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Bella did get better. At first, I didn't know what was helping her. Then we car-pooled one day. We were driving around town, when she stopped. "Look, motorcycles!"

I looked out her window. In someone's yard, there sat three bikes. "Charlie would have our heads, Izzy. Plus, I can't even ride a bike."

"Oh, please," she begged. "I think I know someone who could teach us."

I blushed, "Who would that be?"

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"Jake-Jake!" I got out the truck.

"May?" Jake gasped. "Your hair, it's long again, and brown! You and Bella could be twins!"

"We are twins, Jacob," Bella grumbled. "Do you know anything about motorcycles? I found two and a motor scooter. The bikes don't run."

"We found two motorcycles and scooter," I corrected. "I told her it was dangerous, but, for once, she's being the reckless one."

"Since when were you little Miss Responsible, Eliza-May Swan?"

"Since when did you ask stupid questions?"

"I thought there was no such thing as 'stupid questions' only 'stupid people.'"

"Exactly."

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"So, how as Bella been?" Jake asked, once we were alone.

"Completely not herself. It's like we traded places. When he left, she fell apart. I'm really worried, Jake. It's like me and Francisco. I got sad and then I got dangerous." I started to cry. "I can't lose her, Jake-Jake. I just can't."

Jake wrapped his arms around me. "It's going to be okay, Liza." His face neared mine. "I won't let anything happen to Bella."

My heart began to pound. "Jake, I…" My cell phone rang. "Oh, that's probably Titus."

Jake gave a very human growl. "Really, Liza, what do you see in him."

I shook my head and shushed him. I answered my phone. "Hello, this is Eliza-May. How may I help you. Me hablo español.(I speak Spanish)."

"Ducky, baby," he said. "Where are you?"

"Hi, Ly." Jake continued to simmer. "I'm down in La Push. Is something wrong?"

"No," he assured me. "I just miss you. Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No, Ly. I'm with Bella," I lied. "I'll be home in a little bit, okay. Don't have a melt down, okay?"

"Okay, Ducky, be careful. Te amo (I love you.)"

"No, te amo mas. (No, I love you more.)"

He laughed and hung up.

Jake was right beside me. "You speak Spanish?"

"Nearly fluently," I admitted. "Thank Francisco for that."

"What did you tell him, at the end, exactly, Eliza?" Nobody ever called me just Eliza. Something was wrong.

"It was a private conversation, Jacob. What's wrong with you today?"

"You're different, Eliza. You're not yourself anymore. I mean, since when were you so graceful?"

"Graceful?" I snorted. "Jacob Black, what are you talking about? I can never been graceful. My brain doesn't work like that."

"You didn't see how you got out of the truck. You jumped like a gymnast."

"No, I didn't, Jake. I don't jump." I shook my head. "Are you having jealousy problems? I don't need compliments. I love you like a brother, that's it."

"You don't get it, Eliza. It's like you're not May anymore. What did Titus do to change you?"

The word change caught me off guard. The memories flooded back to me. Bella screaming in pain. The word 'change' being used by the Cullens to describe what was going on. My own scars, cold to the touch but burning. The word 'witch' forming on his lips. "Oh my god!" I screamed, running from the house.

I stopped in the middle of the forest. "No." My strange new abilities. The fact that I could now run and jump. My hands, cold to others, but hot to me. I wasn't normal. I had always known that, but now I was beginning to question my sanity. Am I even human…?

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I know it's short, but I'm starting to get writer's block. I didn't want to leave you guys waiting more weeks upon weeks. Bare with me.