Hello there,

So, here's the second and last chapter for today. I'm already writing the next one, so don't worry. It has a cliffy, but it won't be there for too long. I hope this clears up any confusion about the whole HIM-HIM thing or who did it...

But as always... enjoy and review!


I woke shortly afterwards, still on the couch.

But now I could feel the secure, protecting and cold arms around me and I nestled into them.

I purred at the sensation of the cold skin against my hot skin.

It was an amazing feeling, especially when Edward's lips caressed the skin of my neck and face. His lips played special attention to my collarbone, though, where one of the many marks he'd make would forever stay.

"Edward," I sighed and purred again, smiling.

"Bella," he sighed along with me, purring slightly in content. "How are you feeling, my love?"

"Better," I said, kissing his wrist as his hand swept across my forehead, feeling for my temperature; I was happy when he didn't pull away in pain because of it. "Not dead, that's for sure."

Edward chuckled, his nose skimming across my temple. "No, you're definitely not dead."

I tried to remember to breathe properly. And for the most part, I succeeded.

"How did it happen?" I asked suddenly, wanting to know. After all, there was no lithium in normal tap water.

"I don't know, but I have an idea…" Edward trailed off, growling.

"James," I whispered and his growling grew more violent and louder. I took that as the affirmative. "But how would he know that lithium affects me? And how would he find out what I am? Unless-"

I cut off, running through the possibility that I had just thought of thoroughly. Maybe…

"Unless what, Bella?" Abby asked, just entering the room with a bowl of… something. I wasn't paying enough attention to figure it out.

"Unless he somehow got to The Book; though I don't know how he could have done that…" I trailed off, thinking again. I gasped. I left the book here, at the Cullen home.

"You left The Book here, Bella…" Edward said, confused. "But there was no new, unknown scents here when we came back. Nothing."

"But it's the only possibility," I said, sitting up and Edward whimpered slightly. I must admit, I did too. I didn't want to lose the electricity that flowed on contact with his body, so I pressed my back into his chest and we purred in unison at the feeling of the electric current that rushed through our bodies. "Think about it Edward."

"I know," he said and I looked up at his face. He was concentrating hard.

"Remember, on the note he said he knows what I am, not he thinks he knows what I am." I looked at Edward and he nodded, still thinking.

"Well, is it still here?" Edward asked and I tried to get up, but I was feeling a little tired still. I sagged against Edward and he looked concerned.

"I'm fine, just still regenerating." I said simply and he nodded, the frown not leaving his face completely.

We sat in content silence for a while.

"Edward," I said at the same time that my vampire said my name. He let me speak first. "About you being the him-him… I didn't say anything because I didn't want you to freak out or anything. But, I needed you and you helped me. You always do…" I trailed off, lovingly.

"It's alright, Bella," Edward said and I looked up at him again. "But I was just so scared… your blood called to me more than ever before."

I thought about that for a moment, before something occurred to me.

"Oh," I said, getting a rush of inspiration. "The reason why my blood calls to you so much… it's the antidote, the venom as well as the fact that you are the him-him... my savior." He looked at me, smiling softly. "My blood helps you save me," I whispered in awe.

He kissed me then, passionately and deeply and I melted into his embrace. "You are truly meant for me," he whispered when he pulled away.

I whimpered in joy at the sound of that. "As you are truly meant for me. I love you."

"I love you, too," Edward said just as Carlisle came in, his face bright with interest.

"Do you it is so?" He asked as he sat on the couch opposite us. "Do you really think that that is the reason for why your blood calls to him so much?"

I nodded seriously, "yes; it makes sense when he tells me that when I was dying, my blood called to him even more. When I am in danger of death, the venom makes itself more prominent, easier to detect and separate from my blood. It takes on a life of its own. But when I am not in danger, it is still known to others through my spell and the knowledge of what I am. That's why I'm the most wanted in the warlowitchas community; my venom is an ingredient in some of their incantations and such, but it's only within me. They can't get it unless they capture me and one of their animals or even they themselves bite through my skin."

Edward growled, holding onto me fiercely. "They won't get you; ever."

"I know that," I said, reassuringly caressing his forearm. He relaxed but didn't loosen his hold, for which I was grateful. The fighter he held me, the more intense the electricity. "I know you'll protect me Edward, and I love you for it."

"And I know that," he said. "On to other things we need to address, I guess we should talk about James now."

At that, the rest of the Cullens came down into the lounge room.

They all looked at me, trying to assess me. "I'm fine," I said and I held up my hands in surrender.

They all nodded, smiling, which told me that they had acknowledged that and I looked away. I wanted to get down to business. "Right, so you all heard Edward and I while we theorized about how that Lithium got into the tap water, yes?"

I looked up at them again for just long enough to see them nodding. "Good; so we're all on the same page. Basically, James is coming up here and I want him dead before he can cause any trouble. Especially before he can go near any of the humans in this town; not one of them is allowed to be harmed by him. Do we agree?"

They nodded again. "Alright, good. But the only thing we need to determine is how we're going to do this. I need to talk to him for a while – to placate him, get answers from him, etc. – and then kill him before he can try and kill me."

I let them think for a few minutes, knowing they were all going through different situations, trying to find their own personal best opinion.

"I would like to go first," Jasper said and I looked up at him. "If no one else minds… of course," the others shook their head, knowing this was going to be good. Because of his training, he'd think like me... practically. "I think we should lure him to a secluded part of Forks, away from the human population with Bella's scent."

Edward growled, "no." He was getting protective, because I was his mate, but I could stop him.

"No, Edward," I said, my eyes glued to Jasper; I smiled at him and he smiled back. We definitely did think alike. I'd thought of a similar idea to his. "I like it; keep going, Jasper."

Edward didn't say anything and I realized that was because he knew I knew what I was thinking when it came to shit like this.

"Well, it would be strongest if we did it with you blood, Bella. But then I also think we should infuse it with Edward's scent. It would also give you an advantage, because James would not only want your blood by the time he found you, but he'd be angry because of Edward's obvious presence."

I thought over it for a few seconds; there were a few things we needed to get down. "Where would we lead him?"

"Our family has a certain place that we like to go to when we play baseball. It's surrounded by forest, and there's a cave nearby. It's the most suitable place for this." Jasper said straight-out.

My eyebrow rose sardonically. "Vampires like baseball?"

"Oh Bella," Emmett said, coming over to me and hugging me. He continued in a ridiculous, dreamy manner as he looked over my head. "Vampires love baseball; or at least these vampires love baseball."

I nodded slowly at him. "Ok," I said slowly, looking him up and down. He was in a weird, dreamy state for a few seconds longer.

He came out of his phase soon enough and let me go to stand at Rose's side. The vampire in question smiled at me and I smiled warmly back. I was getting used to that pretty quickly.

We threw different ideas around here and there, trying to figure out what was best.

I decided to think over the scenario again, going over the finer points in my mind.

"I need to think," I said and I got up. Since I could think about many things at one time, I used it frequently when I needed to think about the more serious and complicated things. To help concentrate on all the different thoughts at once, I usually used different languages for each different line of thought.

I sat down closer to the window and looked outside it. I didn't utter a single word as I went over all the other possibilities that they had given me.

"Bella," Edward said, touching my shoulder and my body flinched of its own accord. I looked up at him, startled.

"I'm so sorry, what is it?" I asked and he looked at me, puzzled. It took me around thirty seconds to realize what language I had spoken; Ancient Egyptian. "Oh, god; I'm so sorry, love. It's just that when I need to think about a lot of different things at the same time, I think about them in different languages for each of them. Do you get me?"

He looked at me, interested, but then just nodded. "Yes; that's very interesting. Does it help keep you focused on each topic at the same time?"

I nodded and he sat down, pulling me into his arms. I was glad, because it made it easier for me to say what I was going to say when I didn't have to actually look at him. "I've thought about everything, and I think I'll go with Jasper's opinion. It's simple yet to the point. And Edward… I don't want you there with me."


Well, well, well... I don't know about you, but I certainly know how Edward's going to react.

But, we all know that Bella can most definitely hold her own, so... Let me know how you think Edward's going to react or if u think Jasper's idea is a good one, with Bella's little "don't want you there with me," added in.

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Until tomorrow.

Bexie25