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Every time I hear this song by Breaking Benjamin, I think of Twilight. It seems to be a good soundtrack for the Edward/Bella/Jacob love triangle, the turmoil that Edward goes through each time Bella is near him, along with the threat of the Volturi coming to take Bella away in New Moon.
Breaking Benjamin - Away
Lyrics:

“Away”

Cold am I
I’m beside myself
Because there’s no one else
Have I grown
So blind
Only god could save you
If you knew your way to the light
So fly away
And leave it behind
Just stay awake
There’s nowhere to hide

I see you
Cause you won’t get out of my way
I hear you
Cause you won’t quit screaming my name
I feel you
Cause you won’t stop touching my skin
I need you
They’re coming to take you away

Frail and dry
I could lose it all
But I cannot recall
It’s all wrong
Don’t cry
Clear away this hate
And we can start to make it alright
So fly away
And leave it behind
Return someday
With red in your eyes

I see you
Cause you won’t get out of my way
I hear you
Cause you won’t quit screaming my name
I feel you
Cause you won’t stop touching my skin
I need you
They’re coming to take you away

I’m sure it goes without saying that I am a huge Twilight fan. However, a bit more about me may be in order. I am a female, 26, and in college. I work as a manager for a call center, which gives me plenty of free time to read and study.

I love vampires. I’ve always been a big fan of that particular mythical creature. If I could choose any myth to be true, it would be that of the vampire.

Since that is likely never going to happen, I must appease my love of the fanged gods by immersing myself in related literature.

I have read all kinds of vampire books, and seen nearly as many vampire movies. However, none, not even my beloved Interview With a Vampire book or Queen of the Damned movie, truly grabbed my attention like Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.

It’s thanks to my 15 year old niece that I read these books at all. During a (somewhat disastrous) Thanksgiving meal, my niece was buried in a book for several hours. Upon asking her what the book was about, she explained that it was a wonderful vampire book, a love story, and was simply amazing.

A couple of weeks later I tracked down Twilight in the young adult section of my local library. I was a little embarrassed to be reading a “young adult” book, being 26 and all. However, I decided to give it a try. After the first few chapters, I was addicted. I read through all three books in less than a week, then proceeded to dig up all the fan fiction and information about Stephanie that I could find.

For me, the story of Bella and Edward has all the necessary components of a wonderful love story and a fully satisfying fantasy novel.

In honor of Bella and Edward, and to help keep my excitement about the movie in check, I have decided to start a fan-site with a pseudonym I’ve been using for awhile on World of Warcraft, and as my pen-name when writing fan-fiction.

Thank you, Stephanie Meyer, for giving me a new obsession.