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

Don't worry?! You sliced your hand open!

I was thinking, while I was running..." He paused. "About not hitting the trees, I hope.

I've seen little pieces of 'Interview with a Vampire' when it was on TV, but I kind of always go yuck! I don't watch R-rated movies, so that really cuts down on a lot of the horror.

I would probably never be able to do anything interesting or special like Edward, Alice and Jasper could do. Maybe I would just love Edward more than anyone in the history of the world had ever loved anyone else.

Once people start throwing wet stuff, I go inside.

You held out your hand, and I took it without stopping to make sense of what I was doing. For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope.