Sequel to My Sacrifice.  Bella and Edward have made it through the confrontation with James alive and together.  How did all of the hell he put them through affect their lives?  This is Edward's story of coping, loving, and learning to live again.

This summarizes the first seven years or so after Breaking Dawn ends.  It involves Jacob leaving (temporarily), Alice reuniting with part of her human family, and the return of the Volturi.

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“These are the moments I know heaven must exist. These are the moments I know all I need is this.” Fairy-tales can come true, even when you don't think you believe in them. O/S for vi0lentSerenity.

This is the companion piece to my first fan fic story Serendipity.  It's Edward's side of the story as he comes face to face with Bella after his family moved from Forks twelve years ago, leaving Bella alone to deal with the death of her parents.  They're all grown up, and Eddie-boy finds himself in quite the predicament in the beginning.

Four years after Edward left Bella in the forest; Bella is finally moving forward with her life but it is someone from her past that helps her truly heal and obtain the future that she was always meant to have.

"The bottom line is that you have to choose who you are going to commit to - that's the foundation of true love, not a lack of other options." - Stephenie Meyer.   It has been six years since Bella was left alone and heartbroken in the woods.   She has moved on, creating a happy life for herself in La Push.  That is, until an unexpected meeting with some long-lost friends causes her comfortable life to be thrown into disarray.  Will she have to choose between her husband and the man she can't forget?

Bella is on her way home from a disastrous meeting with her newly ex-fiancés parents. What happens when she slams head-on into a beautiful stranger’s car and finds herself stranded? Will she be able to get past her jaded life and trust the stranger? E X B

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She's a feminist, he's a realist. Watch them grow and develop as they learn and challenge each other through differing ideas about sexuality and life in general. AH OOC.

Rated for adult themes and language.

My entry for the Love through Lemons contest.  A peek at the first time for Jasper and Alice.  Rated NC17 or M for super sexytimes.

Seventy-five years is a long time if you're human.  For an immortal its a drop in the bucket!

It is seventy-five years after Renesmee was born, and the Cullen family is moving back to Forks.  How do they react to being "home"?  And what do they do when yet another once in a lifetime (or rather existence) event occurs?  And how do the Volturi take to this development?

Bella and Edward's on again/off again relationship is very much off again. And as Bella tries to move on with her life, she finds it harder than she thought. Especially when Edward keeps reeling her back in.

"Disarm you with a smile,
And leave you like they left me here,
To wither in denial.
The bitterness of one who's left alone.
Ooh, the years burn."

       -Smashing Pumpkins, Disarm

This is an alternative plot to when Bella is on the cliff, picking up from the top of page 358 of New Moon. Bella does not rush back into Edward's arms. Bella struggles a great deal with depression, anxiety, and esteem. Several characters may be slightly OOC in that they use occasional profanity.

"This story contains incidents of self-harm. If this is disturbing to you, please do not read."

What if Bella broke down on the cliff and truly tried to kill herself? What if Edward got the news in a different way and hadn't gone to Volterra? Where would it leave Edward and Bella? Where would it leave Bella and Jacob? This story will be an angst filled alternative, but I do believe in happyish endings.

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After Edward left Bella in New Moon, she continued to live the pieces of her life that lay intact. Her relationship with Jacob blossomed, she graduated Forks High, and then went on to experience her first year of college. 

However, when she arrives home for summer break, she's confronted by a revengeful Victoria and attacked. The werewolves arrive in time to fend off the crazed vampire, but at the price of Bella's life. Suddenly the existence she once desired becomes a reality, and Bella finds herself alone and fighting an internal battle of Good and Evil. 

How will Bella react when the Cullen family are thrown back into her life after a two and a half year absence?