A/N: This is my very first fanfiction story, so bare with me here. Share your thoughts if you'd like to and thanks for reading! More to come. Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight Saga.
Chapter 1
"What do you want?"
What do you want?
Four words. A simple question. Rolls of the tip of my tongue, What do you want? But the answer just does not come simply. I know have to give an answer confidently, intelligently, like I know what I'm doing here. What am I kidding? I do not know what I'm doing here.
"A, uh, small iced caramel… macho… macchiato please."
Phew that went better than I expected. I have trouble ordering coffee from McDonald's, never mind Starbucks.
"Your name, Miss?"
Finally a question I can confidently answer at this place.
"Bella, thank you."
Five minutes later the blonde haired cashier called out, "Small iced caramel macchiato for Fella!" Sigh. Close enough.
The only reason I even came here is because it was conveniently right across the parking lot from the gas station I filled up at, and I'm tired as hell from driving through Iowa all day. Charlie decided to join the rest of the world on Facebook a couple months ago, and he met up with his long lost fourth cousin (or something like that) from Northwest Illinois. They communicated for a while and decided that it would be a phenomenal idea for me to drive out to meet her. Yeah, such a phenomenal idea, Dad.
"That's mine, thank you. By the way, do you know how far it is to Dubuque from here?"
Dubuque is where I'll be crossing the Mississippi River, where I'll finally be leaving Iowa and entering Illinois.
"You're quite welcome, Fella! And oh I would guess about an hour or so, give or take a few minutes."
I don't know much about Northwest Illinois; I feel like nobody does besides the people who actually live there. Apparently it's great in June. I guess I'll just have to trust Cousin Tiffany's word. Or Tiff. Charlie said people call her Tiff.
"Alright, awesome thank you."
Just one more hour of corn fields. Give or take a few minutes.
"Have a great day, Fella!"
Fella.