A/N- I'm dedicating this chapter to: spunkransom9. You wanted more drama so here it is (I hope)!

Anyways, Edward's Point Of View will be in this, and that was fun to write… I will be updating more often, and I'll probably be updating I'll be Waiting fairly soon, but I'm having troubles with it…anywho! ENJOY!!!!

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CHAPTER 21

B POV

I slapped my hand to my forehead. This was going to be a long and eventful night.

"TIME TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK!!!!!!!!" Alice yelled to everyone. Rosalie groaned.

"Alice, isn't that a little childish?" She asked.

"Hide and seek is not at all childish! It is a fun game and whether

you disagree or not, we're going to play, and you're going to have fun!" she growled back. Everyone started laughing at Alice's intensity.

"Jeez, relax, I'll play." Rosalie surrendered.

"Good! Because you're it!"

Rosalie groaned again, but went to stand in a corner with her eyes closed.

"Count to fifty – and NO peeking!" Alice giggled and took off up the stairs. Emmett followed her, while Jasper, Edward, and Jacob ran in opposite directions. So now here I was, listening to Rosalie count to herself. I should probably hide. I thought to myself.

So off I went, in search of a good hiding place. I ran to the basement and found a broom closet. That seemed like a good place. I shut the door behind me and began to wait.

"Bella?" someone whispered. I jumped, causing me to hit something hard.

"Who's there?!" I yell-whispered, squinting into the darkness.

"It's me, Jake." He responded

"Gah!" I grumbled. "Of course it's you!"

"What?! It's not my fault that you came into my hiding place!" he drawled.

"Whatever," I mumbled. "I'll go find a new place then." I started feeling around for the door.

"No! Wait! Err…I mean, if you go out there, Rosalie will figure out where I am. Plus, you'll get yourself caught too, so you might as well just stay here."

"I'll stay here, but you stay on that side and I'll stay on this side. Okay?" I saw something bob up and down, I took that as a nod.

I shifted backwards, and leaned up against what I'm guessing was a wall. Jacob stood perfectly still where he was.

"Bella, this is ridiculous, I think we're mature enough to stay in a closet together."

"It's not ridiculous." I told him.

"Oh, c'mon Bella. Look at us."

"I would, but it's kind of dark in here." I mumbled.

He sighed. "Well, I'm going to make myself comfortable." I saw his silhouette shrink. He was probably sitting down now.

I shrunk as close to the wall as I could manage, and shut my eyes.

"I FOUND JACOB!!" Rosalie yelled. I opened my eyes, but it seemed like she couldn't see me. Jacob was sitting on the floor, and Rosalie had a huge grin on her face.

"Who else did you find?" Jacob asked.

"Emmett, Alice, and now you. I have to go find Bella, Jasper, and Edward so go upstairs with the rest of them."

Jacob stood up and I heard his feet clump up the stairs. Rosalie shut the door, and pattered her way up too.

So now I was in a dark broom closet, by myself. I wasn't good with being by myself in the dark. I always needed someone with me. It's not necessarily a fear of the dark itself but it just creeps me out.

"Bella?" I heard someone whisper. I though it was Edward so I flung myself at him, landing in his arms.

"Edward! How are you in here? When did you get in here?" I asked. He chuckled.

"Bella...it's not Edward. I'm Jasper. And there's another little door in that wall over there, and I was hiding in it." he explained. I quickly released myself from him and stood up straight.

"Sorry about the…umm…" I was at a loss of words.

"It's okay. I'm surprised Rosalie didn't see you." We heard another patter of feet, and then I saw Jasper's figure shift slightly. Then the small wooden door opened.

"Bella!" It was Rosalie. "You need to be more quiet when you're hiding."

"Yeah…sorry about that." I walked out of the closet and headed up the stairs and into the living room, where everyone but Jasper now sat.

"I can't find him." Rosalie grunted in defeat.

I went over to Edward's side and sat next to him. "Where were you hiding?" I asked.

"I was under my bed. How about you?"

"Broom closet." I responded.

Edward smiled, and I smiled back.

"Ollie-Ollie-Oxen-Free!" Rosalie shouted. Jasper didn't come. "OLLIE, OLLIE, OXEN, FREE!!" she shouted again. "Does anyone know where Jasper is?"

"Yeah." I said. "He's downstairs."

Rosalie took off, and returned in five minutes with Jasper on her heels.

"Who's up for another round?!" Alice asked.

"No one!" Everyone yelled together.

"Fine…let's play…SPIN THE BOTTLE!!" Why did Alice always have to do this? Doesn't she remember form the last Emmett suggested that? Edward and I exchanged a frantic look.

"I'm not playing," I said.

"Neither am I," Edward agreed.

"You two are such party-poopers! Fine! Hmm….what to do, what to do?" Alice pondered.

"Why don't we play…truth or dare?!" Emmett suggested.

"We played that last time!!" Alice complained. "Hmm…let's play…."

Alice was interrupted by the front door opening, and slamming shut. Esme appeared in the living room, with a strawberry blond haired girl following right behind her.

The girl had piercing blue eyes, and was wearing a red tank top, and a pair of jeans.

"Kids, this is Tanya. She just moved in next door, and I thought that it would be nice if you gave her a nice welcome. So she's going to spend the night here. Play nice," Esme said.

"Hey Tanya!" Emmett boomed. "I'm Emmett." He stuck out his hand and she shook it.

"I'm Jacob, this is Alice," Jacob pointed Alice out, "and this is Jasper." He pointed Jasper out. Tanya nodded and smiled.

"I'm Rosalie. That's Edward, and Bella." Rosalie pointed us out and we both waved.

"Hello," she said. Her eyes locked on Edward. I felt Edward shift uncomfortably at my side.

"Well Tanya, where did you move from?" Alice asked.

"Alaska." She said.

"Why the hell would you live in Alaska?!" Emmett asked. Everyone laughed at his question. Tanya just shrugged.

"My dad had a job up there."

"We were just trying to figure out what game to play; do you have any good ideas?" Alice blurted.

"No. Not really," Tanya responded.

Alice let out a heavy sigh. "I guess it's movie time…yippee!" she said sarcastically.

"What's wrong with a movie?" I asked.

"Nothing, but we always watch them!" Alice complained.

"Who cares? Just pop one in," Edward chimed in. Tanya's eyes widened when she heard Edwards voice.

"You can sit down you know," Emmett told her. She nodded, and made her way over to Edward's side.

When she sat down, my face felt hot. It felt even hotter when she started talking to him.

"Tanya, you're Edward?" She clarified.

"Yep. Nice to meet you." Edward stuck his hand out to her.

"What movie are we watching?" Tanya asked.

"Um…I think we're watching Wall-E." ( A/N: Great movie- go watch it!)

"Cool. I've been wanting to see that, but there aren't many theatres in Alaska." She laughed. Her laugh was high-pitched and annoying. I didn't want to have to beat another person up.

"I kind of figured that. Which part of Alaska did you live in?" Edward asked.

"Juneau."

"Ah. The capital. What did your dad do?"

"He, um, he well, at first he fixed cars, but then he lost his jobs due to the fact that there aren't many cars, sooooooo we moved here. He found a job as a teacher at a Reservation." She explained.

I was getting angrier by the second. Should I just pull Edward out of the room to talk to him, or just leave things? If they get worse, I'll step in. I decided.

Edward's POV

I didn't like the looks of Tanya, nor did I like how she kept staring at me. It creeped me out. And now, she was sitting next to me, chatting up a storm. I didn't want to be rude and ignore her, and I knew that Bella was probably having issues with Tanya.

But, Tanya was going to my neighbour so I had to be nice.

The movie was starting which meant that Tanya could keep her mouth shut for the time being.

I pretended to yawn, and stretched my arms; placing one of them around Bella's shoulders. I was hoping that she didn't notice how fake that was. She seemed to not notice, so I relaxed a little. My relaxation was soon interrupted when Tanya shifted closer to me.

She moved her hand to her hair, ran her fingers through it, then when she was putting her hand back down, hit me in the arm, not hard though.

She brought her lips to my ear. "Sorry," she whispered.

"Um…I'm okay. You barely touched me." I told her. She pulled away, and I focused my attention on the movie. I could feel her staring at me.

"Who wants food?!" Emmett blurted.

Everyone raised their hands. "I'll go get it," I said, standing up.

"I'll help!" Tanya offered.

"Um, I think that Bella wanted to," I said, looking desperately at Bella.

"Yeah…I do." Bella agreed. She stood up and took my hand.

When we reached the kitchen she didn't say anything, she just started looking around for bowls and food.

"What's wrong?" I finally asked her.

"Tanya," she whispered, her head hung.

"Bella, you don't have to worry about her. She's obnoxious and annoying, I'm just being nice to her because she's my neighbour," I assured her.

"What? No. I mean how she keeps getting all close to you, and making you feel uncomfortable…it bothers me…. I don't like her," she admitted. "I know you won't like her."

I sighed in relief. "Well, that's good." I pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head, and she sighed happily. "I love you," I told her.

"I know." She looked up and smiled.

"I think we should get the food ready before an angry mob of hungry teenagers come and massacre us." I laughed, and she laughed too.

We broke apart and started getting popcorn, and chips and dip. When we returned, Tanya was sitting in the middle of the couch.

"Can you move over a bit?" I asked when Bella and I reached the couch.

"But I'm quite comfortable," Tanya stated.

"Just move, okay?!" Bella nearly yelled. Tanya flinched, and moved over. "Thanks!" she huffed.

I sat down in the middle again. I had no choice. Tanya scooted to one end, and patted the cushion next to her. I couldn't refuse otherwise that would be rude.

Bella sat down next to me, and put her head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her; holding her in place. Tanya let out a heavy sigh, and glared at the TV, as if it was its fault Tanya was having such bad luck.

The movie ended in a short while, and mostly everyone was asleep. Mostly. Tanya, I, and Alice were still wide awake.

"Edward? Are you awake?" Alice whispered to me through the darkness.

"Yeah, I'm over here. Tanya's awake too," I squinted in the darkness; attempting to find my pixie-like sister.

"Do you think we should bring them up to bed?" Alice asked.

"Yeah. I'll grab Bella you get Rosalie. Tanya, just stay here." I commanded. Both of the girls listened.

I picked Bella up –which was quite easy since she was already on top of me- and carried her up the stairs. I went to my room, flicked on the light, and set my own personal Sleeping Beauty on my bed.

I gave her a kiss on her forehead and ran back downstairs. When I saw Jasper, Emmett, and Jacob lying there, I contemplated on who I should grab first. Jasper seemed best because he was the smallest. Alice could carry the bigger guys.

After bringing Jasper and Emmett to their rooms –Alice had grabbed Jacob- Alice, Tanya, and I all sat on the couch; not knowing what to do next. After five minutes of silence, Alice had fallen asleep. I quickly carried her off to bed and returned downstairs, hoping that Tanya was now sleeping.

"Edward?" she called out.

Who else would it be? "Yeah?" I called back.

"Where are you?" she half yell-whispered.

"Next to you…" I told her. I was next to her…kind of, just on the opposite end of the couch, sitting as far away as possible.

"Oh..." I felt her shift; trying to find me.

When she did find me she pressed herself against me.

"What are you doing?" I asked, pushing on what I assumed was her face.

"Well, I'm scared. I don't like being alone…so I need to be close to someone, and you're the only one here…so…" she trailed off, running her fingers up and down my arm. It had no affect on me- only Bella could have an affect on me like that.

"Okay…I think it's time for bed," I told her.

"I'm not tired,"

"But sleep is good. If you relax, you'll end up falling asleep," I started moving onto the floor, trying to get away from her. She followed suit, placing herself on top of me.

"I don't want to relax…" she breathed.

"I do. So…I guess I'm going to go to bed now," I started pulling myself away but her hands caught my face, and she pressed her lips to mine.

I started shoving against her, but she didn't budge. I kept my eyes wide open and closed my mouth so that she would get the signal to stop. But, of course, the worst thing ever happened to me.

"Edward?!" Bella's piercing cry came out loud, and hurt. She started running away. I heard the door open, and slam shut loudly.

I knocked Tanya off of me and started running after Bella.

How did this happen?! Why me?!

A/N- So I decided to update before the break is over…what did you guys think?! Not enough drama? Too much, it sucked, you loved it? Let me know! THANKS! And Merry belated Christmas and New Year!!! YAY!! 2009!!!!