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  at must be mike on. niice family. his dad owns the
  spoods store just outside of town. he makes a good living off all
  the backpae through here.”
  ”do you know the family?” i asked hesitantly.
  ”dr. 's family? sure. dr. 's a great man.”
  ”they… the kids… are a little different. they do in very
  well at school.”
  charlie surprised me by looking angry.
  ”people in this towered. ”dr. is a brilliant surgeon
  who could probably ital in the world, make tehe
  salary he gets here,” he ued, getting louder. ”we're lucky to have
  him — lucky that his wife wao live in a small town. he's a
  to the unity, and all of those kids are olite. i
  had my doubts, whe moved in, with all those adopted
  teehought we might have some problems with them. but they're
  all very mature — i haven't had orouble from any of them.
  that's more than i say for the e folks who have lived
  in this teions. aogether the way a family
  should — g trips every other weekend… just because they're
  newers, people have to talk.”
  it was the lo speech i'd ever heard charlie make. he must feel
  strongly about e.
  i backpedaled. ”they seemed o me. i just hey kept
  to themselves. they're all very attractive,” i added, trying to be more
  entary.
  ”you should see the doctor,” charlie said, laughing. ”it's a good thing
  he's happily married. a lot of the he hospital have a hard
  time trating on their work with him around.”
  sed bato silence as we fiihe table
  while i started on the dishes. he went back to the tv, and after i
  finished washing the dishes by hand — no dishwasher — i went upstairs
  unwillingly to work on my math homework. i could feel a tradition in the
  making.
  that night it was fi. i fell asleep quickly, exhausted.
  the rest of the week was uful. i got used to the routine of my
  classes. by friday i was able t all the
  students at s, the kids on my team learo pass me
  the ball and to step qui frohe other team tried to
  take advantage of my weakness. i happily stayed out of their way.
  edward didn't e back to school.
  every day, i watxiously u of the tered the
  cafeteria without him. then i could relax and joiime
  versation. mostly it tered around a trip to the la push o park
  i mike uttiher. i was invited, and i had
  agreed to go, more out of politehan desire. beaches should be hot
  and dry.
  by friday i erfefortable entering my biology o
  longer worried that edward would be there. for all i kneed
  out of school. i tried not to think about him, but i 't totally
  suppress the worry that i onsible for his ued absence,
  ridiculous as it seemed.
  my first weekend in forks passed without i. charlie, uo
  spehe usually empty house, worked most of the weekend. i
  ed the house, got ahead on my homework, and wrote my mom more
  bogusly cheerful e-mail. i did drive to the library saturday, but it was
  so poorly stocked that i didn't bet a card; i would have to
  make a date to visit olympia or seattle soon and find a good bookstore. i
  wondered idly what kind of gas mileage the trud shuddered at
  the thought.
  the rai over the weeke, so i was able to sleep well.
  people greeted me in the parking lot m. i didn't know all
  their i waved bad smiled at everyo was colder this
  m, but happily n. in english, mike took his aed
  seat by my side. quiz hts. it was
  straightforward, very easy.
  all in all, i was feeling a lot more fortable than i had thought i
  would feel by this poiable than i had ever expected to
  feel here.
  alked out of class, the air was full bits of whi