Maybe this will answer some questions…?
Chapter 8
"Dawn? Dawn!" Nikias was at her side in a flash - horror evident in his eyes.
She finally came to, her eyes squinting as if the light was much too bright for her. "What-" She struggled to get to the words. "What happened?" She winced.
"You just… fainted," Nikias replied, knowing all too well how ridiculous it sounded to a vampire's ears.
"Fainted? Th-That's impossible! How?"
"She touched Bella," Edward quietly mused - too low for a human to hear, but perfect for a member of any other species.
"So? That shouldn't have done anything!" Nikias heatedly said, in an exasperated tone. "Or… should it?"
"Bella, what do you do?" Dawn asked - referring to Bella's enhanced ability.
Bella was speechless, in shock. Edward answered for her.
"She reads minds - like I do. And she kept some of her humanity." He muttered. "Technically, Dawn, you are already dead - you cannot be brought back from that. I believe that's why you lost consciousness - your body couldn't handle it."
"Dawn, wasn't the last time you fainted when we first met - you touched me?" Nikias asked, his eyes already agreeing with Edward.
She thought back. "Yes, yes, it was."
"And, later, when you touched him - it didn't make you faint did it?"
"No… It was like I was immune to it…" She answered, only with half her mind – the other half elsewhere.
"All right, then. Problem solved." Edward concluded, almost smugly.
Sensing the awkward moment, Bella intervened. "So… why are you here?"
"Nikias-"
"I had some personal business to attend to." Nikias interrupted. "I can't find answers by mys- Ourselves. We wanted to know if we could convince your family to help us."
Edward sighed, but before he could answer, Bella spoke up.
"I can help," she said, confidently.
"Bella! We're on our honeymoon!" Edward said, in a shocked tone.
"Nikias needs our help. Don't be selfish." She heatedly replied, not even looking at her husband.
"But I am selfish. This is our time to be together – alone. You're not going anywhere." He manacled her wrists to prove the point. Bella looked at his face as if he had gone insane.
"Its fine – We're sure to manage." Nikias' voice barged into the argument.
The rest was a blur; Edward compromising with his wife, telling Nikias and Dawn to ask the rest of the Cullen family over how they felt about helping, the duo politely declining, and flying off.
Bella didn't speak to him at all on the way back to the cabin, even though Edward wanted her to – so very badly…