"...don’t say anything tonight if you’re gonna say goodbye."

The power of goodbye has the potential to break, but also the potential to heal in the most perfectly imperfect ways.

Written for the Quote Challenge Contest.

After a long day at work, Bella comes home to relax, but will she be alone for long? One-shot, rated NC-17 for the lemon.

Bella Swan is different than any other woman you'll meet. She's intelligent, beautiful, clumsy, and a natural born witch. Her quiet life in Forks is shaken when a mysterious family of vampires moves into town, and one in particular may change her life forever.

Bella runs into her former high school crush after 5 years. Will she finally open up to him only to have him shut down after a tragic accident? - AU. AH. Canon pairings.

***TYCF is on a bit of a break, as you've noticed.  Please do not expect any updates for a while.  I apologize for this, but given the circumstances right now in my life, I am currently unable to continue the story.  Thank you for understanding.***

- Bella came home from a crappy date . . . who's the mystery man in the elevator? Bella OOC

Lt. Edward Platt, a German soldier, has been assigned to the Auschwitz Prison Camp. He learns much more than the horrors of war and falls for a beautiful Jewish girl named Bella. Can Edward save Bella before they both become ashes in the sky?

Rated NC-17, AU/AU, Romance/Angst, Historical, OOC, ExB, HEA

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This story has a backdrop of WWII and the Holocaust. It is a love story between a German soldier and a Jewish prisoner of war. I am Jewish so this setting is something that is a part of my family's history. I would never disrespect the Jewish culture and history nor my family's history.

There's no rape, coercion, etc, of any kind in this story. There is a scene with dominance, but not rape. Rape is a serious crime that should never, ever be confused with dominance. Never at any point in this story, does Edward use his position to force Bella to have sex with him. Bella gives her consent freely and truly wants to love Edward and have him love her in return. Again, it is a love story.

If anything about this story confuses or bothers anyone for any reason, please contact me or visit the thread: http://www.twilighted.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=4718. There is no need for harassment, insults or general bashing. I will not hide nor take down any stories solely because some people have chosen to make false accusations that are both hurtful and disrespectful to all those involved. This story is my gift to those who have been following my writing. I am leaving this story up for those who have read and appreciated it. If you don't like this story, then please simply don't read it.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this note and thank you for reading Ashes in the Sky. I sincerely appreciate those who see the beauty I put into the story.

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Becoming a vampire was supposed to mean a new beginning for Bella. Instead tragedy is visited upon the Cullens, and Bella is neither alive, nor dead, left to keep a promise she wishes she'd never made. This is her Afterlife.

Alice couldn’t see much of Bella’s future now. I had watched her try a few times this evening and she had been disturbed, even frightened by some of what she’d seen. But not frightened enough that she wouldn’t leave like Edward demanded. No, we were all going to leave. Some of us would just be kicking and screaming all the way to the airport. It was the only rebellion I would be allowed, for now.

An excerpt from Rebellion, the sequel to Dreamwalker

What happens when two people are destined to be together, but life gets in the way?  A week before she is to be married Bella begins to second guess her future.  Her fiancé convinces her that all she needs is a little time away to clear her head.  Still unsure she and her two best friends, Rosalie and Alice, take a trip to paradise.  There she meets a man who believes she is everything he doesn't want in a woman, but is unable to stay away.  Will destiny prevail or will their current lives cause them to walk away? 

Edward & Bella on Isle Esme. Love, lemons and all kinds of awkward. A slightly different take on the wedding night.

Everyone knows that Carlisle has never slipped...right?  But whatever else he is, Carlisle is a vampire with all the instincts and temptations of his kind.  Even he says, "The occasional... accident or lapse in control is a regrettable part of who we are." 

What would push Carlisle to such a lapse?  And what will happen when he finally has to face his own nature?

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Nominated for an Indie Award--Best Non-ExB Love Story!

Bella and Edward have been friends since they were children. They really like each other, and to be honest, its obvious to everyone! Well, except to them. They are destined to be together but why does everything go wrong?

 This story is updated more frequently at ff.net

Renesmee has reached maturity and is one day away from turning seven, at least by human standards. Alice is busy as she obsesses over Renesmee's birthday celebration so it isn't difficult to convince the family to let Renesmee go on her first solo shoping spree. She doesn't know however, that this shopping spree would lead her to a self-distructive decision. How will she cope? Will her family understand? Could this impulse decision be the begining of the demise of her Friendship with Jacob? She had wanted more before but will Jacob be willing to after he finds out what Renesmee did?