A/N- Hello! This is my first fanfic so go easy on me! I went on this hike a few months ago but I don't remember all the details, but I tried the best I could to make it exactly like my trip. Sooooo, without further or do, ON WITH THE STORY!

Disclaimer- I do not own Twilight or any of the characters. All belongs to the great SM

Summary: Bella Swan and Alice Brandon are trying to find something to do over Fall Break. Alice stubbles upon a website about a hike down the Grand Canyon and decide to book it. They meet Edward Cullen and Jasper Whitlock on the hike. Will sparks fly or can they not stand each other? All human ExB M for language and future lemons

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Off the Beaten Path

Chapter 1: Reservations

B POV

Ugh.

Even though I love reading, I hate English Lit classes. Slowest 2 hours of my life.

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit but still…Never mind that, let's start over.

My name is Isabella Swan but I go by Bella. My best friend, Alice Brandon, and I attend Arizona State University and in our senior year. One more year, one more year, one more year. And after all the classes are done for today, we'll be on Fall Break.

I was born in a little town called Forks, Washington. You blink, you miss it. My parents got divorced when I was 3 years old and my mom dragged me here, to Phoenix. My dad is the chief of police in Forks. I miss him, but I don't miss Forks. Too much rain. I always used to spend my summer up there with my dad, Charlie, until I turned 14. I met Alice in middle school. We've been best friends since.

Speaking of Alice, she says she has a surprise for me once I get back to the apartment we share. I am not one of surprises but with Alice, you never know what might happen.

I jogged across the busy street to get to our apartment. Our apartment wasn't that big but hey, it was close to the university and better than any dorm room. I climbed up the stairs and jogged down the hallway to our door.

Have I mentioned I love running? It has always been a secret passion of mine that I haven't told anyone. The only person that does know is my mom, who got me started on it. Two summers ago, I told Alice that I was going to Washington to visit Charlie when I was really flying to L.A to compete in a huge marathon. And the great part was Alice didn't suspect a thing, though it was tough trying to hide my huge 2nd place trophy.

When I got to our door I rushed in to see what the surprise was from Alice. I found her in the living room/office sitting down by the computer. I could see her typing away while she was talking on the phone.

"2 for this weekend please…..No, two tents….Yes, mules to carry our bags. Do they get there before we do if we hike down, not take the helicopter? Oh they do? Great!"

"Alice, who are you talking to?"

She motioned me to be quiet. I walked over to her and put my ear to the phone, trying to see if I could hear who she was talking too. But of course, she walked away quickly before I could guess who it was. I went over to her laptop to look at the website, hopefully giving me some clues. I scrolled to the top of the page and read the title, Havasupai Hike.

Oh fuck.

One of my classmates has mentioned this before. Something about a crazy hike down the Grand Canyon. I can't really remember. This cannot be good.

Alice came back a few minutes later with the phone still to her ear.

"Repeat the number again….1598624. Okay, thanks. Bye." She said while writing the number down.

"Who the hell was that and what was that number?"

My curiosity was really getting the best of me.

"That was Jim. He works at the Grand Canyon booking hikes. We are going on this super cool hike, Havasupai Hike! Surprise!"

Whoa.

"Oh, and that number was our reservation number. We have to give it to them when we get to Supai Village. This is going to be so fun Bella! We have to go shopping! We have to get a ton of stuff before we leave tomorrow…"

I just tuned her out and looked at the website still on the computer. It says that Supai is a Native American village at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It has been home to the Havasupai tribe for centuries. It is home to only about 500 people and has a small café, a lodge for the people who don't want to sleep at the campgrounds, post office, school, church, police station, and a general store.

Just learning about the history was making me more and more excited about this hike. Then I clicked on the page about the waterfalls and the creek. The pictures were absolutely stunning and I couldn't wait to actually swim in them. I also learned that Havasupai means "people of the blue green waters" and boy, are they right. The water from the pictures looked so clear and pure. It was a light blue color, almost the color of the sky.

Alice and I made plans to leave early the next morning, so we went out shopping before all the stores closed. While shopping, we finalized how we were going to get there and where we would be staying. We would leave at around 1 in the afternoon on Friday (tomorrow). There is a little town called Seligman on the way to the Hilltop. Seligman, AZ is on the historic Route 66 and based off the movie Cars. Alice went all giddy when she found that out because Cars is one of our favorite movies. Yes, Alice and I, 20 year old women, love the movie Cars. But come on, who doesn't love Mater?

After spending the night in Seligman, we would drive another 3 hours to get the Hilltop. From there, we would hike down, stay down there until Sunday morning, and hike back up. Easy, right? Boy I was wrong…

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A/N- Okay, so kinda short but the chapters will get longer and longer as the story goes. I know it is kinda confusing so let me clarify on a few things:

Bella- 20 years old, major in Communications at ASU
Alice- 20 years old, major in Design at ASU

Havasupai Hike- 15 mile hike down the Grand Canyon in Arizona
Hualapai Hilltop- Start of hike (where Switchback is)
Supai- Village at the bottom of Grand Canyon, also where you check in for the campsite

Distances-
Phoenix, AZ to Seligman, Az- 4.5 hours
Seligman to Hilltop- 2 hours
Hilltop to Supai-4-6 hours (10 miles)
Supai to campground- 5 miles

Hopefully that cleared some things up for ya'll. I also got a lot of this info off the Havasupai Hike website (on my profile). Also, I will try to update every weekend. PM me if ya'll have anymore questions

Mads