You know those fics where Edward doesn't come back and Bella forgets about him and five seconds later she's in bed with Jacob and none of it makes any damn sense?
Yeah, this isn't one of them.

This story picks up from the moment in New Moon when Jacob has driven Bella home after the cliff diving incident, right before he catches the scent of Alice. Only in this telling, Alice wasn't looking, so there's no sudden appearance at Bella's house, no Rosalie calling Edward and sending him on a suicidal mission to Volterra, and no reason for Bella to do anything but believe that Edward didn't love her anymore. This is simply a story of what might have happened if everyone stayed mostly in character and Edward's return was delayed. Yes, delayed. Because we all know that he was "this close" to coming back on his own anyhow.
So what would have happened if Bella had tried to move on with her life?  Would she have found happiness with Jacob?  And would Edward be too late?

* First in a series of stories

~I thought of Jacob’s warm arms wrapped around me, his infectious laughter, and his ability to keep me from falling to pieces again… The pain choking my heart relaxed and I could breathe.~

~“More than anything,” I whispered, not caring what I'd just agreed to. When it came to Bella, it didn't matter what the question was. I just wanted.~

Winner of:

Best Author, Most Romantic, Favorite Jacob, Most Suspenseful, & Best WIP in the Wolfpack Awards | Best Non-Canon Pairing (Incomplete) and Best WIP in the Moonlight Awards | Best During the Series in the Razzle Dazzle Awards | The Storyteller Award in the Shimmer Awards | Best JacobxBella in the Silent Tear Awards  

Edward reveals a secret from his human time which leaves Bella shocked and wondering just how well she knows the man she is about to marry.

This is very much an Edward and Bella love story.

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On one rainy afternoon in April Bella Swan, Forks school’s resident loner found an envelope the color of the Phoenix sky wedged in her locker. Who is behind the pen? Bella doesn’t know. Is it possible to find yourself again through picking up the dry-cleaning of a stranger? How about through a job application or a train ticket? Why is someone sending her on these adventures? These adventures that lead her to a mysterious boy and his friends.  These adventues that are pushing her to confront her past.  Will Bella, with the help of the letters’ sender, conquer what lies behind her, or will the fear of what lies ahead defeat her?

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