Even though her first encounter with him was almost completely negative (except for the fact that he’s so frigging hot like whoa), Bella’s next day at school is terrible because Edward isn’t there. She keeps expecting him to show up, as if he’s skipping school to wind her up. She suspects his absence is her fault, which I can kinda see, but is also ridiculous and egotistical (something she herself points out, but that doesn’t make it not ridiculous and egotistical).

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It’d rained in the previous chapter, but Bella wakes up to find the weather cold enough freeze the rain solid, coating everything in a layer of ice and turning the roads into an ice rink. Naturally, school’s cancelled; there’s no way the school’s going to let students drive out in those conditions.

No, wait. School’s not cancelled. Students have to drive out in those conditions.

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Holy crap was this chapter uneventful.

Bella’s dream of Edward can be summed up like this: “Edward’s so frigging hot like whoa, but I can’t get to him.” (By the way, I’m not exaggerating with working that phrase into every post thus far. Nearly every mention of Edward talks about how beautiful he is.)

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After a little more waiting, Alice gets another convenient vision of James in another room. When she sketches out the room, Bella recognizes it as her mother’s family room; James is going after Renee to get to Bella. Fortunately, the rest of the Cullens will be arriving in Phoenix soon. (Side note: there’s two or three more times when Bella says something stupid about Edward’s absence, like, “Just a few more hours to keep breathing till he was here.”, but I’m giving up commenting on them.

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Bella, Alice, and Jasper head the airport to meet with the rest of the Cullens. Bella keeps going on about how difficult it’ll be to lose them, and I’m still wondering why she doesn’t tell them what’s up (especially since Alice has just had a vision that Bella doesn’t know the contents of but she guesses is showing her meeting James). However, she has a spot of luck: she knows the airport terminal better than any of the Cullens. Before Edward’s plane arrives, she goes to a bathroom with two

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It's said that one of the best ways to improve your writing is to read. It helps expose you to new ideas and styles and can inspire you. It's also said that it's easier to define why something is bad than why something is good. Declaring something to be bad usually has very concrete reasoning behind it, while declaring something to be good can be a lot more nebulous.

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Wait, what?

That’s right! We’re doing another run.

Woohoo!

Ouch! My wallet!

Don’t worry, it’ll be cheaper this time. We’ve combined both volumes from the previous run into one ubermensch-massive tome, which—while larger—will be more affordable all around.

Awesome! How much is it going to cost this time around?

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