Lunch over, Bella and Edward head to Biology. Class lesson: a movie in a darkened classroom. Sitting there next to him and resisting her need to touch him, also noting his similar restraint. Class over - Edward walks Bella to Gym. Hesitantly he brushes his hand down her face and takes his leave.
Today class changes activities to partnered badminton. Mike offers to partner with Bella, being chivalrous due to her awkwardness. He then starts to give her the 3rd degree about her relationship with Edward. She tells him its none of his business and he comes back with p221 (m) "He looks at you like...like you're something to eat." Mercifully class ends and Bella can escape this scrutiny.
Edward, waiting outside to take Bella home, notices the mood and says he is really starting to dislike Mike. This made Bella a little miffed as she realized he was listening to Mikes thoughts. They get in the car and start talking, first about their 'date' Saturday and then about the conversation they had started in the cafeteria about his hunting habits. He explains that when they hunt they give up all their senses and she is too much of a distraction to him for her to be there because he could turn on her.
The same routine continues daily from Edward picking Bella up for school to him taking her home each afternoon. All the while, when they are together Edward is asking all kinds of questions from the mundane to the complex. Bella answers them all, some making her blush, but most just simplex answers. The Thursday before their 'date' Bella is getting out of the car at home and Edward looks pained. p233 (b) "What is it?" p233 (e) "Another complication" Bella is curious as to what this means and as Edward is pulling away from the curb, another car carrying Billy and Jacob Black driving up the street. Charlie arrives home at the same time. Bellas last thoughts p 235 'Had Billy recognized Edward..Could he really believe the impossible legends his son had scoffed at?..The answer was clear in Billy's eyes. Yes. Yes he could.'
This chapter has been reminiscent of the typical daily lives of teenagers under the blush of first love. The non-stop gabbing, the endless questions, the hesitant touches. There is a lot of roller coaster emotion running through me as I conclude this chapter and forge ahead to the next. Off topic: This sounds crazy but as I post this, I have marked 22 years since graduating High School and left (or so I thought) my teen angst years behind me. I was reminded of this because I looked at a calendar and saw it was the birthday of my favorite cousin who coincidentally turned 22. I always said she was the best graduation gift I received.
As I reminisce about who I was then, I remember my life surrounded by family, a few friends, lots of acquaintances and others who will always remember me as the odd one out. A lot of my peers saw me as strange and unapproachable and never tried to get to know the person inside essentially the person I am today.
Bella on the other hand was a child of divorce, is not comfortable in her own skin, dislikes attention that people seem to pay her especially when it overwhelms her and has had to be a grown-up in many instances of her young life. She has always been the protector and along comes Edward, someone that wants to protect her even knowing that he is the one person that could end up truly hurting her. Her 'craving' for Edward could end up being the biggest mistake in her young life but she is going to make her own decisions. The 'complication' of the Blacks just adds to the mystery of what is going to happen next. I just hope after all this that the book does not end badly. And continue.....
Today class changes activities to partnered badminton. Mike offers to partner with Bella, being chivalrous due to her awkwardness. He then starts to give her the 3rd degree about her relationship with Edward. She tells him its none of his business and he comes back with p221 (m) "He looks at you like...like you're something to eat." Mercifully class ends and Bella can escape this scrutiny.
Edward, waiting outside to take Bella home, notices the mood and says he is really starting to dislike Mike. This made Bella a little miffed as she realized he was listening to Mikes thoughts. They get in the car and start talking, first about their 'date' Saturday and then about the conversation they had started in the cafeteria about his hunting habits. He explains that when they hunt they give up all their senses and she is too much of a distraction to him for her to be there because he could turn on her.
The same routine continues daily from Edward picking Bella up for school to him taking her home each afternoon. All the while, when they are together Edward is asking all kinds of questions from the mundane to the complex. Bella answers them all, some making her blush, but most just simplex answers. The Thursday before their 'date' Bella is getting out of the car at home and Edward looks pained. p233 (b) "What is it?" p233 (e) "Another complication" Bella is curious as to what this means and as Edward is pulling away from the curb, another car carrying Billy and Jacob Black driving up the street. Charlie arrives home at the same time. Bellas last thoughts p 235 'Had Billy recognized Edward..Could he really believe the impossible legends his son had scoffed at?..The answer was clear in Billy's eyes. Yes. Yes he could.'
This chapter has been reminiscent of the typical daily lives of teenagers under the blush of first love. The non-stop gabbing, the endless questions, the hesitant touches. There is a lot of roller coaster emotion running through me as I conclude this chapter and forge ahead to the next. Off topic: This sounds crazy but as I post this, I have marked 22 years since graduating High School and left (or so I thought) my teen angst years behind me. I was reminded of this because I looked at a calendar and saw it was the birthday of my favorite cousin who coincidentally turned 22. I always said she was the best graduation gift I received.
As I reminisce about who I was then, I remember my life surrounded by family, a few friends, lots of acquaintances and others who will always remember me as the odd one out. A lot of my peers saw me as strange and unapproachable and never tried to get to know the person inside essentially the person I am today.
Bella on the other hand was a child of divorce, is not comfortable in her own skin, dislikes attention that people seem to pay her especially when it overwhelms her and has had to be a grown-up in many instances of her young life. She has always been the protector and along comes Edward, someone that wants to protect her even knowing that he is the one person that could end up truly hurting her. Her 'craving' for Edward could end up being the biggest mistake in her young life but she is going to make her own decisions. The 'complication' of the Blacks just adds to the mystery of what is going to happen next. I just hope after all this that the book does not end badly. And continue.....
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