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  swiftly on their way.
  jasper mao inspicuously close the door behind them.
  ”e be playing?” i demanded.
  ”you will be watg,” edward clarified. ”we will be playing baseball.”
  i rolled my eyes. ”vampires like baseball?”
  ”it's the ameri pastime,” he said with monity.
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  17. the game
  it was just beginning to drizzle wheuro my street. up
  until that moment, i'd had no doubt that he'd be staying with me while i
  speerim hours in the real world.
  ahe black car, a weathered ford, parked in charlie's
  driveway — ater something unintelligible in a low,
  harsh voice.
  leaning away from the raihe shallow front porch, jacob black
  stood behind his father's wheelchair. billy's face assive as stone
  as edarked my trust the curb. jacob stared down, his
  expression mortified.
  edward's low voice was furious. ”this is g the line.”
  ”he came to warn charlie?” i guessed, more horrified than angry.
  edward just nodded, answering billy's gaze through the rain with narrowed
  eyes.
  i felt weak with relief that charlie wasn't home yet.
  ”let me deal with this,” i suggested. edward's black glare made me
  anxious.
  to my surprise, he agreed. ”that's probably best. be careful, though. the
  child has no idea.”
  i bridled a little at the word child. ”jauger
  than i am,” i reminded him.
  he looked at me then, his aly fading. ”oh, i know,” he assured
  me with a grin.
  i sighed and put my hand on the door handle.
  ”get them ied, ”so i leave. i'll be bad
  dusk.”
  ”do you want my trueanwhile w how i would
  explaio charlie.
  he rolled his eyes. ”i could walk home faster than this truck moves.”
  ”you don't have to leave,” i said wistfully.
  he smiled at my glum expression. ”actually, i det rid of
  them” — he threw a dark glahe blacks' dire — ”you still have
  to prepare eet your new boyfriend.” he grinned widely,
  showing all of his teeth.
  i groahanks a lot.”
  he smiled the ile that i loved. ”i'll be ba,” he
  promised. his eyes flickered back to the pord theo
  swiftly kiss me just uhe edge of my jaw. my heart lurched
  frantid i, too, glaoorch. billy's fao
  longer impassive, and his hands clutched at the armrests of his chair.
  ”soon,” i stressed as i opehe door ao the rain.
  i could feel his eyes on my back as i half-ran through the light sprinkle
  toorch.
  ”hey, billy. hi, jacob.” i greeted them as cheerfully as i anage.
  ”charlie's gohe day — i hope you haveing long.”
  ”not long,” billy said ione. his black eyes were pierg.
  ”i just wa this up.” he indicated a broer sag
  in his lap.
  ”thanks,” i said, though i had could be. ”why don't you
  inute and dry off?”
  i preteo be oblivious to his iiny as i uhe
  door, ahem in ahead of me.
  ”here, let me take that,” i offered, turning to shut the door. i allowed
  myself o gla edaitiill, his
  eyes solemn.
  ”you'll ut it in the fridge,” billy noted as he hahe
  package. ”it's some of harry clearwater's homemade fish fry — charlie's
  favorite. the fridge keeps it drier.” he shrugged.
  ”thaed, but with feeling this time. ”i was running out of
  o fix fish, and he's b hht.”
  ”fishing again?” billy asked with a subtle gleam in his eye. ”down at the
  usual spot? maybe i'll run by and s