I am still reading!! This is one of my favorite stories and you tortured me with your absence. I usually don't comment but after having to wait so long from the last chapter, i though i should give you some love and let you know how great your story is! I hope we get a new chapter within the week! i can't wait!

Author's Response:

Thank you for commenting and letting me know you're out there :)

Limona - Read through this whole fic just today, and am completely captured by it.  I'll confess that the premise had me wary - but now I guess it was more like Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet - balsy but brilliant. 

I haven't swung by the forums or read any reviews, so I don't know what people are speculating about what's going on, so I could be really really off base, but I'm going to toss out my guess: I think Bella is Aro's daughter, or if not his direct offspring, then somehow directly linked to the family.  Bella's emotional response to Edward mentioning her parents' deaths was too strong (I'm guessing) and I think it was foreshadowing.  Bella is special to the Volturi, and particularly to Aro, and in a way that pisses off Caius.  I think the thing that pushed her to go forward was probably having something to do with learning of her parentage and choosing to link herself with Charlie (upstanding cop killed in the line of duty) rather than Aro (slimy mafia godfather).  Okay, like I said, that could be way way off base, but it's still my guess.

Oh, and I really like both Rosalie and Alice in this fic, and that's pretty rare for me.  Blessings!!!

Author's Response:

Jackie, I know the premise sounds sketch (which is actually one of the reasons I picked it), but I'm glad you gave it a shot! Thanks so much for your thoughtful guesses... obviously I can't comment on anything plot-related. :)

I'm glad you're enjoying the story!

great chapter!! i am so glad that you updated! i thought that you were going to stop with the story! i cant wait for the next update!

I am so excited that they are "together" again. I can not wait for your updates. I was so happy to see the update and it was worth the wait.

GAH! Limona! Yayyayay! UPDATE!

I didn't know you were on twi.. It was only Hope's tweet with the link that I discovered when I woke this morn..

 

Thank god I did!!!!!!

 

Woah. Another amazing chapter. Their night time confessional had been building for a long time....

Edward hearing he made her happy...That lit something brand new inside of him didn't it? Something no other has ever lit..

Only Bella.

& for Bella? Hearing Ed say he just wanted her safe & happy...? I can't imagine what that must have meant to a friendless orphan. Emmett is paid to keep her safe, but Edward? he's choosing to say it, followed up by his effort and trouble to be with her for the disposition. His actions show his love in ways that must make Bella tingle sexually but more importantly emotionally.

 

& you make a wee chaste scene in a bed smouldering hot. Its the way you ply & layer the tension.. Brill.

My only hope is that Edward doesn't freak out. its obv that Bella wanted this at least as much as he wanted..

Anyways an absolutely smashing chapter.

I thank you most sincerely.

Cheers!

& lotsa love.

Emmy.
XXX

PS~I fail at life & have not been on the twi boards for too long.. The fact I am not stalking your thread is not any reflection on how much i still adore this story. thanks! <3
X

Author's Response:

Emmy, your reviews are like poetry in and of themselves. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and appreciate HIPS.

EVERYONE is still reading this. Have no fear; I even stopped the first creative flow I had for one of my stories in months just to read this update! And it was so worth it!

I always love the bits of flashback into when Bella worked with the Volturi, and I'm still trying to piece together everything that happened... Is Jay Jenks important? Did she overhear some of their conversation when she was leaving that afternoon? What the hell hapened?!? lol...

But yeah. I love how Edward planned everything out as if he was already going to the deposition, and he wss just waiting for confirmation. I wonder what he would have done if he didn't end up going, eh? I doubt he would make himself go into work and twiddle his thumbs as he worried, so I can just imagine him swimming laps or running on his treadmill all day to work off his anxiety, the poor fellow. I'm glad that he planned ahead and got his way, hahaha

But I REALLY loved how Edward was hearing all those double entendres from Bella for pretty much the entire expanse of the chapter before finally getting somewhere. Did Bella mean to say those things in a dirty way and is just really good at keeping it casual, or was it all in his head? Either way would be hilarious hahaha

Thank you for an excellent chapter, and I look forward to seeing more of this story. I've missed it greatly. Is there a 12 on the rating scale, or do I *actually* have to stop at a ten? ^.^

Author's Response:

MuffNbutter, thanks so much for sticking with HIPS :)

Given that Jason Jenks got mentioned in chapter 16 and chapter 17, he might be important. :)

There was no way that Edward was NOT going to the deposition... thus he just asked for permission at the end.

Glad you liked the double entendres... I had fun with those!

Take care,

limona

i quite liked edward's perspective

and that he's considering that he loves bella (YAY)

 

please keep writing, i miss this story

The chapter was pretty good, but I don't see what the big deal was about removing all traces of Bella from the guest room. Obviously Alice knew Bella was sleeping there, she IS the one who caught Bella and Jacob in that very room just a couple months earlier.

Author's Response:

When Bella first moved in, there was nothing in the room, as evidenced by when Edward looked around and found her list. Just because Jacob and Bella were making out in the guest room didn't mean Bella was necessarily sleeping there. It's not like she would have made out with Jacob in Edward's bed-- that would have been tacky.

Thanks for reading!

Glad to see the update!  Can't wait for another, of course! 

Thanks For Writing!

you are right!  it's been a REALLY long while....and...well...i'm glad you're back :)

i was so excited to see an update. im still reading, and still loving it :)

Please update soon.  I am really enjoying it and can't wait to see where it goes.

 

 

I'm usually not one to leave reviews, but parts in this chapter made me literally laugh out loud, and I'm usually not one to laugh out loud when reading a story.

"Her logic was if she showed enough cleavage, no one would look at her face anyway."

Best line ever. If I ever have to wear a disguise then I'll definitely remember that.

"...whenever their letters were bad, they made up words like unparrot. When I asked Bella to use it in a sentence, she said: Don't unparrot my words back to me."

"Unparrot" almost sounds like it could be an actual word. If the person listening was drunk.  And stoned.  And hard of hearing.  And had an inner ear infection.  And the word was mumbled extremely quickly so that it almost sounded French.

I wanted to thank you for the update.  I've been enjoying your story very much and I'm glad that you haven't abandoned it.  I am looking forward to the next chapter and hope that you continue writing because you have a real knack for storytelling.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know you're reading and for your kind words. :)

And unparrot could be a word. Kinda. She was able to use it in a sentence!