*Disclaimer* hello, everyone! happy summertime!

I know i left a cliff at the end of the last chapter, but i didn't quite work out what happened in the main room after the whole 'umm, yeah, Aro killed your wife, marcus...' and you aren't going to find out for a little while...

sorry! it is going to be a really awesome ending! we are getting very close to the end, and i still have no idea what to name the next one...but it'll come to me eventually :)

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This Verdict So Does Not Work!

I can't really be sure if there was chaos or not following the dropping of wife bomb. I'm assuming there was quite a bit. Maybe Aro even got punched in the face or had an arm ripped off. Well, one can only hope that happened.

Edward and Alice shared panicked looks at one another, grabbed my arms, and took off as fast as they could to the room where Gianna was still sitting, looking bored. I couldn't help but feeling a little happy, despite the fact that I'd recently discovered I can read minds, sold my soul to the Volturi, and Edward somehow thinks that I don't care about him anymore. Well, he's only halfway right.

I care about him, but I'm still completely furious at him for leaving me! And, when you think about it, technically he left me twice. The second time was when he didn't jump in the water after me. Just thinking about all of that now was making me angry.

"Bella! Hey, Bella!" Who's calling me now? No one I know is that happy right now…Oh. My. God.

"Who is that?" Edward looked confused, which was becoming the norm for him since Alice and I arrived in Italy. Jeez, was that only a few hours ago? Damn, I need a vacation after this.

"Isn't that the—" Alice started, but the rest of the group that was following the one person who knew me suddenly entered in with her. "Girl from the plane that threatened you?" She whispered the rest.

Sure enough, it was! She was waving at me, Edward, and Alice from across the room, where a very model-esque vampire was leading them closer to the door I just exited from. They probably shouldn't go in there just yet if the screaming is any clue to what's going on. "It sure is…that little liar told me she wouldn't be coming to Volterra anytime soon! What was her name, Britney?"

"Yep, and she's now up a creek without a paddle…"

"Wait, what?" I turned back towards Alice, who nodded back towards the group.

"Think about it. What did we happen upon in the book right as we left the Volturi?"

I'm such an idiot. I forgot about the people going in there to die! Crap it! "Oh, God."

"Yeah."

"This is not good."

"Definitely not."

"What are we going to do?" I looked around the room and spotted Demetri, Alec, and Felix all hanging around us, plus that girl who led them all down here. "I guess we're winging it, then." I shot out of my seat, much to the surprise of Edward, who, while trying to keep up with our conversation, started rubbing his temples in frustration. Alice followed quickly after me.

"Bella, what the heck do you think you're doing? You're going to get us all killed, if that last stunt of yours didn't already seal the deal!"

"Shut up, I know what I'm doing." I growled. Seriously, how much more trouble could I get into? I marched my way over to the group and pulled Britney out of the crowd. "What the hell do you think you're doing here? Do you have some sort of death wish?"

Edward, I noticed had joined us, and was looking even more confused than ever since I was yelling at some random pre-teen. "No! You told me, remember? Back on the plane, you told me if I wanted to become a vampire so badly I should just ask Aro to turn me myself, so that's what I decided to do!" This little girl needs to have a reality check, stat.

"No, listen to me. You don't want to be in this world with people, things, like Aro around. You need to get out of here right now." Out of nowhere, Edward jerked me back in his arms. "Hey, let me go! Edward, what are you doing to me?"

"Shhhh…" He whispered in my ear and turned me around to see what was going on. And for the second time today, ladies and gentlemen, I, whatever my name is, caused chaos to break out in the Volturi's lair. I should get an award for this the way I'm going.

People were panicking and running back towards the doors they came from, but Heidi quickly shut them before anyone could escape. "Welcome back, Heidi. Inopportune timing, I'm afraid." Demetri said pleasantly enough. "I'm very sorry ladies and gentlemen for the outburst of one of guests. She's obviously very disturbed and cannot be taken seriously at all. As you can tell, we are simply entertaining you with a tour of the lovely castle. Now, please, if you could form a single file line as you were before."

The people cast me sideways looks, but did as Demetri instructed. I wanted to call out to them to run as fast as they could, but I know it would do no good. They were all pretty much as doomed as I was. Heidi slinked over to Demetri. Okay, he definitely is not gay like I thought he was. "Demetri, you're so good at calming down a crowd. No wonder Aro keeps you around…Aren't you coming?"

"In a minute. Save a few for me." Demetri's eyes were set on the group of us standing away from the nicely formed line. The doors to the Volturi's room swung open, and I couldn't initially see anything out of order except the stairs that broke when Edward was flung onto them by Felix.

I simply couldn't help myself in sending a glare his way. He'd moved in next to Demetri, along with Alec. She's only human. She can't hurt you. She's only human. I can't believe she attacked me like that. Am I really not as bad-ass as I keep telling myself? No, she's only human. She can't hurt you. Whoa, I can hear thoughts again. They were gone for a minute, but now they're back full force. Wow, Felix is a baby.

I felt Edward tense behind me when we heard Aro call, "Welcome, guests! Welcome to Volterra!" The only good thing coming from his greeting was that he sounded very much out of breath and hurried. I wish I knew what happened with Marcus after we were shuffled out of the room.

I didn't register that the line was moving, along with Britney, closer to Aro's beckoning voice until it was almost too late. I grabbed Britney before they could close the doors on the group. "NO! Please, they're completely innocent! They shouldn't have to die for this." I tried looking Demetri in his glowing red eyes, but I saw that they held no real sympathy for the people about to be eaten. "Can't I make a trade? Another 100 years with the Volturi for the lives of those people? Please."

Demetri's gaze did not soften. His voice was robotic. "I'm afraid if I were not them, it would be some other people that would be just as innocent. This is your only warning, Miss Swan. We are vampires. This is what we do. What we are meant to do. Your encounter with the Cullens is unique, and luckily for you, they choose to shy away from their true nature. We do not shy away from anything here, let alone an inconsequential human girl who needs to learn the true way of the world."

I held back the tears I could feel brimming at the surface, and faced Demetri again. "I'm just trying to do the right thing." Alice looked like she was about to go ape shit on Demetri. And I thought I had anger issues. I did tell Alice she was welcome to join in anger management classes with me and the rest of the wolves…

Demetri made a sudden move and had Britney in his arms within a second, and not in a good way like I was with Edward at the moment. Oh, hell no! She can't die now!

Edward held me back when I lunged for him. "Let her go! No, she's just a kid! I mean it, Demetri. Let. Her. Go."

"She's a human. She came here of her own accord, and she will suffer the consequences." She was shaking in his cold, tight grip, and I could see the tears rolling down her face. Edward, please help me! We both heard her thoughts scream to him.

"Wait, Demetri let this one go. She shouldn't be harmed." Wait a minute, Alec? Really? He looked like a nervous teenager, twiddling his thumbs together while he stood up to Demetri. "We should let her go with Edward and Bella and Alice. She has no place here, and I do believe that Bella is right in that Britney is much too young to die here. She should go back to her family where she belongs."

An angel like her should not be surrounded with monsters like us. Demetri was wrong about the Cullens. They aren't doing anything wrong. I wish I could do what they do.

Oh my damn, he's talking like Edward did back when…before he and I…when he tried to get me to stay away from him! "Oh my God, he loves her!" Shit, I said that out loud before I could stop myself. Wow, this is going awkward quickly.

"And I think it's time we took Bella home and Britney back to her family. Don't you think so, Alice?" Edward desperately tried to salvage some sanity from this situation. Let me tell you something, Edward, sanity went out the window the second I popped into this story. Edward pulled Britney away from Demetri, who put up no fight whatsoever. She, like most of us, couldn't take her eyes off of Alec, who was staring very pointedly at the ground.

Aw, he's embarrassed! It's kind of cute in a really pathetic way.

"I agree, we'll find cover somewhere else. Come on, Bella. You too, Britney." Alice gently led the shocked girl towards the exit, and, thankfully not one of the Volturi vampires made any movements. Alec looked like he would be standing in that same spot for a long time, and I have a feeling I do not want to be around here when he snaps out of it.

I nodded at Edward, who threw me on his back and sprinted at vampire speed out of the Volturi's lair with Alice right at our heels.

…

"Are you all right?" Edward asked me for the umpteenth millionth time since we took off out of Volterra an hour ago.

"I'm fine. Another coke, please." I asked the flight attendant. It would be my sixth. Oh well, the longer I put off sleep, the longer I keep out the nightmares. Plus, I'll have to go to the bathroom soon, which means I get a five minute break from Edward asking if I'm okay.

"Are you sure? You don't look fine."

"Edward," I snapped at him, "I said I was fine. In fact, I'm better than fine. I'm average. Give it a rest, will you?" I instantly regretted my harsh tone when Edward looked particularly broody after I snapped at him. I'd yet to tell him that he needn't worry about me having forgotten about him or somehow fallen out of love with him during his absence, but I just didn't think it would be appropriate in a car with a crying pre-teen, in a crowded airport, or on a tiny plane with other passengers able to eavesdrop on our conversation. Not to mention Alice kept flipping out over everything that happened today at Volterra, so I was pretty occupied.

Besides, I'm not even sure how I'm going to make him suffer because of everything he's done to me. I mean, sure I love him, but I'm not sure if that is going to be enough for me to get over how much he hurt me. And besides, he left me twice before actually ever finding out if I was dead or not!

Aw, hell. I give up. I think I'll just wing it when we actually get a moment to talk about it.

Damn it, this coke is not working. Every time I blink it feels like my eye lids have a harder time opening back up. Without even realizing it, I leaned against Edward shoulder and fell asleep for a little while. As in, I slept until we hit the airport we were making a layover in. I woke up to Edward pushing the hair that had fallen over my face away. "You look so tired."

I groaned when I saw that we were going to have to move or otherwise fly back to Italy. "Fatigue is a general side effect when traveling across the world and saving your ex-boyfriend from killing himself without getting any sleep whatsoever. And besides, you look thirsty."

His eyes were totally black and he had those weird bruises under his eyes. I bet he hasn't hunted in at least two weeks if not more. "It's nothing."

"It's not nothing, and as the only responsible person here, I will be sleeping on Alice on the next plane." Except I really don't want to…mainly because she wouldn't shut up about the next time she was going to see Jasper, and how he was going to ravage her because he would be so glad she made it back safely.

Edward saw my reluctance, and grinned. "Don't be ridiculous. I've never been in better control of that side of my nature than right now." To prove his point, he picked me up and carried me through whatever airport we were in all the way to our other plane. I almost fell asleep in his arms again, but I was awakened by the vibrating in my pocket. Damn phone, ruin my perfect nap moment why don't you!

I didn't bother checking the number before I answered. Big mistake. "Hello?"

"SARAH ANN STILES, YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE, YOUNG LADY! YOU ARE GOING TO THINK YOURSELF LUCKY IF YOU EVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY EVER AGAIN!"

Oh, sweet Jesus. "Hello, mother."

"Do not 'hello, mother' me like this is no big deal! I received a call from your uncle yesterday saying that you decided to take a trip to Italy of all places in the middle of the school year without even bothering to ask permission. AND WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT HE WASN'T EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE DOING!" Mom was seriously going into hysterics. "YOU ARE SO LUCKY I HAVEN'T TOLD YOUR FATHER ABOUT THIS OR YOU WOULD BE ON THE FIRST PLANE BACK TO LOUISVILLE BEFORE YOU COULD SAY TWILIGHT!"

That caught both Edward's and Alice's attention, which had been previously occupied elsewhere. I think Edward was simply staring at me with that really intense look that he gets when he thinks about how much he missed me. I noticed those a lot on the plane ride to wherever we are. "Mom, just calm down. I'm perfectly safe with Ethan and Allison where we are. I'm on my way back to Forks as we speak, okay? There was just some really big drama going on and I had to go sort it out. I'm really sorry for not telling you, I wasn't really thinking much when we were on our way." I am so going to kill Ava when I get back. I thought she was going to fix all of this for me!

I wasn't exactly specific on who she was supposed to keep calm about the situation, but I thought that my parents were obvious and didn't need to be mentioned! "Sarah, I've barely heard from you in months because you've been so down in the dumps after the Callums moved away, and now I hear of you running off to Italy out of nowhere! This just isn't like you at all!"

Great, even my mother a thousand miles away could pick up on the fact that I was depressed. I'm not as good as hiding it as I thought. "I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't realize I was actually that bad, but I'm working on it. I have a feeling it's going to get a lot better soon." I tried to peek up at Edward without him noticing, but I found he was already looking at me when I did. He grinned as he caught my meaning, which made me turn away quickly to hide my darn blush. I can calmly say that I did not miss that while he was gone.

"I certainly hope so missy! Because you're going to have a lot of time to think about what you've done to me! I talked it over with your uncle and we agreed that you are goin to be grounded for at least a month, if not all the way until graduation. And I don't want to hear any arguments from you about it because you know you deserve this."

"You're right."

"I told you not to argue—wait, what did you say?"

I coughed to cover up my laugh. Oh, mommy you have so much to learn. "I said that you are right. I do deserve this, and I will serve it without any complaints." Silence on the other end. For a second, I thought I'd lost the call, but eventually she regained her composure.

"What did you do in Italy? We you buying drugs or something?"

"Oh no, I was saving my vampire boyfriend who left me from thinking that I was dead after I jumped off a cliff while being too impatient to wait for my best friend who happens to be a werewolf. Oh, and I met a bunch of other vampires in Volterra and they want me to turn into a vampire too." What? I figured the truth would honestly be the last thing she would believe.

Alice and Edward both stared at me like I'd completely lost it. Does no one have any faith in me? "The way things have been going with you lately, I'm inclined to believe you. But, then again, I met Ethan and Allison and they do not seem the vampire types. Ethan doesn't really seem the suicide type like Edward is, either." Edward made quite the funny face then, but I couldn't help but laughing. Mom was way off base about him and what he would do for me, but I wasn't about to tell her otherwise.

"Right…listen, Mom, I have to go. We're about to board a plane. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"You better. Goodbye, Sarah."

"Bye, Mom." I snapped my phone shut. Good grief, my mother can be terrifying on her best day. If I wasn't so freaking exhausted, I would probably be more upset about the whole grounding thing, but then again, I totally saw it coming. Alice must have because she's laughing her head off right next to me now, gaining all sorts of weird looks from the other people in the airport. "Alice, shut the heck up! People are staring. Think about Jasper or Porsches or something!" Her eyes suddenly got that far off look to them and a goofy grin on her face. Ugh, she's probably thinking of what she and Jasper can do in that poor Porsche.

I think I'm going to be sick! "I want one of those yellow Porsches now! I don't think I'm going to be able to wait until Christmas. It was so fabulous…"

"Alice, you're drooling."

She didn't have time to retaliate before we were all called to board the plane heading for home. Edward had to carry me onto the plane because I could hardly stand, I was so exhausted. I didn't want to fall asleep again because it meant I would have more guilty nightmares that I couldn't save more people in the Volturi's place. "You can sleep now, Bella."

"No, I don't want to!" I sound like such a three-year-old.

"You sound more stubborn than ever."

"Damn straight." I fell asleep two seconds later. I thought I heard Edward chuckle next to me, but it was covered by the sound of screams echoing through my mind. Images of vampires with blood dripping down their mouths and Marcus ripping Aro apart were two of the main things going on. Something stopped my nightmare before things got too horrifying. Britney and Alec were off in a corner of the room, curled in each other's arms. It was just so darn cute and it reminded me of the early days with Edward.

Then my dream completely transitioned to me in the meadow with Edward waiting for me. Just like the first day we went however long ago that was, he looked so nervous and anxious at the same time. "Do you forgive me?"

"Attention passengers, we are now descending into Port Angeles Airport." I jolted awake, not answering Edward in my dreams. Apparently, I'm so nervous about talking to him in real life, I can't even do it in my dream!

"Are you—" Edward started, but I cut him off.

"Please, for the love of God, do not ask me again if I am alright! I am most definitely not alright and I'm not really sure why at this point! I'm all sorts of tired, conflicted, and confused at this point, and I don't see it getting any better in the upcoming future!" Wow, I am a crazy person. Lucky for me, there weren't very many people on this particular plane.

"I was just going to ask if you were going to be able to walk." He mumbled sadly. I'm not very good at this anymore! I can't talk to him at all without snapping or yelling, which is definitely not a good sign.

"Oh. Sorry. I think I can manage on my own." Like I have been for the past few months, I wanted to add, but with the way I've been going with Edward, I didn't think I should add that if I wanted to get back into a normal groove with him.

None of us said anything else as we made our way through the airport. I just couldn't think of anything to say to Edward, who seemed to be in the same predicament with me, and Alice just kept scanning the crowds by the doors. She finally took off running when she caught a glimpse of Jasper. They are just so cute together! Just watching them, I find that I really missed Jasper despite the fact he wanted to eat me. I'm careful around him, but I missed his silent nature a little compared to Alice's loudness.

Carlisle and Esme were waiting for us too. Esme made a mad dash for me as soon as we were close enough. Man, I really missed her too! She wrapped me in a tight hug, and pulled Edward in with us. "Thank you so much, Bella."

"It was a pleasure, Esme." Aw, man! How is it possible that I'm crying right now? "I mean, not a pleasure of course, I just thought I had to and—"

Esme smiled sweetly at me. I think she missed me too. "I know, sweetie, we missed you too. And you," I thought she might rip Edward's head off in the middle of this airport, "you will never put me through that again."

Edward hung his head, but I could see that he was grinning. "Sorry, Mom."

"Thank you, Bella," Carlisle gave me a hug as well, "We owe you."

"Consider it payback for saving me last year with James. Plus, the world just wouldn't be as bright without Edward's wit and broody nature, would it?" Carlisle and Jasper both patted me on the back affectionately, and Edward threw me a crooked smile. Okay, maybe that gap that I thought was between us isn't quite as big as I thought.

As soon as I saw Ava with Angel outside by their car, I took off to give her a hug. She met me as soon as I took off because of that darn vampire speed. "BELLLLAAAA! Jesus, do not ever make me that worried about you again!"

"Sorry, Mom." Edward grinned at me again. Esme and Ava sounded startlingly alike, so I couldn't really help myself. "Oh, and thanks for all the help in making sure no one was worrying about me. I just received a wonderful call from my mother about how angry she was at me."

"Hey, hey, hey! You just told me to make your uncle and sue not worry about you. And to turn in your college applications, which I did by the way."

"Oh, I guess I did. Well, thank you for everything. Have you heard anything from the wolves lately?" I said low so Edward wouldn't be too upset if he was actually listening.

Ava looked towards Angel. They definitely know something, and they aren't going to tell me? I narrowed my eyes at Angel, hoping he would crack under the pressure faster than Ava would. "Do you mean the pack in general or just Jake?"

"Both. Come on, spill already."

"Oh, my God! I didn't tell you what Rosalie did! She totally—"

My temper flared unexpectedly. "I don't care about Rosalie right now, just tell me what happened after I left!" Something very very strange happened then. Ava's eyes completely glazed over, and she immediately let go of me, but that didn't make her blink back into focus.

"Jacob won't stop calling your house to see if you're home yet, and he's managed to keep the books and movies away from the rest of the pack. Rosalie called Edward while he was on his way to Italy and told him to get over you by going out with one of the Denali sisters, which was really stupid of her to say in the situation, so now Edward's really pissed at her and you are going to have to ride with them because Rosalie wants to apologize for how much of a bitch she acted like, but I don't think you should forgive her because she was a really huge bitch and I'm still insanely mad at her." Sweet Jesus, did I just persuade her to tell me everything? Okay, that seriously rocks! First, I read minds (only on occasion, because I can't anymore). And now I can persuade people too! "Holy crap, what the hell did you just do?" Uh-oh, angry vampire!

"Nothing. Come on, Edward, according to Ava we're riding with Rosalie and EMMETT!" I think I missed Emmett the most out of all the Cullens. I missed his stupid antics and the way that Ava and him argue all the time, and even if I might have to beat him up if he makes a bunch of sex jokes after Edward and I get married, I'll still regard him as my absolute favorite out of the Cullen vampires. Except for Edward, of course.

He ran up to me just like Ava did, and twirled me around in his arms. "Hey, Bella! Damn, you haven't changed a bit over the past couple of months."

"Really? I think you've changed a lot. You look a lot less imposing and scary than usual." Emmett started to say something in response, but we were cut off by a very loud snarl. Edward was getting scolded by Esme yet again, so I went over and rescued him from her. "Come on, Edward. It won't be so bad." Heck, I'm not even mad at Rosalie. She was just trying to help him, but in her own insensitive way.

Emmett and Rosalie were already in the front seat, and I started to fall asleep on Edward's chest in the back as soon as the ignition was turned on. "Edward," Rosalie started.

"I know."

"Bella?" Whoa, Rosalie is talking to me? Amazing!

"Umhmm?" Jeez, I'm tired. Hurry me home so I can sleep!

"I'm so very sorry, Bella. I feel wretched about every part of this, and so grateful that you were brave enough to go save my brother. I understand now that he can truly be with no one other than you. Please say you'll forgive me."

"Sure, sure, Rosalie, no problem. You were just trying to help him. I would have preferred him going out with one of the Denali sisters if I were dead, than getting himself killed." I thought I sounded clear.

Emmett laughed at me anyway. "It doesn't count until she's conscious, Rose."

"I am totally conscious!"

"Let her sleep." Yeah, tell them Edward! His chest is quite the comfy pillow.

Okay, I might have been dreaming this, but I heard the conversation that was going on in the car on the hour-long drive home. "Dude, we all missed her. Like seriously, I don't think a single one of us can say our family is complete without her, even Rose. Right, Rose?"

She laughed. "Yes, Emmett. She seems to keep up all so happy nowadays. I've even started warming up to her friend, too."

Edward hadn't said anything. I'm guessing he's not feeling too great right now. Even Rosalie is telling him how stupid he was for leaving. "Congratulations, Rosalie." Jeez, he's in his broody mood. What's wrong with him now? Is he as nervous as I am about talking to him about this?

"Dude, what's your problem? You didn't die and you've got the girl of your dreams back. There is literally nothing for you to be brooding about."

"Emmett, she lied to us." Oh, shit.

He sounded quite surprised. "About what? She already told us her real name! What else could there be?"

"From what I heard in Aro's mind in Volterra, there is more than one book. And there are more movies." Damn you, Aro!

"No way! That's awesome!" I never got to hear anymore of Emmett's thoughts on the matter, thank goodness, because we pulled into my driveway then. It was not a pretty sight.

Edward scooped me up in his arms for, what? The fourth time in the past two days? I think I might just stay in them for a while. Well, I would, but Uncle Charlie and Seth came barreling out the door the second the car stopped. "Bella!" This…can't be good. Seth's definitely a werewolf now, and he probably shouldn't be around this many vampires when he's so new with all of this. And Uncle Charlie, well, he might have a heart condition, so I don't want him to have a heart attack on account of me.

"Uncle Charlie? Seth?"

"Shh," Edward muttered to me, "It's okay; you're home and safe. Just sleep."

"I can't believe you have the nerve to show your face here." Uh-oh! Charlie was pissed. Where is Ava? I need her!

"Leave him alone, Uncle Charlie. He didn't do anything." I just want to go to sleep, why do all these people have to be around here wanting answers now? "Just let him take me upstairs, so I can sleep!"

Uncle Charlie looked like he was about to yell, but Seth held him back. "It's ok, Charlie. Just let him take her upstairs." He smiled at me, and started to move him back towards the house. Yay! That means Seth isn't mad at me!

Edward took me upstairs, and thankfully Sue and Leah were already asleep, so I would have to wait to be interrogated until the morning. Edward laid me down on my bed, where I was about it pass out until Edward had to say, "I have to go."

Great, make me panic Edward. "No! You can't!" What if Jacob comes after him? They might have a throw down at any time! And Edward might make Alice and Ava spill about the books, which would be very unfortunate if he doesn't get my explanation for why I kept it from him. Sure, it's a lot like why I kept Twilight from him. Actually, it's exactly why I kept Twilight from him.

"I won't be far," he kissed me on my forehead, and then was gone.

I think I'm going to be sick if I keep thinking about all the explanations I'm going to have to tell people. Seth needs to hear how sorry I am. Jacob needs all sorts of explanations from me about the books. Edward needed some of those too. And I have to talk to Uncle Charlie and Sue. God help me, I think I want to jump out of my window. That is, if I ever feel like waking up again.

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Preview for the next chapter:

Stop him! Stop him! You don't want to do this! You don't have to do this. You can stop all of this right now without any questions. "Wait!" Okay, whatever you do, don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!

Edward turned around right as he was about to jump out of my window, a glint of hope sparked in his eyes. "Yes, Bella?"

Heart pounding. Absolutely can't swallow. Sweet Jesus, this sucks. "Can I have my book back?"