This story is all human; meaning no vampires, no werewolves, and no magic. Nine lives with intersecting paths. One woman is married while in love with another, her husband isn't any better. Another woman is stuck with something she's never wanted. One brother is a cop, another is married to someone who is broken. Rated M. AH. Drabble fic. Warning in opening

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Bella Cullen was about to have everything she had worked toward until she lost the two most important things in her life. Vice president of the legal department in her family's business, she tries to bury her pain in work. All of that changes the day she meets a man that has obviously suffered from a serious trauma. Edward Swan is more than shy; he's scared of everything. Bella doesn't know what happened to the endearing man, but she vows to help him and his young daughter in any way she can, starting with hiring him as her personal assistant. Little does she know they'll soon become the driving force in her life.

Bella could never figure out why she was in love with the boy who spent most of her childhood tormenting her and has done everything in her power to make sure he is out of her system, or at least that's what she keeps telling herself. Now that she's an adult, she finds that same boy asking for a second chance. With all the pain he caused, does she have the strength to give it...

Crown Prince Edward Anthony Masen Cullen is the heir to the throne in the small independent country, Gevalia. His life is all about duty, honor and pride for his country. However, he’s lonely, focused on his career. When his younger brother makes some poor choices, Edward is forced to fly to the United States to smooth out diplomatic relations and spend six months looking for a bride, with some pretty stiff stipulations by his mother, the Queen of Gevalia.

Isabella Swan is the oldest daughter and now owner of the Swan Family Bakery, Inc. 1897. She went to college to be a teacher but was forced to forego her dreams when her father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. On a chance evening, a handsome stranger slips during a summer rain storm into her bakery and awakens something inside.

Who is he?

Where did he come from?

Why is she drawn to him?

All that is known is that Prince Charming is a real person and Bella is about to live A Modern-Day Fairy Tale. But will it end in a happily ever after?

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Edward is the future Mafia boss of the Cullen Family. He's single and likes it that way until he meets Bella one night while she's working at his adopted sister's new nightclub. Bella, though drawn to him, immediately hates him. Between dealing with his own life and business, he pursues Bella and hoping to capture her heart...and his own. 

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When your brain tells you to give up, what can the heart do to change your mind? Will Edward give up on his feelings for his best friend? Or will Bella be able to make him change his mind? OOC, AH, Canon couples, Rated M for language and adult situations.

Eternity is never a certainty even for immortals. With death knocking on our door, we’ll love like no other for as long as we’re given. Tomorrow or eternity, we’ll be together.

Edward Cullen’s life revolves around his daughter and his job but when he is around his family, he feels that he is missing out on what they have. Can Bella Swan be what he is missing?

Fage Part 2

The summer of 2005 was the summer that changed Bella Swan's life forever. Sent to Ohio by her mother to attend a school for debutante girls not quite up to par, she meets Edward Masen, an apprentice. But is that really all he is? AH

To Edward Masen, Bella Swan was nothing more than his daughter's best friend. That all changed when they both applied for the same weekly writing course. She didn't appear to be the young girl who had played with his daughter since her family moved in next door. What will Edward do when he realizes that he's developing a very forbidden attraction for a woman twenty-five years his junior

Summary: The lines of friendship should never be crossed…or should they? That is the dilemma currently consuming Bella after a conversation she never expected with Edward.

How far would you go to accommodate your husband's secret sexual fantasies ? Bella has to decide while coming to terms with her own newly discovered sexual appetite. Explicit Language and sexual situations . O/S entry for Twikink 2015 that I have expanded.

In the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness … or succumb to the world’s worst pain, losing someone that had no reason to die …

Edward Cullen, a decorated fireman, after losing a woman in a deadly apartment fire, left his life and family in Seattle, trying to escape the ghost of the beautiful woman, the concert mistress of Seattle Symphony. He stayed away from Seattle, living in Boston, working as an arson investigator until his mother called him, informing him that she had cancer. Without a second thought, Edward moved home to help his family.

Dr. Isabella Swan, a renowned oncologist, specializing in women’s cancers, went through the paces of life. Her mother, an ovarian cancer survivor, was her impetus to become a doctor. However, she was closed-off and had been for many years … since the death of her twin sister, Angela, in an apartment fire. Bella focused on her job, working to forget the empty pain of losing her soul mate. Even eight years after her death, Bella was profoundly broken because of it. She never let anyone in … Until … a handsome, sexy man and a son of one of her patients … Edward Cullen …

Everything in her mind told her it was wrong, but in the blink of an eye, your world can change. You can experience the greatest happiness. Your life can come back to life, especially when you find your new soul mate … the Fire of your Soul.

Britain, 10th century:

Bella is captured by Vikings and brought with them to their homeland where her new fate awaits. Will she ever find happiness being a slave? Will it matter that she is given to Edvard, the chief of the village, to be his new bed thrall? On temporary hiatus.

"Performing was always my strong suit. I could act my way out of almost anything. But I could never act my way out of this." Bella Swan is a woman who's afraid of being vulnerable. On a summer visit to her godparents house she confronts her demons while noticing some of the skeletons in the family's closet. Home is where the heart is in this story. All canon characters. E/B

Bella has everything. Perfect husband, perfect kids, perfect life. Until one day, her world changes, and the perfection she thought she had is shattered. Will she be able to pull her life together and survive on her own? AU, AH, Rated M for eventual lemon

Sometimes, love can happen from consuming the gingerbread made by a hopeful maiden, but when the time is right, love can grow even without the help of gingerbread. However a little gingerbread never hurts, right?

Meet Edward Cullen, aka The Great Eight. He's the Captain of the Washington Capitals. He's one of the highest paid hockey players in the NHL but he's a little lonely. He fell in love once and thought she was the one. Until she broke his heart and walked away. Since then he's concentrated on getting his franchise a Stanley Cup.

Then Bella happens. She's quiet, intelligent, funny and beautiful. She knows nothing about hockey, and could care less that Edward is famous. She invites him into her apartment for a dinner, and eventually that blossoms into a relationship. She has goals of her own. International travel, keeping her family members safe, and excelling at her job as a research librarian.

She's independent and doesn't like to be controlled. He's a superstar who likes to spoil the women he falls in love with.

This story is rate R for adult themes and graphic language.

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Going on horrible dates was something that Bella always did well at. Nothing made her happier then to see the back of a man as he fled to get away from her. She was having so much fun until she ended up on a date with the most chauvinistic man in New York. How could one date have gone so wrong? Now her little tricks maybe the reason she is forced to stay with a man she loathes.    

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Set in an Alternate Universe, Bella and Beau are twins of the mind. They both move to Ithaca to go to college and start their lives together, even as they look for that third person who will fulfill their every need and desire. 

Depressed over thinking she’ll be fired before the holidays, Bella decides to get drunk at the company party. Woken the next morning by Rose texting her to look at Facebook posts from the night before, she realizes exactly how drunk she got—and it’s bad. She and Santa were very naughty, but the worst comes when Bella realizes exactly who was playing Santa. Suddenly, Bella’s last day takes on new meaning as she struggles to resist temptation.

As a teenager, Bella makes a promise to stay away from her best friend's brother. Will that promise still be kept when they meet again almost a decade later? Contest Entry in TwiFandomNews's Song Prompt Contest, inspired by the song Snow White by Dennis Lloyd.

Edward "The Boss" Cullen and his wife, Bella, survived hell and back. They are looking toward the future, which included a new path for the Cullen Consortium and impending parenthood. Edward and Bella are very excited for their new roles in their lives as Mommy and Daddy. 

In the wings, there's a new enemy waiting. A man determined to bring down the Consortium and specifically, Edward Cullen. He was going to stop at nothing to put "The Boss" behind bars for the rest of his life. He partners with an unlikely ally, a woman who wants what she deserved. What she is owed, by her only family. 

Will Edward, Bella and the family be able to move past this latest threat? One thing is for certain, they are Married to the Mob: Fighting for Freedom. 

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When Edward is forced into participating in this years office Secret Santa, will the grinchy CEO discover the true meaning of Christmas. Edward/Bella

The Cut-takes will feature scenes from people who aren't main characters, scenes too short to make official chapters, scenes that occurred prior to the start of the story, and scenes that occurred between the prologue and chapter one. There's no specific order on the scenes and they will vary greatly in length. Read The Emotional Roller Coaster of Life first. AH. Rated M

The events of the New Moon movie, told through Edward's POV. Written for the winner of the 2009 New Moon Fandom Gives Back event in 2009, icrodriguez.

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Prince Edward travels abroad to find adventure, experiences but more importantly himself. Agreeing to be father to Bella's baby is the only the beginning. He thought his biggest challenge would be to get the royal court to believe he is the biological father. It takes a baby to show Edward the man he truly is; the man he could be. In honor of my DS community.

She has spent her entire existence searching for the one who calls to her from within his mind. Pushing him into accepting her only sends them on a spiral into destruction. When the townspeople come for her, even her abilities are no match for the sunlight that sears her skin. Chained and weakened, with her execution looming, there is only one person who can save her.

After losing her best friend from a vampire attack, Bella had learned to fight them and dedicated her life on eradicating them. But what would happen if she falls in love with her sworn enemy? 

P.S. Twilight and its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. This story belongs to me.    

One summer between high school and college changed Edward's ideas about his life's plans. Could he really build a life with a much older woman two thousand miles away? My entry for the TwiFandom News Forbidden Fruit Contest.

Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest. While picking up his latest Swedish automobile, he is confronted by a very familiar scent. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

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~ What Drives Her has been nominated by you!! ~

-Nominated in the Sunflower Awards for "Best Vampire Story".

-Nominated for a Faithful Shipper Award for "Best Alternate Universe/Canon Story"!  (Update: TKegl got the well-deserved win for her story, "Beyond Time". I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!)

-Nominated for a Vampie for "Best AU Story" in the Newborn Round, Winter 2011.

-Nominated for a Shimmer Essence Award for "Best Dazzled Moment", in the 2010 Snowflake Quarter.

*If you know, or hear of, any other noms for this story, please feel free to send a DM my way as I'm not terribly active in the awards and contest circuit anymore.*

They’d all heard the rumors about Edward Cullen. Being with him had become a rite of passage and the ‘where’ decided your status for the rest of your High School Career. A very lucky few made it all the way to his bed, most girls only got as far as his couch. I didn’t even make it past the door. AH

In a dystopian world where civilization barely survives, Edward has spent his entire life training to protect his society, his family, and the girl who has captured his heart.

An acrostic on the words The Twilight Journals

An Acrostic Poem on the words The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner 

I was having a really bad day. Boys are persistent, and Edward Cullen is laughing at me. A little daydreaming never hurt anybody. AU BPOV

Isabella Black lost her husband in the cruelest way possible. He wasted

away and was ravaged by the evil, silent killer, cancer. Five months after his initial diagnosis, he died, leaving Bella with their two young children, John, seven and Grace, five. A year after his death, Bella packs up her home in Phoenix and drives back to Forks, Washington to be closer to her family. Will she finally find a way to pick up the pieces with the help of her family, friends and a green-eyed cop?

Summer VacationWard Postcard Contest, Facebook group contest held in August 2018. 

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Isabella Swan has her eyes on the prize. Unfortunately that means she has to steal from the most feared Mobster around, Edward Cullen. Isabella is about to find out just how possessive Edward is over his things. Mobward, Possessiveward, and a little bit of Domward. Lemons AH.

It was a regular night out at the bar when Emmett sighted two most extraordinary women, and it didn't take many words for them to knock the guys on their asses. TFN's Badass Babes Contest Entry. Validator's Choice    

There's BIG changes in store for "Masen" and the Cullen's Big Top Circus. Will the Globe of Death rider have a good time as Triple B smashes her way into his heart?

Isabella Swan is the only daughter of Charlie Swan, the leader of the Swan Mafia Family. While out with her father, they are attacked by a rival family, The Wolf Pack and her father was critically injured. The family doctor was unavailable, and Bella is scrambling for a replacement. She called the person she’d least expect to help her.

Dr. Edward Cullen is working as an emergency room physician when he got a phone call from the girl he’d secretly loved all throughout college, but she kept him in the friend-zone, save for one drunken night. After that, she disappeared, and he hadn’t heard from her. Until this fateful night … And he found her much changed, hardened, scarred and angry.

Charlie Swan’s life hangs in the balance, and the only person who can save him is Bella’s former friend and one-time lover. Will Edward be able to save Charlie and stay away from the girl, who is now a woman and far more beautiful, despite the scarred and hardened exterior?

Edward has noticed some differences in Bella....

Isabella, desperate for a job after college agrees to move across the country to apply to be governess for two young children. She soon finds out that the Cullen Estate and the Master that resides within are dark and frightening. For the sake of her charges, she must attempt to find a way to reach the heart of the man who looks at her as no more than a servant. Read warning!    

Summary: Parenting can be a hard job to tackle, but it can be harder when you are parallel parenting between twins. Whatever will these two do with the girls they love corrupting their lives?
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Edward Cullen and Bella Swan have an instant attraction from the first night he walks into her pub. The mob boss and the enforcer's daughter have more in common than they know. Danger is the name of the game, but they must be willing to sacrifice their love for their safety. Will their secrets stay hidden, or will they spill along with their blood?    

Earthquakes so rarely occur in the Pacific Northwest that the phenomenon causes the members of the Quileute tribe to investigate. They never would have expected to find her. She is stubborn, wild, and fiercely independent, and she willfully goes against everything they try to teach her. Especially when it comes to staying away from vampires. AU/Supernatural

Edward witnesses his father’s murder and is seen leaving. Bella is tired of being on the receiving end of her husbands’ fists and words. If they want to stay alive, they’ll have to run for their lives…no matter the cost. Inspired by the Three Days Grace song. M for Language and Adult Situations.