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  rocky shore
  again. it was low tide, and a tidal river flowed past us on its way to
  the sea. along its pebbled banks, shallow pools that ely
  draieeming with life.
  i was very ot to lean too far over the little ods. the
  others were fearless, leapihe r precariously on
  the edges. i fouable-looking ro the frihe
  largest pools aiously, spellbouural
  aquarium below me. the bouquets of brilliaed
  ceaselessly in the i, twisted shells scurried about the
  edges, the crabs withiarfish stuless to the
  rod each other, while one small black eel with white rag stripes
  wh the bright greeio return. i was
  pletely absorbed, exall part of my mind that wondered
  as doing n to imagi he would be saying
  if he were here with me.
  finally the bry, and i got up stiffly to follow them back. i
  tried to keep up better this time through the woods, so naturally i fell
  a few times. i got some shalloes on my palms, and the knees of my
  jeaai could have been worse.
  whe back to first beach, the group we'd left behind had
  multiplied. as we got closer we could see the shining, straight black
  hair and copper skin of the eehe reservation
  e to socialize.
  the food was already being passed around, and the boys hurried to claim a
  share while eritroduced us as we eatered the driftwood circle.
  angela a to arrive, and, as eries, i
  notiger boy sittiohe fire gla me
  i dowo angela, a us sandwiches
  and an array of sodas to , while a boy who looked to be the
  oldest of the visitors rattled off the he seveh
  him. all i caught was that ohe girls was also named jessid
  the boy who noticed me was named jacob.
  it was relaxing to sit with angela; she was a restful kio
  be around — she didhe o fill every sileh chatter.
  she left me free to think undisturbed while we ate. and i was thinking
  about how disjoiime seemed to flow in forks, passing in a blur at
  times, with sianding out more clearly than others. and
  theimes, every sed was signifit, et my mind. i
  kly what caused the differe disturbed me.
  during lunch the clouds started to advanking across the blue sky,
  darting in front of the suarily, g long shadows across the
  bead blag the waves. as they fiied
  to drift away in twos and threes. some walked dowhe
  waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface. others were
  gathering a sed expeditioide pools. mike — with jessica
  shadowing him — headed up to the one shop in the village. some of the
  local kids went with them; others went along ohe time
  they all had scattered, i was sitting alone on my driftwood log, with
  lauren and tyler og themselves by the cd player someone had
  thought t, aeehe reservation perd
  the g the boy named jad the oldest boy who had
  acted as spokesperson.
  a few mier ahe hikers, jatered over to
  take her place by my side. he looked fourteeeen, and had
  long, glossy black hair pulled back with a rubber band at the nape of his
  neck. his skiiful, silky a-colored; his eyes were
  dark, set deep above the high planes of his es. he still had just
  a hint of childish rou around his . altogether, a very
  pretty fay positive opinion of his looks was damaged by the
  first words out of his mouth.
  ”you're isabella swa you?”
  it was like the first day of school all ain.
  ”bella,” i sighed.
  ”i'm jacob black.” he held his hand out iure. ”you
  bought my dad's truck.”
  ”oh,” i said, relieved, shaking his sleek hand. ”you're billy's son. i
  probably should remember you.”
  ”no, i'm the you