Twilight Saga: New Moon Page #6

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CARLISLE:

I enjoy my work too much. Helping

people, saving lives. I'm hoping

there's a point to my existence, even

if I am damned.

BELLA:

Damned? You're not damned.

CARLISLE:

Then you and I agree. But Edward

doesn't believe there's an afterlife

for our kind.

(looking at her)

He thinks we've lost our souls.

BELLA:

(realizing)

That's why he won't... He thinks he'd

be damning me.

CARLISLE (CONT'D)

If you believed as he did, would you

risk it?

Off Bella, no, not ever...

INT. BELLA'S TRUCK - NIGHT

A large red bow hangs from the new stereo in the dashboard.

Edward drives in silence. Bella studies him. Finally --

BELLA:

Say something.

EDWARD:

What do you want me to say?

BELLA:

That I'm a klutz. That I should have

been more careful --

EDWARD:

You got a paper cut. Normal people

get paper cuts. And a normal

boyfriend wouldn't have flung you into

a stack of plates. A normal boyfriend

wouldn't have had to fight the urge to

kill you --

19.

BELLA:

Stop. I don't want normal, I want

you.

Edward doesn't respond, just pulls the truck into --

EXT. BELLA'S HOUSE/INT. BELLA'S TRUCK (CONTINUOUS) - NIGHT

The truck stops. Beat.

BELLA:

You can't protect me from everything -

something's going to separate us --

accident, illness, old age... as long

as I'm human...

EDWARD:

(appalled)

That's your solution? My ending your

life?

BELLA:

Your giving me forever.

He faces forward again, jaw tight, mind working, tormented.

She reaches for his hand --

BELLA:

Carlisle told me how you feel, about

my soul, but I don't believe that --

-- he subtly moves his hand away from hers.

EDWARD:

You should go in. It's late.

He climbs out - instantly he's opening the passenger side

door for her. She climbs out. He looks down at her face -

he softens as he takes it in. Puts a hand on her cheek.

BELLA:

I'll leave my window open for you.

EDWARD:

(quietly)

I won't be coming back. Not tonight.

BELLA:

Then... can I ask for one thing? It's

still my birthday.

(off his nod)

Kiss me?

20.

He lifts her face to his, and kisses her. He begins

carefully, gently... but it changes, he becomes urgent, with

an almost painful edge, as if it were goodbye.

Abruptly, he pulls away. With a last look, he turns walks

off into the night. Off Bella...

INT. BELLA'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

ON A PHOTO - as a printer spits it out. It's the pic Alice

took of Bella and Edward's embrace. Bella, troubled, puts

it in her scrapbook, her bandaged finger running over it.

INT. HIGH SCHOOL - ENGLISH CLASS - DAY

"Romeo and Juliet" lessons are on the board. Everyone's

scribbling essays. Bella glances at Edward's desk; empty --

FLASHPOP TO -- (previous scene in truck) ECU ON EDWARD'S

EYES, hard, turning away from her...

INT. HIGH SCHOOL - CAFETERIA - DAY

Bella sits with Jessica, Angela, Eric and Mike. They joke,

throw things. Bella's distracted, looking-out for Edward.

FLASHPOP TO -- (scene in the truck) ECU ON EDWARD'S HAND

moving away from hers...

BACK ON BELLA'S WORRIED FACE, off which we go to --

INT. BELLA'S BEDROOM - DAY

PAN the photos on the wall. INCLUDE EDWARD who studies

them, his expression grim. He looks down at Bella's

SCRAPBOOK to SEE the photo of him and Bella. He pulls it

out, takes a closer look...

EXT. BELLA'S HOUSE - DAY

ON BELLA THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD of her truck as she pulls

into the driveway. She climbs out, heads toward the house

but stops, relief washing over her --

BELLA:

Edward. You're here.

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