“Mike's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Don't kid yourself, Bella. The guy's head over heels for you.""I know," I sighed. "Life is complicated.""And girls are cruel," Mike said under his breath.”

“My money's on the big Indian,' someone was saying. I peeked up to see that Tyler, Mike, Austin and Ben had there heads bent together, deep in conversation. 'Yeah,' Mike whispered. 'Did you see the size of that Jacob kid? I think he could take Cullen down.' Mike seemed pleased by the idea.”

“Repeat one word of what I just said and I'll cheerfully beat you to death, Mike.”

“A hundred yards away, Mike Newton was lowering Bella's limp body to the sidewalk. She slumped unresponsively against the wet concrete, her skin chalky as a corpse. I almost took the door off the car.”

“Mike and I both stared at Edward with our mouths hanging open.”

“Well, that just sucks! I guess I'm stuck with Mike Newton after all”

“The story was a sleeping girl in a narrow bedDark hair thick and wild and twistedlike seaweed across the pillow... Bella's Lullaby”