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MORE FACT THAN FICTION

Chapter 2

The Tourist information building was a small wooden building with the timber museum located next door. The surrounding area was a tribute to the loggers of the area with a small chapel to the left. You could tell by the amount of people around that Twilight was now the main attraction, but the people of Forks were very proud of their heritage.

Just outside of the tourist building was the red Chevy truck. "Hey Bella, there's your truck!" Emily yelled a little too loud for my liking. I really didn't want anyone knowing my name in this town. They would think that I was a freak who changed her name because of the book.

"Em, keep it down. Let's just take a look around and see what information they might have about Twilight, if any." If any, I had to laugh. They were ready for every fan that came through. Maps, information, t-shirts and about anything you could think of for Twilight and New Moon was there. We picked up a map of the sites, the Cullen house, Bella's house, the school, the cop shop and how to get to La Push.

As we stepped out of the building, there were girls lining up to get their photo taken with the truck. I'd said that I didn't want to get drawn into all the fandom but I just couldn't resist. "Here," as I thrust my camera into Emily's hands, "can you take one picture of me with it." Emily was laughing at me as we walked back to the car.

"I have to admit that I definitely prefer your Civic to that beat up Chevy. So what's first on the itinerary for the weekend?"

"I've booked us into a little motel on the main road, under your name of course. Why don't we check in and then get our bearings." There was a nervous energy building up inside of me, like an electrical charge that was waiting to find a point of discharge. I put it down to finally being in Forks and seeing where it all began. But honestly I was geared up in hopes that I would find the Edward to my Bella. How corny I know but I was so hoping that there was even a guy like that out there. No vampires please!

We pulled up to the Forks Motel, and Emily checked us in. I just couldn't imagine myself signing in under the name of Bella Swan in Forks. Emily thought it was hilarious.

"Hey Bell…"

"Don't even think about it!" The clerk behind the counter was staring at us like we were going to be trouble.

"About what, Bel…"

"I said cut it out. So help me God I will leave your sorry ass here." I stomped out of the office, glancing back to see the stupidest smile on Emily's face. This was going to be a long, long weekend if she kept this up.

We got to our room and unloaded our bags. I had packed very little, mainly jeans, sweaters, hiking boots and my 'chucks'. I was not a fancy girl, just like the other Bella, so my one backpack was just perfect. Not Emily though, she had a suitcase and an entire bag for her toiletries. How was I friends with such a high maintenance girl was beyond me? I swear if you melted Alice and Rosalie together you would have Emily.

Over the last couple of years I was really beginning to wonder if Stephanie Meyer had spied on my life just a little. I still couldn't comprehend how similar Twilight Bella and I were, and a lot of people around me started to notice as well, especially when I got to residence at UW.

Fortunately Emily and I were in the same dorm, just not on the same floor. My dad helped me move my few belongings into my room a few days before classes started. I was not the first one there so I got the worst bed and the smallest part of the closet.

My roommate was the bubbly, cheerleader type, and she immediately squealed, yes squealed, when I introduced myself. And when my dad introduced himself, we had to cover our ears for fear that our ear drums would burst. I had hoped that I would end up with the kind of girl that would never be caught dead reading Twilight but I got the complete opposite.

The questions came strong and fast with actual quotes from the books. Jennifer was vibrating because her roommate was Bella Swan. It took several weeks for hurricane Jennifer to blow herself out. Jennifer was like a 'Jessica', including all the fluff, sucking up and back talk. She was not all bad but she definitely wasn't someone who I wanted to spend a lot of time with.

I spent most of my time in Emily's room on the third floor because her roommate was always at her boyfriend's place. One night as I was leaving her room, I slammed into a very hard chest as I rounded the corner to the stairs. Being the absolute klutz that I am, I fell hard on my ass with a very audible 'ohf'.

"Hey I'm so sorry I wasn't watching where I was going." A powerful hand shot out into my face. I took his hand in mine and, with very little effort on my part, I was back on my feet again and staring into the most amazing warm brown eyes. Of course I had to look up, way up to meet those eyes but the trip was well worth it.

I had to blink several times because there in front of me was Jacob, or at least how I imagined him to be. Tall, dark skin, very muscular and the most incredible smile, that was the man in front of me. I actually had to shake my head to clear it.

"No worries. I can usually trip over a breeze so no harm, no foul." I tried to dazzle him with a smile but I'm sure that it came across more as a grimace than anything else. The laugh that followed was warm, friendly and like music to my ears. I don't make a habit out of flirting with guys because I'm horrible at it.

"Well, take care and watch out for those breezes and strange men lurking in hallways." With that comment he was gone. I never got his name and didn't see him again in the halls but there was something so familiar about him that in that one encounter I felt changed somehow.

I couldn't believe how strange my life was getting. Twilight was starting to creep into every day of my life, whether I wanted it or not. Was I losing my sanity or were the fates trying to tell me something. I knew that I needed answers but I wasn't sure where to start. I had to focus on my studies so I wouldn't lose my scholarship, and there was no way some book was going to take that away from me.

The rest of the year flowed with the inevitable ups and downs of the first year of college. I tried my best to avoid the whole Twilight connection, even go as far as introducing myself as Izzy sometimes just to avoid the conversations. My battered copies of the books were never far from my bed because no matter how many times I read them I was always drawn in like it was a long lost family tale.

"It's still pretty early. Why don't we grab something at the coffee shop down the street? I would love to go for a walk around town," I said as I casually put the map of the Twilight attractions into my little purse.

"Sure we'll go have some pie and then just a walk. Bella, you don't fool me for a second." Emily grabbed her stuff. We left our room, walked the half a block to the coffee shop and noticed that the motel backed onto the high school. This walk was going to be a lot quicker than I thought.

During our coffee and cobbler, which was huge so we only ordered one, we talked about the outings that we wanted to take the next day. There were some great hiking trails not far from town near the Sol Duc River, and I was kind of hoping to stumble onto an interesting house in the woods as well.

One side of my brain, the sensible side, was interested in the area for the biological aspects and was chiding my other side for it's fantastical imagination and 'school-girl' giddiness of being in Forks. My mantra for this trip was 'It's not real, it's not real', but there were too many coincidences between the book and my life so part of me was hoping for the other characters to be out there as well.

After our cobbler, we walked to the school and even went past the cop shop and 'Cullen' house on the east side of the town. Emily and I took many photographs, and took turns posing in front of the house and the police cruiser. The 'Cullen' house was now done up for the tourists, including a message board from 'Esme'. The town of Forks was embracing the Twilight fame, which I think would be good for them if done right.

We sat outside our motel room to enjoy the last moments of the day. No matter what happened this weekend, the beauty of Forks and the peninsula would never leave my heart.