Bella Swan is twenty-seven years old, newly single, and mom to an adorable Kindergarten student with a knack for accidents. On a typical, fall afternoon, she experiences the shock of her life during a casual conversation with her son. When an unexpected revelation leads to the most emotional reunion imaginable, how will Bella reconcile the path her life has taken with the past she never chose? Takes place nearly ten years post New Moon. Canon - AU. ExB

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  

He loved her so much, even then, that he'd tried his hardest to hold them together. Tried to talk, and when that hadn't worked, he'd tried to keep his mouth shut. To patiently bear her rebuttals and her undeserved scorn, to put up with her insults and her barely-veiled jibes, poking at his manhood, his family, his former and present life - poking holes into the fabric of his very existence until he was brought to his knees under its weight.

He'd tried. But in the end, it hadn't mattered.

She'd left anyway.

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Seven years have passed since Edward and Bella last saw each other. They grew up as children and even became good friends. Once they entered high school, Edward became distant and eventually severed all ties with her. Confused and hurt, Bella moved on with her life in Seattle.Through it all, Bella had her older brother Emmett to get past the estrangement. Now, with Edward's imminent return to Seattle to help out with his sister Alice's wedding, Bella can't help wondering what drove away her brother's best friend all those years ago.

Nominated for Best Novel-Incomplete at the Eddie and Bellie Awards.

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Kimmi

Kimmi Odell, a physically 17 year old vampire, is about to have her life changed forever. Once a poor girl living on the L.A streets, now a rich girl moving to Forks, Washington, to live with one of her Daddy's friends: Carlisle Cullen.

Seth

Seth Clearwater, a 21 year old werewolf, has his life figured out. That is, of course, until the new girl comes to town. Happy with his pack and his life, will he be able to admit the truth to his friends, as well as to himself, about what this girl means to him? This beautiful red headed girl he knows he can't have, or...maybe...he can have her after all.

"You didn't have to stand up for me like that," I persisted.

"Yes, I did," Seth replied, sounding frustrated and amused at the same time.

"Why?" I asked, stopping in my tracks.

He stopped as well, a few steps away from me, and turned around. He was smiling, that large goofy smile I love so much. "Because, silly girl, I love you." He leaned forward, placed his warm lips on my forehead for a soft kiss, then winked and walked backwards into the trees. Leaving me wide eyed and gaping mouthed where I stood.

Set five years after Breaking Dawn with cannon pairings, Seth/OC, Leah/OC. Will change point of views between Seth and Kimmi for most of the story.

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After weeks of Emmett teasing Bella, she plans to give him back a little of what he's been dishing out.  This time, Emmett may have bitten off more than he can chew.

Family humour.  Various POVs. 

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Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet, is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death's pale flag is not advanced there.

Edward's POV in Volterra, just moments before he takes his first steps towards the sunlight. Will include the reunion between Edward and Bella, the conference with the Volturi, 'The Truth' and the vote, all from Edward's perspective.

Winner of two Twilighted Teen awards.

Six years have passed since BD and Renesmee is now a young woman. Due to an agreement b/w Edward, Bella and Jacob, Ness has no idea that Jacob imprinted on her. Jacob left the choice to her. Now she's of age...what will she choose?

I stepped back to the table, and grasped her prone hand. It was already measurably cooler, defeating the swirling heat of her dying heart. The coolness subsumed the scar on her hand. I cringed inwardly. Ironically, where James had failed, I would succeed, leeching all heat from her bones...

What she'd begged me for, what I'd refused, was nevertheless happening.

Edward's point of view, beginning on page 351 of Breaking Dawn, from Renesmee's birth, currently up to Bella's arrival home from her first hunt.

Edward is a soldier in World War I in 1918.  When he becomes ill, he never expects to find that Bella Swan, his old childhood crush, is now the nurse caring for him.  Soon, the two realize that they are in love.

When Bella goes missing after being relocated, Edward must put his life on the line to find her, if she even is alive, in the midsts of the violence and anarchy of an ending war.

Bella seriously needs a break from Alice and wedding planning, and all that entails, so Edward packs her up and takes her camping in the wilds of Montana.  Hilarity may ensue!

Canon pairings.  Canon compliant plot. 

It's Bella's first summer in Forks and she's looking forward to spending time getting to know Edward better. An unusual exchange between Edward and his family leads her to make a startling discovery.
 
Maybe you can bet against Alice after all. In 1985 Alice bet against Edward and Rosalie. She lost.
 
What exactly happened to make the Cullen siblings fear another alliance between the two?

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