Chapter Three

SLEEP

I drive all night humming to the songs on the radio. Every time I sing I remember my time in school, how they said I'll be the next big thing. Yeah that happened but I was the big thing because of my wedlock twins not my voice. I lived in a small town with my parents in Wisconsin only the three of us. I was their pride and joy nothing was my fault, I was the good girl.

I was not the popular girl but I was the girl everyone liked, the one you get advice from, I was just a nice girl.

I had friends in all circles but Jason was the most important to me. He was my first love and the father of my twins. I thought he loved me and are child but not enough to lose his scholarship at LSU. That was before I found out I was having twins.

I decided I could do it by myself with my parents for support but after the seventh month of my pregnancy my parents got in a car accident. This took them from me not much later. I named my children after my parents out of love for them. I had just ended junior year at school when I lost my parents, my twins had their third birthday, lost by boyfriend of four years and having to take care of not just myself but two little kids.

I remember all the looks and whispers about me even more came the closer I came to my due date. I tried to ignore it as much as possible but sometimes it just hurt too much. The worst thing was when I tried to give Jason an ultrasound and he laughed in my face saying he "I don't want this, it's not like their mine any way." I was so crushed by this I just couldn't do anything I stayed home the last week of school I had to go to.

That's all in my past this is my future this is my family's future with my children.

I drive past the sign that said

Welcome to Forks

Town of

3,503

This town doesn't have very many people in it I guess. I get into Forks finding a post office/ town hall type thing asking if there is a hotel somewhere nearby. A female clerk tells me the only hotel is in La Push a few minutes away. I guess that's that we'll go stay in La Push then. So I get back in the car and start driving to La Push, the clerk said it has an Indian reservation I shouldn't miss it.

I get to another sign that I don't pay much attention to. I drive around La Push until I finally find the hotel around one in the morning. I check the kids and I in the hotel and ask the bellboy to come get are bag with a couple extra pleases added on.

After he went to get them I grabbed my two children one in each arm carefully as not to wake them up. The clerk behind the counter opened the doors for me and I thanked him many times. I think he had kids of his own because he just smiled at me.

I get the kids in bed covering them up to their ears I never thought we'd get here. I watch them sleep so peacefully without a care in the world feeling better about everything in my life.

One thing I do know I need is SLEEP. I need lots and lots of sleep from driving almost nonstop for two days and taking care of two toddlers.