Twilight 暮光之城：暮色 Chapter 2 Open Book

The next day was better… and worse., ,It was better because it wasn't raining yet, though the clouds were denseand opaque ¹. It was easier because I knew what to expect of my day. Mikecame to sit by me in English, and walked me to my next class, with ChessClub Eric glaring at him all the while; that was nattering. People didn't look at me quite as much as they had yesterday. I sat with a big group atlunch that included Mike, Eric, Jessica, and several other people whosenames and faces I now remembered. I began to feel like I was treadingwater, instead of drowning in it., ,It was worse because I was tired; I still couldn't sleep with the windechoing around the house. It was worse because Mr. Varner called on me inTrig when my hand wasn't raised and I had the wrong answer. It wasmiserable because I had to play volleyball, and the one time I didn'tcringe out of the way of the ball, I hit my teammate in the head with it., , ,All morning I was dreading ² lunch, fearing his bizarre glares. Part of mewanted to confront him and demand to know what his problem was. While Iwas lying sleepless ³ in my bed, I even imagined what I would say. But Iknew myself too well to think I would really have the guts ⁴ to do it. Imade the Cowardly Lion look like the terminator., ,But when I walked into the cafeteria with Jessica — trying to keep myeyes from sweeping ⁵ the place for him, and failing entirely ⁶ — I saw thathis four siblings ⁷ of sorts were sitting together at the same table, andhe was not with them., ,Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。,She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁 。