Caseycha79 sent me a new release from Little Brown stating the official release date of Breaking Dawn and confirming the title.  So here you go folks – book four will be called Breaking Dawn and the current release date is set for August 10, 2008.  That means we have less than a year to wait! 

Alphie

I have updated the Timeline to include Eclipse information.  Just look for anything labled with an EC# and it’s new.  But be warned – if you haven’t finished the book yet, this is obviously full of spoilers. 

We will be updated the rest of the site slowly over the next few months to include all the new information we recieved in Eclipse.

Alphie

Chapter Number: Epilogue

Chapter Name: Choice

Page Numbers: 621-629

Date of Chapter: Unknown – probably sometime in July

Summary:

Jacob takes over the narration and has an aggravating conversation with Leah.  She explains to him that she has had a dream about kissing Bella Swan all because of how he has transmitted his own feelings to the rest of the pack.  Fighting back, Jacob gives her the same lecture about her feelings about Sam.  She spits on him for his remark and darts off to the trees .

Jacob contemplates what it will be like for him when Bella is a vampire and how difficult it will be for him to think of her as an enemy.  Worse than that, he worries that Edward might kill her and that he, in turn, would try to kill Edward. 

Frustrated and hungry, he heads home to find his father rambling on about nothing important.  This is generally a sign that there is something important that needs to be discussed, and Jacob really doesn’t want to hear it.  Jacob tries to eat as fast as he can, but doesn’t manage to avoid the impending discussion.

Billy tells Jacob that they received a letter, specifically a wedding invitation.  Jacob rips the fancy envelope open to find not only an invitation to the wedding, but also a personal note from Edward.  The note states that Edward is breaking the rules by inviting Jake, but that if things had gone differently, Edward would have wanted the choice he is now giving Jake.  He also thanks Jake for Bella and everything Jake did for her.

Heartbroken, Jacob runs from the house and transforms into his wolf self.  He demands that his friends leave him alone, and to his surprise, Sam backs him up on the request.  One by one, his friends shift into their human selves to leave Jake alone as a wolf.  He runs into the woods putting as much distance between him and Forks. 

Characters Involved:  Jacob Black, Leah Clearwater, Billy Black, Sam Uley, Quil Ateara, Embry Call

Characters Mentioned:  Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Seth Clearwater, Sue Clearwater

Places Visited: LaPush Reservation

Memorable Quotes:

“This is making me sick, Jacob.  Can you imagine what this feels like to me?  I don’t even like Bella Swan.  And you’ve got me grieving over this leech-lover like I’m in love with her, too.  Can you see where that might be a little confusing?  I dreamed about kissing her last night!  What the hell am I supposed to do with that?” ~ Leah to Jacob

"I promise I will take care of her, Jacob.  Thank you—for her—for everything." ~ Edward’s letter to Jacob

If the silence in my head lasted, I would never go back.  I wouldn’t be the first one to choose this form over the other.  Maybe, if I ran far enough away, I would never have to hear again… I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me. ~ Jacob’s thoughts leaving Forks

Important Information Learned:

Bella didn’t want to invite Jacob to the wedding because she didn’t want to hurt him.

Edward invited Jacob anyway because he felt he deserved the choice.

Jacob has decided to run away and stay in wolf form to escape the pain of losing Bella.

Chapter Number: 27

Chapter Name: Needs

Page Numbers:   605 – 620

Date of Chapter:  June 15th – 16th

Summary:
On the drive back from La Push, the tears that Bella wouldn’t cry in front of Jake finally overwhelm her and she has to pull over to the side of the road.  Alerted by Alice, Edward is with her almost immediately, and comforts her silently in his arms until she is composed enough to go home and put up a reasonable front for Charlie.  The realization that there is a small traitorous part of her heart that wishes it were Jake holding her in his arms only makes her agony worse.

Fobbing Charlie off with half-explanations, Bella stumbles upstairs to her room and breaks down again completely in Edward’s arms.  She tries to pull off the charm bracelet Jake gave her, but Edward stops her, telling her that it’s part of who she is.  It’s a very long night.  Bella has all too much time to think about the human life she is giving up  — and to realize how deeply she has hurt the two people she loves most, in coming to her decision.  The thought that she vowed only that morning never to let Edward see her weep again for Jake sets off a fresh wave of hysteria.  Edward just holds her quietly and lets her cry herself out.  When she wakes dry-eyed in the morning, he is braced for more tears, but Bella assures him that it won’t happen again.  In the course of that agonizing night, she has at last understood what giving up her humanity for Edward really means — and the pain of that sacrifice will always be with her.  But she has come to terms with her choice.

Edward takes her face in his hands and asks: Are you sure?  He’s never seen her in such pain — he can’t believe this can be the right choice if it hurts her so much.  But Bella reflects that Edward didn’t see her pain when he left her last autumn.   She knows whom she absolutely can’t live without.  He may be strong enough to live without her, she explains, but she could never be that unselfish.  She needs him too much.  With the memory of Bella’s grief so fresh in his mind, Edward is still dubious; but she insists that he is the most important thing in the world to her, quoting Cathy from Wuthering Heights. Edward replies in Heathcliff’s words: “I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”  Exactly, Bella says.  She knows what she needs  and what she is going to do now.  (Edward corrects her: what they are going to do).  Go see Alice about their wedding.

Having foreseen Bella’s decision, Alice is waiting impatiently for Edward and Bella to arrive and bursts into transports of excited gratitude.  Bella tries to damp her enthusiasm by repeating her conditions (which Alice has anticipated): the wedding is to take place by August 13th, Bella has a veto over the guest list, and Alice is forbidden to go overboard with the arrangements.  Alice’s exuberance is undiminished and she whisks Bella off to show her the turn-of-the-century wedding dress she already ordered for her months ago — just in case.  Bella is uncharacteristically gracious about these preparations (which she has no taste for); when she emerges, Edward looks at her for a moment, saying simply  “that was very, very nice of you,” before suggesting that they get away and go to their meadow.

After the terrors and grief of the past couple of days, the meadow seems a peaceful refuge.  They lie quietly holding hands, and then Edward asks casually: why August 13th?  Bella explains that it gives her a month’s leeway before her birthday.  Edward points out that Esme is technically three years older than Carlisle, so it’s silly for Bella to worry about the exact age at which she becomes a vampire.  But Bella replies that her age isn’t the real issue: she just wants to get on with it.  She’s ready now — she has made her decision properly, in the full understanding of what it will mean.  What’s the point of waiting any longer?  It’s time to start living the life she has chosen.  Asked about the guest list veto, she hesitates and then explains that she doesn’t want Jake invited because it might make him feel he had to come and she wants to spare him that pain.

Edward is silent at that, and then pulls Bella to his chest to ask why she is suddenly throwing herself into Alice’s plans for a formal wedding.  Bella tells him about her last conversation with Charlie.  Perhaps a formal leave like a wedding will make the business of saying goodbye easier.  Charlie gets his chance to walk her down the aisle, and Renee and Phil and all Bella’s friends can gather to wish her well.  And she will have the chance to declare publicly to them the only part of her choice that can be told: that she is choosing life with Edward and that they will be happy together.  It’s the best she can do for them.

And abruptly, Edward can’t bear it.  Deal’s off, he tells Bella, and she gasps in horror, thinking he has changed his mind about making her a vampire.  He swiftly reassures her that he’s not backing out of his part of the bargain — but he is releasing her from hers.  The prospect of waiting any longer is too horrible: it’s time to get this over with.  His own ideas about what will make her happy have proved wrong time and again; trying delay her, to get her to change her mind, to provide her with reasons to stay human, has only made things worse for her. His way of doing things has hurt her over and over — so they’re going to do it her way:  “Tonight.  Today.  The sooner the better.”  He will speak to Carlisle: perhaps if they give her enough morphine it won’t be so bad….

Bella starts to object, but Edward interrupts to assure her that he hasn’t forgotten the rest of his promise to her.  His lips are on hers and her mind is already beginning to spin before she works out what he is getting at.  Part of her exults and thinks “oh, never mind,” but her responsible self knows she needs to stop him, and quickly: while she can still think clearly about what she ought to do.  “Why?” he asks, when she tells him she doesn’t want to do this now. “This had better not be about me.”  Silly remark, she thinks: everything in her world is about him.  But she explains that it’s important to her to do things right and responsibly and in order.  To give Renee and Charlie proper closure, to let Alice have her fun, and most important to tie herself to Edward in every human way before she lets him make her immortal.  She is determined to follow all the rules: his soul is too important to her to take risks with.  And Edward regretfully agrees. 

And now, she tells him, it’s a good thing he’s bulletproof, because they have to do something dangerous: it’s time to get the ring and break the news to Charlie.  Edward laughs and agrees.  Producing the ring from his pocket, he slides it onto Bella’s finger.  Where, she reflects, it may well stay for eternity.

Characters Involved:
Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Charlie Swan, Alice Cullen

Characters Mentioned:
Jacob Black, Esme Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Renee, Phil

Places Visited:
The road from La Push, the Swan home, the Cullen home, the Meadow

Memorable Quotes:

I realized that I’d been wrong all along about the fridge magnets.  It had not been Edward and Jacob that I’d been trying to force together, it was the two parts of myself, Edward’s Bella and Jacob’s Bella.  But they could not exist together and I never should have tried.  ~ Bella looking back on the events of Eclipse.

“You don’t understand.  You may be brave enough or strong enough to live without me, if that’s what’s best, but I could never be that self-sacrificing.”  ~ Bella to Edward

“I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” ~ Edward to Bella, quoting Wuthering Heights.

“Edward, I’m ready. I’ve chosen my life — now I want to start living it.”  ~ Bella to Edward

“You can have happiness your way.  My way is always wrong. So…We’re doing it your way Bella.  Tonight.  Today.  The sooner the better.”  ~ Edward to Bella about changing her.

Important Information learned:

Bella now fully recognizes the cost of giving up her humanity for Edward, and the pain of that loss will always be a part of her.

Bella has imposed three conditions on Alice: the wedding is to take place before August 13, Bella retains control of the guest list, and Alice is to restrain herself from going overboard with the arrangements.

Bella wants to get married by August 13 to give herself plenty of time to be changed before her 19th birthday.

Bella wants a veto over the guest list to make sure no one invites Jake, because that will only put him in the hurtful position of feeling he ought to come.

Bella has come round to a formal wedding because she can see that it is the best way of giving closure to the friends and family she is leaving behind.  It also allows her to declare publicly the choice she is making (and the reason she is leaving them): to be with Edward forever.

Edward no longer thinks that putting off Bella’s transformation until after their wedding is best for her.  All the delays he has urged on her have only made it all harder for her: he wants to do it the way she wants, with no strings attached — and as soon as possible.

Bella, conversely, has concluded that Edward was right: before she becomes a vampire she wants to tie herself to him in every human way possible, and take a proper leave of her friends and family. 

Bella is also anxious not to risk Edward’s soul by having sex before they are married.

Bella and Edward are going to break the news of their engagement to Charlie as soon as possible.

Chapter Prepared By:  December

Chapter Number: 26

Chapter Name: Ethics

Page Numbers:  580 -604

Date of Chapter:  January 15

Summary:
With Jake lying badly wounded in La Push after the newborn battle, Bella is impatiently waiting for the moment she can plausibly leave the Cullens and stage her return home from her supposed sleepover/shopping date with Alice.  Alice’s attempts to distract Bella by fussing over her hair and clothes are barely enough to stop her from rushing back prematurely to La Push to sit with the unconscious Jacob. But Alice reminds Bella that it’s vital to Charlie’s safety that he doesn’t suspect anything: keeping up a flawless charade is the essence of the vampire’s life which Bella has chosen.

Recognizing Bella’s turmoil, Alice asks if she wants to talk about Jake, but Bella turns the conversation to something else that is haunting her: the memory of the frantic young newborn, Bree.  ÒWill I be like thatÓ she asks Alice, and Alice concedes it is likely, though she can’t be certain: no one before Bella has ever become a vampire of their own free will.  She tries to reassure Bella that the frenzied thirst of the newborn is only a phase and the Cullens will keep her from hurting anyone until it passes.

Bella asks why Alice’s powers can work on her, when she is impervious to those of Edward, Jane and Aro. Alice hypothesizes that it’s because their gifts all act upon the mind, whereas Alice’s and Jasper’s gifts work with physical reality. Bella then asks Alice the question that is really on her mind: does she still see Bella becoming a vampire?  Definitely, Alice replies.  But if Bella changed her mind, the visions would change.  Don’t you know what you want? she asks curiously.  But Bella does know her own mind; it’s just painful facing up to it.  Alice says sympathetically that that it must be terrible to have to choose between two alternatives she wants so badly.

When Bella she returns home, Charlie is waiting for her, and guesses from her misery that she has heard about Jake’s ÒaccidentÓ (he’s been led to believe that Jake got hurt riding his motorcycle).  He explains that he was at Billy’s when Jake was brought home; weirdly, Billy almost seemed to have had a premonition that something might happen to Jake.  To his great satisfaction, the Quileutes managed to overcome their prejudices enough call in Carlisle.  Edward was there too, and Charlie grudgingly admits to being pleasantly surprised by his solicitude for Jake.

Bella remembers how vulnerable Jake looked when last seen, and flinches at the thought of the further suffering she is now going to inflict on him.  Better, she thinks, to be painfully split in two by lightning.  It dawns on her that her human life has at last given her something it will genuinely be a bitter sacrifice to give up.  As if this weren’t enough,  Charlie has a request for her.  He has a hunch that he’s going to lose her soon, and he asks her to please just let him know before she disappears, so he can hug her goodbye.

Bella arrives at La Push to find the Cullens gone and Jake awake.  For a moment, she ridiculously wishes that Edward were there to help her through the coming heartbreak of her conversation with Jake.  It is a confirmation, if she needed any, that she’s making the right choice: Edward is indispensable to her.  It doesn’t make losing Jake any less painful.

When Bella enters Jake’s room, he’s waiting for her, carefully composed.  A moment’s glance tells him how Bella has chosen, and at his first sardonic words Bella thinks she wishes she were dead.  But his expression softens when he sees her pain and he asks worriedly about Edward’s reaction to their kiss.  When she tells Jake how forgiving Edward has been, his initial chagrin gives way to grudging admiration for Edward’s cunning.  Bella realizes to her dismay that Jake still thinks the contest isn’t over.  She strikes back, insisting that Edward’s concern for her is genuine and reminding Jake that he was the one to manipulate her, when he tricked her into kissing him.

Jake is unrepentant: it was worth it to get Bella to realize that she loves him.  Bella asks Jake if it isn’t actually worse this way, given that it makes no difference to her choice.  But on reflection, he says it’s better knowing that he tried everything he could to stop her.  When Bella comes to kneel by his bed, he gently refuses her apologies, saying that he always knew it was a long shot.  Bella is as stricken by his generosity as she was by Edward’s and begs him to give her the dressing-down she deserves.  He does, and then when she breaks down in the face of his mock anger, pulls her close to comfort her.  He vows to stop fighting for her love and just be a friend to her, because he can see that the conflict is pulling her apart.  Like the mother in the Judgement of Solomon, he will prove his love is the greater by being the one to let her go.  Bella doesn’t have the heart to tell him that Edward has already said the same thing.

The hardest part, Jake tells her, is knowing how effortlessly happy they would have been together, if the world of monsters and magic hadn’t intervened in her life and diverted it from its natural course.  And Bella reflects that he is right.  In the real world he is her perfect mate, and she could ask for nothing more.  But their normal human love has been overshadowed by the supernatural intensity of her relationship with Edward: a passion so impossibly strong that it could never happen in ordinary life at all.  She ponders whether she could have been so certain of her choice if she hadn’t lived through the agony of losing Edward, or whether instead she would have wavered in the face of Jake’s pain.  But the knowledge is now etched deep.

Jake acknowledges that it’s too late now for Bella to be able to let go of Edward and be happy: Edward is like an addiction that she cannot live without.  But he insists that if only the past could be undone, he would have been healthier for her, like the natural things of the earth: the sun and air.  And Bella admits that this is the worst part for her as well.  She can picture in excruciating detail how good their life together would have been, and she wants it as just as badly as he does.  But she can’t have it, and never could have, once she fell in love with Edward.  Her love for Edward is as deep and irrevocable as Sam’s love for Emily.  She has never really had another choice.

Taking a deep breath, Jake then asks her about her plans to get married.  Struggling to match his matter-of-fact tone, she admits that yes, she is marrying Edward: it is something that means a lot to him, so why not?  Jake carefully agrees: it’s not such a big thing — in comparison.  And he asks her how much longer she has left.  She tells him it depends how quickly Alice can organize the wedding: she is putting off her transformation until afterwards.  He asks her if she is scared and she says yes: afraid of the pain, afraid of what her suffering will do to Edward, afraid of saying goodbye to Charlie and Renee, afraid of becoming a bloodthirsty newborn.  When she jokingly suggests the pack may have to eliminate her, Jake growls that he’ll hamstring anyone who tries.

Jake reminds Bella that he will always be waiting in the wings if she wants him.  She amends: as long as she’s human.   Maybe even afterwards, he insists.  Bella wonders aloud when Jake will meet the right girl and imprint on her, but he sourly tells her not to get her hopes up; she realizes that she will probably be jealous when it happens.  ÒLove you,Ó she tells him as she kisses him goodbye.  ÒLove you more,Ó he replies.

Characters Involved:
Bella Swan, Alice Cullen, Charlie Swan, Billy Black, Jacob Black

Characters Mentioned:
Carlisle Cullen, Edward Cullen, Bree, Jane, Aro, Jasper Cullen, Demetri, Sue Clearwater, Emily, Old Quil Ateara, Sam Uley

Places Visited:
The Cullen home, the Swan home, the Black home

Memorable Quotes:

"Part of being a Cullen is being meticulously responsible."  ~ Alice to Bella

"Just give me some advance notice.  Give me a chance to hug you goodbye."  ~ Charlie to Bella

"I was the natural path your life would have taken…If the world was the way it was supposed to be, if there were no monsters and no magic."  ~ Jake to Bella

He was my soul mate in that world — would have been my soul mate still if his claim had not been overshadowed by something stronger, something so strong that it could not exist in a rational world.  ~ Bella about Jake.

"He’s like a drug for you Bella…I see that you can’t live without him now.  It’s too late.  But I would have been healthier for you.  Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun."  ~ Jake about Edward.

"The clouds I can handle.  But I can’t fight with an eclipse."  ~ Jake to Bella

"Love you Jacob."
 "Love you more." ~ Jacob and Bella

Important Information learned:

Bella is beginning to focus on exactly what it will be like to be a bloodthirsty newborn vampire, and it is a harrowing prospect.

The most likely reason that neither Aro nor Jane nor Edward can exercise their powers on Bella is that her mind is closed to them.  Jasper’s and Alice’s gifts work on her because they don’t act upon the mind.

Bella has realized that there are things about being human that are unspeakably precious to her — things it will all but tear her in two to have to leave behind.

But the pain of having to say goodbye to Jake doesn’t make Bella waver in her choice.  She knows she needs Edward more.

Jake is convinced that the life Bella could have had with him would have been better for her than life with Edward.  But he recognizes that it’s too late for her now: she can’t live without Edward.

Bella agrees that if she’d never met Edward she and Jake would have been perfect for one another. 

Bella is frightened of being changed into a vampire: of leaving behind her human life, of the transformation itself and of being a bloodthirsty newborn. 

Jake will always be there waiting for Bella if she ever wants him back — even when she’s no longer human. 

Chapter Prepared By:  December

Chapter Number: 25

Chapter Name: Mirror

Page Numbers: 554-579

Date of Chapter: June 15th, 2006

Summary:
Bella is stunned as she absorbs what has just taken place.  She is frozen in place as she watches Edward dismember what remains of Victoria.  Bella scrutinizes Edward’s every move, and is greatly relieved to find that he is unharmed.  Seth and Edward finish gathering the body parts of the defeated vampires and set them on fire. As a purple pillar of smoke fills the sky, Seth and Edward share victorious congratulations.  

Bella notices that Edward seems to be avoiding her.   She thinks to herself that when he finally looks at her “his eyes were as wary as if I was another enemy.”  Bella is still clinging to the rock in her broken hand as Edward approaches her.  Bella is confused when she realizes that Edward thinks she is afraid of him and reassures him that she is not.  She explains that she is just “freaking out” about the recent events and needs a few moments.  As they hold each other, both Bella and Edward begin to relax.

Relieved that Edward and Seth are unharmed and that the fight is over, Bella recalls the complication Edward mentioned earlier.  Before Edward can explain, he and Seth are rocked by something that is happening within the pack.  Bella screams as both Edward and Seth fall to the ground in agony.  Wincing, Edward says “Sam- help him” and then says they are “going to be okay”.  A confused Bella soon realizes that Edward is speaking as a member of the pack.  Edward suddenly jumps to his feet, taking Bella in his arms.  After adamantly sending Seth home, Edward starts running with Bella back towards the clearing.  He explains to Bella that Alice has had a vision of the Volturi.  They will arrive in the clearing in a matter of moments.  Edward reassures Bella that she is safe; Jane and the others are not here for her.  They have been sent to clean up the mess the newborns have made.

As they approach the clearing, Bella asks Edward what happened to him and Seth earlier.  Hesitant to upset Bella, Edward reluctantly tells her that Leah was attacked by a newborn.  Edward explains that after the pack thought all of the vampires had been defeated, Leah found and went after a newborn on her own.  Bella faints when she realizes that Jacob intervened and was hurt during the struggle.

As Edward assures her that Jacob will make a full recovery, Bella wakes.  Carlisle also assures Bella that Jacob will be fine.  As she stands, Bella notices that there are 8 vampires in the clearing.  Jasper is guarding a newborn that is writhing in pain.  Carlisle explains that he did not destroy her because she surrendered. Bella warily takes note of how wild and blood thirsty the newborn is.  She wonders if she is staring at a mirror into her future.

Not a moment later, Jane and her entourage arrive.  Jane is perplexed when she sees the newborn and quickly informs Carlisle that there are no second chances for those who break the rules, even those who don’t know that there are rules.  Jane sends Aro’s regards and asks about the newborn army.  She is surprised to learn that there were 20 vampires, including Victoria.  Jane turns her attention to the newborn.  As she tortures her with her wicked gaze, the newborn tells Jane that her name is Bree.  Bree claims that she did not know her creator, she only knew Riley.  Victoria was purposefully kept at a distance from the army.  Bree goes on to say that she and the army were brought to forks under the assumption that the “yellow-eyes” were coming to get them.  Riley told her that if they destroyed the coven, the city (and all the blood in it) would be theirs.  He also gave them Bella’s scent, saying that she would be with the yellow-eyes and Bella’s presence would let them know that they had found the right coven.  Edward’s temper flares when Bree discloses that Riley “said whoever got to her first could have her.”

Jane tells Carlisle that she is impressed that they were able to take out the army alone.  She laughs when she learns that the reason for the attack was that Victoria held a grudge against Bella.  She smiles her torturous smile at Bella, saying, “This one seems to bring out bizarrely strong reactions in our kind.”  Edward is not pleased that Jane has tried (and again failed) to use her power on Bella.

As they leave, there is a curious exchange between Edward and Jane regarding the timing of the Volturi’s arrival.  Bella notes that “Edward nodded once to himself, his suspicions confirmed.”  Jane gives a not so friendly reminder that Caius will be interested to learn that Bella is still human.  Alice quickly jumps in, assuring Jane that the date for the transformation is set.  After ordering Felix to destroy Bree, Jane and the other guards make their exit.

Characters Involved: Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Seth, Sam Uley, Jacob Black, Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Bree, Jane, Demitri,  Felix
 
Characters Mentioned: Leah Clearwater, Aro, Caius, Victoria, Riley

Places Visited: Campsite, The Clearing

Memorable Quotes:

Seth to Edward ~  “Nice teamwork.”

Bella to Edward ~ “ Did she hurt you at all?”
 
Alice about Jasper ~ “Overprotective fool.”  

Important Information learned:
The war with the newborns is over.

Jacob was hurt during the fight, but will make a full recovery.

The Volturi have made a suspiciously late arrival in Forks to take care of the newborn situation.

The Volturi are not able to recognize the wolf pack’s scent/ presence.

Chapter Prepared By: llovetwilight

Chapter Number: 24

Chapter Name: Snap Decision

Page Numbers: 531-553

Date of Chapter: Friday June 15

Summary:
Bella and Edward wait in the tent as the fight begins in the clearing. Edward tries to distract Bella with conversation. He relays some of the fight to Bella through what he sees from Seth until Edward suddenly  rips out of the tent and tells Seth to run.

Victoria and Riley approach the group to attack. Edward tries to talk to Riley to convince him that Victoria is using him, but it doesn’t work.  Just as Riley tries to attack, Seth jumps out and attacks Riley first. While they’re fighting, Edward and Victoria battle it out. Bella decides a distraction is needed and tries to sacrifice herself like the 3rd wife she heard about from the Quileute legends. The distraction works and gives Seth a moment to dismember Riley. Edward and Victoria fight until Edward beheads Victoria.

Characters Involved: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Seth, Victoria, Riley

Characters Mentioned: Jacob Black, Sam Uley, Alice Cullen, Jasper Hale, Emmet Cullen

Places Visited: Tent, Forest, Cliffside

Memorable Quotes:
Edward to Bella ~  “That’s not what I meant. It’s just that he would have kissed you anyway—even if you hadn’t fallen for it—and now I don’t have an excuse to break his face. I would have really enjoyed that too.”

Edward and Bella ~ “You’re only human.”  “That’s the most miserable defense I’ve ever heard.”

Bella to Edward ~ “First because you are bizarrely moral for a vampire.”

Edward to Victoria ~ “Look more closely, Victoria.  Is he really so much like the monster James tracked across Siberia?”

Important Information learned:

Jacob is playing ‘dirty’ to win over Bella.

Victoria and Riley didn’t fall for the trap.

James tracked a werewolf like monster across Siberia.

Chapter Prepared By: Sprtygal

Chapter number: 23

Chapter name: Monster

Page numbers: 506-530

Date of Chapter: June 15, 2006

Summary:
Bella wakes up in the sleeping bag sweating, still in Jacob’s arms.  She meets Edward’s eyes and asks for help to get free from Jacob’s arms since he is still sleeping.  Edward helps by opening the sleeping bag where Jacob falls out onto the cold ground.  Jacob reacts by rolling on top of Bella, which causes Edward to tackle Jacob into the side of the tent.  There is a stand off between the two with growling and snarling.  Seth Clearwater is outside the tent growling and ready for a fight if it comes.  Bella is able to calm both Edward and Jacob down.
    Before he leaves the tent, Jacob says he didn’t sleep well because of Bella’s talking, but that it was still one of his best nights ever.  Edward reassures Bella that he will stay with her during the fight and that the wolves and vampires will be fine.  To keep their minds off of the fight, Bella asks Edward about his ten best nights.  He says it was the night that she agreed to marry him, two nights ago.  Bella expresses that she still doesn’t understand why the marriage is so important to Edward.  Then Jacob, in werewolf form, lets out a howl of pain outside the tent.  
    Jacob has heard their conversation about marriage and has run into the woods.  Edward, who knew Jacob was listening, says he never promised to fight fair.  Bella feels horrible that she has caused Jacob so much pain and wants to talk to him.  Edward offers to find Jacob for her and bring him back to the tent.
    Bella waits for Edward and Jacob to come back.  Bella looks to Seth for any idea if they are coming back soon.  Seth in werewolf form doesn’t help Bella at all.  She worries that maybe they have been caught in the fight with the Newborns.  She worries that Edward and Jacob are so angry with each other over Bella and the incident in the tent that they are finally fighting each other.
Edward and Jacob return from the forest.  Edward and Seth go into the forest to give Bella and Jacob some privacy to talk.
    Bella tries to apologize to Jacob by saying that she will stay away from him so that she won’t hurt him anymore.  Knowing Bella will feel badly for it, Jacob then puts the fault on himself and says that he will take himself out of the picture by letting himself get hurt in the Newborn fight. Bella begs Jacob not to do this, but he pushes further.  He says he doesn’t want to stay out of the fight and end up being the best man at her wedding.  
    Jacob tells Bella that he loves her and she tells him that she loves him, too.  She says she will do anything to keep him from purposefully hurting himself in the fight.  He tells her to ask him the question.  As soon as Bella realizes what Jacob wants, she asks him to kiss her.  Jacob doesn’t believe her, and Bella asks him again.  After a moments hesitation, Jacob realizes that she is serious and moves in quickly to kiss Bella.
    At first, Bella is unresponsive to Jacob’s hard kiss, but she soon finds kissing Jacob back and enjoying it.  Part of her wants to stop him, but another part of her is realizing that she likes the way he feels and the way he is kissing her.  It is then that she discovers that Jacob is not just her friend, but that she is in love with him.  She is in love with Jacob, but she loves Edward more.  She knows this is going to hurt both Jacob and her.  Then she envisions a life with Jacob, living in La Push and having a family.  Bella can see herself with her parents and her friends having a human life and years passing with meaning.  She even sees two children, but when they run into the forest, her vision ends.  And then Bella feels a piece of her heart pull away from the whole.
    Jacob stops the kiss first and tells Bella that he has to leave for the fight with the Newborns.  She doesn’t want him to go, but he says he won’t be long.  He kisses her again, this time more tenderly.  He hugs her and tells her that this kiss should have been their first.  

Characters involved: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Seth Clearwater

Characters mentioned: Sam Uley, Alice Cullen, Charlie Swan, Renee Dwyer, Billy Black

Places visited: The Forest

Memorable Quotes:
“Did you want me to take his arms all the way off?”
~Edward to Bella when she is trying to get out of the sleeping bag

“I didn’t say it wasn’t the best night I’ve ever spent.  Just that I didn’t get a lot of sleep.”
~Jacob on spending the night in the sleeping bag with Bella

“’But,’ Edward went on, ‘if I had been able to take your place last night, it would not have made the top ten of the best nights of my life.  Dream about that.’”
~Edward in response to Jacob

“’Mostly you said my name, the same as usual…Near the end, though, you started mumbling some nonsense about ‘Jacob, my Jacob.’  I could hear the pain, even in the whisper.  ‘Your Jacob enjoyed that quite a lot.’”
~Edward telling Bella what she had said during the night

 “’And I can be your best man at the wedding?’”
~Jacob to Bella

“’Kiss me, Jacob.  Kiss me, and then come back.’”
~Bella to Jacob

“’That should have been our first kiss.  Better late than never.’”
~Jacob to Bella

Important information learned:
Edward’s best night is the night that Bella agreed to marry him.

Jacob knows that Edward and Bella are engaged.

Bella loves Jacob, but it is not more than she loves Edward.

Bella can see her future human life with Jacob and her parents, even children.

Chapter Prepared by: bac

Chapter Number:  22

Chapter Name: Fire and Ice

Page Numbers: 487-505

Date of Chapter: June 14, 2006

Summary:
Bella is in the tent with Edward, freezing from the storm, the night before the battle.  Jacob is outside the tent and very concerned about Bella freezing.  Jacob comes into the tent and offers to be Bella’s “space heater” and while Edward isn’t happy about it, he knows there is no other choice.  Jacob crawls into the sleeping bag beside Bella and she began to thaw.  Edward admits he is jealous that Jacob can warm Bella and he can’t.  

As Bella thaws she asks Jacob why he is so much furrier than the other wolves.  He responds because his hair is longer and only after Edward reads it in his mind adds because he thought Bella liked him better with longer hair.  Bella begins to fall asleep while the conversation continues around her.  Edward is frustrated by Jacob’s thoughts about being so close to Bella.  The two start a conversation on jealousy and Bella’s choice.  Edward admits that the jealousy at this point is eating at him so much he can barely control his voice and that he gets even more worries when she is away from him.  Edward also admits that he thinks about Jacob’s place in Bella’s life often and that he guesses Bella thinks about Jacob often, especially when she is quiet.
 
    The conversation continues by Jacob saying Bella is in love with him too even though she doesn’t know it, and Edward doesn’t respond.  As the wind rips at the tent again, Jacob holds Bella tighter and Edward thanks him for keeping her warm.  Jacob calls Edward on his jealousy and admits he doesn’t have as much patience as Edward.   Edward says that he decided to play the patient nice guy because it was hurting Bella to make her choose, and that there was a little fear that Bella may not choose him.  Jacob asks Edward what it is like to lose Bella and he responds by saying it is hard to talk about the two times he thought he lost her.  First when he left and it was almost bearable, although he would have come back to check on her and would have stayed because she was unhappy.  The second was when he though she had died.  There are no words to describe that feeling, although he understands that is how Jacob will feel when she is changed.  

Jacob reminds Edward that he left so Bella could be human.  Edward explains that from the time he realized he loved Bella there were only 4 options.  First, that she didn’t feel as strongly about him and moved on although he never would.  Bella made a permanent change in him.  Second, was Edward’s original choice to stay with her throughout her human life and when she died he would find a way to die too.  But then the danger of his world hung over her and he feared he wouldn’t get his sixty or seventy years with her.  Edward admits that he chose option three and it was the worst mistake of his very long life.  Leaving Bella did nothing but make things worse and almost got them both killed.  The only option left was option four.  Edward has been trying to delay her although she is persistent and fears getting older.  Jacob prefers option one.  

Jacob admits that he can see that Edward loves Bella.  He also tells Edward that if he had waited another six months to return, he would have found her happy because he had a plan.  Edward agrees that it might have worked, it was a well thought out plan.  Jacob asks Edward to give him a year to try and make her happy.  He even asks Edward if he is unselfish enough to have considered Jacob being better for Bella.  Edward admits that he even had Alice look into the future, but she can’t see Jacob.  He does point out that if Bella chose Jacob he would always be waiting in the wings for when Jacob imprinted and would have to leave Bella. Edward and Jacob agree that the truce is over at first light.  Edward begins to hum Bella’s lullaby in order to drown out Jacob’s thoughts.             

Characters Involved: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Seth Clearwater

Character Mentioned: Charlie Swan, Renee Dwyer, Alice Cullen, Sam Uley, Emily Young

Places Visited: Tent

Memorable Quotes:
“Go fetch a space heater?  I’m not a St Bernard.”  ~ Jacob to Edward

“You have no idea how loud your little fantasies are.  It’s like you’re screaming them at me.”  ~ Edward to Jacob

“You know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural born enemies and that you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you.”  ~ Edward to Jacob

Important Information learned:
Edward is jealous of Jacob and unsure of what Bella’s feelings are for him.

Jacob is growing his hair out because he thought Bella liked it longer.

Edward will never leave Bella again.

Jacob is going to continue to fight for Bella even though he knows it is almost pointless.

Jacob can see that Edward loves Bella.

Edward is grateful for Jacob’s presence in Bella’s life at the moment.

Chapter Prepared By: Be My Escape

Chapter Number: 21
 
Chapter Name: Trails
 
Page Numbers: 461-486
 
Date of Chapter: June 14th, 2006
 
Summary:
As She and Edward prepare to “go camping”, Bella is confronted by a pouting Alice regarding the plans for a Vegas wedding.   Alice’s mood lifts when she has a vision of Bella giving in and allowing her to be in charge of the wedding.   Bella and Edward pack a lot of gear for the trip as Alice predicts the weather will be stormy.  

When Bella and Edward get to the woods, they split up so that Bella can leave her scent for the newborns to pick up.  While leaving the trail, Bella and Edward discuss Alice’s plans for the wedding.  Edward lifts the mood by suggesting that Emmett get his clerical license and read their vows. Towards the end of the clearing, Bella falls and cuts her palm.  She warns Edward to stay away while she cleans up the blood.  When he ignores her warning, Bella is surprised to learn that, while she still smells the same to him, Edward is no longer tempted by the scent of Bella’s blood.  He explains that the thought of losing her to death was “a very educational experience” and that his reactions have since changed.  Edward bandages Bella’s hand for her.

To Bella’s surprise, a human rather than werewolf Jacob joins them in the clearing and he and Edward look at the map to determine where they will all meet up.  None of them seem too excited about working together during the next step of the plan, but with nine miles to trek before reaching the campsite, they get going anyway.

Jacob picks Bella up and begins to run through the woods in the direction of the camp.  He notices “the rock” Edward has added to Bella’s bracelet.  Before Bella can put two and two together that the heart charm is a diamond, Jake interrupts her thoughts by mentioning that it has been a while since she has been down to La Push. This leads to a conversation about the last time she visited Jacob and that she was still upset by his behavior.  They bicker about the kiss and Jacob hypothesizes that Bella likes him better in wolf form because she is attracted to him in his human form.  Bella denies the accusation, saying that if she prefers him as a wolf it is only because he is unable to speak.  

Bella admits that she has done something “bad” and tells Jake that she has asked Edward to stay behind with her and not fight the newborns.  She confides in him her guilt and tells him that she’ll feel responsible for any injuries or losses due to his absence.  She says that while she couldn’t stand to lose any of them, she is the most afraid of losing Edward.  Jacob concedes that Bella loves Edward, but thinks it is possible to love more than one person at the same time. While Jake doesn’t deny that he would not stay out of the fight if Bella were to ask him, he argues that Edward staying behind at Bella’s request does not mean that he loves her more than Jake does.  

Bella asks Jake about his role in the pack.  Jake admits that he should be the Alpha, but that he feels it is really Sam’s place to be chief.  He says that while he has come to terms with being a werewolf, at first it felt as though he was “being drafted into a war you didn’t know existed”.   
Bella is relieved when Jake announces that they are near the camp, but unhappy when she learns that he will be sticking around overnight.  Edward, who has already set up camp and is pacing around waiting, rushes to Bella’s side and gives Jake a sincere thank you for delivering Bella safely to the campsite.  As the storm picks up,  Bella and Edward head for the shelter of the tent and Jake heads off to the forest to change into wolf form and check in with the pack.
 
Characters Involved: Edward Cullen, Bella Swan, Alice Cullen, Jacob Black
 
Characters Mentioned: Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale, Seth Clearwater, Sam Uley, Newborns
 
Places Visited: Cullen Estate, The Clearing, Campsite
 
Memorable Quotes:  
 
"I can’t see where you are exactly, because you’re taking off with that dog this afternoon."  ~ Alice to Bella and Edward  
 
“ Please, please, please,” she whispered.  “Please Bella, please- if you really love me…  Please let me do your wedding.”  ~ Alice to Bella
 
“Bella has issues with jewelry.”  ~ Edward to Alice
 
“Emmett can get a clerical license off the internet.”  ~ Edward to Bella
 
“I lived through an entire twenty-four hours thinking that you were dead, Bella.  That changed the way I look at a lot of things.”  ~ Edward to Bella
 
Important Information learned:
Alice has “seen” that Bella will say yes to a big wedding.

Bella does not know that the charm Edward gave her is a diamond.

Bella’s blood no longer has the same effect on Edward.

Jake is supposed to be the Alpha of the wolf pack but he has decided not to step up into the position.
 
Chapter Prepared By: llovetwilight