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Thank you to the huge number of authors who participated this week, we ended up with a total of 66 teasers! Remember – we’ll continue this as long as you guys keep sending in your teases!

So are you ready? Here they are…
Chapter 16 of 3, 2, 1 by heather dawn
Chapter 19 of A Litany At Dusk by Duskwatcher2153
Chapter 3 of A Twilight Star Trek by BellaMadonna
Chapter 5 of As If You Have A Choice by Colleen5182 & Jessica0306
Chapter 15 of Bad Habit by AmeryMarie
Chapter 15 of Balance of Power by ladee_sarah
Chapter 21 of Breathe Me by afragilelittlehuman
Chapter 14 of Canzoni D’Amore by AddyBrownEyes
Chapter 9 of Darkest Before the Dawn by CatMasters
Chapter 5 of Desired by mcc101180
Chapter 9 of Devil’s Angel by ObsessingOverEdward
Chapter 2 of Disquieted Hindsight by AliceinAngst
Chapter 16 of Embodiment by Cullen312
Chapter 8 of Falling Slowly by MrsAC
Chapter 9 of Fighting for Love by LexyW
Chapter 20 of Geek Love by SassenachWench
Chapter 8 of Girl with a Red Umbrella by justaskalice & spanglemaker9
Chapter 4 of Healing Perfection by squarepancake
Chapter 22 of Illegal Contact by GreenEyedGirl17
Chapter 24 of In Pursuit of Normalcy by KariAnn
Chapter 6 of In The Blood by fragilefoxes
Chapter 17 of Just Wait… by InstantKarmaGirl
Chapter 8 of Le Masque Fantôme by Bronzehairedgirl620
Chapter 4 of Lips of an Angel by Jennmc75
Chapter 6 of Living in sin by Bellaflo
Chapter 24 of Love Amongst the Ruins by theladyingrey42
Chapter 10 of Love on the Seine by wandb
Chapter 20 of Make Me Believe by bellausnderstudy1
Chapter 12 of Maybe I’m Falling For You by flightlessbird11 & coldplaywhore
Chapter 32 of Near You Always by ebalways
Chapter 24 of Not Meant To Be by SweetDulcinea
Chapter 15 of On My Own by LittleClareStar
Chapter 7 of On the Inside of Love by MusicJunki & nicnicd
Chapter 14 of Once Bitten, Twice Shy by jessicai67
Chapter 3 of One Day at a Time by eye ree
Chapter 8 of Raising the Stakes by adverb
Chapter 2 of Random Encounters by KristenLynn
Chapter 23 of Reality Minus Expectations by mjinaspen
Chapter 8 of Redshift, Blueshift by lts29
Chapter 4 of Reviving Fireflies by greeen goldfish
Chapter 4 of Rhapsody in B by Lillybellis
Chapter 20 of Running Home by twitina
Chapter 21 of Sacificial Lamb by Nolebucgrl
Chapter 12 of Scarred by courthale
Chapter 3 of Seismic Hazards by mac
Chapter 5 of Shameless Developements by SweetDulcinea
Chapter 11 of Since You Been Gone by Dennycullenlutz
Chapter 3 of Somewhere In Between by Kassiah
Chapter 1 of Stolen Singer by nerac
Chapter 10 of Sway by Hibbleton
Chapter 3 of The Bottom LIne by StupidSuckedinReader
Chapter 5 of The Daily Grind by letmesign
Chapter 17 of The Fixer: Redux by AzureEyedI
Chapter 19 of The Men of Twilight: Twilight TwentyFive by goldenmeadow
Chapter 1 of The Misfits by Namariel
Chapter 20 of The Resolution by coldplaywhore
Chapter 22 of The Ties That Bind by yesyov
Chapter 39 of The Trip Home by MsKathy
Chapter 14 of Tides by lambcullen
Chapter 4 of Tilt by lambcullen
Chapter 2 of Ultio by mac & 22blue
Chapter 3 of Unquenchable Need by SaraiR88
Chapter 19 of Welcome to Existence by Emerald_Rosalie
Chapter 11 of Where There’s Smoke by NJNYTwiGals
Chapter 5 of Winter of Love by BelleDean
Chapter 7 of Wonderwall by tuleangel

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Chapter 16 of 3, 2, 1 by heather dawn

“What?” he asked as his breathing calmed.

“You don’t remember your dream?”

He shook his head.

“Sweetheart,” I said as I leaned back to look at him. “I woke up to you trying to hump me in your sleep.”

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Chapter 19 of A Litany At Dusk by Duskwatcher2153

These motorcycle rides were so sensual. The air rushing by, the drone of the powerful engine between our legs,
the city at night flying past—it all combined to make me feel relaxed and free in a way I couldn’t remember ever feeling before. I could stay forever on the back of this bike, surreptitiously letting myself smell Edward’s scent, feeling his torso against mine and his narrow hips between my knees. I let myself relax against his back, and laid my head against him, letting the wind flay away the fears and shame from me. His presence was becoming like a drug like to me. Nothing mattered more than being here with him now, as the world slipped away.

Slowly, like glaciers creeping, my hands began to move of their own accord. They snuck around his waist until he was wrapped in my arms, and I was pressed against him, feeling the long lean muscles of his back against me and the smooth shoulder blades beneath my cheek. I closed my eyes and let the intermittent brightness of the passing streetlamps bounce against my eyelids as my hands moved so slowly up his chest, tentatively exploring the large planes of his pectorals, my fingers ghosting over the dip between them, up to the collarbones and slowly down again.

We’d gotten through the city and were on a long stretch of Route 90 East. That’s when his hand left the handlebar to rest lightly on my knee. My hands froze and we rode like that for a few miles. Haltingly, I let my hands move again, and gasped when, in response, his fingers slowly circled their place on my knee.

That’s how the ride to Snoqualmie Falls passed. I had no idea where we were headed. It didn’t matter. The only thing in the world was the achingly slow exploration of his chest beneath my hands and the small tender movements of his fingers on my knee and thigh. They traced patterns on my knee, never venturing more than a handsbreadth up my thigh, and yet somehow I felt his hands all over me. I shivered against him when his hand slowly dipped to the underside of my knee to the crease there, gently stroking the sensitive skin. My hands gradually traversed over the hard ridges of his abdominals and then up again to the fanlike muscles of his pectorals, inch by inch.

Was it possible to make love on a moving motorcycle? Was it making love when your lover never ventured beyond a six inch square of skin? The answer had to be yes, because I was in an erotic trance that flooded my senses with his smell, his touch, the coolness of his back as my breasts pressed against him, the feeling of his rough jeans against my inner thighs. Even the wind became an extension of his caress, the drone of the motorcycle a substitute for his murmur.

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Chapter 3 of A Twilight Star Trek by BellaMadonna

RPOV

“Mac, are you ready to call it a day,” I said softly as I leaned over the broad shoulder of my husband, glancing that the flashing lights on the control panel in front of him and massaging the back of his neck gently.

He turned and gave me the full power of that dimpled smile and replied, “I’m just checkin’ the flow ratios of anti-matter through that new dilithium crystal we installed at space dock. I just like to keep an eye on it for a wee bit.”

No matter how many times I heard it, the sound of his Scottish brogue still gave me shivers. He could have been reciting a passage from the Star Fleet Technology Manual and it would have still sounded like a love sonnet to me when spoken with his accent.

I let a tiny smirk cross my lips as I leaned in closer to whisper in his ear, “Well, when you can finally bear to tear yourself away from your dilithium crystal, I have a surprise for you.”

That got his attention and his eyebrow went up in question. “A surprise?”

I could see the light enter his eager eyes. Honestly, Emmett McCarty was one of the most intelligent men I had ever met, but mention the word surprise and he turned into the ships biggest six-year-old!

“Tell me what it is!” he coaxed, but I just kissed him below the ear and shook my head.

“If I told you, then it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore, now would it?” I said in that sexy, smoky voice that usually had Mac drooling in three seconds flat.

He actually groaned at that and I could see him shifting uncomfortably in his seat. “On second thought, the dilithium crystal has been performin’ admirably. I think I can tear myself away from it in about, say,” he glanced back at the blinking screen before him, “five minutes.”

“Take your time, no hurry.” I knew just saying those words would guarantee Mac being in our quarters in record time.

With one last brush of my lips on his cheek, I whispered softly, “I’ll be waiting in our quarters.”

And with that I turned and moved to the turbo lift, making sure he got the full impact of my swaying hips as I walked away. I smiled a little to myself because I knew Mac was a die-hard “ass-man”.

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Chapter 5 of As If You Have A Choice by Colleen5182 & Jessica0306

I dreamt about her last night, no doubt about it. I quickened my jog, pounding my feet hard against the asphalt. How did I let her get into my head? Let’s look at the facts: she was arrogant, obnoxious, bitchy, rude and impossibly sexy. Even if I didn’t find her character lacking, I didn’t even know her name. I couldn’t let this girl get the better of me. I remembered my dream as I jogged on. We were at a party. I kept following her around corners, down hallways, but she was impossible to reach. I called out to her, using a voiceless name. She couldn’t hear me, or she just pretended not to. The closer I got, the harder she was to see. I remember feeling like with each turn, it felt harder to breathe, like there was something weighing my chest down. Why would I dream this about Prep H girl? She got under my skin and not in a good way. I couldn’t even focus on my run. I thought about what I would say to her if I ever saw her again. I would tell her she wasn’t a nice person, nor was it ok to talk to people the way she talked to me. I thought about kissing her neck and pulling on her hair. I didn’t think about shutting her up anymore, but rather making her scream.

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Chapter 15 of Bad Habit by AmeryMarie

“Bel-la… this is your last warning. You don’t want me to have to make you let go.”

What the fuck was his problem? Did he honestly think he could push me around and tell me what to do? I don’t fucking think so, but he obviously did. I raged against Assward in my head while Assward turned around, reached out, pried my fingers off of the door frame, tossed me over his shoulder and set off towards the woods.

I shouldn’t have been stunned, it’s not like it was the first time he had manhandled me to get what he wanted, but for some reason I was… for a moment, and then I came to life. I started flailing my legs and flinging my arms around with the intent to hurt and/or maim. I held absolutely nothing back. A lucky kick nailed him right in the balls, nearly dropping him to his knees. I was all set to bolt towards t
he house as soon as he hit the ground, but he never did. Somehow he managed to quell the pain and right himself. He hoisted me a bit further over his shoulder and wrapped one arm firmly around my legs just below my knees.

“Knock it the fuck off, Bella. This will be easier on both of us if you just cooperate and accept the fact that, one way or another, you are going to come with me and you are going to listen to what I have to say. You know what though, this works just as well. At least we’ll get there sometime today.”

That smug prick! I could hear the smirk in his voice and it sent me into a blind rage. Kicking had been eliminated, hitting never did any good, so I did what any grown woman in my situation would do… I bit him. Hard. Right. On. His. Ass.

Thwack!

I screeched as Edward’s hand came down on my ass cheek. My hand flew to my abused derriere and rubbed it, trying to soothe the sting left by his palm.

“No biting,” he ordered tersely. I bristled some, but kept my teeth to myself the rest of the trip. He has big hands and my ass really hurt.

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Chapter 15 of Balance of Power by ladee_sarah

Carlisle’s thoughts and Jasper’s incessant worrying about Alice were making it hard for me to concentrate on the two newborns in front of me. I dodged a clumsily thrown punch. I could hear Emmett enjoying himself off to my right, and not too far from him, I could hear Rosalie mentally scolding him for his recklessness. I tore an arm from a torso. Alice was wavering somewhere between amusement and irritation as Jasper prevented yet another newborn from getting anywhere near her. I separated a head from its body. Esme was actually scaring me a little with her ferocity. I knew she would do anything to protect her family, but I hadn’t realised that that would include tearing newborn vampires to shreds. Another arm was torn free. Almost a mile away, I heard two more consciousnesses travelling through the forest. The thoughts of the first were difficult to make out, but the other set of thoughts were trained on Victoria. Without thinking, I sprinted from the clearing to pursue Victoria, leaving my concerned family, four newborn vampires, and several vampuzzles behind.

Jasper and I were both furious that Victoria had evaded us in South America; we had spent hours analysing our every move to try and discern our mistake: from the way we had moved; to the distance we had kept between us and our quarry; to the way we had attempted to anticipate her moves. We were determined that whatever the mistake, we would not make it again. Now, I crept through tree branches as I tailed Victoria and a blonde newborn vampire. When the wind stilled and with it the surrounding branches, I would remain still, not making a sound, and when the breeze returned I would again creep forward until I was close on their heels. It was an adrenalin-inciting game – stay close so as not to lose them, but keep my distance so as not to arouse suspicion – a game that I played with the utmost concentration.

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Chapter 21 of Breathe Me by afragilelittlehuman

Standing outside the bedroom door, Edward took slow, deep, steadying breaths. Even though this had been his idea, having someone else change Bella was not something he relished doing. Still, he wanted an eternity with her, an eternity she wouldn’t have to spend in fear and trepidation as he did. If anything ever happened to him, Bella would be able to blend in with humans and live a life of freedom he’d never know. No matter how much it would tear him up inside to watch someone else change her, he knew it was the right thing to do.

When it was time, Edward slowly opened the door. Bella was standing on the balcony, and the cool breeze billowed her gauzy white top around her. It was the same outfit she’d worn the night she allowed him to love her again, and he smiled remembering. When she turned to face him, the beautiful disarray of her hair and the depth of molten eyes made him gasp.

He felt Mick’s hand on his shoulder, and Mick spoke to him wordlessly. “We don’t have to do this now. Maybe you need time.”

Edward didn’t need time; he needed courage. Looking at Bella, he realized she had enough for both of them.

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Chapter 14 of Canzoni D’Amore by AddyBrownEyes

Bella smiled briefly, but her eyes quickly fell down to her empty plate. I watched her take a deep breath and then look back up at me.

“Speaking of talking to Dr. Molina . . .”

We had both finished eating by this point and I knew that I really couldn’t put this conversation off any longer, so I decided to answer the question that she was asking . . . more with her face than through her words.

“Yeah, we have some things to think about, don’t we?”

“Yes,” she reluctantly agreed.

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Chapter 9 of Darkest Before the Dawn by CatMasters

As I sat there watching I could easily envision Bella with her own children and family. The thought turned me cold. Was Bella willing to give up on a family? Why did the idea of Bella having a family make me disheartened? I pushed the thoughts out of my head and continued to observe Bella and decided to just be happy that she was happier.

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Chapter 5 of Desired by mcc101180

The next morning I was groggy and all around pissy as I climbed into the shower. The dreams I had about Edward the night before had left me with an ache in more than one region of my body and I was feeling tense. I let my fingers wander as I reflected on the events of the past week, and the boy who had me on edge.

His hold on me was so intense and it troubled me as I fought to wrap my mind around it. It had been five days. Five days since I saw him across the parking lot. His hair…his eyes…his lean body. Five days since I had first felt the spark. The tingling that shot through me after the slightest of touches making me feel as if I was being burned alive. Five days since I felt my world come crashing down. Edward, why did you have to taunt me so? And now I was faced with something far worse.

Two days. Two days in his home. Where he slept…where he showered. The thought of him naked and wet had me moaning. Two days of b
eing thoroughly immersed in his presence. His touch…his skin against mine. Two days with his scent invading my nostrils. His smell…his sweet delicious smell. Two days of fighting the urge to claim him. To push him down and make him mine. Not Jessica’s. Not any of the other girls who gawked at him in the hall. Mine.

I still hadn’t come up with a plan to avoid the dreams during my weekend stay at the Cullens’, but I knew I needed to think of something and I had to do it quickly. The prospect of Charlie overhearing my late-night moaning was embarrassing enough; thinking about Edward doing it was downright terrifying.

I stood in the cascading water until it felt like droplets of ice attacking my skin. Shivering, I stepped onto the mat grabbing a towel from the rack and pulled it around my body tightly before walking into my bedroom.

When I entered the room I jumped at the sight of Alice sitting on my bed, magazine in her lap. She took in my expression which was akin to that of a deer in headlights, a puzzled look encompassing her face.

“What…what are you doing here?” I barely managed to squeak out, the wheels in my brain working overtime in an attempt to ascertain why she was here in my room so early in the morning, then on to the better question. How long had she been here? And what had she heard?

She waved her hand in dismissal of my question, closing the magazine and setting it on the bed.

“Bella, I think we need to have a little talk. About Edward.”

Crap. This can’t be good.

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Chapter 9 of Devil’s Angel by ObsessingOverEdward

We pulled up into the driveway of a small Victorian home that was painted in bright colors. There was a large, neon ‘open’ sign that was shut off in the window. Alice threw the car in park and turned to me. “You must come in and meet Madam Nadali. She’s amazing and I know she will open your eyes.” I looked at her like she had lost her marbles.

I had heard Alice rave about Madam Nadali for years, saying she was the ‘real deal’ when it came to psychics. I chalked it up to Alice’s fascination with all things supernatural and since she never tried to pull me into her little delusional world, I kept my opinions to myself. Until now.

“I am not going in there to see some hokey fortune teller. I don’t believe in that crap.” She glared at me for a moment before changing tactics.

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Chapter 2 of Disquieted Hindsight by AliceinAngst

“Stand up.” She raised an eyebrow at him even though he couldn’t see her. He walked closer and she noticed something in his hand.

“Stand up Alice.” He was right beside her now. She stood in silence.

“Turn around.” She did as he said. Emmett slipped something over her eyes. Just as she was encased in darkness she brought her hands up.

“Don’t touch it.” Alice let her hands fall to her side. Emmett tied the black bandanna tightly behind her hair. Taking her by the shoulder he led her to the door, careful to count his steps to keep from running her into something.

“What are we doing Emmett?” He shook his head.

“No questions.”

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Chapter 16 of Embodiment by Cullen312

I didn’t touch anything but turned on my heel and quickly exited the room, slamming the door behind me. When I reached our bedroom, Edward was already there. I could hear him tinkering around in the bathroom. When I heard the water turn on, I went in to investigate.

“Strip,” he ordered when I came into the room. The scent of vanilla and lavender was almost overwhelming as the tub began to fill with hot water and bubbles.

I did as I was told and let Edward lift me into the tub. When he didn’t follow me, I began to pout.

“Stay,” he commanded. His voice was fiercer than I had ever heard. The only response I could give was a slight nod of my head. He turned quickly and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him. I could hear him leaving our bedroom and walking down the stairs.

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Chapter 8 of Falling Slowly by MrsAC

“Charlie and Rose’s dad are both headed this way. The girls are all getting ready together at the hotel, including the moms, so we figured they could hang with us,” Jasper answered. “Besides, it seemed like you and Charlie got along alright last night, right?”

“We actually did. Which is surprising considering the fact that I was attached to Bella’s face when we were first introduced,” I replied sheepishly.

“Dude, have we taught you nothing?” Emmett laughed, as he slapped his hand on my back.

“I don’t think taking lessons from you would be the best idea. Plus, I think I’m doing okay on my own.”

“I’m sure you’re doing great, Son. Let’s get these rolls out of the oven before they burn and I have to explain why we ate McDonald’s to your mother,” Dad joked.

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Chapter 9 of Fighting for Love by LexyW

“Naaaaannaaaaa!”

Carlisle and Esme started laughing as Kate ran in wrapped her arms around Esme’s legs.

“I take it you missed me,” Esme laughed. Kate didn’t answer just nodded her head as she looked over at me and have a little wave.

“Hi,” I whispered and waved back.

“Kate, we’ve only been gone an hour, and you knew we were coming back,” Edward laughed but stopped abruptly when he saw me.

“I didn’t know you would be here,” Edward stated, walking toward me.

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Chapter 20 of Geek Love by SassenachWench

Glancing up from my little Disney birds-circling-my-head gaze at Bella, I saw her dad watching me, a familiar look on his face. I had seen that look on Jasper’s face, as well as Emmett’s and even my dad’s. They had all worn that same look when they saw me with Bella.

It said: Dude, you’re totally fucked.

I met Charlie’s expression with a shit-
eating grin.

It said: Fucked and loving it.

Finally after Bella’s eleventy-seventh curious look at the two of us, she finally spat out, “Which one did they replace? Or was it both of you?”

Charlie and I looked at each other, but seeing that neither of us understood the question we both turned back to her. She was drinking her watered-down diner coffee, scowling at us both.

Setting her cup down she blurted out,

“Aliens!”

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Chapter 8 of Girl with a Red Umbrella by justaskalice & spanglemaker9

“Um…” Bella’s hesitant voice startled me because she’d been so quiet as I showed her around, “where is…um, your room?”

I looked to her quickly, surprised at the question. She took a big swig of her champagne to cover up her blush, but I saw it anyway. “I, ah…I have the garret, on the top floor. Do you…do you want to see it?”

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Chapter 4 of Healing Perfection by squarepancake
“Edward, you’re my friend, my brother, and I suppose that it’s time someone finally told you this: just because you find a woman attractive doesn’t mean she’s the agent of some shadowy force trying to destroy you.” He paused. “Are we finally going to have the birds and the bees talk?”Back to Top

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Chapter 22 of Illegal Contact by GreenEyedGirl17

I put away my things when I saw Edward’s plane land. What seemed like hours later, people started to exit the plane. I stayed in my seat until I saw Edward walk out, looking so breathtakingly handsome. I stood and gathered my things, but when I looked up, I noticed that Heidi was following close behind him. Edward looked annoyed and Heidi just looked… well, to be honest, she looked like a slut. Who wears stiletto heels and a shirt tight enough to choke your cleavage to death at night for a flight?

Edward didn’t see me as he pulled out his phone. Heidi was saying something to him, but Edward continued looking at his phone, effectively ignoring her. Seconds later, my phone buzzed with a text as I felt like a huge moron, distantly following my boyfriend.

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Chapter 24 of In Pursuit of Normalcy by KariAnn

“I will not force anything on you against your will,” Felix said suddenly, breaking into my thoughts. “Please, eat.”

My eyes shot to his face sharply, and I felt anger bubbling like molten lava just beneath the surface of my skin. “You were ordered to breed with me, right? You think that’s going to happen willingly on my part?” I laughed derisively, despite the fact that I felt sick to my stomach all over again. “When I don’t cooperate, what then? You chose yourself before, when you wouldn’t help Jacob, and you’ll choose yourself again.”

Saying Jacob’s name out was like gouging into the edges of the gaping wound in my heart, but I wanted Felix to hear his name. Unlike the nameless victims he preyed on to satisfy his thirst, he would see Jacob for what he was – a life that he’d selfishly and needlessly destroyed.

He stared at me for several long moments before breaking eye contact, and I took that as his concession. If he was ordered to rape me, he would do so rather than risk execution.

“And what about my baby?” I whispered, voicing the question that I was so terrified to know the answer to.

Felix closed his eyes, and I saw that same expression of shame wash over his features as when he’d refused to help Jacob. “I don’t know,” he whispered, opening his eyes after several moments of consideration. “I have not yet met with the Elders. They’re due to arrive in an hour.”

“But you know them; you have an idea. Tell me what you think they’ll say.”

He hesitated once more, and this time he refused to meet my eyes. “It’s my opinion… that Aro will order that the changeling’s offspring be forcibly removed from your womb.”

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Chapter 6 of In The Blood by fragilefoxes

Edward opted for speed over inconspicuousness and drove the Vanquish to Denali, making the over 3500 mile trip in less than a day. He called Tanya on his way to ask her if she would mind an impromptu visit from him, and she had been more than happy to hear the news. He had, of course, noted the time when he ended the call on his cell phone: 2:14 am. God damn it! He cursed. The daily reminder made Edward more determined than ever to get to the bottom of why Isabella had left him.

As he drove up the backwoods road to her home, he hoped Tanya’s enthusiasm would remain of the friendly variety. He knew she found him attractive but, even though she was as stunning as any of their kind could be, Edward had never thought of the strawberry blonde beauty in that way. Tanya had always felt like a cousin to him. As he saw her waiting for him in front of the house, on the wide flagstone patio that stretched from the entryway to the driveway, he could only hope the feeling was now mutual.

“Edward, it’s such a pleasure to see you again.” She pulled him close and kissed first his left cheek then the right. She inhaled his scent, and Edward tried not to hear her thoughts as she involuntarily wondered how he would be in bed.

Good Lord, I bet he’s got a lot of pent up sexual frustration. Rosalie said he hasn’t slept with anyone in the seventy-some years she’s been with the Cullens. That’s just far too long to go without sex. Oh, how I wish he would just let me kiss him, just once…

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Chapter 17 of Just Wait… by InstantKarmaGirl

Despite her drug use, despite her seemingly careless behavior, Bella was a good person. Other than a few people who had to be nice to me, she was the only person at school who didn’t look at me like a complete waste of space. As much as I hadn’t wanted her to, she had defended me several times and I couldn’t fault her for some of her less attractive qualities. She was no mor
e in control of her drug use than my mother was and she held no more peace about whatever past haunted her than I did.

I had heard about her and Tyler. No one directly told me, but I’d have to be deaf not to ear the guys in class. I hadn’t wanted to believe it and still didn’t want to. I didn’t want her to be like that. I didn’t want her to be with Jacob or Tyler or anyone else for that matter. But she wasn’t mine. And I couldn’t tell her what to do or who to be.

But even though the gossip at school was that she was loose with her affection, I couldn’t help but think that she wasn’t really like that. People at school exaggerate and lie all the time. I had no proof or evidence that she was anything but what she was with me.

And what she was with me was a nice person who treated me as if I were normal.

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Chapter 8 of Le Masque Fantôme by Bronzehairedgirl620

“You may be wondering why you were brought here. All will be explained in due time, but as the age old saying goes, history is bound to repeat itself.”

I couldn’t make heads or tails of what he was saying. “Huh?” I finally stuttered ineloquently.

He chuckled, the legato sound rolling smoothly off his tongue. “Our world is balancing precariously,” he explained, bowing his head towards me.

“What does that have to do with me?” I interrupted, stumbling over my words.

The man straightened his back, clasping his hands in front of him. The words he spoke next, although simple in their delivery, were something I would’ve never expected.

“We believe you may hold the key.”

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Chapter 4 of Lips of an Angel by Jennmc75

I took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Rose threw the door open and wrapped her arms around me. “Merry Christmas, Bella. I’m so glad you’re here.”

“Merry Christmas, Rose.” Rose just glared at James and opened the door to let us in. After Alice’s wedding, James had started being more controlling of what I did and kept me from spending so much time with Alice and Rose. Both Rose and Alice were continually telling me it was time to let James go and enjoy the single life for a while. I always insisted that James loved me and just wanted to spend time with me.

My self esteem took a major blow when I walked into the living room and saw a gorgeous blond wrapped around Edward. I always knew he could do better than me. The blond attached to his side was proof of that. Edward’s beautiful green eyes met mine, and I couldn’t help but smile. James noticed the exchange between Edward and me. He tightened his grip on my waist to the point that I would have bruises in the morning. I winced, and Edward shot a hateful glare at James.

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Chapter 6 of Living in sin by Bellaflo

“I’ll take anything you want to give me, Bella.”

He paid the cashier, got a coffee for himself and gave me a spectacular view of his rear end. Was it just me or was it getting really hot in here? Oh there’s so much I would like to give you. Wait, no I wouldn’t. My God, what’s wrong with me? Angela softly nudged me on the ribs with her elbow, effectively interrupting my mental monologue. Edward realized and took a step back.

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Chapter 24 of Love Amongst the Ruins by theladyingrey42

His fingertips made little circles on my cheek and I leaned into them, loving the way he looked at me sometimes like I was made of glass, like something inexplicably precious to him. He leaned away then and started digging for something in the pile of clothing on the floor. When he settled himself back down beside me, there was a little box in his hands. He held it, his body still just a tiny bit shaky and I looked down, watching the ridges of his fingernails as he ran them over the edges of the lid.

With a look of near pain mixed with adoration, he held the box out to me. I sat up a little, taking it from him.

“Edward,” I said warily, suddenly nervous, realizing that it certainly looked like the kind of box that would contain jewelry.

Nobody except my dad had ever gotten me jewelry.

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Chapter 10 of Love on the Seine by wandb

“Our room is on the seventh floor,” he explained casually.

Our room?

He obviously noticed the surprised look on my face because he smiled widely and chuckled to himself.

“Yes, Bella. I got us one room,” he said confidently. “You aren’t scared of me, are you? I don’t bite. Unless you’re into that sort of thing.”

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Chapter 20 of Make Me Believe by bellausnderstudy1

The only thing that would have made this event better would have been if Edward were here with me.

Soon, I thought.

I spoke to Edward immediately after the final event. He was so excited for our success and told me how much he wished he could have been with me.

Edward had nothing but words of encouragement and support. Telling me he never doubted that I would blow the judges away and that made the smile on my face grow even wider.

I rolled over onto my stomach and pulled the pillow under my chin folding my arms across the top propping myself up as I stared at the opposite wall.

When I spoke to Edward a few hours ago he was on the road still somewhere in Mississippi and I picked up my phone to call him just to hear his voice once more tonight.

He didn’t answer so I left a message and placed the phone back on the nightstand.

Edward would be home soon and this time it was for good.

He would have no reason to leave for any period of time again and I felt my heart beat faster at that reality. He would finally be home and we would begin our life together. We still had a lot of things to work through but I knew his heart belonged to me just as surely as mine belonged to him.

I heard a knock at the door as I thought about Edward’s home
coming and just how much I had missed him over these few weeks he was gone. Growling at the probability that the person on the other side of that door was probably my brother who literally had annoyed the hell out of me in his excitement over closing the deal with Aro Volturi.

I absently reached for the door as images of Edward’s face flashed through my mind as I thought about what it would be like to have him home again, in my arms again…

“Emmett, I swear to G-” my breath caught as I took in the form before me.

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Chapter 12 of Maybe I’m Falling For You by flightlessbird11 & coldplaywhore

I moved back, further against Edward and felt the hardness pressing against my back and I suddenly didn’t feel so tired anymore. I adjusted my position so that Edward’s erection was now pressing against my ass and I began to move against him, but he beat me to it. Edward’s grip tightened around my waist and he was now grinding his growing hard on into my ass.

“Bella,” he moaned sleepily. I turned around to face him and realized that he was asleep, and I was even more turned on by the fact that he was moaning my name as he slept. I reached in between us and felt his hardened cock, ready and waiting for me. I was going to make the most of the rest of this night, not knowing if I could ever open myself up, soberly, to this beautiful man lying next to me.

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Chapter 32 of Near You Always by ebalways

I jumped off the bed in frustration. “That’s why you brought me there, asshole! Don’t even fucking act like you didn’t want me to fight him! That’s why it didn’t take Rosalie a lot of effort to convince you. You didn’t like the way I chose to handle it, so you stepped in, and that’s bullshit!”

“I take care of Bella!” He yelled back at me. “I’ve been taking care of her since she was a …”

Now we were getting to it. “I know, I know. And you’ve been great to her over the years, and we both appreciate it. But she’s got me now. I’m here to take care of her and you know what? She’s not some helpless little woman, either. None of you guys give her enough credit about anything. She may have lived in a turtle shell when you first met her, but she’s changed so much since then! Hell, she’s changed a lot since I met her, and you don’t even see how much she’s accomplished. Bella’s faced her own fears and insecurities, as well as her faults, which is more than most can say about themselves. So stop talking as though she’s an incompetent little girl who needs help all the time. When push comes to shove, she’s stronger than all of us and that showed Saturday night.”

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Chapter 24 of Not Meant To Be by SweetDulcinea

The sky was dark by the time our call drew to its completion for the night. As always, I still had so many questions, but I didn’t push. We both enjoyed the light tone we shared. As we said our goodbyes, Edward departed the same way he had made a habit of doing.

“I love you, Bella. I’ll talk to you soon.”

When the call had ended, I closed my eyes and leaned back in my chair. With a deep breath in and out, I whispered my words to no one at all.

“Me too.”

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Chapter 15 of On My Own by LittleClareStar

I think I was drunk for a week. I was either incapacitated because I had passed out or I was incapacitated because I yet again drunk my own body weight in whiskey.

I don’t know. Day and night faded into each other. I just didn’t care enough about anything at all to notice what time it was, what was going on around me, who was clearing up after me.

I sobered up just enough on the Saturday after she left to collect the scattered papers off the floor of the office and read the initial document that she had prepared.

It was short, to the point and totally impersonal. Nothing about it screamed ‘I love Edward Cullen and I’m going to save his sorry arse and his sorry estate’.

Fucking bitch.

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Chapter 7 of On the Inside of Love by MusicJunki & nicnicd

My patience was gone. Jaw clenched, I whipped my head around, searching the crowd. I randomly grabbed the arm of a masked guy clad in all black and pulled him to where I was standing.

He stumbled over his feet before letting out a muffled, “What the-”

“Here,” I stated simply, moving his arm so that his hand went to Jessica’s side.

“Oh, hell yeah, dude!” he shouted at me over the music and latched on to her waist with both hands. Jessica continued to gyrate even more enthusiastically, clueless to the fact that a ninja had just taken my place.

I spun away, making for the spot I’d seen Bella last. Keeping my eyes trained on her, I was relieved to catch the annoyed look she shot her new dance partner. Clearly, she was not interested in any of the shit-tastic moves he had to offer.

Finally approaching her side, I touched her arm lightly. She swung her head in my direction, a slight scowl marring her features before she smiled for me. “Hi,” she said over the loud music. Annoyance flashed in her eyes as they flickered to the guy behind her, who continued to obliviously thrust his pelvis at her ass. That was all the cue I needed.

“Wanna dance?”

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Chapter 14 of Once Bitten, Twice Shy by jessicai67

He turned his body to face hers transferring the weight of her head onto his arm in a fluid movement that caused her the least amount of jostling possible, and they came to rest with their faces mere inches apart on the mossy ground. He could feel an unseen force pulling him closer to her like a planet being inevitably sucked into its sun. Certain death but irresistible all the same. For agonizing seconds they hovered there in place not quite fighting the urge to crash together, but not succumbing to it either.

After what might have been an eternity and may have only been a few ticks
of a clock, their lips met for the first time. The sensation traveled down his body towards his feet like a wave of cold air hitting him from above. The kiss was gentle at first, but increased in fervor as Bella’s hands wound their way around his body and pulled him closer. He couldn’t fight her strength even if he’d wanted to, so he gave in easily. His own hands found their way into her hair tangling and twisting into the brown locks until they were nearly tangled in them. The most beautiful pair of handcuffs ever made. They separated breathless for a moment as he slowly untangled himself.

The sound of a twig breaking behind Bella’s back caused both of them to jump to their feet and take a fighting stance. They whirled around to witness a beautiful young woman with bright red curls who couldn’t have been much older than Bella standing there watching them from between two of the huge trees that were scattered randomly around the forest in them. The girl smiled revealing brilliant white teeth, and the sun glinted off her skin like diamonds in the light.

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Chapter 3 of One Day at a Time by eye ree

The tingling started on the left side of her chest making her head sway softly. Her mouth opened as if to cry out, wanting to stretch her limbs and drown both of them in the explosion. It was a steady stream of bubbling pleasure, never peeking; an eternal glow within her.

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Chapter 8 of Raising the Stakes by adverb

Suddenly, Edward picked up his chips and left the table, leaving Bella confused. As she glanced down at her chip pile, she noticed it was only about half the amount that she had initially told him that she had lost. Edward was obviously expecting her to leave, but she didn’t want to quit just yet. He had said he would not be able to get all of her money back at once, but it was so hard to walk away. Why did she have to quit now? Why couldn’t they stay just a little bit longer so she could bring herself that much closer to being debt-free?

Bella was about to bet another hand when she felt Edward come up behind her at the table. She was surprised, as she knew how much Edward stressed trying to keep the illusion that they were not together.

“Let’s go,” he whispered forcefully. She wasn’t sure if the other people at the table could hear.

“But –” she began, still not ready to come down from the high.

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Chapter 2 of Random Encounters by KristenLynn

“Oh shit,” I groaned, gritting my teeth against my impending release. “Stop!”

His hand immediately ceased in its motions, and I heard him whisper in my ear, “What’s wrong, love?”

The sound of his velvety voice vibrating words of endearment in my ear almost sent me over the edge. I was throbbing painfully, and I could feel the scorching heat of his fingers where they touched me, even if they weren’t moving anymore. I fought the inevitable with all of my might.

“I don’t want to come like this,” I replied in a quietly strangled voice.

“Why not?” he asked silkily.

“I want more. I want you. I need to feel you inside of me.”

Holy shit. Did I just fucking say that?

His answering chuckle assured me that yes, yes I did just fucking say that.

“Don’t worry, love. We have all night… and I plan on making you come over and over tonight.”

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Chapter 23 of Reality Minus Expectations by mjinaspen
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Chapter 8 of Redshift, Blueshift by lts29

He felt so…warm and soft against my hand. The blood in the bruise was pulsing slightly against my hand, and, from where I stood, my eyes were fixed on the pulse hammering in his neck. Venom filled my mouth for the first time in Edward’s presence. I was frozen. Before I could react, and honestly, I wasn’t sure how I would react, Edward put both arms around my shoulders and tried to pull me into an embrace. I stood rooted to the spot by my panic. He wasn’t fazed by the fact that he couldn’t budge me, and instead he stepped closer to me.

Now, my face was pressed directly into his neck. It would take the slightest of movements to rip his throat open and drink from him. I had never been this close to a human without it ending badly, and I was terrified. But this was Edward. He was my everything, I couldn’t kill him. I pulled my head down so that I could lean it on his chest. That didn’t help much, because now I could hear the wet thud of his heart echoing loudly in my ear. Could vampires have panic attacks? I felt like I was dangerously close to one.

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Chapter 4 of Reviving Fireflies by greeen goldfish

“Miss Swan, could you do something for me?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Will you pour yourself some tea and join me?”

At first, she resented his request. Because he was Edward Masen and she was who she was, he was oblivious to how sipping tea leisurely in the evening would mean she would be up late finishing laundry.

Then she looked at him. She looked at the unopened book at his elbow, at his teacup, at the room where they had repeated this routine so many times. She realized for the first time that he was lonely. She realized that, despite his power and wealth, he had been abandoned by his family and his fiance. His huge home not only held no family, but also no equivalent of her Mrs. Brown. The gulf between him and those who worked for him only made him more alone.

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Chapter 4 of
Rhapsody in B by Lillybellis

“Bells!” Dad yelled, and I could hear the door slam behind him as he ran up the stairs, pounding on them like thunder.

I sat on the end of my bed in the dark, my chest feeling like an elephant was sitting on it. I wasn’t sure why I couldn’t breathe; it wasn’t like I’d run that far. The house was only a block away from the Diner. I guessed maybe that’s how I was supposed to feel; it was only fitting that my body would be breaking when my heart was breaking, too.

I looked down at my lap, covered in moonlight streaming in through my window. The denim of my jeans was covered in small round wet circles from the tears that dripped off of my chin.

“Bells,” Dad said again, softer, almost like he was whispering.

The old wooden floor creaked as he walked across it slowly, his hand reaching out to me like I was some kind of wild animal he thought might hurt him if he got too close.

“Are you okay, sweetheart?”

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Chapter 20 of Running Home by twitina

He looked over at Seth. He had asked for the window seat and they had obliged. All plans of watching the country pass below had faded before they passed the Mississippi , as his eyelids got heavier and heavier. Now, he was sleeping soundly, curled up in his seat with his head in Bella’s lap. Her hand was on his head, her fingers wound in his black hair.

Bella had nodded off a couple of hours ago and her head lolled to the side. He had tried to wake her when she talked a little in her sleep, but had quickly given up.

The attendant walked down the aisle and stopped for a moment to talk to him. “You’re going to have to wake them up to put their seatbelts on, sir. The Captain just started our descent.”

“I know. I just hate to disturb them, they look so peaceful.” He smiled up at her briefly and then turned his attention back to Bella and Seth.

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Chapter 21 of Sacificial Lamb by Nolebucgrl

Even though he couldn’t read my mind, he could sense my emotions. “Nothing bad, Bella, I promise you.” I stared into his golden eyes and saw the truth there matched the sincerity in his tone so I let myself relax. He smiled at my reaction and wound my fingers with his own. “I want to talk about your transformation.” I started to tense again but then I remembered that he said it was nothing bad.

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Chapter 12 of Scarred by courthale

My heart stopped at his words. Everything was crashing down around me, and I was drowning. They didn’t make sense at first. I could feel it coming and tried to stop him but everything was just not registering in my mind.

There was no me without him.

I didn’t exist in a world where he wasn’t with me.

“No.”

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Chapter 3 of Seismic Hazards by mac

I hiccupped and pulled the blanket under my chin, taking comfort in its softness and the spicy smell of Edward that emanated from it. I vaguely wondered if this was the scene of his orgy yesterday and sniffed at the blanket for any hint of sex.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

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Chapter 5 of Shameless Developements by SweetDulcinea

“Fuck, Bella. I miss you so much.” He dipped his head down, staring into my eyes. With a seductive grin, he stuck his fingers in his mouth, tasting what he had done to me. I nearly came again.

“You have no idea,” I groaned, trying to put some space between us. “Soon, sweetie. We’re almost there, and when we are, I’m going to give you the congratulations you deserve.” With those words, my hand slipped between us, giving his hard-on a firm squeeze. “I’d better get back out there. I’ll see you in a minute.” I kissed him one last time and turned away.

After a few deep breaths, I returned to the bar with Alice. That quick release had been amazing, but it only seemed to fuel my desire more.

What a fucked up night.

As soon as I sat, Alice turned my stool toward hers, gripping my hair between her fingers and attacking my mouth. Stunned, I responded to her thin, delicate lips and her baby soft tongue. She was so comfortable and familiar. I easily got lost in our kiss.

A deep throat cleared behind us, dragging me back to reality. My eyes turned to Jasper cautiously, fearing the anger and betrayal I thought would be there. But he didn’t look mad. He looked…aroused. Keeping my eyes locked on his, I kissed Alice one last time.

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Chapter 11 of Since You Been Gone by Dennycullenlutz

When I open my eyes, she was standing right in front of me, eye wide and open mouthed. Now I was extremely pissed off.

“Who the fuck told you that I am your property? I belong to myself… I.AM.NOT.YOURS!” she yelled at me. She started laughing and that ignite the rage bomb inside of me.

That was just enough!! “You are gonna be so sorry for that Rosalie.”

“Don’t play bitch with me, dammed!” I said and grabbed her arms making her stumble on her feet.

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Chapter 3 of Somewhere In Between by Kassiah

Where have I heard this…

A soft whimper in my head, the woman below me protesting as my hand stilled. Looking down at her face, her eyes closed in pleasure, I returned to her. My hand ghosted up the soft flesh of her neck, anchoring into her hair. I kissed her then, her mouth soft and pliant against min
e. My hand that wasn’t tangled in her hair ghosted over her skin, down to her high, firm breasts. Rolling the pebbled nipple between my fingers, cupping her in my palm, I gave over to the sensation, to my body’s need for this.

It had been so long…

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Chapter 1 of Stolen Singer by nerac

Deep in the frigid forest of the Denali wilderness, the Cullen family spent a quiet night indoors, entertained by the various distractions they had picked up throughout the years. Emmett and Jasper argued back and forth across an expanse of chess boards they had laid out upon the floor, their never-ending battle continuing between them.

Edward sat at his piano, pencil scratching across parchment, composing as he watched his mother, Esme and his father, Carlisle speak quietly, using their love as a guide for the notes he put to paper.

Alice, the ever exuberant and positive wife of Jasper, broke through the quiet evening, surprising them all as she moved to sit beside her brother on the bench of his piano. “Edward, you won’t be alone forever,” her small arms reached over and wrapped around his shoulders, holding him to her tiny body, whispering, “your singer is coming…”

Edward wanted to argue, he wanted to tell her that her words were unfair. Instead, he tried to see into her mind, to find a reason for the statement — just as Alice knew he would.

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Chapter 10 of Sway by Hibbleton

“You aren’t over that yet?” I goaded her.

“I figured you, of all people, would appreciate my effort.”

I looked at her in confusion before she rolled her eyes at having to explain what she felt should have been obvious. “Doesn’t she look nice dressed up?”

“You went through all of that so I could see her in a dress?” I was puzzled by this revelation. “Wait, you put her through all of that so I could see her in a dress?”

She sighed, throwing her hands in the air. “Nobody appreciates the lengths I go to for them.”

Jasper chuckled, patting her knee, “That’s because the lengths you go to, only you understand.”

“Okay, so maybe it was a little much,” she relented.

“A little?” he asked, quirking an eyebrow in her direction, as if daring her to be truthful, before turning his attention back to the road.

“All right, a lot,” she huffed before she turned around with a wicked grin. “But you have to admit that it worked in your favor, huh?”

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Chapter 3 of The Bottom LIne by StupidSuckedinReader

“So, your rotation here.” Bella said quickly, changing the subject. She realized Edward didn’t want to talk about his past. Though he had piqued her curiosity. “You will be working directly under me…” No sooner did those words leave her mouth, was Bella fantasizing sitting naked on top of Edward, riding him cowgirl style. Poor choice of words. Get it together! “Together we will be working on deal profitability models. While we model everything in excel, all of our output is inputted into OPP.”

Edward lowered his eyebrow at her and glanced at her sideways.

“Oh, OPP. Yes, like the song. It’s an old system we’ve been using well before Naughty by Nature. It stands for Opportunity Profitability Portfolio,” Bella replied with a smile.

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Chapter 5 of The Daily Grind by letmesign

I woke up in a haze of post-tequila thirst and pre-caffeine head pain. “Mrrmm,” I moaned, punching at my cell phone, where a sound that can only be described as screwdriver-in-the-head horrific was emanating from. “I hate you,” I muttered as soon as I’d flipped the satanic thing open.

“I knew you’d still be sleeping. Up and at ’em, Bells.”

“Pink, Alice? You set my phone to play fucking Pink for your ringtone, and called me at nine in the morning?”

“‘So, so what? I’m still a rock star. I got my rock moves, and I don’t need you…’” she warbled.

“Die.” I snapped and sat up, then promptly fell back onto the mattress, head spinning. “Fuck. Shit, bugger, bloody damn it.” There’s a reason I don’t normally drink as much alcohol as I had in the past few days.

“Ah, British Bella has made an appearance,” Alice’s voice chirped through the phone where it’d landed on my mattress. Whenever I got really soused or mad, I pulled out the British swear words I’d learned the summer Alice and I spent in England. Waking up to an annoying pop song sporting a nasty hangover was one of those times.

I picked up the phone again, shoving it under my ear as I tried standing up again. “Enjoy flying coach on the plane to hell, Alice,” I grunted, hanging up. You love your best friend, you love your best friend…you kind of want to tear your best friend’s poster of George Clooney into shreds.

I had to be at work in an hour. I was going to see Edward for the first time in two days. And I was more hung-over than I ever had been, crabby as hell, and probably looked like I’d been thrown through a tornado and landed in a clothes drier set on fluff.

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Chapter 17 of The Fixer: Redux by AzureEyedI

I tried to warn Bella from the very start about the two of them, especially him, but no, she wouldn’t listen to what I knew, what I had picked up about them over the past two years: That there was more to their relationship than met the eye, a lot more.

Would’ve saved me a lot of misery and heartache, that’s for sure.

And I’m beginning to wonder if Bella has really been worth it…

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Chapter 19 of The Men of Twilight: Twilight TwentyFive by goldenmeadow

I held her hand one night as I escorted her back to Jasper. Hers trembled lightly inside of mine, a single page with so many words written and none spoken aloud. At the porch, the light filtered over Bella’s face, the sad fashion of her very red lips, highlighting a sheen of wetness that glanced over her eyes turning them from
light brown to damp earth.

The following day, Jasper found me. He was bewildered, talking a blue streak that I couldn’t understand.

Undeterred by my flustered questioning, merely wanting to know that Bella was alright, Jasper held my throat in his hand and shoved me to the wall, “She’s not happy, Edward! What did you say to her last night?”

He could kill me with a small tightening of his muscles.

I didn’t care one ounce.

My voice was a shattered thing in my narrowing air-tight windpipe, “Jasper, we barely spoke.” I wretched and puked when he released me, bent double I begged, “Don’t you fucking hurt her, brother.”

I warned him and myself.

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Chapter 1 of The Misfits by Namariel

In the list of stupid things Edward had done throughout his relatively short life—he was, after all, only seventeen—he figured this particular one ranked pretty high up.

Most things that threatened either impending death or a long time of imprisonment followed by a longer time of being grounded by his parents ranked high up, he reckoned.

“’Try to fit in’, he said” Edward muttered under his breath. “’Just do what they do, it’s not hard, and you’ll love it’. Great counseling advise, I might add.”

Apparently, the Forks City Private Academy frowned upon one’s lack of social skill—or interest. It appeared as though sitting with a book while lunch was an antisocial behavior to be corrected on the spot. Even if it was Gabriel García Márquez.

Edward was suddenly very keen on the concept of A Hundred Years of Solitude.

“I can only wish,” he grumbled, huffing with irritation. The smell of the paint was bothering his eyes and nose and he was sure he had the thing all over his hands and shirt and even his jeans. His good jeans he’d put on especially for tonight.

This wasn’t exactly how he’d envisioned this night to go, obviously.

Suddenly, the porch lights flared to life behind him.

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Chapter 20 of The Resolution by coldplaywhore

I closed my cell phone and rested it on my nightstand, but sleep still did not come easy to me. Sure, it had been nice to hear from Edward, but it didn’t calm my nerves any like I thought it would. I finally gave up the ghost just before two in the morning, and I regretted it when Charlie woke me up around seven, giddy like a kid in a candy store.

“Come on Bells, I have a surprise for you,” he exclaimed as I rubbed the palm of my hands against my eyes and began to adjust to the light in the room.

“Dad, you know I’m not five anymore right? I’m not that excited for Christmas. Can you give me ten minutes to get downstairs?” I asked as I heard a barking noise coming from the main floor and my head shot up from my pillow. He didn’t.

“If you don’t want to come down and see what I got you, that’s fine,” said Charlie non-chalantly as I jumped up from the bed and grabbed my terry cloth robe from my chair. I quickly tossed it around myself and ran down the steps, two at a time, and came face to face with the cutest little German Shepherd puppy I had ever seen.

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Chapter 22 of The Ties That Bind by yesyov

Dear Mystery B

I am getting married today. I’m meant to be finishing my vows, but the words just won’t come.

I’ve sat here for what seems like hours, but still, I can’t seem to get them just right.

I think I know why.

I need to let you go.

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Chapter 39 of The Trip Home by MsKathy

“What’s so funny? Wait…”

I looked around, a few things clicking into place.

“This whole place…” I took a deep breath, trying to really take it in. “The whole thing?” Apparently my verbal skills had gone out the window. “No,” I whispered, shaking my head.

“Yes,” Jasper confirmed. “The whole thing.”

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Chapter 14 of Tides by lambcullen

I vaguely heard Alice mention Newton, and the beach, before the door banged closed.

I felt suffocated. I couldn’t breathe; completely confused by the situation, and yet it all made perfect sense.

“Speak, BB. Please?” he whispered again.

“You knew,” I stated.

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Chapter 4 of Tilt by lambcullen

“Can I m-move my hand a little higher, Bella?”

I chewed my lower lip and nodded. His fingers crept further up and slowly teased the edge of my black boy shorts. A giggle bubbled from my lips. I simply couldn’t stop it.

“Hush.” Edward soothed, as his fingers snaked under the cotton. They skimmed the underside of my buttocks making me clench them slightly.

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Chapter 2 of Ultio by mac & 22blue

And get this…” Billy leaned forward and looked from side to side slyly before staring intensely into Charlie’s eyes. “We’re descended from wolves… I’m a werewolf.”

Charlie’s jaw dropped. Billy’s face remained hard and serious – for all of two seconds.

Billy and Charlie doubled over in laughter, crushing more empty beer cans.

“Oh man, I think Grandpa Ephraim took one too many hits off the peace pipe!” Charlie teased. He’d been laughing so hard that a few tears escaped the corners of his eyes. He wiped them away with the hem of his sweatshirt.

The sun had been long set and empty cans started to pile up. The only sounds were that of the boys talking and laughing and the crackling of the fire. Blackness surrounded them and the definition of the trees seemed to have disappeared, forming a circular black wall. The ominous gray clouds created a low ceiling above the clearing.

Billy suddenly went stiff.
His fists clenched and his stomach churned as a strong, foreign aroma assaulted him. “Do you smell that?”

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Chapter 3 of Unquenchable Need by SaraiR88

ALICE! She had to have had a vision, why didn’t she warn me? I couldn’t think straight. Hunting was the only thing that would help me calm down. Hartford didn’t have any wild animals, so I ran a few cities away until I reached a herd of deer. After drinking from a few of them and becoming full, I was ready to go home and face my pixie of a sister; she had a lot of explaining to do.

When I got to the house Alice was sitting on the steps with a small smile on her lips. “Hello, Edward. Came home empty handed, did you?”

“ALICE!” I yelled. “Why?” I took a calming breath before attempting to lower my voice. “Why? Why didn’t you warn me, Alice? I could have… I could have killed her!”

She laughed. Alice laughed at me and then said “Oh, but you didn’t, did you? You don’t give yourself enough credit, dear brother. She’s still alive. Relax a little.” The smug look she gave me fueled my anger even more.

“Stop acting like this isn’t a big deal; I wanted to drain her dry, Alice. Have you no idea how dangerous that could have been? I kept plotting how I was going to get her with the least attention from the rest of the humans. I could had easily changed my mind and taken her, eh… taken a bite. The future changes, Alice.” Please understand.

“I have faith in you; I knew you weren’t going to do it. Now drop the subject, you’re giving me a headache.” She sighed dramatically.

“Alice! You’re a vampire, you don’t get headaches.”

With a giggle she responded, “I know, I was joking. Just relax. It went well, so let it go. My best friend will be around often so you need to get used to having a human close by. School isn’t the same; this human will actually be close enough to touch. Get over it.”

“I can handle humans easily, Alice. It’s just this human, she was different. Unlike anyone else I had ever met.”

“Are you in loooooove?” She smiled and looked at me curiously.

“NO! Let’s drop it. She’s a human!” I stormed off and ran to my bedroom. I heard her laugh echo throughout the house. Placing my headphones on, I turned on my radio the highest possible. I needed time to think and focus on anything but that girl.

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Chapter 19 of Welcome to Existence by Emerald_Rosalie

The door rattled again and I could see Charlie looking through the glass panels at us as we all stood around like a bunch of idiots.

“I’ll let him in,” Alice sighed as she walked toward the door; Charlie almost flew past her as he stormed in, his pistol in his hands. He stood stock still as he looked at Bella, then me, then Jacob.

“What the hell, Bells?!” he shouted and she winced. Jasper was instantly at her side and I felt calm flood through us and Bella sighed in relief. Charlie scowled at Jasper before turning to me. “What have you done to my daughter!?”

“Charlie-” Alice began but was cut off.

“I especially don’t want to hear it from you, Alice Cullen. I trusted you to keep her safe and you’ve lied to me over and over again,” he looked around the room before settling on Carlisle, “You…you’re vampires and my daughter is in danger every second she spends with you people!”

“You people?” Edward spoke as he entered the room. “You people?”

Charlie scoffed in disgust. “Asstard,” he muttered under his breath, unaware that every one of us could hear him.

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Chapter 11 of Where There’s Smoke by NJNYTwiGals

I knew that her anger was misplaced, and the alcohol was making her highly emotional, but it killed me to think that she felt any type of rejection from me.

“Get out!” she yelled louder.

“No.”

“Get. Out. Now!” she practically screamed.

I stepped closer to her. “No.”

“Edward, please!” she shouted.

I stepped right in front of her. “Bella, I’m not going anywhere.”

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Chapter 5 of Winter of Love by BelleDean

The next day arrived and, true to form, it rained again. I found a pair of rain boots in the basement and decided to use them; judging by the weather, those boots were a necessity in this town. Most of the girls at school wore skirts or dresses, so in an effort to blend in at school, I decided to wear the only dress I owned, a blue mini dress. Unfortunately I really wasn’t sure whether if it was actually a better choice of clothing for the purpose of “fitting in.” Rose seemed to think that it was an improvement, so I left it on.

Relying on her opinion on how to dress was just plain stupid of me, at least if my sole goal was to fit in with the tiny masses of Fork’s High. Since Rose’s general motto when it came to fashion had always been the more skin revealing and tighter, the better, I should have been prepared for the discovery that my attempts to dress according to the mass appeal by wearing a mini-dress were entirely misguided, if my only goal was to remain inconspicuous.

Some other part of me also wanted to impress Pretty Boy, who’d be sitting next to me in Biology. If I had learned anything from observing Renee and Rose, it was that showing a little more skin than necessary would probably help in getting the attention of the opposite sex. The dress ensured that my legs would be on full display. I made sure I bathed, washed my hair and smelled the dress before I put it on. I had come to the conclusion that the jury was still out on what was going on with him staring at me, but in case those stares were really gazes of admiration, it was best to be completely prepared.

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Chapter 7 of Wonderwall by tuleangel

“What’s going on?” I came into the study just as Emmett was laying the body down on the couch.

“Bite her Edward! Do it now before it’s too late!” Emmett barked out the order as he was brushing the matted bloody hair off her face.

“Carlisle get you bag while I get her clothes off! Emmett, get out of the way!” Edward was visibly on edge and was filling a syringe with what looked like morphine but I couldn’t tell from my angle.

By now Esme, Rosalie, and Jasper had joined us. Esme walked over to Carlisle as Jasper star
ted trying to calm the room.

I stood over the girl and Edward and asked him again what was going on.

“It’s Bella and she’s hurt bad! Tell Edward we are wasting time and to just bite her already!” Emmett moved around the couch and stood by me. “I swear Edward you have about 10 seconds left and then I am biting her!”

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