Now, we'll have to hang out here until we're sure Jared's really gone and can't catch us." He grinned conspiratorially. "Then we'll have some fun!" I remembered that his idea of fun was usually along the lines of an armed standoff.

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

I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me -Rosalie Cullen

Edward's only human Bella. He's going to react like any other boy.

Like we were connected, the echo of his pain twisted inside inside me. his pain, my pain.

You can have me the way i am — bad behavior included — or not at all.

It was strange and amusing...and, honestly, a bit embarrassing...to realize how much being near Bella had softened me. It seemed like no one was afraid of me any more. If Emmett found out about this, he would be laughing for the next century.