Chapter 1 - Take Me Home

"Anna, relax, it's just Forks." I laughed, trying to calm down my friend. We we're just moving into our new house, a house that was located in the same town in which our favorite book series took place. Forks, Washington.

"No," she screamed, opening up the kitchen drawer nearest the sink, "THIS IS JUST A FORK", she held up a silver eating utensil.

"You're an idiot." I grinned. It was true, she really was. Although when compared to me she did seem much more... normal? No, more sane. Yes, sane was a better word. Compared to me, Anna seemed sane.

"You're one to talk." She stated flatly, dropping the fork back into the drawer and slamming it shut.

"Yeah, yeah are you getting your ass around or what? I mean you can wear what you have on if you want, but I'm not waiting around for the next two hours while you fix yourself up. We have to get down town!" Though we had only arrived to our new home late last night, there was no time to unpack. It was September 13th, the official Stephenie Meyer/Twilight day in this small town of Forks. What better a time to sight see? We would be joining a multitude of squeeling fangirl tourists, no doubt. The plan was to visit the school for lunch, and then to La Push beach. If I was lucky I could convince Anna to cliff dive with me. The chances, I knew, were slim.

"I'm going, jeez" And with that she was racing up the stairs. Undoubtedly ravaging through her unpacked suitcase for the perfect outfit. As if anyone of any importance would see us. I wasn't even sure Stephenie Meyer herself would be attending the festivities.

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By noon we were out the door and headed towards Forks High School. The crowds were unbelievable in their mass. There was no way we would all fit into the school... were they going to break us into groups? I sighed. Whatever, at least I could go back to livejournal and blog about how I attended. It didn't really matter much if I ate an official Forks High meal, I suppose.

"Well this looks like fun." She was always so damn sarcastic.

"I'm going to keep driving, maybe we can meet everyone at the beach?"

"Yes! We can be the first ones there, easy to find parking." she smiled.

We giggled together as we realized we were passing the treaty line. It was an inside thing, reserved for only the obsessive fans knowledge. But it made us both giddy as we began thinking about the series.

"I don't believe it." I stated, my heart racing.

"What?" Anna turned to look at me as though she was questioning my sanity.

"LOOK!" I pointed straight ahead to the car we were about to park directly behind.

"Oh my god!" The car burst into another fit of laughter as we stared at the Silver Volvo. They had REALLY gone all out for this.

"Lets go look for Edward Cullen" I joked. "Already on it" she was practically dancing away from the vehicle and headed to the beach. It wasn't a bad day either, no rain. A surprise for me, I must admit I expected there to be a downpour with heavy winds and freezing temperatures from what I had read and seen in the movie trailers.

The beach was empty. It almost felt as though we were the only two humans left on the planet as we watched the waves rise and crash against the shore.

"Kind of creepy" I shivered.

"Oh stop being retarded, we only have an hour or so to enjoy this before the rest of the screaming girls get here."

That was true. Better soak it up while I could. I smiled looking over at the driftwood that I recognized as where Bella and Jacob had sat and talked about the legend of blood suckers. Oh this move was definitely a good idea. But I was certain that within year I was going to need twilight addiction counseling, if I didn't already. I began wandering around towards the woods.

"Where are you going?" Anna hollered.

"Just walking." I wanted to at least get to the edge of the trees, and see if I could spot any kind of wildlife at all. Seeing such would give me a whole new sence of giddyness as I imagined the Cullen family hunting. I wasn't too far into the wooded area when I heard what sounded to be the snapping of a branch. Expecting to see some sort of tiny creature, I turned to its direction. At that moment my heart stopped, my jaw hung open, and my breathing came to an abrupt halt.

"Are you okay?" The beautiful boy spoke, his voice more breathtaking than I could have ever imagined possible.

"I uhm... I... yeah I'm fine" I finally managed.

"I'm Rob." He held out his hand and I took it into my own. Ok so it was just a hand shake, but I was meeting Robert Pattinson. Edward Cullen himself.

"Crystal" I smiled, collecting my composure.

"Nice to meet you. Here alone are you?"

"No, I'm here with a friend. We were going to go to the school, but it was crowded. Came here instead."

"Oh, that bad over at the school huh?"

"Terrible. We almost turned around and went back home." I stated, lying, but trying to make the point.

"Leave forks just because of overpopulation? Sounds extreme."

"No way would we leave Forks. Actually, we just moved into a house on Maxfield road. Kind of out in the middle of nowhere, huge two story white colonial." I smiled.

"A Cullen house." He grinned.

"EXACTLY!" I was so amused just to hear him say 'Cullen'. This was sad.

"So where's your friend?" Rob asked, a smile still accenting his face.

"She's back on the beach, I probably should get back to her before she thinks I've been abducted by aliens."

"Or eaten by Vampires" he added. Oh wow, was he perfect or what? Still I hated to walk back. I know it was wrong to leave Anna alone, but I did not under any circumstances want to leave where I was at this very moment. "I'll walk back with you." he offered. SCORE!

Slowly we headed back toward the beach. I could see Anna sitting on the piece of driftwood I had marveled over only minutes before I had walked away. She was facing the water, seemingly paying no mind to anything around her. I began whispering my devious thoughts outloud. Surprised by how easy it was to talk to such a popular actor.

It wasn't hard to sneak up from behind her. I tried to keep my insane laughter under my breath as I watched him bend over slightly and put his head towards the side of her neck, making it appear as though he was going to bite her. She didn't move, how could she not realize he was there? A growl escaped his lips, that was sure to get her attention. Her jump was followed by a scream that I was sure had echoed through the town. I could no longer hold the laughter. This was just too unreal. And I was sure Anna had wet herself.

"Oh... my... god" Was all she could manage.

"Rob this is my friend, Anna" I offered, "Anna this is Rob". I was still chuckling.

"Nice to meet you Anna" He had the most beautiful smile.

"Are, uhm, you here for the festival?" Anna asked. It was a stupid question, we both knew it, but nothing else was coming to mind for either of us.

"I am, but supposed to be in hiding until after 8, kind of in character appearance to uphold."

"I don't think this is the best place to hide, considering"

"Small town, not many options."

"This is true" I agreed.

"Didn't you say you just moved into the closest place to a the Cullen house that Forks has to offer?" Rob asked, again flashing a smile.

"You told him?" Anna looked at me like she was going to have me beheaded. "Great, now everyone is going to think we're over the top crazies. Thanks Crys. Seriously."

"Actually," he spoke up, saving me from my impending doom, "I'd like to see it, sounds pretty interesting to me."