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And I knew in that I had my answer. I didn't know if there ever was a choice, really. I was already in too deep. Now that I knew — if I knew — I could do nothing about my frightening secret. Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes, the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now. Even if… but I couldn't think it. Not here, alone in the darkening forest. Not while the rain made it dim as twilight under the canopy and pattered like footsteps across the matted earthen floor. I shivered and rose quickly from my place of concealment, worried that somehow the path would have disappeared with the rain.
然后我知道，我已經得出答案了。我甚至不知道這里面是否真的有過一個抉擇。我已經陷得太深了。我知道——如果我真的知道的話——對于我這個嚇人的秘密，我什么也不會做的。因為每當我想起他，想起他的聲音，他能夠催眠的眼睛，他極具吸引力的個人魅力的時候，我只想立刻和他在一起，除此之外便別無所求了。即使……但我不能再想下去了。不能在這里，獨自一人待在越來越黑的森林里想。不能在這個時候，不能在雨水讓天邊的暮色變得黯淡，滴滴答答的聲音就像走過鋪著瓷磚的地板的腳步聲的時候想。我顫抖著，趕快從我的隱蔽之所站起來，擔心著那條小路也許會消失在雨中。
But it was there, safe and clear, winding its way out of the dripping green maze. I followed it hastily, my hood pulled close around my face, becoming surprised, as I nearly ran through the trees, at how far I had come. I started to wonder if I was heading out at all, or following the path farther into the confines of the forest. Before I could get too panicky, though, I began to glimpse some open spaces through the webbed branches. And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free, Charlie's lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning me, promising warmth and dry socks.
但它仍在那里，安全又清晰，蜿蜒著穿過那片濕漉漉的綠色迷宮。我慌忙沿著小路走回去，我的兜帽拉得很低，垂在我的臉旁。我開始驚慌起來，幾乎是跑著穿過樹林，因為我覺得已經走了像來時那么遠的距離了。我開始懷疑自己是不是已經沖過頭了，又或者是沿著小路走到了森林里更遠的地方。但在我變得更加驚慌失措以前，透過密密麻麻像蜘蛛網一樣的樹枝，我隱約能瞥見一些開闊地了。然后我聽到了一輛車穿過街道的聲音，我自由了。查理的草坪出現在我的面前，那所房子在召喚著我，許諾著溫暖以及干燥的襪子。
It was just noon when I got back inside. I went upstairs and got dressed for the day, jeans and a t-shirt, since I was staying indoors. It didn't take too much effort to concentrate on my task for the day, a paper on Macbeth that was due Wednesday. I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly, more serene than I'd felt since… well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest.
我走回屋里的時候剛好是正午。我走上樓，換上這一天的裝束——牛仔褲和T恤衫——因為我會一直待在家里。全力以赴解決今天的任務不會花上太多的工夫，只是一份周三截止的關于麥克白的論文而已。我心滿意足地投入工作，羅列出了一份粗略的草稿。這份寧靜的心境是我許久沒有感受過的，自從……好吧，自從周四下午以后，如果我足夠誠實的話。
《暮光之城》
“暮光之城”系列的故事雖然簡單，但其中隱含的情感足以震撼人心。作者梅爾說：“我的故事其實有一種寓意。不管一個人在生命中遇到什么困難，不管你認為自己必須做什么事情，你總能有別的選擇，總有別的出路。只要自己的信念不變，真心的相信自己，一定會撥開烏云見云天。”
