Chapter Ten (or, People Talk to Each Other in a High School)

Since I don't think I've brought it up yet, time for an ironic side note. IRONIC SIDE NOTE-- I draw comics. That's not the ironic bit. I'm at an art school to draw comics, and in my current class, I have to work from a script. Thus, since before I dove into this little Twilight misadventure, I've been working from the the script of 30 Days of Night. Also, at my current pace, I should have the Twilight book finished about a month from when I started reading. That's the ironic bit... just, not ironic enough to rename the whole blog '30 Days of Twilight'. END IRONIC SIDE NOTE.

On another note, here's a summary of Chapter Ten. It's not ironic at all. That would be too interesting.

CHAPTER SUMMARY-- The next morning (after the Port Angeles affair, that is), Edward shows up bright and early to offer Bella a ride to school. The ride is wholly uneventful, but once they get to the school, Jessica is waiting to ambush Bella with boy-chatter. There's this whole weird bit with Edward reading Jessica's mind and Bella asking him what Jessica wants to know and how she should answer, but it's convoluted and not terribly interesting, so I'll move on; at Jessica's prodding, Bella admits that she really, reeeeeeally likes Edward (blushy blush), but adds that she thinks she likes him much more than he likes her. Afterwards, she heads to lunch and sits with Edward, who was listening in to Jessica's thoughts. He's upset that Bella thinks he doesn't like her as much as she likes him, and they spend the better part of lunch arguing over who cares about who more (awww...). Finally, the conversation moves along, and he asks if she really wants to go to Seattle on the day of the dance (remember Seattle?) or if she'd be up for doing something else. Romantic sap that she is, Bella just wants to be with Eddums, so she agrees to whatever. The conversation moves along one more time, with Bella asking about Edward's hunting habits. He explains a bit about bare-handed vampire-style hunting, his favorite snack being mountain lion, etc. When Bella off-handedly asks if she could see him hunt, he flips out (in an increasingly familiar manner) and angrily tells her no. She asks why, and eventually presses him into agreeing to tell her later. End lunch, end scene.

NOTABLE NOTES--

1. This chapter once again finds Bella eating breakfast. Ladies, take note.

2. Hunting laws apparently only cover hunting with weapons. Vampires can hunt bears whenever they damn well please.

3. Due to excessive dazzle, Edward's 'smoldering thing' has now been deemed 'unfair'.

INTENSITY OF EDWARD'S STARE-- Penetrating 'liquid topaz'. Wait... what?