I'm sorry for the crapness. I'm really ill. :(

Date: 16th December

Character: Bella

Stimulus Word: Advent xvi

This was the closest I'd come. Though I'd contemplated it, I had never really been this close… close enough to actually overcome my fears and just swallow.

I couldn't remember how I had gotten here. There had been no conscious decision to make my way the he medicine cupboard in the kitchen. And now I held the pills in my hand. Twenty-four of them. Perfectly capable of killing me.

I'd be with Edward again…

And then the key turned in the lock, and Charlie walked in, calling my name. "Bella? Bells, look what I got…"

He entered the kitchen as I hastily shoved the pills into the bin. He held a wreath made of holly, the blood-red berries contrasting with the shiny holly leaves.

I remembered why I couldn't ever commit suicide as I hung the wreath on the door. It would kill Charlie…

…Besides which, it was Christmas, wasn't it?