DON'T FREAK OUT PEOPLE I'M ON A ROLL! HERE IS CHAPTER THREE.

The next few days passed by quickly with Bella's and my things coming through the mail we put away as many clothes as we could but we didn't have anywhere else to put our things so besides our laptops we left everything else boxed. Bella, who was quite ticked off at how Edward had acted was still waiting to confront him since he seemed to stop coming to school. Surprisingly without me getting into a physical fight with anyone although I had verbally fought and undoubtedly won against a number of girls who seemed to think I was trying to steal their boyfriends. I had introduced Horus to Bella and it turned out that they had second period together and got along good. Bella introduced me to Lauren who was another Jessica style valley-girl only she seemed more interested in the attention Bella got then Bella herself. Eric and Mike both sat with us and were overly friendly with Bella but kept their selves at friends only with me as I had made myself clear on their advances so lunch times were…well they weren't horrible.

Jasper and I talked during the periods that we had together vary rarely hitting on anything personal about each other. During gym period's I had twice touched Jasper's shoulder when I had been joking with him and had been giving him a shove like friends do. I was surprised by how cool he felt and I began to add up all the facts that had been accumulating in my mind since the day I first met him and his sister. I didn't say anything to Bella about my growing suspicions as my knowledge would be questioned and one of the few secrets that I had kept from Bella since I was eight would come to light.

Besides we were both busy with school and making sure we were caught up in our classes. I bought some painting supplies and a canvas as I had used the only clean one I had had and was busy painting a picture that I was planning on entering into a contest. I had decided to do it while back in Phoenix but was a little nervous because there was no Art Class in Forks that my application might be turned down since it was for students only. And then something happened that shattered the somewhat of a routine Bella and I were getting into.

It was hard for me to wake up so I left my piercings alone and pulled on a black cotton long-sleeve shirt that had a sleepy bunny holding a coffee cup in its paws with the words 'Keep the espresso shots coming,' underneath in sparkly pink letters and a pair of white jeans grabbing my black Remist jacket and a pair of purple and white knee-high socks with my black converse's. I didn't bother with make-up and grabbed three peanut-butter oatmeal cookies and a water bottle on my way out the door as Bella was already outside by the time I had came down the steps I picked up my backpack from the couch where I had left it the day before and just caught Charlie as he was getting into his Police Cruiser.

We nodded good-morning to each other and I continued on towards the truck nearly slipping on the ice as I made my way over to the passenger side and got in the nicely warmed up truck. "Dad said he would be late for dinner, a security guard got killed by an animal down in Mason County." Bella said as I pulled on my seat-belt. "Wanna order pizza then?" I asked barley able to hold back the yawn that threatened to escape. "Sure." Bella replied and that was it, we drove the rest of the way in comfortable silence.

I was about to go inside the school when my phone rang, it was Lin so I told Bella to go ahead while I took the call. My jacket hood keeping the rain out of my face and my phone as I walked the outside walk-ways' that connected all of the buildings. Halfway through the conversation I could feel someone watching me and let my eyes casually scan through the crowd as I agreed to meeting up with Lin next Saturday in New York. As I ended the call my eyes caught and held on a familiar pair of amber eyes which were staring at me with curiosity from Alice's pixie like face. I gave her a friendly smile and nod before putting my phone on silent and walking to my class, just entering the door as the last bell rang.

At lunch I didn't feel like eating so I let Bella know using the sign-language that we created for each other. She was okay with eating alone with the others as the guy's had backed off some and the girls were nice so she gave me a nod and smile which I returned before walking out of the lunchroom into the rain. I pulled my jacket hood up since I still hadn't taken off my jacket and my iPod and cell-phone were in my pockets. As I walked aimlessly I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and stepped into a small corner between buildings that had a roof and no company before I pulled out my phone.

I felt like screaming as I read the text it was from one of my old gang friends, a gang that upon my leaving two years earlier had left some physical scars to go with the emotional and mental ones. I needed to do something, go somewhere anything to get rid of the memories that were being brought up in front of my mind's eye. I texted Bella that I would be home later and to please grab my back-pack before giving her the combination to my locker. Then I put in my iPod headphones and turned it on as I began to run following one of the trails that led through the forest to where exactly I didn't know I just wanted to escape my memories.

Finally my legs were spent but I was still filled with raging emotion and having no other way of getting it out I pulled up a music track that some of my music-school friends in Phoenix and I had created. I had just put down lyrics to it the day before I had my Art trip so I hadn't gotten to tell them about the song yet. I pushed the volume up until it was as loud as my ears could take it as I sat down on one of the large rocks that sat near the edge of a rocky cliff and closed my eyes tilting my head back as I let the rain hit my face, my hood falling back off of my head.

(The song is called Faceless by Red you should check it out)

"A voice screaming from within

Begging just to feel again

Can't find who I am without you near me

I'd give anything to live

Cause without you I don't exist

You're the only one who saves me from myself

I abandoned this love and laid it to rest

And now I'm one of the forgotten

I'm not, I'm not myself

Feel like I'm someone else

Fallen and faceless

So hollow, hollow inside

A part of me is dead

Need you to live again

Can you replace this

I'm hollow, hollow and faceless

Shadows growing in my mind

Ones I just can't leave behind

I'm not strong enough to pay this ransom

One more monster crawled inside

But I swear I saw it die

Can you save me from the nothing I've become

I abandoned this love and laid it to rest

And now I'm one of the forgotten

[chorus]

I'm faceless

I'm hollow and faceless

We are the faceless

We are the nameless

We are the hopeless

Until we have faces

[chorus]

Faceless."

After several more songs I begin to feel a semblance of peace so I turned to try and figure out the way home only to find Jasper leaning against a tree a few feet away from me just watching me. We didn't speak as he started to walk and I followed him, turning off my iPod and putting it back into my jacket pocket. I was surprised to see how dark it was growing as I continued to follow Jasper until I found myself standing at the forest right outside of our house. My throat felt sore from using it to express myself but I didn't want to just leave him there, his silent presence had soothed me greatly so I gently pulled Jasper's hand up to my lips and kissed his inner wrist before walking past him and around the house.

Bella took one look at my face and knew partially what had happened so she didn't ask me anything just told me that she had told my teachers I was feeling sick so I had went home. This caused a little smile to take residence up on my lips Bella had always hated me lying to the teachers. Bella noticed my small smile and by the time we were getting ready for bed I had become more like my usual chipper self, however as Bella drifted off to sleep immediately I couldn't sleep so I slipped out of the bedroom and up into the attic. Charlie had let me turn it into my studio of sorts and it had three windows each one able to open so the paint fumes could be aired out.

I rubbed the my eyes and put down my paintbrush before stretching my arms and popping my shoulders and then standing to stretch my legs and crack my back and neck. I was finally finished with the painting that I was going to send in for the student only contest. "Definitely worth the missed sleep." I thought as I eyed the drying painting. The contest was about incorporating death and beauty together in a harmonious creation and I believed without a doubt that my painting did just that.

After making sure to get all the wet paint off of my hands I slipped downstairs and into our bedroom grabbing my black suspender leggings my black and white Batty bite T-shirt and my black Remist jacket as well as a the necessary under-garments before getting a quick shower. Most of my hair dye had washed out creating cool looking patterns between the dyed hair and my natural black hair. After my shower I put my dirty clothes into the hamper and went downstairs to make breakfast I was surprised when I noticed the coffee pot was on and Charlie's keys were gone from their normal spot so I looked outside. Seeing the truck gone and knowing that the weather was turning colder I figured Charlie was having something done to the truck for our safety.

I made scrambled eggs mixed with bacon pieces and mild peppers and sprinkled on top with cheese as well several maple sausages and some cheesy jalapeno potato wedges and my homemade hot chocolate which Bella loved and hogged every-time I made it. I drank the rest of Charlie's coffee so I made another pot and just finished pulling everything off of the stove when I heard Bella's alarm go off. She always got up as soon as her alarm went off the first time so I knew that she would be down in a little after she was ready so I went ahead and ate my fill and drank another cup of coffee as well as a cup of my homemade hot chocolate before heading up-stairs. I rinsed, flossed and brushed my teeth I heard Bella walking down the stairs as I finished in the bathroom and headed over to our room to change out my piercings and put on my deodorant and perfume.

I took out all twelve of my ear piercings I put a black star ear cuff in my left ear and put a small silver cross in the bottom lobe piercing leaving the other three holes empty. In my right ear I put a silver chain that had a pair of bloody fangs on it in my first lobe piercing and then put simple silver spikes in the rest of the piercings. My black velvet chocker with a silver bat pendent went on next and then I did my make-up, black mascara, a smoky-grey eye-shadow that I blended out with a black eye-shadow, a black eye-liner and then a bold red lipstick almost completed my look. I changed my vertical labret lip piercing to a simple curved silver bar-bell and pulled on my black converse and grabbed my cell-phone that I had left charging and my backpack which I had left my iPod in from the day before and I headed downstairs ready for the day. I set my backpack down by the door and was going to pull on my jacket when I remembered my newest bracelet which would go with my look so I ran upstairs and put it on my left hand. It was a black leather bracelet with small silver spikes that had black leather rings that were connected with black beads to each of my fingers and each ring had a small metal chain that was holding silver cross or a silver skull or a silver dagger.

I heard the truck start up as I started back down the steps grabbing my backpack and making sure I had everything I needed in it including my iPod and cell-phone. I still hadn't replied to the text from the day before but I decided not to worry about that, "At least until after school." I thought. The day was crazy and I know luck had to have been on my side as none of my teachers called on me because nothing they were saying was sinking in. I did notice Jasper wasn't in either of my classes and hoped my actions the day before hadn't seemed like a come on or something. Finally the school day was over and I was making my way to our truck, my iPod playing Anna Blue's song So Alone in German which I was singing to under my breath when something told me to look up. I did and I saw a two door dark blue van sliding towards Bella who was seven feet in front of me right alongside of the truck.

I reacted immediately dropping my backpack and throwing myself forward in a hard fast sprint grabbing Bella around the waist and throwing Bella up on-top of the hood while my body took her place in the path of the on-coming van. I knew I had no time to throw myself out of the van's way so I relaxed my body knowing from experience a relaxed body could keep you from getting hurt too badly, although I had never been hit with a van before. Then suddenly Edward was there pulling me into a crouched position his one arm wrapped around my waist his other outstretched towards the van which he stopped with his hand.

I could see the surprise I was feeling reflected in his eyes then when he looked up at Bella's hollering of my name I realized why he was surprised. He thought I was Bella, not having seen me switch our places before he came rushing over and stopped the van. "Thanks." I said moving away from him and turning towards Bella as I stood up and brushed off my butt. "I'm okay Bells." I said to her worry as she slid down off of the hood of the truck and looked me over, other kids coming running while the guy driving the van apologized over and over again even as a trickle of blood ran down his fore-head. Edward hopped into the bed of the truck and jumped out again walking away I saw Bella look at the place that he had stopped the van with his hand and I knew from the look in her eyes that she was putting things together.

I made sure to call Charlie because I knew that in a small town like Forks more than likely someone else was going to call him. Sure enough he had been on his way to his Police Cruiser just as I called him having gotten a call about the almost accident from another parent. I smoothed things over as much as I could and reluctantly agreed to go to the ER room and get checked out. When we finally got there the guy who had been driving the blue van, I learned his name was Tyler, kept apologizing to Bella and me. Finally tired of his apologies I put in my headphones and turned it up so I couldn't hear him anymore. I had my eyes closed as was listening to my music so I was surprised when Bella who was sitting on the bed behind me with her head leaning on my back sat up. I knew it could have been a number of reasons but I had a feeling I knew what the reason was so I opened my eyes and sure enough Charlie had walked into the ER. I closed my eyes again not wanting to have to explain what happened as the adrenaline rush was wearing off and my loss of sleep was getting to me.

I felt Bella touch my arm gently and roused myself enough to open my eyes and look up in time to see a tall, blonde haired mid-thirties looking guy coming towards me and Bella. His unblemished pale skin, amber eyes and almost un-natural graceful way of walking told me that this was probably Doctor Cullen. I felt Bella get off of the bed and reluctantly turned down my music and took out one of my headphones. Charlie was standing beside the bed I was on and I gave him a nod, not really having much to say about what had happened. "I heard the Chief's daughters were in town." A deep but smooth voice said. "Doctor Cullen, my twin girls, Gemma and Isabella." Charlie said affirming my thoughts that of who the Doctor was. "It's nice to meet you two. Gemma it looks like you took quite a spill how do you feel?" He asked as he looked over a clipboard that held the accident report on it. "I feel fine." I replied wanting nothing more than to get home scrub off my makeup and go to sleep, I felt my heavy eyes pulling down my eyelids so after I pushed in my other headphone and turned up the music in order to keep myself awake.

After doing some test's it looked like Doctor Cullen agreed that I was fine as he gave me a smile and a nod which I returned before I headed out to the waiting room knowing from experience that Charlie would have to sign some papers which would take a few minutes. I sat down in one of the comfy chairs and I was out, the next thing I knew Bella was shaking me awake. With a yawn I stood up and followed her, my music still blaring. As soon as we got home I scrubbed off my make-up set my alarm for three in the morning so I could do my needed homework before school and just barely managed to take off my bracelet before I hit the covers and was out.

I woke up feeling refreshed and looked at the time on my cell-phone that was now about dead, I was surprised to find that it was a little after one in the morning. For a second I debated just getting up or going back to sleep and waiting for my alarm. Then I remembered the text I had yet to reply to and I got out of bed as silently as I could I grabbed a pair of black sweat-pants and a pine green hooded tank-top and went downstairs. I plugged my phone in and did my homework until my stomach growled causing me to stop for a light snack of three white powdered mini-doughnuts and a cup of milk. Then I looked at my now fully-charged cell-phone and knowing I couldn't hold it off any longer I grabbed a nearby throw-blanket and went out to the porch swing that Charlie had put up a day prior.

I entered my password and brought up my messages, before touching one of the several numbers I never thought I would ever see on my phone again. After re-reading the message I knew that I had to call and talk to him personally so after several deep breaths to get myself centered I hit call. The phone rang three times and I was just about to hang up when a familiar deep raspy voice spoke my name. "Jamal. I have decided on my answer." I replied keeping my tone as emotionless as I could. The conversation overall only took four minutes but it was both emotionally draining and somewhat emotionally freeing as I was able to get out some of the things I had kept buried inside. After I hung up the phone call, I let out a deep sigh and let my head fall back against the porch swing rocking it with my right foot while I kept my left foot folding up underneath of me. After several minutes I got up and went inside I was surprised to see it was almost five thirty and decided to put on a pot of coffee for Charlie and make breakfast. Not feeling like changing clothes after I got done eating I went upstairs and after doing my normal morning ritual of rinsing, flossing and brushing my teeth I entered our bedroom to find Bella up and looking at her clothes.

Then I remembered that we had a field trip today and after reminding Bella of that fact we decided to dress alike as was our custom on field-trip days. We decided on dark blue jeans and a white button up long-sleeve that we left un-buttoned with a grey tank-top, black ankle socks and for me my converse for Bella a pair of light brown boots. We did each other's make-up and I let Bella pick out my earrings, we both put on our matching diamond and sapphire rings that Phil had bought us for his and Renee's wedding and then Bella went downstairs to eat while I put my iPod on its charger for a few minutes while I texted with some of my friends from Phoenix. When we got to school sat up on the hood of the truck while Bella leaned against the side, I knew sooner or later she was going to start asking questions when I caught her looking at the place where the van had hit the truck, busting the taillight.

Mike came up to Bella and me, "Look at you two huh? Your alive." He said in a joking manner, I smiled at that, he could be annoying but he wasn't too bad when he realized he was strictly friend zone. "Yeah false alarm I guess." I replied sliding down off the hood of the truck. Then my phone dinged letting me know that I had a message so I zoned out of the conversation between Mike and Bella as I replied to my friends text. I giggled a little at the reply I had gotten back and texted her back which she responded to quickly. I replied to her again and then said goodbye as I knew we would have to start boarding the bus soon. I got back into the conversation between Mike and Bella just in time to hear Bella say, "-dancing, not such a good idea for me."

I came up beside her and put an arm around her shoulder, "Besides we have something that weekend in Jacksonville, right Bells." I said. "Right yeah." Bella replied with a smile tapping my thigh with her thumb her way of saying *thank you*. My phone rang at that moment and I checked the number before telling Bella, "I have to take this." And walking a few steps away to answer it, "Bonjour." I said happily having recognized the number. I was in the middle of telling my friend Benjamin how to win the one level of a game we were playing together on the X-box when Bella grabbed my arm pulling me towards the bus. "Ben I have to go. I'll talk to you tonight ok?" I said in English as I let Bella pull me towards the bus, getting an affirmative answer I said goodbye and hung-up my phone making sure to put it on silence as we boarded the bus.

There was an open seat way in the back and Bella and I shared a grin before heading towards it and sitting down. As was our custom on bus trips I pulled out my iPod and handed it to Bella while sticking one ear-bud in my ear and handing her the other. Bella stuck the other ear-bud in her ear and chose a song I snickered as soon as I heard the opening. [The song is"Take A Hint" feat. Victoria Justice & Elizabeth Gillies]

[Both]

"La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

[Bella:]
Why am I always hit on by the boys I never like
I can always see 'em coming, from the left or from the right
[Gemma:]
I don't want to be a priss, I'm just try'na be polite
But it always seems to bite me in the...

[Bella:]
Ask me for my number, yeah, you put me on the spot
[Gemma:]
You think that we should hook up, but I think that we should not
[Bella:]
You had me at "Hello", then you opened up your mouth
[Both:]
And that is when it started going south
Oh!

[Both:]
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my... Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
No you can't buy me a drink, let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la...

[Bella:]
I guess you still don't get it, so let's take it from the top
[Gemma:]
You asked me what my sign is, and I told you it was "Stop"
[Bella:]
And if I had a dime for every name that you just dropped
[Both:]
You'd be here and I'd be on a yacht
Oh!

[Both:]
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my... Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
No you can't buy me a drink, let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la...

[Bella:]
What about "No" don't you get?
[Gemma]
So go and tell your friends
[Both:]
I'm not really interested
[Bella:]
It's about time that you're leavin'
[Gemma:]
I'm gonna count to three and
Open my eyes and
[Both:]
You'll be gone

[Gemma:]
One
[Bella:]
Get your hands off my...
[Gemma:]
Two.
[Bella:]
Or I'll punch you in the...
[Gemma:]
Three.
[Bella:]
Stop your staring at my... Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint

[Both:]
I am not your missing link
Let me tell you what I think
I think you could use a mint
Take a hint, take a hint
Take a hint, take a hint
Woah!

[Both:]
Get your hands off my hips, 'fore I'll punch you in the lips
Stop your staring at my... Hey!
Take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la...
T-take a hint, take a hint
La, la, la..."

After we finished singing the song we burst into laughter knowing just how well that song applied to some of the guy's on the field trip with us. "Wow! Like you two should totally try out for a band or something." Lauren's high-pitched valley girl voice spoke up causing Bella and I too look up from perusing my song-list. After just giving her a look for a second I turned to look at Bella who looked back at me and we just blinked at each other, before smirking having read each other's silent response. Then another voice spoke up as a shadow fell over me and Bella, "Gemma!" Horus said. I grinned, "Horus!" I replied as I pulled him into a quick 'bro' hug. "So how is your Grandma doing now?" I asked. Horus had been out of school the past three days because his grandmother in Florida had been really sick and his mother, being an only child had wanted to go down and check up on her mother and had.

Horus and I ended up talking the rest of the field-trip about on several subjects his grandmother, several DVD's that he had borrowed off of me at my insistence and our latest biology project being a few. The next time I saw Bella was when she was coming towards me where I was leaning against the bus having just finished a quick smoke. I could see from the way she was walking that she was tense and I knew something had happened, what it was however I was not sure of. Then I saw Edward and his siblings coming towards us, from steady observation I knew that Jasper hid his friendship with me from the rest of his family although I think, at least I hope his girlfriend or whom I suspect was his mate, Alice, knew. I stood up straight and took a step in her direction when the world around me disappeared.

*I peered out over the rock catching the gaze of the tall handsome man with white hair on the shore. I felt curious I had never seen someone like him before. Letting go of the rock I dove under the water and swam closer to the shore I saw him start to walk away so I came up out of the water until only my stomach and fin was still beneath the waves of my home. I saw him turn at my silent movements as though he had heard the water part around my body. We stared at each other curiously his golden eyes taking me in as my own pink coral eyes stared at him. I watched him wondering what he would do and was surprised and disappointed when he turned and started to walk away. He was a beautiful man and I wanted him to come with me, under the waters of my home.

I called out softly before catching myself, I knew that if I called out my sisters and mother and aunts would hear me and come. I listened to the water and felt myself alone when I realized that I turned my attention back to the man who had now walked closer to the water but still a good twenty feet from it. I swam forward and called to him softly again coaxing him within ten feet of the water's edge seeing that he would not come any closer I pulled my pink pearl colored hair away from my face so he could see me clearly. Then I moved forward and backward in the water while I sang to him the ancient song of the sea.*

Then suddenly I was thrown into the dreary daylight again, Bella was standing a few steps in-front of me and Edward was right next to her she must of said something because he replied, "You don't know anything." In a condescending tone that set me on fire I took the three steps and slugged him knocking him back against the bus behind him, "Try talking to my sister like that again and I'll make an eternity of torture in Hades look like bliss!" I snarled at him, getting right up in his face before turning and putting my arm around Bella's shoulders before we walked away from Edward who was now joined by Alice and Jasper whom I refused to look at. If he didn't want his family to know about our friendship then it wasn't something he felt was really worth having in my way of thinking so whatever.