"Yet you still hang around him like everything's okay?" Cody pressed later that night. The rain pounded hard against the window and some small flashes of lighting came followed by low rumbles of thunder. "It was a mistake he made. I can't hold it against him forever." I told him, unfolding the covers on my bed and slipping under them. "Ok I'll give you that," Cody laid right down next to me and propped himself on his elbow so he could look at my face. "But I don't understand why you still hang around him. Or better yet, just kill him." Cody's face had a smile on it when I looked up at him. I closed my eyes so I wouldn't get angry when I answered him. "Listen very carefully, Cody. Carlisle is part of my family. I wouldn't do anything to hurt him and killing Edward would hurt him deeply.

