Bella Swan changed her life and ideals for a guy . . . who then dumped her in the middle of a mall. Even if she's happier now and her life is back on track, she still needs to realize that the past is the past.

Enter Edward Cullen, devastatingly handsome and hopelessly in love with Bella after knowing her for only a short time. Can he prove to Bella that she's not the type who should be loved and left? Can he help her get over her past and put her self doubts behind her?

 Rated M for later chapters.

All trace of torment fled from my body the moment I thought of Jake. Of course. Jake was the one good thing that had been given to me after Edward had left, again, for the second time. But then...hadn't he been here all along? Each day Edward had been missing from my life Jake had reached out with his hands, as well as with his heart, and had taken a hold of mine without hesitation, without a second thought as to how it could have affected him. He didn't realize just how much that little deed had done for me, how even those small signs of affection had meant so much.

Emptiness. The one thing Bella thought she would never feel again - but she did. Edward has left for the second time, and for the same reasons he had before. He backed out of their plan once and for all and has refused to turn her into a living blood-sucking monster. Bella is miserable, and she is positive this time that she'll never again feel the touch of happiness. But with Jake still in her life to patch things up, maybe things won't be so bad after all. Edward may have had the power of an eclipse, but sun can shine through almost anything...including a shattered heart.

A story in which Jake finally gets his happy ending.

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Slash: Edward is an unabashed pleasure-seeker, one of the club kings of the Seattle gay community. One night at his favorite club, he meets an enigmatic man who rocks the world he has created.

Bella meets Edward when he picks up his nephew from her Pre-K class and the sparks fly.  As their feelings for each other grow, Edward has a prior commitment that he is convinced must be seen through. A commitment that is effectively keeping them apart. Are there some complications that even the strongest hearts can't overcome? Can they resist the one thing they can't have--Each other?

To get to the prize, they'll have to survive the temptation of one another, in this emotional waiting game.

Show and Don't Tell.

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Bella and Edward were starting a perfect life together, until Edward starts modeling and living the high life.  Five years later, has he grown up enough to try again?  Or has Bella grown up too much?  One summer will decide it all...

Bella and Jacob had been together almost a year when she walked in on him and another woman. What will happen when the girls take her out for a night on the town and will she find someone to take her mind off of Jacob and what he's done.

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HE'S SMIRKY. SHE'S SNARKY. AND THEY'RE FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER OF DeNIAL TOGETHER!

Edward Cullen is a well-known director for an independent film company, Masen Masterworks. He is filming his latest project in the town of Forks, Washington. Bella Swan is a baker for her best friend Alice at Alice's Wonderland Cafe and Mad Tea Party, also located in Forks. Desiderata is latin for “desired things or something that is needed, wanted.” This story is meant to represent that state of feeling for both Bella and Edward. What happens when their pig-headed stubbornness gets in the way of true love and happiness? Based upon the Desiderata of Happiness by Max Ehrmann and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

 Bella Swan is a talented chef who is trapped in her mediocre life. Edward Cullen is a successful lawyer trapped in an engagement he wants out of.

 Their worlds collide when Edward and his family take a cruise through the Indian Ocean. Edward is the impossible guest in Cabin 481 that becomes the thorn in Bella’s side. A heated argument on the ship’s stern one night takes Bella and Edward overboard, forcing them to get along in order to survive on an island in the middle of nowhere. They find themselves caught up in the beauty and passion of the island. It’s not enough to keep them together when they must return to the real world after being rescued.

 When tragedy strikes a year later, will the twosome be able to come to terms with their past or will they allow the storms they face to destroy their only chance at true happiness?

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Edward can’t believe it when Bella, sitting in his car with him, suddenly starts to bleed. He is horrified until he realizes it’s only her “time of month” and there is nothing to worry about. Unfortunately for him, this does nothing to dissuade his heroin-like craving, especially when there are veritable goldmines of Bella’s sweet blood, just sitting there in her trash! Can Edward really go through with his plot? Won’t Bella notice her missing garbage? How will the Cullens escape detection now?

Find out in: The Maddeningly Marvellous, Magically Mysterious, Majestically Malodorous Maxi-Pad Misadventures of Edward Cullen and the Crimson Tide!

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