Timing is everything. What if Bella arrived in Forks during the summer before Senior year instead of the middle of Junior year? What if Bella had spent the summer with Jake before starting school?  How would things have changed if there had been no Biology class with Edward? No incident with James?  No papercut on her 18th birthday? What if Edward had never left?

What If?  

Now a contributor to the Bella and Jacob Chronicles!  Thank you so much to Diamondheart for including this story in her amazing series!

Bella returns to Forks a few years after having married Edward and moving to Alaska. Mistakes and regrets, loneliness and grief, she severs ties and returns to those she truly loves to start over. What will she come home to?

Librarian Bella needs a housemate to share expenses, wildlife researcher Jacob needs a place to stay. Sounds like an ideal arrangement, but there’s just one thing …

“…I certainly didn’t mind the sight of a nicely put together man. I was normal. It was just that the house was small, Jacob was large, and his broad, bare chest seemed to be everywhere. At first, I tried to pretend the whole situation wasn’t happening …”

My entry to a TATS contest hosted by Light4Dawn, with the prompt:

“Does my being half naked bother you?” 

Winner ~ Judge’s Pick Award.

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Rated for adult content (Did you expect anything else with a prompt like that?)

From the author that brought you Vanity and Patience...

Coming home has always been painful for Rachel Black since the loss of her mother.  After graduating early from Washington State, she's left to face her demons and return home to LaPush. It wasn't supposed to be a permanent move — just a visit. 

What she didn’t anticipate was stumbling upon her destiny at First Beach — one that she doesn’t accept immediately. How will Paul get her to give in? You’ll just have to see…

Rated NC-17 for language and adult themes.

Bella was all set to marry Edward. Her makeup & hair were done. She was in her wedding dress. The guests had all been seated. The music was already playing. Everyone was waiting on her. Then Alice handed her a mirror as instructed by Edward. That's when everything changed.

In a moment of panic, Bella runs to her best friend, Jacob, who just got home but he has some issues of his own. Can they both work through their pain to be each other's happily ever after? And how will Edward react? What will they do when unexpected truths and outside forces try to destroy the solid relationship that they've built?

Note: This story is in canon (with the exception of Bella & Jacob ... because, yes, this is a B/J story) & is AU because if it weren't, I'd be writing Breaking Dawn. This story starts during Breaking Dawn, right before the wedding (obviously) and continues past it. It's rated NC-17 for later chapters (& some stuff that leads  up to it).

 
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Summary:What if Alice doesn't see Bella jump off the cliff? Bella is given the chance to explore her feelings for Jake and begins to see him in a different light. A simple kiss changes everything and passion ignites. But trouble is not far behind. Can Jake and the pack defeat this evil before it's too late?

Bella cares for Jacob after he is injured in the fight with the newborn vampires and struggles for her newfound feelings for him.  Will she stay or return to Edward?

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Jacob, an employee at the University of Forks, lives a simple life taking care of his disabled father and buddies on the rez.  Underneath his happy persona, he hides a history of personal loss and missed opportunities that could have changed his future.

Nessie, a privileged student, lives a life full of obligations and forced responsibilities.  With a father who can't relate to her and a mother who is never fully sober, she finds solace in the handsome Jacob who helps her out in her time of need.

From two different worlds, the two find each other despite the dire consequences that will ensue if their budding relationship continues.  Can his past and her sheltered life find a balance and make a love that lasts?  Can family secrets and missed opportunities make their love stronger or completely destroy it? 

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Everyone makes mistakes and Bella is about to make the biggest mistake of her life. Will Edward be able to resist the temptation of Bella’s blood much longer? Will Jacob be able to save her in time? (Post New Moon, Bella still saves Edward, Edward and the Cullens still return to Forks but this story is completely AU after the end of New Moon.) Rating is set for graphic images, sexual content and some violence in later chapters.

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Jacob Black has been in Renesmee's life from the beginning - emerging gradually from the role of protector to best friend. 

When Nessie's feelings for her best friend begin to shift in a decidedly more-than-friendly direction, will Jacob be prepared to meet the requirements of the imprinting and respond to that shift?  Or will the fact that he literally helped raise her inhibit their relationship from progressing forward?

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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  

A Jacob and Bella romance.

...“I never really wanted Edward. Not really. I know that now. If I have to choose between him, and you, then without hesitation, I choose you.”

This picks up right where New Moon left off.  Rated NC-17 for later chapters.  Stephanie Meyer owns and originated these extremely compelling characters.  I'm not making a dime from this.

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