The song for this chapter is Mr. Brightside by The Killers
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Thanks to my new video yesterday, I’ve had quite a few chuckles at some of the outrageous guesses as to what epic things I have in The Box. I’ve had even more fun with the comments on the video page, such as those resembling:
“OME I HOPE IT’S RPATTZ’S HAIR, SO I CAN EAT IT!!!1!”
Poor Rob. It must feel odd waking up in the morning, knowing that somewhere in the world, there is a fangirl who desires nothing more than something growing on the top of your head.
Anyhow, I had a feeling that Jacob was simply trying to manipulate Bella again in the previous chapter; it didn’t take Edward’s mind-reading and quick analysis to tell me that either. There’s desperation at work here. Jacob’s ready to do anything possible to convince Bella that he’s worth keeping: either as a lover or as a friend. I’m sure he prefers the former, but he would rather have one than neither. At least it gives him a certain amount of hope.
Edward is one of eternal patience: perhaps foolhardy, in that aspect. He just watched his girlfriend kiss another guy, who could very easily be his archenemy if not for her intervention. What even prompts him to remain so composed? I speak often of Bella hurting herself by keeping Jacob around, but one could very easily point to Edward: he keeps taking Bella back with no regard whatsoever to how she is treating him. Love is blind, they say. But perhaps Edward’s isn’t such a blind love, but rather he believes that it is his just punishment for leaving Bella:
“But…when I left you, Bella, I left you bleeding. Jacob was the one to stitch you back up again […] I may gain forgiveness, but that doesn’t let me escape the consequences.”
People have written to me before, saying that this is the reason Edward allows Bella to spend so much time with Jacob, despite the fact that it must pain him to see them together. Edward blames himself for it, since Jacob was the one to pick Bella back up after Edward left in New Moon. And it is true — Edward was the one who left, and Jacob simply stepped in, expecting to finally have his chance now that Edward was gone. It might even be considered harsh for Edward to even think that he could leave Bella and then return, expecting for things to be mended back as they once were. But how long will his punishment continue? When will he come to accept that the wounds perhaps are healed, and he has paid his due?
For Bella, keeping Jacob is almost like leaving a cast on your arm long after the broken bones have healed: perhaps you would have come to lean on its support, but while it is still there, you will never be able to fully recover. It leaves me to wonder which stage Bella is really in. Is she still hurt, and needs Jacob to keep her together while her heart heals itself; or has she already healed, but does not want to remove him for fear she will fall apart again?
I just love it how Edward can see the action from so far away, channeled through the minds of the werewolves back to him like some sort of television feed. It’s amazing how they planned it out, so that he could be far away with Bella and yet still see and hear what is going on through the minds and eyes of the others who are actually there fighting. I can imagine it so well as a scene in the film, flashing back and forth from the epic vampire and werewolf battle nearby.
One of the most curious and most-easily-taken-out-of-context lines in the entire book was this:
“Only a few yards away from that fight, Edward and Victoria were dancing”
I know Edward is quite the fellow, but dancing in the middle of a war…with the woman who wants to kill your future wife? Tsk, tsk.
And then, there is the battle. The glorious, amazing battle in the clearing near the rocks and what’s left of the tent. I reveled in this vampire battle: silently mouthing to myself ‘Finally, finally!’ as all the paragraphs and paragraphs of how perfect Emmett and Edward are; and the chapters upon chapters of Jacob trying to win back Bella; and the pages and pages of description of the scintillating muscles on Edward smooth arms…finally became worth it for any male readers of Eclipse. June 30, 2010, will be marked upon my calendar, as the day I finally get to see this epic scene in the theater ๐
I will also now admit to a mistake in my last post. In error, I had said that Chapter 23 might be my favorite from Eclipse. Unfortunately for Chapter 23, it has now been replaced by the great, glorious, and vampire-battle-filled Chapter 24.
Question for the comments: Do you think (at this point in the book) that Bella is still hurting from Edward leaving her, and needs Jacob to keep her together; or has she already healed, but does not want to remove him for fear she will fall apart again? Both?
——NOTES——
– Only 3 more chapters in Eclipse: this means the customary PICK THE SONG FOR ECLIPSE poll will be happening very soon! Start thinking about which songs you’ll nominate because the selection process starts TOMORROW!
121 Responses
Excellent post as always Kaleb. You had me giggling like a little school girl. ๐ So I’m going to, as always, give my opinion. However, as always it will be a lot longer than I mean for it to be so buckle up for the ride haha.
I think that Bella is totally healed from when Edward left her. I think this because if you remember fromt he second book she goes to Volterra to save Edward. When she finally finds him and throws her arms around him she says that it wasn’t like a wound had healed but as if there was never a wound there in the first place.
Now onto my other thoughts about hwy she holds onto Jacob. I know that Bella is looked upon as a generally selfless person. However, she is only human and selfishness is just a part of the human nature. She knows that she’s hurting Jacob by stringing him along and she feels terrible about it. She’s hurting him while she keeps him so close yet refuses to reciprocate the feelings he holds for her. At the same time she has this greedy selfish part of her that wants to keep him around. She wants to have her cake and eat it too and that just can’t happen.
So in the simple terms, Bella is completely healed and is acting out of selfishness when she tries so hard to keep Jacob near her.
KN, you awesome. And your right. This whole series is made (in my opinion) 1/4 better just by the fight seens at the end of almost every book. It’s the same for nearly all the books out there. Harry Potter (say the name with reverance) has the best fights. SM has made fights that are even more interesting because of the powers of the vampires. (TWILIGHT GUYS RULE)
LOL id burn his hair;) but i think that in his healing her heart she grew to love him, so much so that she is terified of causing him pain. But remember this is IMPORTANT; HE HASN’T IMPRINTED YET, so there is another *person* he is ment to be with. coughnextcoughbookcough
Hahahha. Nice commenting on Victoria and Edward’s dancing ๐
Question: Neither. I don’t think she still needs Jacob to heal her, or that she’s afraid of what will happen after he leaves. I think she’s just keeping him around because she loves him, and of course you don’t want to lose the one you love.
Kaleb! Loved your post. As always. And the image of Edward dancing with Victoria… Hilarious!
And now for your question..
I believe Bella really learned to love Jacob, cause he kept her going when she thought she was dying. As she says it, he’s her Jacob, her own personal sun. She’s in love with his personality, and though it might also be because she’s afraid of getting hurt again, shes afraid of letting go of Jacob, cause she is in love with him. Of course it is a different love from the love she feels for Edward.
ROFL edward and victoria dancing….
i think she has healed. but she did say never ket herself hope, but with jacob she didnt have to. because he was there no matter what had happened. she doent believe edward will leave her but her heart may say that he will, so she “needs” jacob too.
Bella was completely healed. In New Moon when she was back in Edward’s arms she said it was as if the hole wasn’t even there to begin with. I think the reason Stephenie kept making reference to Wuthering Heights was because Bella was acting just as Catherine did.
Jacob no longer held the enigma of being her Sun and warming her from the cold because there was no more reason for that, however, in Edward’s abscense Jacob was more than just a crutch he really did become a friend and she was feeling things she didnt want to admit because she was still to preoccupied with her love for Edward and how damage she was. Here in Eclipse we still see her battling with trying to justify Jacob’s presence in her life, not wanting to admit she is in love with him in a different way from Edward. Through her forced naivity of her own feelings she in turn ends up being incredibly selfish and ends up hurting Edward, Jacob and herself.
hahaha i finished all 4 books in 3 and a bit weeks. book 3 was my fave!
Aaah… I’m late to post this time!
I love it! The dancing picture is quite hilarious.
I’m going to say neither. At least I’m not alone on that. I think that Bella was completely healed at the moment where she realized that Edward truly loves her and is not going to leave. She hasn’t needed Jacob for a long time.
I do believe, however, that she has made herself believe that Jacob needs HER. The reason that she will not let Jacob go is because she doesn’t think he can handle it. Or so she says. I actually think that she’s just trying to keep him from finding someone else, because she doesn’t believe that anyone else is good enough for him. Like she could be, loving someone else, though…
I’m still mad at Jacob and Bella from the last chapter. As I’ve said before, now I’m mad at Edward too, only now I can say why. I cannot believe the way that he just bows down and takes this! I wish, just once, he would yell and scream and ask Bella what in the hell she thinks she’s doing!! The reason I think he doesn’t do this, is because having the exact image in his head, he’s not entirely sure of himself anymore. He sees now that there is a chance that Bella could be happy with Jacob. He realized that he wants this as much as he doesn’t.
I’m so aggravated at Edward and Jacob! Neither of them will force her to choose because they’re both afraid that she won’t pick them! They choose to remain in this odd three-way created by Bella. I would much rather be the odd man out, so I could just move on. I could slap her…
I’m so glad that Victoria finally showed up. Even more glad that she’s now been done away with. I was tired of waiting around for her to come barreling out of some dark corner. Did anyone notice, though, that SM’s description of her voice is not at all like the voice of the actress in the movie? Interesting…
Just one more thing… Did anyone catch the yumminess that is Robert Pattinson sitting behind Mickey Rourke at the Oscars? That’s the best I’ve seen him looking in a while. Nice to know that he still cleans up well. ๐
Healed but afraid to fall apart again. Damn, I used to write so much. But now I’m out of ideas. Blame the piles of homework. And I didn’t comment on Chapter 23 too! ๐
I really think neither. Bella is completely healed from Edward’s departure and is very sure about his love now. As she has said in New Moon, Jacob has been carving his own hole in her heart instead of healing the one Edward left. I believe it is possible to love two persons at the same time. I don’t know which hurts more; not knowing which you love more; or you do know which you love more and have to do something about the other one.
For some reason, I don’t belong to Team Edward or Team Jacob. I love both guys as much. I’m 100% Team Bella. I was devastated while reading New Moon. Every time Bella is curling up like a ball and hurting, I just wanted to hold her myself. While reading Eclipse, time to time I wanted to go protect her and shoo the guys away from hurting her.
Hahah, I’m crazy. Yes I am a girl and yes I like guys. Bella is still my favorite heroin of all time.
I think what makes me love this Chapter so much is that it reveals how much deep the cut has been for both Bella and Edward. I wouldn’t say that Jacob is cut deep now, because he got what he wanted – for Bella to know that she loves him too.
At that time when Edward was speaking to Bella, it shows how behind all the patience he held within himself, he is also hurt right in the heart. When he said “How?” I imagined the face he should put on and the pain that you can see in it. It should be glimmering, if not wet. Because vampires can’t cry right? ;P
The fight scene, ah yes. It’s going to be bigger than the fight scene in Twilight. And I can’t wait for it to be on screen. Seeing it from Bella’s point of view, it’s going to be awesome. And the panic that Bella had when she picked up the rock, it’s just going to add up the tense. PFF! I’m pumped!
As for your question. Gee, I don’t really know. I’m sure about the Bella & Edward part. But I’m not sure about the Jacob part. Pretty confusing. :/
But yes, she is healed [:
The answer is simple. Bella loves both boys, in different ways. She is in love with Edward as a lover and she is in love with Jacob as a friend. She wants them both in her life but relaizes that each of the boys dont want to share her with the other. I think she is over the fact that Edward left but sice Jake was there to fill that void when Edward did leave she has a very close bond with Jake. Whlie reading the books there has never been a doubt in my mind that she would pick Jake over Edward…so lets see what she really does!!!!!!
Bella wants Edward for her husband and Jake for a best friend
I think for the most part Bella is pretty much healed. The only thing she worries about is the fact that she knows her decision in choosing Edward (because honestly what else can she do?) that she will hurt Jacob. So yet another example of Bella being almost too good and always thinking of others before herself.
I think she healed from when Edward left in New Moon, but scared the same will happen again if she lets Jacob leave
I agree. I believe she is healed from New Moon. She was healed the moment she literally ran into Edward in Volterra (though not completely). And I don’t think she keeps Jacob around in case she gets hurt again, I think that she just wants him around because she loves Jacob, too (though why I cannot possibly imagine). AND she does not want to hurt Jacob either by saying goodbye. She is trying to be everything to everybody and she is ripping herself apart in the process. She is not helping the situation. She is making it worse. Cathy all over again.
I love the vampire battle here. It is so awesome. Yeah, June 2010!! Can’t wait.
But what rips my heart into pieces is that Edward sits by and calmly watches the love of his existence make-out with someone else. And he can’t even show it, vent his feelings at all, without hurting Bella. So it’s like he is pretending he can’t feel. Putting off feelings, like a self-induced numbing process. This is because he still hates himself and thinks (what nonsense!!) that Bella would be safer with Jacob. Maybe happier (ridiculous!!). So I think he is readying himself for the loss when Bella leaves him forever.
I can’t get over how absolutely gorgeous it is when Edward calls Bella “love”. Finally. A pet name that is simply dripping with compassion, care, and love. It’s like every passion he feels for Bella is fused into this one word. Maybe I’m just sentimental. I get chills (the good ones) and feel like jelly every time he utters that word to her.
Here, I hated Jacob so much I wanted Edward to end his miserable wolfy existence now and finally take what is his by right. But that is why Edward is better than any other “man”.
She is healed as much as anyone can be at this point. She is secure in the love and dedication of Edward and has no worries on that point. She loves Jacob like one would a brother or best friend. Jacob wants this to be more but it can’t be. I found this triangle between the three of them such a deep and mind blowing situation. Stephanie really delves into the complexities of such a situation and I felt as torn as Bella was. Not in who I loved more, but in torn loyalties. Above all, there is the love for Edward. It trumps everything else. Next to it is the loyalty and love born from the healing process of a friend helping during a time of absolute pain and loss. It is not easy trying to make everyone happy and Bella is forced to realize that sometimes you have to make those tough choices and can’t make everyone happy. It not easy to do when your a natural caretaker and want those you love to also be happy. Edward is amazing in these final chapters to me. I love rereading these chapters because the care and concern Edward shows Bella really reflects the love he has for her. He has stood by her as she works out her conflict with her torn loyalties between him and Jacob, showing patience that only comes with age and a great deal of unselfish love.
One more thing. I personally found Edward’s response to Jacob’s manipulation amusing and reassuring. I don’t agree with the others that Edward would love to have ranted to Bella. He understands more clearly what is going on then Bella does. Partly because he can read Jacob’s mind and partly because he does understand human nature. He’s been listening to the thoughts of people for 80 years. His recognition that Jacob was making a strategic move and able to appreciate it for what it was I found amusing.
Bella’s healed, but she’s healed over Jacob, like a piece of shrapnel. Or, more fittingly, Jacob was an implant (pacemaker? artificial heart?) that kept her heart beating when Edward left. Edward came back, and her heart’s working fine on its own, but she never removed Jacob. Now she’s healed over with him inside, unnecessary and problematic, but impossible to remove without risking serious damage. ๐
I thought it was funny how you made it sound like Jacob was just waiting in the wings for Edward to leave the scene. Bella did seek him out, after all, and encouraged his attentions (heh – watched Pride and Prejudice yesterday) by default when she went along with everything and actually enjoyed most of it. Jacob’s an immature little punk, no mistake, but I don’t entirely blame him for not giving up on Bella, not when she has constantly sent him mixed signals.
I think she’s healed over Edward leaving, but if Jacob were to go then a part of her would fall apart that Jacob has grown into. She’d been technically friends with Jacob before, when she was little, and so he’s always had a small space in her heart. When Edward left, that space expanded into a friendship with him as well as filling up the gap Edward left. Now that Edward is back, that hole as been healed with what was originally there, but her love for Jacob has grown and if Jacob were to leave, a hole would be left there as well like there was with Edward.
I think that Bella is completely healed, but as usual, she feels guilty about Jacob, and has a hard time letting him go, because of how they became while she was broken.
I don’t like Bella that much, because she’s really weak, and it bothers me. She is too… kind, too nice. She needs to grow up, get a backbone, and stop being a child about some things. However, just to contradict myself and show that I don’t hate Bella and I can see her side, she is very grown up about how to handle herself, and make decisions that most wouldn’t be able to. And then she has her best friend and the love of her, well I don’t want to say life, because she’s going to live so much longer than that… The love of her forever, I guess you’d say. And going between that is hard, especially when you’ve needed both for so long, and don’t know how to let go.
But, that’s just what I think.
By the way, nice picture. And who would want to eat Rob’s hair??? That’s just kind of creepy.
ilua!
I think Nicole, No. 6, summed it up perfectly.
Ok now, this is for all you Jacob haters out there.
I’ve said this a jillion times before and I know it’s wasting my time, but here I go again. When Edward left, Jacob did not just slide on in, thinking it was “his turn”. BELLA went to HIM, he saw what a mess she was, and helped her not for his benefit, but hers. Hers. Even in Eclipse, the only reason why he’s pushy and kissing her is NOT just so he can win her over. He’s doing whatever he can think of to save Bella’s life, as said by Steph on her website. You can check if you don’t believe me.
Really. If anyone’s manipulating, it’s Edward. Do you honestly believe he’s okay with his fiance making out with a dude he hates? Nooo. He’s purposely using the “as long as your happy” thing on Bella so that he looks saint-like in comparison to Jacob. Obviously he’s pissed about it on the inside, he’s just faking so that he wins this game between him and Jacob (the prize being Bella) Edward has a hundred years of practice of lying & manipulating on his record. He knows what he’s doing and Jacob doesn’t.
I know I’m making a big deal over fiction but I just don’t like Jacob-hate. People refuse to be a little open minded, I guess. I don’t care if your Team Eddie, you obviously have that right and everything but…*sigh*
Also (I’m done ranting now) I don’t think Bella is afraid of letting go because she’s not healed… I think it’s just cause she loves him, he loves her. She doesn’t want either getting hurt.
Ok, I’m really done now. I promise.
I think that Bella is neither holding healing or holding on to him, but instead it is like Jacob has become part of her so that she can not part with him without feeling pain. Jacob has become so much a part of her that taking him away will be like hurting her again. I do think that she might still be healing from Edward’s leaving but is also holding on to Jacob because she knows that if Edward ever left then Jacob would be the only thing in her life that could help her live her life. I hope that answers your questions. =D I actually like the more emotional chapters better, but this is one of my favorite chapters.
Wow, you are beyond hilarious now. “I know Edward’s quite the fellow, but dancing in the middle of a war… with the woman who wants to kill your future wife? tsk tsk.” I really liked this chapter too, because it was so descriptive and amazing! Also, i find it so interesting that you picture jacob as a cast… someone needs to draw bella’s heart in a cast that says “jacob” and edward trying to pry the cast off… haha.
Loony Lovegood…
LoL I’ve only recently begun reading the Harry Potter books. Otherwise, I never would have caught that reference.
I think that Edward leaving was like Bella sticking her arm down a garbage disposal. Like an industrial one. her arms was a bloody, pulpy mess. The Jacon came along and became her bandages. After a while she resented them and would take them off, only to find she was not ready. Now Bella has had the Jacob bandaid on for so long, she doesn’t really remember what her arm looks like anymore. It could be just as before, or deformed and ugly with scarring.
I should either become a therapist… or shut up. And since I don’t wanna hear people’s problems all day…
I think that when edward left it was like he stabbed her. And she used jacob as a cast. Once edward came back she healed fully but didn’t want jacob to brake because didn’t need him anymore.
I donยดt think sheยดs still hurt because edward left her.
Though she loves edward more, bella loves jacob. so thatยดs the reason why she doesnยดt want to cut him out of her life(not even for her own sake)
KALEB!!! I already asked you this in the comments from your previous post, but if you could PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE use the song “One Moment More” by Mindy Smith that would be awesome! I hate using capslock obnoxiously but it is the PERFECT song for that chapter. Hands down the best one I have ever heard. Please listen to it! Thanks.
Aubrey
In my opinion, Bella is entirely healed, that’s not the issue here at all. Edward is back, and won’t ever leave her again. He knows that, she knows that. But while Edward was gone, Jacob became a part of her. Just as Bella felt her chest had a huge hole in it when Edward left, Jacob is now a part of her very being as well. If he leaves, he will rip out his own chunk. It may not be as painful a wound as Edward’s absence, but still an agonizing enough prospect that she’s not about to risk it.
But don’t you worry your…uh, handsome little head about it. Everything happens for a reason ๐
I love Renoir’s Dance at Bougival ๐
The part you wrote about the wearing the cast after a broken arm has healed just for support reminds me of a story my friend told me about her mom who just broke her arm and instead of an expensive heavy cast she got this padded cast like thing. and so my friend asked her mom what it was and her mom explained and my friend said “so it’s like a bra for your elbow??” and her mom said “yep that’s exactly right”. and I just noticed this one huge run-on sentence… oh well. ๐ and the hair part was funny… I mean who would want to eat someone’s hair?????? I mean people send back food with a single strand of hair in it at restaraunts… so it’s a little odd. lol
I think Bella is over Edward leaving her yet she stills needs her Jacob. Can’t wait till you start Breaking Dawn!!!
i think bella keeps Jacob around because he’s a part of her too. In New Moon, after Jacob “breaks-up” with Bella, she says something like, “i thought Jacob was healing the hole Edward had left, but its clear that he was just carving out another for himself.” In that figurative sense, bella has two “holes” and by keeping Edward and Jacob, she can remain whole, although Edward’s hole is much larger than Jacob’s.
wow, alot of people agree that she’s healed and just loves jake as well and isnt willing to let go for that reason…I think youre outvoted kaleb, lol.
Michelle,
I agree that sometimes I want to scream at edward to tell him to express himself more. I mean he keeps alot of doubt and issues bottled up, sometimes (like at this point in eclipse) it would be better if he just screamed/shouted, had some sort of reaction. I agree that its just because he has doubts about how happy bella would be from having that mental image of them kissing in his head, but he should tell her he’s feeling this! It bugs me sometimes that unless he’s got something comforting to say (or the opposite of that “i could kill you”) he doesnt really let her in on all he’s feeling, Bella (who is also frusterating at this point) at least tells him everything shes feeling as she feels it (unless its embarassing, then she edits, but she still tells him!) And if Edward had been honest about being jealous earlier Bella might have realized that it would hurt the boys to be around both of them, she would have stopped seeing Jake to make Edward happy and it would have saved everyone alot of heartache, well take that back, even if Edward had been honest I doubt Bella would have given up Jake, he is a part of her at this point and she doesnt want to hurt him…hmmm it probably still would have ended up the same, having to choose the way she did at the end of eclipse…but I do think its good she realized her feeling for jake, that way hundreds of yrs from now when shes lookign back she doesnt have to wonder what might have happened…
anyway!
Ang,
I liked the pacemaker analogy, very creative, (and cool)
and incidently I watched pride and prejudice yesterday too both of them!)
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I think there was someone elses comment I was going to comment on but I cant remember now…*sigh* oh well
๐ melissaturkey
oh yes I remember now!
someone said something about bella being bella and being too guilty to let go of jake. and thats true, bella puts alot of stock in guilt (remember that was her explanation to herself for why edward went off to italy? and jake knew that a guilt trip would be especially easy to pull over bella because he knows who she is)
(ok ok Im getting to my point)
But Bella has other reasons for not letting Jake go. Bella does have a bit of a selfless streak (she takes care of her parents, putting their needs above her own, she’d give her life for anyone she loved, edward, family, friends, vampires, werewolves, babies…) and she would always be willing to cause pain for herself to make the people she loves happy, which is the reason *spoiler* she eventually is able to choose between them, because she knows it will hurt her but she cant stand to hurt edward anymore and leave jake hanging like she is.
at the same time she’s also being selfish because she doesnt want to choose. she wants to keep her “best friend” and her Edward, and that of course hurts them all worse….
bella has very complex emotions, being guilt, selfless and selfish all at the same time!
I have no idea if any of that made any sense, Im so tired right now, and its only 5:30! its been a long day! lol but I hope everyone gets the idea…
off to nap…:D melissaturkey
Melissa,
I am also glad that she finally realizes her feelings. I think Jake can at least be happy in the fact that he knows now that he tried his hardest. At least, although far too late, she levels with him.
I hate the epilogue, though. Another time I could slap Edward. Never seen him go against a wish so blatantly before. Ever get the feeling he was just trying to rub it in, all while hiding behind the nice guy facade? ๐
*sort of spoilery Kaleb dont read*
Michelle,
Actually that was the one time I didnt think he was playing a game right along with Jake (only taking the higher road in doing so, like you said “playing the nice guy” though most of it was genuine I assume (though he does admit to Jake in the chapter they talk in the tent that he is/was fighting for her too). I mean now that he has her, she’s chosen him once and for all, I think that he honestly himself would have wanted the opportunity (to go to the wedding) so he was offereing it to Jake. (Even though of course he didnt want him to really come, unless of course it made Bella happy.
So though I think there were other times when Edward was hiding behind a bigger man facade I dont think he was in the epilouge, he’d already won and I dont think Edward is spiteful enough to rub it in is face though…or maybe not, I dont know I could be wrong…
I think Bella is totally healed. I think she is more afraid of sending Jacob anyway and hurting him rather than seeing the pain she is causing him along with everyone else by keeping him around.
I must agree with Sarah though too. I just don’t know for sure.
Melissa,
I see your point…
but can you imagine actually attending?
I can certainly understand why it is that Jake .
Neither, I think that she has admitted her affection for Jacob, a product of her past with Edward but she knows who she can’t live without even if Jacob remains. Isn’t natural to gather all you love around you, even when it makes situations difficult.
she loves both, and she isnt trying to hurt anyone. she needs both of them, because she loves both of them and she wants to keep both of them. ofcourse bella always has that fear that maybe edward will leave her but that is not the reason she keeps jacob around. she keeps him around because she loves him. and she isnt trying to punish edward for leaving her at all, she just is trying to spend as much time with jacob and make him happy as a thanks for healing her when edward left. bella knows she is hurting edward for doing this, but she knows who she wants and edward also knows that she loves him more. she secretly knows that she can not keep jacob, so she is just giving him the best memories that she could give him, because they know they both love each other…
*slightly spoilery*
Michelle,
I can certainly understand why it is that Jake?
did you finish you’re sentence?
And no, me myself, could never attend an ex’s wedding (not that they’re really “exes” in a literal sense) but I think thats why Jake didnt come to the actual wedding, it would be too much, but a reception…it would mean alot to Bella for him to be there and Jake could make it easier on himself by pretending it was any party (only bella’s wearing a wedding dress of course, something you certainly wouldnt see happening on just any occasion).
Actually I take that back, I could go to an exes wedding, if it had been yrs since we’d been together and we were friends, zero weirdness, but this…this heartache all only happened what two months ago, three? Not very long, thats way to fresh, I actually admire that he had the heart to [go] for Bella.
anyways…so off topic now! lol
๐ melissaturkey
ugh ppl do you have to hint or put spoilers? seriously some people (not me) really want to enjoy the books spoiler-free. gosh, i nearly cried when i couldnt visit a single twilight sight without being spoilered or whatever you call it because i hadnt read all the books yet.
serioulsy think about. you guys are naaring(haha south african word you probably dnt know)
anyway, i definitely loved this chapter. i had no idea stephenie would imagine somethin so gruesome…. oooo the movie’s gna be freaky