Sorry for the very long delay. I have struggled with working out a routine with all nine kids now that seven of them are back in school. We are starting to get back in a good routine though. Good news is we were officially certified as the kids' foster parents this last Thursday so they will be staying with us until either one of their parents gets their acts together. I'm just so glad the kids are safe and get to stay with people they know. Anyway, I will try not to let that long of a break in between updates happen again. I know everyone is probably upset with the wait.

Other news, in case you didn't already know, my good friend MCGT and I started a fanfiction awards last year called The Emerging Swan Awards. Voting for WIP and Complete as well as Oldie But Goodie Author awards is currently underway. I'm even up for an award lol. There is a link on my profile or you can google it. Please check it out and vote for your favorite stories/authors. There is only a few more days left for voting. Some of the votes are very close.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the characters. No copyright infringement intended.

At first, Edward and I just had basic chit-chat about work, different people we knew, and the weather of all things. We were expected to have some rain hit us during the Fourth of July celebration coming up, which wasn't much of a shock to anyone who lived here but to Edward it was unusual. He wasn't looking forward to the rain.

After a while he did start asking about the book I was writing, but I still wasn't ready to tell him everything. So I told him a little about my main character.

"My main character is a young girl named Mazie who has a difficult life. She's socially awkward and doesn't fit in at high school or anywhere really; not even at home. She doesn't realize her abilities until she finds the dragon's lair during a walk through the woods. At first she's terrified and so stunned by seeing these creatures who are supposed to be myths that she can't move. That's when the dragons turn back into humans. They are all kids she recognizes from school who she's always been very intimated by. But when they greet her they aren't mean or mad at her. They welcome her like they've been waiting for her to come. She discovers she's really a shape shifter like them. She's sort of the leader of the group but she doesn't even know it. The other kids teach her everything she needs to know and train her on how to use her abilities."

"Go on. What happens? Why does she need to be a shape shifter? What's the purpose of the dragons?" he prodded.

I rolled my eyes and huffed a little in protest. He seemed so intrigued and it intimidated me a little. I'd never told anyone, apart from Alice, about the story. "You aren't going to let this go, are you?"

"No," he said shaking his head and grinning.

I looked away and shrugged my shoulders a little. I honestly didn't know where the story would go from there. I had ideas and came up with new scenarios every day, but nothing ever seemed right. That was part of the problem and why I hadn't finished writing the story.

"I don't know," I admitted. "I haven't gotten much further than that."

"You should have a rebel who rides a motorcycle and has tattoos all over be the villain. Then your main character, Mazie, can fall in love with him, which obviously causes a problem with the other shape shifters," he suggested.

"So turn it into a romance?" I asked.

He smirked and tilted his head a little. "Isn't it going to be?" he wondered as if he expected it to be a romance novel. "Isn't that what girls do, write romance?"

"I'm not that great at writing romance since I don't have a lot of experience on the subject. I like sticking to adventure and fantasy stories."

"Haven't you ever heard the saying sex sells?" he commented. "Write a naughty little story with adventure and fantasy themes and you'll have a best seller."

"It's not that easy," I complained.

"Well what do you plan to do with it?" he questioned. "I think you have a great start. I really want to read what you have but I want to know where you plan to take the story next."

"I'm open to suggestions." I gave him a flirty smile hoping he would move on to a new subject. I wasn't expecting him to start giving me facts about dragons and ideas on what should happen next. I'd never known anyone as knowledgeable on dragons as he was. He knew things I'd never discovered with all of my research. All night long I laid there on Edward's bed and let every single detail play out in my head. I wanted to rush to my computer and start writing. Unfortunately I couldn't without looking rude. I made plans to go home to my computer as soon as he woke up in the morning and left for work.

While Edward slept, his cat jumped up on the bed and curled up in between us. I kept my distance since it was obvious she was definitely staking her claim on Edward. Even in his sleep he curled up with his cat and petted her while she purred in his ear. The cat definitely didn't like me much since I'm pretty sure she glared at me a few times and hissed when I got too close to Edward. I rolled over away from both of them and attempted to sleep a little before I had to wake up and face Edward again.

Thanks for reading. Don't forget to go vote in the Emerging Swan Awards. :)