Sorry for the delay. i have a little pigtailed 3 year team vegeta and team edward fan running around my house solwy driving me to the break of insanity. lol =^.^= betas eed lve too so heres to my dear friend Erin. I'm lad we ar in this togeter. if i did'nt have you i would have not be able to get this far. oh and im gald that im not the only one who loves David Bowie in tights! =^.^= Thanx E your the greatest!

Disclamer: I don't own twiliht for if I did I would have been married to Jaob and Erin would have had at lest our ids by now and her last name would be Call. Or nor do I own YYH. If I did I would pull a Bella and have both jacob black and hiei the jaganshi.

Chapter Five: Christmas And An Awkward Bonfire

December:

Alicia played Christmas carols as she made her special eggnog that Yusuke had taught he how to make. After she put the pitcher in the frig to chill she ran upstairs.

When Alicia entered her room she smiled lovingly at Bella.

"Hey, Bells, why don't you come down and help me start dinner for tomorrow?"

"I really don't feel like it." Bella said without taking her eyes off of the window.

"Okay." Alicia sang. "Just remember things get worse before they get better. I think you will be okay soon enough. Remember, I'm here if you need me, Cuz, K? Oh, and don't forget, when you're back in the right state of mind, we are going to have a little chat. Later, Bells!" She said, before running back down to the kitchen.

Christmas went by pretty much like Thanksgiving, except they celebrated it at the Black's home instead of the Swan's. Even Bella was there. Well, physically at least.

The days flew by until New Years Eve.

December 31st:

It was seven o'clock, and Alicia was getting ready to head out to the bonfire. She had on tight, black, Baby Phat, skinny jeans, with knee high, white, Air Walker boots. And a tight, white, Authentic Baby Phat, hulter top.

Alicia put on the necklace that Hiei had given her, along with the ring and charm bracelet. She put on her gold black winged earrings that Charlie had given her for Christmas, before putting on her cherry flavored Chapstick. And decided to let her hair down. The loose curls falling down to the end of her spine in silky layers.

After Alicia quickly ran a brush through her hair, she pulled on her black, leather, half jacket, with her Baby Phat hat, gloves and scarf set.

Charlie stopped at the door and looked at her with a shocked expression.

"Are you already, ready?" He asked in total disbelief.

Alicia giggled. "Sure am, I don't take that long to get dressed."

"I see that. Well, when I drop you off, Billy's coming back with me to watch the big game here."

"Then how am I getting home?" She asked.

Charlie rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Yeah, about that…Billy and I decided that if you'd want to you could stay at his place with Jake. Jake's gonna take the couch while you sleep in his bed. Harry Clearwater's gonna supervise the bonfire. And Sam Uley will be supervising a small party at his place. After that you and Jake will be heading back to the Black's. Now do I have to…"

Alicia cut him off right there. "No thanks, Uncle Charlie. I have already learned about the birds and the bees. And before you say anything, I have lived with a boy in Japan for about six months before I got my own place. I even stayed nights at my two guy friend's house without supervision, and my other friend he stayed with me for awhile. And after all that I'm still a virgin. I think I can stay the night with Jacob with that still intact in the morning."

Charlie was stunned at her bluntness.

Alicia smiled at him sweetly. "Even if he is hot."

"Okay, I did not need to here that. Just pack an overnight bag and we're good."

She giggled as he left the room.

Alicia grabbed one of her duffle bags and ran down the stairs. Charlie was at the door when she collided with him. Alicia grabbed his arm before he fell out of the door.

"Are you alright, Uncle Charlie?"

"Yeah. That was one hell of a save kiddo."

"Yeah, I have cat like reflexes." She half joked. "Oh, wait." Alicia said, before running upstairs.

"Bells, I'm leaving. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Here's my cell phone number if you need me, okay? Are you sure you don't want to come?"

Bella looked at her cousin and then down at the piece of paper in her hand. She reached out and took it before giving Alicia a tiny smile.

"No, I'll be okay, thanks though." Bella said before getting up and giving the smaller girl a hug.

Alicia smiled at her. "Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then." She said, before running downstairs and straight out to the cruiser.

At The Black's:

Jacob looked at his dad in shock. "I know you told Charlie that this was okay, Dad, but I had planned on having Embry and Quil stay over."

"They can still stay, just don't through a party. You are already going to the bonfire and to Sam's."

"But, Dad."

"No buts, Jake. Sam has invited the two of you, and you will go. Embry and Quil will be there as well."

Jacob's face lightened up at that.

"I expect you to show Sam the same respect you show me."

Jake rolled his eyes at that, but agreed none the less.

"Quil and Embry will be sleeping out here with you. Is that understood?"

Jake smiled. "Yes, Dad, it's not like Alicia will allow them near her anyway."

Billy smirked. "You're right, son. Charlie must be proud of his niece."

Just then the door opened and in walked the man they were just discussing.

"Speak of the devil and he shall arrive." Billy said.

Charlie just rolled his eyes.

Alicia walked up to Billy and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "Have a happy new year, Billy." Alicia said softly. She gave Charlie a hug and a soft kiss on his cheek, before the two men took off with cheer filled goodbyes.

Jacob watched the girl look out the window with nervousness. "Um, let me take that, I'll put it in my room for you."

"Oh, thanks, Jake. Sorry I spaced out for a minute."

"Sure, sure." He said, before heading off to his room.

With Charlie And Billy:

Charlie looked over at his old friend. "Is there something bothering you, Billy?" He asked with concern laced in his voice.

"Yeah, could you pull over, Charlie?"

Charlie did as he was asked and pulled over onto the shoulder of the road.

"Listen, I know we've been friends for years, and what I'm about to ask you is personal. I know Alicia's your great niece." Charlie glared at him. "Let me finish. You know me, I'm

not about to tell her anything. I just want to know if her father's Quileute."

"Billy I can't tell you that."

Billy looked his old friend in the eyes. "Charlie, if it was the other was around would you want to know? I'm just asking because, if so, she is a part of my tribe."

Charlie sighed in defeat. "Okay. She knows that I'm her great uncle. She also knows that her grandparents raised her. But her father has been left unknown to her. Your assumption is correct, Billy, she's half Quileute."

"Who's her father?" Billy asked in a deep tone.

"You mean who was her father. You know I'm not proud of how my niece behaved. She was very wild, and still is. Well, at least from what I've heard anyway. She was messing with Sam's father…"

"Josh Uley!" He shouted.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too, but her mother told me that they had used protection. Besides, Josh wasn't the only Quileute man that she slept with. John Lahote and her had an on going affair while she messed with Josh, they never used protection. And when I got sick of how she acted and finally sent her home, she was two months pregnant."

"So, John Lahote's her father?"

"Yes, I'm sure of it. I've noticed lately that she has some of his features."

Billy shook his head. "I've noticed. She has his nose and lips." He sighed heavily.

"I'm telling you this in confidence, Billy. If you tell anyone, even Paul, you and me we're through. Is that understood?"

Billy nodded. "I give you my word, Charlie, that no one but the elders will hear of this. But you will have to tell her adversely."

"I was told to tell her after she graduates high school, which means I'll be telling her sometime in June."

Billy nodded as Charlie started the car and headed towards his house.

"Oh, Harry will be joining us after he finishes the bonfire." Billy said.

"Alright, Alicia had made us dinner in advance so there will be plenty left for him too."

After that the rest of the drive went by in comfortable silence.

Back At The Black's House:

Jacob came out of his room dressed in a tight, long-sleeved, brown shirt, with dark-washed, black jeans. He had on his work boots, and his long hair was in a ponytail at the nape of his neck.

"You look nice." Alicia said with a faint blush on her face.

"Well, you don't look bad yourself. We're waiting for my friends before we go to the bonfire." As soon as the words left his mouth the front door flew open and in walked two young native boys.

"J…Wow! Why didn't you tell me you had a girl over? Are you new here? Or are you from the Makah?"

Jake rolled his eyes. "This is Bella's cousin Alicia."

"No way. This girl is too dark to be related to that…"

"Quil, enough!" Jacob yelled.

Alicia rolled her eyes. "I get that she's albino and all that, but could you please stop the white comments. The reason I'm darker is because I'm half Spanish." She said in annoyance.

Embry pushed Quil out of the way. "Hi, I'm Embry, and the jerk over there is Quil."

Alicia took his outstretched hand in hers. "Nice to meet you, Embry."

His skin turned a darker shade of russet as she gave him a dazzling smile. But Quil pushed him out of the way and took her hand.

He pulled her glove off and took her hand again greedily. "I'm Quil, Quil Ateara. It's a pleasure to meet you, Alice." He said before kissing her hand.

Alicia hissed as she wiped her hand on his shirt. "My name is Alicia. Though it may mean Alice, you have no right to call me anything other than my name." She said before she snatched her glove from his hand. But before she could put her glove back on Embry grabbed her hand.

"Wow, is that a black diamond? I've never seen one of those before."

"Let me see!" Shouted Quil as she snatched her hand back.

Jacob pulled him off of her with a glare. "That's enough, you two."

"No, it's alright, Jake. I have avoided wearing this for that exact reason, everyone would stare or comment in wonder. To answer your question, Embry, no it's not a diamond. It's an extremely rare black onyx. I have one in my necklace, my charm bracelet has them as well. They were gifts from a friend of mine."

"Damn, he must have really liked you. It must have cost a fortune for that stuff."

"QUIL!" Shouted Jake and Embry at the same time.

"No, he made them. Now if you don't mind can we leave NOW?" She asked as she put on her glove.

"Sure, let me just grab my jacket." Jake said before running back to his room.

When he came out he grabbed a key off of the coffee table, and the four of them left the house.

"How often do you have bonfires?" Alicia asked.

"Not very. We're going to Third Beach for this one. It's closer to where Sam and Emily live." Alicia nodded as she walked ahead with Embry. Quil walked further back with Jake as they both admired the view in front of them.

"Damn, Jake. Are you taping that?"

"Quil!"

"Sorry, but man, why don't you give up on Bella? That right there is the perfect ass. She could have my baby any day."

Jacob rolled his eyes. "Try to tell her that and see what she'll do to you." Jake said with amusement in his voice.

"Oh, man, we won't even stand a chance." Quil whined.

"And why's that?"

"Paul and Jared are going to be there. Knowing Paul, he'll call dibs on her and like all the others she'll fall for his bad boy charm."

"I don't think Alicia's like that, Quil. She seems more mature for her age. She's been the one that's been looking after Bella."

"Really?"

"Yep." Said Jake as they bumped into the two in front of them.

Quil collided with Embry, as Jacob crashed into Alicia. The four of them fell to the sand in a ball of tangled limbs. When they landed Alicia found herself straddling Jake's lap, while Embry pushed Quil off of him. As Alicia went to get up she felt something long and hard. Both her and Jake blushed. The two looked at each other with embarrassment, when all of a sudden, Quil's hand gripped her backside. All shyness left her face as she turned and sucker punched Quil.

A crunching sound echoed in the darkness. Quil cried out as he rolled around in the sand.

"My nose! She broke my nose!"

Embry laughed as he helped her up.

Jake looked from Alicia to Quil, and busted out in a fit of laughter. "I can't believe it. You actually broke his nose. Man, that's priceless. He said while climbing to his feet.

"It serves him right though. He did try to grope her." Embry stated.

Alicia sighed as she helped Quil up. "Let's just go guys. And if you ever try that again, Quil, the next time you'll get kicked in the nads. Oh, and your nose is not broken, it's just fractured. Trust me, I didn't hit you that hard."

Quil whimpered while Jacob and Embry laughed at his expense as they walked towards the glowing fire.

At The Bonfire:

Sam smirked as he watched the scene play out before him just a few yards away.

"Damn, I never thought a girl could do something like that!" Jared shouted in excitement.

"I call dibs on the new chick." Paul yelled.

"Oh man, come on, Paul! You always get the fresh meat." Jared whined.

Um, look guys." Sam said as he quickly pointed towards the four coming there way. "Looks like Jacob's beat you two, to it." Sam said with a smirk.

Yeah, right! His head is so far up Swan's ass it ain't even funny." Paul hissed.

"Yeah, I bet he doesn't even notice the hottie in front of him." Jared spat out before the four reached them.

Harry glared at the two boys, but when he looked at the girl he smiled softly.

"Welcome. We thought that you would like to hear our legends, Alicia." He said kindly.

"Are they the ones about how your tribe descended from wolves? But you were spirit warriors first, until your chief at the time, was killed by one of his own out of jealousy. And with no body he asked the great wolf if he had room to share his body with him. And the fact that after some time the eldest warrior found out that the chief was an imposter. A chain of events happen and he appears before his tribe as the wolf, but his emotions get the best of him and the man takes over the wolf? Or is it about the one where Ephraim Black, Jacob's great grandfather, made a treaty with a different clan, the cold ones?"

Everyone looked at her in shock. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"How did you know?" Harry asked in a stunned voice.

"Bella has a book about your legends, and I have pretty much read all of it. Though, to learn Quileute in this short time is challenging. I have the basic understanding of your language. Like for example: Ayasocha Harry? (How are you, Harry?) Then there's the broken version. Whak I was boatd I xoikd tha book. (When I was board I found the book.) I was catois so I taad it. (I was curious so I read it.) And then there's this one. Billy Shipa is xe atcit of xe Kwoliyot tekaa. (Billy Black is the chief of the Quileute tribe.) I'm still learning more, but more or less I can finish the book."

A look of pure amazement was on everyone's faces until Quil decided to break the silence.

"That was hot. What other languages can you speak?"

Alicia rolled her eyes. "Spanish, Italian, Japanese, French, and Latin."

"No way can you speak Japanese." Paul said.

Alicia smirked at him. "Warawa rivued oite Nippon tameni shi nendo's, sou waga kouyuua mibaed touhou. The translation is: I lived in Japan for four years, so my friend showed me."

Jared smiled. "How about Spanish?"

Alicia rolled her eyes. "Me medio espanol que hacer les esperaba. The translation is: I'm half Spanish what do you expect."

Even Sam had to throw in a comment. "How about Latin?" He asked.

She turned to Jake and started talking. "Qui tempus animus ego excedo tume putsco Jacob. The translation is: What time will I leave next day and of course you know Jacob."

Quil tried next. "Can you speak the language of food and wine?"

"Quil per debbono voi picchiare sopra me? The translation is: Quil why must you hit on me?"

Everyone laughed.

"That was Italian, right?" Embry asked.

Alicia nodded.

"Alright, let's hear it then." Sam pressed on.

"Hmm, alright, J'pouvoir sa valide de parler cinq parole's pas incluring anglais mais savon cet. J' volonte sa parlering Quileute atracas puis neige choir. The final translation is this: I may be able to speak five languages, not including English, but know this. I will be speaking Quileute by next snow fall."

Paul gave her a smutty look. "If you really want to learn…"

Alicia cut him off before he could finish. "No thanks, not interested. I have already seen half naked guys with six packs. I really don't need to see yours. Besides, you're not my type. I already had someone with your temper span and ego, and that went to shit. So, Sorry. Now, maybe Jacob or Embry. I think I want good boys from now on. Hell, maybe the both of them." She said as she pulled the two close to her. "I apologize, Harry, if I disrespected you."

He looked at the girl before him. "It's fine. Sam's ready to take you guys to his house." He said before getting up. "I wanted to meet Charlie and Billy early anyway. You kids have fun." And with that the group split up.

Jared was walking with Alicia, Jake and Embry.

"Guys when we get there, don't stare."

Alicia gave him a confused look.

"Sam's fiance Emily was mauled by a bear last year." Jacob whispered in her ear.

She nodded as they approached the small house.

When she met Emily she commented on how nice she looked and about her outfit. She never once flinched, or mentioned the scars on Emily's face. In fact she maintained eye contact with her as they conversed.

In turn the two women got along well, and so the party was going by great. Well, until Paul talked Alicia into going outside with him.

Outside:

"Come on, baby. I know girls like you."

Alicia crossed her arms over her chest. "Really?"

"Yeah, you play hard to get, and then when no one's looking you want some of the bad boy. Well, no one's looking now, sweet cheeks."

Before she could protest, Paul lifted her off the ground and rammed his tongue down her throat. But what happened next was something that he never expected.

She rammed her knee into his ribs, which caused him to drop her. Once Paul fell to his knees in pain, she gave him an uppercut to his jaw. Soon after a sickening crack followed.

Alicia spat on the snow covered ground. "You are a pig. I have never met any male as up front in your face as you. You sicken me. If you ever try that shit again I swear to God, the spirits, Buda and whatever else that's holy, that you will lose your balls!" She yelled before stomping back into the house.

Once she was inside, she turned to Sam. "I'm sorry, but you need to keep a leash on that horny dog out there."

Everyone turned towards her.

"What the hell did he do?" Sam asked.

"He tried to force me into fucking submission. What the hell is wrong with him!"

Embry, Jacob and Quil appeared next to her. And that was the moment Paul decided to strut his way in.

Embry was shaking with rage. "WHAT THE…"

But Jacob just shook his head and turned to Sam before it got ugly. "Thanks for inviting us, but we should leave." He said as Alicia pulled Embry back. The four of them walked out the door without saying a word.

Once they were outside an idea hit Quil.

"Hey, let's go pick up some junk food and beer." He said as he bounced around.

"How? We have no ID's and we look young." Embry pointed out.

That was when Quil smirked. He and pulled a card out of his pocket and flashed it to them.

"Is that a fake ID?" Jacob asked.

"Yep. Why don't you two go back to the house, while Embry and I get the junk food and beer."

Alicia smiled at them. "Then let me pay." She said as she tossed them a black credit card.

"How much can we spend?"

She smirked at them. "Knock yourselves dead, boys." She said as she dragged Jake back to the Black residence.

When they were alone Embry smiled. "Man, that girl's something else."

Quil nodded in agreement as they went to get the things for their private party.

In Sam's House:

Sam glared at Paul "Why the hell did you do that!" He roared.

"Most girls like her are easy like that."

Sam's eyebrow twitched. "If you haven't noticed than your sense of smell is way off. She smell's untouched."

"Yeah, I've noticed that too. It's a pure sweet smell. It kinda makes your mouth water." Jared stated.

Paul rolled his eyes. "I know, but virgins are so easy to score with. I just thought…"

"That's the problem here, Paul, you didn't think with the head on your shoulders!" Sam shouted.

"But man, Billy is right, there's something funny about her. She broke three of my ribs and my damn jaw. No ordinary human could do that."

"We'll worry about Alicia later. Embry will be phasing anytime, but my guess is tomorrow. Now on to bigger problems. The redheaded leech is back."