The ride was about four hours long to Port Angeles. From there, Charlie was going to pick me up to take me to Forks.
As I walked down the steps of the plane, I nearly tripped over the old lady in front of me. One thing people should know about me is that I am a total klutz. If I'm not tripping on something I'm killing myself in some way, physically. I guess I would have gotten that from my mom and Charlie, who are the same way when it comes to balance, and let's not forget Bella.
When I had gotten to the bottom safely, I instantly spotted Charlie running toward me from the cruiser. He looked a lot like my grandpa, but of course they were related. Uncle Charlie reached me in a matter of minutes; the place was extremely crowded. Though, when he got to me, he hugged me hard enough to leave me breathless.
"Beth, you're so tall. I hadn't seen you in years!" he exclaimed.
"I barely recognized you, either," I told him.
"Well, we better get going," he suggested, picking up my suitcase.
Most of the ride was spent in silence except for occasions when Charlie tried to make conversation. Here everything was different. The sun was hiding behind a group of puffy, grey clouds. There were also millions of trees passing by as we drove.
About an hour and a half later we arrived at a two story house. The sun had gone down and now we parked in darkness.
"We're home!" Charlie announced gleefully.
I climbed out of the cruiser and got hold of my suitcase. Charlie offered to carry it but I thought I might as well. Looking at the house, something caught my attention. There was a figure on the window. I thought I was seeing things but it was still there. It looked like a guy, but then he suddenly disappeared. Maybe Bella had a friend over, I concluded.
Charlie led the way in. It felt cozy inside, and it smelled good too.
Suddenly, there were thundering footsteps marching down the staircase. Bella!
"Beth!"
"Bella!" I cried, running to hug her.
After we had dinner, Bella washed the dishes and I helped her dry them. Meanwhile, we caught up on what had occurred since she had left Phoenix. I told her everything I could remember that was exciting, which was not much.
"I'll tell you upstairs," she whispered, peeking in the living room to make sure Charlie wasn't listening.
Upstairs, in her room where I would be staying, was another bed. There was barely any room with both beds, but they fit. I put my suitcase away after I had changed into my sleeping clothes. We said goodnight to Charlie; then got ourselves tucked in.
"I want to hear everything that has happened to you since you left, Bella," I said, ecstatically.
I could see her biting her lip, even in the dark, as if she didn't know if she should tell me.
"Well, not everything?" I said.
"You will…later on." I could tell she wanted to sound excited, so I decided not to bother her on that question anymore.
The next morning it looked like there would be a storm. Bella woke up shortly. If we weren't already cousins, I'd say we were twins in some way.
Today was the first day of Bella's Summer Vacation and she wanted me to go down to visit her boyfriend, which she decided to tell me about that morning. She seemed really excited and it got me wondering if they were on a real relationship, the kind that lasted forever and wasn't just infatuation. It seemed like it.
She called for me from downstairs so I hurried to catch up to her. I actually couldn't wait to meet her boyfriend.
Before I knew it, we were swerving through a snake-like, dirt road, surrounded by trees, trees, and more trees.
"There are a lot of trees here," I confessed.
"I know, that's the same thing I thought when I first came here," she replied.
I looked out the window toward a tree, whose roots were about ground, twisting like a rope. It looked beautiful if you kept on staring at it, though, it also seemed like it would be scary at night.
"We're here!" Bella exclaimed happily, coming to a stop.
I looked at what stood in front of me and gasped. The house was beautiful, like in the movies. Its surroundings could have made it seem like a haunted house. Maybe crazy vampires live inside, hiding from the world and only come out at night to civilize because they are too inhumanely beautiful for our eyes, I thought with a laugh.
"What's so funny?" asked Bella, and I realized I was laughing out loud.
"Oh, nothing, just thinking about what could possibly live in there. My first guess would be a gorgeous looking family of vampires." As soon as I realized how Bella had suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned to stare at me with wide eyes, the mouth hanging open.
"Bella, are you okay?" There was no answer.
Suddenly, the door to the house flung open and what I saw made my own mouth drop open in horror, and surprise. What I was seeing was unbelievable.
Okay, so is it getting better? Hopefully...anyways, I'm working on the next chapter!