"I have too much Charlie in me. She's more outgoing than I am, and braver. She's irresponsible and slightly eccentric, and she's a very unpredictable cook. She's my best friend." I stopped. Talking about her was making me depressed.
"How old are you, Bella?" His voice sounded frustrated for some reason I couldn't imagine. He'd stopped the car, and I realized we were at Charlie's house already. The rain was so heavy that I could barely see the house at all. It was like the car was submerged under a river.
"I'm seventeen," I responded, a little confused.
"You don't seem seventeen."
His tone was reproachful; it made me laugh.
"What?" he asked, curious again.
"My mom always says I was born thirty-five years old and that I get more middle-aged every year." I laughed, and then sighed. "Well, someone has to be the adult." I paused for a second. "You don't seem much like a junior in high school yourself," I noted.
He made a face and changed the subject.
"So why did your mother marry Phil?"
I was surprised he would remember the name; I'd mentioned it just once, almost two months ago. It took me a moment to answer.
"My mother… she's very young for her age. I think Phil makes her feel even younger. At any rate, she's crazy about him." I shook my head. The attraction was a mystery to me.

斯蒂芬妮·梅爾,2008年12月,由《暮色》改編的電影公映
或許是因?yàn)椤肮げㄌ亍弊詴?shū)籍改編拍攝成電影的巨大成功,“暮光之城”在全球銷(xiāo)量超過(guò)1000萬(wàn)冊(cè)、版權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)售近40個(gè)國(guó)家之后,也引發(fā)了一場(chǎng)影視改編權(quán)爭(zhēng)奪戰(zhàn)。最終,好萊塢Summit Entertainment公司拿下了《暮色》的電影改編權(quán),由導(dǎo)演過(guò)《芳齡十三》《狗鎮(zhèn)議員》《基督誕生記》的奧斯卡金牌導(dǎo)演凱瑟琳·哈德威克執(zhí)導(dǎo)。《暮色》搬上大銀幕的消息一經(jīng)公布,有關(guān)男女主角人選問(wèn)題又成為眾多粉絲們議論的話(huà)題,最終女主角鎖定為克里斯汀·斯圖爾特,而男主角落在了《哈利·波特與火焰杯》中迪戈里的扮演者羅伯特·帕丁森手中。據(jù)悉,由《暮色》改編的同名電影預(yù)計(jì)于今年12月在全美公演。不久前在加州環(huán)球城落下帷幕的2008年美國(guó)MTV電影獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)禮上,電影《暮色》曝光了一段高清片花。一經(jīng)推出就引起瘋狂瀏覽熱潮,被美國(guó)娛樂(lè)網(wǎng)站譽(yù)為“熱門(mén)度直逼《印第安納瓊斯》”。