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Narrator:
It was around 12 o'clock in the afternoon in Forks, Washington when Bella's mom was dropping her off to stay the next few days with her dad. Bella's parents had recently gotten divorced and Bella was forced to go back and forth to her parents house even though she'd rather just stay at her mom's house and just visit her dad every once in a while for her mom Renne had told her that her father needed her. Her mom and dad only lived a half hour away from each other because Bella's mother Renee didn't want to make it hard on Bella and made it as easy as possible by staying close to Charlie. This would be Bella's first time at Charlie's house in a while ever since the divorce they'd recently gotten a year ago and was kind of nervous.
Story:
While I was driving in the car with my mother Renee I was dreading every minute I would be away from her for my mother and I had a close relationship. Lately I've been feeling like an outcast, as if I didn't belong to my family for I didn't really have any one to talk to and my parents aren't the best people to talk to in fear that they will tell one another what I said and that was the last thing I needed.
Before I knew it we were pulling up into Charlie's driveway and I kissed my mom good bye. As I headed into the house I could tell this was going to be acquired because the house was filled with silence, neither one of us knowing what to say to each other. So I went up to my room and turned on my laptop to go online.
I glanced up at the clock when I finally turned off my laptop out of boredom and realized that it was 12 in the morning. I knew Charlie was in bed because he had work the next day and always went to bed around 10:30.
I new I should have gone to bed because tomorrow would be my first day for school, but it wasn't like I was going to fall asleep for the past year now I had formed insomnia and only got roughly 2-0 hours of sleep a day, so I decided to do what I normally did at my mom's house I decided to sneak out of the house and explore the forest and other unfamiliar parts of this neighborhood.
I quietly snuck out my window and started down a long snack like path heading into the forest that lead me to a disserted like trash area full of amazing things that were from 1901-1960 it was amazing and I couldn't believe my eyes. When I walked a little further into the mysterious looking place only I tripped over a box. I picked up the box and decided that I would head back home and see what was inside it for it had already been two hours since I'd decided to go exploring. While heading back home I vowed that that would be my secret hide out if anything were too much to handle at home and I needed to get out of the house to get away from the kayos. I new this was a place where I could easily forget the time and get lost in my own thoughts and checking out all that neat stuff. Before I new it I was at my house and had to be very carful not to wake Charlie.
When I climbed back into my bedroom window I grabbed a flash light from my night stand and quietly clicked it on. When I opened the box it had contained a bunch of documents and pictures and small little trinkets that had once belonged to someone.
The first thing I started researching into was all the documents I held in my hand one of them was a medical information sheet giving me all the persons life long history information. I looked up at the very top and read the name Edward Anthony Masen who apparently had green eyes, was born on June 20,1901, was seventeen at the time he got his last physical, was 6 "2", and was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Masen.
As I got toward the bottom it said he had died at the age of seventeen but I couldn't make out the words after a few minutes I eventually gave up on trying to read the smudged words on the paper and decided that later on I would search his name on the internet, but before doing that I decided I would check out the rest of the box. When I pushed the documents aside I came across a journal. The cover was leather black and engraved in the cover with gold letters was the name Edward. When I opened the journal to the first page it dated all the way back to July 1, 1918. So I started to read:
Monday July 1, 1918
Dear Journal,
Today mother and father seemed very uptight what with the war going on and I might have to join the army if my assistance is required. Also there has been some sort of disease going around that has not been identified yet, but I hear that it is very deadly and can spread across town faster then any disease known to man kind. Hopefully we'll be one of the lucky ones and not have to worry about it. Also today in class I got wiped in the hand with a ruler by the teacher because I wasn't paying attention today in class, but it wasn't really my fault for John had been throwing spit balls at me! I'll have to get him back for that! Well journal I best be going father just came home and I think I just herd mother call me downstairs. Bye for now.
Edward.
This was by far the coolest thing I have ever found in my entire life. I was so intrigued by this young mans life that I just couldn't stop reading so I continued on reading his journal.
Thursday July 6, 1918
Dear Journal,
They have discovered that this horrid disease is called the Spanish Influenza and the kids even made up a little rime that is quite alarming and disturbing if you ask me .It goes as follows I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-enza." Unfortunately the influenza epidemic has hit Chicago and I am no longer allowed to go outside unless I'm going to school or running errands for mother and father. Well I'm off mother is calling me.
Edward
Monday July 16, 1918
Dear Journal,
My mother, father, and I have all been exposed to the Spanish Influenza. We are now in a hospital and I am afraid that this will be the last time I will be writing in you journal for I am growing very week and ill as the minutes tick by. I have had a 104 degrees F temperature for the past four weeks now and have had yellow discharge building up in my throat. On top of that I have been getting constant headaches every day and can not bear to keep my eyes open. I have a excellent doctor. His name is Carlisle Cullen. Today about two hours ago he had just given me the news that father had past away and mother is probably next for she is very weak. Soon I will be all alone and I don't know what I'll do with myself if I do make it. Well this is most likely the last time I'll ever write in you again journal so it was nice having you and hopefully I will be able to write in you in the future. Good bye journal. Good bye mom and dad I love you and will miss you if I do die next.
Edward
When reading the rest of his journal I couldn't help but cry for it was so sad. I wanted nothing more than to be by his bedside and tell him that everything was going to be alright and that he would make it through. When I had finished the journal I pushed it aside with the documentaries I had just read and started looking through the box. While rummaging through the box I came across a gold locket and when I opened it I found a black and white picture of Edward and his parents. I decided to put the necklace on because for some reason whenever I looked at the picture of him and his family I got a worm, fuzzy feeling inside of me that I was unable to describe.
After I was through looking at all the objects in the box I turned on my laptop and Researched Edward and his family online. I had found out that his father was a successful lawyer and made good money. Then I read a few articles on how he and his family were one out of the many people who lost their lives to this tragic event.
When I glanced at the clock it read 4:30 in the morning and I decided it'd be best if I called it a quit for tonight for I needed some sleep knowing that in two hours it would be a big day for me for it would be my first day in school. I turned off my laptop and stuffed the box full of Edward's contents under my bed. I then lay my head down on the pillow and without even knowing how tired I really was I was asleep in seconds. To tired to even dream the two hours which only seemed to be five minutes passed by in a blur and my alarm clock went off.
I grabbed the alarm clock and turned it off, and then even though it wasn't really necessary I threw the alarm clock across the other side of the room. As I started to drift back to sleep Charlie came storming into my bedroom pulling off all my covers exposing my skin to the cold morning breeze.
"Rise and Shine Bella! You don't want to be late on you're first day of school now do you?"
"Daaaaaaaad. Bella moaned sleepily. I'm tired do I really have to go to school today I mean come on it's so stupid all we really do is meet our teachers and then move on to the next class."
"Come on now Bella. Get up don't make me get cold water and dump it on your head." Charlie threatened.
"Alright, alright I'm up, I'm up. Now can you please give me some privacy so that I can get ready for school?"
"Alright Bella I'll be waiting for you downstairs. Breakfast will be on the table in about fifteen minutes so make it snappy."
"Alright dad thanks."
Today was yet another cloudy day in Forks so I decided to wear a Blue tank top with a white jacket incase I got cold and some blue jeans. As I was changing into the clothes I was wearing today I felt the cold touch of the locket on my bear skin reminding me of what I did last night and bringing back all the memories of what I'd done last night. I hid the necklace under my shirt just until I got out of the house so that it would be out of Charlie's sight.