*by Steohenie Meyer*
TWILIGHT - chapter 20 - IMPATIENCE
It was a very long day.
We stayed in the room. Alice called down to the front 台, 办公桌 and asked them to ignore our maid service for now. The windows stayed shut, the TV on, though no one watched it. At regular intervals, 食物 was delivered for me. The silver phone resting on Alice's bag seemed to grow bigger as the hours passed.
My babysitters handled the suspense better than I did. As I fidgeted and paced, they simply grew 更多 still, two statues whose eyes followed me imperceptibly as I moved. I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped patterns of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Sometimes I stared at the abstract prints, randomly finding pictures in the shapes, like I'd found pictures in the clouds as a child. I traced a blue hand, a woman combing her hair, a cat stretching. But when the pale red 圈, 圈子 became a staring eyes, I looked away.
As the afternoon wore on, I went back to bed, simply for something to do. I hoped that 由 myself in the dark, I could give in to the terrible fears that hovered on the edge of my consciousness, unable to break through under Jasper's careful supervision.
But Alice followed me casually, as if 由 some coincidence she had grown tired of the front room at the same time. I was beginning to wonder exactly what sort of instructions Edward had 给 her. I lay across the bed, and she sat, legs folded, 下一个 to me. I ignored her at first, suddenly tired enough to sleep. But after a few minutes, the panic that held off in Jasper's presence began to make itself known. I gave up on the idea of sleep quickly then, curling up into a small ball, wrapping my arms around my legs.
"Alice?" I asked.
"Yes?"
I kept my voice very calm. "What do 你 think they're doing?"
"Carlisle wanted to lead the tracker as far north as possible, wait for him to get close, and then turn and ambush him. Esme and Rosalie were supposed to head west as long as they could keep the female behind them. If she turned around, they were to head back to Forks an keep an eyes on your dad. so I imagine things are going well if they can't call. It means the tracker is close enough that they don't want him to overhear."
"And Esme?"
"I think she must be back in Forks. She won't call if there's any chance the female will overhear. I expect they're all just being very careful."
"Do 你 think they're safe, really?"
"Bella, how many times do we have to tell 你 that there's no danger to us?"
"Would youu tell me the truth, though?"
"Yes. I will always tell 你 the truth." Her voice was earnest.
I deliberated for a moment, and decided she meant it.
"Tell me then... how do 你 become a vampire?"
My wuestion caught her off guard. She was quiet. I rolled over to look at her, and her expression seemed ambivalent.
"Edward doesn't want me to tell 你 that," she 说 firmly, but I sensed she didn't agree.
"That's not fair. I think I have a right to know."
"I know."
I looked at her, waiting.
She sighed. "He'll be extremely angry."
"It's none of his business. This is between 你 and me. Alice, as a friend, I'm begging you." And we were 老友记 now, somehow - as she must have knwon we would be all along.
She looked at me with her slendid, wide eyes... choosing.
"I'll tell 你 the mechanics of it," she 说 finally, "but I don't remember it myself, and I've never done it 或者 seen it done, so keep in mind that I can only tell 你 the theory."
I waited.
"As predators, we have a glut of weapons in our physical arsenal - much, much 更多 than really necessary. The strength, the speed, the acute senses, not to mention those of us like Edward, Jasper, and I, who have extra senses as well. And then, like carnivorous flower, we are physically attractive to our prey."
I was very still, remembering how pointedly Edward had demonstrated the same concept for me in the meadow.
She smiled a wide, ominous smile. "We have another fairly superfluous weapon. We're also venomous," she said, her teeth glistening. "The venom doesn't kill - it's merely incapacitating. It works slowly, spreading through the bloodstream, so that, once bitten, our prey is in too much physical pain to escape us. Mostly superfluous, as I said. If we're that close, the prey doesn't escape. Of course, there are always exceptions. Carlisle, for example."
"So... if the venom is left ot spread...," I murmured.
"It takes a few days for the transformation to be complete, depending on how much venom evters to the heart. As long as the 心 keeps beating, the poison spreads, healing, changing the body as it moves through it. Eventually the 心 stops, and the conversion is finished. But all that time, every 分钟 of it, a victim would be wishing for death."
I shivered.
"It's not pleasant, 你 see."
"Edward 说 that it was very hard to do... I don't quite understand," I said.
"We're also like sharks in a way. Once we taste the blood, 或者 even smell it for that matter, ot becomes very hard to keep from feeding. Sometimes impossible. So 你 see, to actually bite someone, to taste the blood, it would begin a frenzy. It's difficult on both sides - the bloodlust on one hand, the awful pain on the other."
"Why do 你 think 你 don't remember?"
"I don't know. For everyone else, the pain of transformation is the sharpest memory they have of their human life. I remember nothing of being human." Her voice was wistful.
We lay silently, wrapped in our individual meditations.
The 秒 ticked by, and I had almost forgotten her presence, I was so enveloped in my thoughts.
Then, without any warning, Alice leaped from the bed, landing light on her feet. My head jerked up as I stared at her, startled.
"Something's changed." Her voice was urgent, and she wasn't talking to me anymore.
She reached the door at the same time Jasper did. He had obviously heard our conversation and her sudden exclamation. He put his hands on her shoulders and guided her back to the bed, sitting her on the edge.
"What do 你 see?" he asked intently, staring into her eyes. Her eyes were focused on something very far away. I sat close to her, leaning in to catch her low quick voice.
"I see a rooom. It's long, and there are mirrors everywhere. The floor is wooden. He's in the room, and he's waiting. There's gold... a 金牌 stripe across the mirrors."
"Where is the room?"
"I don't know. Something is missing - another decision hasn't been made yet."
"How much time?"
"It's soon. He'll be in the mirror room today, 或者 maybe tomorrow. It all depends. He's waiting for something. And he's in the dark now."
Jasper's voice was calm, methodical, as he questioned her in a practiced way. "What is he doing?"
"He's watching TV... no, he's running a VCR, in the dark, in another place."
"Can 你 see where he is?"
"No, it's too dark."
"And the mirror room, what else is there?"
"Just the mirrors, and the gold. It's a band, around the room. And there's a black 表 with a big stereo, and a TV. He's touching the VCR there, but he doesn't watch the way he does in the dark room. This is the room where he waits." Her eyes drifted, then focused on Jasper's face.
"There's nothing else?"
She shook her head. They looked at each other, motionless.
"What does it mean?" I asked.
Neither of them answered for a moment, then Jasper looked at me.
"It means the tracker's plans have changed. He's made a decision that will lead him to the mirror room, and the dark room."
"But we don't know where those rooms are?"
"No."
"But do we know that he won't be in the mountains north of Washington, being hunted. He'll elude them." Alice's voice was bleak.
"Should we call?" I asked. They traded a serious look, undecided.
And the phone rang.
TWILIGHT - chapter 20 - IMPATIENCE
It was a very long day.
We stayed in the room. Alice called down to the front 台, 办公桌 and asked them to ignore our maid service for now. The windows stayed shut, the TV on, though no one watched it. At regular intervals, 食物 was delivered for me. The silver phone resting on Alice's bag seemed to grow bigger as the hours passed.
My babysitters handled the suspense better than I did. As I fidgeted and paced, they simply grew 更多 still, two statues whose eyes followed me imperceptibly as I moved. I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped patterns of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Sometimes I stared at the abstract prints, randomly finding pictures in the shapes, like I'd found pictures in the clouds as a child. I traced a blue hand, a woman combing her hair, a cat stretching. But when the pale red 圈, 圈子 became a staring eyes, I looked away.
As the afternoon wore on, I went back to bed, simply for something to do. I hoped that 由 myself in the dark, I could give in to the terrible fears that hovered on the edge of my consciousness, unable to break through under Jasper's careful supervision.
But Alice followed me casually, as if 由 some coincidence she had grown tired of the front room at the same time. I was beginning to wonder exactly what sort of instructions Edward had 给 her. I lay across the bed, and she sat, legs folded, 下一个 to me. I ignored her at first, suddenly tired enough to sleep. But after a few minutes, the panic that held off in Jasper's presence began to make itself known. I gave up on the idea of sleep quickly then, curling up into a small ball, wrapping my arms around my legs.
"Alice?" I asked.
"Yes?"
I kept my voice very calm. "What do 你 think they're doing?"
"Carlisle wanted to lead the tracker as far north as possible, wait for him to get close, and then turn and ambush him. Esme and Rosalie were supposed to head west as long as they could keep the female behind them. If she turned around, they were to head back to Forks an keep an eyes on your dad. so I imagine things are going well if they can't call. It means the tracker is close enough that they don't want him to overhear."
"And Esme?"
"I think she must be back in Forks. She won't call if there's any chance the female will overhear. I expect they're all just being very careful."
"Do 你 think they're safe, really?"
"Bella, how many times do we have to tell 你 that there's no danger to us?"
"Would youu tell me the truth, though?"
"Yes. I will always tell 你 the truth." Her voice was earnest.
I deliberated for a moment, and decided she meant it.
"Tell me then... how do 你 become a vampire?"
My wuestion caught her off guard. She was quiet. I rolled over to look at her, and her expression seemed ambivalent.
"Edward doesn't want me to tell 你 that," she 说 firmly, but I sensed she didn't agree.
"That's not fair. I think I have a right to know."
"I know."
I looked at her, waiting.
She sighed. "He'll be extremely angry."
"It's none of his business. This is between 你 and me. Alice, as a friend, I'm begging you." And we were 老友记 now, somehow - as she must have knwon we would be all along.
She looked at me with her slendid, wide eyes... choosing.
"I'll tell 你 the mechanics of it," she 说 finally, "but I don't remember it myself, and I've never done it 或者 seen it done, so keep in mind that I can only tell 你 the theory."
I waited.
"As predators, we have a glut of weapons in our physical arsenal - much, much 更多 than really necessary. The strength, the speed, the acute senses, not to mention those of us like Edward, Jasper, and I, who have extra senses as well. And then, like carnivorous flower, we are physically attractive to our prey."
I was very still, remembering how pointedly Edward had demonstrated the same concept for me in the meadow.
She smiled a wide, ominous smile. "We have another fairly superfluous weapon. We're also venomous," she said, her teeth glistening. "The venom doesn't kill - it's merely incapacitating. It works slowly, spreading through the bloodstream, so that, once bitten, our prey is in too much physical pain to escape us. Mostly superfluous, as I said. If we're that close, the prey doesn't escape. Of course, there are always exceptions. Carlisle, for example."
"So... if the venom is left ot spread...," I murmured.
"It takes a few days for the transformation to be complete, depending on how much venom evters to the heart. As long as the 心 keeps beating, the poison spreads, healing, changing the body as it moves through it. Eventually the 心 stops, and the conversion is finished. But all that time, every 分钟 of it, a victim would be wishing for death."
I shivered.
"It's not pleasant, 你 see."
"Edward 说 that it was very hard to do... I don't quite understand," I said.
"We're also like sharks in a way. Once we taste the blood, 或者 even smell it for that matter, ot becomes very hard to keep from feeding. Sometimes impossible. So 你 see, to actually bite someone, to taste the blood, it would begin a frenzy. It's difficult on both sides - the bloodlust on one hand, the awful pain on the other."
"Why do 你 think 你 don't remember?"
"I don't know. For everyone else, the pain of transformation is the sharpest memory they have of their human life. I remember nothing of being human." Her voice was wistful.
We lay silently, wrapped in our individual meditations.
The 秒 ticked by, and I had almost forgotten her presence, I was so enveloped in my thoughts.
Then, without any warning, Alice leaped from the bed, landing light on her feet. My head jerked up as I stared at her, startled.
"Something's changed." Her voice was urgent, and she wasn't talking to me anymore.
She reached the door at the same time Jasper did. He had obviously heard our conversation and her sudden exclamation. He put his hands on her shoulders and guided her back to the bed, sitting her on the edge.
"What do 你 see?" he asked intently, staring into her eyes. Her eyes were focused on something very far away. I sat close to her, leaning in to catch her low quick voice.
"I see a rooom. It's long, and there are mirrors everywhere. The floor is wooden. He's in the room, and he's waiting. There's gold... a 金牌 stripe across the mirrors."
"Where is the room?"
"I don't know. Something is missing - another decision hasn't been made yet."
"How much time?"
"It's soon. He'll be in the mirror room today, 或者 maybe tomorrow. It all depends. He's waiting for something. And he's in the dark now."
Jasper's voice was calm, methodical, as he questioned her in a practiced way. "What is he doing?"
"He's watching TV... no, he's running a VCR, in the dark, in another place."
"Can 你 see where he is?"
"No, it's too dark."
"And the mirror room, what else is there?"
"Just the mirrors, and the gold. It's a band, around the room. And there's a black 表 with a big stereo, and a TV. He's touching the VCR there, but he doesn't watch the way he does in the dark room. This is the room where he waits." Her eyes drifted, then focused on Jasper's face.
"There's nothing else?"
She shook her head. They looked at each other, motionless.
"What does it mean?" I asked.
Neither of them answered for a moment, then Jasper looked at me.
"It means the tracker's plans have changed. He's made a decision that will lead him to the mirror room, and the dark room."
"But we don't know where those rooms are?"
"No."
"But do we know that he won't be in the mountains north of Washington, being hunted. He'll elude them." Alice's voice was bleak.
"Should we call?" I asked. They traded a serious look, undecided.
And the phone rang.
Nikki, 20, recently told InStyle magazine about how she likes to be comfortable: “I feel comfortable in this [her clothes] because it’s loose-fitting, and I get to sit down in a chair! They put me in 12-inch stilettos [in the movie] because I am supposed to be taller than my sister… It was the running joke that we might not be able to shoot because I might not be able to walk. I was like, ‘Can 你 just have us sitting and put me on a pillow?’”
The Twilight soundtrack is currently in the #1 spot on Billboard.com and iTunes! The film opens in theaters 下一个 week.
So, the past week had been filled with Twilight pictures. Everyday we got at least 2 amazing pictures. Well, now that the Twilight Illistrated Movie Companion is out, there are scans of pictures from the movie in the book on the internet.
And someone from LiveJournal really caught my eye... in a bad way. This particular person is saying stuff like "**** Summit" 或者 "**** Twilight Illustrated Movie Companion". What I don't get is... Why do they choose to look at the pictures?! The person who 发布 these pictures warned that they would be spoilers, and announced not click the link if they didn't want to see them.
Those who want to be surprised 由 the movie, that's fine. But they shouldn't go around cussin Summit 或者 Stephenie Meyer 或者 any other fansite because they chose to view them.
And someone from LiveJournal really caught my eye... in a bad way. This particular person is saying stuff like "**** Summit" 或者 "**** Twilight Illustrated Movie Companion". What I don't get is... Why do they choose to look at the pictures?! The person who 发布 these pictures warned that they would be spoilers, and announced not click the link if they didn't want to see them.
Those who want to be surprised 由 the movie, that's fine. But they shouldn't go around cussin Summit 或者 Stephenie Meyer 或者 any other fansite because they chose to view them.
I am sure 你 already read Stephenie's message on her website about Midnight Sun being halted indefinately.
Some petitions have already been started on link to 显示 Stephenie our support and to agree to not violate her right to privacy 由 阅读 the illegal material.
I know it takes some time, but be sure to sign all of them, 显示 your love! Here are a few 链接 to the petitions:
link
link
link
link
link
I know we can make a difference!
xoxo
Some petitions have already been started on link to 显示 Stephenie our support and to agree to not violate her right to privacy 由 阅读 the illegal material.
I know it takes some time, but be sure to sign all of them, 显示 your love! Here are a few 链接 to the petitions:
link
link
link
link
link
I know we can make a difference!
xoxo
Hey! Do 你 guys know a good twilight 粉丝 site? Help us all out and tell us... so we can go on!
Heres the cool site I found: www.freewebs.com/twilighttrailer
I think that 你 all know of stephenie's website..... stepheniemeyer.com
Oh! Also- If anyones knows of a good site to see interviews 或者 更多 trailer... Tell Me!
Speaking of stephenie's website... did any of 你 see the "quote of the day" thing she's doing!? I 爱情 that idea! what do 你 guys think? I like the idea.. and I just cant wait to read Breaking Dawn! The movie should be good too :)
Heres the cool site I found: www.freewebs.com/twilighttrailer
I think that 你 all know of stephenie's website..... stepheniemeyer.com
Oh! Also- If anyones knows of a good site to see interviews 或者 更多 trailer... Tell Me!
Speaking of stephenie's website... did any of 你 see the "quote of the day" thing she's doing!? I 爱情 that idea! what do 你 guys think? I like the idea.. and I just cant wait to read Breaking Dawn! The movie should be good too :)
There are people that 交叉, 十字架 our lives
in tiny fractions of time,
in the briefest of encounters,
and yet they leave and incredible mark
in our hearts and in our minds forever.
"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, 或者 acts to improve the lot of others, 或者 strikes out against injustice, that person sends out a tiny ripple of ove and hope, and crossing each other fro a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppresion and resistance."
Now these poems were written 由 some one else, but deseved to be shared and they kind of have something in commen with the series.
in tiny fractions of time,
in the briefest of encounters,
and yet they leave and incredible mark
in our hearts and in our minds forever.
"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, 或者 acts to improve the lot of others, 或者 strikes out against injustice, that person sends out a tiny ripple of ove and hope, and crossing each other fro a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppresion and resistance."
Now these poems were written 由 some one else, but deseved to be shared and they kind of have something in commen with the series.
10. IDEALS
9. 邪恶力量 POWERS
8. THE BODY GUARD
7. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
6. MR. DARCY DOUBLE
5. BAD BOY
4. SELF-CONTROL
3. 天使 IN DISGUISE
2. AMAZING EYES
1. SELF-LESS
Twilight, the first novel as part of the Twilight series 由 Stephanie Meyer is excruciatingly addictive as it is ubiquitous – there’s always someone buried head deep into a Twilight book either on the train, bus, 海滩 或者 at the park.
Whilst the latest of the series Eclipse is now heading for our cinemas, lets go back to the first of the series Twilight to see where all the madness began. Sorry to all the Jacob Black 粉丝 out there!
(Warning: If 你 haven’t read Twilight there are numerous plot giveaways in this blog)
From: link
9. 邪恶力量 POWERS
8. THE BODY GUARD
7. SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
6. MR. DARCY DOUBLE
5. BAD BOY
4. SELF-CONTROL
3. 天使 IN DISGUISE
2. AMAZING EYES
1. SELF-LESS
Twilight, the first novel as part of the Twilight series 由 Stephanie Meyer is excruciatingly addictive as it is ubiquitous – there’s always someone buried head deep into a Twilight book either on the train, bus, 海滩 或者 at the park.
Whilst the latest of the series Eclipse is now heading for our cinemas, lets go back to the first of the series Twilight to see where all the madness began. Sorry to all the Jacob Black 粉丝 out there!
(Warning: If 你 haven’t read Twilight there are numerous plot giveaways in this blog)
From: link