A/N: ok sorry this didnt get uploaded this morning like I usually do. I don't know what was going on, but the site would let me upload ANYTHING, I took a shot in the dark that maybe if I let it sit for a while it might work and walla it did! So here is chapter 33! Enjoy!

I could still hear my brother and Bella talking as they headed towards Edward's room, I wasn't eavesdropping deliberately, it just kind of happens.

"Do I dare ask what that was all about?" Bella asked softly, I think hoping that I wouldn't be able to hear her.

She was going to learn sooner or later, whispering around us really doesn't stop us from hearing nearly everything, our hearing is a hundred times better than her own is.

"Chris has a bad habit of watching monster movies, especially one's that hit a little close to home. Problem is the wheels in his head start turning and he puts himself into a panic mindset, afraid he will become one of those monsters in the movies. Carlisle felt the only way to put an end to this, was to restrict Chris from the movies. As you saw, it hasn't done much good. He loves monster movies…it's almost obsession for him."

Again with the obsession, I thought, rolling my eyes.

"Addiction," I called, knowing both would be able to hear me out in the hall. I heard them chuckle as Edward opened his door. I hit the play button on my computer and turned the volume back up…as I fell into my rolling chair.

That had gone better than I had expected and I couldn't help wondering, did that mean I was really starting to accept Bella as easily as my parents, Alice, and of course Edward had? I knew my profile, but I think even profiling aside, I trusted her, I respected her.

I wanted to readily accept her into the family, despite Rosalie's aversion to her, Jasper's concern about her putting the family in jeopardy, and even Alice's prediction that she would become a member of the family.

Suddenly none of that made a difference, at least not to me, I saw my own path with this and had to follow it. Any thought of Bella being a danger to our family or even someone to fear, it all went out of my mind, now my only concern was nearly on the same level as Edward.

I felt protective of her, not to the extreme Edward was, but to the point where I had no problem looking out for her, keeping an eye out for that random football to come spiraling at her.

Van Helsing was continuing without me…I wasn't even paying attention to my movie now, nor to Chaplin, who had left his brother and made his way over to my desk, he climbed up my leg. He easily made it up to my shoulder and made himself comfortable.

Van Helsing was chasing Mr. Hyde around Notre Dame Cathedral, leading into the action scene of them fighting. Chap looked down at the screen, his nose twitching madly.

"Whatcha think Chap?" I whispered "what did you think of Bella?" I cant of course read animals thoughts, nor can they speak, but you can learn a lot from an animal's emotions. Chap felt strangely content when I mentioned Bella's name he had accepted her. "What about Emmett?" I asked grinning, and as I anticipated, Chap's emotions went wild, ranging from fear and panic to a strong desire to hide. "It's ok Chap, Emmett's not coming to get you." I said focusing on his emotions and calming him back down… "I really wish you would calm down with Em though, you like Rosalie, I don't get why you don't like Emmett, he does like you contrary to popular belief." Chap's nose gave a twitch and I felt him relax to the point where he was happy to curl up on my shoulder and go to sleep.

This actually only lasted about thirty seconds. Just as Mr. Hyde was sailing through the stain glass window, a large thud mirrored the scene…only it was coming through my walls from Edward's room.

Chap nearly had a heart attack as he let out a loud squeak and dove under my shirt, preferring my cold skin to whatever danger was lurking from Edward's room.

"What the bloody hell," I muttered, pausing my movie and put my ear to the wall. Both our rooms are virtually sound proof, so I was struggling to hear what was going on in there, and I wasn't really sure I wanted to know.

A light knock came to my door and Alice pushed it open without waiting for a response. She saw the concerned look on my face, where I was standing, and she shook her head.

"Don't worry so much Chris, their fine."

"Fine?" I repeated "Fine? For starters, I have a rat hiding down my shirt…they scared the hell out of him!" I exclaimed pointing to the quivering lump on my shoulder. "I'll be lucky if he doesn't need therapy for the rest of his life!"

"Chappy!" Alice cooed "get over here you big scaredy rat!" I felt his claws on my shoulder as he poked his nose out from my shirt. Jasper was laughing from the doorway as Alice walked over to me and pulled Chap from my shirt. "What am I going to do with you?" she scolded as she walked him over to his cage, she kissed his head, and gently put him in. Wondering what had spooked his brother, Charlie climbed in behind him. Alice reached over to the treat container and gave them their snacks before latching the door. "we're going to go bother the love birds, you coming?"

I raised an eyebrow, reading Alice's body language; there was more to bothering Edward and Bella.

"And?" I asked

"And," Jasper started "Alice says there's a thunderstorm coming."

My eyes lit up manically and a wide grin swept across my face.

"All right baseball time!" I exclaimed.

Alice nodded and gestured for me to follow her and Jasper to Edward's room.

"Can we come in?" Alice asked as she pushed open Edward's door. Edward was seated on his couch, with Bella on his lap. I poked my head around Alice and Jasper and moved so I was squatting in front of them, grinning.

I watched as Alice floated gracefully to the center of Edward's room and planted herself on the floor. Without looking at Edward for permission, I followed her, contently sitting on the floor Indian style next to my sister.

I looked behind me and gave Jasper a comforting grin. He stayed near the door and seemed very surprised by Edward's embrace of Bella. I could see that Jasper still found it hard to believe how much Edward was able to stand Bella's extremely strong scent.

"It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share," Alice announced and I grinned.

I saw Bella stiffen and Edward grinned at both her response and Alice's comment, Bella however couldn't tell which he was grinning at.

Bella had apparently made it clear that she wasn't scared of him and Edward knew that wasn't completely true even though she did a great job of hiding it, but not from a profiler she was either ashamed to admit she was nervous afraid that it might chase Edward away if he believed he was truly scaring her, or she was afraid to appear weak, on top of the clumsy danger magnet she believed that she was.

"Sorry, I don't believe I have enough to spare," he replied, his arms holding her close to his body.

"Too bad…" I spoke up, grinning wide. "'cause I thought you were gonna come through my wall, you nearly gave Chaplin a heart attack….the least you could do for disturbing my movie an' scaring my rat, is share your wealth. Van Helsing just knocked off Mr. Hyde from the top of Notre Dame Cathedral…a great scene that was rudely interrupted by your apparent immaturity, so come on share and share alike!"

I saw Bella look over at me quickly and I gave her a gentle grin, letting her know I was only kidding and that she had nothing to fear from us. She returned the smile and I saw her relax a bit.

"I have no sympathy for disturbing that junk, and Chaplin will live, a good scare is healthy." Edward replied glancing over at Bella for a quick second.

I hissed at him and was ready to shoot back a reply, when Jasper spoke up, putting a stop between any argument that might be formulating between Edward and I.

"Actually," he said, slowly stepping into the room, while still maintaining his distance from Bella. "Alice says there's going to be a real storm tonight, and Emmett wants to play ball. Are you game?"

I saw Edward's eyes light up and we exchanged a grin. Having missed football when Peter and Charlotte had visited, I could see my brother had actually been dying for a game of baseball or football, probably to make amends for deserting us.

"Of course you should bring Bella," Alice sang happily. Jasper threw a glance at her and then he and I exchanged a look. I looked at him for a second, before looking at Bella, it actually wouldn't be a bad thing.

"Yeah!" I exclaimed, looking at Jasper again. Normally I try to prevent people from profiling me, but I let Jasper read my emotions, the closest he could get to reading my profile, as I allowed my emotions to be calm and prepared for Bella to experience our family baseball game. "Bella you've gotta come! It's a lot of fun! And it can get bloody amusing!"

"Do you want to go?" Edward asked her.

"Sure," Bella replied, looking between Edward and me. "Um, where are we going?"

"We have to wait for thunder to play ball…you'll see why." Edward explained.

"Yeah, it's a rumbling good time!" I hinted loudly, pounding my fists into the carpet to simulate the thunder. Jasper rolled his eyes at me and I crossed my eyes at him, to which he chuckled.

"Will I need an umbrella?" Bella asked carefully and we laughed.

"Will she?" Jasper asked and Alice exchanged a look with me. I looked out the window behind Edward's couch and shook my head.

"No." Alice replied positive "the storm will hit over town. It should be dry enough in the clearing."

"Good then." Jasper said enthusiastically. I looked over at Bella. She was feeding off of Jasper's enthusiasm and I could tell she was excited about the game as a result of that, even though her body language told me she knew she should be kind of scared.

"Let's go see if Carlisle will come." Alice hopped to her feet and grabbed my hand, dragging me to the door.

"Like you two don't know," Jasper teased us, shutting the door behind us.