"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene VI )"
"American Airlines connection Flight 315 to Forks, Washington now boarding."
"Wake up." Kristin nudged her best friend in the arm.
Stephanie jerked awake, which was awkward considering she was sleeping in one of the uncomfortable chairs in the Cincinnati airport. It was ridiculous that they had to take a connection flight but BWI didn't fly directly to Forks. It didn't seem like anything went to Forks directly. It was far in the Olympic reaches of Washington where it rained ninety-five percent of the time.
Kristin and Stephanie were part of a student exchange program and since they were both good students who were of age they were selected to go farther than any of the other students in the program. So they said goodbye to their families and packed their things. But if they were going to go anywhere they would rather go together than alone.
Kristin grabbed her carry-on, "Well Forks here we come."
"I hate rain." Stephanie grumbled, lugging her bag on her shoulder as they walked down the flight deck to their plane.
Since Forks was such a small town they only had a small airport, hence the plane with propellers on the outside. Stephanie groaned, there wasn't even a first class.
"But I guess this is an adventure." Stephanie mused as she sat beside Kristin in the cramped airplane, "Who knows, maybe I'll write a book about our adventures?"
"What adventures?"
Kristin laughed, "We're so boring."
They didn't know too much about their host family. They knew they traded places with their daughter Bella something or other, and their names were Charlie and Renee. Charlie was the chief of police so he couldn't be that bad. The flight took off in a decent amount of time. Stephanie and Kristin both popped their headphones in and waited for their descent into Forks.