I may have read the first half of this story three times.

I may have taken my glass of wine in one hand and ciggie in another to find a dark secluded corner - cradling myself back and forth.

No long winded emails tonight other than to once again tell you that I love this story and how beautifully you have written it.

Brilliant.

Author's Response:

Honey, I read that first half so many times it isn't even funny. I even told myself I was proof-reading exta-well, looking for errors but getting side-tracked each and every single time. I get the wine and ciggie scenario. The cradling, and rocking. You didn't mention moaning. I'm mentioning it now.

Thanks for the Storylove once again.

-bannerday

yum yum yum--- annoying, pain in the ass, two layer chocolate bastard, cockblocking birthday cake.   mmmmmmmm...ok kids, it's getting late time for bed!!!!! hmmm what can these two crazy kids get up to now????? CAN"T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

Author's Response:

It's too bad they didn't think to save a little chocolate ganache for the midnight hour, isn't it? Or that Edward didn't grab an extra bottle of chocolate syrup down when he was getting one for Mrs. Cope.

Thanks for the review. Quit drooling on your keyboard there, andib!

-bannerday

Hehe! I love Edward's name for the cake.

Author's Response:

Hi bran!

Poor Edward, suffering a cake-induced mind-malfunction like that. ;)

Thanks for the review.

-bannerday

WOW that was fast.

What a great dinner party... oh and we won't even start to get into the pre-party.  I needed to join edward in that shower afterwords!  hehehe. 

SOOOOO...whats gonna happen at midnight if they arn't doing laundry???

Love the story!

Hoping my ass is getting smaller since it is just sitting there! heeh

Author's Response:

Hi accsmom!

I'm a girl on a mision! I want to get as much done before I go back to work and have to slow things down a little. Glad you liked the dinner party, and the pre-party.

Nope! No laundry at midnight. I promise there will be clothing all over the floor though. And buttons. Buttons will be flying. ;)

Your ass is getting smaller by the day. Would you like me to send it back when it's a size four or a size two?

Thanks for the review.

-bannerday

So Emmett's rooting for Team Edward, huh? lol

I love the p-i-t-a two-layer chocolate bastard cockblocker cake! I want that recipe! It sounds fantastic. (Although the one I gave you is divine, too!)

On to the unfinished business...

Author's Response:

Hi ladyrip!

Of course Emmett is on Team Rose, first and foremost, but after that, Team Edward all the way. Certainly not Team Hulk. ;)

Glad you liked the Cockblocker Cake. You saw the r4ecipe link on the next chapter, I assume. I think it sounds very do-able.

Maybe we should each perform our own bake-off and exchange reviews.

Read you soon. thanks for the review.

-bannerday

they are so sweet! i loved it all!! especially the party!

Author's Response:

Hi delilah!

Glad you loved them all and the dinner party. Gifts and music and silly memories ahead.

Thanks for the review.

-bannerday

Wow..fancy shmancy deliciously lickable meal for sure! ;+)  Linda xo

Author's Response:

Glad you liked it Linda. I have to admit, I'd lick any of those food items and every single man around that dinner table. Some more than others. Okay, so I'd lave Edward with my tongue as I salivated all over his body. Several times over. I can admit to my addictions. Nothing wrong with lapping up a little (?) manly goodness. ;)

Thanks for the review and the pervy thoughts that ran through my brain upon reding it.

-bannerday

sweet love this story

Author's Response:

Hi sweet!

Thanks for the Storylove! More to love very soon. ;)

-bannerday

Super speedy updates, Batman! This is such a beautiful closer for dinner! as always, you make me happy! love you banner!

 

~Tay

Author's Response:

I uploaded about like I normally would, the previous chapter had just gotten bogged down in the atmosphere somewhere, so they came out rather back-to-back. Glad you liked the dinner closer. Gifts and festivities up next. Thanks for the love and the review.

-bannerday

OMG! Another chapter gone up already, and I was savouring the fact that this one was there to enjoy for a couple of days. That way I don't get too angsty before the next fix..er chapter, silly? Much!

Silly me, never thought before to look on fanfic, but I found you yesterday!! Still gonna wait for the chapters to come up here though, especially when I found fanfic readers never got Mrs. Grope! Thank you eternally for the idea of Carlisle's naked chest.....mmmmmm.......oh yeah. spritzed in chocolate syrup......MMMMMMM......BRB!

 

 

 

Okay, down to business! I could wax lyrical about this chapter for a long, long time. How everything about Jasper made me laugh, about pantry sex, ganache, canned goods, liberal parents, ganache, eggshells, chopstix, ganache, cavemen, Happy Birthdays, ganache, happy parents, hot Edwards, ganache, fiesty Bellas, Edward's problem, oh and did I mention ganache?

But I won't, I'll just leave you this: (otherwise my review might get as long as the chapter - what do you mean it already is?))

 

Waiting outside the pantry was a damned inquisition.

They squirmed in explanation 'til they found the right position.

Jasper was so clueless, still, I didn't think that he was able

To think they could keep hidden, a great big snooker table.

Edward reading Bella's mind, why does that make me smile?

Edward playing piano, so relaxing - for a while.

Jasper driving the mixer like he would a racing car,

And reminiscing as he watches, hand washing, from afar.

Rose saying "It's good clean fun.", Emmett saying "Take a shower!"

Then thinking he'll get pantry sex, when Rose holds all the power.

Although Carlisle is happy, Edward is no longer the loner,

It wasn't any son's ideal discussion, with a boner.

How quickly can you go from singing "Happy Birthday" - badly

To insanely throwing liberally condom confetti - gladly.

And maybe because Jasper is a darling little psycho

I really see him sleeping on the top of that piano.

That pain-in-the-ass, two-layer chocolate bastard cake is a cockblocker

But Bella's got her caveman and I think he's about to rock 'er!

 

Just for the record, I adored the whole playful, freakin funny chapter!!!!!!

Isabel

P.S. Glad you enjoyed Jackson with his Texty Shampoo - still has me rolling on the floor!

P.P.S. Do you really have a 23yr old? I do! And a 20yr old, and YES I would flip them off! Forget their Dad, leave it to me! lol

 

Author's Response:

Hi Isabel!

I love you and your long-ass reviews/poetry selections!!! :) I've been trying to push the chapters through faster since I go back to work this week. I'll have less time to update and post. Oh well, it should still be about a chapter a week.

Yeahm about the fanfic site--It's the same story, only it was my starter kit. There were things that I had written and wasn't happy with, or I thought later about something that I wanted to include but no longer could. So when I decided to upload the story on Twilighted, I made some modifications, expanded the story and added storylines. I guess, since I never wrote an outline or "map" of where I was going with this story, THAT version is my outline. ;) I hope people don't go there and read the story, because much will be missing.

Carlisle and the naked chest/chocolate spritz was for you dear. When I was writing, Emmett whispered into my ear and volunteered to help "read" Carlisle's thoughts/lips as he nodded and spoke to Mrs. Grope, I realized that Emmett had something important to contribute.

<<Okay, down to business! I could wax lyrical about this chapter for a long, long time. How everything about Jasper made me laugh, about pantry sex, ganache, canned goods, liberal parents, ganache, eggshells, chopstix, ganache, cavemen, Happy Birthdays, ganache, happy parents, hot Edwards, ganache, fiesty Bellas, Edward's problem, oh and did I mention ganache?>>

Okay, I was rolling in a puddle of tears of laughter and ganache on the floor as I read that. I'm assuming the ganache came from the seepage of the excess that was in you paragraph, because I don't normally keep ganache on my floor. If it's there, I lick it up, not wanting to waste chocolate, you see.

Loved the poem--the Inquisition is never far away, is it? Snooker table---hahahaha. I'm impressed that you were able to get Carlisle and the word boner into the same couplet; I'm amazed that the boner, however, wasn't actually Carlisle's given your predilection for him and all things him. I loved how you managed to get EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of that chapter into that poem. You are Mistress Poetess for your ability with the rhyme.

Yes, I have a 23 year old son and a 19 year old daughter. We could do the flip off--even the daughter would participate, she's not shy, she's like her mother.;)

Thanks for the love, the poem , the giggles and the compliments.

-bannerday

 

 

I do so love me an update :-)  I'm going to try the Chocolate Bastard Cake (AKA Chocolate Raspberry Ganache Torte) someday soon, it sounds so good! 

Author's Response:

I think there might be a lot of Chocolate Bastard Cakes being baked up out there in the fanficfandom in the next few weeks. ;)

Thanks for the review.

-bannerday

Edward did give her a taste of the business. It's like crack. The first taste is always free lol

Author's Response:

The first taste is free and shortly afterward, you're addicted! Obviously he's her own personal brand of crack!

-bannerday

Banner~  I love it!  That was so funny the cake taking on its own life sorta say!  The Jasper and the peotry reading had me rollng sadly I started receiting One fish Two Fish red Fish Blue Fish in my head! LMAO (seriously tears streaming here!) Sadly enough I could not stop myself and went straight into green eggs and ham, and I will not eat them sam I am.  Ok my daughter just came to check to see if I was okay I guess laughing out loud really at your computer is not as cool as just typing it!  LOL  Is it sad that my 12 yr old is shaking her head at me?  Oh hell!  The whole chapter was HOT and I was all geared up to make all these great comments ont he bedroom scene and how I liekd it but I can not get over the jasper loving the cake and talking poetry by dr suess.  I love your writing so much you really amaze me you have a talent for making people smile or maybe jsut me either way you get my votes hands down!  YOU ROCK!!!!

Little sad but true things I have in my arsenal of information I can word for word receit the entire Dr suess's ABC's from cover to cover.  I have actuall read it to my kids while driving, one child turning the pages and me reading it from memory while doing 65 down the interstate.  This was so cool to my 9 yr old son he told his teacher (when he was in kindergarden) who pulled me aside to ask me why I was drivign down the road reading to my kids...when I explained she did not believe me so I showed her I could randomly pull any letter and reciet the poem to go with the letter.  She told me I had too much time on my hands!  I guess I do!

Guess me and Jasper would have thing to discuss!  Shrugs...

TAT~

Author's Response:

Hi TAT!

I promise I will get back to you on that other item--it's just a busy weekend for me.

Glad you liked the cake that wouldn't quit. I'm sure Edward will have cake-centered nightmares for a while to come. Jasper and Alice will have cake with their poetry readings, aparently. Perhaps you should join the,m--instead of a poetry reading, you can give a poetry recitation, featuring the works of Dr. Seuss.

My family has given up wondering why I sit and laugh like a ninny at my computer screen at all hours of the day and night.

Thanks again for the kind words and compliments about my writing.

Okay, I have a child story to share with you---similar to your reading while driving story. When my 23 year old son was about three or four, we were in a restaurant for dinner and somehow the topic of drinking and driving came up, to which my son LOUDLY said, "But Mommy ALWAYS drinks when she drives!" He just didn't mention that he was referring to my coffee cup which went with us to school in the mornings. Needless to say, I got a lot of evil looks from the other diners who didn't seem to appreciate the thought that I was driving around, imbibing while I had my 3-4 year old in the car. ;)

Thanks for the review and laughs.

-bannerday