With medical bills, school bills, not to mention rent, piling up, Bella looks for a way to dig herself out of debt.  Rose tells her about a new business she’s gotten into.  Bella tries her hand at the business, and ends up paired with Dr. Edward Cullen.  But can she separate business and pleasure?

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In an alternate all human universe, where society reached modern times with the equivalent to an Ancient Roman appearance and level of technology, sexual pleasure is paramount; the Cullens are a breed apart: sexual vegetarians, if you will. 

Bella is an "Innocent" and so off limits for deeper sexual grat

ification, a role she gladly embraces, taking pleasure only in giving to those around her. 

That is until she meets Edward.  Suddenly her Father's insistence

on her remaining an Innocent and Aro's desires to keep her for himself have become an unwelcome burden to her life.  How will Bella and Edward su

rvive their desire to be together when it is forbidden?

This story is a thinly disguised excuse for steamy lemons in the vein of a Roman orgy, yet there is also a deeper story about selfless giving and how love might just be worth waiting for...and fighting for.

*WARNING*  This story starts out with intense woman/woman imagery, and will depict graphic multi-partner pairings in future chapters.  DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT OR IF YOU ARE NOT OF LEGAL AGE TO DO SO!!!

Edward Masen is a former NFL football player who was injured and could not return to playing. After taking some time off to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, since playing football was out of the question, he decided to go with coaching high school football. He leads a simple, quiet life with his friends in Forks until he meets the woman that will change his life forever. Bella Swan decides to move back home with her younger brother when she gets a teaching position at her old school in Forks. AH/Canon Couples/alternating between Edward and Bella POV. Rated M ;)

Huge thanks to Jessica1971 for being my beta once again.  I could not do this without her. :) 

Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight.

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A story about love, about death, about keeping secrets, and dealing with the consequences.  Bella and Edward meet at a hospital when she is diagnosed with a life threatening disease and he is recovering from knee surgery.  She confides her fears to him; he changes his life because of her.  This is a story about their journey through the confusion, awkwardness, pain, and beauty of first love.

Excerpt from Chapter 2:
“What are you most afraid of?”  Edward asks one last question.

“I'm not afraid of dying,” I answer truthfully.

“You're not afraid of dying?” he repeats, incredulous.

“No.  There's so much more.  I'm afraid of losing my hair but that's not my biggest fear.  I'm afraid of leaving my mom and dad all alone.  I'm afraid that if I survive, I'll never have children of my own.”  I yawn again.  Edward is quiet and I think for a moment that he's fallen asleep.  “Edward,” I whisper, in case he is asleep, “What are you most afraid of?”

“I'm afraid I'm falling for you,” he whispers back so softly that I'm unsure if I've heard him correctly.