The chapter begins with Bella, once again, wondering if she had dreamed about the previous day. The evidence (her missing jacket) is further proof that it really did happen.
The weather is foggy; no excuses for Edward to skip school. She's obviously anxious to see her beautiful Edward again. Little does she know that she'll be seeing him sooner than later: He was parked in the drive way, waiting to give her a lift to school. She could have turned down his offer, but why would she?
When they reach the school parking lot, it occurs to Bella that Edward's family wasn't with him. Brilliant observation that only took the entire trip for her to realize. I guess she was too busy drinking in Edward's beauty.
She finds out that the rest of the Cullens took Rosalie's red hot sports car. They all like to drive fast therefore indulge themselves with fast cars. It's not like they can't afford it.
As Edward and Bella walk toward the school, Jessica, with her eyes bugging out, spots them together. Jess remembers Bella's jacket and hands it to her. Jess has a million and one questions for Bella, but they have to wait until trig class.
When that time finally comes around Jessica drops the questions like they were going out of style. Bella fills in the blanks about what transpired with Edward the day before (leaving out all the vampire details, of course).
Bella admits to liking Edward; Jessica deduces that Edward likes Bella back. Bella concludes that Edward doesn't like Bella as much as she likes him. Edward is listening to the conversation, as promised, through Jessica's thoughts; he's disturbed by the last statement Bella makes, and brings it up during their lunch date.
When Edward makes Bella explain herself she verbalizes the fact that it seems to her that he's always trying to say goodbye when he's saying something else. (We already know how cryptic Edward is.)
The conversation turns into a debate: Bella arguing that she's so ordinary, and he's not; there's no way that he could possibly like her more. Edward arguing that if he's willing to hurt himself by saying goodbye to her to keep her safe, then that's a display of the ultimate sacrifice of love. (Well, he didn't say love, but I know that's what he meant.)
The topic of their upcoming trip to Seattle emerges. The weather forecast is sunshine which means Edward can't be out in public. They plan on spending the day together, alone. On one condition . . . Bella wants to drive because she can't stand the way Edward drives. On page 213 Edward remarks, "Of all the things about me that could frighten you, you worry about my driving." (I can totally empathize with that. I'd prefer to drive my husband rather than the other way around. It's a control issue. With all those crazy drivers out on the road, I don't like feeling helpless in the passenger's seat.)
Although Edward would prefer that Bella inform Charlie of who she'll be with on Saturday, Bella refuses; she'd rather take her chances. She knows that Edward would never hurt her. If that was his intention then why would he save her life so many times? He's her guardian angel.
Somehow, Edward's most recent hiking trip with Emmett comes up. As it turns out, the brothers were hunting bear. Grizzly is Emmett's favorite, Mountain Lion is Edward's. Bella wondered out loud if she would ever get to witness this hunting phenomenon. Edward was appalled by the thought. He doesn't want to discuss it any further and hurries them off to class before they're late; Bella was so deep into their conversation that she didn't realize the cafeteria was nearly deserted.
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