Transition creates gap between clips

I place a transition between the two clips and it seems to create a large gap when the transition is in between the clips. Is this the way it is supposed to be? Just curious. Thanks.

Thanks Joe Blow.
That link describes changing the in/out points when dealing I think with the middle clip of three clips. I tried the technique but when I put the mouse (with that tool selected) over my clip in the timeline and dragged eithe rway, it only allowed me to start the clip earlier and with that only for a second or two. (It's possible my clip starts only 1 or 2 seconds earlier so I can understand that) but it won't allow me to start the clip later. I want to start it about 15 seconds later. Right now I'm only dealing with two clips with a dissolve transition between them until I figure this out. Also, if I change the in point of the clip I don't want the out to change. I realize that if I start in the inpoint later in the clip and the out point of the clip doesn't change then the over lenghth of the clip will be shorter and that theoretically everything to the right of the in point I'm adjusting should adjust left in the timeline. Is there a way to do this?
If I was clear, ignore this but as an example, I have a 10 second clip to start my timeline, then a dissolve transition into a 20 second clip. Now the timeline has a total of 30 seconds of video. I'd like to start the second clip 5 seconds later without affecting the out point. So if I do this the first clip will still be 10 seconds but the second clip will now be 15 seconds and the timeline will go from 30 to 25. (rather than staying at 30 and having the out point of the second clip adjust by 5 seconds)

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