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She knew I would never be as thoughtless and goofy and small´town as she¨d been。 。 。 。 
     I gritted my teeth and tried to concentrate as I answered her letter。 
     Then I hit her parting line and remembered why I¨d neglected to write sooner。 
     You haven¨t said anything about Jacob in a long time�察�she¨d written。 What¨s he up to these days�拭�
     Charlie was prompting her�察�I was sure。 
     I sighed and typed quickly�察�tucking the answer to her question between two less sensitive paragraphs。 


       Jacob is fine�察�I guess。 I don¨t see him much�察�he spends most of his time with a pack of his friends 
       down at La Push these days。 



Smiling wryly to myself�察�I added Edward¨s greeting and hit ^send。 ̄ 

     I didn¨t realize that Edward was standing silently behind me again until after I¨d turned off the computer 
and shoved away from the desk。 I was about to scold him for reading over my shoulder when I realized that 
he wasn¨t paying any attention to me。 He was examining a flat black box with wires curling crookedly away 
from the main square in a way that didn¨t look healthy for whatever it was。 After a second�察�I recognized the 
car stereo Emmett�察�Rosalie�察�and Jasper had given me for my last birthday。 I¨d forgotten about the birthday 
presents hiding under a growing pile of dust on the floor of my closet。 
     ^What did you do to this�拭院�he asked in a horrorstruck voice。 
     ^It didn¨t want to come out of the dashboard。 ̄ 
     ^So you felt the need to torture it�拭院�
     ^You know how I am with tools。 No pain was inflicted intentionally。 ̄ 
     He shook his head�察�his face a mask of faux tragedy。 ^You killed it。 ̄ 
     I shrugged。 ^Oh�察�well。 ̄ 
     ^It would hurt their feelings if they saw this�察院�he said。 ^I guess it¨s a good thing that you¨ve been on house 
arrest。 I¨ll have to get another one in place before they notice。 ̄ 
     ^Thanks�察�but I don¨t need a fancy stereo。 ̄ 
     ^It¨s not for your sake that I¨m going to replace it。 ̄ 
     I sighed。 
     ^You didn¨t get much good out of your birthday presents last year�察院�he said in a disgruntled voice。 
Suddenly�察�he was fanning himself with a stiff rectangle of paper。 
     I didn¨t answer�察�for fear my voice would shake。 My disastrous eighteenth birthday ! with all its far´ 
reaching consequences ! wasn¨t something I cared to remember�察�and I was surprised that he would bring it 
up。 He was even more sensitive about it than I was。 
     ^Do you realize these are about to expire�拭院�he asked�察�holding the paper out to me。 It was another present 
! the voucher for airplane tickets that Esme and Carlisle had given me so that I could visit Ren└e in Florida。 
     I took a deep breath and answered in a flat voice。 ^No。 I¨d forgotten all about them�察�actually。 ̄ 
     His expression was carefully bright and positive�察�there was no trace of any deep emotion as he continued。 
^Well�察�we still have a little time。 You¨ve been liberated 。 。 。 and we have no plans this weekend�察�as you refuse 
to go to the prom with me。 ̄ He grinned。 ^Why not celebrate your freedom this way�拭院�
     I gasped。 ^By going to Florida�拭院�
     ^You did say something about the continental U。S。 being allowable。 ̄ 
     I glared at him�察�suspicious�察�trying to understand where this had come from。 
     ^Well�拭院�he demanded。 ^Are we going to see Ren└e or not�拭院�
     ^Charlie will never allow it。 ̄ 
     ^Charlie can¨t keep you from visiting your mother。 She still has primary custody。 ̄ 
     ^Nobody has custody of me。 I¨m an adult。 ̄ 
     He flashed a brilliant smile。 ^Exactly。 ̄ 
     I thought it over for a short minute before deciding that it wasn¨t worth the fight。 Charlie would be furious 
! not that I was going to see Ren└e�察�but that Edward was going with me。 Charlie wouldn¨t speak to me for 
months�察�and I¨d probably end up grounded again。 It was definitely smarter not to even bring it up。 Maybe in a 
few weeks�察�as a graduation favor or something。 
     But the idea of seeing my mother now�察�not weeks from now�察�was hard to resist。 It had been so long since 
I¨d seen Ren└e。 And even longer since I¨d seen her under pleasant circumstances。 The last time I¨d been with 
her in Phoenix�察�I¨d spent the whole time in a hospital bed。 The last time she¨d come here�察�I¨d been more or 
less catatonic。 Not exactly the best memories to leave her with。 
     And maybe�察�if she saw how happy I was with Edward�察�she would tell Charlie to ease up。 
     Edward scrutinized my face while I deliberated。 
     I sighed。 ^Not this weekend。 ̄ 
     ^Why not�拭院�
     ^I don¨t want to fight with Charlie。 Not so soon after he¨s forgiven me。 ̄ 
     His eyebrows pulled together。 ^I think this weekend is perfect�察院�he muttered。 
     I shook my head。 ^Another time。 ̄ 
     ^You aren¨t the only one who¨s been trapped in this house�察�you know。 ̄ He frowned at me。 

     Suspicion returned。 This kind of behavior was unlike him。 He was always so impossibly selfless�察�I knew it 
was making me spoiled。 
     ^You can go anywhere you want�察院�I pointed out。 
     ^The outside world holds no interest for me without you。 ̄ 
     I rolled my eyes at the hyperbole。 
     ^I¨m serious�察院�he said。 
     ^Let¨s take the outside world slowly�察�all right�拭�For example�察�we could start with a movie in Port Angeles。 。 
。 。 ̄ 
     He groaned。 ^Never mind。 We¨ll talk about it later。 ̄ 
     ^There¨s nothing left to talk about。 ̄ 
     He shrugged。 
     ^Okay�察�then�察�new subject�察院�I said。 I¨d almost forgotten my worries about this afternoon ! had that been 
his intention�拭 �What did Alice see today at lunch�拭院�
     My eyes were fixed on his face as I spoke�察�measuring his reaction。 
     His expression was composed�察�there was only the slightest hardening of his topaz eyes。 ^She¨s been 
seeing Jasper in a strange place�察�somewhere in the southwest�察�she thinks�察�near his former 。 。 。 family。 But he 
has no conscious intentions to go back。 ̄ He sighed。 ^It¨s got her worried。 ̄ 
     ^Oh。 ̄ That was nothing close to what I¨d been expecting。 But of course it made sense that Alice would be 
watching out for Jasper¨s future。 He was her soul mate�察�her true other half�察�though they weren¨t as flamboyant 
about their relationship as Rosalie and Emmett were。 ^Why didn¨t you tell me before�拭院�
     ^I didn¨t realize you¨d noticed�察院�he said。 ^It¨s probably nothing important�察�in any case。 ̄ 
     My imagination was sadly out of control。 I¨d taken a perfectly normal afternoon and twisted it until it 
looked like Edward was going out of his way to keep things from me。 I needed therapy。 
     We went downstairs to work on our homework�察�just in case Charlie showed up early。 Edward finished in 
minutes�察�I slogged laboriously through my calculus until I decided it was time to fix Charlie¨s dinner。 Edward 
helped�察�making faces every so often at the raw ingredients ! human food was mildly repulsive to him。 I made 
stroganoff from Grandma Swan¨s recipe�察�because I was sucking up。 It wasn¨t one of my favorites�察�but it 
would please Charlie。 
     Charlie seemed to already be in a good mood when he got home。 He didn¨t even go out of his way to be 
rude to Edward。 Edward excused himself from eating with us�察�as usual。 The sound of the nightly news drifted 
from the front room�察�but I doubted Edward was really watching。 
     After forcing down three helpings�察�Charlie kicked his feet up on the spare chair and folded his hands 
contentedly across his distended stomach。 
     ^That was great�察�Bells。 ̄ 
     ^I¨m glad you liked it。 How was work�拭院�He¨d been eating with too much concentration for me to make 
conversation before。 
     ^Sort of slow。 Well�察�dead slow really。 Mark and I played cards for a good part of the afternoon�察院�he 
admitted with a grin。 ^I won�察�nineteen hands to seven。 And then I was on the phone with Billy for a while。 ̄ 
     I tried to keep my expression the same。 ^How is he�拭院�
     ^Good�察�good。 His joints are bothering him a little。 ̄ 
     ^Oh。 That¨s too bad。 ̄ 
     ^Yeah。 He invited us down to visit this weekend。 He was thinking of having the Clearwaters and the Uleys 
over too。 Sort of a playoff party。 。 。 。 ̄ 
     ^Huh�察院�was my genius response。 But what could I say�拭�I knew I wouldn¨t be allowed to hit a werewolf 
party�察�even with parental supervision。 I wondered if Edward would have a problem with Charlie hanging out in 
La Push。 Or would he suppose that�察�since Charlie was mostly spending time with Billy�察�who was only human�察�
my father wouldn¨t be in danger�拭�
     I got up and piled the dishes together without looking at Charlie。 I dumped them into the sink and started 
the water。 Edward appeared silently and grabbed a dishtowel。 
     Charlie sighed and gave up for the moment�察�though I imagined he would revisit the subject when we were 
alone again。 He heaved himself to his feet and headed for the TV�察�just like every other night。 
     ^Charlie�察院�Edward said in a conversational tone。 

    Charlie stopped in the middle of his little kitchen。 ^Yeah�拭院�
    ^Did Bella ever tell you that my parents gave her airplane 
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