A/N: Hi everyone! Welcome to another Declan/Don story. This is in no ways a sequel to Speak Now, but it does feature the same cast of characters in all their glory. You don't have to read Speak Now to understand this; the two aren't really related except for the characters. If you're a new reader, welcome. If you're here from Speak Now, I'm glad you're back!
As with Speak Now, Don, Declan, Danny, Lindsay, etc are all in their early twenties. Cases from the show might be used. And here we go:
In another story inspired by a Taylor Swift song, we have You Belong With Me
Summary: So here it is. I've set out to make my best friend realize that I'm perfect for him. There are just two problems. 1. he sees me as a sister and 2. he has a horrible girlfriend. Don/OC.
Disclaimer: I own the OCs. Taylor Swift owns "You Belong With Me" and CBS owns CSI:NY
I'm in love with my best friend.
Yeah, I know, what a cliché. But it's not like I've been in love with him since forever. It was kinda more of a…recent thing.
Don Flack and I met in Calculus, his senior year of high school, my junior. My family had just moved to the US from Italy and I was having a bit of trouble adjusting. He taught me how to play some Rock, Paper, Scissors game that everyone likes.
We've been best friends ever since.
It wasn't until his latest girlfriend that I realized I was in love with him. And if it wasn't for Lindsay, I would have gone on in blissful unawareness.
As it stands, Lindsay does, in fact, exist, and is my best friend, after Don. We had met one night at the bar, when Don brought me out for his birthday. Lindsay was the newest member of their 'team' and she and I clicked instantly the minute we met.
Ok, the bottle of tequila we downed might have had something to do with it. But there's no going back once you've karaoked "Secret Lovers".
Don still mocks us for that one.
Annoying asshole.
His new girlfriend's name is Devon. They met at a charity event that I organized. And at first, I was fine with it. I mean, Don's girlfriends have always kind of just been there. They always attempted to keep him away from me, I didn't let it bother me, and Don would drop them as soon as they actually made him choose between us.
This pattern worked for me.
Then Lindsay made a speech about how I was in love with the guy and that we're like a movie and we'll fall in love, get married, have tons of kids, blah, blah, blah.
I laughed in her face for about an hour. I'm pretty sure there were tears involved. My stomach still hurt the next morning.
But apparently it was enough to raise some doubts in my mind. Because soon after her speech, there was a voice in my head; let's call him Albert.
Albert is really actually annoying as hell. He always has something to say whenever Don is around, whether he's with Devon or not.
And now Devon's starting to bother me. Well, between her and Albert, she's starting to bother me. He keeps making comments about her and the airhead doesn't really do much to make me defend her.
Devon certainly isn't the brightest of the bunch, and other than being pretty and rich, she doesn't really have much going for her.
Albert and I certainly can't see what she's got that's kept him with her for so long. I mean, sure she's gorgeous, what with her supermodel long legs, perfect strawberry blonde hair, and shiny green eyes.
Oh who am I kidding? Don has two requirements for his girlfriends: pretty and easy. Devon's definitely both.
In fact, she's the complete opposite of everything that I am. She's tall and classy with perpetually perfect porcelain skin; I'm short and insane. My skin tone ranges from olive to deep tan, depending on the season. She can do anything with her perfect hair; my hair can either do curly or straight.
It's not that I'm ugly…or at least I hope I'm not. I'm just not Don's type. Devon is Don's type. Her, and Emily, and Mackenzie, and Gina, and all the girls before them—they're all Don's type.
It's gonna take a lot of work to prove to Don that we're perfect. Luckily I have some back-up.
1. Lindsay Monroe: best friend—She's the one that got me into this mess, she sure as hell is going to help me out of it.
2. Ainsley Hayes: assistant and friend—My southern belle best friend is a sucker for a good love story. She's also been on the Don/Declan ship since we met.
3. Danny Messer: Don's best friend—He hates the bimbos Don dates (though he's dated his fair share) and has been insisting that Don and I are perfect for years. He claims that I am the only girl who would still let Don go on excursions with him and therefore has decided he wants us together.
4. Albert: the voice inside my head—He will not leave me alone until I complete this mission. I'm sure of it. So I guess he's invited too.
I have my assignment, I have my crew.
Now I just have to get Don to realize he loves me…
A/N: Sooo...what do we think so far? Declan is back, in all her insanity. The story's a little crazy and a bit weird, but I'm pretty excited about it, so let me know what you all think!