Disclaimer - I do not own a single thing in this story. All rights belong to Stephanie Meyer.

Plot - Bella and Edward have been best friends forever and live together as well. One night an accidental kiss makes them see that they have feelings that run deeper than friendship. The only problem is Bella has a boyfriend called James and Edward has Tanya. Will they ever admit their feeling to one another.

I suggest playing the song Best friend by Queen as this is what inspired this chapter

Chapter 1 - Best friend

"Edward, where the fuck have you put the remote" Bella shouted feeling the frustration building inside of her.

Edward had always done this, even as a child. He would take something and leave it in some obscure place that no one would think to look.

"Oh shit, sorry Bells it's sitting in the kitchen" Edward shouted back.

Bella tutted and walked into the kitchen, she noticed the remote sitting on top of the microwave and rolled her eyes as she entered back into the living room.

She collapsed onto the two year old sofa and switched the telly on. Switching it onto her favourite show Grey's Anatomy she sat back and relaxed for what would hopefully be a night of lazing about doing nothing.

"You still watching that crap, Swan?" Edwards voice sounded from behind Bella making her heart nearly jump out of her chest.

"Goddamn it Edward, why must you always do that?" she yelled out of breath from trying to calm her racing heart down.

Edward merely laughed and sat down next to her, stealing some of her Hershey's Kisses and Hugs. All Bella could do was glare at him and try to keep a straight face.

"You are so lucky that you're my best friend Cullen, or else you'd be dead. No-one steals my candy." Bella laughed.

"No-one except me" he nodded

With nothing more to really say both of them sank further into the sofa and watched the show. Edward would occasionally whisper remarks to Bella. Comparing them to characters, his favourite appeared to be Izzie and Alex. Bekka would just laugh and lean closer into his side to keep warm.

It was the way it had always been for them. Their mothers had met during their pregnancy and immediately formed a bond. Both had even been born on the same day. Renee and Esme had always said that they were meant to meet.

During childhood the bond between Edward and Bella had only grown stronger. Edward appeared to be the more dominant one and made all the major decisions for both of them whilst Bella simply followed. Edward had always taken care of Bella and had often stated that it was his job to protect her.

Esme told Bella that once Edward had told off his big brother Emmett for making Bella cry. An impressive thing considering Emmett had always been built like a bear.

Through their years at high school both of them had stayed together and never drifted apart. Often people assumed that they were romantically involved with each other, which to be honest was a little disturbing to both.

During High school Bella appeared to find herself and became more independent, not really needing to rely on Edward as much. This only strengthened their friendship further. However it did cause them to get into a fair bit of trouble with the staff.

Once Bella had dared Edward to set the fire alarm off at school. It ended with both being dragged to the principals office and given a months detention.

Relationships with other people was the only time that the two of them were a bit more distanced. No one could understand the closeness that they shared and were often a bit intimidated by it. Women seemed to view Bella as a threat and never really liked her, while men seemed to never trust Edward around Bella.

These relationships never really lasted long and were few and far in between, Bella and Edward could never cut the other person out of their life and always chose each other over a partner. They both knew that when they found the right person that they would understand and not be threatened by the friendship.

After High school both of them had went to the state college. Edward had studied Art and Art history while Bella decided to major in Criminology . The college years were what Bella considers the best years of their life. The days were filled with debates and academic learning while the nights consisted of parties and socializing.

After College both had decided that they would move in together. Bella got a job working for the Behavioral Analysis Unit and Edward had started work in an art gallery. Both jobs paid well and allowed them to buy an apartment in New York .

Now 23 years after being born Edward and Bella were still best friends. They had their ups and downs but were always there for each other. They knew what each other were thinking and were always able to tell if the other person wasn't themselves. It was a friendship that other people can only dream about.

They could tell each other anything and knew everything about each other. Bad habits and annoying personality traits were overlooked. It didn't matter that Bella liked to clip her toenails in the living room or that Edward liked to take books in the toilet to read. They knew each other inside out and things like that never mattered.

If there were days that Bella was feeling ill, Edward would send her to her bed and bring in soup every few hours before reading Wuthering heights to send her to sleep. If Edward was having a bad day at work Bella would grab him a few beers and order his favourite Chinese food and talk it through with him.

They were always there for each other and knew how to cheer the other person up. Edward could always remember when Bella had her heart broken by her first serious boyfriend Jacob. She had cried for hours on the phone to him and he just listened to her problems. He had driven to the rental store and grabbed her favourite movie and popcorn and stayed with her until she fell asleep.

It had been like this for their whole lives and both felt comfortable with each other. Nothing could change the fact that they were dependant upon each other.

"So what's the plan for the weekend? We going to any bars?" Edward asked

"We better, we are like fucking losers, sitting in every night. Doesn't help that James and Tanya are away either" Bella moaned yawning slightly.

James and Tanya were Bella and Edwards friends from high school. Edward was dating Tanya and Bella was dating James, it was great because both James and Tanya knew how close Edward and Bella were and accepted it. Mainly due to the fact that they were so close themselves. It was the perfect match for both pairs.

"Right well, tomorrow night we hit Cielo. Okay we have a few drinks and just hang out"

Bella nodded before pushing herself off the couch to try and make her way to bed.

"I'll see you tomorrow morning, I'm totally fucked." Bella waved goodnight to Edward and walked back to her room.

Lying back on her bed the last thought that she had was that at least tomorrow night would be fun.

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~Stace