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Bella moves. It's uneventful. She's not thrilled with the rain.
New kid shows up at the high school the next day. Hello, the high school. Hello, the students in the high school.
Hello, Jessica.
Jessica's very talkative. It's almost hypnotic.
"So what's Arizona like?"
"Well, sunnier."
"I bet! Wow, have you ever seen snow before?"
"On TV."
"Ha ha ha! Oh man is everybody really tan? Do you hang out at the pool all year round ogling boys?"
"I'm a little too gay to ogle boys."
"Oh! Oh wow. Okay. So um, I know this is a really small town, but guess what?" says Jessica.
"What?" asks Bella.
"We actually have a lesbian here! HEY SOLVEI!" Jessica hollers across the entire cafeteria.
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gloriousdawn
"It is an enormous hassle. I will bring stuff. When would you like to schedule your learning experience? I'm free tomorrow, Thursday, and Saturday."
onceandforall
"Thursday's good. Tomorrow's blocked off for inventorying the kitchen to see if there are any spices left anywhere from last summer and then making a grocery run. What should I pick up for truffles?"
gloriousdawn
"Oh, here—" and she writes down a grocery list in her obnoxiously beautiful handwriting. "Pick whichever ones you feel like out of the flavourings section, I will not be disappointed if I show up and you are missing chopped hazelnuts and orange oil. And if there's anything you want and can't find, let me know and I'll bring some." She adds her phone number to the page, detaches it from her notebook, and hands it over.
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And biology ensues!
And the following day Bella goes shopping, and on Thursday in class: "So do you have a car here to follow me home in or should I drive you?"
And the following day Bella goes shopping, and on Thursday in class: "So do you have a car here to follow me home in or should I drive you?"
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"I've been trying to show up early, I don't like having to pick my way across the parking lot with all the ice."
onceandforall
"Yeah. I'm not used to it, and this is on top of being klutzy enough to statistically compensate for an entire gymnastics team."
gloriousdawn
"When I was a kid I had fragile bones and anytime I slipped and fell I'd usually break something. This is a problem in Thule. But we moved away and I took a lot of calcium supplements and the meager ice of Forks holds no fear for me."
gloriousdawn
"It's gorgeous," she sighs. "I miss the architecture, I miss the landscapes. And just - feeling like I'm home, you know? But Ghys would rather live somewhere firmly below the Arctic Circle, so here we are."
onceandforall
"Is the place nice? I think I know what house you're talking about but I haven't gone and had a look at it."
gloriousdawn
"It took a little fixing up, but we're past that phase now and it's very pretty. In an - American way."