Hello my dears! Just another story that has been in my mind for a while. This one will not be very long. I will continue to write my other story "Everything Will be Alright" just I like to work on more than one thing at once call me crazy.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. I know sad sad day.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

We do not remember days; we remember moments.

~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand

Why oh why did I choose to clean? It's my least favorite thing to do in the whole world. I mean it's a good day today, the sun is actually out and the temperature is actually good, and best of all there is no wind to mess this up. I loathe it whenever everything in the weather is good, the sun shining the temperature actually seventy-five degrees, and then you step outside and the wind is horrendous, those days are by far my least favorite.

Anyways, back to why I'm cleaning. The attic is a total disaster major. I mean think of the dirtiest room you have ever been in and multiply the dirty factor by twenty and then you can see just how dirty this attic truly is. I have really let this get out of hand. I can just hear my mom if she were to lie eyes in this room, 'Bella dear, have I not taught you better. A clean home is a happy home, my goodness child.' That is not what I need.

As I step on the last step on the ladder getting me to the attic I can see what lays in ahead of me. And boy does it feel like I am going to be here a while. Good thing I decided to start this early, to be exact eight a.m. on a Saturday morning.

Where to start, where to start? Do I really have this much stuff? As I look around I find my old trunk that was in my old room. I remember I used to put everything from my scarfs to my sticker collection in here. Maybe this clean up won't be so bad.

As I open up my old, brown trunk with stickers of all the cities I wanted to visit I catch a glimpse of something sparkly. I reach for it and cannot believe I still have this homemade card. It was a Valentine's Day card that I got in third grade. I remember I hated doing these things every year in school until I received this secret valentine card.

Another day at Forks Elementary School, but today was different, today was St. Valentine's Day. That only means one thing to all the students: in class parties. Every year since kindergarten the teachers throw the students a party allowing them to bring Valentine's to the other students, as well as cookies and candy, some parent even got involved and brought the kids food.

This year it was Isabella Swan's third grade year and she was for once looking to this Valentine's Day. Her dad, the chief of police, had promised her a date just the two of them. Chief Swan had promised to take her where ever she pleased and then for dessert they were going to have ice cream. Little Bella was beyond excited that she actually look forward to going to school today.

As the day continued the class got more and more excited about their afternoon party. Everyone was glad that they didn't have to worry about spelling today, well everyone except Bella, she actually liked to learn new words and learn how to spell them.

When the party arrived Bella went and sat next to her very best friend Alice Cullen. The teacher didn't allow them to sit next to each other in during class because one day she did let them and the two girls talked all during class, and the teacher knew that in order for them to get work done they would have to be split up. As Bella sat down next to Alice she pulled out a huge lollipop that had written in the middle "I love you" and handed it to Alice.

To Bella Alice was the sister she never had, the sister that could help her no matter what. The feeling was mutual, because Alice had an older brother named Emmett who she loved but he was a boy.

When Alice say the candy that Bella had for she couldn't contain her excitement. She grabbed her very best friend and jumped up and down.

"Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!" Alice yelled, into Bella's ear."Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Alice, it's no big deal. You know this is just a day that Hallmark made so people will shop at their stores. I rather get a homemade card than anything, if I were to tell you the truth," Bella said as she sat back down once again next to her best friend.

"Oh Bella, I just know you are in for a surprise my dear friend. This Valentine's Day is going to be one that we will never forget, I can just feel it." Alice was one that always made things seem better at any given situation.

"Alright class, I know you all have a box on your desk for people to leave you your valentine gifts so how about we do that right now. Everyone get your things and you can start filling your classmates' boxes, alrighty?" Their teacher, Ms. Williams was always excited for the class no matter what they were doing she truly loved her job.

"Come on Bella let give everyone their cards we made them," Alice said as she grabbed a hold of Bella's hand and ran to their backpacks where they had cards and candy for everyone. As soon as they had what they needed the girls went around the room leaving a homemade card and candy in everyone's box.

Once everyone was done, the class soon realized that it was time to go home and enjoy the weekend. Bella said good-bye to her best friend and went to find her dad out in the parking lot. With backpack and box in hand they headed home where she was to get ready for their father-daughter date.

Bella finished getting ready and she noticed her dad wasn't ready so she decided to go see what her classmates' had left for her in her red box full of hearts.

There was tons of candy, the only thing she didn't mind what so ever about this holiday, and endless amount of cards. There was one from her friend Angela, who next to Alice was also Bella's best friend. There were cards from Jessica, Lauren, Tyler, Ben, Jane, Emily, Sam, and of course there was one from Mike.

Mike had had a crush on Bella since the first day of Kindergarten and he still couldn't get it in his mind that Bella did not like him at all. He would constantly ask her to be his girlfriend, he would ask her for help on things that he didn't need any help with. Every time Bella would tell him the same thing, that she didn't like him.

She then found a card in her endless pile of cards that she didn't know who gave it to her. She counted all the other ones and realized she already had a card from everyone in her class and Ms. Williams, so she wondered who the card was from.

The cover of the card was made of pink and red letters with a big sparkly heart in the middle. She opened the card and started to read what was in it. The writing was written in an elegant script that made her wish she could write like that. The inside said:

"Dearest Bella, I love to see you smile because it puts a smile on my face. I like you a lot but I am afraid you won't like me. When I see you my world is complete. I didn't buy you a card like I bought everyone else one. No I made you one specially made for you because I know you prefer homemade cards. Maybe one day I will get the courage to tell you who I am but for now, know that you have my heart and it only beats for you. With love your secret admire xoxo"

Bella could not believe what she had read. No one had ever written something so amazing for her and she wished that whoever wrote that letter for her would find the courage to tell her because it made her so happy to have someone like her.

She decided that she was going to keep the card for forever. She opened her trunk that held all her valued possessions and made room for her new favorite thing, the Valentine's Day card.

"Bella, honey lets go," said the chief from downstairs.

"Coming daddy!" Bella yelled as she shut closed the trunk, and soon speed down to the get to her father.

I will never forget that day, no matter what. I cannot believe that this is where it all started. Where my life began.

Maybe this clean up day wasn't going to be as bad as I thought it was going to be.

AN: [Read and Review please. Let me know if you guys actually like this or not]