
Bella: Chapter 5 Isle Esme"Don't be afraid," I murmured. "We belong together." I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it. His arms wrapped around me, holding me against him, summer and winter. It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire. "Forever," he agreed, and the pulled us gently into deeper water.Edward and Bella embark on their mystery honeymoon trip, well only a mystery to Bella. At this point she has no clue as to where they are going. She didn't even get to pack her own bags. They arrive in Rio where Edward proceeds to take them out into the unknown in a boat that of course was built for speed.
They plow off into the night and finally arrive to small tiny island. Isle Esme. At this moment Bella learns that Edward's desire to give her extravagant gifts was a learned behavior from his "father" Carlisle. They reach the dock and Edward whisks Bella up into his arms and carries her over the thresh hold. That's when the nerves set in.
Bella realizes that its time for Edward to hold up his end of the bargain. If she marries him he has to sleep with her. She panics and takes forever in the bathroom trying to talk some courage into herself. She showers, she shaves, she sits on the floor and panics. Finally she realizes..."hey this is Edward, I can do this." She meets him in the water and then....she wakes up covered in feathers!
Not only is Bella covered in feathers but she is also covered in bruises. Edward is disgusted with himself for harming her, but Bella on the other hand is overjoyed with satisfaction. He tells her he will not be touching her again until she has changed. Translation to Bella: Honeymoon is over.
Chapter 6 DistractionsI couldn't tell if he was moved by the tears trembling in my voice, or if he was unprepared to deal with the suddenness of my attack, or if his need was simply unbearable in that moment as my own. But whatever the reason, he pulled my lips back to his, surrendering with a groan. And we began where by dream had left off.Bella got her wish. Edward slept with her but now he is afraid to touch her again so he does his best to keep her busy. They walked through the jungle, found parrots, swam with dolphins. All so Edward could keep Bella's mind off of being with him physically.
She tried everything to sway him into the mood but nothing ever worked and with all of the activities during the day and the food at night she was too exhausted to pursue him much anyway. Finally, she decides she will try compromising with Edward. Hey...it worked before.
She dresses in one of the not-so-Bella pieces of lingerie that Alice has packed for her and decides to try once more to seduce her husband. She offers to go to school and do all of the things he wants from her...even stay human. He rejects her once more and suggests she goes to sleep.
She falls asleep and wakes up in tears and turns out those were tears from waking up from the best part of her dream. She was dreaming of making love to Edward. Bella works her charm and finally seduces her husband into sleeping with her once again. This time Edward destroys the headboard but doesn't destroy Bella in process. All is right in the world.
Bella actually decides she wants to stay human for a bit longer so she can spend time with her family and of course have awesome vampire/human sex with her husband. But in the midst of discussing keeping everyone in her life...the Jacob drawer shakes a bit and she knows he will never be in her life again.
Gustavo and Kaure, the cleaning crew, comes in and Kaure, the lady housekeeper, is terrified as to why Edward would have Bella there all alone. She examines the feathers and blatantly expresses her disgust because she knows Edward is a vampire. But once they leave...Bella and Edward continue their honeymoon as Bella had wished.
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Stephenie Meyer...God love you for writing this book! Of course these are my two favorite chapters of the book. All of this sexual tension that has been present since
Twilight, is finally working itself out. My only complaint is that she left out the details ha ha...but I understand the target audience she had in mind and the "details" may have not been too appropriate. It's ok I have a very healthy imagination.
Edward and Bella finally consummate their love for each other and its beautiful anytime two people who are so madly in love find a way to express that love. I adore that Bella is some hormone driven teenager but when it came down to it at first she FREAKED out. I could so see Kristen Stewart playing this role and sitting in the bathroom floor rocking back and forth.
Gotta love Edward for being the sweetest man on earth but sometimes you gotta lighten up! I know he freaked when he saw all of the bruises but the chic was ECSTATIC! I am pretty sure she isn't hurt too bad, so be proud of yourself for making a woman that happy! :) After the first night they were together I really didn't expect Bella to turn on the red light and seduce her man the way she did. Totally out of character for her but I love her tenacity.
I can honestly say that when reading this the first time, I did not even begin to realize the foreshadowing Stephenie was giving here. All the food...sleep...nightmares...emotional breakdowns...all perfect ingredients to being pregnant, but hey who knew humans and vampires could have babies. I figured when they froze...so did their little swimmers. Guess not! The cleaning crew lady freaked me out a bit but again she was apart of the Renesmee foreshadowing. I figured her presence played some sort of role but until reading through I couldn't figure it out.
I love the fact that Bella has finally realized there are things in life she wants to experience as a human. I love this for Edward because you can almost see the happiness leaping off the pages when he finds out he gets to keep Bella the way she is for a while longer. He has her best interest at heart of course. This would be good for her dad and mom and her friends...even Jacob, even though he has made it clear he wants nothing to do with it.
So here is the dilemma in these chapters....were you happy with how they were so devilishly written (leaving out the good stuff) or did you just scream at your book and wonder why you couldn't have known exactly what went down?! ha ha What about Edward rejecting Bella? Could you feel the rejection wash over her like I did when I read it? Do you think sometimes Edward's overly protective side gets a little annoying? Do you think Bella should stay human? What parts of the honeymoon are you most looking forward to seeing in film?
Happy discussing and always remember to keep Edward away from your pillows and headboards!