ADVERBSChapter 2

But when I walked into the cafeteria with Jessica — trying to keep my eyes from sweeping the place for him, and failing entirely — I saw that his four siblings of sorts were sitting together at the same table, and he was not with them.

entirely - (entire)

Mike, who was taking on the qualities of a golden retriever, walked faithfully by my side to class.

faithfully - (faithful)

Then he smiled at me wistfully and went to sit by a girl with braces and a bad perm.

wistfully - (wistful)

I did the shopping at home, and I fell into the pattern of the familiar task gladly.

gladly - (glad)

I hadn't noticed their clothes before — I'd been too mesmerized by their faces. Now that I looked, it was obvious that they were all dressed exceptionally well; simply, but in clothes that subtly hinted at designer origins.

exceptionally - (exceptional)subtly - (subtle)

"What's for dinner?" he asked warily. My mother was an imaginative cook, and her experiments weren't always edible.

warily - (wary)

"Do you know the Cullen family?" I asked hesitantly.

hesitantly - (hesitant)

Every day, I watched anxiously until the rest of the Cullens entered the cafeteria without him.

anxiously - (anxious)

and wrote my mom more bogusly cheerful e-mail

bogusly - (bogus)

I could hear people shouting excitedly to each other.

excitedly - (excited)

I looked at the little cotton fluffs that were building up along the sidewalk and swirling erratically past my face.

erratically - (erratic)

"Haven't you ever seen snow fall before?" he asked incredulously.

incredulously - (incredulous)

I walked alertly to the cafeteria with Jessica after Spanish.

alertly - (alert)

He and Jessica were talking animatedly about the snow fight as we got in line to buy food.

animatedly - (animated)

"Prophase," he agreed, writing it neatly in the first space on our worksheet.

neatly - (neat)

I looked through the eyepiece eagerly, only to be disappointed. Dang it, he was right.

eagerly - (eager)

"Did you get contacts?" I blurted out unthinkingly.

unthinkingly - (unthinking)

I vividly remembered the flat black color of his eyes the last time he'd glared at me — the color was striking against the background of his pale skin and his auburn hair.

vividly - (vivid)

He looked over our shoulders to glance at the completed lab, and then stared more intently to check the answers.

intently - (intent)

No one had asked me that - not straight out like he did, demanding.

straight out

I couldn't fathom his interest, but he continued to stare at me with penetrating eyes, as if my dull life's story was somehow vitally important.

vitally - (vital)

His eyebrows knit together. "I don't understand," he admitted, and he seemed unnecessarily frustrated by that fact.

unnecessarily - (unnecessary)

"I believe I have heard that somewhere before," he agreed dryly.

dryly (drily) - (dry)

"I didn't have any trouble with it," I said, stung by his assumption. I regretted the snub instantly.

instantly - (instant)

He chivalrously covered my position as well as his own, so my woolgathering was only interrupted when it was my turn to serve; my team ducked warily out of the way every time I was up.

chivalrously - (chivalrous)warily - (wary)

I took a deep breath, still looking out the other side of my car, and cautiously pulled out again, with greater success.

cautiously - (cautious)