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What’s a girl to do when she determines that there aren’t any good men left?  She creates them.  Bella Swan was unlucky in love, so she started creating dream men in fiction.  She wrote about the kind of man she’d love to meet and fall in love with, and for the amount of time it took to write her romance novels, she felt like she had a love of her own.  It wasn’t real, but in her opinion, real love wasn’t something that was within her grasp, so the fantasy was better than nothing. 

One day, suffering from writer’s block, she went to the corner café for a change of scenery.  When a cowboy tripped over her purse, she was so captivated by his appearance, that she had inspiration for a new character in her latest book.  He walked away with only a few words in her direction, and all she had was the visual of his green eyes and wild hair to go on, but for her, it was enough to fuel her imagination.

The stars at night are big and bright…deep in the heart of Texas.  Life holds mysteries that one can never fathom, and maybe there’s such a thing as fate.  Maybe, every once in a while, fate gives a hand to a lonesome cowboy and a romantic at heart…sometimes with a little help from a rabbit.

AH/OOC.  Canon couples.  Rated NC-17 for a reason like always.  Saddle up…we’re going for a ride.

Summary: A dimly lit bar creates the perfect setting for an escape for two people.  Is there more to these two than meets the eye, or is it just a game?

Written for Southern Fan Fiction Review’s Tantalizing Tuesdays - “Year of One Shots” - posted on 2/5/11

AU Human Edward/Bella romance: Bella has lost her family but finds herself 'adopted' into the folds of the Cullen household. This story looks at Edward and Bella's developing relationship as she matures from a 17 year old teenager into a woman. Can they survive the events and people that threaten to come between their friendship and love? Can they face and overcome their own demons? Or will they be the cause of their own destruction?

Told from Bella's POV, looking back at events initially with the story picking up in the present half way through the journey of their relationship.

Bella and Edward have become very comfortable with their activities between the sheets. So comfortable, in fact, that one of them has considered the idea of trying something new...E/B AU/AH One-shot that I might make into a series.

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Life threw me a curve, so I stayed behind. Seeing you now, with your long hair and big dreams, it's hard to admit I'm not doing much these days...except thinking of you.