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  s.” he smiled, and the if you don't want to be… alone
  with me, i'd still rather you didn't go to seattle by yourself. i shudder
  to thirouble you d in a city that size.”
  i was miffed. ”phoenix is three times bigger tha in
  population. in physical size —”
  ”but appareerrupted me, ”your number wasn't up in phoenix.
  so i'd rather you stayed near me.” his eyes did that unfair sm
  thing again.
  i 't argue, with the eyes or the motivation, and it was a moot
  point anyens, i don't mind beih you.”
  ”i know,” he sighed, brooding. ”you should tell charlie, though.”
  ”why in the world would i do that?”
  his eyes were suddeo give me some small i
  you back.”
  i gulped. but, after a moment of thought, i was sure. ”i think i'll take
  my ces.”
  he exhaled angrily, and looked away.
  ”let's talk about something else,” i suggested.
  ”what do you want to talk about?” he asked. he was still annoyed.
  i glanaking sure ell out of anyone's hearing. as
  i cast my eyes around the room, i caught the eyes of his sister, alice,
  starihers were looking at edward. i looked away swiftly,
  ba, ahe first thing that ind.
  ”why did you go to that goat rocks place last weekend… to hunt? charlie
  said it wasn't a good place to hike, because of bears.”
  he stared at me as if i was missihing very obvious.
  ”bears?” i gasped, and he smirked. ”you know, bears are not in season,” i
  added sternly, to hide my shock.
  ”if you read carefully, the laws ons,” he
  informed me.
  he watched my fajoyment as that slowly sank in.
  ”bears?” i repeated with difficulty.
  ”grizzly is emmett's favorite.” his voice was still offhand, but his eyes
  were sg my rea. i tried to pull myself together.
  ”hmmm,” i said, takie of pizza as ao look down. i
  chewed slowly, aook a long dri looking up.
  ”so,” i said after a moment, fiing his now-anxious gaze.
  ”what's your favorite?”
  he raised an eyebrow and the outh turned down in
  disapproval. ”mountain lion.”
  ”ah,” i said ierested tone, looking for my soda again.
  ”of course,” he said, and his tone mirrored mio be careful
  not to impaviroh injuditio focus
  oh aio as far away as we
  here's allenty of deer ahey'll do, but
  where's the fun in that?” he smiled teasingly.
  ”where indeed,” i murmured aroue of pizza.
  ”early spri's favorite bear season — they're just ing out
  of hibernation, so they're more irritable.” he smiled at some remembered
  joke.
  ”nothihan an irritated grizzly bear,” i agreed, nodding.
  he snickered, shakiell me what you're really thinking,
  please.”
  ”i'm trying to picture it — but i 't,” i admitted. ”how do you hunt a
  bear without ons?”
  ”oh, ons.” he flashed his bright teeth in a brief,
  threatening smile. i fought back a shiver before it e.
  ”just hey sider when writing hunting laws. if you've
  ever seea television, you should be able to visualize
  emmett hunting.”
  i 't stop the flashed down my spine. i peeked
  across the cafeteria toward emmett, grateful that he wasn't looking my
  way. the thiuscle that ed his arms and torso were
  somehow even more menaow.
  edward followed my gaze aared at him, unnerved.
  ”are you like a bear, too?” i asked in a low voice.
  ”more like the lion, or so they tell me,” he said lightly. ”perhaps our
  preferen