That's all right, Dad, I'll probably just be in dressing rooms all day — very boring."
"Oh, okay." The thought of sitting in women's clothing stores for any period of time immediately put him off.
"Thanks." I smiled at him.
"Will you be back in time for the dance?"
Grrr. Only in a town this small would a father know when the high school dances were.
"No — I don't dance, Dad." He, of all people, should understand that — I didn't get my balance problems from my mother.
He did understand. "Oh, that's right," he realized.
The next morning, when I pulled into the parking lot, I deliberately parked as far as possible from the silver Volvo. I didn't want to put myself in the path of too much temptation and end up owing him a new car. Getting out of the cab, I fumbled with my key and it fell into a puddle at my feet. As I bent to get it, a white hand flashed out and grabbed it before I could. I jerked upright. Edward Cullen was right next to me, leaning casually against my truck.
"How do you do that?" I asked in amazed irritation.
"Do what?" He held my key out as he spoke. As I reached for it, he dropped it into my palm.
"Appear out of thin air."
"Bella, it's not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant." His voice was quiet as usual — velvet, muted.
I scowled at his perfect face. His eyes were light again today, a deep, golden honey color. Then I had to look down, to reassemble my now-tangled thoughts.
Temptation 誘惑
fumble with 笨手笨腳地做
unobservant 不注意
velvet 天鵝絨的
"好啊，爸，只是我很有可能整天袋在試衣間裡喲--很沒勁的。"
"哦，那好。"一想到在女式服裝店裡一袋就不知會有多久，他立刻就打退堂鼓了。
"謝謝。"我衝他笑了笑。
"你會趕回來參加舞會嗎？"
真氣人.也只有在這樣的小鎮,做父母的才會連高中什麼時候開舞會都知道。
"不--您啥時候見過我跳舞的，爸。"他應該比誰都明白，我平衡能力差可不是媽媽遺傳的。
他倒也確實明白。"哦，也是。"他意識到了。
第二天早上，進了停車場以後，我故意把車停到了離那輛銀色沃爾沃儘可能遠的地方。我可不想自己找罪受，弄得手癢癢的，落個要賠人家一輛新車的下場。從駕駛室出來，我笨手笨腳地摸鑰匙，不想它掉進了我腳下的一灘積水裡。正當我彎腰去撿的時候，忽然閃出一隻白淨的手，先我一步撿到了手。我猛地直起了身子。愛德華·卡倫就緊挨在我身邊，漫不經心地靠在我車上。
"你怎麼做到的？"我又驚又氣地問道。
"做到什麼？"他邊說邊把鑰匙攤在了手上。我正要伸手去拿的時候，他一鬆手，讓它掉進了我的手掌裡。
"神出鬼沒的，說冒出來就冒出來了。"
"貝拉，這可不能怪我喲，誰叫你這麼不小心呢。"他的聲音和平常一樣輕--輕得像絨毛似的，好像沒有出聲似的。
我瞪眼怒視著他那完美無暇的臉。今天他的眼睛又亮了，是一種很深的蜜褐色。然後我只好低下頭，重新去捋一捋此時已經亂作一團的思路。
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