NICOLE'S POV

"We will be landing in approximately twenty minutes," a flight attendant with a nasal voice squeaked into the intercom.

I wanted to jump up and down in my seat. I was finally there – well…almost, anyway. I side-glanced at my two best friends I had met four years ago when I had first moved to Los Angeles, Olivia and Ali.

I finally was able to visit my old hometown of La Push, Washington. I had left it when I was 13 and had missed it terribly until I met my new BFFs, who had healed my heart. Now I had a chance to have a reunion with my cousin Jennifer and bring my Californian friends along.

Although, I was sure that the biggest reason my friends wanted to come with her to La Push was because of the Twilight series, which each of them loved and had unhealthy obsessions with. They both wanted to see the small town where their favorite Twilight hottie lived. Of course, I had never known Jacob Black. He was a fictional character for crying out loud!

"Um, what time is it?" Olivia asked in a quavering voice.

Ali checked the clock on her iPod. "1:45 PM."

"Then why is it dark outside?"

We all scrambled to get a view of the window. Sure enough, the sky was a pitch black. The clouds had turned a depressing gray color, and they were angrily blowing around.

Ali, on the outside seat, tapped on a flight attendant's shoulder. "There's a storm going on outside! You have to stop the plane!"

The flight attendant squinted carefully through the window. "There's no storm," she laughed. "It's perfectly sunny today. I think you should get some sleep, it's been a long flight."

Ali's jaw dropped. She muttered something about writing a business letter to the United Airlines about rude employees.

A blinding light was shining through the window. The clouds were blowing around even more. "Stop the plane! Stop the plane!" Olivia shrieked as the whole airplane began swirling around in random directions.

Suddenly, the airplane jolted back to the normal position. Every other passenger around our row was staring at Olivia as if she had just undressed herself in public.

"What, didn't they feel that?" Ali muttered.

I shook my head. "I don't think they did." I took a deep breath and tried to make sense of what had just happened. The sound of the plane landing on the runway startled me.

Ali, Olivia, and I grabbed our bags and walked through the airport. I could tell that it was indeed sunny outside – the sun was gleaming warmly through the giant wall-sized windows. I hoped with all my heart that what had happened was all just a dream, but my friends' faces looked just as spooked and bewildered as I felt.

I hugged my cousin Jennifer, who was waiting up front. Everything seems to be normal, I thought. Maybe a rainstorm just ended when we were about to land.

It was a quick drive to La Push. I rolled down my window. There was the familiar smell of salty sea air that I had missed. When we got into town, I saw the familiar quaint houses lined up together. Jennifer parked the car in front of one of them.

"Um, this isn't your house," I said.

"Yes it is, Nicole," she insisted. "Didn't I tell you I got married? His name is Sam. Come in, I'll introduce you."

My head was spinning as she grabbed my arm and yanked me out of the car. Did she mean Sam…as in Sam Uley? I was certain I was going nuts if I was actually going to believe we were in the world of Twilight. I needed to read another series for a while.

Suddenly, Ali, Olivia, and I stood frozen in the doorway. There, sitting on the living room couch, was Jacob Black.

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