Author's Note: Welcome to the first chapter of the third part, hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, October 9, 2000
The Washington State House
Afternoon
"I've called you all here, as the mayor of this state, to discuss a matter of some urgency. As many of you are aware, the state of Washington shares a secret sordid history with the state of Arizona. Particularly the city of Phoenix. The first point I want to discuss was brought to my attention lately, thanks to the police chief of Forks," The mayor chuckled at the expressions on his confidants faces. "I see many of you are familiar with this town, for one reason or another."
"What's the issue sir?" A senator asked, "Does it drastically change our plans to keep the … "environment" under wraps?"
"Furthermore," Another senator said, "If it does change our plans shouldn't it be brought up with the president, sir?"
"Hmmm…" The mayor said, considering their words carefully. "I don't know yet. What Charlie Swan told me was of an incident that he believes is very suspicious, and quite possibly supernatural."
"Is he aware of the … "environment"?"
"No he isn't," The mayor assured the speaker. "I do however wish to keep it that way. We do NOT want the Swan's discovering the supernatural world. Or as you keep referring to it as … the "environment". I propose we send someone down there to keep an eye on the Swan's, just to make sure they don't get too suspicious. And secondly to hopefully soothe any suspicions should they arise."
Monday, October 8, 2000
The Swan Household
Late Night
"Alright real talk Bella, who are you really after?" Angela asked. Jessica, who sat next to her blinked in mild surprise.
"What do you mean, who am I really after?" Bella said, more confused than surprised.
"Well," Angela elaborated. "I mean who do you want to fuck?"
Now Jessica was really surprised and she jabbed her friend in the side. "You can't be serious, are you REALLY asking Bella that question?"
"Yeah, I am. You've been her friend for a few more days than I have, are you at least a little bit curious as to what her answer might be?" Angela challenged.
"Yeah I guess… but you don't have to say anything Bella!" Jessica stated.
Bella cleared her throat before saying, "We should probably keep focusing on our homework. We've gotten a lot done already, why don't we finish up?"
Both Jessica and Angela smiled at each other and then nodded at Bella. And so they did, the three girlfriends worked on their homework until they got enough finished that they freed up the next few days.
Monday, October 8, 2000
Jessica and Angela's Apartment Complex
Nearly Midnight
"Wasn't Bella acting a little strange?" Angela asked.
"Strange?" Jessica said.
"Yeah, how she avoided the question … I'm not totally sure, but I think she's hiding something!" Angela speculated.
Jessica turned to look at her friend as they stood in the middle of the walkway leading from parking to housing. "I'm truly your friend, so don't take this the wrong way, but… that's bullshit. Really, did she look like she was hiding something? No."
"Yeah you're right, we should probably forget about it."