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A/N: Thanks guys! I love all the reviews and adds to alerts and such. So apparently we're going to start the dating game. I've thrown some candidates out there. Let me know what you think. Or if you have a totally different person in mind. Sorry this is so short, but I haven't figured out where to go from here…

Chapter Three All's Fair in love and War

Rose, Alice, and I were sprawled on Alice's bed, having kicked the guys out of the house for the afternoon. Edward's job was to get Demetri out and about for the day. To say that he was resistant was putting it lightly. Demetri absolutely didn't want to go anywhere, but especially with Edward and company.

We'd spent the last hour breaking down the wonderful evening I'd had with Edward last night, but that was not why I'd wanted them here and the guys gone.

"You two have nothing on me and Emmett," Rosalie giggled as Alice elbowed her in the ribs playfully, her eyes full of laughter.

"No one could be that addicted to sex. I swear you two spent more time…"

Rosalie clamped her hand over Alice's mouth. "No more, please," she begged as laughter kept trickling from her lips. "We're supposed to be giving young Bella here a hard time," she reminded.

"Edward already gave her a hard time," she snickered.

"You guys," I whined, mortified by their dirty minds.

"What?" They both asked innocently. "There's no shame in enjoying the many pleasures that your husband has to offer," Alice grinned widely her voice tinkling across the room musically. Thank God all the boys were out of the house. I so did not want them to hear Alice's and Rosalie's breakdown on our night of passion.

"As fun as this has been," I said sternly, trying to rein their embarrassing comments in, "I have other things I need to discuss with you both." They both waited silently, small smiles still on their faces and eyes full of naughty mirth.

"So…" I said hesitantly sending them a sideways look as I tried to broach the topic of Demetri. "I have an idea about…how to make Demetri…uh…happier." They were both staring quizzically at me waiting for me to go on. "I was kind of hoping you two would help me with it."

They both stared at me puzzled. I guess it was odd to ask them for help with Demetri. Neither one spent much time with him. Alice had tried, but he really did seem to prefer me.

When I didn't explain, Rose prompted, "Well, it would be easier to help you if we had some idea what you expected from us." Very snippy. Very Rose-like. I hadn't been subjected to this side of her in a while. It definitely took some getting used to again.

"Don't mind her, Bella. Rose is jealous that both Edward and Demetri seem to only see you," she giggled and poked Rose on the arm.

"Don't be ridiculous! Why should I care what those men think?" She slapped Alice's hand away and moved over to the far window watching the rain stream down it.

"Back on topic, ladies. I think what Demetri needs is someone to distract him until he's done grieving."

"You make that sound so easy, Bella," Alice replied a little condescendingly.

"But it is! I have Marcus' power. I could help him along a bit. Not much," I answered as both pairs of eyebrows rose in surprise. "I don't want him to be as besotted as I was with Marcus. Surely there's a happy medium somewhere. Just a little bit of power to get him interested. I just need your help to find some female vamps," I admitted.

Alice's eyes were alight with the prospects of such an endeavor. Even Rose seemed to be seriously considering it. She bit her bottom lip before turning those big caramel eyes toward me. "It doesn't necessarily have to be a vampire, you know? That will make things a little easier. We don't really want to deal with a bunch of uncouth vampires and there just aren't many vegetarians out there."

Alice nodded. "We can't go and invite all those regular vamps into our territory. We owe the humans better than that."

"Okay. So this is where you two come in. Matchmaking is so not my forte. I'll give them a zap of my power when the time comes, but I need you two to help me get him out and about where there are plenty of single hot women."

We kept at it for another hour discussing the pros and cons of using vampires compared to humans when Rosalie had a dreadfully sinister idea. "Oh! You'll love this. You don't even like her." She smirked widely. "Leah," she said barely containing her glee.

"Leah?" I asked shocked. "I'm not sure that would work. And," I continued indignant. "I like Demetri, why on earth would I subject him to that?" I asked my voice full of horror.

"Okay, okay. It was just a thought. That wretched mutt wasn't even thankful for what you did for her. It would serve her right if she was irrevocably in love with a vampire."

I had to admit, the notion of revenge where Leah was concerned was tempting. I'd healed her in a matter of minutes. Something that would likely have taken her weeks to accomplish otherwise, but it had been pain beyond imagining for both of us. Still, you'd think she'd be a little grateful, but no such luck. She seemed to hate me more now than ever. I think it had less to do with the agony that I accidentally inflicted on her than the fact that I was a vampire that irritated her so much. Never mind that she was going to be my step-sister in a few months time. That news certainly hadn't made her any happier than it had made me. Don't get me wrong, I love that my dad and Sue were getting married and that Seth was going to be my brother, but can you imagine Christmas dinners with the humans, werewolves, and vampires. It would definitely be something to see.

"I'd rather hook him up with Jessica or Lauren. It would be a lot less cruel," I snickered.

"Ugh! Do you really want to spend the rest of your existence with Lauren as a vamp. The few years in high school were bad enough, now just imagine four hundred years listening to Lauren's scathing remarks," Alice spoke in mock horror. "Now, are you going to clue him in on your evil scheme or just zap the poor man?"

I laughed. "I dunno. What do you think? I don't think he'll be all that cooperative otherwise," I added

A/N: If I use a human I would feel obligated to make it someone he would truly love and would love him back because most likely they would have to be transformed. So I'm not sure. I do kind of like the idea of Leah though. I find it highly amusing if nothing else. Please let me know what you think works best or any other suggestions. I think the next post will be from Demetri's pov while hanging out with the boys for the afternoon.

Sabrina