Chapter 1
The Big Move
It has been six months now since daddy moved to Forks Washington, and he is ready for mom and me to move up there. He moved first so he
could find us a house and let me finish my sophomore year up. He called two weeks ago to tell us he has settled in a house, so we need to finish
packing and come up there. He said it was not much different from the small town of Versailles Ohio where we lived, he chose to move in Forks for
that very reason. I was excited but scared at the same time. I have always got along with everyone but I never really chose to befriend too many
people, I guess I have two sides to my personality that is easy to first being I loved to laugh and be the one that was bubbly but in the other
hand I loved my alone time and nature seemed always to soothe my mind from day to day life. I had two best friends that I always stuck with and
that was Zoe and Karma we had been friends as far back as pre-school when the two of them sat at the same round table as me to fingerpaint.
And now I have to leave them and it really sucks but we promised texts and email everyday, and I hope a visit or two a year. I had just left them
at the local coffee shop and headed home to get ready for mom and my departure and the text came from Karma that her and Zoe better not be
replaced. It lightened the depressing mood. Then the next thing i knew we were in our suburban and off with our whole life in an uhaul trailor
behind us. I slept most of the way not really talking much to mom she was in her own world jamming to her old rock CDs and i kept my iPod on
except for the occasional rest stops and switching back and forth driving to allow one another to nap, about 40 hrs. later we finally arrived. I could
not believe how beautiful it was. It looked like the trees were curtains around the row of houses, forest and mountains everywhere and then i
could see the ocean at the same time. And I knew I was going to love this place. There was no large chain department stores, everything seemed
to be locally owned and operated. While mom started heading out of town towards a place called La Push she turned right and i noticed it was a
driveway the lane wasn't very long but it was surrounded by forest on both sides. The house was nothing fancy just a brick ranch with black
window shutters, there did seem to be alot of windows though. once we stopped dad came out of the house " Hollie, Raylin I missed you guys too
much!!" My mom ran over and gave him a big gushy kiss that i could of went without seeing. And then he signaled for me to come in for a hug
once they were done. "So Ray Ray what do you think so far?" he asked me." Well daddy I like what I see so far, I can't wait to see more of the
area." I said with a little more excitement than planned. He just smiled and said " Well maybe after you bring your things in you can take my
convertible out for a drive around, you won't get lost in it since it has gps." laughing to himself as he walked towards the uhaul with mom. I was
anxious to get in the house. Once I walked in it was bigger than I thought there was a great room and to the left there was what looked like a
bedroom and bathroom, which dad said was mine so I checked it out nothing fancy but bigger than my old room, the walls needed painted
something besides ivory and same with the bath, and on the rightside of the great room was a hallway that led to their room another room which
dad was turning into a study a bath and steps that led down to a full basement. there was sliding glass patio doors in the kitchen which led to a
deck that had a great view of the woods. The yard was about 1 1/2 acres, there was a firepitt closer to the back of the yard which I thought could
come to my advantage sometime. While I stood there in aww I didn't notice my mom walked out, " Earth to Raylin? Hello?" "Oh sorry mom I was
just enjoying the new scenery." I said wondering how long she had been trying to get my attention. " Well your dad said to not be gone too long
so enjoy yourself and be home at a reasonable time, tomorrow is going to be a long day of unpacking" she said a little stern while tossing me the
keys.