Here it is, the moment no one has been waiting for; my review of Twilight chapter 11. Since I have a full blown cold, complete with coughing, sneezing, and runny nose, I layed in bed all night. I squeezed in a little reading before "Prison Break" started.
So, during biology class Bella and Edward are within close ... very close ... proximity of each other while in the dark. Mr. Banner was making the class watch, yet another, video. Bella and Edward both seem to have the urge to have physical contact, yet neither one dared. Nobody wanted to make the first move. The educational video was pretty much wasted material on this pair; it was impossible for them to focus on anything but each other.
The next hour Bella is in gym class hitting herself in the head and clipping Mike in one single swing of her racket. Now, that takes talent!
When class is over Mike starts in on Bella about his disapproval of her relationship with Edward. (Who cares what you think, Mike? What are you, her father? Jealousy doesn't become you.) Mike's observation is that Edward looks at Bella like she's something to eat. [giggle] If he only knew just how right he was.
Edward waits for Bella outside of the gym. From a couple of Edward's comments Bella figures out that he was eavesdropping on her and Mike. She was none-too-happy about it either. Well, she eluded to the fact that she wasn't very graceful in gym class, so he was curious.
Edward diffuses Bella's annoyance with an offer of an apology and willingness to let her drive on their little road trip on Saturday. That's probably the best offer she'll get, so she took it.
The following morning when Edward picks Bella up for school he plays "twenty questions" which lasts the entire day. He asked trivial questions from her favorite color to movies she liked and hated. I think it's cute that he wants to know every minute detail of her existence, yet, it would get old after awhile. Only because he has such a pretty, irresistible face, would I allow him to get away with it. Let's face it, who could resist that face?
After school they parked in front of Charlie's house for several hours, continuing the interrogation. This time he asks more difficult questions like what Bella misses about Arizona. Then he wants her to describe every detail that he wouldn't know about.
When Bella realizes that time slipped away from her, Edward tells her it's "twilight," and explains how, "It's the safest time of day for us . . . The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way . . . the end of another day, the return of night." [page 224] I guess if you're a vampire and never sleep, the nights would be sad. I'd imagine it would be like the rest of the non-vampire world didn't exist since they're all sleeping. Meanwhile, vegetarian vampires, such as the Cullens, would just be finding things to do to bide the time until sunrise again.
Anyway, as Edward reaches over to open Bella's door, he freezes and clenches his jaw. "Another complication" was approaching; Jacob Black and his dad, Billy. As soon as Bella was out of the car Edward was down the street and around the corner. He avoided the Blacks like the plague.
Will Billy tell Charlie that Edward is bad news? Or will he mind his own Quileute bees wax?
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