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  ”i know you do,” i snapped.
  ”you don't know anything.” he was definitely mad.
  i turned my head sharply away from him, g my jaw against all the
  wild as i wao hurl at him. i gathered my books together,
  then stood ahe door. i meaically out of
  the room, but ht the toe of my boot on the door jamb and
  dropped my books. i stood there for a moment, thinking about leaving
  them. then i sighed ao pick them up. he was there; he'd already
  stacked them into a pile. he hao me, his face hard.
  ”thank you,” i said icily.
  his eyes narrowed.
  ”you're wele,” he retorted.
  i straightened up swiftly, turned away from him again, ao
  gym without looking back.
  gym was brutal. we'd moved oball. my team never passed me the
  ball, so that was good, but i fell down a lot. sometimes i took people
  with me. today i was worse than usual because my head was so filled with
  edward. i tried to trate o he kept g bato
  my thoughts just when i really needed my balance.
  it was a relief, as always, to leave. i almost rahere
  were just so maed to avoid. the truck had suffered only
  minimal damage i. i'd had to replace the taillights, and if
  i'd had a real paint job, i would have touched that up. tyler's parents
  had to sell their van for parts.
  i almost had a stroke whehe d saw a tall, dark
  figure leaning against the side of my tru i realized it was just
  eric. i started walking again.
  ”hey, eric,” i called.
  ”hi, bella.”
  ”what's up?” i said as i was unlog the door. i wasn't paying
  attention to the unfe in his voice, so his words took
  me by surprise.
  ”uh, i was just w… if you would go t dah me?”
  his voice broke o word.
  ”i thought it was girls' choice,” i said, too startled to be diplomatic.
  ”well, yeah,” he admitted, shamefaced.
  i rey posure ao make my smile warm. ”thank you for
  aski i'm goile that day.”
  ”oh,” he said. ”well, maybe ime.”
  ”sure,” i agreed, a my lip. i wouldn't want him to take that
  too literally.
  he slouched off, back toward the school. i heard a low chuckle.
  edalking past the front of my trug straight forward,
  his lips pressed together. i yahe door open and jumped inside,
  slamming it loudly behind me. i revved the engine deafeningly and
  reversed out into the aisle. edward was in his car already, two spaces
  down, sliding out smoothly in froing me off. he stopped
  there — to wait for his family; i could see the four of them walking this
  way, but still by the cafeteria. i sidered taking out the rear of his
  shiny volvo, but there were too many witnesses. i looked in my rearview
  mirror. a lio form. dired me, tyler crowley
  was ily acquired used sentra, waving. i was too aggravated to
  aowledge him.
  while i was sitting there, looking everywhere but at the front of
  me, i heard a knoy passenger side window. i looked over; it was
  tyler. i glanced ba my rearview mirror, fused. his car was still
  running, the door left open. i leaned across the cab to k the window
  down. it was stiff. i got it halfway down, then gave up.
  ”i'm sorry, tyler, i'm stud .” i was annoyed — obviously
  the holdup wasn't my fault.
  ”oh, i know — i just wao ask you something while we're trapped
  here.” he grinned.
  this ot be happening.
  ”will you ask me t dainued.
  ”i'm not goiown, tyler.” my voided a little sharp. i
  had to remember it wasn't his fault that mike and eric had already used
  up my quota of patiehe day.
  ”yeah, mike said that,” he admitted.
  ”then why —”
  he shrugged. ”i i letting him down easy.”
  okay, it letely his fault.
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