BFF, twi-fected!

About three things I was absolutely positive. 

First, Sille was my BFF. 

Second, there was a part of her, 

and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, 

that thirsted for the content of my bookshelf. 

And third, she was unconditionally and irrevocably twi-fected.

So yes... it worked. 

I went on vacation with my BFF Sille, one beautiful week on Mallorca. I had promised to bring the book for her - she's a glutton for books and I couldn't believe she never read Twilight. So here was the occasion. And like I had expected... she loved it!

When we taste Twilight, a kind of frenzy begins. 

And it's almost impossible to stop.

I did not expect though that she would make it through the first volume within three days. 

The book was like glued to her, she would only put it aside to adress her basic physical needs like eating or... uhm... having a human minute. 

Sille in the sunlight was shocking.

On the beach, she used to wear her sunglasses above her reading specs - which made her look like a house fly. I observed her reading progress with delight but also growing concern. And then, on the third day the sighs and giggles and little excited noises stopped, and with one last almost sob-like sigh she closed the book.

That was when trouble stepped out from behind the palmtree and grinned.

Is it not enough to have three long, happy days with Edward? 

My BFF Sille had that look in her eyes, her mind chanting so loud I could almost hear it: "More! I want MORE!!" Do I have to mention that I didn't bring New Moon with me? Oh, boy...!

She had an adrenaline rush. 

It's very common. You can google it.

The next day was officially pronounced hunting day. 

We were searching each and every bookstore for my BFF's new personal brand of heroin - without success. Oh, there was spanish heroin, and english heroin. But Sille doesn't speak neither one nor the other language well enough... she was almost out of her mind. Her eyes went black with hunger, her hands crumbled into claws and I could hardly keep her from strangling the salesgirl in the last bookstore when all hope was gone.

You don't know how it's tortured me...

I almost had forgotten HOW addictive this really is for a Twilight beginner. 

I felt pity for my BFF. But at the same time I envied her, because all the beautiful things of the Twilight universe still lay before her, yet unexplored... the next volumes of the books, the first movie, followed by the second in a reasonable period of time (!), the wonderment of the internet. I wished I could be a Twilight virgin again too... 

.....nah! Not really!

I feel very protective of her...

...and I'm cheerfully looking forward now to accompany and guide Sille through her next steps. Watching the DVD together, take her to the New Moon movie, maybe check for some German fan fiction... it's gonna be so much fun!