Outside Reading #4

Just as I had predicted, Bella's visit to Jacob ended up really paying off. She enjoyed being with him so much that she began to hang out with him on a daily basis. Although it was obvious that she was significantly happier, there were still some side affects of her depression that remained. In fact, there was one in particular that she developed an interest in. This unique side affect consisted of hearing Edward's voice talk to her in her head. Only when she would do something life-threatening or extremely dangerous is when she would hear Edward repeatedly scold her and tell her not to do it. Bella loved this, and soon began to rely on it to make her happy. She would literally crave the sound of his velvety smooth voice, to the point where she would risk anything just to hear it. At one point in the book she becomes so desperate to hear it that she decides the perfect way to trigger the voice is to go cliff diving. Naturally, she knows no one would approve of this so she decides to go alone. She immediately took the car and raced to one of the highest cliffs in La Push. She was so overwhelmed by the complete thrilling and terrifying feelings she was experiencing before the jump, that she completely forgot to think about what she was jumping into, literally. Once she landed in the water below, the death-defying waves that repeatedly thrashed against her fragile human body took her completely by surprise. The combination of monsterous waves and whipping winds forced her under deep inside the never ending blackness, making it impossible to find the surface. After what seemed like hours of struggling for just one breath of air, she began to slowly give up. She began to let the water sink into her lungs when everything finally went black. All a sudden, she woke up in Jacob's arms barely able to comprehend the world around her. She couldnt speak let alone breath properly, and all she could see was jacob's worried face carrying her and a firey red figure floating far accross the water. I really like this section of the book because it was really suspensefull and there were a lot of things that took me by surprise. One thing I found really interesting was when she was drowning, instead of freaking out she just kept thinking things like "this is a nice way to die" and "this is easier than other deaths". I found that interesting because I know for a fact that if I had been in that situation my head would be filled completely with panic