Hey! Long time no write! I had writers block (awful disease) and then my computer just had to crash! But, my computer is all better now, and here is a new chapter! I'm so sorry it took so long! They're all at Sam's house, and it's mostly Jake focused.

I'm warning you though, I wrote this at like, midnight, so parts of it may be slightly confusing as I was working on a Pepsi driven brain. Now I realize this author's note may make no sense, so I shall go away, and let you read. Oh wait! Please review! I love your reviews, nearly more than chocolate! More than Mountain Dew! I will go far far away now before my strange brain drives you all bazzokaz.

Jasper: But I shall stay!

Katie: Me too!

Joy: You would go anywhere with Jasper!

Hannah: I don't think she would go in the bathroom with him.

Katie: HANNAH!

Hannah: Shh, they want to read!

Katie (glowers)

Sam had changed since she had come home. She was quieter, and stuck close to Jake, shying away when Kit, Jaren, or Jasper came near her. She seemed uneasy to let Jake walk away from her even to go to the bathroom, and soon Jasper and Jaren were joking about buying Jake some Depends so he wouldn't have to go to the bathroom and when Sam went to sleep he could change them.

When Jake found out it was needless to say that he was not happy.

Katie, Emma, Hannah, and Joy were listening to the conversations and giggling together, or clapping their hands over their mouths in shock. It depended on what the "men" were talking about.

Jake felt awkward about having Sam follow him around. It reminded him of the days back when they were little though. Where Sam would follow him around asking him things like, "Where do mosquitoes go in the daytime?" "Why do horses sleep standing up?" "Why are boys taller than girls?" And the question that he never answered no matter how much she pressed when she found out he knew, "How do babies get in their mama's tummy?"

He remembered putting up with her questions until he'd had enough, and wanted to think by himself, and yelling at her to go away and quit asking him questions, causing her lower lip to come out and start to tremble, then he had to make her go away by saying he would tell her a story later.

But now she was quiet, no questions were pouring like torrents from her lips, and her brown eyes were wide with, fear he thought. She was behaving like a skittish mare whenever either of his newfound brothers came near.

He noticed how she didn't want to let him out of her sight, and soon found out that his brothers thought he should buy some Depends, adult diapers and wear them till Sam went to sleep then change them. He showed them his fist, and they shut up.

Sam finally left him to go talk to her cousins. Well more like sit in the huddle of girls and say not a word.

Jake watched her very confused. Why was she following him everywhere? He thought she might actually have followed him into the bathroom if he had let her!

"Well, I think Jakey's in love!"

Jake glowered at Jasper the annoying. That was what Jake called him in his mind. Jasper the annoying.

Kit watched Jake watch Sam walk away.

"Well, Baby Bear, if you aren't in love with her, then why are you watching her?"

Jake glowered at Kit for two reasons. A. He hated to be called "Baby Bear." It was just too babyish. And B. He wasn't about to admit he loved Sam to anyone! No matter who they were!

"She's actin' kinda strange." Came his non answering answer.

"Who you or Sam?" Jasper looked earnest. Until you looked in his eyes, then you saw twinkling mischief.

Jake didn't answer. He just looked at the band of girls talking. Sam was hunched over.

Jasper jabbed Jake in the ribs, and said, "Um, I asked you something. Would you care to answer me?"

Jake looked at Jasper. Realized he was supposed to be saying something, and shook his head no. No he did not want to answer Jasper. He wanted to watch Sam and make sure she was okay.

"No what? No you don't want to answer? No Sam's not okay. No you're not okay?"

Jake narrowed his eyes. Couldn't this hunk of humanity known as Jasper just leave him alone?

Then Jaren butted in.

"Are you sure you don't like Sam?"

Jake was surprised. Jaren was more quiet and un-annoying, like him, and now he was behaving... Well, more Jasper like!

"No."

This was a satisfying answer. Until they realized that he could be either saying that no he didn't like Sam, or no he wasn't sure he didn't.

So, if they had asked, "Do you like Sam." and gotten "No" that could mean that no he did not like Sam. Whereas if they had asked, "Are you sure you don't like Sam," and he said, "No," that could mean he wasn't sure if he didn't like Sam, and that he probably liked her.

So, now they were confused.

"Wait, do you or don't you like Sam?"

Jake answered with a grunt.

"Yes or no!" insisted the rather annoying Jasper.

"Gotta pee."

With that Jake stalked off, not giving them a straight answer.

Jake's thoughts: Stupid author, I shall kill her in her sleep I shall!

Me: Okay Jake, you think allot like the Phantom of the opera.