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"Appear out of thin air"

"Bella, it’s not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant" His voice was quiet as usual - velvet, ain today, a deep, golden honey color Then I had to look down, to reasseht?" I deht you were supposed to be pretending I don’t exist, not irritating me to death"

"That was for Tyler’s sake, not ive hiasped I couldn’t think of a bad enough word It felt like the heat of er should physically burn him, but he only see you don’t exist," he continued

"So you are trying to irritate me to death? Since Tyler’s van didn’t do the job?"

Anger flashed in his tawny eyes His lips pressed into a hard line, all signs of huone

"Bella, you are utterly absurd," he said, his low voice cold

My pal I was surprised at myself I was usually a nonviolent person I turned my back and started to walk away

"Wait," he called I kept walking, sloshing angrily through the rain But he was next topace

"I’nored hi it isn’t true," he continued, "but it was rude to say it, anyway"

"Why won’t you leave , but you sidetracked ood humor

"Do you have a multiple personality disorder?" I asked severely

"You’re doing it again"

I sighed "Fine then What do you want to ask?"

"I ondering if, a week fro dance -"

"Are you trying to be funny?" I interrupted hiot drenched as I looked up at his expression

His eyes ickedly amused "Will you please allow ether, interlockingrash

"I heard you say you were going to Seattle that day, and I ondering if you wanted a ride"

That was unexpected

"What?" I wasn’t sure what he was getting at

"Do you want a ride to Seattle?"

"With who?" I asked, mystified