Chapter 1

Let's start with the basics. My name is Bella Swan. I'm 18 almost 19 years old and live in the great state of Michigan. Where the weather never get hot and the precipitation is always there. I just finished my first year of college, I'm going for business law and I love it. I have a lot of great friends there but I miss my friends back home in my old Kentucky Home. I'll never live there again but I can miss it, right? Anyway, I'm living at my grandmothers house with my whole family. I'm chilling in my room, which is perfect for me down to every last detail down to the painting my dad painted for me. It's a normal July day, I've just gotten off work. I have two just one at the University and one at Newton's family grocery. Those jobs help pay my tuition, everything is normal until I hear my mom scream.

"Pack a bag we're going to Chicago!"

My mother called downstairs to me as I was watching Doctor Who after a long day of work. "We're going to Chicago tomorrow?" That's cool I liked living in Middle Michigan because I could do things like that just by going to Grand Rapids and taking the Amtrak.

"Yeah! I though since you didn't get to do much this week while your brother was here since you had work. I figured it would be nice for you to be included in something with your brother." Oh wow that's a first she usually never cares about what I want as long as it doesn't affect her.

My brother was visit for two weeks, the first and second week of July, he lived in San Francisco. I hadn't seen him in over a year and I really missed me and Jake were so close before he moved but not as much anymore. He is always with his girlfriend Nessie, as I call her, so he never has time for me.

"What time are we leaving?" I asked my mother not wanting to get up to early.

"We need to be out of the house by 6:30, you can sleep on the train so don't bitch about the time." Ugh, I loved my mother but she wasn't the best. Renee had recently quit her job and moved up to Michigan to follow me when I moved her to go to school. She made my father, Charlie get a new job. He is the Chief of Police here and loves it but missed his old friends back home.

So since it's about 6 I knew I had to get ready so I got together a cute outfit and cleaned out my bag and put the main things in there: charger, phone, nook, and money.

I knew I would have a few hours to waste on the train and my nook was the perfect things to waste time with, since I just got a few new book it was perfect time to start reading.

I am so excited about going to Chicago. The last time I went was the summer before freshman year of High School and seeing that I just finished my freshman year of college it's been a while. I love Chicago and the history behind it and being the History nerd that I was I love the criminal past and present in it too. My dad and I just watched a documentary on Al Capone the other day so it was still fresh on my mind. I loved old mafia, the way it was ran and how things were back then is a dream of mine. I knew it couldn't happen since that's no more but I liked to think about it a lot. I would be a cool mafia girl.

But anyway!

I made sure everything was ready and then I went to bed so I could get a good night's sleep for the morning. Making sure I had an alarm set I climbed into my bed. I turned on my I-pod turned on my favorite playlist. It consisted of opera, musicals, and of course Mumford and Sons. Then I graved my nook and began reading a little before bed. I always did that my mother and friends thought that it was weird my sleep methods, music and reading before bed, but it's the best way to get me to sleep faster. I read a few chapters and then set my Nook down and fell right to sleep. Dreaming dreams of a man in a black suit calling to me from a distance.

The next morning I woke up feeling better than I have in a long time. I was up and showered and ready by 6:34.

A little bit behind we hurried out of the house and down he road on the way to Grand Rapids. It was a nice drive not that much traffic. I starting talking about all the cool things we were going to see, since we are just going for the day we only have time for the Field museum and maybe a few other places and food. I'm okay with that I just want to get there.

I wanted to stop and get some coffee at a Starbuck but we never passed one we never even passed a place to get food at all. The train station is in industrial part of the city so there wasn't anything for us to stop at just one really sketchy gas station. I saw more hobos then cars it was weird I wasn't use to seeing them.

The town where I go to school was really nice and not that many people like that were there. I once saw a hobo being escorted off the property of campus but that was about it.

We finally got to the train station and had about fifteen minutes till the train came so I people watched a favorite activity of mine since starting college.

I saw business people, people like my family, hipsters, and weirdly enough some Amish people. It's really weird to see Amish people off the farm I wonder why they are here and where they are going? I know they don't want to go to a museum maybe they are visiting Amish family. They are all staying together like us 'weirdos' have some diseases that they might get.

Finally the train arrives and we get on. Mom and grandma sit in the seats in front of us and Jake and I sat together behind me with the window seat of course.

I took a few minutes to get comfortable and had my Sprite out and then I graved my Nook and turned it on while Jake got out his headphones and starting playing with his new DJ'ing game.

I was immediately lost in the book from the first chapter and it wasn't long until we hit out first stop.

Stopping for a few minutes to let the new people get on gave me enough time to go down stair and check out the place. I found the snack area and first class seats but that was all I had time for before I headed back. As I was climbing the stair I was singing to myself some Michael Buble. When I bumped into something hard and almost fell down the stairs. "Jesus Christ!" I loudly said and looked up to what assaulted me.

It was a huge man dressed in a really nice suit. Well the suit was nice until I bumped into him and made him spill his coffee all over it.

"Oh My God! Sir I am so sorry I didn't mean to bump into you I was just oblivious. I didn't know anyone would be going up and down the stair right now. I starting singing and got lost in the song. You know that feeling right? When you get a song stuck in your head and you just have to-"

Slamming his fist into the wall next to me he stopped me mid babble. "Sweetheart its okay no one was hurt." This huge bear of a man just called me sweetheart I don't know whether to be flattered or freaked out.

Nervous it is!

I just looked up at him scared to see what his face looked liked. He had a baby face and this cute dimples smiling down at me. Oh he's kind of cute. I thought to myself. "Thanks! Not to bad yourself but that was random." I snapped back up to his face. OH god I said that out loud didn't I? I'm going to die. "Oh God! I'm sorry again I'll just get out of your way I really am sorry by the way. I hope you have another suit or something."

He started laughing at me I gave him dagger eyes, "What!" I said in the meanest voice I could manage, which made him laugh even more. "I have plenty and calm down kitten!"

I don't like this guys cockiness.

"Whatever, can I get through please my mom is probably starting to worry about I bet she thinks I've escaped."

He turned and starts walking back up the stairs, "I can barely walk down these straight they're so small let alone squeeze both of us." He called back at me. I just followed him back seeing my mom I smiled and turned back to the man. "I really am sorry about your shirt. Can I at least buy you a new coffee I bet they sell them down stairs?"

He flipped around, "Now that's something I have never heard! No I'm good it's a good thing my brothers are always telling me coffee is going to kill me one day. Thanks anyway Doll. Oh and Welcome to Chicago!"

With that he opened the door and proceeded to go to the first class seating area.

"Well that was weird." I mumbled as I went back to my seat sat down and looked out the window.

"Who was that?" My grandma turned around and asked, " Some dude. I ran into him and spilled his coffee all over him." My grandma looked shocked, "Did you apologies?" Oh yeah like I wouldn't, "Yeeeessss grandma! I'm no barbarian!" She smiled at me and turned back around and started knitting again.

I turned to my brother and he just laughed at me and went back to his music. With that I turned on my Nook and began reading my book again until I got tired and sleep for a little while.

When I woke up I knew we were stopped again. I looked outside to see if I could tell what was outside.

It was a pickle farm, and it was so gross.

There were dozens of pickles tubs about 8 feet tall out in the open and just didn't look good at all. "I am never eating another pickle again in my life!" It just didn't look safe or sanitary at all and I don't like stuff like that. I have a mild case of Mysophobia (aka fear of germs). That just freaks me out, I watched as people look pictures of it and some were saying the same things as I did.

I just shook my head and went back to reading. We had finally made it to Chicago. I was so glad to get off the train, my butt was so numb from sitting for over an hour. I was afraid to get up and run into that guy from earlier.

Upon exiting the train I looked up and saw him. He had changed and was now with several other men in Suits. They were all walking off the train, as if he knew I was looking he looked over at me. He smiled and laughed and wiggled his fingers in a very feminine fashion, making me laugh. Then they were off and so was I.

AN:

Well that was the beginning of my story i got inspired and just had to write i hope you like it. Please Review if you have time 3

I hope to update every few days until school starts then it will be about once a week. College IT KILLS ME!

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