The week passed without a mention of Saturday. It would be a lie if I said I didn’t think I was off the hook.

It was Friday evening, around twilight, and Jacob and I were sitting on his porch steps enjoying the cool night air.

Billy approached us from behind. “Wow, what a night. What was that rhyme? Red in the morning, sailors take warning. Red at night, sailors’ delight.” He looked up at the red night sky. “Tomorrow will be a great day for fishing.”

“Great day indeed,” Jacob smiled at me while he said that, but I don’t think Billy caught the reference. He just wheeled back inside after saying goodnight.

“Red in the evening, this vampire is leaving,” was my reply. I started to stand up, but Jacob grabbed my hand.

“Sorry, hun. We haven’t talked about it in a while. I wanted to make sure we were still on for tomorrow.”

“Yeah. I’m a girl of my word. But I do have to leave,” I eyed the door that Billy left open and Jacob got my point.

“Okay, I’ll walk with you for a bit.” He stood up with me and took my hand. We walked to the front of his house. “Will you come back tonight?”

“Not tonight. I’m going hunting because I’m missing the hunting trip this tomorrow to be with you, remember?”

“What if you’re done early?”

“Then maybe I’ll come.”

“I’ll keep my window open.” We kissed to seal the deal.

I smiled at Jacob and ran to the woods, hoping to get done sooner rather than later.

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I watched her run off, the coldness of her lips lingered on mine. I always hated when she left, hated not having her by my side had to do to survive.

I walked to the beach to do some thinking, just to pass the time until I wound down enough to sleep.

Maybe thinking like this was a bad idea. My mind started racing. I couldn’t stop thinking about her. Is this how Sam felt for Emily? Jared for Kim? Even Quil towards Claire. Regardless, I loved it. And I loved her, but I’ve never told her that. I’m afraid of what she’d say or do. I didn’t want to lose her. But I had something that Sam and the others didn’t.