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  arlie to put them somewhere else, at least while i was
  living here.
  it ossible, being in this house, hat charlie had
  en over my mom. it made me unfortable.
  i didn't waoo early to school, but i 't stay in the house
  anymore. i donned my jacket — which had the feel of a biohazard suit —
  ao the rain.
  it was just drizzling still, o sh immediately as
  i reached for the house key that was always hiddehe eaves by the
  door, ahe sloshing of my erproof boots was
  unnerving. i missed the nravel as i walked. i 't
  pause aru as i wanted; i was in a hurry to get out
  of the misty wet that swirled around my head and y hair under
  my hood.
  iruck, it was nid dry. either billy or charlie had
  obviously ed it up, but the tas still smelled
  faintly of tobacco, gasoli. the eed quickly,
  to my relief, but l to life and then idling at top volume.
  well, a truck this old was bound to have a flaw. the antique radio
  lus that i haded.
  finding the s't difficult, though i'd here before.
  the school was, like ms, just off the highway. it was not
  obvious that it was a sly the sign, which declared it to be the
  fh se stop. it looked like a atg
  houses, built with maroon-colored bricks. there were so many trees and
  shrubs i 't see its size at first. where was the feel of the
  institutioalgically. where were the k fences,
  the metal detectors?
  i parked in fro building, which had a small sighe
  d front offie else arked there, so i was sure it
  was off limits, but i decided i would get direside instead of
  g around in the rai. i stepped unwillingly out of
  the toasty trud walked dowoh lih dark
  hedges. i took a deep breath bef the door.
  i was brightly lit, ahan i'd hoped. the office was
  small; a little waitih padded folding chairs, e-flecked
  ercial otid awards g the walls, a big clock
  tig loudly. plants grew everywhere iic pots, as if there
  wasn't eside. the room was half by a long
  ter, cluttered with wire baskets full of papers and brightly colored
  flyers taped to its frohree desks behier, one
  of whined by a large, red-haired wlasses. she was
  le t-shirt, which immediately made me feel overdressed.
  the red-haired woman looked up. ” i help you?”
  ”i'm isabella swan,” i informed her, ae awareness
  light her eyes. i ected, a topic of gossip no doubt. daughter of
  the chief's flighty ex-wife, e at last.
  ”of course,” she said. she dug through a precariously stacked pile of
  do her desk till she found the ones she was looking for. ”i
  have your schedule right here, and a map of the school.” she brought
  several sheets to the ter to show roe.
  she went through my e, highlightie to each
  on the map, ao have each tea, which i was to
  bring back at the end of the day. she smiled at me and hoped, like
  charlie, that i would like it here in forks. i smiled back as
  gly as i could.
  whe bay truck, other studeing to arrive.
  i drove around the school, following the liraffic. i was glad to
  see that most of the cars were older like mihing flashy. at home
  i'd lived ihe few lower-ine neighborhoods that were included
  in the paradise valley district. it was a on thing to see a new
  mercedes or pors the student lot. the car here was a shiny
  volvo, and it stood out. still, i gine as soon as i was in a
  spot, so that the thunderous volume wouldn't draw attention to me.
  i looked at the map iryi now; hopefully i
  wouldn't have to walk around with it stuy nose all day. i
  stuffed everything in my bag, slurap over my