He's her warning. She's his sweet temptation. An addict always wants what he can't have, even if it will ruin him. "Speak of the devil and she shall appear. Who am I kidding? I'm Beelzebub."

Sometimes, everything you're looking for ends up being right where you left it. *Entry for The Heart of Country Contest. 1st Place Silver Spur Award Public Vote, 2nd Place Silver Spur Award Judges Choice, 1st Place Gentlemen Wear White Award (Swooniest Fella) Public Vote and Judges Choice, 2nd Place Hay Ride Award Judges Choice.* Now expanded and complete!

This was 1987; before the Internet, before Twitter, before Facebook – this was back when it was still possible for people not to know about things: big things - like bands, and little things - like G-spots. AH, ExB, with some other parings along the way.

Some people leave their mark on your memories. You can't escape what they meant to you and you can't re-write the past—it's indelible. But the future isn't set in stone. It's yours to write. A story about forks in the road of life and a past with a future. AH/AU/E & B

The residents of Birch Hollow are used to strange things happening in autumn.

She's got a bulletproof heart but he's got a hollow point smile. He's a gathering storm. A spark in the darkness. A bruised heart just waiting to happen. At rock bottom, Bella Swan has nowhere to fall but everything to lose.

The start of Bella's senior year finds her at a new school missing old friends. Grades and graduation are her only priorities...until she meets Mase.

My sister keeps telling me the media is way too hard on Prince Edward—that he isn't an arrogant, self-entitled bastard and I'd like him if I got to know him. Right. The more time I spend with His Royal Heinous, the more I want him to leave me alone. But he won't, and since the tabloids already think I'm sleeping with him, he might as well kiss me.

"I don't even realize that the air has gotten hazy. Or that it smells like skunk, or that amidst the clouds of smoke, leaning against the wall is Edward Cullen." - AH, E/B, Lemons.

It's simple, really. A story about two best friends realizing they're head over feet in love.

He's my older sister's good friend. He is rugged, warm, and cool in his tweed pea coat. His sneakers worn like he'd walked through a lifetime and just got back. All he did was walk through the door every morning. He knows things but not about me. I am shredded with love.

High school is a raging screaming battle that's mostly in her head. She won't be happy until she has him, but hell if she'll ever tell him. She sees only deception in his deepest truths, while he doesn't know the falsehoods of what he reads from her actions. Someone has to bend or the other will break. AH E/B

Everyone knows about the dangers of the Internet, the liars and the creepers. But friendship can spark there and so can love. Edward and Bella met and fell despite the distance, but though his feelings were true, not everything he said was. A collab with myonlyheroin.

High School Fictional. No one sends Bella into a tailspin quite like Edward Cullen... but can she make him hers? The ups and downs and all arounds.

The town calls him "Berserky" who likes to wander into convenience stores, rip into beef jerky and gnaw on the sticks. Touch him, you'll feel the consequences. Since his father's death, he hasn't been the same. I would know. I'm the only one with a good view inside his windows. Edward 'Berserky' Cullen Jr. is my neighbor.

With the summer brings new people, and with the fall, an empty space they once were. See what happens when Bella meets Edward and one harmless lie turns their world upside down. Taboo/Teacher student. lemons. Be warned. Collab with Robicorn

They all loved her. One of them killed her. AH/AU - PULLED

Their story plays in her mind like a kaleidoscope of bittersweet moments in time. Years later, when Bella finally finds the courage to go after what she's always wanted, will it be too late?

Transplant Bella arrives in D.C. to work as an advice columnist, with mentor Edward Cullen, Big Shot investigative reporter and Asshole Extraordinaire. Can she survive in the city and manage not to tear her hair out?

10 yrs ago, Edward was accused of murder & Bella was his alibi. Today, the murder is still unsolved & Bella hates Edward. Can a penchant for gothic mystery, a hearty dose of lingering hostility & a desire for justice really right old wrongs? Inspired by old newspaper serials. AH HEA

1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection. 3. the feelings I have for you.

If you have chemistry, you only need one other thing: timing. But timing is a bitch.

He's old school, and I think I like it.

On that side of the Equator a six year age difference is nothing, just a number that loses meaning in the face of adventures and shared interests and long bus rides. But on this side of the Equator, in Forks Washington where Bella is a teacher, six years are everything, an impenetrable barrier that makes life impossible when Edward Cullen shows up as an exchange student.

We are Generation Z. We are educated and engaged. We have the whole world at our fingertips. Our biggest killer? Ourselves.

It's about friends and growing up. It's about summer and laughter and music. It's about all the firsts. It's about the one boy you're never supposed to fall for. Ever.

Every town has a tragedy. Every tragedy has a devil. That's me.

"I feel silly, and I feel vindicated, and I feel sad. I feel a lot of things, but what I don't feel is nothing, and I'm not entirely sure what that means." (Written in 2013 for the Fandom4LLS fundraiser.)

"I didn't know you had a bike," she stuttered. "Yeah, well, some chick stole my car." He winked at her. "She jacked the tranny somewhere halfway to the ocean. It took me and the boys two days to get her back to town and it's gonna take another two weeks to get her back up and running." Bella's mouth fell open. "That was your car?" - A love song for Hadley Hemingway.

Because her own life was so devoid of it, Bella always wanted to protect sweetness and innocence in other people. Maybe that was what drew her to Edward, a strange, socially awkward, but very sweet man. She couldn't know the secret he held-that he wasn't what he seemed, and she was the one being protected.

A serious case of writer's block, an isolated cabin in the mountains, and a mysterious, surly stranger who is not looking for company. Mature Content. Very AU.

The body's biggest organ. Three layers deep. I don't know about you, but I wear a lot of my history on mine.

Bella's life, predictable and streaked with poor timing, can use a re-landscape. The decision to make some changes brings with it an old friend. The boy who had pulled up a chair, opened a sketch pad, and infiltrated her mind for four years stands, now a man, behind her screen. But inviting him in is not as simple as opening the door.

What's an author to do when her own main character makes her an offer she can't refuse? Contest entry for the Control. Possess. Seduce. Contest.

Men, like jewels, require a setting. Even if the setting is the last place you'd expect.

There's a long black cloud a'hangin in the sky. Weather's gonna break and hell is gonna fly. - Woodie Guthrie - First Place: public vote and 3 Judge's Picks in the Age of Edward contest - 2015

Three days before Christmas, Edward needs an escape. From life. A red eye flight and rental car lead him to a beach in Mexico. He stumbles into a girl's bed for one night, but wakes up wanting forever. Sometimes, Christmas miracles aren't what we expect. Sometimes, the biggest gift comes in the smallest of packages. Sometimes, we build castles out of snow.

A lovelorn girl. A lonesome cowboy. An anonymous donation and a pink jade butterfly. Sometimes love doesn't just fall into your lap. Sometimes you need a healthy dose of luck to find it. Entry for the May to December Romance Contest

Contest Entry for the Control. Possess. Seduce. Contest

Complete. For two years, Bella's had a cotton candy romance going on with her taciturn best friend. In her head. So after catching bits and pieces of Edward's unusual upbringing, Bella pays a visit to Alaska. AH

There's one thing on my grown-up Christmas list, and while it includes a number of specifics in varying degrees of dirtiness, it really all boils to the one thing I've wanted for a year and a half: a do-gooder with unruly hair and a Mister Rogers sweater, and a lifetime of nights that would land me squarely on the naughty list.

There's a long black cloud a hanging in the sky - weather's gonna break and hell's gonna fly.

Summary: The world is gone, and for those few who remain, the landscape offers nothing but danger. One legend stands apart from it all. Now he finds himself desperate, under attack, and still searching for something he knows he'll never find. Vampward/ExB/AU/Rated M for violence

Bella Swan, speech writer to Senator Cullen is new to politics & D.C. Edward Masen, Chief of Staff to Senator Volturi having grown up surrounded by politics is jaded by it all. Can Bella survive this new world & can Edward overcome his prejudices? AH

Bella is anxious to finally meet the object of her desire: handsome, wealthy, enigmatic Edward Cullen. After almost three years of talking and teasing via e-mail, text and phone calls, is she truly ready for something real?

*Tricks & Treats Contest Entry: 1st Place Public Vote, 3rd Place Judges Vote* Bella Swan is used to being judged because of her dyed hair and piercings. Then a boy who seems to be her polar opposite slips beneath her defenses. Over melted toffee and pumpkin cupcakes, she finds herself falling hard. But is he too good to be true?

Bella's found a creative way to use her degree, and it's going great. Until Eddie Masen crosses her desk.

Sophomore accounting major Bella Swan is stuck in a rut and too afraid to get herself out of it. Edward Cullen is a charming musician who seems to be up to the task to help-but will she let him?

*ONE SHOT* Lots of college students take on part-time work to pay their way through school. Edward and his two best friends go one step further: 'Plus One', an escort service for wealthy single ladies. Then Edward meets a new client who defies the stereotypes. Unfortunately for him, attraction and desire are sometimes a one-way street. *Not really an HEA*

"I'm gonna climb him like a tree and play with his hair." Entry for the Meet The Mate Contest.

With thousands of potential mates at your fingertips, finding a connection is just a swipe away. Sometimes you have to left swipe a lot of Mr. Wrongs to swipe Mr. Right.

Trichophilia: 1. A paraphilia in which one is sexually aroused by, or extremely fond of, human hair. 2. Any hair-related fetish. Edwards' girlfriends have all had one thing in common; super long brown hair. It's been his obsession since childhood. What happens when the girl who first sparked his Trichophilia returns?

Once upon a time a beautiful peasant girl met her Prince Charming and fell deep into instalove. Yeah … That isn't this story.

A little something about a girl in love with the edge of her world. Began as June 2012 Fictionista Workshop Witfit, but Jada failed that nicely so now it's not. ExB

A story of two people. Paths cross, lives blend and they discover they like each other more everyday. A simple, possible love story where the palms line the shore. EPOV

Their first encounter is brief, minute, insignificant, forgettable. At least it should be. Edward and Bella live very different lives, but a chance encounter forces them to reexamine everything they thought they wanted.

Describe yourself in three words. That's how I found myself beside the ocean, with sea salt tangled hair, sun kissed by a boy who showed me the answers. The boy in the shadows. The boy in the shade.

Edward and Bella fell in love, got married and lived happily ever after. That was what was supposed to happen. But it didn't. And twenty years later, the flame still burns.

"You keep giving me excuses and lashing out at me, but you know what? Not once have you said, 'Edward, this could never work because I don't even like you.' Which means," he leans in conspiratorially, "that you do. Like me." As One Does one-shot won 5th Place Public Vote in the May to December Contest as well as a the Romeo and Planetbluefic's Judge's Choice. Now it's expanded!

Edward and Bella's romance was of the epic, high school variety and it was up to Bree Tanner to save it. Possibly.

Because I felt like it...

Edward and Bella fell in love, got married and lived happily ever after. That was what was supposed to happen. But it didn't. And twenty years later, the flame still burns.

If I was going to write another story it would be something like this...Charlie sheriff, Bella home from Chicago after getting fired, Edward across the street, Charlie's deputy, divorced father of son Juney. She's always had a thing for him, but he's so darn loyal to Charlie and now he's got a girlfriend. He thinks Bella is still a kid. He always pinches the wrong set of cheeks.

No one has lived next door since the murder that happened there in 1997. One day Bella looks out her window and a compellingly handsome man is moving in. Bella doesn't date. But Mom is a serial dater. When Mom gets a load of Edward he becomes the focus of all her attention. (Pulled and Published Mar. 1, 2015 on Amazon as Me and Mom Fall for Spencer by Diane Munier.)

*TAKEN DOWN. MANY APOLOGIES.* Dear Diary, When he left, I became numb. Safe in a bubble of denial and bitterness. Now, he's back, and I've agreed to be his co-star in a new Broadway play. Obviously, if there were a Nation of Stupid People, I would be their Queen. A/H

There is a moment where when you're not looking for love, it catches you by complete surprise in the best way possible. Edward and Bella are caught up in that moment. Will they fight together to overcome all of the obstacles that stand in their way? Or will they cave to what they think they should do, ignoring what they both know they want?

Upon waking, there's a brief, blissful period in which you don't yet recall the sins of the night before, but eventually, you have to open your eyes. I'm Bella Swan, seventeen years old, cheerleader. This morning I woke up in the wrong bed.

The Madonna-whore complex. The idea that women's sexual expression is limited to being virginal or being degraded. Or lady in the streets and a freak in the sheets? Pffft. Where's the fun in that?

Once upon a time, Bella babysat Edward. But now he's all grown up and so are Bella's feelings toward him.

"You keep giving me excuses and lashing out at me, but you know what? Not once have you said, 'Edward, this could never work because I don't even like you.' Which means," he leans in conspiratorially, "that you do. Like me."

"You get out of life what you put into it." This strategy works exactly as promised for Bella in all things. . . except love. She's had enough disappointment and has almost decided that it would be better to cut her losses and give up dating altogether when a younger man offers her a new perspective and maybe, just maybe, the biggest payoff of all.

Up and coming goalie Edward Cullen was the very definition of control. Once he set his mind to something, nothing could sway him from his goal. Until that distraction became the one thing he couldn't attain.

I'd travelled 3000 miles, using the distance as a safety blanket. 3000 miles. 50 hours. Turns out, it wasn't far enough.

A lovelorn girl. A lonesome cowboy. An anonymous donation and a pink jade butterfly. Sometimes love doesn't just fall into your lap. Sometimes you need a healthy dose of luck to find it.

There is a moment where when you're not looking for love, it catches you by complete surprise in the best way possible. Edward and Bella are caught up in that moment. Will they fight together to overcome all of the obstacles that stand in their way? Or will they cave to what they think they should do, ignoring what they both know they want?

Contest entry for the May to December Romance Contest

A first kiss, a first dance, a first curse word shared between best friends. This is the tale of a boring, young geek and the social pariah who thought the world of him. A tale of growing up. A tale of a Non-Romantic Romance.

"Daisy bit her lip and nodded, trying hard not to audibly moan. The way Swirl wielded his hammer rendered her speechless." For the moments that boring, young geeks and social pariahs share - snapshots from Swirl and Daisy.

"She falls into hypnosis. He falls into heaven." Two worlds clash like the collision of dark nebulae in the galaxy. Starry kisses, dark matter, problem to the heart.

Sometimes you have to stop thinking with your head and listen to your heart, follow which way the wind blows and dream with abandon. Because tomorrow is a brand new day, and who knows what it will bring. E/B. Fluffy as fuck, with some sweet salty love.

There are people you get over. And then there's Edward Cullen.

That was the summer everyone stopped looking at me as Ben's little sister. Bonfires and beer. Sand and sun. We just kept climbing higher. None of us were ready for the drop.

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?

He once told me I stared at the sun too long. "You keep looking, Dimples, and you're gonna miss the one thing that rises and shines for you." He was right. (ExB. Rated M)

Bella's willpower is tested by the young hottie at the pool. Older and wiser she makes a move that will change their lives forever. E/B AH

He told me once that he preferred brunettes, but his fingers were always playing with long, blonde strands. He could never make up his mind... until he did. And now that I'm back I don't think he deserves a second chance.

"She's Audrey Hepburn, and he's Cary Grant. She's Marilyn, and he's James Dean. She's timeless elegance, and he's old grace. She's searching, and he's already found, already taken. She's sixteen. And he's twenty-seven. But that doesn't matter. Not to a girl in love. Nothing matters, then." Edward & Bella in the definition of a forbidden relationship.

Logic and art, numbers and paint—two different worlds from each other. Life made them collide, but one dangerous request could lead to much more than what they bargained for.

He looks like summer. He looks like freedom. He looks like the best kind of bad idea.

Everybody said Rose was perfect for me, and this weekend I was going to find out if it was true. That was the plan, until I met her sister.

"Bella, I'm not perfect." "I've loved perfect before, and he broke me anyway." (A "Twilight"/"Remember Me" crossover.)

Beaches and boardwalks, endless summers and sugar cones. Adulthood crept up on Bella Swan sometime ago. Can a local skater make her feel young again? Now complete and too, too sweet.

Sometimes, the miracles we plead for come at a terrible price. AH, dark subject matter.

"It's the first time I realize that for all of the significance boy-Edward holds in my past, man-Edward is a stranger to me. The thought is at once liberating and heartbreaking, and I don't know what to do with it: how do you forgive someone who no longer exists? How do you hold a man accountable for a boy's carelessness?"

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.

A girl who is paying for the sins of her mother. A mother who is a glutton for punishment. A doctor and his recently divorced son…could they offer hope at this beggar's banquet? 1st place winner in The Seven Deadly Sins Twific Contest.

Long days are spent swimming in the river with your mates, and trying to catch the eye of the cute boy from out of town. It might be a hundred degrees in the shade, but we'll still wear silly paper hats and eat a big, hot, roast dinner. This is Christmas in Australia, and we wouldn't have it any other way. E/B

An old soul, a hard past, and a very, very small town.

People can be as gentle and sweet as a summer breeze, or as mad and destructive as a hurricane's roar. To him, she was both. An entry for The Blue Watch Contest, winner of Third Place Public Vote.

Not me. That's who this girl is. She is not me. And for the first time, Edward wants someone who is not me. The tequila sits at the bottom of my stomach and begins to grow tentacles. I am tequila brave.

Love is a force without reason. It's a cycle you can't break. And it's never black and white. Sometimes it's gray... and all-consuming. Entry for the Mark Me Contest. (now cancelled)

Edward spends Saturday nights playing poker with the bachelors of Forks. He has the utmost respect for his new friend Charlie, but when Charlie's little girl comes home for the summer, it turns out she's not a little girl at all.

Edward is no doubt one cryptic guy. The star volleyball player of Forks High School, he's hot, blunt, and popular, but there's something about him that goes much deeper than that. Then comes new student Bella Swan, shy and naive, who doesn't know what hits her until he takes her heart. It's a numbing, consuming, not-so-typical romance of two teens who want very different things.

He's a young but jaded musician writing lyrics for his band, and she's a naive, frustrated poet looking to break out of her shell; their words collide online. What happens when they meet in high school, unaware of their literary connection?

She didn't want to dwell in the past anymore. She'd always been a woman of action, and action was exactly what she needed. Bella was going to renovate her house, and maybe she could renovate her life in the process. Winner of Host's and Judge's Choice for the Dirty Talkin' Edward Contest.

Edward is finally ready to play ball, but is Bella? Is it too late? The bases are loaded. He's just waiting for Bella to give him the signal to run. EPOV, Human, HS.

I watch her jumping, prancing, her hands empty but taking pictures. Her feet bare on the hot Texas earth. Everything in my life that was planned to a T just whirled away in a ruffled skirt.

For ten years, Edward Cullen has had a secret desire. Isabella Swan is in the business of making fantasies come true. Together, they'll discover more than they ever expected. 1st place winner for Public Vote and Judge's Choice in the LDA anonymous contest. Collab with karenec

Bella's husband's office might as well be labeled "home" on his cell phone. Edward's wife has magical headaches that appear nightly.

With too many secrets and a haunting past she'd love to forget, at seventeen, Bella is sure love doesn't exist. College dropout Edward Cullen can't seem to keep hold of love, or his music. A cottage, a lake, a tree, a muse, wrong choices, and heartache. How will these two cope with life and keep afloat? A daily word-prompt WitFit. Alternates between past and present. AH E/B

She'll lie and steal and cheat, and beg you from her knees. She'll make you think she means it this time, tearing a hole in you. But I still love her. I don't really care. A story from iambeagle and VampiresHaveLaws.

Re-post: AU/AH Bella's only release comes in the form of distantly orbiting the life of Edward Cullen. As with any addiction, however, she's always left wanting more. "Mad is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else." [Ugo Betti]

You always have the choice between life and death... until you don't. There is poetry at the beginning and end of our journey, but it's what you make of the interim that counts. BxE, rated M, canon parings.

Small town Texas. High school football. Two best friends, one girl. A tragedy that changes everything. All Human. Lemons. The usual suspects. YeeHaw!

He drove a rundown 1973 El Camino, smoked like a chimney - and the few words he spoke were seldom to me. HEA TwiFic Contest Public Vote and Judges Choice Winner

What happens when the paths of two highly intelligent hypersexuals cross?

I am wild. I am unruly, yet somehow constant, like a rushing waterfall, pounding against rock, spraying moss and ferns with my clear, cool water. I'll never be tied and tethered again. No one will hold me back. Contest entry for the Happily Ever After Twific Contest

When you meet that guy—the only one you'll ever want—at age ten, no one expects it to last. We proved them all wrong. Contest entry for the Happily Ever After TwiFic Contest.

Sometimes, a simple message is all it takes to turn your carefully crafted world on end. Short and not-so-sweet no longer a one-shot . AH Rated T for language and a passing reference to a sexual situation.

"I think all the people I love will eventually leave me. Just disappear." "Maybe . . . I don't know . . . maybe we don't need lots of people. Maybe we just need one. And that's enough." BPOV.

Dr. Edward Cullen needs a relationship without pesky feelings & duty of being a 'boyfriend' getting in the way. He needs a nice woman on his arm, looking for nothing more than a payday. This will help his career move forward. Bella is just the hooker to help him.

Horrible bosses, backstabbing interns, shoebox size apartments & a slew of slutty men suffering from commitment phobia—life in the city can be tough for a girl. But what happens when looking for the right things in life goes wrong?

... but it's cool. I like it.

He assumed Isabella Swan was eccentric, yet that very fact intrigued him. He hadn't dealt with a compelling person, sensible or colorful in quite a while. She just seemed ripe with possibilities to be anything but mundane.

A silly sad story about everything going to hell, kleptomania, cry-babies and finding a place.

Edward's heart was broken by the girl he's loved for almost a decade. Drifter Bella wanders into Forks aimlessly one hot summer day. When their paths cross, he proposes a scheme to get them both their deepest desires. But things aren't always as they seem & Fate can have other plans. Rated M.

A story about long-distance love. It begins with 'Then' and ends with 'Now'.

As a young father who's not sure where he belongs, Edward's just trying to get through each day. His daughter is his life and all he thinks he needs. When the girl with the broken oven and busted fire alarm flips his world around, will he invite her into his life? Will she choose to enter? "I wasn't planning on - I didn't expect... you."

On Christmas Eve, Edward Masen meets his girlfriend Rosalie's younger sister. The twelve days of Christmas will sure be interesting. All human. AU. ExB.

A continuous story inspired by the prompts from December 2012 WitFits. AH

A story of unlikely friends, a story of family, a search for truth and a search of self. "She's everyone else's Isabella, but she's only my Bella." "I write a poem about a boy and girl who fall in love in the eye of a tornado." AH E/B V/J

What on earth could a grumpy, hipster hating Edward have in common with an ink-covered, sarcastic Bella? A late-Christmas present one shot turned ficlette. Short chapters. Fluffy. Silly. Really, what else would you expect?

Bella always finds the wrong guy. The one who can't satisfy her, ahem, needs. The one who really wants her best friend, Rosalie. But even if she never finds the Right Guy, there's always a glass of wine and the sympathetic ear of Edward, her faithful barman.

She loves him. He loves her crazy. She's a hopeless romantic. He's just hopeless. She's afraid to let go. He won't let her. A story about a silly girl in love with a foolish boy. Here, forever is a lie. TeamBella23 - the realist and YellowGlue - the poet

Honor student Bella Swan has mastered the arts...of manipulating her divorced parents, rolling the perfect joint, and faking an orgasm. Who wouldn't want to keep a girl like her? An unconventional coming of age tale for Gen Xer Bella. Rated M. *Complete*

Tormented by the past, Bella struggles to find her self worth. A musician at heart, her soul lies on the lines of her paper. A would be one night stand turns her world upside down. Can Bella see past her imagined flaws and allow someone to love her? ExB

Like most women, I always found Speedos to be equal parts hilarious and horrifying. That all changed the day I saw Edward Cullen wearing one.

"Biggest regret?" That I didn't meet you first.

He wanted to be the most powerful man on earth. As far as she was concerned, he already was. Love. Longing. A decade of regret. Time changes nothing...or does it?

Bella wants to say yes to kind, handsome Ed…but can't stop meeting Eddie for martini lunches. Eduardo just wonders why she's avoiding his yoga class. And who is this "Edward" leaving cryptic messages at work? A story about people and how they change.

Two beautiful souls humbly traveling life's lonely path, until fate suddenly shows her hand. Will Edward and Bella surrender willingly... A tender, romantic tale of love and life in the clouds.

They say there's a thin line between love and hate, even between enemies like Bella and Edward. The problem was there was mostly hate. They can't decide if they'd rather kill each other or rip their clothes off. What they do realize is that they can't stay away.

Love comes slowly when it's the truest. A modern day romance designed and told by Edward.

Damaged Edward, damaged Bella. Two sides of the same scarred coin. When one side is up, the other is down. Language and lots of it. Lemons eventually. It's a slow burn, slow and painful. Mature. Lots of random pop culture references. AH, AU, ExB.

What happens when you find your first boyfriend at eleven? Can it last forever? That was how old I was when I first met Edward. We met in a tree. A bi-yearly journey through the relationship of a girl and boy who might be meant to be. AH, Bella/Edward

High School's a lot like a plane crash. You check for the exit. You secure your mask. And if you're lucky, you survive. AU, AH, All EPOV.

Bella Swan is a naive fifteen year old, set to spend another kiss-less summer alone. Edward is new to town, and doesn't know a soul. Watch an unlikely friendship blossom over the simple task of painting a house. But for these two, nothing is simple.

Edward's the consummate bachelor, always happy to close the deal and move on to the next. Bella's his business partner with an obvious McMansion-sized crush. One night of celebrating changes everything. Has Bella sold herself short, or will Edward finally take himself off the market? Drabbly and fluffy.

She is my Heaven. She is my Hell. I am a sinner, and she is my sin. Entry for the Taste of the Forbidden Contest. AH, lemon, language, and God.

Rumor has it. Bella deals with the reality that one little lie told can change everything. A/H Rated M for mature content.

Life is never perfect, the cracks always appear. "My Polaroid would show the face of a girl who has forgotten how to truly smile." Even the strongest of dreams can fail to become enough.

What happens when a scholarship athlete and an English major from opposite coasts meet in a freshman writing seminar? Will they be drawn together or forced apart by their weekly discoveries of themselves and each other? All human college coeds!

They're so close, but they've never been further apart. "I can't do this anymore," he shakes his head, "We already fought, Isabella. We're done." "No," she says firmly, "We're not done, until I say we're done."

A financial collapse, a hurdle, a breakdown and a collision – though not necessarily in that order. E & B

Every day a different book. Every book a different message. As Bella deliberately works her way through the library, will Edward be able to read between the covers?

1994 was the year that The Cranberries lingered on our radios and Jordan Catalano was still the hottest boy we could imagine. But it was also the year that Bella Swan decided to keep a diary. A record of her actions. A place to share her thoughts.

Bella Swan is content with her career and her new life in London but feels that there is still something missing. Will a chance encounter with sinister yet intriguing stranger hold the answer to what she truly desires? AU.

NEW FICTIONISTA WORKSHOP WITFITS: APRIL 2012 - JUNE 2012. started with Brighter. Continued with Appease. Finishing with Venture.

Sex between friends complicates everything. Bella knows this. But she has no idea how much more Edward is going to complicate things.

They became best friends in kindergarten. The story of a boy and a girl, who always seemed to miss "it" by just this much...

A vampire who has been dead for decades meets a young woman who hasn't yet begun to live. They could bring each other to life...if he doesn't kill her first. A FGB piece for Katinki.

Everybodysaid Rose was perfect for me, and this weekend I was going to find out if it was true. That was the plan, until I met her sister. ExB

Bella is determined to get pregnant. What's the difference if she uses a high tech appliance or a crude flesh appendage, it's all just delivery systems, right? And here he comes now.

*1955* Edward, a typical American youth of the fabulous fifties is the new kid in town. Romance/comedy/slight drama - a coming of age story with eventual E/B. AH. OOC. Rated M. EPOV

Bella's primary concern is student politics. Edward's appears to be sex. Hmm. One or two lemons, maybe. Let's just call it marmalade.

Bella meets Masen at the local skate park. He's a quiet, mysterious loner. She wants to help him, love him even. Will he let her? Or will he skate away like he always does? AH. 3rd Place Winner in the Boys on Boards contest! Now an EXPANDED multi-chap!

*ON HIATUS* When Bella arrives home from visiting her dad she realizes things have changed a bit over the summer. A new guy has moved to town and it appears that her friends aren't quite the friends they used to be. AH, E/B with a touch of Jake

I wonder how a story with no summary would go. Is anyone game to read it? Let's see...

Bella always knew she loved her best friend, but it isn't until she finds out he's engaged that she remembers just how much. How far will she go to make him see he's marrying the wrong woman? A story about finding your heart and losing your head. AH E/B

Sometimes even winners lose. The story of a winner boy and a loser girl. When the game is over, who will walk away defeated?

Everyone thought it was strange, how easy I'd gotten over him. It was all a lie. I held on with the tips of my fingers, burning in pain just to make it look that way. It was hard. The hardest thing I'd ever done. BxE

Based on Fictionista Workshop's Witfit prompts. There's nothing quite like a man who works with his hands for a living. AH, OOC.

If the person is so right, does it matter if the timing is all wrong? E/B.

Based on January 2012 witfit prompts. Though Bella's known Edward for years, they've just started hanging out. His crass, smelly boy self is not appealing, but his looks and charm are. How will she deal with her feelings for the gross, flirty boy?

Life is boring but good. He buys the house across the street. Too many cats spoil his backyard. McCarty tells him they belong to the cat woman. He's a little thrown when he meets her. But he won't back down. And neither will she.

I know of three kinds of change: the kind that jangles around in your pocket, the kind that happens slowly, every moment of every day, and the kind that blows you away in an instant.

Edward finds himself back in the little beach town of his childhood when he inherits the local bar from his uncle. The elusive, pretty girl next door has killer legs, a sketchbook and secrets that are slowly eating her alive.

Bella's first encounter with Edward instantly leads to a mutual dislike. She is the new girl in town who has attracted more than one admirer and he's the boy who usually gets what he wants. So how will one evade when the other is set to conquer? AH.

Bella spends her days surrounded by books and her nights immersed in them. Reading but not living. Imagining but not experiencing. One night changes everything. A story about wrong numbers and a stranger with all the right words.

Bella has a fetish. Edward has a passion. What happens when fine art meets full frontal? An Ivy League romance with a twist... BxE, AH, rated M

Edward leases out his late aunt's house for extra cash. 'Property Management for Dummies' should've prepared him for this.

She lives a hypocritical life. He's done something he can never take back. They're all pushing too far. Actions have consequences, but no one saw this coming. If you had a gun pointed to your head, would you choose to die with love?

In 1962 I find truth in bad boys, loud cars and cheap bourbon. Originally written for the 2011 FGB Compilation.

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return." -Nat King Cole. This story is about that. AH, Canon pairings.

Edward/Bella - WIP, AU, AH, OOC. When Bella goes to live with her father in Forks, things go much better than she expected. At least until a slick parking lot, a careening van, a broken arm, and her weird lab partner from biology get in the way...

Edward Masen is the boy living next door... Bella has various names for Edward these days; but she no longer calls him friend. Depressed, angst filled teens; trying to cope without the love of a friend. Disclaimer - I own nothing Twilight. AH

Everyone at school knows the infamous, rebellious Bella Swan, even straight-laced Edward. But who is she really, apart from the rumors? Edward finds himself stumbling down a dark path trying to understand her. But in the end, will it be worth it? AH EPOV

When Bella goes back to NC to help her sick uncle, she runs into the boy who she fell in love with when she was 17. But what exactly happened that summer? Will they ever get their HEA? COMPLETE

She washed up along the river near his secluded log cabin with no memories. He couldn't just leave her to fend for herself, could he?

Just one night, just for fun, no strings and no expectations. Simple things never stay that way.

This is just your basic New York City love story. Crappy apartments, menial jobs, and low standards place Bella Swan in the pathway of love. Rated M. Canon couples with my usual OOC cast. AH. eventually E/B. Ficlet.

Skateboards and growing up all in one summer!

Five EPOV outtakes from For the Summer written for Fandom Gives Back.

1st Place Winner in the Missed Connections Contest. "Back in the summer I saw you on the L going into Brooklyn...You wrote me a note on a scrap of paper."

His wife's journal. He shouldn't read it, but he can't help himself.

Isabella Swan grew up as the best friend of Alice Cullen, younger sister of Edward Cullen, who was never nice to Bella despite her being an "honorary Cullen." Everything changes when Edward is sent to prison for the murder of Bella's mother. AU-Human

As Bella Swan starts over with hopes of finding her future, Edward Cullen is hanging on desperately to his past. She's treading water, and he's a corporate golden boy. They share an office, but few words...until one night changes everything.

Edward Cullen has a date with destiny, and Bella Swan needs a ride home. Problem? These two can't stand each other. See what happens as they make the long trek from Dartmouth to Forks, while Edward is in hot pursuit of his Sure Thing.

Winner of 1st place public & 2nd place judges' vote in the "A Love Like Fire" contest. Edward is alone, and he likes it that way. One night, a candy bar wrapper changes everything. Sometimes love is like a disaster. AH, rated M. Dark themes. Not fluffy.

My mind is trapped in circles, my loneliness pressing in. Unable to speak, I reach for her spark. In her eyes, I find my partner. In her command, I find my freedom. Together, we open our lives to something more. AU/AH, D/s, male sub.

Is it possible to fall in love in five minutes? "He showed me what he was reading and, accidentally, I think he may have shown me his soul" BxE Written with Twanza AH

Bella's crush on quiet Edward Cullen seems to be one sided. But when they start hanging out will things change or does it all stay in The Hood? My entry for the Twi-High Contest - now continued!

Bella's tryst with power made her infamous. Hounded and ashamed, she's back in Forks to start over again, but where do you find a clean slate when everyone who sees you already knows your biggest secret? AH, adult stuff.

Bella's life is full of certainty and boredom. A dance instructor without passion, she has no idea that the handsome man in her night class will teach her how every moment could be her big moment, and how every breath could be the last. AH/M. COMPLETE.

Welcome to the city of Miami. Where the days are hot & the nights are even hotter. The city where money buys you everything. Where the divorce rate is high, silicone is a necessity & sex is a game. Let's Play. collaboration with AnonyCullen

..."And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." - Kahlil Gibran. One shot written for littlesecret84 and fandom gives back. AH/M.

A blizzard blows in and shuts down the City. Everyone prepares for a snow day, including Edward and Bella. They each have a life-changing decision to make, but will their sudden confinement cool their passion and force them to face certain truths? E/B,AH

New student Bella Swan needs to break out of her shy exterior and her guidance counselor has the answer: tutoring. And Bella is too new to know she shouldn’t want to tutor Edward Cullen.

After missing out on love, Bella goes thru the motions in life. Forces begin to compel her to go after the only thing she had ever truly wanted... even when that dream is farther out of reach than ever before. Featured on TWI-FIC PROMOTIONS AH B/E

Bella finds her artistic muse and total embarrassment in person of life model Edward. How can she get him to model for her when he thinks she is a sex-crazed flake? AU-AH, M for nudity, language, lemons. Canon pairings.

COMPLETE. Preternaturally irresistible, devastatingly charming Edward Cullen seems to have some strange power over the females in Forks…and Bella is scared she might know just what it is.M for language & naughty fun. Part mystery, part drama, all Edward.

Bella's dreams have a way of coming true. But what will she do when the man she dreams of appears in her life as a boy who is less than ideal? Will finding him mean losing her BFF, Jane? Does knowing the future change the present? Rated M for adult stuff.

Sisters have a special bond, stronger than friendship, more sacred than a significant other. Bella has always been the perfect big sister, then again, her sister has never possessed something so appealing. AH/AU

Every year Bella waits for the 'Pay Checks' to roll into her sleepy river town and every year Edward's hers, just for the summer. AH, AU, OOC, B/E

When Bella finds herself engaged to the man she SHOULD want to marry, all she can do is remember the one who got away... AU; all human. Rated M for adult/"heavy" situations.

She dances from my arms into his, never knowing the damage she inflicts, nor the risk she runs as she tests my control. I want to be everything to her, but I can no more change my past than I can bring myself to let her go. Summer Lovin' Contest Winner

AH-Edward, current recovering alcoholic, former bully of Bella Swan, must make amends to the one person who refuses to give them. Written for FGB Auction/WA Rehab. Adult Situations. Updated Wed/Sun.

Continuation of the original story by Bella-of-the-Ball, with permission, of course! AH. As a special birthday gift, one of Bella's students sets her up with free piano lessons, with a hidden agenda. temporarily on hiatus; thank you for your patience!

When a rising musician falls in love with his small-town childhood friend, can their yearly New Year's Eve tradition bring them together once he rockets to stardom and leaves her behind?

They say it's better to have loved and lost. Sometimes, that love can be found again. Edward and Bella both regret their break up seven years ago, but reconciliation is not without challenge. AH E/B O/S.

Entry for the Fun With Your Clothes On O/S Contest. "She warned me if things didn't change she'd leave. Things didn't change. She's leaving... today." AH Rated M Edward/Bella

Edward’s body was close, too close for sensible thought on my part. He watched me like he was waiting for an opening, my own personal loosening of morals.

The wild son of a famous televangelist, Jasper likes to love ‘em and leave ‘em. Will he meet his match in Bella, who’s in love with his sister’s boyfriend Edward? And what happens when Edward finally notices her? AH, B/E

Summary: Bella has always joked about marrying Alice’s much younger brother so she could be a part of her best friend’s family, but now he’s all grown up and hot. Bella tries to control the burn for him, but it quickly becomes a raging fire. ExB AH

Valentine's Day approaches, but Bella chooses to hang out with her best friend Alice. They decide to boycott Valentine's Day. Non-Valentine's Day activites are planned, including no boys. But, Alice's brothers, Edward and Emmett, don't count, right?

At first glance felonious Edward seems like nothing but trouble, but as sheltered college student Bella digs deeper she realizes he is so much more. Possibly too much for her to handle. ExB, AH, rated M for dark/adult themes and profanity

What happens when the honeymoons over and you have to start dealing with life? Edward and Bella learn that being married isn't always easy and crazy MIL's dont just go away.

The odds of him dialing her phone number are 3,720 to 1. Yet he does. Their chance conversation leads to something more. Something silly, then serious and a little scary. But in a good way. AU

Edward Cullen is marrying the perfect woman - except that she's not his version of perfect. How does he catch the woman who is? EPOV Companion to Sin & Incivility. Mature. All-human.

ONE SHOT. AH. Bella is a librarian. Edward has leukemia. M for graphic images and a touch of lemon. tattward/inkella contest submission

I guess at some point everyone has to do something long term that they hate or regret every moment of. I happened to be in that situation." How far would you go to insure a safe, realiable future, even if there was pain and cheating involved? M, AH AU

Bella Swan deals with heartache in her own uncivilized way. Lemons galore - and the writing style intentionally switches between gritty pulp and fairytale pretty. Just don't say I didn't warn ya. All-human.

Then he raised one eyebrow, shook his head, and sighed sympathetically, "Cockblocker Swan strikes again.” A collaboration between Ezrocksangel and Angstgoddess003 for the "When Love Was New contest". AH E/B Flangst

AU AH OOC Canon pairings. After surviving an eighteen month prior suicide attempt, Bella has a new outlook on life and begins to take hold of the power of her personal choices to shape who she is becoming. In the midst of this, Bella and Edward collide.

It didn’t take long to be consumed and I knew we couldn’t keep this up forever, but right then, I was in it. All the way. And when each moment with her was everything, how could I possibly think of all the other nothings?

One thing in exchange for another takes on a literal meaning when a relationship and social opinions are put at their breaking point. How can a couple defying those social opinions survive? ExB lemons, angst, romance

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, je crois. We were Cruel Intentions. We are Gossip Girls. We do not care. At all." all-human.

Bella and Edward were secret best friends during one of the best periods of Bella's life. Their friendship has waned. When they are forced back together, untold secrets are revealed. When the truth is out there, will anyone feel lucky?

No starcrossed lovers to be found here. This is the story of two kids who change each other's way of thinking and not necessarily for the better. The most important lesson they teach each other is knowing when to walk away. Edward/Bella, AH, Very OOC

Edward and Bella meet year after year, same place and time, escaping from their lives and the people in it. What happens as the years go by? Will something come between them, bringing their ritual to an end? A/H, OOC

Sequel to "A rite of passage". All human. Very OOC. A story about becoming adult, dealing with your past and your future.

Companion piece to "A rite of passage" from EPOV: A story of self discovery and loss of innocence, through love, sex and friendship. Must be read after or concurrently. Very OOC. All very human.