T.03.06 Switzerland

In Which We don't actually go to Switzerland

Bella leaves La Push and heads up to Angela's house. The Vampire Volvo, no doubt with angry boyfriend driving, follows. Bella ignores it.

Bella has a very human and very character-building afternoon with Angela doing announcements. It's all normal and all pleasantly written. Many plans and discussions, Angela is curious, Bella is friendly, good times.

Bella goes home and she and Edward argue.

• Edward nearly invaded La Push, truce be damned.
• Bella insists Jacob isn't dangerous.
• Edward puts his foot down.
• Bella does the same
• Edward insists he isn't jealous, which is idiotic
• Bella declares that she's Switzerland-style neutral in this whole debate. She more or less insists that she is, in fact, the country in question. We don't learn who represents the Axis powers in her analogy.

Edward leaves and has to go hunting again, so Bella plans to head back to La Push. Alice shows up to give her a ride home from work and reveals that it's a conspiracy to kidnap her and take her back to the Vampire Manor to keep her from visiting Jacob. And he said he wasn't jealous. This will, Alice tells Bella, be the standard operating procedure for any hunting trips. He paid her in Porsche, don't you know. Bella isn't happy.

Bella calls Jacob to cancel and leaves Edward a tense message. Alice paints Bella's toes (horror!) Bella heads off to sleep in Edward's room, now with an additional bed. And by additional, of course, I mean one more than zero.

Rosalie knocks.
Scene.

SumUp:B

Solid and despite my rage at the previous nonsense there's nothing here to hate. Alice is becoming a bit one-dimensional in her big-fluffy-pink-sister role. Edward's "not jealous" claims are either stupid or lies, and I'm hoping for the latter. The new bed is interesting, as it raises some old issues about vampire sex. Rosalie might actually have a chance to grow some dimensions.