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.As it ended up,though, it rather made my day.I had to feel some little respect for Mike Newton; he had not simply given up andslunk away to nurse his wounds.He had more bravery than I d given him credit for.Hewas going to try again.Bella got to school quite early and, seeming intent on enjoying the sun while itlasted, sat at one of the seldom used picnic benches while she waited for the first bell toring.Her hair caught the sun in unexpected ways, giving off a reddish shine that I hadnot anticipated.Mike found her there, doodling again, and was thrilled at his good luck.It was agonizing to only be able to watch, powerless, bound to the forest sshadows by the bright sunlight.She greeted him with enough enthusiasm to make him ecstatic, and me theopposite.See, she likes me.She wouldn t smile like that if she didn t.I bet she wanted togo to the dance with me.Wonder what s so important in Seattle&© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 158He perceived the change in her hair. I never noticed before your hair has red init. I accidentally uprooted the young spruce tree my hand was resting on when hepinched a strand of her hair between his fingers. Only in the sun, she said.To my deep satisfaction, she cringed away from himslightly when he tucked the strand behind her ear.It took Mike a minute to build up his courage, wasting some time on small talk.She reminded him of the essay we all had due on Wednesday.From the faintlysmug expression on her face, hers was already done.He d forgotten altogether, and thatseverely diminished his free time.Dang stupid essay.Finally he got to the point my teeth were clenched so hard they could havepulverized granite and even then, he couldn t make himself ask the question outright. I was going to ask if you wanted to go out. Oh, she said.There was a brief silence.Oh? What does that mean? Is she going to yes? Wait I guess I didn t reallyask.He swallowed hard. Well, we could go to dinner or something& and I could work on it later. Stupid that wasn t a question either. Mike& The agony and fury of my jealousy was every whit as powerful as it had been lastweek.I broke another tree trying to hold myself here.I wanted so badly to race acrossthe campus, too fast for human eyes, and snatch her up to steal her away from the boythat I hated so much in this moment I could have kill him and enjoyed it.Would she say yes to him? I don t think that would be the best idea. I breathed again.My rigid body relaxed.Seattle was just an excuse, after all.Shouldn t have asked.What was I thinking?Bet it s that freak, Cullen&© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 159 Why? he asked sullenly. I think& she hesitated. And if you ever repeat what I m saying right now Iwill cheerfully beat you to death I laughed out loud at the sound of a death threat coming through her lips.A jayshrieked, startled, and launched itself away from me. But I think that would hurt Jessica s feelings. Jessica? What? But& Oh.Okay.I guess& So& Huh.His thoughts were no longer coherent. Really, Mike, are you blind? I echoed her sentiment.She shouldn t expect everyone to be as perceptive as shewas, but really this instance was beyond obvious.With as much trouble as Mike had hadworking himself up to ask Bella out, did he imagine it wasn t just as difficult for Jessica?It must be selfishness that made him blind to others.And Bella was so unselfish, she saweverything.Jessica.Huh.Wow.Huh. Oh, he managed to say.Bella used his confusion to make her exit. It s time for class, and I can t be late again. Mike became an unreliable viewpoint from then on.He found, as he turned theidea of Jessica around and around in his head, that he rather liked the thought of herfinding him attractive.It was second place, not as good as if Bella had felt that way.She s cute, though, I guess.Decent body.A bird in the hand&He was off then, on to new fantasies that were just as vulgar as the ones aboutBella, but now they only irritated rather than infuriated.How little he deserved eithergirl; they were almost interchangeable to him.I stayed clear of his head after that.When she was out of sight, I curled up against the cool trunk of an enormousmadrone tree and I danced from mind to mind, keeping her in sight, always glad whenAngela Weber was available to look through.I wished there was someway to thank theWeber girl for simply being a nice person.It made me feel better to think that Bella hadone friend worth having.I watched Bella s face from whichever angle I was given, and I could see that shewas sad again.This surprised me I thought the sun would be enough to keep her© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 160smiling.At lunch, I saw her glance time and time again toward the empty Cullen table,and that thrilled me.It gave me hope.Perhaps she missed me, too.She had plans to go out with the other girls I automatically planned my ownsurveillance but these plans were postponed when Mike invited Jessica out on the datehe d planned for Bella.So I went straight to her home instead, doing a quick sweep of the woods to makesure no one dangerous had wandered too close [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]
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.As it ended up,though, it rather made my day.I had to feel some little respect for Mike Newton; he had not simply given up andslunk away to nurse his wounds.He had more bravery than I d given him credit for.Hewas going to try again.Bella got to school quite early and, seeming intent on enjoying the sun while itlasted, sat at one of the seldom used picnic benches while she waited for the first bell toring.Her hair caught the sun in unexpected ways, giving off a reddish shine that I hadnot anticipated.Mike found her there, doodling again, and was thrilled at his good luck.It was agonizing to only be able to watch, powerless, bound to the forest sshadows by the bright sunlight.She greeted him with enough enthusiasm to make him ecstatic, and me theopposite.See, she likes me.She wouldn t smile like that if she didn t.I bet she wanted togo to the dance with me.Wonder what s so important in Seattle&© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 158He perceived the change in her hair. I never noticed before your hair has red init. I accidentally uprooted the young spruce tree my hand was resting on when hepinched a strand of her hair between his fingers. Only in the sun, she said.To my deep satisfaction, she cringed away from himslightly when he tucked the strand behind her ear.It took Mike a minute to build up his courage, wasting some time on small talk.She reminded him of the essay we all had due on Wednesday.From the faintlysmug expression on her face, hers was already done.He d forgotten altogether, and thatseverely diminished his free time.Dang stupid essay.Finally he got to the point my teeth were clenched so hard they could havepulverized granite and even then, he couldn t make himself ask the question outright. I was going to ask if you wanted to go out. Oh, she said.There was a brief silence.Oh? What does that mean? Is she going to yes? Wait I guess I didn t reallyask.He swallowed hard. Well, we could go to dinner or something& and I could work on it later. Stupid that wasn t a question either. Mike& The agony and fury of my jealousy was every whit as powerful as it had been lastweek.I broke another tree trying to hold myself here.I wanted so badly to race acrossthe campus, too fast for human eyes, and snatch her up to steal her away from the boythat I hated so much in this moment I could have kill him and enjoyed it.Would she say yes to him? I don t think that would be the best idea. I breathed again.My rigid body relaxed.Seattle was just an excuse, after all.Shouldn t have asked.What was I thinking?Bet it s that freak, Cullen&© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 159 Why? he asked sullenly. I think& she hesitated. And if you ever repeat what I m saying right now Iwill cheerfully beat you to death I laughed out loud at the sound of a death threat coming through her lips.A jayshrieked, startled, and launched itself away from me. But I think that would hurt Jessica s feelings. Jessica? What? But& Oh.Okay.I guess& So& Huh.His thoughts were no longer coherent. Really, Mike, are you blind? I echoed her sentiment.She shouldn t expect everyone to be as perceptive as shewas, but really this instance was beyond obvious.With as much trouble as Mike had hadworking himself up to ask Bella out, did he imagine it wasn t just as difficult for Jessica?It must be selfishness that made him blind to others.And Bella was so unselfish, she saweverything.Jessica.Huh.Wow.Huh. Oh, he managed to say.Bella used his confusion to make her exit. It s time for class, and I can t be late again. Mike became an unreliable viewpoint from then on.He found, as he turned theidea of Jessica around and around in his head, that he rather liked the thought of herfinding him attractive.It was second place, not as good as if Bella had felt that way.She s cute, though, I guess.Decent body.A bird in the hand&He was off then, on to new fantasies that were just as vulgar as the ones aboutBella, but now they only irritated rather than infuriated.How little he deserved eithergirl; they were almost interchangeable to him.I stayed clear of his head after that.When she was out of sight, I curled up against the cool trunk of an enormousmadrone tree and I danced from mind to mind, keeping her in sight, always glad whenAngela Weber was available to look through.I wished there was someway to thank theWeber girl for simply being a nice person.It made me feel better to think that Bella hadone friend worth having.I watched Bella s face from whichever angle I was given, and I could see that shewas sad again.This surprised me I thought the sun would be enough to keep her© 2008 Stephenie Meyer 160smiling.At lunch, I saw her glance time and time again toward the empty Cullen table,and that thrilled me.It gave me hope.Perhaps she missed me, too.She had plans to go out with the other girls I automatically planned my ownsurveillance but these plans were postponed when Mike invited Jessica out on the datehe d planned for Bella.So I went straight to her home instead, doing a quick sweep of the woods to makesure no one dangerous had wandered too close [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]