分节阅读_50

  led — spanish had made us
  late — but there was no sign of edward or any of his family. desolation
  hit me with g strength.
  i shambled along behind jessi to pretend to listen
  anymore.
  we were late enough that everyone was already at our table. i avoided the
  empty ext to mike in favor of one by angela. i vaguely noticed
  that mike held the chair out politely for jessid that her face lit
  up in response.
  angela asked a few quiet questions about the macbeth paper, which i
  aurally as i could while spiraling downward in misery. she,
  too, io go with them tonight, and i agreed n at
  anything to distract myself.
  i realized i'd been holding on to a last shred of hope wheered
  biology, saw his empty seat, a a new wave of disappoi.
  the rest of the day passed slowly, dismally. in gym, we had a le
  the rules of badmiorture they had lined up for me. but at
  least it meant i got to sit aead of stumbling around on the
  court. the best part was the 't finish, so i got another day
  off tomorrow. hat the day after they would arm me with a
  racket before unleashihe rest of the class.
  i was glad to leave campus, so i would be free to pout and mope before i
  went out tonight with jessipany. but right after i walked in
  the door of charlie's house, jessica called to cel our plans. i tried
  to be happy that mike had asked her out to dinner — i really was relieved
  that he fio be y enthusiasm sounded
  false in my own ears. she rescheduled trip for tomorrow
  night.
  which left me with little in the way of distras. i had fish
  marinating for dih a salad a over from the night
  before, so there was nothing to do there. i spent a focused half hour on
  homework, but then i was through with that, too. i checked my e-mail,
  reading the backlog of letters from my m shey
  progressed to the present. i sighed and typed a quise.
  mom,
  sorry. i've been out. i went to the beae friends. and i had to
  er.
  my excuses athetic, so i gave up on that.
  it's sunoday - i know, i'm shocked, too - so i'm going to go
  outside and soak up as mu d as i . i love you,
  bella.
  i decided to kill an hour with non-school-related reading. i had a small
  of books that came with me to forks, the shabbiest volume
  being a pilation of the works of jae one and
  headed to the backyard, grabbing a ragged old quilt from the linen
  cupboard at the top of the stairs on my way down.
  outside in charlie's small, square yard, i folded the quilt in half and
  laid it out of the reach of the trees' shadows ohi that
  would always be slightly wet, n the sun shone. i lay on
  my st my ahe air, flipping through the different
  he b to decide whiy mi
  thhly. my favorites were pride and prejudise and
  sensibility. i'd read the first most retly, so i started into sense
  ay, only to remember after i begahe hero of
  the story happeo be named edward. angrily, i turo mansfield
  park, but the hero of that pieamed edmund, and that was just too
  close. weren't there any other names available ieenth
  tury? i she book shut, annoyed, and rolled over onto my back.
  i pushed my sleeves up as high as they would go, and y eyes. i
  would think of nothih on my skin, i told myself severely.
  the breeze was still light, but it blew tendrils of my hair around my
  fad that tickled a bit. i pulled all my hair over my head, letting
  it fan out o above me, and focused agaihat
  touched my eyelids, my y nose, my lips, my forearms, my
  neck, sh my light shirt…
  the hing i was scious of was the sound of charlie's cruiser
  turning onto the bricks of the drive in surprise, realizing
  the light was gohe trees, and i had fallen asleep. i looked
  arouhe sudde i wasn't alone.
  ”char