About

"My time as a human is over, but I've never felt more alive. I was born to be a vampire."
―Bella

Me:Bella Marie Swan Cullen
Biographical information
Born September 13, 1987; Forks, Washington
Changed September 11, 2006
Age when turned 18
Created by Edward Cullen

Alias
Isabella Marie Swan (birth name)
Bella Cullen
Bella (preferred name)
Bells (by Charlie Swan and Jacob Black)
Bell (by Charlie Swan and Jacob Black)
Arizona (by Mike Newton)
Spider Monkey (by Edward Cullen)
Vampire Girl (by Emily Young & Embry Call)
Leech-Lover (by Leah Clearwater & Paul Lahote)
Swan Girl (by Emmett Cullen)
Physical description
Species
Human (Twilight - Book 2 of Breaking Dawn)
Vampire (Book 3 of Breaking Dawn)
Gender Female
Height 5'4"
Hair color Brown
Eye color
Chocolate brown (human)
Crimson (newborn vampire)
Amber (3 months as a vampire)
Gold (eventual color)
Black (thirsty as a vampire)
Skin color
Pale
Family information
Family members
Edward Cullen (husband)
Renesmee Cullen (daughter)
Charlie Swan (father)
Renée Dwyer (mother)
Phil Dwyer (stepfather)
Marie Higginbotham (maternal grandmother) ♰
Mr. Higginbotham (maternal grandfather) ♰
Geoffrey Swan (paternal grandfather) ♰
Helen Swan (paternal grandmother) ♰
Edward Masen, Sr. (father-in-law) ♰
Elizabeth Masen (mother-in-law) ♰
Carlisle Cullen (adoptive father-in-law)
Esme Cullen (adoptive mother-in-law)
Alice Cullen (adoptive sister-in-law)
Emmett Cullen (adoptive brother-in-law)
Rosalie Hale (adoptive sister-in-law)
Jasper Hale (adoptive brother-in-law)
Special characteristics
Abilities
Basic vampire abilities
Exceptional self-control
Special abilities
Mental shield
Affiliation
Occupation
Graduate student at Forks High School (Twilight - Eclipse)
Employee at Newton's Olympic Outfitters (New Moon - Eclipse)
Loyalty
Olympic coven
Black pack
Uley pack
Denali coven

"My first reaction was an unthinking pleasure. The alien creature in the glass was indisputably beautiful, every bit as beautiful as Alice or Esme. She was fluid even in stillness, and her flawless face was pale as the moon against the frame of her dark, heavy hair. Her limbs were smooth and strong, skin glistening subtly, luminous as a pearl."
―Me on seeing myself for the first time since My transformation

"I realized now that I'd long ago given up any aspirations of shining at anything. I just did the best with what I had, never quite fitting into my world. So this was really different. I was amazing now - both to them and to myself. It was like I had been born to be a vampire. The idea made me want to laugh, but it also made me want to sing. I had found my true place in the world, the place I fit, the place I shined."
―Me on my new life

I am mostly prefers to wear shirts, jeans and sneakers everywhere she goes, as she lacks an interest in fashion.

In the films, My hair is quite curly and wavy instead of straight.

I am Bella Marie Cullen and I was known as Isabella Marie Swan when I was human but now my full name is Isabella Marie Swan Cullen I was born to Charlie Swan and Renée Dwyer on September 13, 1987, and I am the main protagonist of the Twilight Saga. In Twilight, I am 17-year-old girl who transfers schools from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with my father Charlie, where I meets and falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.

In Breaking Dawn, I married to Edward on August 13, 2006 and becomes a member of the Olympic coven. I was transformed into a vampire by Edward after nearly dying giving birth to my daughter, Renesmee Cullen, a human/vampire hybrid. I am the daughter-in-law of Edward, Sr. and Elizabeth Masen, as well as the adoptive daughter-in-law of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. She is the adoptive sister-in-law of Alice and Emmett Cullen, and of Jasper and Rosalie Hale.

As a human, I possessed a natural immunity to the mental powers of vampires. After my transformation into a vampire, I develops it into the ability to project a mental shield that protects others from the psychic powers of other vampires.

Isabella Marie Swan was born on September 13, 1987, to Renée and Charlie Swan, a young couple living in the small town of Forks, Washington. my parents divorced when I was only three months old. Renée took me with her to Downey, California, to live with my difficult grandmother, before moving to Riverside after my mother got her education degree and landed a job as a kindergarten teacher at a local school.

When I was six years old, they moved to Phoenix, Arizona. During most of my childhood, i would visit my father in Forks for one month every summer, and got acquainted with Rachel, Rebecca and Jacob Black, the children of Charlie's best friend, Billy Black, though they never became real friends. I found the climate in Forks unpleasant, though, and from 2002 onward, Charlie vacationed with me in California instead. I briefly took ballet and piano lessons, but quit them after some time because I found them too difficult.

I never fit in with my peers in California or Arizona. I had always had the feeling of being a little out of sync with everyone - including my mother, who was my best friend. While my mother was impractical, absentminded and liked to shift from one interest to the next, i grew up as the more responsible and independent individual. At an early age, I took over most of the household responsibilities. Sometimes, I would feel like I was the adult and Renée was the child.

During free time, I preferred to sit home and read, in part because I was extraordinarily clumsy. me naturally responsible nature carried over into my schoolwork, where I was generally a straight-A student. my plan for the future was to get a degree in education and teach, like her mother. Renee's career was the one thing that I truly respected. However, I intended to teach at the high school level.

When I noticed that Renée felt lonely due to the lack of romance in her life, I encouraged my mother to go on more dates. Eventually, Renée fell in love with and married a minor league baseball player named Phil Dwyer. I wasn't entirely fond of the idea, but nevertheless offered her blessing. They married in the same month that I turned 17. While Phil traveled around for his job, Renée stayed home with me; however, I, noticing my mother's unhappiness with this arrangement, chose to move in with my father in Forks so Renée could go on the road with Phil during baseball season, leading to the beginning of Twilight.

I moves back to my birth town of Forks, Washington, to live with my father, Charlie Swan, to let my mother, Renée Dwyer, travel with her new husband, Phil. I enrolls at Forks High School in the middle of my junior year. i does not notice the physical attraction I holds for the male students at the school, and makes a few new friends, including Jessica Stanley, Angela Weber, and Mike Newton, the latter of whom i later discovers is very interested in me.

The one group of people at Forks High School that truly intrigues me are the Cullens, a mysterious family consisting of five adopted children. Edward Cullen, in particular, captures me attention, along with his adopted siblings, namely: Alice, a petite girl with black, pixie-cut hair, who has the ability to see the future; Jasper, her husband, who has the hardest time in the family abstaining from human blood; Emmett, a broad, extremely muscular vampire; finally, Rosalie, his wife, who is a beautiful, self-absorbed woman. Due to my uncanny ability to attract accidents, Edward finds himself often protecting me from various unlikely calamities, and finds himself growing extremely protective of me - to the point where even he admits he sometimes goes too far.

When Tyler Crowley's car almost hits me, Edward knocks me out of the way and shields me from the collision. I realizes that it would have been physically impossible for a ordinary human being to cross the distance to me in time - as Edward was four cars away from me a split-second before the truck would have crushed me - or hold back, much less push away, a pick-up truck with his bare hands. i confronts him in the hospital, but he dismisses me accusations in an unsuccessful attempt to throw me off the scent, instead leaving me more suspicious than ever.

During a trip down to La Push with my classmates, I encounters a family friend, Jacob Black, who informs me that the Cullens are supposedly vampires according to his tribe's legend. However, they are different from other vampires in that they are "vegetarians", meaning they drink the blood of animals rather than of humans. Later, Edward rescues I from a gang of men in Port Angeles. During and after dinner, I and Edward converse about his abilities, namely his ability to read minds and my immunity to it. I also tells him about my theories on his true nature in an attempt to get him to divulge more information about himself. He merely finds these amusing, though he does all but admit to his mind-reading abilities and me immunity to them.

Edward and I get to know each other better, and he reveals that he has great difficulty being near me due to the unusually appetizing smell of her blood; he must constantly control his thirst, lest his vampiric instincts take over and drive him to slaughter me.

Despite his desire for my blood, Edward and I fall passionately in love. Edward introduces me to his family, and soon after she is invited to watch their baseball game. During the game, danger reveals itself in the form of a visiting vampire coven consisting of Laurent, Victoria, and James. Victoria's mate, James, is a sadistic tracker vampire who has set his sights on killing me for sports; he was fascinated by Edward's protectiveness of a human. He tricks me into coming to my old ballet studio with the sound of my mother's voice, where he bites my wrist and almost transforms me into a vampire. But the Cullen family rush to my aid and Edward manages to drain the venom out of me system before it was too late. They destroy James, though the other vampires of his coven, Victoria and Laurent, run and survive. I spends time in a hospital with Edward constantly by my side, where he admits that his sister Alice saw a vision of me becoming a vampire. However, he is determined to keep me human, despite my own will to become a vampire. The reasons behind his intentions are revealed in New Moon.

Two months after James's demise, Edward takes me to their high school prom, despite my broken leg and angry protests. Tyler also tries to pick me up at my house, but Edward tells him that I is unavailable as far as everyone but he is concerned. There are high levels of tension as he turns to action, caused by Edward and my differences of opinion about me becoming a vampire. it is my determined to be with Edward forever, but at the age of 17. Edward wants me to have a normal human life, in other words saying that he will love me on any condition, mortal or not.In the end, they put their arguments aside to enjoy the evening, but I knows the conversation is not over.

The events of New Moon begin on my 18th birthday. I am especially upset because it is the day that I becomes older, physically, than Edward, who will always be 17. It doesn't help that I also has a nightmare, where I is with who I believes to be my Grandma Marie, but who turns out to be myself. Edward comes to my side in the dream and is just as young and flawless as always. Edward persuades me to come to his house on the evening of my birthday for a party thrown by his sister, Alice. I receives a paper cut while opening one of my gifts, drawing a single drop of blood and causing Edward's brother, Jasper, to try to attack me. Edward, in the process of defending me from Jasper, throws me into a table filled with crystal, which results in I getting a deep cut from my wrist to my elbow

Although my injuries are not life-threatening, Edward decides that I would be safer without him, his family, and his dangerous lifestyle, so he deceives me into thinking that he does not love me any longer and leaves Forks with his family. I tries to find him in the woods, but he was already gone. That night, Sam Uley tracks me down and takes me home. However, when I returns to my room, I realizes that I has nothing that reminds me of Edward and sinks into deep depression. One week after Edward's departure, my parents decide it would be better for me to move to Jacksonville to live with my mother. But when they pack, I throws tantrums at them, expressing I anger and pain for the first time since they left. After that, I tried to act as normal as possible to keep my parents from moving me away from Forks, but me depression doesn't relent, which worries my parents.

Four months later, my father Charlie threatens to send me to Jacksonville because he is worried about me behavior. To appease my father, I tries to engage in normal, teenage-like behavior. I invites my friend Jessica to go to Port Angeles with her for dinner and a movie. While there, she carelessly approaches four men standing outside a bar. This results in me hearing Edward's voice inside my head, warning me to turn around. I soon realizes that whenever I puts myself in a dangerous situation, I can hear Edward's voice with perfect clarity. With this discovery in mind, I seeks out Jacob and convinces him to fix two broken motorcycles for me and teach me how to ride

Jacob and I become friends, when suddenly Jacob refuses to answer any of me calls and asks me not to come to his house anymore. It is not until two weeks later that I learns what had happened to my friend: he has become a werewolf and is avoiding me for my own safety. I also learns from Laurent that Victoria has returned to kill me, out of revenge for Edward killing Victoria's mate, James, in Twilight. I and Jacob reconcile, and I assists his werewolf pack in hunting down Victoria with information

To hear Edward's voice again, I attempts cliff-diving and nearly drowns. When Alice, who has the power to see the future, sees me jump, she believes I has committed suicide and subsequently returns to Forks. Edward, isolated from his family by his own volition, is told by Rosalie, his other adopted sister, that I am dead. Alice finds me and tells me that Edward is going to Volterra to ask the Volturi to kill him, because he believes I am is dead. I and Alice quickly pursue Edward to Italy, and stop him from being killed, even though Jacob protested to this decision. Afterwards they are brought to speak with the Volturi, where the leader Aro tests me immunity to psychic powers by trying to read my mind and then tell Jane to try her power, neither proves to affect me. I am then offered a place within the Volturi, along with Edward and Alice, but none of them accept the offer. When the Volturi leaders find me a liability due to my knowledge of vampires, the Cullens make a promise to change me into a vampire so that they can be let free.

Back in Forks, Edward explains why he had to leave and begs me forgiveness. He confesses his true feelings and promises to never leave me again. I forgives him, and they continue their relationship as if Edward never left. When Edward once again refuses to transform me into a vampire, I decides to let his family decide whether I should be changed and thus join their family. All except Edward and Rosalie vote affirmatively for me to be changed. Although initially outraged by his family's decision, Edward later agrees to change me himself if I agrees to marry him first. Later, Jacob meets with Edward and I to remind Edward and his family of the treaty made between the Cullens and the La Push werewolves, which states that no Cullen may bite a human. I am thus left in a difficult position: if I don't become a vampire, the Volturi will come to kill me. However, if the Cullens do make me into a vampire, they will have broken their treaty with the La Push werewolves, which would start a war with the Cullens. To make my father ground me, he turns in me motorcycle.

Eclipse serves as a rite of passage for my maturity as my days of humanity are coming to an end. I am forced to fully realize the outcomes and consequences of my decision, as well as my options and desires before becoming an immortal.

The story begins with I am reading a letter from Jacob that says that they can't be friends anymore. I am upset about this, but my mood greatly improves when Edward comes to visit me. While I am still grounded by my father, Edward is allowed into the house until nine o'clock. He continuously tries to convince me to fill out more application forms for Dartmouth after getting accepted to the University of Alaska, but I think that college is pointless since I will become a vampire soon anyway. Edward then sees an article in the newspaper about a series of mysterious killings in Seattle and explains to me that these killings are most likely caused by a newborn; a recently turned vampire who is unable to control its thirst. me tries to make things right with Jacob, to which Edward strongly objects, stating that werewolves are unstable and that they could hurt me. Later on that day in school, I witnesses Alice having a vision: Victoria is coming back to Forks to hunt me. Edward denies what he saw and talks me into leaving town to visit my mom for the weekend, saying that it might be my last chance to see her before I graduate.When I returns, Jacob confronts Edward and I finds out that Victoria is back.

Ultimately, Edward must go hunting and leave me alone. For fear of I putting myself in danger, he bribes Alice with a yellow 911 Porsche Turbo to watch over me while he's gone and keep me away from Jacob. she is furious at Edward's presumption and manages to slip away to see Jacob. While staying at the Cullen's house, Rosalie tries to convince me to stay human by telling me human background story. Edward returns early for the weekend. He is not upset that I ran away, and realizes that he has been overprotective. I thanks Edward, and he begins occasionally taking me to the La Push line for regular visits with Jacob. During one of the visits, Jacob admits that he is in love with me and forcefully kisses me. I am furious and punches him in the face, succeeding only in breaking my hand. Edward later threatens to break Jacob's jaw for me if he ever kisses me without my permission again.

Meanwhile, I still have my heart set on joining Edward and his family as a vampire. But, after little consideration, I decides that there is one thing I would like to do while still human: I want to make love with Edward. Edward immediately refuses this demand, explaining that although he wants me as much as I wants him, he could easily kill me if he lost control. I insists that he would never allow himself to let that happen. Eventually, Edward agrees to try, but I must marry him first. I reluctantly agrees and becomes Edward's fiancée.

I later finds out that the killings in Seattle is caused not just by newborns, but an entire army of them. Jasper presents his past and experience with newborns. They suspect that the army is directed toward them, but decide to play it by "ear".

Moments before my graduation, I realize that the army of newborn vampires are under the control of Victoria and therefore will be coming after me. Having no other allies since the Denali coven refused to get involved in the fight, the Cullens and the La Push wolf pack join forces to battle Victoria and I army in order to protect Forks and me.

Before the battle, Jacob overhears I and Edward discussing our engagement and becomes very upset. He tells me that he will go in battle with the intentions of dying because I won't love him back. I asks him to kiss me so he will think I loves him back, but as I kisses him, I realizes that I do love Jacob after all. I feels terrible after doing so, but Edward isn't angry. Despite realizing my feelings for Jacob, I know that those feelings could never compare to the intense love I have for Edward.

Soon after this, Victoria and Riley, another vampire, find their hiding spot. With Edward outnumbered, it at first looks like Victoria will be successful in killing me. But Seth, a young werewolf, arrives to assist them. Seth kills Riley, and Edward beheads Victoria seconds later. After a brief confrontation with several Volturi soldiers, I go to visit Jacob, who was wounded in the battle. I tell him that, while I do love him, I have chosen Edward. Jacob reluctantly agrees to stop trying to come between Edward and me, and assures me that he'll be there if I ever needs him. Later that night, I cries about having to reject Jacob, while Edward comforts her through the night. I vow that I'll never let Edward see me shed a tear for Jacob again.

I realizes that I needs to take responsibilities for the choices that I have made, to properly say goodbye to my friends and family and tie myself to Edward in every human way, and later allows Alice to plan the wedding, with few limitations and makes her maid-of-honor. I and Edward then go to our meadow, and we agree to tell Charlie about our engagement.

In The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Riley stole my red blouse and brought it to the newborns while telling them about the Cullens, saying that they are out to get them to reclaim Seattle to themselves and that I am kept as their "pet". The shirt gave my scent to the newborns, which Bree Tanner described as the sweetest scent she'd ever smelled.

I appears at the end of the novella, when Edward brings me into the battlefield after the battle was over. I spot the surrendered newborn, Bree, who believed I was a vampire until her face is revealed. Although she is tempted by my blood, Carlisle manages to talk me into composing myself. I observes the newborn's frantic, blood-craving expression and begins to realize what problems I may have to face after becoming a vampire.

I mostly stays in the background while observing the Volturi's interrogation on the Cullens and Bree. Jane tries to inflict her power on her, again to no avail. She then expresses Caius's interest to hear that she is still human, but Alice counters by saying that the date is set.

In the first chapter of Breaking Dawn, it is revealed that I and Edward have told both of my parents about their engagement and both given their blessing, though Charlie is still slightly resistant to the thought of their marriage. Alice is busy making preparations for the wedding, which is only one day away. Meanwhile, Edward has bought me a Mercedes Guardian, which I see as either a sign of compassion and caring or as over-protectiveness and worry about my safety. This car is for temporary use until I change into a vampire, when I will not need the protection, and then he will replace it with a red Ferrari. Meanwhile, I feel guilty about Jacob, believing that my rejection caused him to run away.

The wedding goes smoothly, and I meet the Denali coven for the first time. Jacob arrives at the party despite her rejection of him, and I am very relieved that Jacob has decided to come after all. However, he gets into an argument with me about me wanting to make love with Edward while I am still human. Luckily, only the werewolves and the Cullens hear the argument.

Edward and I leave for our honeymoon to Isle Esme, where they consummate our marriage. Edward is horrified when he sees that he bruised me while doing so. He vows not to make love with me again until I have been turned, but I succeed in getting him to do so. I later notices that I am getting unusual illnesses and changes of appetite, but does not make anything of it. After seeing a bag of unused tampons, I realize that I am pregnant with a half-human half-vampire offspring. Edward immediately takes me back to Forks where he and Carlisle can abort the baby, but I ask Rosalie to protect me she has already come to love my child.

My baby develops at an extremely fast rate, and I become very sick. I become unable to adjust food, and is dying slowly. Edward asks Jacob to try to convince me to kill the baby that was killing me, but I refuse, because I love it. Through Jacob's joking, Edward then suggests for me to drink donated human blood, and I quickly become stronger, but it also makes the baby so strong that it breaks my ribs by accident. Soon after, Edward realizes that he can hear the baby's thoughts now that it has developed enough of its brain, and starts to love the baby when he hears that it "absolutely adores me." Jacob remarks that Edward could never hate anyone who loved me, which is why Edward did not hate him. Also, after going against Sam's orders to kill me and my baby, Jacob forms his own pack with Leah and Seth Clearwater to protect me and the Cullens.

After having a typical me moment, which includes dropping a cup full of blood, the hardened placenta detaches, and Edward, Rosalie, and Jacob are forced to perform an emergency surgery since Carlisle is hunting with Esme. my body is nearly destroyed in the process - with several ribs broken, she loses vast amounts of blood, and her spinal cord is snapped. Seeing the baby is a girl, I name her "Renesmee" right before my heart stops beating. Edward then injects my heart with his own venom and bites my body in several places, effectively turning me into a vampire. Jacob goes to kill Renesmee since he believes she killed me, but when he looks her in the eyes, he imprints on her instead.

I experience the full agony of transformation - the feeling of being burned alive, which she comments that James snapping my leg couldn't come close to this. But I remain completely still throughout the process to keep from hurting Edward's feelings. my transformation completes after three days, now a vampire. I claim that I can notice how everything is different now that i am a newborn: my senses are improved by great lengths. I explain my new eyesight, laying my new eyes first on a light on the ceiling, claiming to see an "eighth" color emanating from it—UV light. Shortly after my creation, Edward takes me out on my first hunt. I jump out of the window very gracefully, impressing Edward, kicks off my shoes and runs barefoot through the forest. me proves to have incredible self control when I run away from the scent of human blood, something newborns aren't supposed to be able to do. After I am full, they return to meet Renesmee. Even more so, she is amazed by the passionate touches of Edward now that he no longer has to worry about hurting me.

While everyone is worried about my thirst, I manage to retain complete control and hugs my daughter. I later find out Jacob imprinted on Renesmee, which makes me very angry; I calm down quickly, but not before trying to kill Jacob after also finding out that he had nicknamed my daughter "Nessie", after the Loch Ness Monster. Later, Jacob, aware that the Cullens are planning to move away, phases into his wolf form in front of Charlie (he thought Charlie was the reason they were leaving). Charlie is shocked to discover I am known about the mythical world for years, and tells me to tell him only what is absolutely necessary for him to know. This allows me to keep my father in my new life without putting him in danger. I adjusts to my new life extremely well, going as far as to think I was destined to be a vampire.

Months later, I am hunting with Jacob and Renesmee in the forest when a vampire, Irina, sees my daughter and mistakes her for an immortal child, whose creation is a heinous crime of the vampire world. When Alice learns that the Volturi and their entire guard are coming to destroy the Cullens, she flees with Jasper on a secret mission and leaves clues for me to find J. Jenks to forge passports and IDs for Renesmee and Jacob if they fail to stop the Volturi. The Cullens look for other vampires to be witnesses, including nomads and other covens, such as the Irish and the Amazon covens. In the meantime, I finds out that I possesses the power to shield myself from the psychic abilities of other vampires. Kate from the Denali and Zafrina from the Amazon teach I to project said power so she could protect others from the Volturi's gifted guards.

When the Volturi arrive at the end of December, the Cullens and their allies manage to convince them that Renesmee really is half-human, but Aro, dead-set on claiming the gifts of the Cullens and some of their friends, plots every possible justification to kill Renesmee. When Edward faces Aro alone, my anger triggers my shield with absolute control, allowing me to shield everyone in my surrounding. Before the Volturi declare a war, Alice and Jasper arrive with vampires Kachiri and Huilen and half-vampire Nahuel, to prove that Renesmee's future is safe to the vampire world. The Volturi have no more plots to declare a war with the Cullens, and, with the help of the shape-shifters, Alice's research, and my gift, retreat to Volterra, though Irina pays for her mistake with her life. After the confrontation resolved I and Edward embrace Renesmee with their arms.

At the end of the series, I drops my shield and allows Edward to read my mind for the first time, showing him how much I really loves him. In the end, Edward, Me, and Renesmee live their lives freely. The happily ever after begins here.

"I'm really more of a 'suffer-in-silence' type."
―Me on myself

Bella is described as being exceptionally clumsy, dropping and tripping over everything in sight, and so is easily described as the most fragile human in the world; however this changes once she is transformed into a vampire. Bella is also described as reclusive, quiet, insecure but kind-hearted, compassionate and caring towards others. She also cares for the rest of the Cullen family, her father Charlie and mother Renée, and her friend Jacob Black. She has a tendency to underestimate the people around her mainly because of her concerns for their safety.

Having learned to take care of her mother over the years and being naturally responsible, Bella had developed into a very mature person, especially for her age. Because she lacks any skill in anything noticeable as a human, she mostly prefers to spend her free time reading, especially classics, and listening to music.

When it comes to fashion, Bella is somewhat of a tomboy. She hates dressing up, saying that makeup "is a pain" and that she feels uncomfortable in impractical, elegant clothes; however, Alice doesn't care what Bella thinks and continues to persuade her to dress up and look glamorous. She doesn't like spending money on luxurious items, as she stated to Edward in New Moon 'not to spend a dime on my birthday,' and that fast cars are unnecessary, saying that Edward gave her himself and anything else he gives her would throw their relationship off balance. She hates being singled out, and doesn't like her birthday being celebrated. She also has very negative views on teen marriage due to her parents' early experience, but learns to overcome them later.

She prefers to keep her thoughts and feelings to herself and hates when someone tries to understand her, which is thought to be why Edward is unable to hear her thoughts. She is also known to be incredibly stubborn, because of her determination to become a vampire in order to be with Edward forever. She is also said to possess poor acting skills. Ironically, she demonstrates good acting ability in Twilight when she makes her father believe that she has dumped Edward and is leaving Forks. She has a habit of biting her lip, which she shares with Kristen Stewart. As a human, Bella easily fainted at the sight or smell of blood, which she said smells like rust and salt in Twilight, though it changes after she became a vampire. Bella is also shown in Breaking Dawn, to have a good mood climate, and is able to run away from the smell of human blood when she goes on her first hunting trip as a vampire.

Bella has a sarcastic sense of humor, especially when she gets mad. She is also very brave, able to block painful thoughts and memories (hence her special vampire ability), and tends to come face-to-face with life-threatening danger head-on, even though she can get scared later. She puts Edward before herself and everybody and everything else, but several 'selfish' tendencies emerge (as when she asked Edward to stay with her instead of fighting vampires in Eclipse). Stephenie Meyer has stated that Bella's "tragic flaw" in Eclipse is her lack of self-knowledge. This is most obviously illustrated in her consistent denial of any romantic feelings for Jacob Black, despite the fact that she later realizes that she is, indeed, in love with him.

Bella is also a very bad liar. According to Eclipse, Jacob and Edward saying that she's a terrible liar, are evidence to this. Besides, she also admits this throughout the whole saga, though she seemingly manages to lie to herself about her romantic feelings for Jacob.

Bella, according to Edward in Midnight Sun, has no sense of fear when she finds out Edward is a vampire. Instead of running away, as she should have, she decides to ask lots of questions with extreme curiosity. This makes Edward believe that it is not bad luck that follows her around, but that she has no sense of self-preservation.

She dislikes cold and wet climates, even snow, which is why she initially hated to live in Forks. However, after meeting Edward, she found the town much more comfortable, even calling it "home". As a vampire, she also dislikes the idea of feeding on humans, but is glad to have found the strength she needed to protect her loved ones.

Bella inherited her mother's perceptiveness to some degree, as she was able to guess Edward was a mind reader, the first human to do so. However, she was not able to guess that Edward was in love with her.



Bella arm wrestles Emmett with her newborn strength.

"I realized now that I'd long ago given up any aspirations of shining at anything. I just did the best with what I had, never quite fitting into my world. So this was really different. I was amazing now - both to them and to myself. It was like I had been born to be a vampire. The idea made me want to laugh, but it also made me want to sing. I had found my true place in the world, the place I fit, the place I shined." ―Bella on her new life.

After becoming a vampire, Bella explains that she has a clearer view of the world, and was impressed with her new family's and her husband's physical appearances.

As a newborn vampire, she demonstrates a very high level of self-control; being able to run away from the scent of human blood on her first hunting trip, and later, restrain herself from attacking her father; this is unusual for newborn vampires, because their state as new vampires brings an overwhelming thirst for blood, and thus they usually have a hard time controlling their urges and desires. This led her to believe that her self-control was her gift when it was really a production of her mental preparation and maturity. Eleazar corrects this when he discovers her true gift. Bella appears to be talented at being a vampire, as she learns to control her new abilities and urges very quickly, even saying that she felt like she was born to be one, and is very graceful in her new state. Several people, including Aro, Felix, and Edward, have commented that immortality fits her perfectly.

In Breaking Dawn, Bella can detect minor changes in Renesmee's physical appearance, such as her hair growing a couple of millimeters. She also learns battle skills from lessons taught by Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Garrett, Tanya, Eleazar and Zafrina.


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Bella extends her shield to protect Edward.

"You are quite a soul-reader yourself, Edward. Though you can't read Bella's thoughts. Fascinating." ―Aro to Edward[src]
Bella's gift allows her to shield herself and those around her from supernatural powers that affect the mind (such as Edward's and Aro's telepathy, Jane's illusionary pain, Alec's sensory paralysis, Eleazar's ability identification, Kate's electric shock, and Zafrina's illusion), which explains why most of their powers were useless against her when she was still human. She had displayed this power since before the beginning of the Twilight series, and by becoming a vampire, her shield was greatly intensified in strength. It has been speculated in the first three novels about what her gift might be after she was changed. This power comes from her subconscious desire to protect her mind above everything else, and as long as she holds on to that desire, it makes the shield difficult to extract. Her father Charlie shows a less developed form of this shield; indeed, Edward finds him difficult to read, but not completely closed off like Bella.

In Breaking Dawn, Bella uses her shielding power as a giant dome to protect her family and friends when the Volturi attempt to make a move on them, when she was enraged by Edward facing danger alone and she is forced to stay behind, with an antagonistic smile emitted from Jane to push her anger further. Freed from her desire to protect herself, she is able to shape her shield in any way she wills it; such as creating a giant protective bubble, or wrapping it around her targets like plastic bags. When she shields others, her mind will form an extra shield to protect herself. Those she shields will also become a part of her, allowing her to feel them in range without having to look. Bella can also remove her shield completely and allow vampires' mental powers work on her if she so chooses, though it is more difficult than pushing it out.

Though her shield is powerful, it has many limitations: it has no effect against a physical attack, which makes it easy for an enemy to invade her shield and use his power on those she protects. Additionally, it has no effect against Alice's power of precognition, Jasper's ability to control her mood, Benjamin's power to control the elements of nature, and Marcus's power to detect relationships, since her shield can only block psychic powers that are connected to the mind. The only person who is truly immune to her shield is Renesmee, who is capable of penetrating it.

Aro, the leader of the Volturi who "collects" vampires with useful talents, was so intrigued by Bella's ability to block mental powers as a human, that he twice offered her a place among his guard. She refused both times. Because of her shield, Bella is considered one of the most powerful vampires alive.


"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how potent that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him." ―Bella's feelings for Edward.

Edward Cullen is Bella's husband. He is a vampire, who has chosen to drink animal blood as a substitute like the rest of the Cullen family.

When Edward and Bella first realize their strong feelings for each other, Bella loves him unconditionally, believing Edward to be absolutely perfect, and does not believe or consider herself as being worthy of his love. Edward first became fascinated with her due to his inability to read her mind, but her blood smells unbearably enticing to him that he finds it hard to be in her presence. Bella subsequently is very fascinated with his physique, and skills, and the purity of his heart. She often describes him as "God-like" in physical appearance, comparing him to the Greek hero Adonis, and hopes that by becoming a vampire, she will become beautiful and graceful like him and the rest of his family. Edward disapproves of this greatly and always tries to reassure her that she is more than worthy of his love, and that she has his heart forever. Bella sometimes thinks of Edward as an angel. Edward proposes to Bella in New Moon and she eventually accepts in Eclipse, looking down on the prospect of marriage but not entirely opposed to it. As part of a deal with Edward, she promises to marry him if he promises to make love with her and then change her into a vampire. She sees this as the only part of the marriage to look forward to.

Bella and Edward.

In Breaking Dawn, Bella overcomes her fear of marriage and happily marries Edward, becoming "Bella Cullen". During their honeymoon on a private island, Isle Esme, Edward and Bella consummate their marriage and conceive a vampire-human hybrid child. During the birth, complications occur and Edward, after delivering their baby via caesarean section, injects Bella with his venom by biting her, thereby transforming her into a vampire to help save her life.

After Bella's transformation, she and Edward become equals on all levels and can experience a vastly easier life together, though they find it very hard to satisfy their sexual desire for each other. At the end of Breaking Dawn, Bella learns how to deactivate her mental shield allowing Edward to read her thoughts for the first time, which brings them even closer together. At the series end, Edward and Bella live happily together, presumably forever, as husband and wife with their daughter, Renesmee.

Renesmee Cullen


Bella's daughter: Renesmee Cullen.

"The sound of her cry, the familiarity of her eyes, the way she seemed even more impatient than I did for this reunion - all of it wove together into the most natural of patterns as she clutched the air between us. Suddenly, she was absolutely real, and of course I knew her. It was perfectly ordinary that I should take that very last step and reach for her, putting my hands exactly where they would fit best as I pulled her gently toward me." ―Bella on seeing Renesmee for the first time

Renesmee Cullen is Bella and Edward's biological daughter, conceived on Isle Esme in Breaking Dawn and was born almost one month later.

According to myths and legends on the south, the mothers of this particular kind of children have never survived the pregnancy. Knowing this, Edward tries to convince Bella to save her life by having an abortion, but Bella refuses, as she has come to love the child. To protect the baby, she has Rosalie be her guardian, and Emmett and Esme side with her. Edward's hatred ceases when he hears the child's thoughts to find that she already loves her parents, and that she has been hurting her mother by accident, and tries hard not to hurt her again. Bella originally believed that she was carrying a boy and named her "E.J." (Edward Jacob), but saved up the name "Renesmee" in case it's a girl, which proves to be true. After a painful childbirth and transformation, Bella is taken to hunt before she can meet her daughter, because she has blood of her own and Bella cannot guarantee not to hurt her. After she was done, she finally reunites with her daughter without hurting her in any way. She later learns that Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee, which angers her. She later accepts it when she learns Jacob's imprinting is involuntary, and that Renesmee loves Jacob as well, though she finds this annoying. She tries to attack Jacob when she finds out that he has nicknamed her "Nessie", which is nicknamed after the Loch Ness Monster. Though everyone else in her family has grown used to the nickname, she continues refers to her by her real name. She ultimately gives in after three months.


Renesmee's locket

Bella and Renesmee looking into a locket.

Renesmee (inheriting a reversed counterpart of her father's power) can implant images and thoughts in her mind without hindrance by the shield, and it has been speculated that she has inherited a reversed counterpart of her mother's gift as well. In addition, she has also inherited Bella's chocolate brown eyes.

Before the arrival and judgment of the Volturi, Bella gives Renesmee a golden locket (inscribed with the words "plus que ma propre vie" which means "more than my own life" in French).

Bella puts her love for her daughter on an equal level as her love to Edward: a different kind of love, but just as intense.


Bella's best friend: Jacob Black.

"Why wasn't I stopping this? Worse than that, why couldn't I find in myself even the desire to want to stop? What did it mean that I didn't want him to stop? That my hands clung to his shoulders, and liked that they were wide and strong? That his hands pulled me too tight against his body, and yet it was not tight enough for me?
The questions were stupid, because I knew the answer: I'd been lying to myself.
Jacob was right. He'd been right all along. He was more than just my friend. That's why it was so impossible to tell him goodbye - because I was in love with him. Too." ―Bella's thoughts while kissing Jacob

Black, a Quileute and the son of Charlie Swan's friend, Billy Black, is Bella's best friend since she came to live in Forks. He falls in love with Bella after some time and spends a lot of time with her during the period of Edward's absence. While Edward was away, Bella found that Jacob's presence soothed the "hole" in her chest that resulted from Edward leaving her. Being around Jacob brought a measure of happiness back to Bella's life, though he was unable to replace Edward. Bella felt that Jacob was a good friend, and that he was her own "personal little sun" which would beam happiness in every direction wherever he went. When Jacob underwent his transformation into a werewolf, it put a distance in their friendship.


Jacob and Bella

Bella and Jacob's time together.

In Eclipse, Jacob acts upon his romantic feelings for Bella, and tries to convince her to leave Edward for him. Jacob thinks that, since he is more human than Edward, he will be safer for Bella to have a relationship with. Edward sees this, but is still willing to fight for her. Jacob forcefully kisses Bella, resulting in her punching him, breaking her hand and almost ending their friendship. Sometime later, Jacob overhears that Bella and Edward are engaged and makes Bella kiss him, saying that if she doesn't he will get himself killed. She does so, and realizes that she is in love with Jacob. But Bella soon realizes that her love for Jacob is not as strong as her love for Edward. She later tells Jacob that she has chosen Edward over him, breaking his heart.

A devastated Jacob remains at odds with Edward and Bella after this. Eventually, Jacob imprints on Edward and Bella's daughter, Renesmee, ridding him of his heartache for Bella. Bella and Edward are furious and, after hearing that he nicknamed her Nessie, after the Loch Ness Monster, Bella loses control of her anger and tries to kill Jacob. But she soon regains self-control, and Bella, Edward, and Jacob make peace. She comes to accept Jacob's imprinting on Renesmee during the Volturi crisis, and they remain best friends. In addition, Jacob continues to think of her as just Bella rather than a vampire with a powerful gift.



Bella's mother: Renée Dwyer.

"Mom... I miss you." ―Me to Renée

Renée Dwyer is Bella's mother. Bella is very close to her mother, though she sometimes feels like she is the mother and Renée is the child. In many ways, she doesn't feel fit in with anyone, including her mom. Renée has always put her relationships with men first, although has been very clear that she wants Bella to remain independent. Bella was born in Forks but raised in Phoenix with her mother, as Renée left Charlie soon after Bella was born.

At a young age, Bella held more responsibilities for the house than her mother. Her career as a kindergarten teacher was the one thing that Bella respected.

When Bella moves back to Forks, Renée is the main reason, as she renders her unhappy every time her new husband, Phil Dwyer, is away due to his job, and she decides to move back to Forks so that her mother wouldn't have to stay home with her.

She visits her mother in Eclipse after Edward talks her into using the plane tickets she'd got from his parents, and finds herself in torment as her time as a human is shortening by the day. Despite being childish and naive, Renée loves her very much and wishes her to be happy.

She supports her daughter's choice to marry young wholeheartedly when she first tells her about the engagement, despite her great dislike of young marriage, and attends her daughter's wedding. After Bella was changed into a vampire and has a daughter with Edward, she decides to keep these facts hidden from Renée to protect her, as these facts are not easy to for the fainthearted to accept. Also, she combines her name with Esme's, naming her newborn granddaughter "Renesmee", in honor of her mother and mother-in-law.


Bella's father: Charlie Swan.

"See you tomorrow, Bella. I mean, it's not like you don't look... good. I'll get used to it." ―Charlie on Bella's change

Charlie Swan is Bella's father. Bella's relationship with her father is also very odd. After Renée took her away to Phoenix, the only times Bella would see Charlie was in the summer. Even at a young age it became clear that Bella hated Forks, and when she visited Charlie would take her fishing, which Bella also hated. Bella moved to Forks to live with her father in Twilight to give her mother space with her new husband, Phil. She finds it much easier to live with her father, because he respects her privacy. Even though they hardly talk, the two really care for each other. Her father is very protective and therefore very suspicious of Edward Cullen, for having caused great emotional pain to his daughter. Among other "Bella moments" he has shown great concern for her when she has been in the hospital for her broken leg, in Twilight, and a check-up. Bella fully reciprocates.

After Bella became a vampire and mothered a half-vampire half-human child, Jacob told Charlie about the mystical world to keep the Cullens in Forks. Though Charlie was shocked by the sudden information, he adjusts to it very quickly and demands to be told as little as possible about the supernatural in order to keep Bella and her in-law family in Forks. Renesmee's middle-name of "Carlie" is derived from a combination of Carlisle and Charlie to honor them.

It seems likely that Bella inherited her personality and power from Charlie, who has a similar, though less powerful, mental defense.


Bella's adoptive father-in-law: Carlisle Cullen.

"Bella is already a daughter to me. A beloved daughter." ―Carlisle about me

Carlisle Cullen is Bella's adoptive father-in-law. Like Esme, he was worried for Edward's sake about lacking happiness, therefore he is very grateful to Bella when she brought him to life. From then on, he thinks of her as part of the family and welcomes her with his heart. In New Moon, he tells Bella of Edward's last moments as a human, and later agrees to let Bella join their family as a vampire in order to protect Edward from committing suicide.

When she became pregnant with Renesmee, Carlisle and Edward wanted to abort the child for her health, but Esme, Emmett and Rosalie siding with Bella compels him to think otherwise.

In the movie of New Moon, Bella comforts him that he cannot be damned to be a vampire. Renesmee's middle name of "Carlie" is derived from a combination of Carlisle and Charlie to honor them.


Bella's adoptive mother-in-law: Esme Cullen.

"Edward was the first of my new sons. I've always thought of him that way, even though he's older than I, in one way at least. That's why I'm so happy that he's found you, dear." ―Esme to Bella

Esme Cullen is Bella's adoptive mother-in-law. Esme loved Edward so much that she wished for him to find happiness that he was lacking. When he fell in love with Bella, Esme discovered the change in him and was grateful to her for it. Despite her family's partial protests, she wholeheartedly embraces Bella as one of them.

She agrees to let Bella become one them during a family assembly in New Moon.

I combines my name with my mother's to name my daughter "Renesmee" in honor of my mother and Esme.

Bella's adoptive sister-in-law: Alice Cullen.

"Thank you, Alice. It was the most beautiful wedding anyone ever had. Everything was exactly right. You're the best, smartest, most talented sister in the whole world." ―Bella, to Alice.

Alice Cullen is Bella's adoptive sister-in-law. Aside from Edward and Renesmee, she is the closest to her in the Cullen family. Alice has been eager to become her friend after she saw their united future; she eventually gets her wish when Bella becomes romantically involved with Edward. Alice likes to dress her up and provide any kind of fashion to make her look pretty, although Bella dislikes the idea of fashion.

Bella allows Alice to arrange her wedding after her endless pleading and made her maid of honor, although she retains veto-power on the guest list.

When the Volturi prepare to end their family, Alice runs away with Jasper but leaves clues for Bella to find a lawyer named J. Jenks to help her arrange legal paperwork for Renesmee to escape. Alice and Jasper return with a half-vampire, half-human hybrid named Nahuel. They arrive just on time to prevent the confrontation from turning into an ugly fight and save their family from slaughter. That same night, Bella angrily confronts her for leaving her cryptic clues that caused her endless mental pain.

Bella's adoptive sister-in-law: Rosalie Hale.

"You have a choice. I didn't. None of us did, but you do and you're choosing wrong!" ―Rosalie to Bella's decision

Rosalie Hale is Bella's adoptive sister-in-law. Rosalie initially disliked her for the attention she was receiving from Edward, and later for wanting to become a vampire; something she would never have considered if she'd had a choice. Her dislike of Bella began to fade a little bit after she risked her life to save Edward from committing suicide, but she still wanted her to remain human.

Rosalie tells her life story to Bella in Eclipse, hoping to make her consider her options before making her decision. Although she still chose immortality over mortality, Rosalie volunteered to help do Bella's hair on her wedding day.

When Bella was pregnant with Renesmee, she asked Rosalie to be her guardian, knowing that she would side with her. During pregnancy, Rosalie cared for and protected Bella, though she mostly focused on the baby. After Bella gave birth to Renesmee, they shared a genuine love for the baby and became close sisters at last. Rosalie admitted that she envied Bella in Eclipse, because she wished she was still a human.

my adoptive brother-in-law: Emmett Cullen.

"Bad-a**. You'll be one tough little newborn." ―Emmett on Bella[src]
Emmett Cullen is Bella's adoptive brother-in-law. Bella found him intimidating but fine to be with, describing him as the kind of big brother she'd wanted but much more horrifying.

When Edward saved Bella from a car accident, Emmett was upset that he had exposed their family secret, but quickly warmed up to her involvement after finding out that Edward had fallen in love with her. He likes to make Bella blush.

He votes in her favor of becoming one of them in New Moon, despite Edward's suggestion of hiding Bella and fighting the Volturi in the process.

After she becomes a vampire, she challenges Emmett to an arm-wrestling match and wins the right to prohibit him from joking about her sex life with Edward. He demands several rematches, only to fail over and over again. When he is put in charge with teaching Bella how to fight, she notes that he's using the opportunity as a vendetta for all the losses of arm-wrestling.

My adoptive brother-in-law: Jasper Hale.

"She's one of us now." ―Jasper on Bella

Jasper Hale is Bella's adoptive brother-in-law. Jasper wanted to kill Bella after Edward used his strength and speed to save her, but Jasper waited until the Cullens had a talk about it, and in the talk Alice says that Bella is going to be her friend, and convinced Jasper to let her be. Jasper initially disliked Bella for her involvement with the family, but later warms up to her, though he keeps in distance to avoid losing control of his bloodlust, which happens in New Moon, when Bella cuts her finger. He tries to attack her, but Edward and Emmett are able to stop him.

He votes in her favor to become one of them, partly because he wants to stop the constant urge to kill her, but also because he already thinks of her as part of their family, like the others. On occasion, Jasper would use his power to calm Bella.

They become closer to each other after Bella became a vampire. He initially expected her to act like any newborn vampire; vicious and uncontrollable by thirst, and was always near her side to immobilize her; however, to his surprise, she is very in control of her new instincts. This allows him to re-evaluate his view on newborns.

My best human friend: Angela Weber.

Angela Weber, kind and shy yet insightful, is among the human friends Bella made after moving to Forks.

Although she is a minor character in the books, she becomes Bella's best friend on the human category, comforting Bella during her depression in New Moon and attending Bella's wedding in Breaking Dawn. Her kindness towards Bella also appeals to Edward. Bella always finds Angela better to be around than Jessica, though she would avoid her sometimes to save her worries. In Eclipse, she admits to herself that Angela will be one of the people she will miss the most after graduation.

In Breaking Dawn, Angela is the one who catches Bella's wedding bouquet at her reception. Also, Angela appears in a nightmare Bella had in Breaking Dawn as one of the victims of an immortal child who kills Bella's mother, father, Mike Newton, Ben Cheney, and Jessica Stanley.


Bella's friend: Jessica Stanley.

"Well, Bella was just like everybody else, totally mesmerized by Edward, or "The Hair," as I call him. Um... and then suddenly, Edward is all about Bella. Even though she's not the captain of the volleyball team. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Or the president of the student council." ―Jessica's toast at Bella's wedding

Jessica Stanley has an on and off friendship with Bella, particularly since Edward and Bella started dating. She was 'practically' the first person Bella had a full conversation with in school as well as being her first friend, although Bella initially disregarded her as "superficial". In New Moon, Bella hangs out with Jessica to avoid her father, but ends up angering her by putting herself in danger and ignoring Jessica. Jessica later ignores Bella and starts hanging out with Lauren. She tends to get overtly excited, such as on graduation day, where she states that they were friends right away, even though at one point she ignored Bella for most of the semester. This allowed the two of them to end their relationship on friendly terms. She was later invited as a guest at Bella and Edward's wedding. Jessica has an on-and off-relationship with Mike, though is seemingly jealous of Mike's affection towards Bella.

Me and Jessica have a closer friendship in the movie adaptations than in the books.

My friend: Mike Newton.

"Arizona! Yo, what's happening... So y-you and Cullen, huh? That's... I don't like it. I mean, I don't know, he just looks at you like you're something to eat..." ―Mike on Bella's relationship with Edward[src]
Mike Newton is a generically popular boy at Bella's new high school who is instantly attracted to Bella. He is friendly and Bella thinks he possesses traits like a golden retriever: his happiness and loyalty in walking her to class and speaking with her every day. Mike frequently tries to ask Bella out, but she always declines. He becomes jealous when he realizes that Bella and Edward Cullen are dating.

In New Moon, after a movie date with Bella, Jacob and Mike, Mike has seemingly given up on Bella, and tells her that "girls are cruel". Mike develops a new romantic relationship with Jessica Stanley when he accepts that Edward is Bella's boyfriend. In New Moon, Bella tries to rekindle their friendship after four months of "being a zombie" after the Cullens left Forks. Mike becomes her friend again, although not with the same enthusiasm and also never forgets his fondness of Bella.

Mike apparently never got over his infatuation for Bella. At Edward and Bella's wedding reception, Edward commented that Mike was having improper thoughts about her again.


"I'm so sorry, Bella." ―Tyler apologizing to Bella after almost crushing her[src]
Tyler Crowley is Bella's schoolmate in Forks, and her "almost-murderer" in Twilight: his car skidded on the icy parking lot and spun out of control, which wound up almost killing her until Edward stopped the van. He is the reason Edward accidentally exposed his inhuman features to Bella.

After nearly killing Bella in a car accident, Tyler feels obliged to make things even. While Bella declines, insisting that she must be in Seattle that day, he insists on taking her to prom. He tells the whole school and convinces most of the students that he is taking Bella to prom, much to her annoyance.

He shows up at Bella's house on prom night, only to be told over the phone by Edward that she would be unavailable every night as far as anyone but himself was concerned.

They drifted apart after Twilight, mostly interacting at school without much conversation topics.

Eric Yorkie, like Mike Newton, immediately took an interest in Bella when she arrived in Forks. Bella described him as being the "overtly eager" chess club type, and he was one of the three boys (namely Mike, Tyler and himself) who asked Bella to the spring dance, though she declined all three. He develops a rivalry with Mike Newton, and later a dislike for Tyler as well. His friendship sways and mostly falls after Bella goes through a depression in the absence of Edward and the rest of the Cullen family. He later develops a romantic relationship with a redheaded junior by the name of Katie Marshall, who lives next door to Bella, as stated in New Moon.

In the movies, he begins a relationship with Angela Weber after she asked him to be her prom date.

J. Jenks is a lawyer and a forger, and has counted Jasper as his priority client for over twenty years. He knows nothing of vampires, but he is well aware the Cullens never age and that he is dealing with the supernatural where they are concerned.

In Breaking Dawn, Alice sends Bella to Jenks to forge documents for Renesmee and Jacob to escape the Volturi's slaughter. They bond through this business, and Bella decides to take over Jenks's business relationship with Jasper to spare him a heart attack.