TEC WEEKEND

This past weekend I attended a religious camp called TEC.TEC stands for teens encountering Christ. While I was at this camp we read many scriptures from the Bible. I don’t want to get to religious because this is school were talking about, but one verse that really stood out to me was, “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to uproot. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build. A time to weep and time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to DANCE!” –Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 I am also a very serious dancer. This quote is probably one of my favorites because it describes my life. I believe in all of these phrases because there is a time for everything in life. I enjoyed this experience and the verses from the bible played a major role in that.

Depression

After Edward left Bella alone in the woods, this book got completely depressing. Stephenie does such a good job describing everything, that you actually feel like you are a part of the story. So after Edward leaves Bella goes a little insane. At first she doesn’t realize why he had to leave. She was very confused and really depressed. When I read this section of the book I was crying! “The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.” Bella has a hard time readjusting to her new lifestyle. That is, until she found Jacob Black again. In the first book, Twilight, Jacob is one of Bella’s old family friends. Jacob doesn’t seem to play a huge role in the first book but he reappears being more useful than ever in the second.

The Departure

The next few days had been a blur for Bella. After the whole incident Edward had been different. Almost as if he wasn’t telling her something. It was confusing because the other day he had been the happiest man in the world. Bella walked through the halls with his silence and couldn’t take it anymore. As soon as he beat her home from school that day, she knew something was up. The moment he said, “Come for a walk with me,” (67) in a flat toned voice Bella knew that this was bad. As soon as they took nearly twenty steps in the woods they started to talk. Edward said he was moving on. Bella couldn’t breath. She just looked in his golden eyes and couldn’t move when the words came pouring out of his mouth. She couldn’t figure out if this was one of her stupid nightmares again or real. Edward thought it was the best and in return he said, “I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed.” (71) The tears suddenly came out of her eyes. The thought overwhelmed her and she didn’t understand why he was doing this to her. “It will be as if I’d never existed,” ran through Bella’s head, over and over again. When i read this part of the book, in New moon, i actually started crying. The way Stephenie Meyer describes her pain makes it seem real and that your in that position. I absolutely cannot imagine what Bella is feeling right now!

Birthday Party

It was September 13. Bella knew exactly why she was miserable too. It was because she knew that she was now one year older than Edward. She played it off as if it wasn’t her birthday, but Edward knew more than to go along with her thoughts. They went to a birthday party for Bella at the Cullen’s house and Alice, Edward’s sister, made it really overdone and surprising. As Bella was opening her presents, she got a paper cut. Everything had gone to fast. She had realized, as the bubble of blood formed on her fingertip, that she was surrounded by a family of vampires. Carlisle was the only one that stayed calm, but what could Bella expect, he did this for a living. Jasper had gone mad and jumped on Bella smashing her into a pile of glass. They retrieved him and Edward went into his protective state. It wasn’t long when it was just Bella and Carlisle the only ones in the room, and he was stitching her up.

New Moon

For Second Quarter, I have been reading the sequel to the Twilight book, New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer. The first one was really good and it led right off to the second. A quote I picked was about Bella in the first chapter. It described the beginning of the new book and played out a lot of the rest of the book. “I woke up with a start- my eyelids popping open wide- and gasped. Dull gray light, the familiar light of an overcast morning, took the place of the blinding sun in my dream. Just a dream, I told myself. It was only a dream.” (pg 6) Many times in this book, Bella has dreams that foreshadow what will happen next. If you kept reading on from this quote you would find out that it was Bella’s birthday and the significance of it. The fact that Edward is seventeen for life makes it hard on Bella, because she had now just turned one year older. This causes many problems for the two.

A Visit to the Cullens

Bella woke the next morning to a crisp voice. She automatically knew who it was, Edward. She couldn’t believe that he had stayed the entire night. At first she wondered about Charlie. Edward explained that he had left hours ago not even noticing. They both went downstairs to grab something to eat. As they sat there Bella gazed at him. “His eyes gleamed. ‘The talking came earlier.’ I groaned. ‘What did you hear?’ His gold eyes grew very soft. ‘You said you loved me.’ ‘You already knew that,’ I reminded him, ducking my head. ‘It was nice to hear, just the same.’ I hid my face against his shoulder. ‘I love you,’ I whispered. ‘You are my life now,’ he answered simply.” (314) Bella was the one eating while Edward just watched her. Vampires didn’t eat human food. To them it was like eat dirt. As she ate, they discussed the agenda. Edward decided it was finally time for Bella to meet the Cullens. As those words came out of his mouth, Bella froze. She was both excited and nervous. They got in the car and drove to Edward’s house. As they pulled up, Bella saw the quaint house. It had a special charm to it and it definitely fit the Cullens well. When Bella walked inside, Dr. Cullen stood there welcoming. Soon she met everyone as they poured in and out of sight. They seemed to like Bella and she was finally glad to see the place where Edward had mostly spent all his time before her.

Mind over Matter

When they got to Bella's house, Edward promised he would meet her up stairs. As Bella opened her door to go into her room, there he was laying on his bed. Bella laid down next to Edward and they started talking. It started on the whole vampire subject again and his family. Then they got on the subject of Bella’s sleeping habits. Edward told her that he had been there before. She wondered if he really had come in and been there while she was sleeping! Then he told her that he had heard her sleep talking and he thought it was really cute. Bella’s heart started to flutter. She loved when he called her cute. They finally had gotten on the topic of Edward himself. Bella asked him how he does it every day. “’Mind over matter,’ he repeated, smiling, his teeth bright even in the darkness.” (301) He explained that he had to overcome the scent and be stronger so there was no possibility that he could ever hurt her. The conversation went into a topic of fear. Edward asked if Bella was at all scared. She said she wasn’t at all. Then Edward asked the most important question of the evening. “’I’m curious now, though,’ he said, his voice light again. ‘Have you ever…?’ He trailed off suggestively.” (311) Bella stated that she had never felt like this towards anyone before. It was important that he asked that because he then obviously felt the same way towards her. The conversation nearly faded as Bella fell into a deep sleep and even then Edward laid down with her.