"Well…" He paused, and then the rest of the words followed in a rush. "I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly."I waited for him to say something that made sense. The seconds ticked by.
"You know I don't have any idea what you mean," I eventually pointed out.
"I know." He smiled again, and then he changed the subject. "I think your friends are angry with me for stealing you.""They'll survive." I could feel their stares boring into my back.
"I may not give you back, though," he said with a wicked glint in his eyes.
I gulped.
He laughed. "You look worried." "No," I said, but, ridiculously, my voice broke. "Surprised, actually…what brought all this on?" "I told you — I got tired of trying to stay away from you. So I'm giving up." He was still smiling, but his ocher eyes were serious.
"Giving up?" I repeated in confusion.
"Yes — giving up trying to be good. I'm just going to do what I want now, and let the chips fall where they may." His smile faded as he explained, and a hard edge crept into his voice.
"You lost me again. "The breathtaking crooked smile reappeared.
"I always say too much when I'm talking to you — that's one of the problems." "Don't worry — I don't understand any of it," I said wryly.
"I'm counting on that." "So, in plain English, are we friends now?" "Friends…" he mused, dubious.
"Or not," I muttered.
Gulp 大口地吸
Wryly 挖苦地
“嗯……”他停頓了片刻，然後決定一口氣把話說完。“我打定主意了，就算我這是在下地獄，我也要把這一切做完。”
我等著他說出意思更明確些的話。時間一分一秒地過去。
“你知道，我不明白你在說什麼。”我最終還是指出來了。
“我知道。”他又笑了起來，然後轉移了話題。“我覺得，因為我把你偷走了，你的朋友正在生我的氣呢。”
“他們能活得下去。”我能感覺到他們煩人的目光直射著我的背。
“不過，我不打算把你還回去。”他說著，眼裡閃過促狹的光芒。
我下意識地吞嚥了一下。
他大笑起來：“你看起來很擔心啊。” “不，”我說道，但可笑的是，我破音了。“確實，有點吃驚……是什麼導致你改變了態度呢？”
“我告訴過你了——我厭倦了，不想再把自己從你身邊趕走。所以我放棄了。”他還是微笑著，但他黑金色的眸子顯得很認真。
“放棄？”我迷惑地重複著他的話。
“是的——放棄強迫自己循規蹈矩。現在我只想隨心所欲地做自己想做的事，那些無關緊要的瑣事就由它們去吧。”（and let the chips fall where they may. Edward啊，你還可以說得再隱晦點麼？）他解釋著，嘴角的笑意有些黯淡，某種生硬的味道在他的語氣中蔓延開來。
“你又讓我迷惑了。”
那抹險些就要消失的微笑重新浮現在彎彎的嘴角上。
“當我和你說話時，我說出口的永遠比想要說的還多。——這實在是個問題。”
“不用擔心——我一句都沒聽懂。”我挖苦道。
“我就指望著這點呢。”
“所以，用通用的英語來說的話，我們現在是朋友了嗎？”
“朋友……”他露出不太確定的神情，若有所思地說。
“或者不是。”我低沉地說。
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