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3 eclipse月食-第章

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Jacob’s little smirk became a fullblown grin; and I knew he was picturing Charlie showing up to arrest 
him。 This grin was too bitter; too full of mocking to satisfy me。 This wasn’t the smile I’d been waiting to see。 
Jacob said; “Yes; sir;” and snapped a military salute before he climbed on his bike and kicked it to a start 
right there on the sidewalk。 The engine snarled and then the tires squealed as he spun it sharply around。 In a 
matter of seconds; Jacob raced out of sight。 
Mr。 Greene gnashed his teeth together while he watched the performance。 
“Mr。 Cullen; I expect you to ask your friend to refrain from trespassing again。” 
“He’s no friend of mine; Mr。 Greene; but I’ll pass along the warning。” 
Mr。 Greene pursed his lips。 Edward’s perfect grades and spotless record were clearly a factor in Mr。 
Greene’s assessment of the incident。 “I see。 If you’re worried about any trouble; I’d be happy to —” 
“There’s nothing to worry about; Mr。 Greene。 There won’t be any trouble。” 
“I hope that’s correct。 Well; then。 On to class。 You; too; Miss Swan。” 
Edward nodded; and pulled me quickly along toward the English building。 
“Do you feel well enough to go to class?” he whispered when we were past the principal。 
“Yes;” I whispered back; not quite sure if this was a lie。 
Whether I felt well or not was hardly the most important consideration。 I needed to talk to Edward right 
away; and English class wasn’t the ideal place for the conversation I had in mind。 
But with Mr。 Greene right behind us; there weren’t a lot of other options。 
We got to class a little late and took our seats quickly。 Mr。 Berty was reciting a Frost poem。 He ignored 
our entrance; refusing to let us break his rhythm。 
I yanked a blank page out of my notebook and started writing; my handwriting more illegible than normal 
thanks to my agitation。 


  What happened? Tell me everything。 And screw the protecting me crap; please。 


I shoved the note at Edward。 He sighed; and then began writing。 It took him less time than me; though he 
wrote an entire paragraph in his own personal calligraphy before he slipped the paper back。 


  Alice saw that Victoria was ing back。 I took you out of town merely as a precaution — there 
  was never a chance that she would have gotten anywhere close to you。 Emmett and Jasper very 
  nearly had her; but Victoria seems to have some instinct for evasion。 She escaped right down the 
  Quileute boundary line as if she were reading it from a map。 It didn’t help that Alice’s abilities were 
  nullified by the Quileutes’ involvement。 To be fair; the Quileutes might have had her; too; if we 
  hadn’t gotten in the way。 The big gray one thought Emmett was over the line; and he got defensive。 
  Of course Rosalie reacted to that; and everyone left the chase to protect their panions。 Carlisle 
  and Jasper got things calmed down before it got out of hand。 But by then; Victoria had slipped 
  away。 That’s everything。 


I frowned at the letters on the page。 All of them had been in on it — Emmett; Jasper; Alice; Rosalie; and 
Carlisle。 Maybe even Esme; though he hadn’t mentioned her。 And then Paul and the rest of the Quileute pack。 
It might so easily have turned into a fight; pitting my future family and my old friends against each other。 Any 
one of them could have been hurt。 I imagined the wolves would be in the most danger; but picturing tiny Alice 
next to one of the huge werewolves; fighting 。 。 。 
I shuddered。 
Carefully; I scrubbed out the entire paragraph with my eraser and then I wrote over the top: 

  What about Charlie? She could have been after him。 


Edward was shaking his head before I finished; obviously going to downplay any danger on Charlie’s 
behalf。 He held a hand out; but I ignored that and started again。 


  You can’t know that she wasn’t thinking that; because you weren’t here。 Florida was a bad idea。 


He took the paper from underneath my hand。 


  I wasn’t about to send you off alone。 With your luck; not even the black box would survive。 


That wasn’t what I’d meant at all; I hadn’t thought of going without him。 I’d meant that we should have 
stayed here together。 But I was sidetracked by his response; and a little miffed。 Like I couldn’t fly cross 
country without bringing the plane down。 Very funny。 


  So let’s say my bad luck did crash the plane。 What exactly were you going to do about it? 
  Why is the plane crashing? 


He was trying to hide a smile now。 


  The pilots are passed out drunk。 
  Easy。 I’d fly the plane。 


Of course。 I pursed my lips and tried again。 


  Both engines have exploded and we’re falling in a death spiral toward the earth。 
  I’d wait till we were close enough to the ground; get a good grip on you; kick out the wall; and 
  jump。 Then I’d run you back to the scene of the accident; and we’d stumble around like the two 
  luckiest survivors in history。 


I stared at him wordlessly。 
“What?” he whispered。 
I shook my head in awe。 “Nothing;” I mouthed。 
I scrubbed out the disconcerting conversation and wrote one more line。 


  You will tell me next time。 


I knew there would be a next time。 The pattern would continue until someone lost。 
Edward stared into my eyes for a long moment。 I wondered what my face looked like — it felt cold; so 
the blood hadn’t returned to my cheeks。 My eyelashes were still wet。 
He sighed and then nodded once。 



  Thanks。 



The paper disappeared from under my hand。 I looked up; blinkingin surprise; just as Mr。 Berty came 
down the aisle。 
“Is that something you’d like to share there; Mr。 Cullen?” 
Edward looked up innocently and held out the sheet of paper on top of his folder。 “My notes?” he asked; 
sounding confused。 

Mr。 Berty scanned the notes — no doubt a perfect transcription of his lecture — and then walked away 
frowning。 


It was later; in Calculus — my one class without Edward — that I heard the gossip。 
“My money’s on the big Indian;” someone was saying。 
I peeked up to see that Tyler; Mike; Austin; and Ben had their heads bent together; deep 
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