Bella and edward are talking and seeing more of each other with Edward driving Bella to school so one day as edward drives her back and they “talk” losing track of time… Chapter 11 Edward & Bella head off to Biology where they get to watch a film!  I was able to track down the movie for those interested. Then it is time for Bella to head to Gym.  When they see each other afterwards (trumpets play and angels sing) Bella gets mad because Edward was watching her (by piggybacking in someone’s mind).  They leave school after Bella proves that she is auto-illiterate by not recognizing that Rosalie’s red convertible was an M3 (can you believe it- what are they teaching in high school these days?) Edward drops Bella off (so sad) and leaves in a hurry  as her dad and Billy & Jacob Black arrive to mend fences and watch the game.  It seems the Jacob’s dad was a little upset when Bella’s dad did absolutely nothing to save the population of his small town from vampires infesting the local hospital.  What a grouch. Chapter 12 So the evening goes fairly well  and now it’s Friday!  So this weekend Edward and Bella are going to… do something- I guess.  They talked about Seattle, they’ve talked about other things… my how they have talked and talked.  Since Edward has been asking Bella question upon question-  Hint- this is a strategy that does sometimes work- high school boys out there… ask questions and seem as interested in the answers as possible not matter how inane they may be.  Of course we know the issue still is Bella hasn’t said a word to her dad about this. Umm… Hello?  This is a small town and your dad is chief  of police?  You don’t think he already knows?  He’s probably planning the wedding (Woo hoo!  My little girl is marrying the son of a doctor who has lots of money!).  So Saturday morning finally arrives and Edward and Bella head off to the land of adventure!  Bella’s dad goes fishing. Chapter 13 We learn what vampires look like in the sunlight (think disco-ball, just not as round), and why Edward avoided  school after Bella first arrived.  It has something to do with bathing, or that fact that Bella stinks- then again so does Edward.  The scientific term would be more like pheromones.  So Edward opens up to Bella about how he really wants to open up Bella and how he thinks a little mint jelly might help.  There’s a lot of testing Edward’s limits to see when he might take a bite- not a safe thing.  And we end as they head back from Edward’s happy place (a sunlight filled glade miles off the road- nice place for a geocache) hopefully they will make it home in one piece. Prediction: They will make it back in time for the big dance and they will spend a romantic evening (trumpets & angels again) sipping bland punch (O positive) and swooning in the heady vapors each of them emits.  Bella’s dad decides to give up the Police force and become a crab fisherman (or at least that’s what the hastily written note in his own blood said) and is never seen again.

I am sorry but with the holidays I have been reading, just not commenting on the wonderful piece of literature I am reading.  Once again this is a chapter by chapter breakdown of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.  I am trying to figure out what the big deal is. When we last left our heroic band of adventurers they were about to be eaten by giant rats… Chapter Two Let’s make this one quick- Bella is hoping that the strange kid in her Biology class isn’t rude to her. Life is miserable, She has these boys in competition over her, but not the right boy. You have got to love teen angst. Edward (the strange kid from Biology) doesn’t show up to school for a few days- Bella starts to get concerned that she did something. When he shows up his eyes are are some strange yellow color and he is polite. (I think he’s one of the pod people now) Bella is confused but pulls through by showing Edward that she is smart on a Biology Lab. Bella also thinks that every time Edward leaves school he is laughing at her. Chapter Three Oh no! How could things get worse? Snow and ice- Bella doesn’t know what to do. She heads out to school and things go well. When she arrives she finds out her dad had put chains on her truck. As she looks at the chains thinking that it was a nice thought a van pulls into the parking lot out of control and squishes her like a bug. The End. No, of course not, that would be a very short multi-million dollar movie. So suddenly Edward is standing next to her and pushes her out of the way of the speeding van and uses his body to block the impact. Bella realizes what has been going on as she is taken to the hospital to be examined. As she asked Edward how he saved her, he calmly says that he was standing next to her the whole time. We all know what really happened. Edward was rocketed to Earth from his home planet of Krypton right before it exploded. Now Bella has to figure out where she can get her hands on some Kryptonite to prove her theory. After Edwards denies it and finally breaks off all civil communication with Bella we know something is up. Chapter Four Weeks have passed- Bella is once again miserable- Why won’t Edward be nice to her? Once again guys- this trick works in the movies- not in real life. Unless you have worked years to be labelled a “Bad Boy” and time it just right so the girl in question has something to prove- you’ll probably just end up alone.  Then again, following a girl around like a little lost puppy dog also doesn’t work (I speak from experience). So Bella is miserable… and she has all these guys hanging on her every action hoping that she will invite them to the school’s Spring dance. She turns down suitor 1, arranges for suitor 2 to get asked by someone else, and turns down suitor 3 (the guy who hit her with his van). Telling them all that she has plans to go into Seattle that weekend. Edward comes to the rescue and offers to drive her to Seattle because he is afraid her truck won’t make it (See I told you the truck would play a part). That’s where I’ve ended off and I am still thinking that this is just a weird adaptation of the Superman story. Instead of Smallville Kal-El’s rocket crashed into the woods in the Pacific Northwest. I guessing the other kids in Edward’s “Family” are actually Kryptonians rescued from the phantom zone. My Prediction: While driving to Seattle, the dam is going to burst causing Edward to show that he has powers far beyond those of mortal men.  Bella, unfortunately, will not survive, causing Edward to fly around the Earth so fast that he will change time and save Bella.