wasn't home so it could only be one person. Like a true sister she came to the bed, put her arm around my shoulders and asked me,

"What's up?" I shrugged her question off. "Well, I've noticed- and you can correct me if I'm wrong- that you've been angry with me ever since I've been going to La Push. We spent quite a lot of time together after….that fight…with Jake" Her stutters backed up my theory of the lies. "That doesn't mean we can't still be like that! I could go out, take you somewhere!" she insisted this last point, but visibly cringed about having to take me shopping, or running.

"You could take me with you to La Push?" I asked innocently.

"No, I meant somewhere else!"

"How about we meet Jake and go to a movie in Port Angeles?"

"Err, no!" she struggled. I let her mumbled on while I figured my plan of approach.

"I used to see Jake a lot and-"

"Oh!" she said, "You like him!"

"No, let me finish! It's like, since that fight, you've been trying to keep me away from him. It's like you don't want us together." Bella's jaw tightened and she stood up stiffly.

"I'm sorry you feel that way Gia, but that is not true!" She walked out and I thought over what she had said. I didn't like Jake like that…did I?...No!