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“You would know,” I replied, grinning as I eyed the badge pinned to his leather jacket.
I dont like cheezy lines to explain who each character is. Everyone reading this has read the first two. And give new readers some credit!
“There’s no competition.”
There never was
Edward turned his face slightly to the side so that he could wink at me. I stifled a giggle.
“Guess what, Edward?” I asked in a bright voice, playing along. “What, Bella?” I pointed to the thick envelope on the counter. “I just got my acceptance to the University of Alaska!”
“Congratulations!” He grinned. “What a coincidence.”
“I sign your name better than you do yourself. You’ve already written the essays.”
“Their love is their only redeeming quality.”
“Sure, sure,” I agreed. The automatic response almost made me smile—it was something I’d picked up from Jacob. I even said it in the same patronizing tone he used with his own father.
“Gah!” I gasped in shock when I saw that I was not alone in the cab. Edward sat very still, a faint bright spot in the darkness, only his hands moving as he turned a mysterious black object around and around. He stared at the object as he spoke. “Alice called,” he murmured.
He ran to the truck and half-yanked me through the open door, and then we were both jumping up and down like kids.
“Well, that just sucks!” I snapped. “I guess I’m stuck with Mike Newton after all.”
“I’m human,” he muttered, his voice almost inaudible.
He looked up at me swiftly, hearing the double edge in my words. “Will he be mad at you?”
“Shut up, Jacob. Just shut up!
Yes Jacob do shut up
I was relieved, and I tried to explain my reaction to myself. I decided I was just glad he didn’t claim there was some mystical, wolfy connection between the two of us.
“And I’m a Virgo!” I shouted, exasperated.
“If he’d hurt you—” “Enough!” I cut him off. “There’s nothing to worry about. Jacob isn’t dangerous.”
“Bella.” He rolled his eyes. “You aren’t exactly the best judge of what is or isn’t dangerous.”
Dummy
“This reminds me,” I said. “Could you ask Alice what she did with my stuff when she cleaned my room? I can’t find it anywhere.”
Bella is dumb
“What is that?” “Nothing,” Edward murmured. “It doesn’t look like nothing.”
“This is something you do with Jacob. I see that now.”
Poor Edward
While Jacob and I had dropped off my bike at the garage—and he had admitted ruefully that the helmet was a good idea that he should have thought of himself—
WHo doesnt think of a helmet with a motorcycle
He waited politely through the whole conversation, just playing with my hair and smiling whenever I looked up.
“If I think about you tonight, it will be because I’m having a nightmare.”
“Obviously you can’t—that was not kissing back, that was trying to get you the hell off of me, you idiot.”
It had gone quiet in the front room, and I wondered when Jacob would bolt. I smiled a grim smile, imagining his discomfort.
“He kissed me,” I growled. All I heard on the other end of the line was the sound of an engine accelerating. In the other room, Charlie spoke again. “Maybe you ought to take off, Jake,” he suggested. “I think I’ll hang out here, if you don’t mind.” “Your funeral,” Charlie muttered. “Is the dog still there?” Edward finally spoke again. “Yes.” “I’m around the corner,” he said darkly, and the line disconnected.
Edward turned slightly to throw me a quick smile.
“And if you ever kiss her again, I will break your jaw for her,”
“Yes, may the best man win.” “That sounds about right… pup.”
Yellow hats rained down. I pulled mine off, too late, and just let it fall to the ground.
“Keep your hands to yourself, Jacob,”
“You make me feel like a villain in a melodrama—twirling my mustache while I try to steal some poor girl’s virtue.”
“You’re trying to protect your virtue!”
And now look what’s become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire.”
“Do you want to see it?” he asked. His liquid topaz eyes were suddenly shining with excitement.
“Oh, no,” I gasped as he slid down onto one knee. “Be nice,” he muttered. I took a deep breath. “Isabella Swan?” He looked up at me through his impossibly long lashes, his golden eyes soft but, somehow, still scorching. “I promise to love you forever—every single day of forever. Will you marry me?”
“But I don’t count that as a kiss, Jacob. I think of it more as an assault.”
You know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural enemies and that you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you.”
“But,” Edward went on, “if I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten of the best nights of my life. Dream about that.” Jacob’s eyes opened into a glare. He sat up stiffly, his shoulders tense.
And Jacob misunderstood.
I was in love with him, but it was not enough to change anything; it was only enough to hurt us both more. To hurt him worse than I ever had.
Edward’s more mature than Jacob when it comes to your safety, I’ll give him that much.”
I supposed that made my answer quite obvious. I already knew that I couldn’t live without Edward.
How did I end up being the one crying while he did the comforting?
Bc ur dramatic
eclipse.”
My head was so crowded, but the only way to be alone again was to be human, and I couldn’t stand the pain.
