Author's Note

Hey guys. Here is Chapter 5. It's a lot different than the first so you need to reread it. I hope you like it.

Chapter 5 (Hermione POV)

The evening spent with Jasper was one of the best I have ever had. We rode all the way to Seattle and stopped to have dinner at this little hole in the wall Italian restaurant. Conversation with Jasper flowed easily. I don't think I've laughed as much as I did in my life. There was nothing forced about our interactions and there were no awkward silences. Everything was comfortable and natural. It was late when we got home, probably around one in the morning, so everything was quiet driving through town.

Opening my door after Jasper dropped me off; I was greeted by a giant black dog.

Once over my initial shock I glared at the offending animal before throwing my keys at it. The dog gave a bark like laugh before transforming into the dark-haired man that I knew so well.

"Sirius Black what on earth do you think you're doing?" I demanded. I gave him what Ron affectionately named the 'Hermione look' complete with my hands on my hips in a very Mrs. Weasley like move.

Sirius grinned unapologetically at me and shrugged. "When you didn't answer the five floo calls we became worried."

"We?" I asked searching for his partners in crime.

Remus, Harry, Bill, and Charlie disillusioned themselves and grinned sheepishly at me.

"Sorry Mione. We were worried after you didn't answer." Harry said rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

Sirius scoffed at him and said, "I'm not sorry. If she had answered all the floo calls than we wouldn't have had to come here."

"I just got home!" I defended.

"Oh yes, we saw your little boyfriend. How was your date?" Remus smirked.

"He is not my boyfriend and it was not a date." I turned my glare onto the werewolf who, just like his best friend, was unaffected by it. "Jasper and I-"

"Oh so his name is Jasper." This comment came from Charlie who decided to put his two cents in.

"Shut up. All of you. I'm done talking about this." I moved past all the smirking men and made my way into the kitchen picking my keys up on my way. Laying my keys and bag on the table, I began rummaging in the refrigerator for a bottle of Firewhiskey. I heard the five men follow me into the kitchen and the sounds of scraping chair on the hardwood floor. Coming up victorious from my search I moved over to the counter and accioed six glasses from a box I had yet to unpack and began pouring the Firewhiskey in them.

I felt rather than saw Harry as he came to stand next to me on the pretense of stealing a drink. "Seriously though Mione did you have fun tonight." He murmured just loud enough of me to hear him in my ear.

I smiled and him before replying, "I did. More fun than I've had in years."

Harry smiled softly at me and said, "I'm glad."

We shared another smile before I levitated the glasses and the bottle of Firewhiskey over to the table. Harry took the last available seat so I sat on his lap. "So how long was you guys here before I came home?" I asked curiously.

"A couple hours, nice house by the way. Very well decorated." Bill commented.

"So you guys took the liberty of exploring?"

"What else were we suppose to do?" Sirius demanded.

I was about to retort before the newly installed house phone rang. Getting off of Harry's lap I picked the receiver off of the wall mounted base and answered, "Granger's residence."

"Hermione?" Bella's voice came from the other end.

"Yeah, hey Bells."

"Hey, sorry for calling so late but I can see your lights on from the Cullen's house and was worried. It's just, it's really late and I thought you would be in bed by now." Bella was like an overprotective mama bear. I both loved and wanted to hex her for it.

"I'm fine. I actually just got home a few minutes ago and was greeted by some surprising guests."

"Oh. Who was is?"

"Some friends from Britain that came to help me settle in more."

"Oh that's sweet. So I heard from a little birdie that you and Jasper spent the evening together."

"Does this little birdie happen to be named Alice?" Even though I just met the little pixie I could already tell she liked to gossip.

"Maybe. So what did you guys do?"

"We went on a ride on his motorcycle and ended up in Seattle. We stopped at this hole in the wall Italian restaurant to eat before coming home. Well I ate. Jasper pretended to eat like all the Cullens do."

"What…what do you mean?" She sounded nervous now.

"I mean that every time I've had a meal with them I haven't once seen them put a piece of food in their mouths. Now maybe the acting like they eat is good enough for everyone else but it's not for me. They're hiding something and I'm going to find out what it is."

"Hermione…" Bella began but I cut her off.

"No Bella. I'm not saying that they're bad people or even that I don't like them. On the contrary I do like them. I like them a lot. But you know how I am when there's a mystery. I have to solve them or I'll go crazy. Now I have company so I need to go. I'll talk to you tomorrow." I didn't wait for a reply and hung up.

I looked back at the five men and said sheepishly, "Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Now she's probably gonna tell the Cullens."

"Probably, but that's ok because we found out what the Cullens are." Bill said.

"Really? How?"

Remus answered, "Those books Harry told you about, I took the liberty of looking through them and found a description closely matching the one you gave. That's actually a big part of why we're here."

"So they're dangerous. Or at least you think they're dangerous."

"They are dangerous 'Mione. Very dangerous." Charlie piped up.

"I'll be the judge of that. What are they?"

"Vampires.