Hey twilightians! Finally the fifth chapter of Ice Rose. I know it's been a while coming but it's finally up. Sorry it took so long. School work and such.

Any way. I have two fanfics at the moment and I'm trying to decide which one to continue. The is a poll up on my profile and I'm asking, could you guys vote on your favourite fanfic so I know which one to devote my time to. I want to finish them one at a time so tell me which one to finish first.

Okay I have blabbered one enough...now READ. YAY

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Chapter 5: The House Boat…Uh Mansion

The front wolf phased revealing a very naked Sam. He fished some pants out of his pouch that he carried on his lower leg and he pulled them on.

We all frowned. Usually they would remain wolves but Sam began talking.

'You're little mind reading leech isn't here so one of us has to remain human until it's time to take Bella up the mountain,' he sneered. Jacob whined low in his throat and started to walk forward. Sam held out his hand to stop and Jake growled sulkily.

I walked forward ignoring Sam and buried my hands into Jake's warm ruff of fur.

'Hey Jake,' I whispered and hugged his massive shaggy head. He hummed low in his throat and licked my cheek, 'Eew! Gross!'

I wiped my cheek with a small grimace and tapped Jake on the nose, 'Don't push it Dog Boy'.

He gave a coughing growl that I know had come to realise was him laughing in wolf form.

Carlisle cleared his throat, 'Bella…Sam and the pack. We need to get a move on'.

He opened his car door and let two wolves, Jared and Paul, into the back seat. Alice took two wolves, Collin and Brandy, into her yellow Porsche... Emmett took Embry and Quil and I borrowed Edward's Volvo with Sam in human form and Jacob in the back. Jasper took Seth and Leah in Edward's other car. Rosalie was in the front seat of Emmett's jeep and Esme with Carlisle.

I started Edward's Volvo, surprised by the quietness. The Volvo smelled strongly of Edward and it was pure heaven.

I slowly started driving, slightly afraid by the newfound power of the younger and heaps faster car than my trusty old truck.

The Cullens drove off and I sped up to catch up and we drove to Seattle, where Carlisle private house boat sat in the harbour.

Trust the Cullen's to out do themselves. I take back that it was a house boat. A mansion boat would describe it better, or maybe castle boat. Either way it was huge.

We pulled into private parking bays next to the jetty where it was docked and climbed out. A crowd of people had clustered near the fence that surrounded the parking lot. It was unusual to see a line of five expensive cars pulling into a private area.

Jacob whined low in his throat and looked at all the people around the area.

I reached back and stroked his soft fur, 'It's alright Jake. Carlisle will figure something out'.

Carlisle emerged from his car and walked towards the fence and began talking smoothly to the bundled crowd. Soon the crowd began to dissipate and we were left all alone in the private car park except for the occasional curious by passers who paid as much attention to us and a piece of colourful rubbish on the ground.

It was then where Carlisle deemed it safe for us to let the pack out of our cars and Jasper unloaded his bike from the back of Emmett's jeep.

I stared in shock as I realised that not only was the "house boat" a bloody mansion but it also had a massive cargo hold in which all the Cullen's cars were being loaded into.

The was just not end to the extent of the Cullen's endless stream of money. I sighed and opened the back door of Edward's Volvo and let Jacob out. Sam climbed out of the passenger side. An awful smell wafted from the car and I saw a pile of fresh dog shit.

I glared disapprovingly at Jacob, 'Not funny Jake'.

He gave a coughing growl and the rest of the pack joined in. Sam walked up to me.

'What happened?' he asked.

I glared at Jacob again, 'Mister Dogbreath over there decided to leave a smelly present on Edward's leather seats'.

Sam tried desperately not laugh but gave up and joined in with his pack. I grumbled under my breath and found a newspaper and scoped it up but I was still angry so I flung it at Sam and Jacob. It hit him on the flank and he squealed and leaped away. It splattered on Sam's shirt and he gagged at the smell.

I sniggered and got back into the Volvo and drove it into the cargo bay.

The Cullens "kids" were laughing like all hell and Emmett was laughing the loudest. Esme and Carlisle were trying to keep straight faces and succeeding. I, like the Cullens, laughed unrestrained.

Jacob growled low in his throat and jumped into the crystal clear water of the ocean to wash of his beautiful russet fur. Sam frowned and slowly pulled off the soiled shirt and chucked it into a bin.

The Cullens took the pack into the "house boat" and Emmett pulled Jacob from the water and wrapped him in a towel and carried him like a small pup, which looked so humorous. A massive wolf in the arms of a burley vampire being carried belly up and paws in the air. I couldn't help laughing, it was so funny.

Jacob majorly objected to this treatment and leaped from Emmett's arm and ripped the towel off his shaggy water cleaned coat.

I follow Sam, Jake and Emmett into the "house boat".

Inside it was massive and elaborately decorated. The theme was gold, red and cream.

Famous paintings littered the beautiful walls. It looked like the inside of a castle.

I openly stared at the fine interior. While the Cullens usually played it low, obviously the boring poor human life was just a bit too boring at times.

I didn't blame them. After all, being a human was boring and it was fun to indulge once in a while. Even though the Cullen's indulgence was a whopping great house boat that looked like it belonged to God.

Carlisle turned, 'Everything alright, Bella?'

I sighed and shook my head, 'This place is huge,'

Carlisle grinned, 'Just a slight indulgence but we all have our demons'.

'Yeah too much money and no sense of discreet,' I muttered knowing he would hear me.

Jacob trotted up behind me and pushed me further into the boat. I scratched his head.

Emmett showed me to my room and I unpacked quickly. I heard the loud horn of the house boat sound. Even though I didn't know a lot about boats, I knew that meant that we were about to cast off.

I ran up on deck, tripping a couple of times on no existent objects and stood on deck. The Cullen's were lucky that it was a slightly rainy day in the usually sunny city of Seattle. The crowd from earlier had reappeared at the gates of the private car park.

I smiled as the cool sea air blew around me. Alice walked up and stood next to me.

'In about a day, I can see that we have Edward with us again,' she whispered, not feeling the need to raise her voice louder than a quiet whisper.

I smiled, 'It will be good to have him back. I have missed him so much'.

Alice nodded, 'True. I think we have all missed him,' she breathed deeply, 'The sea smells nice. Refreshing for the lungs'.

I breathed deeply, filling my lungs to their capacity and then breathing out with a whoosh. It felt good.

'How long until we're in China?' I asked turning my face into the gentle spray of the sea.

'With the speed that this thing moves…about three hours, more or less,' Alice replied with a slightly distant look.

'Wow…' I muttered, 'That's fast'.

Alice nodded, 'Well we have a mega need for speed'.

I laughed and shook my head, 'You're telling me,' I sighed as rain splattered the deck and wet my hair around my face, 'Well…Edward, here we come'.

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