I will take your applause people. The FIFTH chapter is here! Enjoy and Review.

When I finally made it to the restaurant I walked in to find Bella quietly eating something which to me looked disgusting. I walked over to their table and plopped down in the empty chair at the small table. "Gem…?" Bella said looking at me I stared at her for a second then gave her a half-smile, "It's all good." I replied. Bella then turned to Edward, "What about Gemma? Can you read her mind?" Edward gave her an incredulous look which irritated me. "Listen pal we rarely keep secrets from each other but we do keep them from everyone else." I said before leaning onto the table feeling exhaustion set in as the adrenaline rush faded. On the way back home I sat in the back keeping mum as I watched the scenery fly by. "So you're not at all freaked out that I can read minds, apart from yours and Bella's?" Edward asked looking at me from the rear-view mirror. I shrugged, "Honestly I doubt there's much out there that could freak me out." I replied before staying silent as the two talked a little bit up front.

We started to go past the station when Bella and I saw multiple cop vehicles pulled around it. My ears felt like there was something roaring in them so I couldn't make out anything but I assume Bella said something as Edward pulled over into the station and Bella hopped out. I got out of the back but started walking home texting Bella that I didn't want dad to see me or he would know I had been in a fight so if she could please tell him I took a different ride home. She replied 'ok' and that was it. I walked home stumbling sometimes and having to stop to have breathers as strange panic attacks kept hitting me, as though my memories were being repressed of something very bad. When I finally got home I grabbed a quick shower before pulling on my silver sweatpants and a huge black T-shirt and climbing into bed, too exhausted to get up to set my phone alarm.

When I woke up the next day I was only half surprised to find that it was one in the afternoon I figured Bella would probably let me sleep in. I checked out Bella's laptops browser history and knew that she had finally figured it out and that more than likely she couldn't wait to confront Edward the Head Turd of all Sparkling Fruitcakes, in my opinion. I wasn't too worried about how things would go down from what I had seen Edward didn't have a mate and he and Bella clearly had a thing for each other so as long as his family didn't try anything I would stay out of it. After all it would be hypocritical of me if I tried to tell Bella how weird it was to have a crush on a dead guy when I knew as much as I denied it, that I had a crush on Jasper. "Already taken and an idiot though he is!" I growled mentally before shivering as a cold chill ran through my body. My body was aching reminding me of just how much I had slacked off of my training as my muscles throbbed and the several body blows I had taken were already changing the skin color of my pale body.

After chowing down on some left over Hawiian Pizza I decided to take a long with the Peach and Vanilla smelling bubble bath. I used all hot water before putting in the bubble bath and then after five minutes I slowly got in since the water didn't actually turn hot until the bath tub was about half-way full it felt good. About twenty minutes into it however I was going stir-crazy at doing nothing so I got out rinsed and dried off. Having nothing else to do I played on my X-box till Bella got home. After Bella told me about Edward and his family being vampires I made a mistake, I asked her if she knew she had to keep it a secret. She looked at me, "I know I was going to keep it a secret but he never told me I had to….why? Why would I have to? And why are you not surprised about this? Did you know? How did you know?" Bella asked interrogating me.

This led to an almost sleepless night for both of us as I ended up telling her about how I had suspected but I refused to tell her why I had suspected. Needless to say I got me the cold shoulder from her and in the morning she went to school with Edward so I drove there. At school she made it clear that she wanted her space so I left her alone. This continued over the week so I ended up spending most of my free time down at the reservation with Quill, Embry and Jacob. Bella and I were on frigid terms with poor Charlie getting caught in some cross-fire. I started up my training again as well as another painting which combined with my homework put me in bed by eleven and had me out of bed by four thirty so Bella and I didn't see each other except for school she was spending most of her time with Edward and wanted the truck more so I began to run again. The second week things were a bit better between us and on Thursday morning of the second week Bella finally forgave me and we were re-gaining our close camaraderie. She told me what Edward had said about his family about Alice having visions and how he was changed by Carlise and everything while we were washing the truck together when I saw Edward's car coming.

To give the newly formed couple some privacy I went inside and started supper which was pork chops, green beans, home-made mashed potatoes, gravy homemade buns which I had started the night before so they were ready to be baked and two berry pie's with some of the French Vanilla ice-cream Charlie had bought the night before. I peeled the entire five pound bag of potatoes and cut them up before putting them in a pot of water and leaving them on to boil. I started the pork-chops next seasoning them and putting them in the oven as they would take the longest to get done. I had just put the green beans in a smaller pot to boil when I saw Edward leave and Billy's truck pull into the yard. I immediately put on a fresh pot of coffee before going to the door making just in time to open it for Charlie too push Billy in. "Hey Billy." I said giving Billy a hug, we had grown closer and he was starting to feel like a second father to me.

I saw Jacob was holding a brown paper bag and I crinkled my nose slightly at the smell that was coming from it, "Let me guess that's Harry Clearwater's famous homemade fish-fry?" I asked getting a chuckle from Jacob and Billy while gaining a curious glance from Bella and Charlie. "I hope you don't mind eating some of my home-made food as well while you're here?" I said with a knowing grin as Billy and Jacob never turned down my home-made food. That night as we were getting ready for bed Bella told me that Edward had invited us over to his family's place tomorrow. I was surprised as I didn't think he would invite me as well however I agreed to go and then we both laid down and I was out like a light.

After I got up I laid in bed for several minutes just not feeling like moving until finally I forced myself to get out of bed do my morning exercises and get a shower before dressing for the day in a pair of black tights covered by a dark green mini-skirt. A black long-sleeve shirt that said 'It's not me it's you' on it in sparkly bright green letters and my black converse shoes. I went with black eye-liner and mascara and a dark green eye-shadow that I blended out with a lighter green that had a touch of glitter and a single coating of watermelon lip-gloss.

After debating for a minute I decided to go Celtic with my jewelry so I chose a silver necklace with an Irish Wolfhound pendent. A Celtic spiral silver bracelet on my left wrist over my black long-sleeve and changed my vertical labret piercing into a curved piercing that had a small pot of gold on the top and a simple gold barbell in the bottom. Two small Celtic crosses in both of my ears along with one Tree of Life and a Shamrock in both ears in the other two piercings I put simple emerald studs. To finish it off I wore a Claddagh Ring on my right middle finger. I grabbed a Cinnamon pop-tart pack and ate that with a cup of my homemade hot chocolate then after brushing me teeth and flossing as well as gargling with mouth wash I heard Bella call up her two minute warning so I grabbed my backpack.

Then on closer thought I grabbed my lighter, half-empty pack of cigarettes, cell-phone and a pack of peppermint chewing gum before going down and taking my black leather jacket off the hook by the door. "Ok I'm ready." I said seeing Bella's expectant look. She opened the door and after I exited the house she locked the door behind us. When we got to school I sat in the truck for a second and stared at Edwards silver Volvo for a second thinking about Jasper and how I had been ignoring him ever since the day I had slugged Edward before giving a deep sigh, "What will be, will be." I thought with a mental shrug as I opened the truck door and heading into school.

It seemed to take forever to get to the Cullen's family home but when we finally reached it I felt a surprise that was not my own and gave a small smile at Bella who was taking in the house as we walked up the porch stairs. Edward opened the house door for us and after we entered took our coats Bella spoke up first, "This is incredible. Its so light and open …you know." She almost whispered as she took in the big glass windows that seemed to make up most of the house. "Well what did you expect coffins and dungeons and moats?" Edward asked with a smile and wry chuckle. "No ..not the moats." Bella replied. This did cause Edward to laugh however my attention was taking by a painting on a far wall so I walked over to get a better look at it missing whatever else was said by either of them. After a few seconds of taking in the beautiful painting I realized I was alone so I looked around and then headed up the stairs following the smell of food.

When I reached the kitchen I was standing about a step behind and to the right of Bella. I could feel that there seemed to be some tension but I felt myself salivate at the sight of the food they were in the middle of cooking, "That smells divine! Not to be rude but when will it be done? I'm starving!" I said as took another deep sniff through my nose. That seemed to take care of some of the tension however Rosalie who I was sure had caused the tension in the first place wasn't done yet. "You two should know our entire family will be implicated if this goes badly." She said.

"Badly..as in we would become a meal." Bella said causing Emmet and Carlise to laugh and Rosalie and Esme to smile a little while Edward had a blank look on his face. I looked towards the balcony when I heard Alice speak, "Hi Bella, Gemma. I'm Alice." She walked over towards us. "Hi." Bella and I said in unison as Alice came closer and hugged Bella before stepping backwards towards Jasper exclaiming, "Oh you do smell good." Edward was about to speak up but I beat him to the punch, "What am I a skunk cabbage?" I asked with a playful pout causing everyone to laugh except Rosalie who rolled her eyes but her lips lifted upwards in the hint of a smile.

"I know we are going to be great friends." Alice said with a smile which Bella and I returned. Jasper had yet to speak but I could feel him staring at me however Carlise is the one who spoke up, "Jasper is our newest vegetarian." This informed me that Bella had had a questioning look on her face. I felt my phone vibrate and pulled it out to look at it, when I saw the Russian area code my mind drifted back several years. I realized that I must have missed something when I felt Bella hit my arm bringing me back to reality. Deciding to have fun with it I gave a shocked jump and hollered, "I had nothing to do with it I swear!" Before blinking and looking at Bella who was shaking her head with a smile as the Cullen's were chuckling. I looked up and gave Emmet an inspecting look before speaking, "You look like you game but the question is… are you any good?" I asked playfully challenging him. I knew from talking to Jasper that Emmet did play X-box quite frequently in fact and decided that it would be an easy way to make a friend.

"Oh your on!" Emmet said, immediately accepted the challenge and we headed downstairs to the living room where he pulled up Need for Speed Rivals. A minute into it Emmet realized that he was not dealing with an amateur when he tried to spin me out and I passed him while driving my car backwards. We began to trash talk each other as we continued to race when I saw Jasper and Alice enter the room out of the corner of my eye but refused to look at either of them fully as I was in the middle of winning the game.

The next day I went down to the reservation to make dinner for Jacob, Billy, Embry and Quill it was a bribe to Billy in order to let Embry and Quill say they were staying there while Jacob, Embry, Quill and I went to Hawiia for the weekend as I had promised. We had an amazing time in Hawiia all of us were newbie's on the surf boards so we had a great time making fun of each other. I saw the guy's checking out my tattoos as I wore a bikini almost the entire time we were there and I returned it by giving them all a wiggle of my eyebrows and a knowing smile. Catching the warm sun I started to tan a little before we left Sunday night on a ten o'clock flight back to Forks where I had a taxi drop us all off at Billy's. It was crowded but fun, it felt like an extended family almost as we talked and laughed and I made a big early breakfast for everyone before running home. Billy wasn't happy with my decision to run but I promised him I would call as soon as I got home so he accepted it.

I got home with only ten minutes to shower and get ready for before Bella left and she was taking the truck today because Charlie was home and he still didn't know about Bella and Edward. I called Billy as I walked up the stairs to my bedroom to grab my change of clothes and after promising him I would come over again soon I hung up and grabbed a very brief shower. I brushed my teeth and rinsed but for went the flossing as I didn't have the time. I ran back to bedroom after realizing that I had brought my PJ's instead of school clothes to the bathroom with me. Feeling very rushed I pulled on a pair of white jeans that seemed to have shrunk an inch causing them to cling closer to my body then they had but only emphasizing my curves and not making them look painted on. And a dark blue long-sleeve shirt several quick brushes through my hair, some arm deodorant and I was running back downstairs. I pulled on the pair of black leather ankle boots that I had left by the door from the week before and my backpack which I must have left in the kitchen because Charlie was holding it out to me by the strap. I gave him a quick smile and a brief hug while grabbing my hooded black zip up sweater from off the coat hooks by the door and then I was out the door pulling my backpack over my left shoulder as I zipped up my sweater.

Time flew by between my painting's being sold, spending time with the Cullen's whom I was friends with even Rosalie our sarcastic sense of humor and our fashion choice's making us compatible as well as our love to work with our hands. She was starting to show me how to put an engine together, Emmet kept challenging me to play different games X-box, card games, board games and some games that I swear he just made up. Esme helped me figure out how to decorate Bella and I's room. Carlisle and I talked about the different myths and legends and if they were real like the legend of the vampires. I was slowly warming up my friendship with Jasper again and we played guitar together, Alice and I were cordial but she defiantly liked Bella more than me and I was fine with that. Edward and I talked about music but we hung out even less then me and Alice. However I only spent three days out of a week with the Cullen's the rest of the time I was down at the reservation. I still had a crush on Jasper but I chose not to do anything about it and I decided to keep my mind open so when Jacob flirted with me I only hesitated for a half-second before flirting back.