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A/N: Oh, god guys. I am so sorry I haven't updated in months and months. I don't have excuses for September through December, but after that, I have lots of excuses. Actually, I'm proud of myself for doing this now. Both of my brothers marry this month. One got married last Saturday. The other marries next Saturday.

I was going to do something drastically different with this, but decided against it. We all have cherrychick to thank. She gave me the idea for the entire plot and she even wrote part of this chapter for me. Thank you so much!

And you guys. Wow. We're 96 reviews strong and it's been dead for forever. You guys are the best. Just don't tell any of my other readers. :P

So. Without further adieu, my longer awaited for Chapter 4. Enjoy, guys!

Chapter 4 - Resolves

BPOV

How could Mike have turned into such a monster? When I first moved here he was my friend. He was a little pushy, but still. A friend. Now he's blackmailing me into leaving my husband!

Carlisle looked around at each of us in turn.

"I say we kill him! We could stage it to look like an accident," Emmett growled out.

"Oh, very helpful, Emmett. Because a cleanly snapped neck could happen to any young lad walking around in Forks."

"Alice! We have his vote. Yours?" Thank God Carlisle can keep a level head.

"Stop my vision from happening. If we have to change him to do that, we have to change him."

"I'm not leaving again! We finally found a place that's not so terrible and we have to leave? No. I'm with Emmett." Rosalie moved to her husband's side to emphasize a point.

"Dear, I have to say we move. I wouldn't want to kill him. Who would believe him if he told anyone anyway?"

"Esme for moving. Emmett and Rosalie for killing him. Alice for changing him. Jasper?"

He calmly walked over to Alice, petting her head. I could feel him send out waves of melancholy to us all.

That left Edward and me.

"Hands down. We kill him." He roared a little, excited to be rid of his enemy.

That's when I broke down. I didn't want to kill Mike. But I couldn't hurt my family. And I sure as fire wasn't going to change him. That would make him even stronger than me!

The others walked upstairs into Carlisle's office, leaving Edward to comfort me as dry sobs racked my body.

EPOV

Bella was sobbing at this point. I felt terrible. If I hadn't been so selfish as to change her to be with me for eternity, maybe she wouldn't be in this position. Maybe she wouldn't be scared from Newton's threat. Maybe she would be at home sitting on her bed, listening to music, reading a book.

I still refuse to believe Alice's vision. How could it possibly come true? I'm not one to doubt Alice's visions but, honestly. Bella was at least 10 times stronger than that moron, Newton.

Newton is a whole other story. That pervert simply will never understand that someone is better than him for once. He is so stuck up, every time I'm around him I feel the sudden urge to break my diet and kill him, sucking out every ounce of blood in him. It's probably poisoned though. Who knows what a heart of stone does to your bloodstream?

Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, and Alice walked out of Carlisle's office and Alice looked murderous while staring at Carlisle. She obviously did not like this plan. I had tuned out their thoughts in attempt to comfort myself from the possibilities. After all, ignorance is bliss.

"We have decided to act as inconspicuously as possible," Carlisle explained. "In other words, we will simply pretend as if nothing happened. What are the chances that people will believe a snobby little high-schooler about mythical creatures? But..."

"But what?" I asked starting to get peeved.

"But, if people do start to believe him we may have to use Bella as bait."

Bait! My sweet Bella was NOT bait. As Carlisle said this I saw the Bella tense up.

"Bella? As BAIT?! No, there must be some other way," I anything but screamed. Bella was NOT going to be bait.

"She's the only thing Mike wants," Carlisle said reasonably.

"She's a person, not BAIT!" I yelled.

"She's a great deal of importance in this."

"Um...Hello? SHE'S standing RIGHT HERE!" roared Bella.

"Edward, even though it's not a walk in a park it's the best solution we have so far," she continued. "If it's going to help I will do it. This is my fault anyway. So far, this is what has to be done!"

Who knew Bella could be so loud? She quickly turned and crashed up the steps. Her normal human coordination would have landed her in a hospital for falling down the steps but with her new vampire grace she managed to make it up the steps without tripping. This was not good. This wasn't her fault. It was mine. Fully and completely mine.

I ran up the steps and sat on the bed she was sobbing on. I knew how much she hated fighting.

"Bella, I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. I know you think it is, but it's not, and even though you'll never believe that, it's true."

I sighed. "Bella, you know that's not true."

"What's not true?" she snapped. "That I know my husband isn't even capable of this? It is not your fault. Are you the one that's threatening to expose us? No. He is! Don't you ever think about blaming this on yourself again, Edward Cullen!" with that, she huffed and laid back onto the pillows.

"Oh, Bella. My Bella." I kept muttering her name over and over again as I held her close and stroked her hair.

"I know what to do know. Come on, I have to tell the others." Just what was going through that pretty little head of hers?

"Guys!" All six vampires were down the stairs and in front of us lickety split. "I have a plan. I make Mike believe I've broken up with Edward." I pouted at the thought. A whole seven hours without Bella? "Don't give me that look, Edward Cullen. I'll go on one date with him. To the movies. Don't worry, I can fight off anything he tries. Besides, we have Alice; she can see whatever he has planned. I convince him to keep quiet. You never know. I might have some hidden mind control ability that hasn't shown up yet." She smirked.

"Are you sure, sweetie?" Esme asked with concern.

"Positive. I got us into this mess, and I'll get us out." With that, they were dismissed.

I sat with my arms around Bella, thinking about what was to come. Could we pull this break-up scheme off?

"I just hope this plan will work, Edward."

"Me too, me too." The remainder of the night was spent in relative silence, both of us lost to the possibilities tomorrow would bring.

A/N: I'm so sorry that this took so long to post. It's a little longer than usual though. :)

From the beginning of Edward's POV to "Bella, that's not true" was all cherrychick. So thank you so much. Having such a dedicated reader gave me new inspiration. I owe this chapter (and probably the rest of the story) to you. Thanks. :D

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