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Written In The Stars

By EclipseoftheTwilightMoon

Summary: Bella tells best friend, Edward, she loves him & he wants to stay friends. Bella moves on to another guy, but

she comes back into Edward's life & he realizes he loves her too. He has to fight to win her back before she marries

someone else. All human, OOC, AU.

~*~

Prologue: Too Late

Present-Day

She is going to marry another man, one that doesn‟t deserve her kisses, her caresses, and her love. She is everything a man

could desire, and more. She is my angel, my soul mate. I never thought that I would find my soul mate when I was nine.

Before my eyes, she became the most fascinating, beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life.

I‟m in love with my best friend. I never knew that someone could wrap themselves up in our lives as a trusted confidant, and

then take control over our heart. Over time, my feelings for her have deepened, became more intense. The longing that I have

for her breaks my heart, because she is soon to be out of my reach.

I shouldn‟t be here. I should be anywhere but here. Sleep wasn‟t something that could come to me, so I got on my motorcycle

and lost myself in the night. Everywhere I went, the image of her flashed before my eyes. Like a ghost, she haunted me,

floating in my thoughts. The lake, the field that I danced with her, the bar that I finally saw her for what she really was tugged

at my heart strings, making me ache with want. Normally the rumble of the engine beneath me would calm me, but not today.

I couldn‟t forget her. All I could see in my mind was her chocolate eyes, her flowing brunette hair, her gentle heart-shaped

face, and the many curves of her body. A body that I wanted so badly, the lips I wanted to kiss. I want everything she has and

could offer. All I could do was stare at the stained-glass windows of the church that held the wedding of my love, a wedding

that I was not the groom at.

I had been a fool. I let her slip through my fingers. It was really stupid on my part. She tells me that she loves me, wants me,

and I tell her that it would be better for us to be friends. I didn‟t want to take a chance of losing her, losing the only thing that

matters. But, in the end, I still lost everything. I just wanted to be near her and now my only way of doing so is to stare at the

building that holds the woman I love. Dressed in an exquisite wedding dress draped in silks, looking up into someone else‟s

eyes preparing to say vows before God to love, honor, and cherish him. The thought of that made me feel sick, like I want to

die.

Damn it to hell! I screwed up royally and I was paying for it. I could have all these loving feelings for her, but would it really

matter? I didn‟t do enough to make her see how much I love her and that it was my love that she wanted, not his. I wanted to

punch something, but what‟s the use in that? Sitting here wasn‟t going to help me either. She was getting married, and it

wasn‟t me at her side, and it was my fault. How could I have been so stupid? A beautiful woman tells me she loves me and I

refuse her.

I was definitely not acting like the typical man. If it would have been any other woman I would have used her until I was

bored and then get rid of her. I had so many women in my life and they were nothing to me. But not Bella. I love her. I

couldn‟t stand seeing her hurt and even worse knowing I was the cause. Maybe it was the thought of hurting my best friend,

or maybe my heart knew something that I wasn‟t conscious of at the time, that she was the love of my life.

The more I sat there in the parking lot staring up at the church the angrier I got. I had to get out of there. To flee with the

wind and leave my thoughts behind me. To let the speed consume me until my mind is so numb I couldn‟t feel. Maybe then I

would start to forget.

I was about to start my bike, when I heard a slam of doors of the church. Turning back to the doorway stood my angel

dressed in a gorgeous wedding dress, her hair falling down around her face.

Her eyes were filled with tears. Each teardrop was like a knife into my soul. I locked eyes with her. Everything was quiet,

and in that moment I wanted to jump up and sweep her up into my arms and comfort her and protect her from whatever was

causing her harm. But what if I was the cause of her pain?

She began to take steps toward me. It was as if she was fighting her own personal demons. Like she was unsure of if she

wanted to come any closer to me. I wanted her to. I wanted to wipe away all the tears from her lovely face and wrap my arms

around her. But what claim did I have? I had lost, hadn‟t I?

I finally got enough courage to speak, though I didn‟t really know what to say to her. “Bella?” I whispered.

I wouldn‟t have noticed the man behind her if I hadn‟t heard the doors slam again. Both our attentions turned to a man

standing just outside the door. Dressed in his silken tuxedo, he stared at both of us. When he saw me, I knew he wanted to rip

me apart. He blamed me for this. His dark eyes bored into my soul and I know he wanted me dead this very moment.

“Bella, I love you. I want you to be my wife. Please, come back inside.” He begged.

I watched the struggle in her eyes. Her voice was barely a whisper when she turned to him. “I don‟t think I can. I don‟t know

what to do.”

Her eyes traveled back to mine and I wanted to beg her to stay with me, love me, to marry me. I knew I couldn‟t do that to

her, that would have been selfish. I had already done too much to her. This was her choice.

With a trembling voice, I spoke to her.

“I love you, Bella. You are my heart, my soul, my everything. I was such a fool to tell you all those years ago that I didn‟t

want your love. I missed out on so much with you, but this is your choice. I have been a complete asshole to you about your

feelings for me, but you have always believed that I was this good and sweet person. You make me want to be that person.

I‟m tired of the womanizing, I want a person that means something to me, and that person is you. If you love him more than

me, I will go away and leave you to your happiness. The only thing that really matters is your happiness.”

After I told her what I felt, it was as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, but now it was a waiting game. Bella‟s

eyes moved from me to the eyes of her fiancé. The question was who she would pick, me or Jacob Black.

Chapter 1: Memories of Friendship

September 2003

“Bella, get out of bed. You‟re going to be late.”

Groaning, I rolled over in bed and shoved my head down in the pillow. Renee Swan was just too perky in the morning. At

times, I wondered if she didn‟t pick up the wrong baby at the hospital to take home because we were nothing alike. After

pulling the covers back up around my head and was settled enough that I could fall back asleep, I felt the covers being ripped

off my body and I jerked around to see her standing at the foot of my bed.

“Up.”

I glanced at the alarm clock to see it read 5:30 in the morning. Snatching back the covers I rolled over and tried to go back to

sleep. Again, the covers were taken and this time she didn‟t release them. I rolled over to stare at her.

“It‟s too early,” I groaned, “Let me sleep.”

My mother‟s tone said it all. “You shouldn‟t have let Edward break your truck then. Now you have to depend on him getting

you to school. Get in the shower. He‟ll be here early you know.”

Watching her leave the room, I kept wondering how she was actually my mother. I picked up my glasses that were lying

beside my bed, put them on, and finally climbed out. I almost stumbled to the floor, but that wasn‟t anything really new

though. Morning wasn‟t my best time of day. I required a few hours worth of wake up time to be able to walk.

After grabbing my toiletries, I went into the bathroom and shut the door behind me. I was internally grumbling at Edward.

My mom was right too. I shouldn‟t have let him break my truck, now it‟s at his house, parked next to his car being fixed. He

wanted to try off-road driving with my truck and it ended up breaking all my shocks, so the engine now required a complete

tune-up. I really hated him sometimes.

It‟s at times when he does these kinds of things that I questioned my sanity about being his friend. Edward Cullen wasn‟t

your typical guy. He just had this way of doing things and most people really didn‟t understand him. I, however, have been

his friend since my family moved to Forks all those years ago. Some days I would think back to those moments. It almost

seems like yesterday when it happened.

“ Mom, I don’t want to go to school here. I am going to miss Sarah and Maggie. I can’t go to school without them.”

I remember my mom taking my hand and leading me up the steps of Forks Elementary school and into the principal’s office.

She leaned down and whispered, “You will be fine, Bella. Kids move to new schools all the time and you will make new

friends.”

After what felt like forever, Mom lead me down the hallway past the other classrooms and stopped in front of the door that

had a large three by it. Third grade. . . Meeting my eyes, she realized I was terrified.

Wrapping her arms around me she gave me a sense of security, but I knew that she couldn’t stay here like that with me all

day or forever. She looked at me and smiled. “Bella, you will be fine. You will make all kinds of new friends and soon this

place will be like it was back in Marion.” She kissed me on the forehead and released me from her touch. Motioning to me to

open the door, I reached out, turned the knob and pulled the door open. I looked once more at my mother before I urged

myself inside.

Everyone in the room stared at me. I never liked being the center of attention but I was at this point. Crossing the room, I

stood before the teacher with the small handful of papers that I had to give her. She appeared to be very nice. She was small

in stature, and had brilliant eyes. Her voice sent me to a place of comfort.

“ Hello, Isabella. I’m Mrs. Kern. Welcome to Forks.”

I blushed. I wasn’t used to people calling me by my full name. “Just Bella, please.” She smiled and took my hand and led me

to the front of the class.

“ Class, this is Bella Swan, she just moved here from Marion, Illinois. I know you all will make her feel welcome here and

please help her if she needs it.”

I blushed again at the attention. She led me across the room to an open desk and that was when I saw him. He had the

greenest eyes ever and his bronze hair was a mess. He looked up at me with cold eyes, and it frightened me even more.

Mrs. Kern told me to sit down there and she retrieved me some textbooks to put in my desk. Out of the corner of my eye, I

watched the bronze-haired, green- eyed boy next to me. He seemed just annoyed that he had to be there.

The boy a seat over leaned over and whispered, “Hey, Edward… kickball at lunch?”

“ Jasper, that is a really stupid question to ask me. Yes.”

Edward…

The day went on and on, but I spoke to no one. I was just too shy to talk to anyone. I had never been one to be too talkative,

and it was clear now too. I ate lunch alone, but I saw the boys called Edward and Jasper eating lunch with another boy and

two girls. I didn’t know why I was fascinated with Edward. I never really played with that many boys back home. They had

cooties. He glanced over my way when I was looking, but I glanced down at my food in hopes that he hadn’t noticed me

staring at him.

Lunch recess was very uneventful for the most part, but it was near the end that the problems came up. Two girls came up to

me while I was on the swing and stood in front of me, blocking me. One, who was obviously the ring leader, spoke to me with

a very nasal voice. “I’m Lauren. This is Jessica.”

“ Hello.”

The one called Lauren then pulled at my shirt and sneered at it. “You must be poor, because you don’t have very nice

clothes.” I looked up at her and I was terrified. Both girls started to laugh at me and when I tried to get away from them,

Jessica pushed me to the ground.

I didn’t want to cry in front of them, but I couldn’t help myself. While this had happened more and more kids were circling

around me. Second, third, and forth graders were all laughing at me.

“ Hey… leave her alone.”

I looked up to see those green eyes again looking at me. He was pushing kids away from me and placed himself in front of

me. He looked very menacing too. The group acted as if they wanted to get involved more but the sight of another boy scared

them off. He was huge!

“ Got this under control, Eddie?”

He glared back at him, “Yes, Emmett.” He didn’t move from his stance in front of me either.

Lauren stood in front of the group and glared at him. “I guess you have another freak to add your group of friends, but I

wouldn’t want her with me either if I was you. I thought you had better taste than someone like her, Cullen.”

The group scattered and I still sat on the ground, trying to wipe away my tears. What really surprised me was the hand that

was extended in front of me. I looked up to meet his green eyes. He looked almost sad. I took his hand and stumbled some and

he caught me to keep me from falling to the ground again. I tried not to look him in the eyes, but he took his fingers and

raised my face so that our eyes met.

“ Are you okay?”

I nodded. He smiled at me and helped me to my feet. I thought he would turn around and go back to his friends. I was going

to go back to my swing and leave them alone too. He reached out and grabbed my hand to stop me though.

“ Come with us.”

I stared at him and looked to the others that were with him. The two boys looked confused but not really upset at the thought

of me being with them. One of the girls, one that I recognized from class this morning, looked rather annoyed by my

presence. The other, small and very pixie-like, was jumping up and down next to that I knew to be called Jasper. She dashed

over to my side.

“ Hi, I’m Alice. I’m Edward’s sister, the big guy over there is our older brother, Emmett, and they are Jasper and Rosalie

Hale.”

Alice seemed really sweet, but a little on the hyper side. The school bell rang to tell us to go back to class and Alice took my

hand and walked with me. When we got back inside, I noticed that Alice went into the second grade class and Emmett to the

forth. I stood there and turned to see Edward staring at me.

He extended his hand to me again, and I wrapped my own around his. “I’m Edward Cullen, it’s very nice to meet you.”

“ Bella Swan.”

“ Jingle Bells…”

I smiled at that. I thought it was cute. He led me to my seat and the rest of the day he helped me with everything. I would

glance over at him and when our eyes met, he would smile back at me.

I then did the most childish thing. I passed him a note. It read:

Would you be my best friend? Check yes or no.

Yes No

He read it. He pulled out a pencil, wrote on it, and passed it back to me. I opened the note see a check. He checked yes. I

turned to him and he smiled back to me. I had never had a best friend, not even back home.

Most of all, I remember when we walked out school that day. He took my hand and led me out of the school and I saw my

mom waiting for me. I told him bye, and that I would see him tomorrow and he just smiled back to me. It was a sense of

security. He was my safe place in that school now.

“Bella… hurry up.”

I shook my head and finally finished getting ready. I was back in my room, in front of the closet, when I heard the rumble of

his car. He had to make it as loud as possible. The neighbors hated it, but I thought it sounded awesome. Being his friend

made me appreciate cars more.

I was standing in a bra and a pair of jeans when he came into my room.

“Hey Jingle Bells.”

He still thought he was so cute and funny.

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