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"Because," I looked up at him. "I can't escape prophecy. I can't cheat death."

I started walking away, but stopped a couple steps away and said, "Thank you for the gesture though. That was quite thoughtful."

Then, I left Edward behind; stupefied to speechlessness. Again.

We weren't talking.

I mean Edward and me. It's like he accidentally committed a murder, found out I saw, and then started treating me like a pariah. Boys.

Or is he?

When I tried to ask him about it on our Bio field trip a week or two ago, and our conversation was, well, I don't even know how to describe it...

Plants. I don't like them all to much. Maybe because everything I touch dies.

I looked up and saw Edward a couple paces away.

Good, now I can talk to him.

"Hey Edward," I paused and waited for him to say something. No such luck; he won't even turn around!

"Really?" I shook my head in disappointment and walked around him.

"What's in Jacksonville?" He asked as I walked.

What the futon! I wasn't anywhere near him when I was muttering to myself about Jacksonville!

Nonetheless, I kept my face calm as I asked, "How did you know about that?"

Edward paused for a moment. "You didn't answer my question."

I refrained from screaming in his face as I answered: "Well, you don't answer any of mine. You don't even say 'Hi'."

"Hi," Edward finally took a hint and said something right.

I took a deep breath before I asked him a question.

"So, are you gonna tell me how you stopped the van?"

Edward paused again. This time it was longer.

"Yeah, umm," Stalling, are we Mr. Cullen? "I had an adrenaline rush; you can Google it."

GOOGLE IT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

That excuse was so sorry, I had to walk away to avoid laughing/screaming in his face. Then again, we can't all have a career in Perfect Lies 101.

At the current moment, I was sitting in a kitchen chair, feet on the table, reading Velocity by Dean Koontz. I had just gotten to the part where a guy fell off a roof and was killed by an ugly gnome his wife made, when the phone rang.

I gave a deep sigh and put the book down. Why oh why is there such a thing as a phone book?

"Hello?"

"Bella?" Great; it's Ms. Jessica-I only-want-to-hang-around-you-for-gossip-and-popularity Stanley.

I wanted to say, 'No, it's the Loch-ness Monster,' but figured that might be a little rude, so I said, "Yeah, what's up Jess?"

"Well…" Jess started off slowly. Hmm, that's weird; for Jess anyway. "I was just wondering if…"

"Jess," I interrupted, getting a little impatient. What was up with the Olympians always beating around the bush?! "Say what you need to say. I need to cook dinner."

"Sorry," She mumbled. "IwasjustwonderingifIcouldaskMiketotheSpringFormal." (I was just wondering if I could ask Mike to the Spring Formal.)

She had spit out that last part so fast; any person who wasn't used to people talking like that wouldn't have caught it. I did though.

"Sure Jess, I won't mind," I have to admit, I wasn't surprised that she asked my permission. I knew the power I had over these boys. The look in their eyes; the way they hover around. It was strangely comforting because I was used to it, but it was still weird because they weren't the same people I was used to.

"Great!" Jess sounded genuinely happy. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the dance?"

"Yeah," I wasn't going because that night was very special and I had things to do. "Now stop talking to me and go call Mike."

"Thanks Bee!" Jess hung up.

I froze as soon as the nickname left her mouth.

"Yeah, thanks Bee," a mocking voice came from behind me. A voice I knew.

I turned around slowly and there was my best friend Jordan.

She gave me an evil smile and said, "Your time is coming Bee. You can't escape death again."

Then I fainted for real. Not because Jordan wasn't my bff anymore.

But because she was dead.

Well? Am I evil or what!

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