Immediately, I called Sarah.

"Helloooooooo?" she sand out.

"Sarah?!"

"The one and only, sweetheart!"

"I need your help."


Fifteen minutes later, Sarah showed up on my doorstep. In her arms were two grocery bags.

"Where's the suitcase?" I asked. My suitcase was currently with my older brother who was at college.

"Oh. Right. Micheal!" Her younger brother stepped out from behind her shadow and smiled meekly. Sarah whispered in my ear. "I promised him a bowl of ice cream."

I held the door open and they walked inside. Sarah walked into my kitchen and slammed the grocery bags on my counter. Tub after tub she unloaded the containers of ice cream.

"Jeez, Sarah! How many did you buy?!"

"Enough."

"By enough, do you mean," I glanced over her shoulder and into the freezer, "four?"

She shrugged. "I thought you would be hungry."

"I might need a pity party, but there are only two of us."

She shrugged again and set a bowl on the counter. I guess I must have looked confused because she rolled her eyes. "The bowl's for Micheal. We're eating from the tub." She scoped some into the bowl and told Micheal he was to stay in the kitchen until we were done. Then we headed up into my room.

I trudged up the stairs carrying two tubs of ice cream, spoons, napkins (I'm not the neatest eater), and all four bags, two of which were extremely heavy, while Sarah lead the way. Even though it was my house.

Sarah plopped down on my bed and I tossed her a tub of ice cream and a spoon. I opened my drawers and began shuffling through my clothes.

"So, uh, why were two bags so heavy?" I asked, not really caring for an answer. I started shoving things into an open bag in no particular order, going through the mental checklist in my head, praying I didn't forget anything.

"Hello? Jocelyn?" Sarah waved a hand in front of my face. She had caught me thinking not-so-appropriate things about Jacob. I blushed immediately. "Did you hear a word I said?" I shook my head, dispelling the naughty images once playing there. "I said that I am going with you to Forks." I stopped mid-breath.

"What?" I gasped out.

"To be there, for like you know, moral support."

"Oh."

"In case you go all crazy boyfriend-beater on us. Which would so not be good."

I broke out into smile. Going to Forks was going to be bad, but with Sarah there, things would be more interesting. Especially in the Cullens planned a secret visit.

"Okay," I said.

"REALLY? OMG! IM GOING TO FORKS WASHINGTON AND MAYPOSSIBLYMEETEDWARD,THELOVEOFMYLIFE!" she gasped out.

"Now we have to get you packed."

"All done. I just KNEW you were going to let me come. Those two bags are mine. I can't believe I'm going to Forks! Wait till Andrea, Caytie, Mary, and Jen find out. We have to pack quickly. Oh. When are we leaving?"

Shoot. I knew there was something I forgot.

"You forgot to book a flight, didn't you Jocelyn?" I looked down, embarrassed by my mistake. "Thats okay. We can drive! ROAD TRIP!!"

I smiled at Sarah. I wouldn't mind a delayed entrance. It would give me the time to think


The next day at school was awful. Caytie and Mary INSISTED on coming with us. And Andrea just started singing to "Touch My Body." I'm pretty sure she was high. Or forgot to take her meds or something. But Jen was cool with it.

It was also incredibly lonely without Jacob. I had gotten used to his presence, and now I knew why he wasn't here. And it made me angry.

So today was Wednesday. Sarah and I were leaving Friday right after school and I still hadn't told my family the news. I knew I would be gone for at least a week (but was secretly hoping a month) and hoped they would be cool with that.

Breaking the news was not as hard as I imagined it to be. My mom took it pretty calmly, and stopped me on my way to my room afterward to ask me if it was about a boy (moms just have that extra sixth sense. kinda weird, right?) My dad, on the other hand, was very... er... paternal. He took all these precautions. Like calling the school. Printing maps from Google, and I swear to god I have at least twenty different sets of directions. I also got 10000 in cash. I guess he thought I was going to have to rent a place. Not that I complained.

Friday came quickly, and before I knew it, Sarah and I were on the road.