Chapter 2: Welcome to Forks
I didn't mind the 14 hour flight from Manchester to Seattle it gave me time to think about how much things were not going my way. I'm sitting in a seat next to the window. As you can guess there's not much to see. We are too high all I see is mist. My morning was crazy. I had to wake up at 2 o'clock in the morning to be able to catch my flight on time. As I was getting out of the car my mum pulled me aside and handed me a leather bound diary. She said I had to write all about what I did when I was away. She said something like
"You might miss things unless you write them down" then she said "don't let people change you, never forget who you are" I found the last bit a bit weird. I slipped the diary into my backpack and then I got my suitcase out of the boot and walked into the airport. I couldn't help but sigh as I looked around from were I was sitting. A family was sitting in a row that sat 4, I remembered when me and my family used to go away and we would get seats like that. Know I am all on my own going somewhere I have never been. The lights went out so I closed my eyes ready to sleep I have been on the plane for more the 8 hours and I'm getting bored.
I was standing on a beach and my sister and mum are laughing building sandcastles next to me, my dad had just gone of to buy ice-creams I could feel the love and happiness in the air. Yet I felt that I was and outsider looking in. I smiled I could see my dad coming back with the ice-creams. He handed them out, I wasn't given one. I tried to ask where my one was but no sound came out of my mouth, then my dad said something that chilled my blood.
"Aren't you glad we sent Emma away to help your Uncle. We can have a better holiday without her" He laughed and everybody joined in.
I tried to scream at them to stop and tell them that I was standing right there. Why couldn't they see me?
Something made me start and I awoke from the nightmare. I knew straight away what I was dreaming about. The family holiday that I would be missing due to this trp. I hated the thought on missing out.
"This is your captain speaking please can you buckle your seatbelts as we are coming in to Seattle. We hope you have enjoyed your flight. Thank you"
I fastened my seatbelt and got ready for the descent. It wasn't long before I was at baggage claim looking for my suitcase to come around. Once I had a hold on it I walked outside to where the cars were waiting to take their loved ones homes. Now I was kinda stuck I had no idea how I would get to forks. I was looking around for a taxi when I noticed a man holding a sign that said Emma Faith. Well I guess that's me. I walked over to suited man I never noticed what car he had next to him until I got close. It was some sort of Bentley. There must be some kind of mistake this person could not be for me.
"Erm… I'm Emma Faith"
"Ahh…Miss Faith your Uncle has sent me to collect you, I will take your case"
I gave him my case and he opened the door for me. Ok my parents have obviously left out some information about my uncle. I imagined someone who sat at home all day listening to the news and complaining, not somebody who had a chauffeur to drive him about. I knew that the journey would take around 3 ½ hours to get to forks so I settled in for the ride. Around 2 hours into the ride we past a sign that read
Welcome to Forks
Population 3,545
We hope you enjoy your visit!
That kinda freaked me out where I live in England we had a population of around 70,000. I knew that Fork's was only small but not that small. I bet it was one of those towns were everyone knows everybody. Well they are not going to get much gossip out of me. I'm just an English girl who has her nose stuck in a book all the time.
We were winding up a long drive way and before my eyes rose a house that belonged in a book.
