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Crazier Than it Seems

A/N: This may or may not be the title of the story, it hasn't been decided yet! This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and casey21791. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter! We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. - Bella'Xo

Chapter 2
(Emma's POV)

It took several days after opening a bank account for my inheritance to come through and when I was given the balance (let's just say that I saw stars), because of the amount. I paid Mr. Wellington back for the Hotel room. I knew that I needed a plan about what to do with my life, because I could pretty much do anything I want and never have money problems again, but deep down I knew what I wanted most was to meet my father. Maybe while I was there, I could finish my senior year of high school. I had his name so, now all I needed was a computer.

After calling a cab and telling the man to go to the nearest shopping mall did I finally find an electronic store and found a laptop that I was happy with. After getting all the accessories so I could have wireless internet did I make my way back to the Hotel to begin the search for my father: Charlie Joseph Swan.

It couldn't be that hard could it?

Turns out, yes, it was hard as there is a fair amount of Charlie Swans out there but after some fine tuning I finally found him.

Charlie Joseph Swan he is 39 years old, from Forks in Washington State. He is the Chief of Police in Forks as well in the local reservation call La Push. He was married to one Renee Dwyer when they had a daughter named Isabella Marie Swan. He was divorced a year and a half later. It says that he is still in Forks just like mum said in the letter.

Now, all I had to do was find the courage and travel to Forks to meet him and hopefully he might just want me as much as I want him.

I decided that I would drive to Forks from L.A which is about 1214.60miles, so I would need a car. After googling around, I found the type of car I like and I'm not a flashy person, but this car was just beautiful and I knew I just had to have it. So, I went to the dealership where I could buy a brand new Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca Edition in a dark red gloss color. It was beautiful with its black leather seats. I got it in an automatic, as my manual driving is pretty horrendous. I also bought a GPS for my car so that I could navigate myself around and not have to worry about hauling a map around or stopping to ask for directions. Finally, I managed to pick myself up a cell phone, because I'd rather not travel without one, just in case. It was a Galaxy smart phone and the first cell phone that I'd ever had.

I decided to make a holiday out of the trip instead of a straight 22 hour trip. I left at 9o'clock Thursday morning so I could make it to Bakersfield by lunch and a quick stretch as I never driven for long periods of time before. An hour later I was driving again. I stopped in Sacramento for the night at a small bed and breakfast; after I ate dinner of a chicken burger and an ice-tea did I search the net for my next stop which would be Portland. I googled several sites on what I could see in Portland and decided to spend a few days there as I made my reservations at the Comfort Inn did I finally go to bed and I was out like a light.

Leaving Sacramento after an early breakfast so I could miss the heavy traffic as the trip to Portland takes nearly 10 hours and the last thing I wanted was to be stuck in traffic.

10 hours 20 minutes later…

I was exhausted when I finally drove past the "Welcome to Portland" sign, so all I did was sign in at the Comfort Inn did I go straight to bed. I didn't wake for 10 hours, because God, did I need it. But next morning after a delicious breakfast and a shower I felt refreshed and ready to hit the town.

Portland was a beautiful city, because the view from the Hawthorn Bridge was a sight to see. I went up to Mount Tabor Park which is an extinct volcano and did some sketches of it remarkable view, I went through the parks as I have a bit of a green thumb. I visited the Oregon Zoo as well as the Japanese Garden and the International Rose test garden. I spent one whole day just in the Portland Art Museum as the city largest collection of art. I also found out about Powell`s City of Books, it is an entire city block book shop so that was definitely on the places to visit list. I quite enjoyed the Saturday market as it was like Bazaar with Tibet imports, so I ended up with a lot of souvenirs and trinkets.

The food was amazing because a lot of it was just food stands but my god they were delicious but you really don't want to know about the food so I carry on. I couldn't pass up going on the aerial cable carts that connect the South Waterfront to the Oregon Health and Science University on the Marquam Hills above. But after five days of leisure I knew I needed to get my but back into gear so the next day I said goodbye to Portland and made my way to Seattle and from there it wasn't far until I would get to meet my Dad.

I decided to spend one night in Seattle, but when I get there I would really wish I didn't.

It was raining cats and dogs when I passed the "Entering Seattle" sign and the whole place had a dark gloom to the city which made me regret booking a room for the night as I wished I could have just pushed through to Port Angeles but that couldn't be helped now so after parking the car in the underground parking before I went and checked in at reception.

The women behind the desk was really pissing me off as she couldn't find my booking but that wasn't what was bothering me it was the way she was ignoring me as she stared at the handsome black man with long dreg locks behind me, so I clicked my fingers in front of this stupid women face and said "I`d like to see the manger please". I heard a chuckle from behind me as the women stormed off but by then all I wanted was to shower and go to bed which I got to do after the manger cleared everything up and said breakfast was on the house before I approached the elevators.

As I entered the elevator and the doors started to close did I see a flash of red hair and pale skin but the rest was lost as the doors closed.

As I settled in my room and laid back on my less than comfortable bed did it finally hit me I am so close to meeting my father something I have dreamed about since I was a kid and I just hoped that its goes the way I dreamed with him wanting and loving me, because all I wanted was a family to call my own…

Dreaming

I can`t remember what I was dreaming about before but I certainly could now as the fear that coursed through my veins was high and my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest as I raced down the back alley of the hotel, I couldn't see them as I looked back by I could hear them hocking me and their laughter was sending shivers down by spine.

As I went to turn the corner, I slammed into what I though must been a dead end was really the handsome black man I was eying earlier and as I stumbled back did hit a red head women who just pushed me forward it was then that I realized that I was a mouse and they had set up and caught me in a trap. The black man raised his hand and caressed my cheek as he whispered "It`s such a shame to loss something so fine, don't you think Victoria?"

I heard Victoria scoff. "I preferred the other woman, but this one will do, hurry up James I'm starving."

"Patience is a virtue, but you just weren't given it, were you, Victoria? Alright, let's just eat her before she has a heart attack. You know what to do." Said a man that appeared to fall out of the sky and the next thing I knew was what felt like a thousand needles penetrating my neck and both wrist and then the lava followed both my vision went black. I felt myself float above and as I looked back down did I see that the woman wasn't me, like I thought, but the receptionist and she was dead.

Reality…

I woke up with a gasp and sweat that covered my body but as I calmed by breathing did the vision leave me and I slowly fell back to sleep but if I had stayed awake for just a little longer I would of heard the scream of a women dying. It was something that I had lived through once before and something that I'd hoped to never see again.

A/N: So, what did y'all think? Any thoughts on what's going to happen when she comes face to face with her father and half-sister? What about the Cullen's? Review!

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