The characters in this story belong to S Meyers – I have just borrowed some of them.

This story has been inspired by the fabulous book Perfect by Judith McNaught.

I am writing for fun , not profit. Hope you have fun too.

Taken In

Chapter 1

"Come on Bella, hurry up they're just getting to it!" my lovely friend Alice shrieked. I dashed into the TV lounge and joined her in front of the huge 55 inch screen TV.

"Oh my God, oh my God, is he there? Have you seen him yet?" I yelled as I sprawled untidily on the floor.

Both Alice and myself had an absolute fixation with the most handsome, gorgeous, hot actor in existence – Edward Cullen. He was nominated to win this year's Oscar and we had no doubts whatsoever that he would win.

We were both fifteen years old and besotted with the aforementioned popular and much adored actor, Edward Cullen. He was everywhere – in the news, in all the gossip magazines. He was the current darling of the media and of lots of teenage girls everywhere! He was a hugely talented actor and every film he appeared in was an instant and lucrative success. Film studios everywhere vied to persuade him to star in their films. However, apart from his talents as a performer, he was the most gorgeous man I had ever set my fifteen year eyes on.

Suddenly, the camera on the TV screen zoomed in on Edward Cullen. I could feel the blood drain from my face. My excitement was almost overwhelming. He was absolutely gorgeous. Tall, handsome and classically good looking! I was completely star struck. And so was Alice. We spent hours and hours talking about Edward Cullen.

We bored parents and friends alike. We were the renowned experts in our small town of Forks on all things Cullen. We even knew what hair shampoo he used. We knew where he lived, what his favourite food was, what his hobbies were. We had once tried to attend a premiere of one of his films, but our parents wouldn't give us the air fares to get us to LA. Most unfair, we thought – and unreasonable. We were total stalkers – or at least we would have been, if somebody would have given us money to be able to stalk him. Our pocket money didn't go far enough to allow it.

We held onto each other sighing and then becoming breathless as we looked upon our favourite, hot movie star.

That was when I noticed his arm round the shoulders of a gorgeous red-headed goddess!

"Oh no!" I exclaimed, "Edward's with Tanya Richardson!"

Alice looked at me and I looked at her. We had both agreed that we would be very magnanimous and that if Edward Cullen had to choose to be with one of us, the other would be very gracious and accept that they would just be good friends with the future Mr and Mrs Cullen. Of course I already knew that Edward Cullen and myself were fated to be together! Okay, he was about eight years older than me, but it was in the stars that he would wait for me. Alice would adapt. I also knew that just about every female in the country would marry Edward Cullen in a heartbeat. (I had actually caught my own mum drooling over a magazine article about him – she said she had bought the magazine for the recipes! Sure mother!!)

"Do you think that they're together or just keeping each other company?" asked Alice in a hopeful tone of voice.

"He wouldn't be with such an empty, vacuous airhead," I replied confidently. Everybody (at least the people who read the gossip magazines) knew that Tanya Richardson was a shallow, self-serving actress who had slept her way up the ladder in Hollywood. She was at least five years older than Edward Cullen and she had a reputation for using and abusing young and aspiring actors. Surely our Edward wouldn't fall for her empty charms!

"The winner for the best actor award goes to Edward Cullen for his part in 'The Weber Diaries'" read out Meryl Streep.

Alice and I watched as our hero stood up, leaned forward and shared a scorching kiss with Tanya Richardson before striding to the stage to accept his award. He looked stunning in his black tuxedo, good enough to eat. He strode over to the podium.

His lilting, melodic voice came from the speakers. "I would like to thank everybody concerned with the making of The Weber Diaries. Especially Emmett – the best director ever, all the back stage crew, but also the other actors who made this film such a success, especially my co-star, Tanya Richardson. She has been a tower of strength and she encouraged me when it seemed such hard going. I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that Tanya and I will be getting married. She has agreed to be my wife and there could not be a happier man on this planet!"

There was an audible gasp from around the auditorium and then a huge round of applause.

The camera zoomed into the smiling, beautiful face of Tanya Richardson. The other guests on her table were standing and giving her hugs and kisses. She looked ecstatic. Then Edward Cullen could be seen rushing back to the table with his Oscar held in his hand and the happy couple could be seen in a passionate embrace.

Apparently Edward Cullen could fall for the empty charms of Tanya Richardson. Well more fool him!

"Oh no!" gasped Alice. I, for one couldn't say anything. My dreams were falling about my ears. My fifteen year old heart was breaking and I didn't know what to do. We hugged each other and gave in to the tears. Our hero was getting married. He was never going to wait for either one of us. He was taken, owned and landed – by Tanya Richardson!

Two Years Later

The insistent sound of my phone ringing woke me from a deep sleep. I looked at my alarm clock. Six 'o' clock!! Who on earth would risk my wrath at this time of the morning. Only one person – Alice!!

I bad-temperedly picked up the phone. "This better be good or you are dead!" I grumbled into the phone.

"Bella, Bella! You've got to turn on the news! Edward Cullen has been arrested for the murder of his wife Tanya Richardson!" Alice shrieked. I held the phone away from my ear. Did she want to deafen me? What she said sank into my consciousness.

"What?" I screamed back.

Alice and I had retained our love of all things Edward Cullen, even though he had married Tanya Richardson. We watched with the whole nation as the most elaborate and glittering wedding ever seen in Hollywood took place just a couple of months after he won his first Oscar. Taste didn't seem to matter. Money was obviously no object, and the list of wedding guests was hundreds long. We watched as our gorgeous man married a second rate actress who just didn't deserve him!

Over the last two years, Edward had begun directing his own movies and had proved equally successful at this as he was with his acting. He had persuaded one large Hollywood studio to take a risk on his directing skills as a condition of him starring in their next blockbuster. He had not only succeeded, but he had received an Oscar for directing, as well as starring in the movie White Water Rapids.

We knew, through the gossip columns, that Edward was just finishing shooting his latest movie, "Over the Hills." This was a real raunchy and steamy film which was the story of a jealous husband who believed his wife was cheating on him with a travelling salesman. Tanya Richardson-Cullen was the cheating wife and Edward was the jealous husband. Playing the part of the travelling salesman was a washed up actor called James Whitehead. James was notorious for his womanising and his free use of recreational drugs.

Alice and I had pored over all the latest stories from the set and we knew that James had only been employed by Edward as a favour to the studio as James had an outstanding contract with them and they needed to get some kind of financial return on him. Gossip said that Edward had taken this broken down actor and coaxed a stunning performance from him. Such was his directing genius.

What on earth had happened I wondered? What had gone so badly wrong?

A very short introduction. Hope you enjoyed it.