Hi, So glad you enjoyed this little love story. I love having the visuals when I read too.

Thanks for reading.

EA

Hi, sorry it has taken me so long to get this reply out to you. Real life got real crazy there for a bit. I am so happy you enjoyed the ending of the  story. Thanks for reading and reviewing and I would love to hear from you in a few weeks when my new story begins to post. You can check out the summary below.

Until then take care and happy reading,

EA

Title: Somewhere I Belong


Summary: Born to parents living a rich and glamorous lifestyle, Bella had never felt as if she belonged in their world where life often felt fake and pretentious. Wanting more out of life and wanting to make a worthwhile difference, Bella assumes a fake identity and heads off to spend her last summer before college doing something real and meaningful. Her journey starts with meeting a handsome stranger, raised to help those in need—and to detest the rich.
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They really did have a great time. And while I am sure that Edward might have wanted to punch his brother, I think he had fun too. I am glad you enjoyed the chapter and can't wait to see what you think of the next chapter. I will be posting it later today.

Thanks so much for reading,

EA

Hi, I am glad you liked the chapter. I was a little worried about how everyone would take Renee's changes, but I am happy to see that everyone was agreeable with it. I had toyed with the idea of not having them work out their differences, but then also thought about the fact that Renee is the only living parent Bella has and that if she truly changed that Bella would welcome her back into her life once she was certain that Renee was being sincere. I also thought about having Edward and Bella walk down the aisle together since Charlie isn't there or having her go alone, but neither of those ideas felt right and Carlisle doing it did since him and Esme had always been like a second set of parents to Bella. Oh and I am jealous of their house too!!  LOL

Thanks so much for reading, chapter 6 will post tomorrow. Hope you are ready for some Bachelor and Bachelorette party fun.

EA

Here is a teaser for you to enjoy :)

Bella walked over to Jasper after we greeted my parents. She poked him in the chest and said, “You see that overgrown gorilla over there?” She removed her finger from his chest and pointed it at Emmett.

“Yes ma’am,” he replied.

“While completely cute and loveable—”

“That’s me,” my brother interjected proudly.

Bella shook her head and rolled her eyes at him and then continued, “He is trouble with a capital ‘T’. You are Edward’s best man correct?”

Jasper nodded not quite sure what my lovely fiancée was getting at, but certain he was probably much better off to agree with her than not to.

“That means you are responsible for him. To make sure he doesn’t get in any kind of trouble tonight because of that one over there.” She pointed at Emmett again while the rest of us struggled to keep from laughing at the surprised look on my brother’s face. Bella then looked back at Jasper and continued. “That also means I am holding you responsible for making sure Edward comes back to me with not a hair on his head injured. I’m putting my trust in you as his best friend and as his best man. I am holding you personally responsible for him tonight. Think you can handle that?”

EA

She jsut really doesn't get how she is pushing Bella further and further away. Thanks so much for reading. Chapter 5 will post on Friday. 

Below is your teaser for chapter 5.

It had completely baffled and amazed me how fast Alice, Esme, Rose and I had been able to pull together all the details for my and Edward’s wedding. It had only taken us three weeks to pull it all together. 

Our first task had been to reserve the View Point Inn and the second had been to find my dress. Alice had said that once those two things were accomplished the rest would fall into place. Of course she had been right and after scouring several online sites, looking through every page of every Bride’s magazine Alice could get her hands on and spending a weekend in Seattle combing every bridal shop there was, we had done it. I had my dress and had known it was the one the instant I’d seen it.

There had been a few bittersweet moments along the way though. We had all gone to Seattle on the excursion to find my gown and the bridesmaid dresses. While Alice, Rose, Esme and me had gone shopping for the gowns, the men had gotten fitted for their tuxes and had gone to the college football game at U-Dub.  But when Alice and Esme talked about some of the experiences they’d had while shopping for Alice’s wedding gown, I couldn’t help wishing things were different between my mother and me. I couldn’t help thinking that she should be there with me, helping me choose my dress and taking part in all of the planning of my wedding.  And I couldn’t help but wish that I could at least know that she was happy for Edward and me.

For the most part I had not let what she’d done interfere at all in my life. I was so very, very happy with Edward and I loved him so much.

However there were just times like now, when I was contemplating on whether or not I should send her an invitation that I couldn’t deny how much it hurt. She was my mother and was supposed to be happy for me.

Renee is defiately everything you said. Hard to believe a mother could do that to her daughter.  Yeah he knew he had to ask before they confronted Renee.

Chapter 5 will post on Friday. Until then here is a teaser to get ya through the wait.   Thanks so much for reading. EA

It had completely baffled and amazed me how fast Alice, Esme, Rose and I had been able to pull together all the details for my and Edward’s wedding. It had only taken us three weeks to pull it all together. 

Our first task had been to reserve the View Point Inn and the second had been to find my dress. Alice had said that once those two things were accomplished the rest would fall into place. Of course she had been right and after scouring several online sites, looking through every page of every Bride’s magazine Alice could get her hands on and spending a weekend in Seattle combing every bridal shop there was, we had done it. I had my dress and had known it was the one the instant I’d seen it.

There had been a few bittersweet moments along the way though. We had all gone to Seattle on the excursion to find my gown and the bridesmaid dresses. While Alice, Rose, Esme and me had gone shopping for the gowns, the men had gotten fitted for their tuxes and had gone to the college football game at U-Dub.  But when Alice and Esme talked about some of the experiences they’d had while shopping for Alice’s wedding gown, I couldn’t help wishing things were different between my mother and me. I couldn’t help thinking that she should be there with me, helping me choose my dress and taking part in all of the planning of my wedding.  And I couldn’t help but wish that I could at least know that she was happy for Edward and me.

For the most part I had not let what she’d done interfere at all in my life. I was so very, very happy with Edward and I loved him so much.

However there were just times like now, when I was contemplating on whether or not I should send her an invitation that I couldn’t deny how much it hurt. She was my mother and was supposed to be happy for me.

It had completely baffled and amazed me how fast Alice, Esme, Rose and I had been able to pull together all the details for my and Edward’s wedding. It had only taken us three weeks to pull it all together. 

Our first task had been to reserve the View Point Inn and the second had been to find my dress. Alice had said that once those two things were accomplished the rest would fall into place. Of course she had been right and after scouring several online sites, looking through every page of every Bride’s magazine Alice could get her hands on and spending a weekend in Seattle combing every bridal shop there was, we had done it. I had my dress and had known it was the one the instant I’d seen it.

There had been a few bittersweet moments along the way though. We had all gone to Seattle on the excursion to find my gown and the bridesmaid dresses. While Alice, Rose, Esme and me had gone shopping for the gowns, the men had gotten fitted for their tuxes and had gone to the college football game at U-Dub.  But when Alice and Esme talked about some of the experiences they’d had while shopping for Alice’s wedding gown, I couldn’t help wishing things were different between my mother and me. I couldn’t help thinking that she should be there with me, helping me choose my dress and taking part in all of the planning of my wedding.  And I couldn’t help but wish that I could at least know that she was happy for Edward and me.

For the most part I had not let what she’d done interfere at all in my life. I was so very, very happy with Edward and I loved him so much.

However there were just times like now, when I was contemplating on whether or not I should send her an invitation that I couldn’t deny how much it hurt. She was my mother and was supposed to be happy for me.

This chapter really did have a mix of alot of emotions. I am sorry to hear you have a mother like that. I am guessing that since you haven't had contact with her she's never apolagized or changed. It's really sad that neither her or Renee can see that they are only pushing the ones they love away.

Thanks so much for reading, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Chapter 5 will post on Friday. Until then here is a teaser to get ya by. EA

It had completely baffled and amazed me how fast Alice, Esme, Rose and I had been able to pull together all the details for my and Edward’s wedding. It had only taken us three weeks to pull it all together. 

Our first task had been to reserve the View Point Inn and the second had been to find my dress. Alice had said that once those two things were accomplished the rest would fall into place. Of course she had been right and after scouring several online sites, looking through every page of every Bride’s magazine Alice could get her hands on and spending a weekend in Seattle combing every bridal shop there was, we had done it. I had my dress and had known it was the one the instant I’d seen it.

There had been a few bittersweet moments along the way though. We had all gone to Seattle on the excursion to find my gown and the bridesmaid dresses. While Alice, Rose, Esme and me had gone shopping for the gowns, the men had gotten fitted for their tuxes and had gone to the college football game at U-Dub.  But when Alice and Esme talked about some of the experiences they’d had while shopping for Alice’s wedding gown, I couldn’t help wishing things were different between my mother and me. I couldn’t help thinking that she should be there with me, helping me choose my dress and taking part in all of the planning of my wedding.  And I couldn’t help but wish that I could at least know that she was happy for Edward and me.

For the most part I had not let what she’d done interfere at all in my life. I was so very, very happy with Edward and I loved him so much.

However there were just times like now, when I was contemplating on whether or not I should send her an invitation that I couldn’t deny how much it hurt. She was my mother and was supposed to be happy for me.

Hi,

LOL yes polyvore has some raybans. :) So glad you liked the chapter. I promise all your questions as to what Renee is up to will be answered soon. As a special Christmas treat, here is a teaser for chapter 4.

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Before I’d even had a chance to turn off my truck, Bella was jumping out as soon as it had come to a stop in the driveway. There was a big moving truck with a ramp leading from the back of it to the porch for easy loading.

Bella in her anger marched right up to the two guys who were loading a big piece of furniture onto the truck. “You can stop right where you are with that and don’t you remove another thing from that house until I say so.”

The man replied, “Ma’am, I’m sorry but I was hired by the owner of the home to empty this place out.”

“Well, Chad,” Bella said as she poked the name patch sewn onto the front of his shirt. “That’s impossible because I am the owner.” 

I wanted to laugh at the look of pure confusion that spread across the guy’s face. He looked like he was about to shit his pants.  And Bella…well…she was furious. She reminded me of the kitten Alice had had when we were kids. Every time it got spooked or irritated its back would arch and its tail fur would poof out and look like it had been electrocuted.

However Chad being much taller than Bella must have thought he could manhandle her and grabbed her arm as if he were going to pull her out of his way.

No one touches my girl but me. I was instantly at Bella’s side and had Chad’s other arm in my hand and twisted up behind his back.

“Take your hand off the lady now. That is unless you want this arm broken,” I ordered him while giving his arm another small twist.

“Hey, John, you need to call the cops. We got a situation out here,” Chad called.

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Thanks for reading. See you on Thursday with chapter 4.

EA

So glad you liked the story. As a special Christmas treat, here is a teaser for chapter 4.

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Before I’d even had a chance to turn off my truck, Bella was jumping out as soon as it had come to a stop in the driveway. There was a big moving truck with a ramp leading from the back of it to the porch for easy loading.

Bella in her anger marched right up to the two guys who were loading a big piece of furniture onto the truck. “You can stop right where you are with that and don’t you remove another thing from that house until I say so.”

The man replied, “Ma’am, I’m sorry but I was hired by the owner of the home to empty this place out.”

“Well, Chad,” Bella said as she poked the name patch sewn onto the front of his shirt. “That’s impossible because I am the owner.” 

I wanted to laugh at the look of pure confusion that spread across the guy’s face. He looked like he was about to shit his pants.  And Bella…well…she was furious. She reminded me of the kitten Alice had had when we were kids. Every time it got spooked or irritated its back would arch and its tail fur would poof out and look like it had been electrocuted.

However Chad being much taller than Bella must have thought he could manhandle her and grabbed her arm as if he were going to pull her out of his way.

No one touches my girl but me. I was instantly at Bella’s side and had Chad’s other arm in my hand and twisted up behind his back.

“Take your hand off the lady now. That is unless you want this arm broken,” I ordered him while giving his arm another small twist.

“Hey, John, you need to call the cops. We got a situation out here,” Chad called.

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Thanks for reading. See you on Thursday with chapter 4.

EA

So glad you liked the chapter. As a special Christmas treat, here is a teaser for chapter 4.

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Before I’d even had a chance to turn off my truck, Bella was jumping out as soon as it had come to a stop in the driveway. There was a big moving truck with a ramp leading from the back of it to the porch for easy loading.

Bella in her anger marched right up to the two guys who were loading a big piece of furniture onto the truck. “You can stop right where you are with that and don’t you remove another thing from that house until I say so.”

The man replied, “Ma’am, I’m sorry but I was hired by the owner of the home to empty this place out.”

“Well, Chad,” Bella said as she poked the name patch sewn onto the front of his shirt. “That’s impossible because I am the owner.” 

I wanted to laugh at the look of pure confusion that spread across the guy’s face. He looked like he was about to shit his pants.  And Bella…well…she was furious. She reminded me of the kitten Alice had had when we were kids. Every time it got spooked or irritated its back would arch and its tail fur would poof out and look like it had been electrocuted.

However Chad being much taller than Bella must have thought he could manhandle her and grabbed her arm as if he were going to pull her out of his way.

No one touches my girl but me. I was instantly at Bella’s side and had Chad’s other arm in my hand and twisted up behind his back.

“Take your hand off the lady now. That is unless you want this arm broken,” I ordered him while giving his arm another small twist.

“Hey, John, you need to call the cops. We got a situation out here,” Chad called.

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Thanks for reading. See you on Thursday with chapter 4.

EA

HI, So glad you are enjoying the story so far. I am looking forward to seeing what you think as you continue to read.

Thanks for reading, the next chapter will post later today.

EA

HI, I am so glad you are enjoying the story. Yes our mistakes often lead us astrqay, but hopefully we learn from them and it's too late to right them. Yes this will be a short story. It's completely written and I will post once a week until the end which will be 8 chapters.I do have alonger  full length fic in the works and how to start posting it once this one is finished.

Thanks so much for reading,chapter 3 will post later today.

EA

HI,

Yes they are getting the chance to see what happened and if there is still enough between them to give it a go again.  Here is a teaser for chapter to for ya. Thanks so much for reading!!

She finally blew out a long breath and began, “Judging by your reaction, I am guessing it’s safe to assume you saw Edward.”

I nodded again.

“How was it?”

“Not at all what I expected,” I said to her, trying to finally answer her directly and honestly without giving anything away. And the truth was, seeing Edward again hadn’t been at all what I’d expected so by answering her as I had I wasn’t lying to her at all.

“What does that mean?”

“It means exactly what I said. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting,” I told her.

“Am I going to have to pry the details from you? Since when have you been so reluctant to share anything with me?”

“What do you want me to say, Mom?” I popped up off the couch and flew across the room. It was becoming increasingly clear that I was going to have to say a lot more than I wanted to. It angered me that she was forcing my hand. It angered me that she couldn’t just accept the obvious fact that I didn’t really want to talk about this with her. And if I was completely honest with myself, it scared me because I had no idea what she’d say about the conversation Edward and I had, had the other night. I was afraid to let her get into my head again and cause me to doubt any of what he’d said to me or belittle the fact that Edward and I might still have feelings for each other after all this time.

“Well, I don’t know, Bella. How did he react to seeing you?” I could tell by the surprised almost confused look on her face that she just wasn’t getting why I didn’t want to share any of the details with her.

“Don’t you mean was he upset to see me? How about if he’s married or has a girlfriend? Or how ‘bout does he hate me for the way I dumped him?”

“No…well not exactly. Yes I would like to know all of those things, but I was more concerned about how you were handling his reactions. I’ve seen how you’ve been…I don’t know…restless the past few days. I know you’ve been scanning the help wanted section of the paper and thought maybe you were stressing over finding a job.” She paused and let out a long sigh. “It’s just now you tell me that’s not it. So the only other reasonable conclusion I can draw is that you’ve seen Edward and you are upset over something.”