Chapter Two

"Hey Edward!"

"Hey!" I decided to meet with a friend from High school I kept in contact with. Eric from film club. Like me he's a 'geek'. We were at a bar in the city.

"So tell me what's been happening in the concrete jungle?"

"Oh, ugh…"

I still hadn't gotten over it, I still didn't know what to do; getting married and having kids was the plan and now there is no plan. I haven't responded to my family's calls since my one talk with Esme. I just wanted to be alone. The beer I drank loosend my lips and I told it all to Eric who I admit I wasn't even close friends with.

"Whoa…"

Ye-ap." I popped the 'p'.

"If I could run away I would." I added.

"We'll…" he started tentatively.

"What?"

"What if you can? Right now?"

"…huh?"

"Well I'm going to shoot a pilot, I mean I will if someone signs up, but anyway. It's a show called City people vs Jungle where men or women who don't feel satisfied with their lives or feel like there's somehing missing go live with a host family in a tribe to learn about them, live like them and maybe firgure out what it is that's missing or how to besatisfied with what they do have."

"Sounds great,"

"No one has signed up yet though. Will you?"

"oh I-I don't know about that,"

"It's extreme I know but the offer's there."

"Ok, thanks."

"Cheers" He lifted his lager.

After that he went on about his filming job abroad in Britain but all I could think about was living in the jungle with a bunch of strangers. It seemed exciting but was it safe? I think that's what got me into this mess. Safety. Aiming to get married and have a family is a safe goal, a safe success. I would think about his offer at random times.

"I'm going to the jungle." I said out loud.

"..whad'you say?" said my burly younger brother Emmett.

"Uh…" I looked up from my plate. My family and I were eating brunch together, all seven of us. It was me, the eldest, then my younger sister Alice, her twin brother Emmett and their spouces. Alice was married to Jasper and Rosalie was married to Emmett. i cleared my throat.

"Eric came back from Britain and told me about his new job…." I told them all about it. Emmett immediately laugh.

"You're not going do it!"

"I won't?" I challenged.

"Honey…it's a bit extreme don't you think?" Esme asked. i shrugged.

"I don't know, I don't really care-"

"Edward running away won't solve your problems." My father said.

"Well maybe I need to get away for a bit, to clear my, and when I come back I'll know what to do."

"I don' think he'll suffer much, Edward is very practical," Alice defended.

"Well if I may, I think it would be beneficial. It certainly helped me when I went on that mini vacation during my second year of college." Rosalie inputted. She only spoke when she felt like it and then afterwards she remained quiet like she had already done her job.

"I think Rosalie is right, in the sense that none of us know how desperate Edward is feeling right now or understand that he needs some danger or something new to excite him."

"Heh, 'excite him'." Emmett snorted. Jasper flung a tater tot using his spoon.

"Boys…?" Esme said.

"Sorry mom." They chorused.

"Whatever you decide we all support you."

"I've already decided mom." She nodded in surrender.

"Then that's that then." Dad said.


While we moved to the patio for lemonade I stayed inside, calling Eric on my cell phone.

"Hi this is Eric, how can I help you?"

"It's Edward,"

"Oh, hey!"

"Yeah, hey. So…about City people…"

"Yeah?"

"I'm in."

"That's great!"