Topazskye17
Because it's not Fair
You know dream and wait for your perfect guy to come along? I waited...well, not really, but imagine what happened when I realized that the perfect guy for me was...my best friend? And to make things worse, he doesn't know AND he has a girlfriend. This is so not fair.
CHAPTER 1
"Emmett! Put me down now!" I shrieked, as Emmett swung me onto his back and raced towards the sea. "Seriously dude, put Bella down, you'll just get a hard revenge." I heard Edward call out to Emmett. Emmett sighed, but let me down, rolling his eyes. "You're lucky Eddie was here to save you, wait till next time." Emmett said, his eyes twinkling maliciously. I laughed and ran towards Edward, and giving him a big grin. "Thanks Edward," I said reaching up to ruffle his already messy, bronze locks. "No problem, Bells." He said, flashing his beautiful crooked smile –the smile that he only used for me− leaving me swooning inside. I could see Tanya (or Tanywany or DummyTanny as I like to call her...in my head) shooting me evil glares behind Edwards back.
You see, Edward was my best friend. We met when Charlie−my dad, Renée, my mum and I moved in next door to the Cullen's –In the rainy town of Forks – when I was four. We all went to the same school, Forks elementary so I became fast friends with Alice, Edward's twin sister. Then when she invited me over and introduced me to her two brothers: Emmett the big goof ball who was two years older and Edward who was the same age as us, who I instantly clicked with.
Even though Edward and Alice were twins, they were so different from each other. Edward was tall and lean, whereas Alice was small and petite, Edward was quiet and sensible and Alice was bubbly, outgoing and completely crazy−well it was a theory, anyway− and lastly Edward had untamed unusual copper hair and Alice had jet black hair that reached her shoulders worn in cute spikes. Though they both had the same exotic green eyes( though of course Edwards were more, to me anyway...), were beautiful, and were straight A students, whereas Emmet had blue eyes and well...didn't exactly get straight A's, though that didn't mean he was dumb...he was smart...just not all the time.
When we all moved up to Forks High, well...things got interesting. Alice met Jasper: The blonde, smart, blue-eyed southerner and Emmett met Rosalie, who was statuesque, blonde and beautiful and also happened to be Jaspers cousin. And of course they fell in love. As in Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett, and have been together since, from when they were fifteen, to now –seventeen.
So now you probably think that everything is hunky dory because everyone got a happy ending. Well everyone but me. You see I'm in love with me best friend, Edward. I have since I first met him. How can you be in love with someone –the way I loved Edward− when you're four? Don't ask me, I just was. And believe me; the feeling has just been growing stronger since. I haven't told him because I am 100% sure he doesn't feel the same way because just last year he started dating Tanya. Tanya Denali. People who didn't know her well would probably describe her as beautiful, smart and kind and... wow! What a surprise! An awesome head cheerleader –just my luck, how can I compete with that? −. But for the rest of us, as in Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Rose, me and probably the geeks and stuff at our school, only word came to mind: Bitch.
None of us can tell what Edward see's in her. It is a total mystery of what goes inside Edward Cullen's mind; he must be pretty damn stupid (he obviously wasn't. But for arguments sake...) to not see Tanya for who she truly was. She had done at least one round of the football team –if you know what I mean... But Edward insists that she's changed. As if.
Today was a rare sunny day in Forks so we decided to head down to First Beach –after school, off course. The boys walked around with board shorts and t-shits. Rose, Alice and I also wore shorts and tops, while Tanya wore a bikini. A BIKINI FOR GODSAKE! And in Forks, It wasn't even hot! She was obviously trying to show off her body to Edward. Who I am pleased to say said, "Uh...honey, isn't a bit cold for a bikini?" Which she just ignored and cooed back at.
After Emmet's little stunt involving me, ocean and dunking, we all settled together on the mats. While Alice and Jasper just stared dreamily into each other's eyes, Rose fed Emmet food from the basket that we'd brought along and Tanya lay all over Edward –YUK!. I decided to pull out a book. You would think I would've gotten used to being the seventh wheel but I'm not over it, especially when I see Edward with Tanya. When Alice or Rose sense it getting kind of awkward for me they try to do something about it, but it doesn't exactly work. Not that I'm complaining.
"Hey, what are you reading?" A soft musical voice asked, interrupting my wondering thoughts. I whipped my head around in surprise, to find myself face to face with the Greek God himself, a small smile playing on his flawless lips. "Oh...you know..." I said, holding up the cover to show him. He chuckled softly, "Wuthering Heights, again?" "You know how I love the classics." I said, returning his smile −I had read the book at least twenty times now. "Come on guys! It's getting late, we should probably head home now," I heard Alice say, though I was too captivated by the twin pool of emeralds before me for a moment to take notice, before shaking my head and getting up. I heard Edward chuckle.
Once we had packed all our stuff into Emmet's jeep we all hopped in. Emmet's Jeep was a really big, fitting two people up the front (including the driver), four in the middle and the fold out seats in the boot could probably fit five. See what I mean by ' really big'? Alice volunteered to sit in the back with me, which was really nice of her.
"So people, I was thinking of having a sleep over this Friday at our house, you guys in for it?" Alice asked excitedly bouncing energetically in her seat. "not that I want to invite The Tanninator, but...you know Eddie..." she added, under her breath so only I could hear. I let out a small giggle. There was a chorus of "yes's" answering Alice.
That was our nickname for Tanya. Only Rose, Alice, their boyfriends and I knew about it, Edward would be furious if he ever found out. We never said it in front of him, but sometimes we would in front of Tanya, to see her confused expression. I had to admit it was fairly obvious who we were talking about but knowing how clueless Tanya was, she would never guess it.
Though I didn't take much part in the teasing, even though I hated her so much, I didn't want to reduce myself to her level, though I still had some fun. But at least we−being Alice, Rose and not very often: me − did it fairly discreetly unlike her, who tried to socially humiliate me whenever she had the chance.
Alice said it was because Tanya was jealous of what I had with Edward, the fact that we told each other everything...well almost... Though I didn't get it, she had him and I − I didn't.
Because we had been out with Tanya so many times we had sort of developed a routine: Emmett would drive us home−I lived next door so there was no problem− then Edward would get into his Volvo with Tanya and drive her home − Her Royal Denseness not being able to get a driver's license yet.
And Jasper would drive himself and Rose home (they only live five minutes away from each other and us). When we reached home it was around 6:30pm so I quickly bid them all goodbye, giving Rose and Alice a hug and a smile and wave to the boys. I sort of half nodded and smiled− if you call lifting one side of your mouth slightly while wrinkling your nose (as if you smelt something bad) smiling − to Tanya.
"How was the beach, sweetie?" My mum asked from her place on the couch with my dad, when I walked in. "It was good, prime tanning time." I joked.
I quickly hogged down my dinner, saying I was feeling pretty sleepy when my parents asked what the hurry was and rushed up to my room to get changed and to brush my teeth. My window was directly opposite Alice's and we both had small balconies so we would go chat on there, Edward would usually sneak up as well when Alice was out and we would talk for ages. I shut my curtains and climbed into bed, it had been a long day so as soon as I lay my head on my pillow I instantly fell asleep.