Let me just stop here and say that the whole storyline about "Bad Boy Edward" being reformed by "Good Girl Bella" had been done to death in fanfic - usually badly - and yet you bring such a fantastic new breath of fresh air to it, that I barely even recognized it as such (I did, but you know what I mean!). I can't decide if it's your finely drawn characters, or the twist of each of their "deficiencies" or the delightfully realistic high school settings and dramas. Somehow you have taken something old and made it new again - the sign of a fine writer.

Author's Response:

Good morning and welcome back! LOL. And thank you for your kind words.

Oh. So. Cute.

Sigh.

Young Love.

I lied. One more chapter.

Love it! Ah, smitten innocent Edward the rebel is just getting me all goey!

Seriously, I love your characterizations - very clear in their dialogue and consistent in their reactions. And the slow build is agonizing!!

That niggling feeling Edward . . . jealous much?

Author's Response:

thanks for the reviews to the chapters! I appreciate each one!

Bella's got bark and big-girl panties! :) You are seriously making me laugh in this fic!

I love Edward's "Phase One" - at the Burger Boy, no less!

Your characters are very true to high-school! On to the next . . .

OMG!!!!! They totally got caught. Poor Bella! Looking forward to the next update.

Another great chapter. Thanks :) Cant wait for the next one

Holy hell, it is so nice to read a more realistic portrayal of first-time sex than the usual "Oooh, it stings, okay, ah, orgasm" fare of many fanfics.  Though the continued pain has me nervous for her...

Omg!!! this chapter was awsome please please update soon!!! What will carlisle do?????!!!!

omg.. out of all the chapters wherein something bad happened, this is the chapter where i felt worst afterwards. it's just really awful (not the writing, but what happened)..i mean, when something good happens to edward (i consider the thing about the car good), something bad is always going to ruin it and it makes me sad because i feel that edward is barely hanging on to being good and all.

and then there's also their first attempt.. it wasn't successful. it felt awkward and all.. i mean, they had tons of foreplay. i wonder why it hurt that much to bella. maybe there's a problem? i mean, bella did have pain urinating afterwards. i'm not familiar about that and i was wondering if there's something wrong with bella medically.. i mean, she might have UTI or something. i'm not so sure. bella might have a phobia of having sex now if she thinks she'll have pain like that after having sex. and then carlisle saw them. it is indeed the worst timing but i don't blam edward and bella. i just hope carlisle won't give them too much hell about it. if charlie finds out what they've been up to, OH God. i don't think they can handle that. i'm afraid of what charlie might do. he might forbid her to see edward and i was thinking carlisle and esme wouldn't be opposed to that either. *sigh* things just seem so awful. i saved this for last to read yesterday (read it already in ff) out of all my fave fics that updated because this is my fave and never fails to make me happy afterwards. but then i just felt awful (again about what happend, not the writing or anything. i know things like this happens really). i just hope they still have their HEA.

Great chapter!!