Disclaimer: I do not own the song, Speak Now by Taylor Swift. I do not own any of the characters in this story; they are the property of the wonderful Stephanie Meyer. Although some of the story line is mine, most of it belongs to Taylor Swift.

A/N: I recommend you listening to Speak Now by Taylor Swift as that song inspired me to write this story.

To all those who read Coincidence, Fate, Bad luck; I will be continuing that story. It was just that this idea hit me and I thought it would only be a one shot and I wanted to try something new.

This story isn't going to be that long, probably between 5-10 chapters.

Enjoy the first chapter and I hope I'll have the second one up in a few days since I have half term next week. Please review! :D

BPOV

Saturday, 26th December 2006

Hi, I'm Bella Swan. Yes, I'm the daughter of the chief. That's how everyone knows me. Well except my friends obviously. You probably thought that I was one of those popular girls. Not quite, you see; I'm one of those girls who fit in with most people. I have my best girlfriends- Alice, Rose and Angela, and I have my best boy friends-Edward, Emmett and Jasper- By the way just in case you were wondering, the boys are not my boyfriends, they are just, you know boy friends. Just thought that I would clear that up. Alice, Rose and the guys are what I would call 'popular'. They still talk to me and Ange' though. Angela and I are similar; we get along with most people. To be honest, I don't know what category I would be placed in. I mean I get along better with the guys, we play basketball all the time and we never miss a match, but I can also be girly with Alice and Rose and sometimes Angela when we go shopping. Most of the time when I'm with Angela we're just doing homework, but that's alright to.

Edward is my best friend. He has been since year 2 of Forks infant school when he moved from Phoenix in California. We are now in our last year of Forks High School, so we have known each other for about 10 years now. Everyone thinks that we will start dating, but I think that that would just be weird. I mean we've known each other for so long, and we're best friends. Nothing else. At all. Ever. I don't like him like that and he doesn't like me like that. I don't think. No. No, I know Edward doesn't see me like that. I mean if he did, he would have told me, right? Of course he would!

Anyways, Alice and Emmett are Edwards's brother and sister. They're parents; Carlisle and Esme are the best. They both treat me like their fourth daughter, and I really do see them as my adoptive parents. I love going to see them… Actually, that reminds me that I've got to take my Christmas presents over to them. Oh yeah, I forgot to say it was Christmas yesterday. This diary was my present from Angela. I'm not normally the type to go and write about my life and feelings in a book, but I figured, since it was a present I had better give it a go (Who knows, it might turn out to be a good idea, and not end up at the bottom of my draw on my nightstand.)

I've also got to take presents around to Rose and Jaspers family. I don't really know their parents all that well, since we normally spend our time either out or at the Cullen's house, but they're still really nice.

Oh! I've got to go. My dad just shouted for me, apparently someone's at the door. Hey, this book doesn't seem too bad, maybe I'll write in here again soon. If not, then I guess this is goodbye.

Five years later…

I was sitting on my bed reading this diary entry. My first and only one. I never did get to write in it again. You see, when I went downstairs the day after Christmas to see who was at the door, I found that it was my Mum. She had come to tell me that my granddad from her side was ill and that I was to come back with her to Phoenix. I didn't want to but I had no other choice. I didn't get to say goodbye to anybody other than my Dad, as my Mum had already booked return tickets.

As soon as we landed I called Edward and told him everything. He was sad to see me leave but we decided to keep in touch… for about a year. After that year we stopped; it was just too hard. I could have gone home; my granddad had passed away after several months of me being there, but my Mum wanted me to stay with her. I couldn't leave her. I had to take care of her.

Now, five years after I moved away, I had returned back home. It felt great. My Mum had recently met her new boyfriend called Phil who she was really happy with. She had told me to go back home, she said it was because she wanted some alone time with Phil, but I knew it was because she felt guilty about 'holding up my life' as she put it.

I had been told that my old friends still lived here by my Dad. I was really looking forward to seeing them again and catching up with them but I was really worried that everything would be different. That it would all have changed. I hid those thoughts at the back of my mind.

"So, glad to be back, Bells?" My dad asked me, coming to stand in my doorway.

"Yeah, I've missed this place so much. And the people in it." I said with a smile.

He smiled back and nodded.

"Yeah, I guess you'll be wanting to see Edward again soon. You two always did get on very well. A little too well maybe?" He made it sound like a fact more than a question and he gave me a knowing smirk.

I shook my head at him. " You know me and Edward weren't like that Dad. We were just good friends."

"Hmm." He replied, ending the conversation as he walked away shaking his head at me.

The house looked and smelt exactly the same as I remembered it. Everything in its right place and the smell of the forest mixed with beer and chocolate. My dad liked he's beer and chocolate. Every night when he came home from work, he would sit down in front of the T.V, eating his dinner and then, when he had finished; he would take it out into the kitchen, leave it on the side, and grab a can of fosters and a bar of galaxy from the fridge; to take back to whatever he was watching. It's nice to know that some things stayed the same when I left.

Since it was late once I had unpacked, I decided to have an early night, I had a lot to do tomorrow.

The next morning, I got up and went for a shower. My Dad had already left for work, so I didn't have to worry about using all of the hot water.

I let the hot, tingling water wash over my back for a while before using my favourite strawberry shampoo. After I had washed it all out of my hair, I turned the water off and stepped out, wrapping a towel around me.

I slowly dried my hair, deciding to leave it to its natural curls today and brushed my teeth, and then headed back to my room for my clothes.

I chose a pair of dark skinny jeans and a plain red top with a black leather jacket over the top. I selected a pair of black heels and grabbed my bag.

I walked downstairs and headed into the kitchen to grab an apple, and then left towards the door, grabbing my car keys as I left.

I got in my black, Peugeot 206 convertible and started her up. She purred confidently beneath me.

I started driving towards where Alice, Edward and Emmett used to live, wondering if they still lived there. I hadn't spoken to them or anyone other than my Dad to tell them that I was coming back, so it was going to be a big surprise.

I pulled up at her house in record speed and got out, heading up the steps to the beautiful 3 storey house. I took a deep breath and rung the doorbell.

Within seconds the door was being opened and an unrecognisable face appeared.

"May I help you?" She asked me.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't realize. My friend used to live here." I explained. "They must have moved. Sorry to bother you." I smiled and turned away; heading back to my car and feeling the disappointment seep through my body.

"Bella?" I heard someone behind me ask.

I turned around, wondering who had called my name. There stood Edward.

Looking even better than I remembered.

His face lit up with a grin when he realised that it was me and my face matched his.

"Edward!"

I ran up to him and hugged him while he wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that for what felt like hours, but could have only been for less than a minute. We finally pulled away when we heard another voice.

"Eddie? Who's this?" the nasally voice asked.

I looked at the woman who I had previously hadn't seen.

She had long, fake blonde hair, with the tips of her natural brown showing. She had noticeable slag lines going around her face from her bright orange make up and long, clumpy, fake eyelashes. The bimbo was wearing a very short skirt with a tight, halter neck top showing the bottom of her stomach and a pair of 5' heels.

The fake bimbo walked over to me and 'Eddie' (Which he used to hate and by the look of his face, still does) and slid her skinny arm around Edward's waist. He pulled her in closer to him and wrapped his arm around her.

"This is my best friend, Bella. We used to be really close before she moved away to Phoenix five years ago." He told her. She nodded, not looking at me and looking like she couldn't care a less about that little story.

"This is Lauren, Bella. My girlfriend." I felt a sharp pain shoot through my chest, but ignored it.

"Oh. I didn't know you had a girlfriend." Wow. That sounded stupid, of course I wouldn't know whether or not he had a girlfriend; I hadn't seen him in five years! "Err… Hi Lauren" I gave her a small smile.

She just gave me a dirty look and started pulling on Edwards arm.

"Eddie, we've got to go. You said you'd take me shopping!" She whined.

I inwardly rolled my eyes.

"Actually, would you mind if we do it another time? It's just I haven't seen Bella in so long. We should really catch up."

"Oh, it's okay. We can do it another time." I said, feeling slightly hopeful.

"No, I want to do it today." He smiled at me.

"But Eddy, you promised!" Lauren pouted.

"I know and I'm sorry but I'll make you another promise. I'll make it up to you tonight." He said in a flirtatious voice.

She giggled and nodded, looking incapable of much else.

I inwardly rolled my eyes…again!

I turned around to give them a bit of privacy while they said their goodbyes.

(Authors Note: Bold and italic writing are thoughts!)

I have no idea why my heart is fluttering, but Edward just told his girlfriend that he'd rather be with me than her! I shouldn't be feeling this happy but I am. It must just be because we used to be really good friends and we haven't seen each other in ages. Yeah, that's it.

Thanks for reading,

x-Edward-Cullen's-gal-x