Today, I was moving into my college dorm. I had about three boxes left in my room. I was going to Virginia Tech. People thought I would be afraid of going because of what happened three years ago on April 16th. I was perfectly fine with going to the school. I really felt bad about that though.

Charlie grabbed two of the boxes left. I threw in some old photos of my friends, Angela and Jessica, into the last box. I would miss them but I would make new friends at Virginia Tech. I looked around at my now baren room. The matress, bedspread, dresser, and drapes were the only things I was leaving behind. I was going to redecorate to get a new start when I got there. The room now looked like it had never been lived in, when I had been living in it these past eighteen years.

I grabbed my Virginia Tech, that Charlie had got me when he had heard my choice of college, and pulled it over my birds nest of hair. Then I grabbed the box, walked out of the room, and closed my bedroom door, not knowing how long it would be til I got back to Forks. After I loaded the box into my truck, I walked back into the house to say goodbye to Charlie. He was in the bright yellow kitchen, that my mother had painted to try to make the house more cheerful before she had died.

Charlie grabbed me a bottled water out of the fridge since I wasn't overly big on sodas. He walked over to me and gave the me a huge bear hug. Hard enough so I couldn't breathe for several seconds. I looked up and smiled up at him sadly because I wouldn't see him for a while. He had tears in his brown eyes which I had inherited. He smiled back at me.

"I'm so proud of you, Bella. Your going to your mother's college. You grow more like her everyday. I'm sure she would be very proud of you," Charlie choked out and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Dad, how am I like her?" I questioned. My mother had been an outgoing and caring person. I was more like the opposite, I was caring but I was very shy. She also had high self-esteem. I don't have low self-esteem but its not overly high either.

"You have her mahogany brown hair and her smile. You are growing into her personality I think too. Just remember I will always love you no matter what. I packed something for you in one of those boxes that I brought out to your car, don't read it until you are at the college though," He said and gave me another hug.

He handed me the water and walked me out to my old, red pick-up. I gave him another hug and kiss on the cheek. My eyes were starting to become watery so I backed up my car and drove down the old gravely road. I honked and waved goodbye when I was at the stop sign. Charlie waved back at me. With that I was on my way to Virginia Tech, home of the Hokies. It was all the way the way in Blacksburg, Virginia.

I was in for a long drive, I think about 44 hours worth. So I put in an old rock CD. From Forks, Washington on the west coast all the way to Blacksburg, Virginia on the east coast. I was tired of the west coast kind of so I thought it would be fun to explore the east coast. Being a bookworm in High School actually payed off, so I was going to the college on ¾ scholarship. It had been about a month since I graduated from High School.

Things were definitely goint to be interesting on the east coast. I couldn't wait to get there. I turned on the interstate that would take me there. I was ready for the long drive so all that was left to do was drive it. So I leaned back and cranked up the music, watching the cars zip by and trees fly past.