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  as. ime es down to see billy, i'll e,
  too,” i promised.
  his griched across his face. ”that would be cool.”
  ”and thanks,” i added early.
  i pulled up my hood as ed across the rocks toarking
  lot. a few drinning to fall, making black spots oones
  where they la to the suburbahers were already
  loadihing ba. i to the backseat by angela and
  tyler, announg that i'd already had my turgun position.
  a stared out the window at the esg storm, and lauren
  twisted around in the middle seat to occupy tyler's attention, so i could
  simply lay my head ba the seat and y eyes and try very hard
  not to think.
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  7. nightmare
  i told charlie i had a lot of homework to do, and that i didn't want
  anythihere was a basketball game on that he was excited
  about, though of course i had ecial about it, so he
  wasn't aware of anything unusual ione.
  on my room, i locked the d through my desk until i found
  my old headphones, and i plugged them into my little cd player. i picked
  up a cd that phil had given to me for christmas. it was one of his
  favorite bands, but they used a little too mud shrieking for my
  tastes. i popped it into plad lay dow on the
  headpho play, ahe volume until it hurt my ears. i
  y eyes, but the light still intruded, so i added a pillow over
  the top half of my face.
  i trated very carefully oryihe
  lyriravel the plicated drum patterime i'd
  listehrough the ew all the words to the choruses, at least.
  i rised to find that i really did like the band after all, once i
  got past the blaring noise. i'd have to thank phil again.
  and it worked. the shatteris made it impossible for me to think —
  hole purpose of the exercise. i listehe
  and again, until i was singing along with all the songs, until, finally,
  i fell asleep.
  i opeo a familiar place. aware in some y
  ess that i was dreaming, i reized the green light of the
  forest. i could hear the waves g against the roewhere
  nearby. a if i found the o, i'd be able to see the sun.
  i was trying to follow the sound, but then jacob black was there, tugging
  on my hand, pullioward the blackest part of the forest.
  ”jacob? what's wrong?” i asked. his face was frightened as he yah
  all his strength agaian't want to go into the dark.
  ”run, bella, you have to run!” he whispered, terrified.
  ”this way, bella!” i reike's voig out of the gloomy
  heart of the trees, but i 't see him.
  ”why?” i asked, still pulling against jacob's grasp, desperate now to
  find the sun.
  but jay hand and yelped, suddenly shaking, falling to the
  dim forest floor. he twit the ground as i wat horror.
  ”jacob!” i screamed. but he was gone. in his place was a large red-brown
  wolf with black eyes. the wolf faced away from me, pointing toward the
  shore, the hair on the back of his sh, low growls
  issuiween his exposed fangs.
  ”bella, run!” mike cried out again from behi i didn't turn. i
  was watg a light e from the beach.
  aepped out from the trees, his skin faintly glowing, his
  eyes blagerous. he held up one hand ao e to
  him. the wolf growled at my feet.
  i took a step forard. he smiled then, ah were
  sharp, pointed.
  ”trust me,” he purred.
  i took aep.
  the wolf launched himself across the spa me and the vampire,
  fangs aiming fular.
  ”no!” i screamed, wreng upright out of my bed.
  my sudde caused the headphoo pull the cd player off the
  bedside table, and it clattered to the wooden floor.
  my light was st