"Bella? Bella?" I heard Charlie say from the living room.

I groaned and closed Twilight. Angela was right when she said that Stella was similar to me, but I wasn't freaked out. Yet.

"Yeah dad?" I yelled from my room upstairs.

"Can you come down here for a minute? Billy and Jacob are here."

"Oh!" I rushed down the stairs and I, by some miracle, managed not to trip on any of the stairs. Talk about a lucky break.

"Bella!" I felt a surge of happiness run through my body as Jacob said my name. For some reason, he was the only person I've known who could make me truly happy without even trying.

"Jake!" I said in an equally pleased tone that matched Jacob's. It didn't escape my notice how I had to now look up a little bit more to see his face.

My eyes narrowed.

"You've grown again, Jake."

"Jealous, are we now?" he teased and patted my head.

"Is it that obvious?"

He snorted, and I guessed that his answer was yes.

"Hey Bells, I've already ordered pizza already so don't worry about dinner." Charlie said and then turned back to Billy to continue talking to him.

"'K, char-dad," I sighed. I still had a habit of calling him Charlie. "Me and Jake will be in my room, okay?" I grabbed Jake's hand and tugged him along towards my room. I've missed him so much.

"Okay. I'll call you down when the pizza gets here."

"Thanks!" I said and pulled Jake into my room.

Jacob chuckled and sat himself down on the floor. "Nice room you've got here. I see that the rocking chair hasn't moved at all, along with your frilly curtains…."

"And I see that you're still pretty much that little boy who used to moon me all the time when we were younger…"

"You remember that?" He looked surprised.

"Of course. It's hard not to remember your cute little tan cheeks staring me in the face!" I laughed. It was so easy talking to him.

I vaguely recognized that Jacob reminded me so much of Justin in Twilight, who was also Native American, tall, and funny. He was my next favorite character next to Edmund, Stella's love interest.

I could see Jacob's face turn red even through his beautiful brown skin.

"I didn't think you would remember…it was so long ago. I can't believe I did that when I was younger." He grinned sheepishly at me.

I laughed again. "You'd be surprised what I remember about you when we were younger."

"Really? What do you remember about me?" He looked interested.

"A lot of things actually. I remember that time when we were down at the beach and you pushed me in the water because you thought it'd be funny to see me flailing about around in the water." I paused and glared at him playfully. "But it was okay because then Rebecca saved me and told on you to Billy who then made you eat whatever I cooked you for dinner. I never did tell you but I put dirt in your bologna sandwich that day. But I did tell Billy. He thought it was appropriate." I giggled at Jake's shocked face.

"You…" He gasped.

"It was only fair. You're the one who pushed me into the water! I never knew you could be so wicked!" I laughed incredulously.

"Well you know…" Jacob smiled mischievously at me from the floor.

"Bella! Jacob! Pizza's here!" Charlie called once again from downstairs.

We both looked at each other and bolted for the door.

"Get out of the way Jake!"

"No you!"

"NO! You!"

"Jeez Bella you've got a big butt."

"I could say the same about you! Except yours is twice as big as mine along with your head…" I ranted on, out of breath, struggling to get through the door.

It took us about five minutes to get downstairs, what with all our pushing and shoving and all. But that's how it's always been with me and Jake. He's like the brother I've never had. Well not really. I've sometimes caught myself staring at his face when we'd be watching T.V., and then turning back to the screen while of course, turning tomato red. I was glad that Jacob was too oblivious to notice my obvious ogling.

Jake ate about half of the pizza, while I had only two slices, Charlie three, and Billy two like me. We all ate and talked for awhile, but all too quickly, it was time for Jacob and Billy to go home.

"Well I guess I'll see Charlie Saturday, for fishing, and Bella, hopefully soon in the future?" Billy said with a twinkle in his wise eyes. I was curious to know why he looked like a little imp in a grown man's body.

"Umm…sure?" It sounded more like question than an answer. I have a feeling though, that he just wants to see me and Jake hanging around more together. The thing is, I don't like Jacob that way even though he's good looking. He's just my best friend, that's all.

Charlie, on the other hand, was ecstatic.

"Of course I'll see you Saturday Billy. It's tradition."

He led Billy to the door while I said goodbye to Jacob.

"See you later Bells," he said and hugged me tightly.

"You too Jake." I wasn't able to wrap my tiny little arms around him all the way, so I settled by resting my hands on his back.

"Jake?" Billy called.

"Guess it's time to go now." Jake didn't look particularly happy about that. Maybe…just maybe my suspicions about Jacob liking me…

Jacob let go of me and headed toward the door.

"We'll hang out some other time, right Bella?" he said.

"Sure, sure." I had picked this line up from Jacob. Apparently, Jacob had caught this too.

"Sure sure." He said with a wide grin and waved me goodbye.

Charlie walked back towards the kitchen with a smile on his face. I smiled just because Charlie was smiling. It was so contagious.

"I'll clean up, Bells. You baby me too much." He said when he saw me starting to put the dishes in the sink.

"Thanks dad. I think I'll go take a shower and go to bed. G'night."

I walked up the stairs carefully, trying not to test my luck a second time. I managed to make it upstairs without a scratch and into my room. I grabbed my bag of toiletries off the floor and headed towards the bathroom.

I tried to speed up my shower because I was eager to finish Twilight but I couldn't stop myself from enjoying the warm water that was cascading down my back and the comforting smell of my strawberry shampoo.

By the time I got out of the shower and changed into my pajamas it was already ten o'clock.

I hurried back to my room and flipped back to chapter 9 where I had left off from earlier.

A/N: In case anyone is confused, Jacob is Justin, Edward is Edmund, and Bella is Stella.