Twilight. Chapter One. First Sight.

My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue.__0__– sleeveless, white eyelet lace; I was wearing it as a farewell gesture. My carry-on item was a parka.
In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a nearconstant cover of clouds. It rains on this inconsequential town Cloze (1): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDM1JXUwMDAyJXUwMDFkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDRlJXUwMDQxJXUwMDBmJXUwMDE3JXUwMDU5JXUwMDRmJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDUyJXUwMDUwJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ5JXUwMDA3JXUwMDRlJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDc1JXUwMDNiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDFkJXUwMDExJXUwMDAxJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDczJXUwMDI3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE1JXUwMDExJXUwMDE2JXUwMDUzJXUwMDRmJXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ2JXUwMDYxJXUwMDJjJXUwMDA4JXUwMDE3JXUwMDFiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAy . It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that my mother escaped with me when I was only a few months old. It was in this town that I’d been compelled to spend a month every summer Cloze (2): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDJkJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA1JXUwMDRjJXUwMDY5JXUwMDY5JXUwMDU3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDEyJXUwMDUzJXUwMDQ2JXUwMDA5JXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDExJXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi . That was the year I finally put my foot down; these past three summers, my dad, Charlie, vacationed with me in California for two weeks instead.
It was to Forks that I now exiled myself – Cloze (3): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDRlJXUwMDQxJXUwMDAyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDFkJXUwMDA2JXUwMDAxJXUwMDRlJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDY5JXUwMDY5JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFiJXUwMDAwJXUwMDA0JXUwMDRiJXUwMDU3JXUwMDFlJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFjJXUwMDQ4JXUwMDQ3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE3JXUwMDA0JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDQ4JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFk . I detested Forks.
I loved Phoenix. I loved the sun and the blistering heat. I loved the vigorous, sprawling city.
“Bella,” my mom said to me – the last of a thousand times – before I got on the plane. “You don’t have to do this.”
My mom looks like me, except with short hair and laugh lines. I felt a spasm of panic Cloze (4): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDM5JXUwMDEyJXUwMDUzJXUwMDY5JXUwMDY5JXUwMDUzJXUwMDA3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAxJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDQxJXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDQ4JXUwMDBkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDUyJXUwMDU3JXUwMDFlJXUwMDBkJXUwMDAxJXUwMDQ5JXUwMDBjJXUwMDQzJXUwMDBiJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA1JXUwMDA4JXUwMDA4JXUwMDA1JXUwMDAyJXUwMDBlJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDFjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDE2 . How could I leave my loving, erratic, harebrained mother to fend for herself? Of course she had Phil now, so the bills would probably get paid, there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car, and someone to call when she got lost, but still…
“I want to go,” I lied. I’d always been a bad liar, but Cloze (5): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDExJXUyMDUwJXUyMDdkJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDQyJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBiJXUwMDRlJXUwMDUzJXUwMDEyJXUwMDE4JXUwMDEwJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5JXUwMDQ3JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDAxJXUwMDFhJXUwMDUzJXUwMDRjJXUwMDA1JXUwMDBjJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDUzJXUwMDFjJXUwMDRmJXUwMDQ2JXUwMDE0JXUwMDE3JXUwMDE0JXUwMDA0JXUwMDEwJXUwMDBiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDE4JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU5JXUwMDRjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE1JXUwMDExJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1 that it sounded almost convincing now.
“Tell Charlie I said hi.”
“I will.”
“I’ll see you soon,” she insisted. “You can come home whenever you want – Cloze (6): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDExJXUyMDUwJXUyMDc1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDRjJXUwMDQzJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDUyJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBlJXUwMDBmJXUwMDFjJXUwMDU0JXUwMDQyJXUwMDAzJXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4 as soon as you need me.”
But I could see the sacrifice in her eyes behind the promise.
“Don’t worry about me,” I urged. “It’ll be great. I love you, Mom.”
She hugged me tightly for a minute, and then I got on the plane, and she was gone.
It’s a four-hour flight from Phoenix to Seattle, another hour in a small plane up to Port Angeles, and then an hour drive back down to Forks. Flying doesn’t bother me; Cloze (7): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQ4JXUwMDA3JXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDUyJXUwMDQ5JXUwMDA3JXUwMDRlJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDQzJXUwMDAyJXUwMDEzJXUwMDUyJXUwMDU3JXUwMDFlJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFjJXUwMDQ4JXUwMDYzJXUwMDJiJXUwMDA5JXUwMDEzJXUwMDFlJXUwMDA1JXUwMDBj , though, I was a little worried about.

Charlie had really been fairly nice about the whole thing. He seemed genuinely pleased that I was coming to live with him for the first time with any degree of permanence. He’d already gotten me registered for high school and was going to help me get a car. 
But it was sure to be awkward with Charlie. Neither of us was what anyone would call verbose, and Cloze (8): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDExJXUwMDY5JXUwMDQ0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDBkJXUwMDBhJXUyMDc3JXUyMDZkJXUwMDU0JXUwMDRiJXUwMDA1JXUwMDAxJXUwMDE4JXUwMDU3JXUwMDU3JXUwMDFmJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDU0JXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE3JXUwMDQ1JXUwMDU3JXUwMDE2JXUwMDEyJXUwMDUzJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFiJXUwMDRmJXUwMDUzJXUwMDEyJXUwMDE4JXUwMDU5JXUwMDUyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDEzJXUwMDE2JXUwMDA4JXUwMDA5JXUwMDE2JXUwMDAw . I knew he was more than a little confused by my decision – like my mother before me, I hadn’t made a secret of my distaste for Forks.
When I landed in Port Angeles, it was raining. I didn’t see it as an omen – just unavoidable. Cloze (9): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen JXUwMDExJXUyMDUwJXUyMDdkJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDQxJXUwMDBkJXUwMDFlJXUwMDE3JXUwMDA0JXUwMDA1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDU5JXUwMDUzJXUwMDEyJXUwMDA4JXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ0JXUwMDRkJXUwMDE0JXUwMDU5JXUwMDQ3JXUwMDA4JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBiJXUwMDA2JXUwMDFiJXUwMDFjJXUwMDE2JXUwMDUzJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFiJXUwMDRmJXUwMDU0JXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDQ1JXUwMDUzJXUwMDA2JXUwMDFi . 
Charlie was waiting for me with the cruiser. This I was expecting, too. Charlie is Police Chief Swan to the good people of Forks. My primary motivation behind buying a car,despite the scarcity of my funds, was that Cloze (10): an action that I took with great horrorI refused to be driven around town in a car with red and blue lights on topthe hour in the car with CharlieI’d been saying this lie so frequently latelymore than any other place in the United States of AmericaI didn’t know what there was to say regardlessI’d already said my goodbyes to the sunas I stared at her wide, childlike eyesI’ll come right backuntil I was fourteen 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 . Nothing slows down traffic like a cop.

Source: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/twilight-series/articles/42018/title/twilight-chapter-1-first-sight-pages-3-8