A Teambella23 Fic: Freckled, sunburned, and scraped, our lives are lived barefoot and sandy, rolling under the baking sun and surfing the salty water—young, wild, and brave. Volkswagens, bonfires, and "You call that a pickup truck?" We were born into this, but we won't be like them. We're invincible. We're seventeen. We're smarter than that. What's the worst that can happen?

Bella once told me that there was nothing braver than a flower growing through a crack in the sidewalk. I laughed because she was always giving feelings to things that don't feel. If she was standing next to me, I'd tuck the dandelion behind her ear. Or she'd blow on it and make a wish. A hundred wishes. Or maybe just one.

Tyler/Allison aka Mallory Set in 2011, it's been 3 years since Allison left New Orleans and she meets Tyler in a NYC bar. Both broken, can they keep what they might have found?

His fingertips trail along my collarbone, strong but gentle. They linger on my scar, on skin that's not quite numb. I feel like I did then, when I was standing in that tree, brave and stupid enough to jump. ExB O/S Contest entry for FicThisGIF

Awkward Bella only had a crush on one guy, known for stringing girls along. When he rejected Bella's advances, her world flipped inside out. Years later, she's now the female version of the catalyst that changed her life. And it's her turn for payback. AH

Edward keeps asking and Bella keeps saying the same thing. But he loves asking and well... she's starting to kind of like it, too. AH, B/E O/s for the Will You Marry Me contest.