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"Hey Em?" I asked casually, when Jasper had finally gone upstairs to check his email a few hours later. The three of us had settled uncomfortably around the television for the last several hours, watching action movies chosen by Emmet while we all tried to pretend skipping a week of school was going to be tons of fun.
"Do you really want to let me do what I want this week?"
Emmet took a closer seat on the couch next to me and gave me a suspicious look.
"What did you have in mind Bells?" He looked as though he were walking into the lion's den, figuratively of course, since he could take any lion that came his way easily. But he knew I was going to push him.
"I want to go to Seattle", I said confidently, although I had no idea where I was going with this proposal.
Emmet looked considerably more comfortable now, thankful that I hadn't actually taken him up on the skydiving offer I guess.
"Yeah sure, Seattle's no problem Bells! What did you want to do there?"
This was the part where I got stuck. I had no idea what I would want to do there.
"Um, I'm not sure", I bit my lip lightly in thought and continued, "just the change of scenery would be nice. The three of us could walk around and see what kind of shops have opened up there, I haven't been there in a while."
Actually, I hadn't been there since the evening I went with Jacob and Mike to the movies. The last time when Jacob and I were really friends, and the last time Edward had left me. That thought stopped all the others I could have had. Suddenly, my sadness over Edward's absence grew ten-fold. It felt as though my chest was being ripped open and my heart had dropped into the pit of my stomach. I needed him already. Maybe this wasn't the best idea after all…
I began to open my mouth to rescind my suggestion but Emmet's deliriously happy face stopped me in my tracks.
"Oooo this is going to be so great Bella, you'll see! The three of us will find something really fun to do there, I promise. Maybe we can even prank some of the locals!"
'Prank some of the locals'? I inwardly cringed at the horror I had inflicted on Seattle's residents.
Emmet was off, up the stairs to get Jasper presumably, bouncing up each individual stair in excitement. I couldn't very well tell him it would be too painful for me to revisit Seattle after I suggested it in the first place…Me and my stupid mouth. I seriously needed to toughen up, Edward would need to leave me sometimes to go hunt, I just had to suck it up and get used to it.