Twilight: Chapter 7 {Nightmare}

When Bella gets home from spending the day at the beach--where Jacob spilled the beans about the legends of the werewolves and vampires--her mind is racing out of control.

She tries to drown those thought provoking images with heavy bass music--a Christmas gift from Phil--blaring through her ear phones.

When she falls asleep a very vivid dream occurs. Jacob and Mike are both warning her to run from Edward. Jacob is replaced by a red-brown wolf--could this be a subconscious premonition? She jerks herself awake yelling, "No!" as the wolf launches to attack her precious Edward.

Since Bella was awake--at 5:30 in the a.m.--she decides to bring her dinosaur of a computer to life to do a little research on vampires. She must have "Googled" it and found Vampires A-Z. Sounds like a quaint little site.

Out of all the information overload, the one statement of significance--and relief--is in reference to an Italian Vampire who is "said to be on the side of goodness, and a mortal enemy of all evil vampires."

By entertaining the idea that Edward could be a vampire, Bella feels as if she's losing her mind. Whatever he is--or isn't--she knows he's no mere human; he's something much more. And what if he IS a vampire? She can't deny the fact that she's simply smitten with him--an obsessed teenager in love, really.

When Bella goes back to school she's disappointed that Edward never showed up. She goes home and tries to find distractions to keep her mind busy. She ends up lying on the lawn, reading Jane Austen books until she falls asleep. When she wakes up she finds the sun is setting, and Charlie is pulling up into the driveway. On page 148 she says, "I looked around, muddled, with the sudden feeling that I wasn't alone." I wonder if Edward was there watching her sleep.

At the end of the chapter, Bella is picked up by Jessica and they're stopping to pick up Angela on their way to Port Angeles to do some dress shopping. Lauren was supposed to go, but something more pressing came up--lucky for everyone else involved. I wonder what kind of mischief the girls will get into while on their little excursion.