the summer i was ten

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Bella is ten. School has let out; she spends one week at the beach with Renée, celebrating, and then from there Renée drives her up to Forks, and drops her off, with many hugs. Charlie picks her up, with some hugs, although not as many; it's not his way. Bella settles in for the summer. It is, if nothing else, cooler up here.

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Elizabeth giggles.

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"I like you," Bella declares when she's simmered down some. "Do you want to keep me when you grow up?"

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"I think I might!"

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"Even though I don't think math is fun for me?"

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"How boring would it be if all my friends were math people?"

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"I don't know," says Bella. "It would certainly be very mathy. Maybe that would be a plus." And then she giggles at her unintended pun.

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Elizabeth sporfles.

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