A/N: Hey guys, I want to say thank you again to all the people who reviewed my story, added it to their favorites and added it to story alerts. Your reviews really encourage me to keep on writing this story. I also want to apologize to those of you who felt that I left you hanging at the end of Chapter 4, but it was sort of the point. In this chapter, I wanted to give you a little background on Shannon and how they came to be. Anyway, here is Chapter 5 up and running, so I hope you guys enjoy it and PLEASE REVIEW and let me know what you think. Pretty please…

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the great Stephanie Meyer's Twilight characters, but Shannon and Manny is all mine.

Chapter 5: Unraveling the Secrets

Bella's POV

I sat there playing with my fingers knowing that Edward was patiently waiting for me to tell him everything. I remembered how he can't stand it when I didn't tell him what I was thinking because he could not read my mind. I stared at him in the eyes and sighed when I said,

"Remember when we were in the lunchroom earlier today and you asked me what was wrong with Shannon and Manny? You asked if they were on something."

I noticed Edward nodded his head from out of the side of my eyes.

"Well, you were right. Shannon and Manny were high when they came into the cafeteria. You see Edward; they smoke marijuana, like all the time from what I remember. They also sell drugs and I promise that if there is anything that they wanted to sell, they could get a hold of it with no problem.

Edward looked at me in the eyes when he said,

"And you surrounded yourself with people like this? Didn't you realize the risks that you were putting yourself in Bella?" I could tell that he was a little disappointed with me by the tone of his voice.

"Edward my love, you have to understand, Shannon was my best friend for eight years. She wasn't always like this you know. I first met her when Renee and I first moved to Phoenix, Arizona all those years ago."

"We were in the same class from 3rd grade through 8th grade. She was the coolest person I ever met and didn't have a problem with becoming my friend like other people in our class. Shannon went to church faithfully every Sunday not to mention some days throughout the week when special events were going on. She was a very bright girl who had lots of things that she wanted to do with her life. We had every class together until we got into high school. We actually attended two different high schools and that's when everything started to change."

Edward looked at me with confusion in his eyes when he said,

"So what changed Bella?"

"In high school is where Shannon met Manny and everything started to go down hill from there. One day Shannon asked me to go to Manny's house with her so she could introduce us and that's when I found out that he gets high. At first Shannon and I were trying to convince him that smoking was indeed bad for him, but he wasn't listening to us. As time went pass, Shannon slowly started falling into that same pattern. She was always this goofy person and when she got high, it just multiplied her personality. I felt like I was losing my best friend whenever I would come around them. They would often try and persuade me to smoke with them and I would always turn them down. I have to admit though, I did try it once and it had no affect on me at all."

When I said that, I looked up to meet Edward's gaze as he looked at me through narrowed eyes. I went over to Edward and put my hands on both sides of his face and said,

"You truly believe that I can do no wrong, don't you?"

He stared at me deeply in the eyes and said,

"Bella love, I know you and you don't have a bad bone in your body."

I couldn't help the tears that starting rolling down my face at the thought of Edward thinking I am some sort of angel or something. I mean everyone has his or her skeletons in the closet, so is it so hard for him to believe that I do as well. It was with that moment that I realized that revealing the truth behind my friends that I must now reveal the secret about myself. With that I walked over to my dresser, wiping the tears from my face as I opened the top drawer and pulled out a chip. I twirled the chip around on my fingers before turning back around to Edward and flipped him the chip that landed right in his hand. He looked at me and then looked at the chip, looked at me, and then looked at the chip.

He started to read off the chip saying,

"AA, 6 months of sobriety and counting." (You guys have to excuse me because I don't know how that whole Alcoholics Anonymous thing works.)

Edward looked at me with shock in his eyes and said my name is a whisper, "Bella?" After this moment of silence, I finally spoke saying,

"Yes Edward its true, I am an alcoholic."

A/N: Hey guys, well that was the end of Chapter 5 and I am really anxious to see what you guys thought about it. I know it was my shortest chapter yet, but I will try my best to make the next one longer. I wasn't sure for a while about where this story was going to go, but I think I have an idea now. Next chapter will definitely reveal Bella's problems in her past about drinking and what led to it, so please just bear with me. Please review guys. You know like I know that it won't take long to say something. Trust me; I would do the same for you, if asked. If you have any questions or ideas, I would love to hear them! Please Review!!!