A/N Hi! This is the first chapter for my first multiple chapter story so tell me what ya think! Bella lived in Forks with Renee and Charlie uintil she was thriteen, when they split up. She went to live with Renee and Phil in Phoenix and visits Forks every year for a week and has been friends with the Cullen/Hale/ MacCarthy gang since she was a kid. Sha has a little bit of a crush on Edward and it's all canon pairings. They did try a long distance thing the year previous but it didn't work out so they just went back to being friends and it hasn't effect them in the long run. Oh and I think I should say that I'm English and living in Australia so all I know about the American school holidays and the way the schools work have been learnt off of TV shows, books and other fanfics. THere will be minimal if any swearing in this story as my family have access to it so theres nothing super adult in it, apart from underage drinking and drug references. If the characters tell me to do something then I must listen, even if it means Rosalie calling Lauren Mallory some not very nice names :D. This is quite different to my other two one shots because they're Emo/Short/ In-experienced. This is quite the opposite and I hope you enjoy my new direction. Let the games begin!


Epilogue

So, your hare-brained mother ran off with the circus (I wish I could say that was a figure of speech. Alas that is literally what happened), you got your whole, comfortable life up rooted and dumped on your police chief Dad in your old grey town of Forks, the place you lived in when until you were thirteen, you restarted to hang out with the best friends you've had since you were three and settle into a happy life/routine. You plan to become a journalist and move to New York with said friends as you have dreamed of since you were a little girl.

Or at least that was until THE night. The night where you top secret dream of running away and living with your closest, Greek god like friend in a small romantic cottage in France and grow old together as Mr. & Mrs. Cullen is ruined by a tiny accident and the fact you choked instead of spoke a week earlier. Now you sit in your bedroom with a months supply of ice cream, Withering Heights, plans to kill a certain blonde tart and a phone that goes off every few seconds which you have no plan of answering. Fun, fun fun!

SIX MONTHS EARLIER

"The circus? Mom, seriously? Are you out of your mind?" I said into the phone. If I raised my left eyebrow any further it would forever disappear into my hair.
"Honey, you know how good I've been at my stage make-up course. A manager from the cirque saw and was so impressed by my work that he hired me on the spot! It's a great opportunity for me and Phil!" Renee was slowly turning into a tape being fast forwarded, high pitched and so quick that the only words I made out were stage make up course, manager and Phil. I was this close to banging my head against the wall.

"You can't be serious! This manager is probably a creep trying to get into your pants. You'll be over this make-up thing by the weekend and how will Phil benefit from this?" Unless there going to shoot his bald head out of a cannon.

"PHIL IS NOT BALD, HES JUST GOT A REALLY SHORT HAIRCUT!" Oops, didn't mean to say the Phil comment out loud. Now she's really angry. Ah well she'll have forgotten about it by the end of the conversation which is pretty much the only benefit of having such a scatter brained mother.

"Exactly!" If I confuse her enough maybe she'll start talking about the circus again instead of yelling at me.

"Bella, I worry about you sometimes. Look, if you really don't want me to go then I won't. I'm sorry that I haven't been a conventional mom but I do think you'll be better off in Phoenix, back with your old friends. You spend all your time worth your books and I really do love you but, honey, you miss your old friends. They can make you happier then I can," Whoa. Now she's confusing me and using the puppy dog eyes equivalent as far as begging voices go. Awww shiz.

"It's ok mom, you run away with the circus," Did I really just say that? "I'll move back to Forks and live with Charlie. I'll be graduating soon anyway." Great. I can feel the regret creeping in already.
I was on the phone to Renee for an hour longer organising stuff. Charlie agreed straight away when I asked. He's been over the moon for the past week I've been here on holiday (as usual) so his answer was very predictable. I'm going to fly back tomorrow, which is when the holiday ends so at least there's one last flight to book, pack my bags (I'll probably only need a backpack at the most) and fly here on Saturday which is three days away. Which is just going to be the best time ever, I mean planes taking you away from your easy sunbaked life to dreary Forks are just great and planes them selves are simply the dandiest.

Oh, well I do get to see all my old friends on a regular basis. That's the best bit about my yearly trip here, seeing the old gang. Though it was kinda awkward now what with them all paired off. Emmett,- a big scary looking jock who is actually a teddy bear with the mental age of a toddler- has being going out with Rosalie for a few years now and they were obviously made for each other. She is the girl that every high school has. The blonde bombshell who has the body of a playboy bunny and the dignity of the Queen. Her attitude to people hitting on her teddy bear is not exactly classed as friendly though and she is a tough cookie.. She restrains/distracts Emmett and he lightens her up and they both play sports, fix cars and make out together.

Alice has been my friend since forever. She is constantly moving, planning and shopping and is at her happiest when doing all three. She is like Tinkerbell on fast forward- small, pixie like and with cute outfits. She often needs restraining from her excessive spending and she refuses to wear the same outfit twice for that would be a great sin in Alice-land. She is paired with Jasper, Rosalie's twin. He is an artist, always sat in the back of classes sketching. Or he did until Alice found out he was sketching her so she pounced on him and finally did something about her five year crush.

He knows how to handle her and has a really calming presence and can kind of control the room atmosphere. He's one of those people that when he smiles the whole world is smiling which is perfect for Alice, even if he does prefer sketching and learning about the civil war to going to a shoe sale, though by now he is well acquainted with the guy chair in the women's clothing stores through his year of dating Alice.

Then there was me and Edward. He is Alice's brother and Emmett's cousin and has been my best friend since I could talk. When we were little we played weddings together in his tree house and he protected me from the bully Mike Newton in Junior school. He is a gentlemen with all girls, or at least he was until high school. Now he only acts like that to me and all the girls still want him in a big way. I

may have a tiny little crush on him but who wouldn't? He is tall with a perfectly chiseled face, bronze spiky hair that is perfectly styled in a unique way and whenever he's stressed or impatient he runs his hands through it. He catches me every time I fall, which is often due to me being the clumsiest person in the world and every time he does it gives me butterflies. He plays piano when no ones home and gets lost in his beautiful compositions. Whenever he's thinking about his latest piece his golden eyes glaze over and make him look like an angel. He helped me when my parents divorced when I was thirteen and the best week of my year is when I come back and see his face.

Yeah, I'm that far gone.

Ever since I moved to live with my Mom in Phoenix after my parents split I've missed him. Of course I miss my Dad and all my friends and even this house but deep down I miss Edward more. Of course no one else knows this and I plan on keeping it that way. Me and Edward are great as friends but when we did eventually try to be more then that last year it didn't work. The long distance was too hard.

This was not helped by his reputation with the ladies, or as Alice calls him 'Make-up tester Boy'. She is referring to the lipstick tester that they have in stores that have been used by who knows what and is therefore ruined and unbuyable, not that he goes round stealing make-up testers (which he has done during a Cullen game of Truth or Dare). He falls for every bimbo that jumps on his lap even though there a million leagues below him.

I continued to think of good points of moving back here to cheer myself up as I came down from my bedroom to get a drink when the boy himself walked through the door. This distracted me momentarily which was enough to send me launching through the air from halfway up the staircase, I braced my self for the fall before I landed in Edwards arm. I just keep getting smoother don't I?

"Jeez, ever heard of knocking?" I said into Edwards chest. Damn him and his tallness.

"If I had knocked I wouldn't have caught you and you'd be part of the door mat," he replied, his velvety voice making it hard to respond. That and my current position in his arms, with my face in his chest. Oh, no if I didn't move soon this could get awkward.

"If you hadn't have barged into my home I wouldn't have been startled. You could have killed me,"I said, trying to add dignity to my voice but it was slwoly slipping into a friendly tone. Dammit, I could never stay even slightly angry.

"You'll wish I hadn't caught you when you here Alices plans for the day. Something about lingerie, shoes and Portland?" He said, putting me straight.

"Awww, shiz. I need to get that girl on a leash,"

"But that would ruin the fun of seeing your face when Alice plans a shopping trip,"he said as he walked into my kitchen and looked in my fridge.

"Cullen, no snacking, Esme will kill me if you ruin your dinner. Besides, last I heard Alice was planning for everyone including the boys to go shopping. Looks like your being sentenced to bag carrying duties," I said in a childish tone. I poked my tongue out at him as I pushed him out of my fridge and grabbed two sodas. Just as I was going to make plans to ditch the shopping and go see a movie with Edward, the designer devil called. I could tell because I had assigned the Darth Vader march ring tone to her name. I sighed and flipped my phone open.

"YOU ARE NOT DITCHING ME TO GO TO THE CINEMAS WITH MY TOOL OF A BROTHER!" Yelled my lovely, harmless friend.

"Hi to you too," Me and Edward rolled our eyes in unison which made me giggle. "We can't go shopping anyway. It's my last day here so I should get to choose what we do," Yes! I have last day rights even though it's not my last day! Just as I began to do a mental victory dance Alice started whining into the phone.

"Please Bella, I want to buy you a present to remember us by until you next comeback. We'll go to three stores of your choice for as long as you want, even bookstores. Please... for me?" she said in the softest baby voice. That girl is pure pixie evil, she knows I can't turn that voice down and that she'll trick me out of going. She kept on going though and I could feel my defences weakening. I handed the phone to Edward to let him suffer/ get the blame for giving in.

"Alice I-" he said in his most commanding voice until he was interrupted. I learnt forward to make out what she was saying but I couldn't define the words but I could hear her pleading tone. I give him a minute until he cracks. "I know, and I'm sorry for tha-" he replied in an apologetic tone. She most have bought up the time he helped Emmett accidentally start a microwave popcorn related fire which burnt half her shoe collection. She really must want to go on this shopping trip."Look just hold on," This was the classic Edward hang up line. If he doesn't want to talk anymore he tells them to hang on, puts the phone down and leaves the room. He comes back an hour later and taadaa! The other person has hung up and he has gotten out of whatever they were suggesting/planning. Sure enough he put the phone down and I signalled for us to go out into the back garden and we went up to the old bench at the back of my garden under a big shady tree, which we really needed under the grey sky of Forks on such a lovely cold day like today. If I should start telling people about me moving back here I suppose I should start with good old Eddie kins.

"Eddie, would you be surprised if I said Renee has ran off with the circus?" Well how would you start this conversation?

"No, I really wouldn't. Of course it would have to be a really short lived circus. Wait, why? Bella, are you thinking of selling your step dad to the house of freaks? Because not alot of people would pay to see The Incredibly Shiny Headed Man," he said in a questioning tone. You would think he'd be used to my random conversation topics by now. Though at least I can add that to the list of things Phil would be good for in the circus.

"No he wouldn't be in the house of freaks! He'd be one of those elephants that can balance balls on there trunks and unicycle! Anyway, get rid of that image and imagine that Renee has joined the circus as a make up artist and I am moving back here until graduation. You like?" Or atleast I meant to ask the last bit but as soon as I said the words 'moving back here' I was pounced on and crushed. "Edward. Can't. Breathe." I croaked as loud as I could. I could hear him mumbling oops as he put my legs back on the ground.

"Are you joking or are you serious?" He said looking into my eyes. Oh no, I'm officially girl jelly. Bella snap out of it! This is Edward, the boy who used to chew your barbies when you werent looking!

"I am one hundred percent serious. I fly back tomorrow to get some stuff but as off next week I will be a Forks resident again!" I said. What were the bad points about moving here again?

"Edward, what are you doing?" My friend was doing a hamster touchdown dance in the middle of my garden and I could see Mrs. Number 18 staring at him through the curtains. Great now Charlie will be called at work about a crazy teenager breaking into his garden and dancing. I put my head in my hands and started rocking it.

"Oooh Yeah, oooh yeah, oooh yeah," Oh lord. Sometimes you can really see the Emmett in him. I got up and walked over to him in order to restrain him until he pulled me into his iron grip and put me over his shoulder.

"Put me down!" I said breathlessly through giggles whilst kicking my legs wildy in the air. Then inspiration struck. "I have a plan to prank the gang and break the news!" This made him stop.

"An evil master mind plan?" He said with a straight face. We've this joke since we were about five.

"A super evil master mind plan," I said raising my eyebrows. "Involving your sister, cousin, there other halves. You in Lieutenant Cullen?" I said in a trooper voice.

"Sir yes sir!" He replied in his best soldier voice, even adding in a salute and foot stamp. I leant in to whisper my revenge plot for the almost shopping trip and it involved telling them about me moving back.


What is the plan? It may involve Renesmee... *evil cackle* Teehee! Please R&R it's the first thing I've written in almost half a year! Next chappie shall be up within the next two days and I reply to all reviews. I like to jump into my stories straight away so there wasn't much intro but you've all read/watched Twilight to you know all of the characters. There will be a MASSIVE obstacle for Bella and Edward to cross for them to hook up and it shall begin in two chapters time, probably later so be patient. Thanks for reading! :D