Chapter Four: The magnets symbolize obviousness!

Bella is having a tough week. A vampire woman named Victoria is back in town to try to kill her, and her stupid boyfriend won't even take away her mortality so she can be a vampire too unless they get married! UGH. It's a hard life.

Edward has to go hunt so he doesn't start accidentally killing Bella. He likes to eat a nice medium-rare mountain lion from time to time, so he has to travel a bit for his hunting trips. Still, Alice will be only about fifteen minutes away, and she doesn't foresee any danger for Bella over the weekend, so everything will be okay, and Bella won't be able to sneak away to the wolves, since Alice will see it coming. Except, of course, for the horrible abandonment nightmares Bella will have simply because Edward isn't around for a couple days. Really, Bella, some meds might help a bit. You should talk to someone.

That Saturday morning, Bella has to work at the sporting goods store. Before work, she tries to arrange magnets on her refrigerator. Her two favorite magnets, which are both very strong, do not get along! No matter how well she tries to get them to work together, they simply refuse to. It seems the laws of nature simply won't allow them to coexist in the same place! This is not an analogy for anything else in her life!

Bella has a very boring day at work, though she does get to hear some more about the vampire murders in Seattle. When she gets tasked with throwing out some fliers about saving the Olympic wolf on her way out the door, she thinks of Jacob and makes a run for it. See, she didn't plan to do this, so there's no way Alice could see it! Unusually clever of you, Bella.

It takes Bella less than 15 minutes to cross the border into La Push, meaning Alice can't catch her in time to stop her from seeing Jacob. When she gets there, Jake is so happy to see her that he nearly kills her with a wolf-strength hug.

The two friends have a great time talking about topics of no importance, but eventually things turn to the only interesting thing in town: vampires. He's curious about what went on in Italy, which is pretty much the most exciting thing that's happened since Bella has moved to Forks. And yet, she's annoyed that her best friend might be interested in this chapter of her life. I mean, why would someone want to know about the time you rushed out of the country for three days on no notice and brought back a family of vampires?

Bella does oblige though, even through Jacob's vile racial slurs (bloodsucker!). Next up, it's Jacob's turn to retell the story of what happened while Bella was in Florida. It seems that Victoria was clever, and jumped back and forth over the treaty line, taking advantage of the fact that the werewolves and vampires weren't working together. I have a hunch that might change by the end of this book. Just a hunch.

Tensions ran high when Emmett jumped across the line lunging at Victoria, nearly running into werewolf Paul. Both sides got very territorial, but Carlisle, Jasper and Sam managed to calm everyone down. Much ado about nothing, really, except for the crazy supernatural hunting.

It seems the wolves have an issue with Bella liking the vampires again, after they all left her alone and mopey and filled with holes. Jacob has a hard time understanding why a fish (BELLA/HUMAN) would try to kiss an eagle (EDWARD/SPARKLEPIRE). He wonders if Bella's just in it for his money and his looks. The answer, of course, is "sort of," but Bella is still offended. I mean, she loves the sparkling, too!

But Jacob thinks it's terrible that she loves a vampire, since they're so unnatural. Jacob immediately earns consideration for Hypocrite of the Year, owing to his being, like, a werewolf. But in reality, the truth is that Jacob feels human, and shouldn't that count for something? He pretends to almost cry, earning himself a Bella hug. Bella can't help but want to comfort her friend, because he's an important part of her life too.

In other words, Edward isn't the only one filling Bella's holes, if you know what I'm saying.

(I'm not sure what I'm saying.)