I glanced, wide eyed, from Edward's grimace to Jacob's sneer.

Look after my heart - I've left it with you.

It felt almost rude to ignore toe pretty white bed, but we just weren’t going to make it that far.

I stared into Jared's eyes, and the strangest thing happened. All the melting and melding I had just been through was shoved aside, into the smallest part of my body, the little corner that I took up physically. The rest of me yearned toward Jared with the same desperate, half-crazed hunger I'd felt since the first time I'd seen him here. This body barely belonged to me or to Melanie-it belonged to him.

It won't be the same for me," I whispered, half to myself. "You won't let me be like that. We'll live in Antarctica." Edward snorted, breaking the tension. "Penguins. Lovely.

Forever," he vowed, still a little staggered. "That's all I'm asking for," I said.

We did not hope for the same things, but we all hoped.