Chapter one: the beginning

Bella was the typical girl next door; she was shy, clumsy, but also beautiful. She lived in a small town in Washington called Forks. She had lived there all her life and had lived next door to the Cullens for the same time. They had a son her age, Edward, to which Bella had become instant friends. They have been inseparable since birth. The both were best friends until they had a falling out.

The pair were at school one day when Bella was asked out by Mike. Bella and Mike had been dating for a month, when Edward figured that Mike was not good enough for Bella. Edward and Bella started to spend less time together and eventually only saw each other in class. Bella had become immersed in her relationship with Mike and did not realise the slipping of her friendship with Edward. However Edward's jealously also contributed to the break.

Edward had always thought of Bella as a best friend, or like his sister. Bella had however viewed Edward in a more romantic light, to which Edward never realised. The two had always been at different points of their lives so when Mike asked Bella outf, she decided that it was time to let Edward go and move on. Edward however only came to the realisation of his feelings for Bella when she was already in a relationship with Mike. The two never really had perfect timing.

Once Edward gave up hope for their relationship the friendship ended. He decided to move on with his life and start a new one, without Bella. They were both living next door to each other but living apart. Edward began to date and had a serious girlfriend, Tanya. Both Bella and Edward seemed happy however were secretly thinking about the other.

BPOV

I can't believe I lost my best friend over a guy. I thought that we would be friends forever- BFF. But somehow my relationship with Mike drew a wedge between us. I had only been dating Mike for a month when Edward starting acting strange. He started distancing himself, and we would hang out less and less. I thought that it was just a phase, and I missed him so much. I knew that he would never feel the same about me as I do for him. That was when I started dating Mike.

Mike was different to Edward. I was attentive but in a different way. Edward and I were linked in a way that words cannot describe. We could read each other like a book, but with Mike it was different. I couldn't read Mike and he couldn't read me, but we made it work. Mike was romantic and sweet. He was attentive towards me like Edward never was, because we were never intimate with each other.

After Mike and I had been dating for a couple of months I barely saw Edward and he hardly talked to me. Soon after I discovered he had started dating Tanya, the cheerleader. Both Edward and I when we were younger would make fun of the cheerleaders, but I guess that he had changed.

EPOV

I don't know what happened to me; all of a sudden I was feeling something I didn't recognise. I would look at Bella with Mike and my heart would ache. I knew then that I was in love with her. I don't know how I didn't realise it earlier. Whenever we would touch an electric current would run under my skin. With Tanya it was different, my heart didn't ache and there was no tingling feeling.

Tanya and my relationship were different to mine with Bella. Firstly there was no special feeling like I had with Bella. I attributed this to the fact that Bella and I had only ever been friends and tied to make myself believe that what I was feeling was just out of friendship. Tanya and I also never talked like Bella and I would talk. She didn't have the passion for books or understand my passion for music. But somehow it worked.

I missed Bella everyday but thought it better to distance myself; it would be better this way. I knew that she would never reciprocate my feelings and it was just better to leave it. For me to distance myself was the only way I knew how to get rid of the ache I felt inside. I miss her every minute of every day but I know what I'm doing is for the best for me.

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