I LOVE this story.  That way you write is phenomonal! 

 

I am Team Jacob and always will be.  I don't really want Edward to come back, the creep...but I see it's inevitable.

 

Keep up the good work!  I'm looking forward to the next post!

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Thanks so much!

I'm sticking to a promise I made, which is to review every chapter of this series as I read it. Fantastic writing, as always. What is Jessica doing there? I wonder how she'll react to seeing Bella there that early in the morning...and why would Jessica show up at Jake's house looking for Embry? Weird...But I love your story.

I'm not on any specific team. I like Edward from the book, I hate Edward from the movie (Rob Pattinson is UGGERS!), I love Jacob from the book and the movie. So I like to think I'm not for any specfic team, I would still really like to see this end as Team Jacob. After everything Bella has gone through, after everything Jake has gone through, they just NEED to be together! :)

Anyway, I'm loving this story and cannot wait for the next chapter! Please update as soon as possible and I will continue to review each chapter! Quid pro quo and all that, haha!

Author's Response:

Thank you!  We should have a one-shot from a very delusional Jessica soon.  Embry paid attention to her, and she's smitten now.

I would love to see a story where Jacob gets his happy ending...with Bella.  I am Team Edward but only because I want Jacob for myself.  ;)

Author's Response:

Nope, Jacob's all mine ;)

Wow, Jessica.... Wonder what she will think of the whole pack, packed in Jacob's modest dwelling. Jessica and Embry? Anything to keep Lauren out of the mix.
I'm solid team Jake. I am totally good with the books and Edward and Bella, but personally I would be more likely to pick the Jacob type. Eward is too good to be true.

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I have to say that if it was me, I'd pick Jake, too.  I would totally go for the big, muscled, copper-skinned guy over the pale sparkly one! 

Oh, I didn't realize that people could read my reviews.  Hopefully I haven't said anything naughty or sassy!  Thanks for the insight.  I'm going to go back and read that part.  So, do you think you'll do it then - bring him back? Whoa, talk about angst.  Bella will be so torn. 

Author's Response:

Oh, yeah, reviews are always public.  But no, I don't think you've said anything out of line.  In fact, I've only had a couple of people say things I wish they hadn't, but in those cases it was always because they were making assumptions, so I usually shrug it off.  As the story goes on, they'll see where they were mistaken.  The funniest one I had was when a reader completely went off about how Jacob was such a jerk and she always hated him.  A few chapters later she came back and more or less apologized, saying she'd gotten the wrong impression and now she loved him!

And yes, Edward is definitely coming back in the sequel.  Angest and indecision will ensue.  It should make for an interesting turn of events!

I love the image of the entire pack coming in for breakfast.  It made me smile, having Bella making them breakfast and just one after another after another coming by.  I can't wait to find out what Jessica's up to!

As far as your question goes, I am extremely torn.  I'm pretty firmly Team Edward, but Jacob's love is so sweet and pure and genuine and just wonderful that I would be very sad if he didn't get a happy ending.  I find it hard to believe that Bella would just take Edward back in this universe, though.  That being said, I imagine having Jacob imprint would be okay, and I think Edward having to woo Bella back to him would be interesting.  But again, I really want Jacob to have a happy ending.  If that happens to be with Bella, then that is fantastic, but as long as they are both happy in the end, I think I'll be okay :-)

Author's Response:

Well, at least one of my readers isn't working themselves into a panic!  Thank you!

Okay in response to your chapter end notes.  I am very Team Edward....but this story belongs to Bella and Jacob and they belong together here....and I am loving it! I have never hated Jacob and always wished she could have them both in some ways.  I can't help but feel that Jacob might imprint soon...and obviously not with Bella so who knows where it will go...oh wait you do don't you? Lol! Great chapter...Jessica and Embry hmmmmm....

Author's Response:

LOL! Yes, I certainly do.  But I'm thoroughly enjoying the guessing games everyone is playing.  It's fascinating to witness readers convincing themselves it will go a certain way and then either celebrating or freaking out about it. 

Ok, so I am definitely Team Edward in all other stories and SM's stuff.  I was also Team Edward at the beginning of this story.  However, the subtle way that you have woven this story has begun to show me that Jacob can be good for Bella and make her happy.  She is realizing that there is less danger, in some ways, when she is close to Jacob.  She feels happy and safe with him and the pack.  I really am teetering on the fence here.  At any moment, I could fall on the Team Jacob side.  It doesn't sound like Edward has made any effort to check up on Bella, even to just to see if she is alive.  If her future disappeared with Alice, he doesn't seem concerned about that.  I would really like to see some testing of the sexual boundaries with Jacob.  That is ok with him like it wasn't with Edward and that will make or break Bella's mind, I think.  Being intimate is such a personal and intense thing, that getting towards that intimacy with Jacob will be a fate sealer, I think.  Plus, I'm itchin' for some lovin' for those two!

Author's Response:

Thank you!  And now I'm going to tell you a secret:  Edward has already been back. In the very first chapter, there was "a movement, a flash of color in the shadows behind the trees."   Bella wondered if it was Jake, and for a short time, readers asked about it.  But most everyone has forgotten about that little part by now.  I wonder how many people will scan through these reviews and find this now...

I used to love Edward, but you've turned me. Team Jacob all the way. Bella and Jake should for shiz end up together, especially if Edward comes back and he's still a mopey little emo vamp. That irritates me to no end.

Author's Response:

Thanks so much!  I'm still shocked that so many from Edward's camp have even given this fic a chance, and even moreso that so many now love Jacob!

Yeah, still panicky about edward but I'll hold off for now. I liked the way this chapter was done. It was tastefully written but it did not shy away from the darker aspects of Bella. Most that I read are straight pornography so I commend you on your tasteful approach.

Author's Response:

Thank you!!!  I have to admit I read my share of the smutty fics.  They're just plain fun.  And while I'd like for Bella to mature into a good relationship with less physical boundaries with whichever guy she chooses, I just don't see her going there right now.  I rated the story R here on Twilighted simply because I thought things like Jake getting too turned on by Bella, or that first little incident on the sofa weren't quite appropriate for someone who's only thirteen.  Then again, there are plenty of thirteen year olds these days who would probably think nothing of that.  But on ff.net, I rated it T because I just didn't feel that it merited the M rating, and I wasn't sure that I wanted to take it there just yet.  When I get to the sequel, things may steam up a bit, but that'll be different--- Bella will be in college.  Even then, though, I don't really want it to be a "bodice ripper."  I can almost imagine the hesitation and awkwardness that will occur when Bella does relax her boundaries a little, and I don't think that's something I should gloss over and romanticize.

ah jessica is back... lol

and to answer your question... im torn. i really do love the relatioship you created between bellla and jacob, but i totally love edward. i guess id have to see what happens when he returns.. the actions he makes, the things he says in order to truely see who i think she should be with

Author's Response:

Thank you!  Yes, Jessica's just too much fun to forget about.  And after Embry's little plot, I think he deserves some girl-drama! 

WELL THIS IS THE ONLY JACOB/BELLA STORY I HAVE READ - I AM A 38 YEAR OLD MOM OF 2 GIRLS - I DO THIS BELLA - SHE IS STRONG - I AM TEAM EDWARD - BUT I WANT JACOB TO IMPRINT ON BELLA AND I WANT JACOB TO WIN - I ALWAYS THOUGHT EDWARD DID NOT DESERVE HER FORGIVNESS

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Thank you!  I always felt like Bella forgave Edward way too easily in the books.  I mean, where was all the pain and anger she'd been feeling?  That little epiphany moment just didn't convince me!