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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 10:47:43 GMT -6
He smiled wryly. "Joe, then. If Joe had been paying attention, the timing wouldn't have needed to be quite so exact." He shook his head, rolling his eyes. "Only you could get into trouble in a town this small. You would have devastated their crime rate statistics for a decade, you know."
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 10:50:03 GMT -6
"We were speaking of a hypothetical case," Bella reminds him.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 10:52:08 GMT -6
Edward started laughing. "Yes,we were," He agreed. "Shal we call you 'Jane'?"
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 10:55:58 GMT -6
"How did you know?" I asked, unable to curb my intensity. Suddenly realizing I was leaning towards him again.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 11:00:42 GMT -6
Edward seemed to be wavering, torn by some internal dilema. His eyes locked with Bella's. Should I just tell her the truth?"
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 11:06:14 GMT -6
"You can trust me you know," Bella murmurs. Bella reaches forward, without thinking, to touch his folded hands.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 11:10:24 GMT -6
Edward slid them away immediatly. "I don't know if I have a choice anymore." Edward says, in almost a whisper. "I was wrong -- you'remuch more observant than I gave you credit for."
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 11:11:18 GMT -6
Bella pulls her hands back and sighs, "I thought you were always right?"
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 11:23:25 GMT -6
"I used to be." He shook his head again. "I was wrong about you on one other thing, as well. You're not a magnet for accidents -- that's not a broad enough classification. You're a magnet for trouble. If there is anything dangerous within a ten-mile radious, it'll invariably find you."
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 11:27:40 GMT -6
"And you put yourself into that category?" She guesses.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 12:06:12 GMT -6
Edward's face turned cold, expressionless. "Unequivocally."
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 12:09:43 GMT -6
I stretched my hand across the table again--ignoring him when he pulled back slightly once more--to touch his hand shyly with my fingertips/ His skin was cold and hard, like a stone.
"Thank you." My voice was fervent with gratutude. "Thats twice now"
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 12:15:18 GMT -6
Edward's face softened. "Let's not try for three, agreed?" He didn't let her answer as he slid his hands out from under hers., putting them on the seat next to him. "I followed you and Danni to Port Angeles," he admitted, speaking in a rush. "I've never tried to keep a specific person alive before, and it's much more troublesome than I would have believed. But that's probably just because it's you. Ordinary people seem to make it through the day without so many catastrophes." He paused.
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Post by Bella Swan on Jun 24, 2009 12:21:35 GMT -6
I wondered if it should bother me that he was following me; instead I felt a strange surge of pleasure. He was staring at me, probably wondering why my lips curved into an involuntary smile.
"Did you ever think that maybe my number was up the first time, with the van, and that you've been interfering with fate?" I speculated.
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Post by Edward Cullen on Jun 24, 2009 12:32:23 GMT -6
"That wasn't the first time." He said, and his voice was hard to hear. He smiled a centemeter when she tarted at him. "Your number was up the first time I met you."
He looked up at her, expecting her to run out of the resteraunt. But there was no fear in her eyes. "You remember?" He asked, his face grave.
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