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  voice full of love and relief.
  she took in edward's still form on the red tiptoed to my
  bedside.
  ”he never leaves, does he?” she mumbled to herself.
  ”mom, i'm so glad to see you!”
  she bent down to hug me gently, aears falling on my
  cheeks.
  ”bella, i set!”
  ”i'm sorry, mom. but everything's fi's okay,” i forted her.
  ”i'm just glad to finally see your eyes opehe edge of my
  bed.
  i suddenly realized i didn't have a was. ”how long have
  they been closed?”
  ”it's friday, hon, you've been out for a while.”
  ”friday?” i was shocked. i tried to remember what day it had been when…
  but i didn't want to think about that.
  ”they had to keep you sedated for a while, honey — you've got a lot of
  injuries.”
  ”i know.” i could feel them.
  ”you're lucky dr. was there. he's sui… very young,
  though. and he looks more like a model than a doctor…”
  ”you met carlisle?”
  ”and edward's sister alice. she's a lovely girl.”
  ”she is,” i agreed wholeheartedly.
  she glanced over her shoulder at edward, lying with his eyes
  the chair. ”you didn't tell me you had such good friends in forks.”
  i ged, and then moaned.
  ”what hurts?” she demanded anxi bae. edward's eyes
  flashed to my face.
  ”it's fine,” i assured them. ”i just have to remember not to move.” he
  lapsed bato his phony slumber.
  i took advantage of my mother's momentary distra to keep the subject
  fr to my less-than-did behavior. ”where's phil?” i asked
  quickly.
  ”florida — oh, bella! you'll ere about to
  leave, the best news!”
  ”phil got signed?” i guessed.
  ”yes! how did you guess! the suns, you believe it?”
  ”that's great, mom,” i said as enthusiastically as i ahough
  i had little idea what that meant.
  ”and you'll like javille so much,” she gushed while i stared at her
  vatly. ”i was a little bit worried when phil started talking about
  akron, what with the shing, because you know how i hate the
  cold, but now javille! it's always sunny, ay really
  isn't that bad. we fou house, yellohite trim, and a
  porch just like in an old movie, and this huge oak tree, and it's just a
  few mihe od you'll have your own bathroom —”
  ”wait, mom!” i ied. edward still had his eyes closed, but he
  looked too teo pass as asleep. ”what are you talking about? i'm not
  going to florida. i live in forks.”
  ”but you don't have to anymore, silly,” she laughed. ”phil will be able
  to be around so muow… we've talked about it a lot, and what i'm
  going to do is trade off on the away games, half the time with you, half
  the time with him.”
  ”mom.” i hesitated, w how best to be diplomatic about this. ”i
  want to live in forks. i'm already settled in at sd i have a
  couple of girlfriends” — she glaoward edward again when i reminded
  her of friends, so i tried aion — ”and eeds me.
  he's just all alohere, and he 't cook at all.”
  ”you want to stay in forks?” she asked, bewildered. the idea was
  io her. and then her eyes flickered back toward edward.
  ”why?”
  ”i told you — school, charlie — ouch!” i'd shrugged. not a good idea.
  her hands fluttered helplessly over me, trying to fio
  pat. she made do with my forehead; it was unbandaged.
  ”bella, honey, you hate forks,” she reminded me.
  ”it's not so bad.”
  she frowned and looked bad forth between edward aime
  very deliberately.
  ”is it this boy?” she whispered.
  i opeh to lie, but her eyes were sg my fad i
  knew she would see