Chapter 3: Nice to meet you

I turned my head and watched outside the plane window, the clouds below us, a thick white layer, the sun nearly blinding me, and the blue sky, which you never saw in forks.

It was relaxing, listening to the hum of the plane engine; it almost made me drop to sleep.

Almost.

Charlie had dropped me off at the airport, though there had been few words said, we didn't need to, we had trouble approaching our feelings, and hugged it out.

Edward had followed me to the airport, through the woods.

From the second I left the house, I watched his figure traveling from behind the trees, although I could only see him, because I had been searching for him, I knew he would follow, and I was somewhat grateful.

I missed him.

But I tried not to think of him.

This holiday would include no drama, no vampires, and no other supernatural creatures that lurked out there.

Humans.

That seemed weird, with the amount of weirdness I had been through.

I looked at the clock, and there was only half an hour till we approached Virginia.

I was nervous.

I didn't know why I chose Virginia, It just stood out, and I went with my instinct.

I was nervous because I didn't know the area, scared of getting lost, or that I knew no body there, although I guess that was okay, I would meet new people there maybe.

I still had my little brace on for my wrist, which I tried to cover up with my sleeve, as much as I could.

An incident I couldn't wait to forget.

As the plane landed, I grabbed my iPod and stood up, making my way out of the air plane, I kept my head down.

As I stepped out, it felt quite warm, compared to forks.

I repeated the songs not even thinking when I grabbed my suitcase from the luggage belt. Time went pretty quickly.

Hardly anybody was there at the airport.

I grabbed my case and began to run towards the door, before I felt a gust of wind, my ankle catching, and my arm trying to stop my fall, before I collapsed onto the floor, my hand breaking my fall.

"Gah!"

Still clumsy as ever.

I just lay there.

I rubbed my head, breathing in and out, I felt my back slowly throbbing, and I winced when I tried to push myself off of the cold floor.

I slowly opened my eyes, blinking a few times to adjust to the heavy light streaming through the windows, and when I focused, I turned my head to my right to see a brown haired boy kneeling next to me.

He had freckles atop his nose, and a squared jaw, his hair was ruffled slightly, and he had a worried look on his face.

He was staring down at me, his eyebrows drawn together, his breath coming out slowly,

"I was wondering when you would open your eyes, are you okay? I saw you falling but I didn't get to you quick enough…" He began to explain but I cut him off, leaning onto my elbow.

"I'm fine, it's okay,"

The boy held out his hand and I took it willingly, as he pulled me up from the ground, setting me on my feet.

"Are you hurting anywhere?" He quickly asked, as he began to pick up my suitcase off of the ground, I slightly rubbed my neck and coughed a sigh.

"No but…" I stopped my sentence short when I saw a girl come bounding up to us, her brunette hair blowing behind her as she came to a stop next to the boy.

"Jess! I was looking for you!" She whisper-yelled, looking at me to 'Jesse' over and over again, I stood there awkwardly.

"Oh sorry, Hello, that was rude, my names Mary belle," She smiled at me and held out her hand, I slowly shook her hand and looked to Jesse, who had his eye brow raised.

"Yeah, I'm Jess and, this is my little sister MaryBelle," He smiled, but then she crossed her arms over her chest,

"I'm 15 Jess, I'm not little," She pretend to huff, which I found slightly amusing, and I guess so did Jesse, as he chuckled,

"Your little to me," And he ruffled her hair which caused another huff from her.

I smirked and watched them, but I felt like I wanted to get away from here, it was to sweet and family-loving, I felt like I should leave them alone.

My hand began to throb, which was when I noticed a slight bruise forming above the skin, I held my wrist as if that would stop the small pain, and tried to hide it behind my back,

"Is your wrist okay? It looks a bit…" He didn't finish his sentence, and he didn't need to, but I quickly shook my head as I felt a blush rise to my checks.

We stood there awkwardly for a few minutes, before he asked me a question,

"Do you live here, I don't think I've seen you before…"

"Non, No, I'm here on a little break, I'm originally from Forks, Washington,"

He nodded to himself, deep in thought,

"Would you like us to give you a ride, to where you need to be…"

I frowned, that wasn't such a good idea, seeming as I didn't know him, but being the stupid girl I am, I felt obliged to just nod my head and say,

"Yes please, if that's not to much trouble," He smiled, as I picked up my luggage and we began to walk towards the doorway which led to the parking lot.

"So how long are you staying here for?" He asked me, generally interested.

"A month,"

He nodded, pursing his lips,

"Are you staying in a hotel, a house…"

"A hotel, the palm inn" I quickly said, scratching my neck, his face seemed to light up with recognition,

"Oh yes, I know where that is, it's just down the road from me and my family's house, it will take us at least half an hour to get there, if that's okay?"

I quickly nodded, as we reached his car, it was quite a small one, but I certainly couldn't tell you what it was, it was a smooth black colour, and looked very new.

"Yeah this is my car…"

He whispered, he looked ashamed of it, but I shook my head vigorously,

"I really like it, you should see my car, well truck, it's nearly broke, and it's probably way older than myself,"

I laughed, and opened the door, his sister climbed into the backseat, who had been quiet for for a long time, as Jesse climbed in the front of the steering wheel, and me in the passenger, as we began to drive off.

"So I noticed you was on your own, do you have some family here, somebody to meet with?"

I shrugged my shoulders, " Nope, I came here by myself, I was sort of stressed at home, and needed to get away,"

"So you chose Virginia?" He raised his eyebrow at me, a smirk on his face,

"Yeah, I guess I did,"

It got silent for a long time, the hum of the radio in the background, playing songs I had never heard before, pop music I had no interest in listening to.

"Are you looking forward to doing anything in Virginia?" It was his sister who spoke this time, and her chin was rested on the edge of my seat.

I grimaced slightly, " I've bought along my camera. So that I can take some photographs of the area, in forks everything kind of looks the same, green and wet…"

They both laughed at my comment.

"Well if you ever want a friend to accompany you, then were only round the corner, you can come round any time,"

I was silent for a few seconds, trying to process everything before I grinned, "That would be really nice, thank you,"

Mary Belle and me striked up a conversation,

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but how old are you? I don't mean to seem rude…"

I sat there silently, I didn't want to think back to my 18th birthday, but that was where my mind was taking me, into flashbacks of the horror.

Glass tables, ravaging vampires…

"You don't have to say if you don't want to…that was rude…."

I snapped out of my daze and smiled back at her,

"No it's fine, I actually turned 18 a few days ago,"

Her face seemed to light up

"Oh, Jesse is 18 as well," I nodded and looked over at him, he looking at me with a smile on his face, which made me grin even more at him, "Did you have a nice birthday?"

Questions I didn't want to answer.

I frowned towards the window,

"It was…eventful," They seemed to notice my hesitation in answering, and they let it drop, as we began to talk about each other's interests, and what we liked to do for the rest of the time, and also one thing interested me.

"You know, Jesse likes to draw!" His sister seemed happy and proud, and prodded her brothers shoulder with her finger, he bowed his head, and a small blush faded on and off on his cheeks,

Being an artist was nothing to be embarrassed about, I was actually quite impressed.

"Being an artist is really cool," That was a stupid answer, but he looked up at me and smiled, and shook his head to himself, I wanted to ask why he would be embarrassed, but I kept the question to my self.

"Yeah, he has a whole sketch pad, full of his drawings, and pictures cover his walls, he's amazing-"

"MaryBelle, stop lying-"

"I'm not, your lying to yourself, your better than anybody I know,"

I watched the conversation slow down, and didn't say a word as he kept his eyes on the road, it was getting dark outside, the streetlights flashing on as we drove down a winding road.

I watched as he slowed down, he opened his window and pointed to a massive house just behind a few trees,

"This is our family's house," He nodded towards it,

I couldn't close my mouth as my jaw dropped,

"It's beautiful,"

He smiled slightly,

Then carried on driving down the road till we reached the hotel, he stopped the car then turned to face me,

"So, this is your house for next month," He smiled at me as I stared at the hotel, which looked way more expensive than what I had paid for, not like I was complaining.

"Thank you so much for giving me a lift here" I exclaimed, as I put my hand on the handle ready to push open,

"It was my pleasure, if you need anything…I didn't catch your name…"

"My names Bella,"

"-Bella, then feel free to come over and we would be more than happy to welcome you with open arms,"

I smiled at them both, a big toothy grin on my face,

"Thank you, bye!" I opened the door, waved at them both, running out towards the hotels reception as I heard their car drive into the distance.

As I stepped into the lobby, I felt a vibration in my front pocket, and pulled out my phone, an incoming call.

I flipped it open and stared at the name on the screen, Alice.