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Katy's POV

It was so warm and comfortable in Seth's arms. I lost track of the amount of time we stood there.

"Oy! Seth! Time to go!" Jared yelled. I felt irritated. Couldn't he see that Seth and I were busy? Slowly Seth pulled away.

"Coming!" He shouted back to Jared. Turning to me, he added "we'd better go now."

Together we walked towards the others, hand in hand. In my other hand I held the shell Seth had given me. I would treasure it forever.

"Don't you love the smell of the sea, Katy?" Seth asked me, inhaling deeply.

"I can barely smell it," I told him. "I have a problem with my sense of smell." I could tell Seth was surprised, and he was also feeling sorry for me. "It doesn't bother me," I assured him. "I've had it all my life." Seth still looked concerned.

Before Bella, Jacob and I walked back to Jacob's house, Seth and I said goodbye. We looked into each others' eyes as we had done so many times.

"Come back to La Push again soon, Katy." Seth said softly.

"I will," I whispered. "I'll visit as soon as I can." Seth smiled, not his usual huge warm grin, but a small, hopeful smile.

Jared cleared his throat. "Uh, Seth? You coming or not?" Embarrassed, we moved apart.

"Bye, Katy." Seth said.

"Bye, Seth." I said.

As I walked away with Bella and Jacob, I had to look back. Seth had turned as well, and he waved at me. I waved back, and then kept walking.

"You're still running too fast, slow it down," Jared said to Seth. I clearly wasn't meant to overhear this, but I couldn't understand what Jared was saying so it probably didn't matter.

"I can't help it," Seth replied. "It's instinctive." I nearly turned for another look at him.

Don't be silly, I told myself. I couldn't spend my whole life looking over my shoulder for a last glimpse of Seth. I managed to walk the whole way to Jacob's house without turning back, even though Seth would've been out of sight as soon as I'd passed the first corner.

On the way to Forks, Bella and I chatted, but I wasn't paying our conversation much attention. My mind wasn't with Seth either. There was a dark shadow racing through the forest, keeping pace with the car. I couldn't tell if it was just a figment of my imagination, or if it was real.

All thoughts of the strange blurry shadow were banished from my mind as I entered my house.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I was worried sick about you! You went to school, even though I'd said that you shouldn't, and then you went somewhere else! I didn't know where you where you were!" My Mum paused in her rant to take a breath, and I seized my opportunity.

"Mum, I was with Bella, down on the beach at La Push. I was fine!" I told her. Whoops. I shouldn't have said La Push. My Mum had a thing about that place, ever since she'd been robbed there years and years ago.

"La Push?" She asked in a dangerously quiet voice.

"Yes, La Push. What's wrong with La Push?" I said angrily. "You can't control me!" Too late, I realised that I shouldn't have lost my temper. Now she would probably ban me from going to La Push for months.

"Yes I can control you, while you're living in this house. No more visiting La Push, ever," my Mum said, and then she turned and walked away.

I staggered up to my room, before I collapsed onto my bed. I didn't cry. I was too sad to cry. I felt like I'd been ripped apart, like I was empty inside. No La Push meant no Seth. No Seth! I needed Seth like I needed food. I couldn't live without him, even though I'd only met him yesterday. I'd had difficulty staying away from Seth for just one day. How could I stay away from Seth forever and ever?

I didn't have dinner that night. I lay there, not moving, for hours. I had no idea what time it was when my Dad came up to talk to me.

"Go away," I said, not looking at him. He sat on the edge of my bed.

"I know you're upset about La Push. You have a friend down there, don't you?"He continued when I didn't reply. " Nobody gets that sad from not being able to go a place."

Just ignore him, I told myself.

"Listen to me, Katy. I'm not the one keeping you from La Push, and I have an idea." That made me listen to what he was saying, even though I didn't respond. "This rule only prevents you from going to La Push. It doesn't stop anyone from La Push coming here. Remember that." I felt my Dad standing up, heard him walking out of my room.

When he was gone, I leapt up. I still had Seth! Everything would be all right. Instead of me going to visit Seth, Seth would visit me!

Suddenly I deflated like a balloon. All my happiness left me as I realised that I'd forgotten something – my Mum. She worked from home, so she was always here. I knew that she would forbid me from seeing Seth if he ever came here. My despair returned and I flopped down onto my bed again.

My silent grief was disturbed by the shrill ringing of the phone. I let it ring. Whoever it was, it wasn't Seth, so it didn't matter.

"Katy! Phone for you!" Dad called to me.

I picked up the phone by my bed and said "hello?" My voice sounded dull and lifeless.

"Are you all right?" Bella asked.

"No." I replied, my voice still dull. I didn't want to explain, though I knew I'd have to later.

"What's the matter?" Bella asked sympathetically. "Are you grounded?"

"I'm not allowed to go down to La Push anymore. My Mum didn't know where I was this afternoon. When I got home she was frantic, and once she found out I'd been at La Push..." I trailed off hopelessly.

"What does she have against La Push?" Bella asked curiously.

"Ages ago, she was robbed there." I explained. " Someone grabbed her purse and ran away with it. But she didn't have any money in it, only a bit of makeup. I don't know why she makes such a big fuss about it." I finished.

"Are you allowed to see people from La Push?" Bella asked. "Because I have an idea."

"Yes, I can, because my Mum didn't think of that." I told her. "But what's the point of inviting anyone over to my house? She's always home, and she'd just say 'you're not allowed to see people from La Push, they're violent and dangerous.' She did that to my brother once."

"But what if someone from La Push came to my house? You might be here too, you visiting me has nothing to do with La Push." My hope returned in a flash.

"Bella, you're a genius!" I nearly shouted. "Thank you so much!"

"No problem," Bella replied. If I could see her, I was sure she'd be smiling.

Seth and I could still see each other! As long as I had Seth, everything would be all right.

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