I Felt Excited To Go To School,

Bella: How Could I Live With Myself When It’s My Fault? None Of You Should Be Risking Yourselves For Me – Jasper: Bella, Bella, Stop. You’re Worrying All The Wrong Things, Bella. Trust Me On This – None Of Us Are In Jeopardy… Our Family Is Strong. Our Only Fear Is Losing You. Bella: But Why Should You – Alice: It’s Been Almost A Century That Edward’s Been Alone. Now He’s Found You. You Can’t See The Changes That We See, We Who Have Been With Him For So Long. Do You Think Any Of Us Want To Look Into His Eyes For The Next Hundred Years If He Loses You?

A Hundred Yards Away, Mike Newton Was Lowering Bella's Limp Body To The Sidewalk. She Slumped Unresponsively Against The Wet Concrete, Her Skin Chalky As A Corpse. I Almost Took The Door Off The Car.

No Mistakes, I'd Promised Myself That I Would Make No Mistakes, No Matter How Minimal They Seemed. If I Held Her Hand, I Would Only Want More - Another Insignificant Touch, Another Move Closer To Her. I Could Feel That. A New Kind Of Desire Was Growing In Me, Working To Override My Self-control. No Mistakes.

Edward's Only Human Bella. He's Going To React Like Any Other Boy.

Of Course, Then You Nearly Crushed To Death In Front Of My Eyes. Later I Thought Of A Perfectly Good Excuse For Why I Acted At That Moment - Because If I Hadn't Saved You, If Your Blood Had Been Spilled There In Front Of Me, I Don't Think I Could Have Stopped Myself From Exposing Us For What We Are. But I Only Thought Of That Excuse Later. At The Time, All I Could Think Was, 'not Her.