The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide (60 page)

T
he following pages note key plot points that occur in
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse
, and
Breaking Dawn
, from Bella’s move to Forks to the finale of
Breaking Dawn
.

• Bella moves to Forks

Bella leaves her mother and Phoenix; Charlie has bought an old pickup for her

• Bella attends her first day of school at Forks High School

Bella meets Eric, Jessica, Mike, and Angela; she sees the Cullens for the first time

• Bella has Biology class with Edward

Bella sits next to Edward; Edward glares at Bella like he hates her; after school, Bella sees Edward in the office trying to switch out of their Biology class

• Edward misses school the rest of the week

• Edward returns to school

Edward touches Bella’s hand by accident during their Biology lab project; Bella notices that Edward’s eyes are golden instead of black

• There is ice on the roads and in the school parking lot

Bella is touched to find that Charlie has put chains on her truck’s tires; Tyler’s van skids into Bella; Edward pushes Bella out of the way and holds up the van; Edward pleads with Bella to say he was standing beside her before the accident

• Bella, Tyler, and Edward go to the hospital to be examined

Bella meets Dr. Carlisle Cullen for the first time; Bella wants an explanation from Edward for the lie; Edward refuses

• Bella dreams of Edward for the first time

• Edward doesn’t speak to Bella for six weeks

• The Girls’ Choice Spring Dance is coming up soon

Mike asks Bella to the dance, but Bella refuses, saying she is going to
Seattle that day; Edward speaks to Bella again, telling her it is better if they aren’t friends; Edward laughs as Eric and Tyler ask Bella to the dance; the next morning Edward offers to drive Bella to Seattle; Edward reminds Bella it would be more prudent for her not to be his friend

• Edward invites Bella to sit with him at lunch

Edward and Bella decide to be “friends”; Bella tells Edward her theory about him being a superhero; Edward hints that he might be “the bad guy”

• Bella has to do blood typing in Biology class

In class, Bella gets queasy at the sight of blood; Mike escorts her to the nurse’s office; Edward rushes to her and takes over from Mike, carrying her to the nurse’s office; Bella explains that the smell of blood makes her sick; Edward drives Bella home, and they talk about their families; Bella invites Edward to the upcoming party at La Push

• Bella is lonely when Edward misses the next day of school

• Bella goes to the party at First Beach in La Push

The group is joined by some of the Quileute boys; Bella meets Jacob Black; she remembers his older sisters; one of the Quileute boys tells Bella the Cullens don’t come to La Push

• Bella flirts with Jacob to get him to tell her about the Cullens

Jacob tells her the Quileute legends about wolves and vampires; Jacob says the Cullens are supposedly vampires

• Bella does research about vampires; the facts don’t add up

• Bella decides to go with Jessica and Angela to pick out their dresses in Port Angeles

• Bella goes dress shopping in Port Angeles

Bella is distracted while the other girls try on dresses; she decides to go find a bookstore, telling them she will meet them later

• Bella walks in the wrong direction and is threatened by four drunk men

She tries to remember self-defense moves

• Edward drives up just in time

Bella gets in his car and they speed away; Edward needs time to calm down; Bella remembers that she is supposed to meet Jessica and Angela; Edward drives to the right restaurant without asking which one

• The girls have already eaten so Edward takes Bella to dinner

Edward doesn’t notice the hostess or the waitress; Bella tells Edward he shouldn’t “dazzle” people, and he asks if he dazzles her; she tells him he does, frequently; Edward makes Bella eat while they talk “hypothetically” about his ability to hear thoughts

• On the drive home from Port Angeles, they are past all the evasiveness

Bella tells Edward about her talk with Jacob Black and about the Quileute legends; Edward realizes that Bella knows the truth; Bella asks why Edward’s family doesn’t drink human blood; Edward tells her he doesn’t want to be a monster; Edward promises to show her why he doesn’t go out in the sunlight

• Bella knows that Edward is a vampire, that part of him thirsts for her blood, and that she is unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him

• Edward offers Bella a ride to school

Edward points out that he’s breaking the rules

• Edward listens as Jessica quizzes Bella about her relationship with him

Edward is upset when he hears Bella say she likes him more than he likes her; at lunch Edward tells her she is wrong, that he’d hurt himself if that meant keeping her safe

• Edward invites Bella to spend Saturday togther so she can see him in the sunlight

• Edward tells Bella about his hunting trip with Emmett

“A
BOUT THREE THINGS
I
WAS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE
. F
IRST
, E
DWARD WAS A VAMPIRE
. S
ECOND, THERE WAS PART OF HIM
—
AND
I
DIDN’T KNOW HOW POTENT THAT PART MIGHT BE
—
THAT THIRSTED FOR MY BLOOD
. A
ND THIRD
, I
WAS UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH HIM
.”

—Bella (
Twilight
, Chapter 9)