Bella just nodded, and mumbled a response as her eyes slipped shut.
"Yeah, yeah. Sure. Got nothing to do anyway… that same place Mike took us that last time? 'S a nice place."
"No, B. No… um…" Edward trailed off.
Edward sounded so distressed that Bella had to open her eyes, and she found desperate green eyes staring at her, unblinking.
"Dude," she croaked through the sleepy itch in her throat. "What?"
Edward was silent for a whole minute and it actually scared her, but then he lifted his head and stared into her face, his breath held and determined.