"Bella?" he answered on the first rig. He sounded more than relieved, he was delighted. I could hear the Volvo's engine in the background, he was already in the car. That was good. "Did Jacob drive you home?"
"Yes," I grumbled. "Will you come and get me, please?"
"I'm on my way", he said at once. "What's wrong?"
"I want Carlisle to look at my hand. I think it's broken."
It had got quiet in the other room, and I wondered when Jacob would bolt. I smiled a grim smile, imagining his discomfort.
"What happened?" Edward demanded, his voice going flat.
"I punched Jacob," I admitted.
"Good," Edward said bleakly. "Though I'm sorry you're hurt."
"I wished i'd hurt him." I sighed in frustration. "I didn't do any damage at all."
"I can fix that," he offered.
"I was hoping you would say that."
Ther was a slight pause. "That doesn't sound like you." he said, wary now. "What did he do?"
"He kissed me, " I growled.
All I heard on the other end of the line was sound of an engine accelerating. In the other room, Charlie spoke again. "Maybe you ought to take off, Jacob," he suggested.
"I think I'll hang out here, if you don't mind."
"Your funeral," Charlie muttered.
"Is the dog still there?" Edward finally spoke again.
"Yes."
"I'm around the corner," he said darkly, and the line disconnected.
As I hung up the phone, smiling, I heard the sound of his car racing down the street. I went to get the door.
"Jacob," he said, his voice still quiet and even.
Jacob grinned.
"I'm not going to kill you now, because it would upset Bella." Edward snapped out throuh his teeth.
"Don't think of me, pretend I'm not here," I said.





"He's like a drug for you, Bella." His voice was still gentle, not at all critical. "I see that you can't live without him now. It's too late. But I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug, I would have been the air, the sun."
The corner of my mouth turned up in a wisful halfsmile. "I used to think of you that way, you know. Like the sun. My personal sun. You balanced out the clouds nicely for me."
He sighed. "The clouds I can handle. But I can't fight with an Eclipse." Jacob said, finally realising.




Detta är vad jag tänker på, ständigt. Detta och kanske något mer, något som har med thaimat att göra, typ.