The weekend fast approached, with Thursday being our last real day to be with each other. I couldn't stand to let her go for the weekend, but to keep her from killing me, she had to go.

"Edward, I'll be back before you can get yourself stuck in a situation. Unless your that stupid, then that metaphor wouldn't work." Bella mused.

"I still get it." I said, snuggled against her.

"I have to leave at lunch tomorrow. Alice and Rosalie want to leave then."

I buried my face in her shirt, inhaling her sweet scent. It smelled amazing, but I couldn't place the scent. Something with lilac in it?

Bella ran her fingers through my hair, and brought my chin up to look at her. "I promise, I won't be gone longer than the three days, Edward."

"You promise?" I ask, and yawn. It was already 10:45.

"Promise. Now get some sleep. You have a test tomorrow." She kissed my forehead, and I laid down, pulling Bella with me.

"Stay with me." I said sleepily.

She laughed, and laid beside me. Again, I snuggled up beside her, clutching her shirt so she wouldn't leave, and placed my head on her stomach. Within seconds, I was asleep.

On Friday, classes sped up, even though I didn't want them to. By lunchtime, my heart was pounding so hard that I thought it was going to burst from my chest. As soon as I entered the lunchroom, my friends all stared at me, wanting to talk to me, but I went over to Bella, sitting by herself.

"Are you leaving soon?" I ask her, and she nodded.

"Don't worry about me, Edward. I'll be fine." She smiled. I felt like she was leaving me, but she'd be back.

"Alright. I can handle the weekend without you." I told myself and her.

She grinned. "That's the spirit." Bella looked up as the pixie haired girl, Alice, placed her hands on Bella's shoulders.

"Ready?" She asked, looking over to me. "You must be Edward. Bella's talked so much about you."

I blushed, for both me and her, and then the blond haired beauty, Rosalie, walked into the conversation.

"Oh, he's cute, Bella. I was right! Yes!" She pumped her fist, and Alice sighed.

"Fine, you'll get those clothes you wanted later. Bella, time to go."

"Hang on." She stood, and I stood with her. She hugged me, and I held her for a while, not wanting to let her go.

"Edward, I need to go." She said, and I sensed that she was going to lose control if I didn't let her go.

"Hurry back, please." I begged, watching as they all smiled at me, and left out the cafeteria door.

For the remainder of the lunch period, I sat alone at that table, hardly touching my food. And I'm always hungry. I couldn't go to class after that, so I decided to skip and start my weekend early.

I hopped into my cab and drove home, running inside and dialed Jackie's home number.

"Uh, hello?" She answered.

"It's me, Edward." I responded, and she perked up.

"Edward! You son of a gun, why don't you call me? I'm lonely down here!"

"Sorry. Um, do you want to hang out this weekend?"

"Would I! You need to get down here, I have a job for you."

"What's that?" I said, leaning against the wall, smiling like an idiot.

"Mm, well it's got to do with the car..."

"No way! You want to fix the car with me?" Oh, shit, I was super hyped now.

"Yeah, get your ass down here, Swan!" She chuckled.

"I'll be right there." I hung up the phone, and then headed back outside to my cab. I got in, and started the truck, heading out to La Push in the light drizzle that was now falling.

When I got there, I put the car in park and got out. Jackie came running over to me, and crushed me in a hug. "Edward, you made it!"

"Yeah, I most certainly did. I couldn't just sit at home." Though I would love to, I had to keep myself distracted.

"True. Well, come on over." She started walking over to the garage, and I followed. It was a tiny thing, more like a shed but bigger.

"Dang, that doesn't look like a car." I looked at the car that she'd told me about. It was just parts put together.

"Ah, that's where you come in. I thought you could help me rebuild it, and come back every weekend to get it done. It could be our project, you know?"

"I would love to do that, but..." I trailed off, unsure how to put my words.

"Let me guess, you've got a girlfriend. And she doesn't trust me." She rolled her eyes, and placed a hand on her hip. "Let me just tell you, you should get out of that relationship while you still can."

"I love her, Jackie. I'm not just going to dump her." I crossed my arms.

"Whatever, I'm just warning you." She shrugged, and we didn't talk for a while. Jackie started to pull apart some of the things on the car. I helped, and placed them on the floor, along with the others.

"Edward..." She tried, but then stopped. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything."

I looked up from tightening the bolts on the tires. "No, you shouldn't have. But I forgive you." I smiled, and pushed myself back, going back to tighten the bolts.

The weekend continued like this, flying by as if time had suddenly sped up. By the time we'd gotten some of the car put together, I had to go cook Charlie dinner.

"I had a lot of fun, Edward." She said, hugging me. I hugged her back, sighing. I would miss her.

"I did too. I want to do it again soon."

She watched me walk off to my cab, and smiled back when I smiled at her, starting the cab.

Then I drove off, using the fifteen minutes to think about what happened over the weekend. I'd almost forgotten that Bella wasn't here.

When I got home, I saw the familiar silver paint job, and my heart fluttered in my chest. Bella was back from her hunting trip.