I don't know what it was about Edward Cullen, but he rubbed me up the wrong way, always had. It was a shame really, because he was so hot that I'm sure if he ever rubbed me up the right way it would be amazing.

Four years ago, Clarissa left behind her tragic past in Idris and started over in New York, burying her grief, ignoring her demons and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working— until she moves into a new apartment, where she meets a man who shakes her gated up world to it's core. Full summary inside. Enjoy.

"I chuckle because I may talk a big Pearl Jam game, but I was raised on the Beatles, and she is straight up massacring that song. If it were anyone else I'd be heading for the opposite end of the house, but it's Bella, and really I just want to be near wherever she is." (EPOV; written for the 2013 Fandom for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraiser.)

Edward and Bella are engaged to be married. It is not a marriage of love, it is a betrothal. But can their relationship blossom in to love or are they destined to hate each other?