Since so many people havn't had a chance to read the first chapter of eclipse i decided i would post it here, but let me say that none of this is my writing so i do not own even one word...


1. Ultimatum

Bella,

I don’t know why you’re making Charlie carry notes to Billy like we’re in second grade – if I wanted to talk to you I would answer the

You made the choice here, okay?
You can’t have it both ways when

What part of ‘mortal enemies’ is too complicated for you to

Look, I know I’m being a jerk, but there’s just no way around

We can’t be friends when you’re spending all your time with a bunch of

It just makes it worse when I think about you too much, so don’t write anymore

Yeah, I miss you, too. A lot. Doesn’t change anything. Sorry
Jacob

I ran my fingers across the page, feeling the dents where he had pressed the pen to the paper so hard that it had nearly broken through. I could picture him writing this – scrawling the angry letters in his rough handwriting, slashing through line after line when the words came out wrong, maybe even snapping the pen in his too-big hand; that would explain the ink splatters. I could imagine the frustration pulling his black eyebrows together and crumpling his forehead. If I’d been there, I might have laughed. Don’t give yourself a brain hemorrhage, Jacob, I would have told him. Just spit it out.
Laughing was the last thing I felt like doing now as I reread the word’s I’d already memorized. His answer to my pleading note – passed from Charlie to Billy to him, just like second grade, as he’d pointed out – was no surprise. I’d known the essence of what it would say before I’d opened it.

What was surprising was how much each crossed-put line wounded me – as if the points of the letters had cutting edges. More than that, behind each angry beginning lurked a vast pool of hurt; Jacob’s pain cut me deeper than my own.
While I was pondering this, I caught the unmistakable scent of a smoking burner rising from the kitchen. In another house, the fact that someone besides myself was cooking might not be cause for panicking.

I shoved the wrinkled paper into my back pocket and ran. I made it downstairs in the nick of time.
The jar of spaghetti sauce Charlie’d stuck in the microwave was only on its first revolution when I yanked the door open and pulled it out.

“What did I do wrong?” Charlie demanded.

“You’re supposed to take the lid off first, Dad. Metal’s bad for microwaves.” I swiftly removed the lid as I spoke, poured half the sauce into a bowl, and then put the bowl inside the microwave and the jar back in the fridge; I fixed the time and pressed start.

Charlie watched my adjustments with pursed lips.

“Did I get the noodles right?”

I looked in the pan on the stove – the source of the smell that had alerted me. “Stirring helps,” I said mildly. I found a spoon and tried to de-clump the mushy hunk that was scalded to the bottom.
Charlie sighed.

“So what’s all this about?” I asked him.

He folded his arms across his chest and glared out the back windows into the sheeting rain. “Don’t know what you’re talking about,” he grumbled.

I was mystified. Charlie cooking? And what was with the surly attitude? Edward wasn’t here yet; usually my dad reserved this kind of behavior for my boyfriend’s benefit, doing his best to illustrate the theme of “unwelcome” with every word and posture. Charlie’s efforts were unnecessary – Edward knew exactly what my dad was thinking without the show.
The word boyfriend had me chewing on the inside of my cheek with a familiar tension while I stirred. It wasn’t the right word, not at all. I needed something more expressive of eternal commitment…. But words like destiny and fate sounded hokey when you used them in casual conversation.
Edward had another word in mind, and that word was the source of tension I fe

The cover for eclipse can be veiwed already two months ahead of the planned time, which was to be in may. I can't wait for it to come out!!! it's supposed to come out on Aug. 8, but if it comes out a few weeks early like new moon did then we'll have it in july, only a mere 4 1/2 months to wait. Still seems like forever doesn't it?

Full Name: Isabella Marie Swan

Status: Human

Date of Birth: September 13, 1987

Originally from: Phoenix, Arizona

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Height: 5’4”

Physical description: (From Stephenie Meyer’s FAQ) Bella is very fair-skinned, with long, straight, dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her face is heart-shaped—a wide forehead with a widow’s peak, large, wide-spaced eyes, prominent cheekbones, a thin nose and a narrow jaw with a pointed chin. Her lips are a little out of proportion, a bit too full for her jaw line. Her eyebrows are darker than her hair and more straight than they are arched. She’s slender but not at all muscular, and weighs about 115 pounds. She has stubby fingernails because she has a nervous habit of biting them.

Distinguishing quality – Extremely accident prone, vampires special powers can't be used on or against her

Occupation: Currently enrolled at Forks High School - works at Newton’s Outfitters

Family members: Mother – Renee Dwyer, Stepfather – Phil Dwyer, Father – Charlie Swan

Nick Names: Bella to friends – Bells or Bell to Charlie

Car: 1953 Chevy Pickup Truck – red

Personal history: Bella was born in Forks, but her mother and father split up when she was six months old. She spent the majority of her young life in California and then later Phoenix, Arizona where she wasn’t very popular and never felt as if she fit in. She is far too clumsy for her own good and tries to avoid sports and dancing.

When her mother remarried, Bella decided to move back to Forks to live with her father. She felt a bit guilty that her mother wasn’t able to spend as much time traveling with her new husband because of her, and so willingly, but not enthusiastically, she moved in with her dad. He bought her a truck and has tried to make her feel comfortable in her new home.

At school, Bella was greeted with great interest and made friends with a few people right away. She first saw Edward and his family at lunch time and was told that they generally kept to themselves. In biology class, Bella was forced to take a seat next to Edward, as it was the only empty seat in the room. He reacted strangely to her, making her think he hated her. It wasn’t until two weeks later that Edward returned to school and Bella was able to properly meet him.

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Full Name: Jacob Black

Status: Quileute, werewolf

Date of Birth: 1990

Originally from: Forks, WA

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Brown

Height: 6′5

Physical description: Short black hair, buzz cut, beautiful coper skin, hardend face, thick neck and shoulders, enormous hands

Occupation:


Family members: His mother, Sarah, died many years ago and he has twin older sisters, Rachel and Rebecca.

Nick Names:Jake


Hobbies: buliding cars

Personal history:

Jacob met Bella at First Beach about two months after she arrived in town. He told Bella the story of his ancestors making a treaty with the “cold ones”. It was Jacob’s great-grandfather who helped make the treaty.

helps bella rebuild the two motorcycles after edward leaves, becomes her best friend.

After being sick he becomes a werewolf, the first time bella sees him after this she notices that he's bulkier, and his glossy hair that was normaly in a ponytail is cut short, and he has a much more reserved expression

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Full Name: Edward Anthony Masen Cullen

Status: Vampire

Date of Birth: June 20, 1901

Date of change to vampire: 1918

Originally from: Chicago, Illinois (TW14)

Hair color: Bronze

Eye color: Originally green– Vampire gold/black

Height: 6’2”

Physical description: Lanky – not bulky. Boyish looking. Untidy hair.

Special talents: Mind reader

Occupation: Currently enrolled at Forks High School

Family members: Natural so