New Moon: Chapters 14-15

Chapter 14: Family

"Well, the wolf's out of the bag now."

"I bet she's tougher than that. She runs with vampires."

"So, you're the vampire girl."
I stiffened. "Yes. Are you the wolf girl?"

I was holding Emily's scarred hand as we faced into the shadows and waited anxiously for our werewolves to come home.

Chapter 15: Pressure

"Sometimes, if you get really upset or something, that can trigger it early. But I wasn't upset about anything—I was happy." He laughed bitterly. "Because of you, mostly. That's why it didn't happen to me sooner. Instead it just kept on building up inside me—I was like a time bomb. You know what set me off? I got back from that movie and Billy said I looked weird. That was all, but I just snapped. And then I—I exploded"

"Edward saved me twice," I whispered. "He sucked the venom out—"

"Why do you do that?" he asked. He tugged lightly at one of my arms, which was bound around my chest, and then gave up when it wouldn't come loose easily. I hadn't even realized I'd moved them. "You do that when you're upset. Why?"
"It hurts to think about them," I whispered. "It's like I can't breathe… like I'm breaking into pieces…"

It was not hard to convince myself that I didn't have time to search for another way—I wanted to jump from the top.

He was angry now, and the anger was so lovely.

I didn't want to fight anymore. ... that made me content to stay where I was. I was almost happy that it was over. This was an easier death than others I'd faced. Oddly peaceful.