Bella Yells at Charlie
Twilight (2008)
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Characters
Bella
Charlie
Edward
Transcript
[Bella]:
Edward, I said leave me alone!
[Edward]:
Bella, don't do this, please.
[Bella]:
It's over!
Get out!
[Charlie]:
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Bella? What's going on?
[Bella]:
I just gotta get out of here.
I'm leaving now.
[Charlie]:
Bella?
[Bella]:
Wh-what am I going to say to him?
I can't hurt him.
[Charlie]:
Bella, what's going on?
[Edward]:
You just have to.
I'll be down in the truck.
[Charlie]:
Did he hurt you?
[Bella]:
No.
[Charlie]:
Break up with you or something?
[Bella]:
No, I-I broke up with him.
[Charlie]:
I thought you liked him?
[Bella]:
Yeah, that's-that's why I have to leave.
I-I-I don't want this.
I have to go home.
[Charlie]:
Home? Your mom's not even in Phoenix.
[Bella]:
She'll come home.
I'll call her from the road.
[Charlie]:
You're not gonna drive home right now.
You can sleep on it.
You still feel like going in the morning, I'll take you to the airport.
[Bella]:
No, I-I-I wanna drive.
It'll give me more time to think.
I mean if I get really tired, I'll pull into a motel, I promise.
[Charlie]:
Look, Bella, I know I'm not that much fun to be around, but I can change that.
We can... we can do more stuff together.
[Bella]:
Like what?
Like watch baseball on the flat screen?
Eat at the diner every night, steak and cobbler?
Dad, that's you, that's not me.
[Charlie]:
Bella, come on.
I justâ I just got you back.
[Bella]:
Yeah, and you know if I don't get out now, then I'm just gonna be stuck here like Mom.
Clip Context
Bella has to leave town in a hurry, but she can't tell Charlie the true reason. In this clip, Bella and Edward pretend to fight and break up to give Bella an excuse to leave town.
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Vocabulary
Read each word out loud.
cobbler
/ËkÉblÉr/
noun
a warm dessert made of fruit baked with a thick, biscuit-like topping
Example:
We ended the meal with a homemade strawberry cobbler that was fresh out of the oven.
motel
/moÊËtÉl/
noun
a small, inexpensive hotel located near a road that provides simple rooms and allows guests to park their cars close to their door
Example:
During the long road trip, they stopped at a small motel to rest for the night.
pull into
/pÊl ËÉȘntuË/
phrasal verb
to drive a vehicle into a place and stop there, such as a parking area, gas station, motel, etc.
Example:
If I start feeling too tired to drive, Iâll pull into a motel and rest for the night.
sleep on it
/sliËp Én ÉȘt/
idiom
to wait until the next day to make a decision, so you have more time to think about it
Example:
Iâm not sure if I should accept the offer, so Iâll sleep on it and decide tomorrow.
break up
/breÉȘk Êp/
phrasal verb
to end a romantic relationship; to stop being a couple; to separate
Example:
After months of arguments, they finally decided to break up.
it's over
/ÉȘts ËoÊvÉr/
phrase
(informal) used to say that a romantic relationship is ending; said when one person wants to end a relationship
Example:
She looked at him sadly and said, âItâs over. I canât continue this relationship.â
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Conversation Practice
Working with a tutor? Try asking or answering these questions out loud with them.
Working alone? Try speaking your answers out loud or write them in the lesson discussion below.
1. Do you prefer to make decisions in the moment or sleep on it and decide later?
2. Have you ever stayed in a motel?
3. When you were a teenager, how would your parents have reacted if you yelled at them the way Bella yelled at Charlie?
4. Have you ever tried cobbler? If not, would you like to?
5. Charlie has a routine, eating the same food at the same diner every day. Do you like having a repetitive routine as well or do you prefer a more spontaneous lifestyle?
Lesson updated:
March 29, 2026
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