p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I drove to the Cullen house muttering grave curses under my voice; my red truck seemed to roar in protest as if it, along with Jacob, thought that me going to see the Cullens was an idiotic idea. By the time I had gotten to the manor all my steam had been blown off. I slammed the door of the truck; the frame shuddered under the force, and then dragged my feet up the driveway onto the sidewalk./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I hopped the curb and began to stalk up to the house, kicking a rock on the way there. What a stupid idea. Even as a werewolf my balance wasn't the greatest I tripped over my own foot and the concrete sidewalk swirled up into my face. To arms caught me halfway to the ground. I looked up, and to my immense annoyance, saw Edward./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""Bella?" he asked in surprise. "Why are you here?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I clenched my jaw, unwilling to say what I had been planning to tell him. It was way too harsh. Ever since I had morphed I have been so tough- like a stubborn piece of meat that will not break no matter how hard you chew it.../p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"emI hate you. I hate you so much. I need you to know that it is very hard for me to accept the fact that you are here. What you did... it was stupid and out of line- but it made me see that I didn't make it so hard for you either. Edward, I don't love you and I don't want you around./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""Bella, I understand that you still may have some hard feelings against me but I need you to know that I will never hurt you. Ever." He said soothingly. It was as if he knew what I was thinking. He lifted my chin up so our eyes met. I stared into his golden honey eyes and was unable to look away, a vampire charm I assumed./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""A vampire charm?" Edward asked, cocking his head to one side. My eyebrows knit together. I could have sworn that I didn't say that out loud./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""Yea, I know. I don't think you said that out-" Edward stopped in the middle of his sentence. Then stepped back a little bit, looking me over. After a moment he stepped closer to me once more and whispered. "You didn't say that out loud either."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"Silently, I shook my head no. Edward looked at me in astonishment. "Think something. Anything." He commanded./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"emI love Jacob. I love Jacob. I wish Jacob were here. I want Jacob here. I want to go home to Jacob. I want Jacob to kiss me again./em I thought furiously./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""OK!" Edward raised his voice a little more loudly than necessary. Noticing he'd startled me he began to whisper again. "Why can I read your mind?" he murmured./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I shook my head still unable to say anything. I blinked my eyes and turn around, running back to my car. I had never been one to back out once I had begun- but I just couldn't do it. I couldn't be anywhere near Edward with him able to hear every thought of mine. I couldn't./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I leaped in my car, tears streaming from my eyes. I couldn't make sense why this bothered me so much... I just had a feeling that something bad was going to happen...soon./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I backed out of the driveway and rolled up in front of Jake's house. There was rustling and shuffling to be heard inside the house. There were more that one or two boys in there. It sounded like the whole pack./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I stumbled to the door and turned the knob. Instantly I regretted walking into the house. The second the door was open I saw nine teenage faces open their mouths to yell a course of:/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;""HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELLA!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"I felt as if my ears had turned inside out. I stared, with wide, loathing eyes, into the eyes of every boy in that room./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"Finally, I looked right into the eyes of Jacob, trying desperately not to sell out and lose all of my anger. With all of the mock detestation I could muster I whispered, knowing he could hear me, "You. Will. Pay."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"Jacob opened his mouth and laughed impossibly loud. Looking at all of his friends who had died down to hear the fight./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.08px;"Jacob looked me right in the eyes and said, "I love you too, honey!"/p