A/N: This is a love story about Nessie and Jake. I'm hoping this will become the type of story that makes you laugh, cry, smile, and scream in frustration. this is my first FANfic, and hopefully, one of my best. Hope you like it!

I do not own anything here. none of the characters are mine. Stephenie Meyer created them, and forever, they will be hers.

Though the characters are Stephenie Meyer's, the story was inspired by "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. Which is why, this song is Nessie's favorite.

I'd like to have a different song for each chapter; i'll update when i can. BUT, if anyone reviews, then i'll know if is should write faster, and keep up to date for the sake of any fans i might (doubtful) get. so, feel free to review.

Just a tip: since i'm hoping to have a different song for each chapter, try listening to the song while you read, or before you read, or something like that.

Hope you like it!

A Thousand Miles

chapter 1: the earth stops spinning

"A Thousand Miles" by vanessa carlton

"Making my way downtown Walking fast Faces pass And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead Just making my way Making a way Through the crowd

And I need you And I miss you And now I wonder....

If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time Would pass me by 'Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could Just see you Tonight

It's always times like these When I think of you And I wonder If you ever Think of me

'Cause everything's so wrong And I don't belong Living in your Precious memories

'Cause I need you And I miss you And now I wonder....

If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time Would pass me by 'Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could Just see you Tonight

And I, I Don't want to let you know I, I Drown in your memory I, I Don't want to let this go I, I Don't....

Making my way downtown Walking fast Faces pass And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead Just making my way Making a way Through the crowd

And I still need you And I still miss you And now I wonder....

If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time Would pass us by 'Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could Just see you...

If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time Would pass me by 'Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could Just see you If I could Just hold you Tonight"

As I walked out of the bus, onto the platform of the station, lugging my only baggage, - a carry-on tote - my earphones in my ear, my mp3 that my dad got me for my first christmas, playing away, i hummed "A Thousand Miles" and tuned the world out as i imagined myself on my way... to somewhere. walking a thousand miles, to somewhere. anywhere but where i came from.
I wondered what my family was doing right now. alice was probably out buying clothes, or planning a party, or designing a random outfit for my mom that she would never wear. jazz and em were probably watching some game, and making random bets. mom was probably in bed with dad. rosalie was most likely with alice, or with em. carlisle at the hospital; esme at home, taking care of something lovingly. ugh, it was just too perfect, and then just strange.
why the hell am i here? was all i could think. oh, yeah, because i felt like randomly heading to the town my parents first hooked up in. right.
and, obviously, because they couldn't know about my powers. my new powers. since carlisle had gotten all cozy with the volturri, nothing was a secret anymore. if my family discovered anything, then the volturri knew, instantaneously. and if the volturri knew this? i was in deep shit.
so, i answered myself, that's why the hell i'm here. to escape being used as a tool, a weapon, for the fun of world dominance.
walking up to some ugly highschool, i came into the office - at this early in the morning, i'm surprised that they're open - , and just ignored everything the damn lady said. to hell with her.
she kept looking at my clothes. ok, yeah, i'm sorry i look like Miley Cyrus in "the Last Song" (A/N: that movie was so amazing! i cried the entire time), but hon, that's just my style.
and, unlike Ronnie (the character Miley plays in the movie), i am not a vegetarian (vampire), though my family is.
speeking of which, i was thirsty. hmmm... where could you find a nice bar around here? strip clubs were the best place to find old drunk guys, but i doubted a town like this would have any. waltzing out of the office and school as soon as the annoying lady had enrolled me, i strolled around the town, looking for a bite to eat. settling for a dinner that had only two workers and a group of four customers, i walked in the back door of the diner.
not even bothering to keep silent, i grabbed the fat cook from behind and dragged him at the speed of light outside. he didn't even have time to scream.
sinking my teeth into his neck, i drank greedily. it's a good thing i'm not venomess. also a good thing that through my new powers - ok, that just sounds idiotic, lets just call them 'abilities' - i pulled the talent of being able to heal a person by simply placing my hand on the wound. so, after i had had my fill, i healed the man, forced his brain to forget everything that had just occured, and shoved him back inside, in the bathroom - so the other worker wouldn't get suspicious.
i turned around, through the back door, and wiped the blood off my mouth with the back of my hand. then i saw them. they were a bunch of over-sized, native-american looking, teenage boys. shit. so those were the wolves.
raising my hands, i said loudly, "listen, i know you guys realize what i am, but by your law, you can't kill me."
a few of the boys had already phased, but the few left just glared at me. finally one said "how so?" all but shaking to pieces, he was so out of control.
"i'm half human. listen, you can hear my heart. and i bleed, just llike you." at that, i sliced my nail across my arm, opening a few capillaries.
the guys gasped, and i one who seemed incharge, said simply, "let's discuss this with the elders." and they led me away, their eyes never leaving

me, always ready to pounce on me when need be.

when we got to an old home, a gravely voice called us in, and as i saw the man whose voice it was, and the boys with him, i

nearly gasped outloud.

and then, i saw the one who resembled the old man the most. time stopped. the earth stopped spinning. his eyes locked with

mine, and something huge happened. i didn't know this stranger, but he was mine. forever, i could already tell, i would love him.

so fiercely i loved him already. i nearly fell over at the force of the attachment i felt towards him.

so caught up in this boy, i didn't even notice the way everybody there was looking at me and this boy. i didn't even see the

grimaces the leader had, or the i'm-gonna-kill-this-chick looks i was getting from everyone else.

so, even though i'm a vampire, i wasn't even remotely prepared for all of the wolves to hit me at once, all of them attacking

ferociously.

A/N: soooo... wadoya think? yeah, yeah, its really short... sorry, its 1:30 in the morning, and i'm freaking exhausted, and at the moment, this is as good as it gets. :P

you know the drill, R&R, don't hate me for writing something so terrible, blah blah blah...

hey, maybe i'll use that song in the next chapter... yeah! i 3 that song! and tik tok... and halo, i gotta feelin, sweet dreams, poker face, sober, hot, and all those awesome songs. oh, and if you have a song you want on here, just let me know... i'll probably find a way to get it in there.

read on

~riley

PS just thought i'd put the whole "read on" thingy there... you know how on fang's blog (maximum ride series), he always writes, "fly on - fang?" well, yeah. dorky, isn't it.