It wasn't my fault that I took so long to update, it really wasn't! It was Demetri's fault! He dragged me into reading a fanfic about him and this OC, and then I got pulled into reading The Puppet Masterby Glitch-in-the-system. The fanfic just kept pulling me in and consuming all my typing time. So if anyone's to blame, it's Demetri, but he made me read his story which lead to the reading of other stories.

Silver Blood

James POV

A week after Isabella's drinking incident I made my decision. I had already planted the seed, now I would let it grow. Isabella would fall to me and love me. I would fertilize the seed then send her away to let it grow.

Rosalie was in the room when Isabella woke, but she stayed quiet. I would come back to her once Isabella was gone. It never hurt to keep your allies enamored with you.

"What's up? Ben here, too?" She asked immediately.

I smiled at her, staring into her eyes. The blush that rose to her cheeks made me anticipate tasting her blood, but I pushed that thought aside.

"Isabella, I am going to give you thing that you want most." I brushed my hand across her cheek, then gently pulled her up until my lips were centimeters from hers. "Isabella, I want you to dream about me. I want you to miss me."

Her eyes were locked to mine, her heart was beating quickly. I pressed my lips to hers as gently as I could, but it still seemed to bruise her lips a bit. I could almost taste her blood.

Rosalie teleported the two of us very close to Renee and Benjamin. As close as she could. Rosalie was convinced that she was my mate and I just wanted to trick Isabella into my coven. I was glad at the misconception.

I pulled away from Bella to see Renee and Benjamin watching us. My lovely Isabella was wonderfully stunned. I could see Renee ready herself to push me away from her daughter with her power.

"I'll return for you...Isabella." I whispered to her. Before she could blink, I was gone.

Bella POV

The next few weeks and months were confusing. I was so happy to be with Renee and Ben again, I really was! But I just felt a little lonely. If I was honest with myself, I missed James. If not, I ignored the feeling. I went back to the Silver Academy. I didn't realize how lonely I was until I ran into Demetri. He cheered me up a lot. Ben and I didn't really talk about what happened, but we shared memories and I think he knew why I felt the way I did, but he didn't say anything.

It was strange to be so happy and complete, but also sad and lonely. Of course, it wasn't long before I had another accident. Absentmindedly, while I was suppose to be dissecting something, I accidental cut my hand. A little more deeply than I would have thought possible given my lak of attention and effort. Thus, I had to pay another visit to Carlisle.

Benjamin POV

I didn't want it to be true. I didn't want to admit it, but Bella was undeniable falling for James. After watching what happened in her memories, I knew why. I couldn't fault her, especially when she didn't even know about it.

She was the happiest that she'd ever been, but she missed him. She wasn't completely sure of how she felt.

Our trip to Carlisle was short. Emily was very kind to us. Bella looked sad, too sad, every time I caught her alone. Seeing Renee or me cheered her up, so did Demetri. I waited until she was asleep before talking to Renee and Vera about it.

"So what do we do?" Vera asked.

"He killed my coven! My Charlie! I can't forgive him for that. Nor for taking the two of you away." Renee said.

"But she's falling in love with him." I said.

"No! I can't do it!" Renee said, and if she hadn't been a vampire, she would have cried.

"What will you do?" Vera asked, her hand on my shoulder.

"I'd have to go with her." I answered.

"Do you think she'll do that?" Renee asked. "Go off with him?"

"No." I answered. "And maybe that's why we should let her."

"This was his plot!" Vera said. "Playing on Bell's emotions by giving her what she wanted most--us."

"He didn't even tell her that I ran away." I informed them. "He lead her to believe that he returned us both."

Renee put her arms around me. I could hear her sobbing, but there were no tears. I wrapped my arms around her and Vera stroked her hair. Personally, I thought Bella was better at this than me. I was used to cheering Renee up in a "Let's go bungie jumping" way. I didn't always get to act on my ideas (because Bella stopped us), but the thought did cheer her up.

"What do I do?" Renee whispered. "My daughters in love with the murderer of my family."

I felt the darkness leave Bella's mind. "Mom, she's awake."

Renee switched to hugging Vera. I kissed her cheek and went up to Bella's room. She was only half awake, rubbing her eyes. I layed in the bed, over the blanket and put my hand over her eyes. I slowly moved the darkness over her mind to make her go back to sleep. (Bella could do the same to make me wake up.)

"Why did you have to fall in love with that particular vampire?" I murmured to myself. "Goodness, sis."

Another reason I took a while to update, this chapter is mostly filler, which I discovered only after beginning to type it up. Thus, I was so bored that I couldn't focus on it. Defiantly not my most interesting chapter. It's okay though, because the action is coming soon.

Ideas!! I'd love to get them. Really, I can use them.

The chapter will be up sooner, I promise. It's really not my fault that i'm too lazy to type, It's a disease! I'm sick. (Yes, laziness is a disease...tell your parents.)