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  , and mine around his neck.
  ”look, jaow billy probably wohis, but just so you
  know” — he looked at me n to the ness in my
  voice — ”edward really did save my life. if it weren't for edward and his
  father, i'd be dead.”
  ”i know,” he claimed, but he sounded like my sincere words had affected
  him some. maybe he'd be able to uch, at least.
  ”hey, i'm sorry you had to e do this, jacob,” i apologized. ”at any
  rate, you get yht?”
  ”yeah,” he muttered. he was still looking aset.
  ”there's more?” i asked in disbelief.
  ”fet it,” he mumbled, ”i'll get a job ahe money myself.”
  i glared at him u my gaze. ”just spit it out, jacob.”
  ”it's so bad.”
  ”i don't care. tell me,” i insisted.
  ”okay… but, geez, this sounds bad.” he shook his head. ”he said to tell
  you, no, to warn you, that — and this is his plural, not mine” — he
  lifted one hand from my waist ale quotations marks in the air
  — '”we'll be watg.'” he watched warily for my rea.
  it souhing from a mafia movie. i laughed out loud.
  ”sorry you had to do this, jake,” i snickered.
  ”i don't mind that much.” he grinned in relief. his eyes raising
  as they raked quiy dress. ”so, should i tell him you said to
  butt the hell out?” he asked hopefully.
  ”no,” i sighed. ”tell him i said thanks. i know he means well.”
  the song ended, and i dropped my arms.
  his haed at my waist, and he gla my bum leg. ”do you
  want to dan? or i help you get somewhere?”
  edward answered for me. ”that's all right, jacob. i'll take it from here.”
  jad stared wide-eyed at edward, who stood just beside us.
  ”hey, i didhere,” he mumbled. ”i guess i'll see you around,
  bella.” he stepped bag halfheartedly.
  i smiled. ”yeah, i'll see you later.”
  ”sorry,” he said agaiurhe door.
  edward's arms wound arouhe so was a little
  up-tempo for slow dang, but that dido . i leaned
  my head against his tent.
  ”feelieased.
  ”not really,” he said tersely.
  ”do billy,” i sighed. ”he just worries about me for
  charlie's sake. it's nothing personal.”
  ”i'm not mad at billy,” he corre a clipped voice. ”but his son is
  irritating me.”
  i pulled ba. his face was very serious.
  ”why?”
  ”first of all, he made me break my promise.”
  i stared at him in .
  he half-smiled. ”i promised i would go of you tonight,” he
  explained.
  ”oh. well, i five you.”
  ”thanks. but there's something else.” edward frowned.
  i atiently.
  ”he called you pretty,” he finally ued, his frown deepening.
  ”that's practi insult, the way yht now. you're much
  more thaiful.”
  i laughed. ”you might be a little biased.”
  ”i don't think that's it. besides, i have ext eyesight.”
  irling agai on his as he held me close.
  ”soihe reason for all of this?” i wondered.
  he looked down at me, fused, and i glared meaningfully at the crepe
  paper.
  he sidered for a moment, and theion, spinning me
  through the crowd to the ba. i caught a glimpse of
  jessid mike dang, staring at me curiously. jessica waved, and i
  smiled back quigela was there, too, looking blissfully happy in
  the arms of little ben ey; she didn't look up from his eyes, a head
  lower than hers. lee and samantha, lauren, glaring toward us, with
  er; i e every face that spiraled past me. and then we were
  outdoors, in the c