==== He was biting his lower lip and clenching his =hands. He looked like he was about to cry.
==== I threw my arms around him instinctively, =wrapping them around his waist and pressing my face =against his chest. He was so big, I felt like I was a =child hugging a grown-up.
==== "Oh, Jake, it'll be okay!" I promised. "If it get =worse you can come live with me and Charlie. Don't be =scared, we'll think of something!"
==== He was frozen for a second, and then his long =arms wrapped hesitantly around me. "Thanks, Bella." =His voice was huskier than usual.
==== We stood like that for a moment, and it didn't =upset me; in fact, I felt comforted by the contact. This =didn't feel anything like the last time someone had =embraced me this way. This was friendship. And Jacob =was very warm.
==== It was strange for me, being this close - =emotionally rather than physically, though the physical =was strange for me, too - to another human being. It =wasn't my usual style, I didn't normally relate to =people so easily, on such a basic level.
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