Reading from Wednesday, November 12

Today I read from page 191 - 563. After a while of Jacob induced happiness, Bella is struck dumb again. Jacob has completely lost the will to even talk with her, let alone be together. She goes back into her zombie-like state, but then, after forcing her to guess what is wrong, she learns that he is a werewolf - sworn enemy of vampires. During this time, Laurent returned with the intent to kill Bella, but Jacob and his 4 other wolves are there to stop and kill him. Unfortunately, Victoria is still after her, so most of Jacob's time is occupied with the hunt for her. During this alone time, Bella decides to go cliff diving. Somehow, Alice is there, sees her fall, and assumes she committed suicide. She alerts Rosalie, who in turn tells Edward. Distraught, Edward decides to go to Italy, seeking death through the vampire ruled city of Volturi. They refuse his blatant death wish, so he finds a way to upset them enough to kill him. Bella and Alice hear of this through Alice's ability and rush off to Italy to stop him. Bella is just able to stop him before he steps into the sunlight in front of a huge crowd to show off his sparkling skin. After a meet in their royal chambers, the Volturi let them go - Bella, Edward, and Alice. After returning home, Charlie is livid, but Bella manages to live through it because Edward and the Cullens have moved back. Unfortunately, Bella and Jacob can no longer be friends because she is spending to much time with the "bloodsuckers" a.k.a. vampires. Bella also makes the decision to become a vampire, and she wishes Edward to do the honors, but he will not do it until she has graduated from High School, so now she waits. This concludes New Moon.