*by Stephenie Meyer*
TWILIGHT - chapter 9 - THEORY
We were in front of Charlie's house. The lights were on, my truck in its place, everything utterly normal. It was like waking from a dream. He stopped the car, but I didn't move.
"Do Du promise to be there tomorrow?"
"I promise."
I considered that for a moment, then nodded. I pulled his jacke off, taking one last whiff.
"You can keep it - Du don't have a jacke for tomorrow," he reminded me.
I handed it back to him. "I don't want to have to explain to Charlie."
"Oh, right." He grinned.
I hesitated, my hand on the door handle, trying to prolong the moment.
"Bella?" he asked in a different tone - serious, but hesitant.
"Yes?" I turned back to him too eagerly.
"Will Du promise me something?"
"Yes," I said, and instantly regretted my unconditional agreement. What if he asked me to stay away from him? I couldn't keep that promise.
"Don't go into the woods alone."
I stared at him in blank confusion. "Why?"
He frowned, his eyes were tight as he stared past me out the window.
"I'm not always the most dangerous thing out there. Let's leave it at that."
I shuddered slightly at the sudden bleakness in his voice, but I was relieved. This, at least, was an easy promise to honor. "Whatever Du say."
"I'll see Du tomorrow," he sighed, and I knew he wanted me to leave now.
"Tomorrow, then." I opened the door unwillingly.
"Bella?" I turned and he was leaning toward me, his pale, glorious face just inches from mine. My herz stopped beating.
"Sleep well," he said. His breath blew in my face, stunning me. It was the same exquisite scent that clung to his jacket, but in a Mehr concentrated form. I blinked, thoroughly dazed. He leaned away.
I was unable to Bewegen until my brain had somewhat unscrambled itself. Then I stepped out of the car awkwardly, having to use the frame for support. I thought I heard him chuckle, but the sound was too quiet for me to be certain.
He waited till I had stumbled to the front door, and then I heard his engine quietly rev. I turned to watch the silver car disappear around the corner. I realized it was vey cold.
I reached for the key mechanically, unlocked the door, and stepped inside.
Charlie called from the living room. "Bella?"
"Yeah, Dad, it's me." I walked in to see him. He was watching a baseball game.
"You're Home early."
"Am I?" I was surprised.
"It's not even eight yet," he told me. "Did Du girls have fun?"
"Yeah - it was lots of fun." My head was spinning as I tried to remember all the way back to the girls' night out I had planned. "They both found dresses."
"Are Du all right?"
"I'm just tired. I did a lot of walking."
"Well, maybe Du should go lie down." He sounded concerned. I wondered what my face looked like.
"I'm just going to call Jessica first."
"Weren't Du just with her?" he asked, surprised.
"Yes - but I left my jacke in her car. I want to make sure she brings it tomorrow."
"Well, give her a chance to get Home first."
"Right," I agreed.
I went to the küche and fell, exhausted, into a chair. I was really feeling dizzy now. I wondered if I was going to go into shock after all. Get a grip, I told myself.
The phone rang suddenly, startling me. I yanked it off the hook.
"Hello?" I asked breathlessly.
"Bella?"
"Hey, Jess, I was just going to call you."
"You made it home?" Her voice was relieved... and surprised.
"Yes. I left my jacke in your car - could Du bring it to me tomorrow?"
"Sure. But tell me what happened!" she demanded.
"Um, tomorrow - in Trig, okay?"
She caught on quickly. "Oh, is your dad there?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Okay, I'll talk to Du tomorrow, then. Bye!" I could hear the impatience in her voice.
"Bye, Jess."
I walked up the stairs slowly, a heavy stupor clouding my mind. I went through the motions of getting ready for bett without paying any attention to what I was doing. It wasn't until I was in the dusche - the water too hot, burning my skin - that I realized I was freezing. I shuddered violently for several Minuten before the steaming spray could finally relax my frigid muscles. Then I stood in the shower, too tired to move, until the hot water began to run out.
I stumbled out, wrapping myself securely in a towel, trying to hold the heat from the water in so the aching shivers wouldn't return. I dressed for bett swiftly and climbed under my quilt, curling into a ball, hugging myself to keep warm. A few small shudders trembled through me.
My mind still swirled dizzily, full of Bilder I couldn't understand, and some I fought to repress. Nothing seemed clear at first, but as I fell gradually closer to unconsciousness, a few certainties became evident.
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how potent that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in Liebe with him.
TWILIGHT - chapter 9 - THEORY
We were in front of Charlie's house. The lights were on, my truck in its place, everything utterly normal. It was like waking from a dream. He stopped the car, but I didn't move.
"Do Du promise to be there tomorrow?"
"I promise."
I considered that for a moment, then nodded. I pulled his jacke off, taking one last whiff.
"You can keep it - Du don't have a jacke for tomorrow," he reminded me.
I handed it back to him. "I don't want to have to explain to Charlie."
"Oh, right." He grinned.
I hesitated, my hand on the door handle, trying to prolong the moment.
"Bella?" he asked in a different tone - serious, but hesitant.
"Yes?" I turned back to him too eagerly.
"Will Du promise me something?"
"Yes," I said, and instantly regretted my unconditional agreement. What if he asked me to stay away from him? I couldn't keep that promise.
"Don't go into the woods alone."
I stared at him in blank confusion. "Why?"
He frowned, his eyes were tight as he stared past me out the window.
"I'm not always the most dangerous thing out there. Let's leave it at that."
I shuddered slightly at the sudden bleakness in his voice, but I was relieved. This, at least, was an easy promise to honor. "Whatever Du say."
"I'll see Du tomorrow," he sighed, and I knew he wanted me to leave now.
"Tomorrow, then." I opened the door unwillingly.
"Bella?" I turned and he was leaning toward me, his pale, glorious face just inches from mine. My herz stopped beating.
"Sleep well," he said. His breath blew in my face, stunning me. It was the same exquisite scent that clung to his jacket, but in a Mehr concentrated form. I blinked, thoroughly dazed. He leaned away.
I was unable to Bewegen until my brain had somewhat unscrambled itself. Then I stepped out of the car awkwardly, having to use the frame for support. I thought I heard him chuckle, but the sound was too quiet for me to be certain.
He waited till I had stumbled to the front door, and then I heard his engine quietly rev. I turned to watch the silver car disappear around the corner. I realized it was vey cold.
I reached for the key mechanically, unlocked the door, and stepped inside.
Charlie called from the living room. "Bella?"
"Yeah, Dad, it's me." I walked in to see him. He was watching a baseball game.
"You're Home early."
"Am I?" I was surprised.
"It's not even eight yet," he told me. "Did Du girls have fun?"
"Yeah - it was lots of fun." My head was spinning as I tried to remember all the way back to the girls' night out I had planned. "They both found dresses."
"Are Du all right?"
"I'm just tired. I did a lot of walking."
"Well, maybe Du should go lie down." He sounded concerned. I wondered what my face looked like.
"I'm just going to call Jessica first."
"Weren't Du just with her?" he asked, surprised.
"Yes - but I left my jacke in her car. I want to make sure she brings it tomorrow."
"Well, give her a chance to get Home first."
"Right," I agreed.
I went to the küche and fell, exhausted, into a chair. I was really feeling dizzy now. I wondered if I was going to go into shock after all. Get a grip, I told myself.
The phone rang suddenly, startling me. I yanked it off the hook.
"Hello?" I asked breathlessly.
"Bella?"
"Hey, Jess, I was just going to call you."
"You made it home?" Her voice was relieved... and surprised.
"Yes. I left my jacke in your car - could Du bring it to me tomorrow?"
"Sure. But tell me what happened!" she demanded.
"Um, tomorrow - in Trig, okay?"
She caught on quickly. "Oh, is your dad there?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Okay, I'll talk to Du tomorrow, then. Bye!" I could hear the impatience in her voice.
"Bye, Jess."
I walked up the stairs slowly, a heavy stupor clouding my mind. I went through the motions of getting ready for bett without paying any attention to what I was doing. It wasn't until I was in the dusche - the water too hot, burning my skin - that I realized I was freezing. I shuddered violently for several Minuten before the steaming spray could finally relax my frigid muscles. Then I stood in the shower, too tired to move, until the hot water began to run out.
I stumbled out, wrapping myself securely in a towel, trying to hold the heat from the water in so the aching shivers wouldn't return. I dressed for bett swiftly and climbed under my quilt, curling into a ball, hugging myself to keep warm. A few small shudders trembled through me.
My mind still swirled dizzily, full of Bilder I couldn't understand, and some I fought to repress. Nothing seemed clear at first, but as I fell gradually closer to unconsciousness, a few certainties became evident.
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how potent that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in Liebe with him.
God and His priests and His kings
All were waiting
All will wait
As they go over
Mmm, held between heaven and hell
As they're dancing
As they dance over and over
Over
Cold
Cold
Crimson and bare as I stand
Yours completely
Yours as we go over
Sing for the lion and lamm
Their hearts are hunting
Still hearts hold ever and ever
Ever
Cold
Cold
God and His priests and His kings
Turn their faces
Even they feel the cold
Ooooooh, ooooooh
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
And never forsaken
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
And never forsaken
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
Cold
All were waiting
All will wait
As they go over
Mmm, held between heaven and hell
As they're dancing
As they dance over and over
Over
Cold
Cold
Crimson and bare as I stand
Yours completely
Yours as we go over
Sing for the lion and lamm
Their hearts are hunting
Still hearts hold ever and ever
Ever
Cold
Cold
God and His priests and His kings
Turn their faces
Even they feel the cold
Ooooooh, ooooooh
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
And never forsaken
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
And never forsaken
What Du are given
Can't be forgotten
Cold
Slow, we paddle through the lake
Straight to the very center of the darkest water
Where we can embrace the shadows on the surface
The eyes that look up lifeless from our twins below
And though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
True, it's chilling to behold
Up close we stumble backwards laughing in our boat
Till the image sinks away to someplace far but certain
A land of mere suspension where someday we must go
And though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
Though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
Straight to the very center of the darkest water
Where we can embrace the shadows on the surface
The eyes that look up lifeless from our twins below
And though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
True, it's chilling to behold
Up close we stumble backwards laughing in our boat
Till the image sinks away to someplace far but certain
A land of mere suspension where someday we must go
And though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
Though your arms and legs are under
Liebe will be the echo in your ears when all is Lost and plundered
My Liebe will be there still
If we never found this love
If we never took that road
If we hadn't had the heart
We wouldn't have this home
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
In this world the herz beats slow
In my arms let's share the cold
In my eyes you’re all I've known
Darling let's go home
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
If we never took that road
If we hadn't had the heart
We wouldn't have this home
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
In this world the herz beats slow
In my arms let's share the cold
In my eyes you’re all I've known
Darling let's go home
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
Love, Liebe will take you
Love, Liebe will take Du there
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
Life on earth is changing
Life on earth is ending
And time on earth is ending
And time on earth is changing
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
Life on earth is ending
Life on earth is changing
And time on earth is changing
And time on earth is ending
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
Life on earth is changing
Life on earth is ending
And time on earth is ending
And time on earth is changing
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
Life on earth is ending
Life on earth is changing
And time on earth is changing
And time on earth is ending
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
La, la, da, da, da
La, da, da
Last born of the clan
First one to be free
Lived inside a house
Beneath the hanging tree
Loved them deadly nights
That chilled him to the bone
Words were cried at night
In unforgiving tones
Blood of his men was gone beneath snow
He picked up his messer and his bow
Killer of Jonathan Low
Violence from without
And anger from within
Crawling through the fields
Informing Weiter of kin
They all turned their backs
But they all knew his name
And if he could return
They'd probably do the same
Blood of his Friends was gone beneath snow
For all that I know, he died
Killer of Jonathan Low
The blood of his Friends was gone beneath snow
For all that I know, he died
Killer of Jonathan Low
First one to be free
Lived inside a house
Beneath the hanging tree
Loved them deadly nights
That chilled him to the bone
Words were cried at night
In unforgiving tones
Blood of his men was gone beneath snow
He picked up his messer and his bow
Killer of Jonathan Low
Violence from without
And anger from within
Crawling through the fields
Informing Weiter of kin
They all turned their backs
But they all knew his name
And if he could return
They'd probably do the same
Blood of his Friends was gone beneath snow
For all that I know, he died
Killer of Jonathan Low
The blood of his Friends was gone beneath snow
For all that I know, he died
Killer of Jonathan Low
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That's not what Du want to hear
One is born so one can die
Du must wait a real long time
That's Mehr than Du can bear
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
Rolling in on a burning tire
You're gonna set my house on fire
Just to Zeigen me that Du were there
Blumen raised up like a snake
Du will raise to leave me bait
And always, always take
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That’s not what Du want to hear
That’s not what Du want to hear
The road is always clear
That's not what Du want to hear
One is born so one can die
Du must wait a real long time
That's Mehr than Du can bear
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
Rolling in on a burning tire
You're gonna set my house on fire
Just to Zeigen me that Du were there
Blumen raised up like a snake
Du will raise to leave me bait
And always, always take
And the days will come and go
And the band will march alone
Till the Tag Du cast a shadow
And it's nothing like your own
The moon is always full for us
The road is always clear
That’s not what Du want to hear
That’s not what Du want to hear
I think I know what’s on your mind
A couple words, a great divide
Waiting in the wings, a small respite
Crowding up the foreground from behind
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
Take anything Du want, it’s fine
Keep up the slow life for the night
Don’t take it back, I’ll just deny
This constant noise all the time
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
A couple words, a great divide
Waiting in the wings, a small respite
Crowding up the foreground from behind
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
Take anything Du want, it’s fine
Keep up the slow life for the night
Don’t take it back, I’ll just deny
This constant noise all the time
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
It’s the last catastrophe
Place your bets on chance and apathy
From the wind in front of me
Even though you’re the only one I see
When these pillars get put down
It will be Du who wears the crown
And I’ll owe everything to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
How much pain has cracked your soul
And how much Liebe would make Du whole
You’re my guiding lightning strike
I can’t find the words to say
They’re overdue
I’ve traveled half the world to say
I belong to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
And she attacks me like a Leo
When my herz is teilt, split like Rio
And I assure Du my debts are real
I can’t find the words to say
When I’m confused
I traveled half the world to say
Du are my muse
Oooohh
Oooohh
Oooohh
I can’t find the words to say
They’re overdue
I’ve traveled half the world to say
I belong to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
It will be Du who wears the crown
And I’ll owe everything to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
How much pain has cracked your soul
And how much Liebe would make Du whole
You’re my guiding lightning strike
I can’t find the words to say
They’re overdue
I’ve traveled half the world to say
I belong to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
And she attacks me like a Leo
When my herz is teilt, split like Rio
And I assure Du my debts are real
I can’t find the words to say
When I’m confused
I traveled half the world to say
Du are my muse
Oooohh
Oooohh
Oooohh
I can’t find the words to say
They’re overdue
I’ve traveled half the world to say
I belong to you
Oooohh
Oooohh
So pretty, so smart
Such a waste of her young heart
What a pity, what a sham
What’s the matter with Du man
Don’t Du see it’s wrong, can’t Du get it right
Out of mind and out of sight
Call on all your girls, don’t forget the boys
Put a lid on all that noise
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
I hear you’re living out of state
Running in a whole new scene
Du know I haven’t slept in weeks
You’re the only thing I see
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
No matter what Du do
Yeah I’ll be true to you
Such a waste of her young heart
What a pity, what a sham
What’s the matter with Du man
Don’t Du see it’s wrong, can’t Du get it right
Out of mind and out of sight
Call on all your girls, don’t forget the boys
Put a lid on all that noise
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
I hear you’re living out of state
Running in a whole new scene
Du know I haven’t slept in weeks
You’re the only thing I see
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
I’m a satellite heart
Lost in the dark
I’m spun out so far
Du stop, I start
But I’ll be true to you
No matter what Du do
Yeah I’ll be true to you
I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your straße light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
stahl, stola me a dog-eared map
And called for Du everywhere
Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
oder Lost you
American mouth
Big pill looming
Now I’m a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain streams
Have I found you
Flightless bird, grounding, bleeding
oder Lost you
American mouth
Big pill stuck going down
Diving too deep for coins
All of your straße light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
stahl, stola me a dog-eared map
And called for Du everywhere
Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
oder Lost you
American mouth
Big pill looming
Now I’m a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain streams
Have I found you
Flightless bird, grounding, bleeding
oder Lost you
American mouth
Big pill stuck going down