Author's Note: Ok, so the chapters are getting longer. At least, I think so. Alll that I ask in return is that you review. The more you review, the more I feel like updating! School is coming up...

"Mutt? Wake up!" I said as nicly as I could.

"NO!" She slapped me in the jaw, but at least this time it wasn't hard enough to hurt. "You're lying!" Then she looked at me, stunned.

She cried for at least 10 minutes while I tried to calm her down by humming 'Bella's Lullaby'. "It's going to be ok, I promise. Nothing will hurt you. Ever," I said as her breathing slowed down to what it's suposed to be. "I'll make a vow right now. Never will anymore touch you, or anyone you love. You'll always have me, even if Bella won't."

Then I swear I heard her say "I love you."

After that night, the weeks passed by slowly. Me and Desiree's plans were developing nicely and we didn't hate eachother as much. She even started to call me Edward instead of 'Mr.' Edward. It was all working out great. Except one detail.

Bella. I guess she was serious when she told me that she was going to date Eric, because a few nights after Desiree's nightmares Bella had a date planned with him.

"Des, I'm going to go out tonight so Uncle Jasper is going to stay with you tonight, ok?"

"Sure mommy. Can a friend stay over with us?" Desiree had batted her eyes like I had done more than once to get my way with Bella. Needless to say it worked.

I just so happened to be in a tree by the livingroom window listening to there conforsation.

"Sure, as long as Uncle Jasper don't mind." Bella smoothed out a deep blue dress that was much more daring than what she used to wear when we went out. I wondered if she remembered that I had once told her that blue looks wonderful on her...

She also had on heals. Oh boy. Nothing good could come out of this. I was curious to know why she wears heals now when at one time Alice had to threaten Bella into wearing them.

All in all, she was beautiful. If possible, more beautiful than she ever was. I swear, if Eric layed even a hand on her...Sure I was jelious, but I had no problem telling anyone that.

That monster in my head started to growl. Loudly. I tried to shut him up, but every point that he made I actually agreeed with for once. 'You know, if you weren't a complete idiot, that could be you tonight.'

'Yeah, but at least something good came out of all of this. Desiree.'

'You keep telling yourself that. We both know that if she hadn't been born, you could have had her already.'

'Maybe the battle is worth it.'

'Maybe. But think about this. Without her there would be no battle, but there deffenently would have been more action. If you know what I mean.'

'Don't blame this on her. Whats done is done. I quite enjoy this game of cat and mouse.'

Eric had just shown up.

'Well, it looks like another cat has your mouse right now, doesn't it?'

At that moment I knew that if I could hit myself, I would.

I returned to listen to their conforsation.

"There isn't any problems. Uncle Jasper don't mind."

I wonder how Bella would feel if she knew that Desiree's 'friend' was a certain 100 something year old vampire?

"K, love. I'll be back in a few hours." Bella started to giggle when Eric wrapped his arm around her waist.

"'Night, squirt," Eric said.

Desiree growled and looked like she wanted to bite him.

After they left, I crawled through the window. The things I do to get her back...

"Hey Mutt. Where's Jasper?"

"In the bathroom talking to Aunt Alice."

"Ok. So, we need to start getting to work." As I said this, she pulled out a big piece of cardboard.

That had been a long night, but I found out everything I needed to know to be able to contend with Eric. Their relationship hadn't progressed very much, but, as I knew first hand, it doesn't take Bella that long to fall inlove with someone, and when she was, she was hooked.

They spent almost every Friday night together, and more than once Gavin was over here (Author's Note: Ok, I know that in the other chapter with Eric, the kid's name was Galen, but I kinda forgot that that was the name of the snake. Sorry. Going on...) playing with Desiree.

But Desiree was anything but nice to the child. She pinched him. Bit him. Slapped him. I know it's cold to say this, but, thank the Lord that she did that because it caused more than one fight between Bella and Eric.

"I won't allow my child to be treated that way!" Eric yelled.

Again, I was in the tree by the window, listening to the arguement in the room. I was sure the whole block could though.

"What do you want me to do about it? I've tried everything!" Bella started to cry.

That bastard. How could he do something like that to her? If she was mine, I'd be licking her shoes!

"Well, not everything, aparently." Eric was turning red. "You could always send her away."

Oh boy. This was going to be good.

Bella slapped him in the face and sceamed, "Get out. Right now before I call the police! FUCKING ASSHOLE! I thought we had something. But there is no way that I would ever chose you over Desiree." Her voice got cold as she picked up the phone. "Get out. Now."

Then Eric did something unforgivable. He hit Bella back. She fell to the floor, but got up on her own feet. But not without crying.

I couldn't watch anymore. I jumped through the window, and before anyone even realized what happened, I had Eric pinned up against the wall. "Don't you ever touch Bella again." I squeezed his neck just enough so that he could hardly breath.

"Cullen?" Eric gasped out.

"you're lucky I haven't killed you. Don't bother questioning me." As I said this I was carrying him by his neck to the door and through him out and locked it.

As soon as the door was shut, Bella's arms wrapped around my neck and hugged me. "Oh, Edward! Thank you so much!"

I hugged her back tightly. Her smell surrounding me and it took everything that I had not to bite into her neck. It had been so long since I had had to worry about it. But at the same time, it welcomed me like it knew that I was supposed to be there.

But her being in my arms did something to me. I all of a sudden had total control over that side of me.

But, me being the wimp that I am, heard something that ruined any moment that I could ever have with Bella. A child crying.

And not just any child. Desiree. Over the last few weeks, I had started to think of her as my child. Not Bella and Jacob's. She was mine. She had helped me when I needed it. And in return, instead of spying on Bella in her sleep, I stayed in Desiree's room to keep the nightmares at bay. She knew I was there though.

But when she had her nightmares, I picked her up and hummed Bella's Lullably to her like I had that fateful evening when we put aside our differences and help eachother.

I turned toward the staircase, and there she sat holding her legs and crying into them.

Without thinking, I picked her up, and hummed the song that was just as familiar(sp) to her as it was to her mother. She hugged me tight and cried into my shoulder.

I looked at Bella and I noticed that her eyes were slits. "So, tell me, Edward, what do you think you're doing?"

"Well, I was trying to calm Desiree down." I knew that it wasn't the answer she wanted, but I had to try.

She looked at me funny and said, "I thought you hated eachother?"

"No mommy. Me and Edward get along fine", Desiree said between sobs.

"Really?"

We both nodded our heads.

"So, are you used to just going around and humming my song?"

Author's Note: Ok, so, not the best, but I liked it. REview. The next chapter is going to be a doozy.