"Oh, Alice…" Bella said, and her face lit up. "I haven't seen her in so many years, not since the time I visited here and it was her birthday…"

"She is a nice girl. And her brother Edward is quite the charmer", mom laughed. Great, I thought, a giggly friend of Bella's and her geeky mom-charmer brother. Good times. "You do remember Edward, don't you, Emmett? You used to be such good friends", she continued. I raised one eyebrow at her. "Mom, that was first grade." "Well, it will be good to see them again. It's been years since I talked to Esme. Charlie, have you had any contact at all with Carlisle?" She asked, referring to Edward and Alice's parents, dr. and mrs. Cullen. "Once in a while", Charlie replied, "but not in a few months. You know him and Billy aren't the greatest friends." Charlie's best friend, Billy Black, has some strange problems, one of them being Carlisle Cullen and his family, god knows why.

"I take it Billy isn't coming tonight?" Mom asked. "No… They have some other stuff going on, though Harry invited them too", Charlie assured. I personally had never liked Billy that much. He was Indian, or Native American, like we're supposed to say these days, and in my opinion, crazy. And his kid, Jacob, was a pain in the ass.

"Good", Bella whispered. For once she agreed with me. She had always been really good friends with Jake, but lately he had been a little too interested in her, if you ask me. I was glad she didn't seem to like it, either, though Charlie constantly hoped for some sort of love affair to occur among those two. I wouldn't want that little dipshit groping my sister, I mean, some dignity, please. I'd rather even that slimy Mike Newton be with her than Jacob Black.

Okay, to be honest, I'd rather none of those overeager virgin boys be with her. I knew what they had in mind, damn, hadn't I been there too at some point? Well, if I had a say to that, they wouldn't be experiencing any of that stuff with my sister… I'm sure that blonde friend of Bella's, Jessica or whatever, would be more than happy to please the Newton kid. And Jake would just have to find someone else, or I'd beat him to the ground. Ha, being big and buff surely had its advantages. I laughed out loud and Bella turned to look at me. "Mental", she established. I laughed even harder, imagining me fighting with Jacob, followed by him lying on the floor, unconscious. "If you only knew, sis."