Date: 21 Aug 2012 7:19 PM Title: Chapter 24
hi, i am sorry to not havr reviewed much but i want you to know , i really really love this story and can't wait for the next chapter. please don't make edward into a martyrward , i've had enough of those, whatever he thinks is right,he is still a seventeen year old . teens are not known for thinking clearly,please do help him with that. i would like more e/b interaction either through letters or personal.please update soon.xo,lavanya.
Author's Response:
You said exactly what I think most people forget. Even for all his nearly 100 years as a vampire, Edward is still very much only 17-years-old, and when he comes to girls, he is completely inexperienced. He made a mistake. Teenagers are known for doing that. Chapter 26 will be up on Saturday, in the meantime a teaser is available on A Different Forest's Monday Sneak Peak campfire. The campfire is a little old, so it's maybe four or five down on the second page. I submitted the same teaser to Twi Fic Central, but when I just looked, it doesn't look like they've posted teaers since the 8th. (???) I also usually submit the next week's teaser to Fictionators, but I screwed up and forgot this week. But anyway, I think you'll like the teaser!
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 21 Aug 2012 12:43 AM Title: Chapter 25
It just occurred to me that with Charlie in the position of being Tanya's mate & pretty much on the Cullen's side, the situation with Jake sniffing after Bella is going to be a lot different than the original. Of course it is - dumb me - if Bella finds out this is her Edward, Jake will be kicked to the curb pronto!
Author's Response:
Jake and Co. are in my fic, but to a much lesser extent than canon. I'm no fan of canon Jacob. I see him as immature, incredibly selfish and manipulative. I always say this - any boy who kissed my daughter against her will would be hanging from the attic window by his balls. It always surprises me that it's Edward's stalker behavior that people criticize. Jacob kisses Bella against her will; then later, after he finds out she's engaged, he manipulates her into kissing him--knowing her fiance will know and hoping to cause problems--by convincing her he's going to go off and get himself killed if she doesn't kiss him. But no one ever seems to criticize him, just Edward. What kind of a best friend does that? People criticize Edward for being controling for trying to keep Bella from Jacob, but I don't think it counts as controlling when you're (boy or girl) trying to keep someone you love (again, girl or boy) away from someone who genuinly is dangerous, especially when the person you love refuses to acknowledge the other person is dangerous. Unintentional or not, Emily Young didn't slice up her face herself. What makes Jacob's behavior even more inexcusable is his first hand knowledge of how badly Leah was hurt when Sam imprinted and left her behind. Jacob knows how badly off Bella was after Edward left, but he goes after her and tries to make her love him even though he knows he could imprint at any moment and would never give Bella a second thought in that respect again. He's really just about my least favorite character from any book I've ever read. Needless to say, I wrote my Jacob very differently. First off, Edward doesn't leave Bella once they find each other, so Jacob doesn't have the opportunity to move in on Bella that he had in canon, but most importantly, he knows the meaning of the word no.
Date: 20 Aug 2012 1:07 PM Title: Chapter 2
i absolutely love this story, i want to say thanks for writing it...can't wait to see what happens next. even if you had copied it from 'the lakehouse' , i would have loved it as i loved it very much. xoxo,lavanya.
Author's Response:
It's very definately not copied from "The Lakehouse." It's just the basic premise of two people living in different times somehow able to communicate with each other. I hope you'll like it, thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 20 Aug 2012 3:42 AM Title: Chapter 25
I hope Edward goes after Bella now!
Author's Response:
Nothing like a little unfriendly competition over your reason for existing to pull a vampire's head out of his ass!
Date: 19 Aug 2012 7:01 AM Title: Chapter 1
i love your story and the detail you've gone into on it. i just really really really want to read the whole thing at once. Pretty please??!!
Author's Response:
Well, you can read the first half of it all at once. How's that? Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 19 Aug 2012 2:16 AM Title: Chapter 25
Oh, Edward. Emotionally destroying your mate, pissing off your family, and plagiarizing Mary Frye. Tsk, tsk.
Author's Response:
Don't be too hard on Edward, he's only human. (Well, you know what I mean.) It'll all work out, I promise.
Date: 18 Aug 2012 10:13 PM Title: Chapter 25
:)
Author's Response:
:)
Date: 18 Aug 2012 8:43 PM Title: Chapter 25
Oh man.....I sure hope Edward reaches Bella be for she has a bad relaps.
Author's Response:
It'll all work out, I promise. Edward's letter, on top of knowing his soul - or his spirit or whatever you want to call it - is still out there, knowing he's not completely gone, helped her tremendously. Imagine what it would be like to get irrefutable confirmation that a loved one who died isn't really gone.
Date: 18 Aug 2012 4:45 PM Title: Chapter 25
absolutely enjoyable i love it.
this story shows love can withstand the test of time even centeries for edward but we really know they will get to be together for it is fate
Author's Response:
They absoultely will bet together, I promise!
[Report This]Date: 18 Aug 2012 3:34 PM Title: Chapter 25
Oh for gods sake Edward, EVERYONE knows what you need to do, so just accept it and do it ! Poor Bella is so sad, I hope Jake doesn't start to wear her down towards anything 'romantic', I really dont like them together. I dont think it will happen, but it seems he is going to try. Mind you, if that's what it takes for Edward to start thinking straight, then fine, let Jake try. Edwards letter, just perfect. I was worried about what he might write and how Bella might be affected, but that is just right. So is she going to move to Forks, it seems like she might, I hope so, the more she is close to Tanya and the Cullens the better.
Another great chapter of a consistently excellent tale. Thanks for sharing.
Author's Response:
I am very definitly NOT Team Jacob, so there are no worries there. Give Edward a break, the poor boy's been through a lot, first thinking he's going crazy, then finding out he somehow wrote letters to a girl who hadn't been born yet, fell in love wit her, forgot her, now he fell in love with her again without ever even seeing her in person, she's his singer, she is suffering because she thinks he's dead, and the only way he can stop her suffering is to condemn her (in his opinion) to becoming what he is. He's had a rough few months. It's been a lot for a vampire to digest. Neither one of them is really ready to meet the other, they need to come to terms with things first. But the WILL come together. (Sometimes at least, sometimes one first, then the other.)
Date: 18 Aug 2012 3:01 PM Title: Chapter 25
WOW, the letter is a huge step forward. But, what would be the sense of it if he doesn't reveal himself?
Author's Response:
Revealing himself would be holding her back, in his opinion. He wants the "white picket fence with 2.5 children" life for her, and he can't give her that. But she is his mate, and just like in canon, he can't stay away.
Date: 17 Aug 2012 3:36 AM Title: Chapter 24
Poor Edward.......He's hurting both himself and Bella.
Author's Response:
I see Edward very much as truly trying to protect Bella from being condemned to an existence of always being on the outside looking in, unable to truly participate in the world around you. He believes he's doing what's best for her in the long run. He's wrong of course. But he thinks he's doing what's right. He's completely out of his element with this, which is something he's hasn't been in a very long time.
Date: 16 Aug 2012 2:11 PM Title: Chapter 24
I just found this story a few days ago and I have to say, out of all the stories I have read with the same base line of Bella and Edward meeting like this, this is the best one by far. The others were decent in the begining but quickly unravlled when they met in the present. So far you have done excellent in weaving this story fluently. I also believe that the attention to detail you place in this story is a major part in making this story flow. Overall, excellently executed and I look forward to the next chapter.
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! The big meeting is coming up very soon, I hope you'll like it! Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 12 Aug 2012 9:00 AM Title: Chapter 24
Lovely!!AWESOME!
Author's Response:
Glad you liked it!
Date: 12 Aug 2012 5:39 AM Title: Chapter 24
Edward, you are a whiny emo douche.
momatu, it is so cool that you researched old weather. I've already been impressed with your research skills in this story, but now you're on a whole new pedestal of awesome.
Author's Response:
Remember, Bella did the same thing in the very beginning when she decided to stop writing to him for his own good. She realized her mistake, and so will he. I know it seems like it, but I really won't wait til chapter 49 to bring them together. I think its in chapter 46. (Joking, just joking! It's coming up soon, really!)
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 12 Aug 2012 4:14 AM Title: Chapter 24
"Jacob looked as if he'd smelled something disgusting, and Bella tried to subtly check her shoes" I know exactly what she was checking for because I just finished cleaning my yard of it::)) Yuk!
I understand why Billy & Jake acted weird when they came into the campsite, but I'm at a loss with Charlie!
"But he was a monster now, and monsters don't get to keep miracles" I actually made an audible groan when I read this:( I also had to walk away for about 3 hours before I could finish reading:( Unfortunately it's impossible to tell a fictional character they're full of shit!
Author's Response:
Wanna come do my yard since yours is done?
Charile knows. I haven't come out and said it yet, but I've been droppling subtle little clues here and there, like when the rental car agent tripped and skinned his knee in front of Tanya. Just how he learned the truth will come out soon.
Remember, Bella did the same thing in the very beginning when she decided to stop writing to Edward for his own good. She realized her mistake, and so will he. I know it seems like it, but I really won't wait til chapter 49 to bring them together. I think its in chapter 46. (Joking, just joking! It's coming up soon, really!)
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 12 Aug 2012 4:00 AM Title: Chapter 24
Gah! I Love this story!!!!
How I wish you posted twice a week! And yes very canon Edward. Makes you want to slap him. :-)
Author's Response:
If I posted twice a week it would be over already, and then how would I get my weekly fix of reviews?
Date: 12 Aug 2012 12:17 AM Title: Chapter 24
Neat chapter! Poor Edward; it's wonderful for him to know, but so painful to feel he has to deny it.
I don't quite see how he can imagine that Bella will get better with a goodbye letter, though. He's already seen what his death has done to her; why would this be any different? He's thinking *too* wishfully, that she could move on. Even Alice has seen better. Why isn't he comprehending this? Because he is afraid to, I suppose. Sigh.
He needs to give her a chance to reply.
Anyway, great chapter! Thanks for writing!
Author's Response:
Edward knows exactly what Bella needs to hear. He doesn't want to make her forget him or make her think he doesn't love her anymore like in New Moon, he wants her to remember him but be able to let him go, which she really does need to do. Edward is too different from the man she fell in love with for her to be able to move from one to the other. She needs to mourn the Edward who really did die before she can love the one who was born.
I know it seems like it, but I really won't wait til chapter 49 to bring them together. I think its in chapter 46. (Joking, just joking! It's coming up soon, really!)
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 11 Aug 2012 11:33 PM Title: Chapter 24
I am feeling much better now that Edward knows, however he is still the same old Edward who seems driven to shoot himself in the foot. I don't know if I can stand the agony he is going to put Bella through with his craziness. Can we at least get Jasper to slap him around a bit; knock some sense into him. Maybe just shake him til his teeth rattle! I guess I will just have to wait until next Saturday to see how he manages this cluster-****!
Author's Response:
Edward knows exactly what Bella needs to hear. He doesn't want to make her forget him or make her think he doesn't love her anymore like in New Moon, he wants her to remember him but be able to let him go, which she really does need to do. Edward is too different from the man she fell in love with for her to be able to move from one to the other. She needs to mourn the Edward who really did die before she can love the one who was born.
I know it seems like it, but I really won't wait til chapter 49 to bring them together. I think its in chapter 46. (Joking, just joking! It's coming up soon, really!)
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 11 Aug 2012 9:10 PM Title: Chapter 24
Hi Is stupid. The letter vill triger her brakedown. :(
Author's Response:
No it won't. He writes the one thing that will let her begin to heel. It'll all work out, I promise. Edward is so different from who he used to be that Bella needs time to mourn the man he was before she is well enough to love the man he's become.
Date: 11 Aug 2012 7:44 PM Title: Chapter 24
Oh great---now Edward is going to do the infamous "New Moon". Or a version of it at least. *sigh*
It amazes me how you can keep track of all the twists and turns in this story. Great job.
Refreshing to have a likeable Tanya in a story for a change.
Author's Response:
I love my Tanya, so I'm glad people like her too. Edward just wouldn't be Edward if he didn't make things more complicated than they need to be, would he?
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 11 Aug 2012 7:44 PM Title: Chapter 24
I hope it won't be too long for Edwrd to realize his mistakes!! Does he not think about other ways her heart can stop beating! Ugh!!
Author's Response:
Not too long, no. He'll come around with the help of a very persistant little butterfly.
[Report This]Date: 11 Aug 2012 7:25 PM Title: Chapter 24
I'm mad at Edward for making the same mistake he made in New Moon and trying to protect Bella. I hope Bella doesn't have to suffer as much as she did then. She deserves some happiness.
Author's Response:
Bella made the same mistake way back in the beginning, now it's Edward's turn. Unlike canon, rather than taking everything trying to make her forget him, he will leave her something he hopes will let her remember him but let him go.
Date: 11 Aug 2012 6:42 PM Title: Chapter 1
The week does not go by fast enough for me as I await for your Saturday update. I am so enjoying your story! I have been reading FF for over 4 years now and I have never found myself so attached to a story before. It is wonderfully written and planned out. Thank you! Looking forward to next Saturday!
Author's Response:
Thanks so much! I look forward to updating too!
Date: 11 Aug 2012 6:00 PM Title: Chapter 24
I loved it, I am tearing my hair, I want something to happen so Edward won't disappear one her ...
Author's Response:
It'll all work out, I promise. Bella needs this time to mourn the Edward she fell in love with. After everything he's been through, he's not the same man he was then. They're not ready to meet yet, but they will be soon.
Date: 11 Aug 2012 5:58 PM Title: Chapter 24
I liked it, but I still want to smack Edward upside the head! Reading this chapter reminded me of New Moon-I didn't like it then, and I don't like it now. Edward will do what he does best and make a decision that isn't his to make, and hopefully, you won't have their separation before they really meet go on too long.
This may be my most favorite Tanya yet!
Author's Response:
Edward is making a decision that isn't his alone to make - but remember, Bella did the same thing way back in the beginning, and that worked out. This will too. She's not ready to meet this Edward yet. She needs time to mourn the Edward she fell in love with, so she can be ready to love the man he's become, who is very different - different species aside.
[Report This]Date: 11 Aug 2012 5:38 PM Title: Chapter 24
Favourite line - that 'Tanya knew a lot of words for stupid'. Lovely. Poor Edward, he really thinks he will be helping her when it's clear to everyone else that he will do the opposite. I wonder what he could possibly put in such a short letter for her to let him go, it has to be an 'I've met someone. I don't want you anymore' type thing, but as he almost certainly doesn't know where the secret drawer is, the letter won't be in the right place, so Bella will know something is wrong. I hope. That, or she will go into such a terrible depression right there in Forks, that he will have to fess up after all. OR Jake smells him in her room (no I dont know what he is doing in there !) and either goes wolf or threatens her. Okay, so obviously I have no idea whats going to happen, and thats one of the things I love about the story, its never predictable but so far at least, always believable - even the impossible bits.
Another really great chapter, thanks.
Author's Response:
I love that line, too!
No, no. You're all wrong. The letter is nothing like that. And he's not going to her room. He's isn't trying to make her forget him or think he doesn't want her like in New Moon. His letter is somethng that could only have come from him, because it is a direct quote from a letter she sent him. It's meant to be comforting. He doesn't want to try to make her forget him, just let him go.
Date: 11 Aug 2012 5:01 PM Title: Chapter 24
edward you are making it worse
Author's Response:
He's only human. We do that sometimes don't we? Try to make something better but only make it more difficult that it needed to be.
[Report This]Date: 11 Aug 2012 4:25 PM Title: Chapter 24
Loved it as always!
I'm going to sit back and hold my comments on Edwards misguided reasoning for saying good-bye to Bella.
Tanya is a great character in this story. Her rational and not so subtle guidance is enjoyable to read. Her pairing with Charlie is a delightful change. Hope she can get her HEA forever. Charlie as a vampire is an intriguing thought.
Author's Response:
Tanya will have her HAE, I promise! Glad you like her.
Date: 11 Aug 2012 4:20 PM Title: Chapter 24
Edward get your head out of your ass.... don' do this to Bella please
Author's Response:
It won't be all that bad, I promise. He does the opposite of New Moon. Rather than taking everything away hoping to make her forget him, he leaves her somethng that she will know could only have come from him so that she can let him go. Edward is not the same man he was when Bella fell in love with him, his species beside the point. She needs to mourn the Edward who did die so she can be ready to love the one who was born. It'll all work out.
Date: 09 Aug 2012 4:11 AM Title: Chapter 23
this was an amazing story. the emotions everone has gone through gets me in the heart. cant wait for more.
Author's Response:
Next update will be Saturday! See you then!
[Report This]Date: 07 Aug 2012 1:42 AM Title: Chapter 19
Dear Momatu,
I can't thank you enough for this wondeerful story. It's as if I'm finally getting to know Edward as a human and his entire family... this is so moving and beautifully written. I am so attached to the characters. I confess this chapter, when I read of Bella learning that Edward did not survive the flu pandemic, had me in tears, many tears. So sad and so touching.
I also love that you alerted me to David and the "Hope for David" FB page (it is under "Hope for David" and not "Hope for David 2012" by the way, but I found it. I "liked" his page and left a comment of support, and also posted a link to the page on my FB account wall (MelbieToast) and urged my friends to go to David's page and "like" it as well, and pass the word. Since I have over 1,800 friends on FB, I hope it helps in getting David more supporters from FB. Do you have a FB account? I would love to send you a friend request. I also have over 1,500 tumblr followers, and some 800 twitter followers, do you want me to post a link to Hope for David on tumblr and I could post one of his photos from his page as well.
Thank you again for your wonderful story, I'm so in love with 1918 Edward... and you gave us all a look into how horrific the flu epidemic really was.
I remain,
Your Friend,
Melbie
Author's Response:
Thank you so much for liking David's page! I don't facebook. Technically, I do have a facebook page, but I never go on it. The only reason I created it was to monitor my kids pages - which pissed them off to no end when the found out about it. "Mom, that's, like, private!" On line for the entire planet to see, but they think it's private.... "You don't trust us!" I trust my kids, I do. It's the other 7 billion people on the planet who I don't trust.
Thanks so much also for posting the link to Davids fb page on your wall. (I think I know what that means.) I don't know about posting his photo, though. I wouldn't want to say yes without asking his mother, and she's a bit busy at the moment. He's doing very well. Eating solid food, and the doctor's are considering an early discharge!
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 06 Aug 2012 6:24 AM Title: Chapter 23
Yaaaayyyyy(I feel like a 5 yr old)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe Edward will know about everything in the next chapter! Congrats(because IrY got the second place)! Btw I watched 'The Love Letter' and I loved it - it was amazing.
Author's Response:
Thanks! I'm calling it my silver lemon on account of the Olympics.
I'm glad you liked "The Love Letter."
See you on Saturday!
Date: 06 Aug 2012 4:21 AM Title: Chapter 23
Oh........too bad...Hope Dr C will figure it out soon and get Edward and Bella together.
Author's Response:
Carlisle's already figured it out. Now, he just needs to figure out how to tell his son that his mate is a different species and that even though she's only 17, he knew her 91 years ago. Piece of cake!
Date: 05 Aug 2012 8:45 AM Title: Chapter 23
:)
Author's Response:
:}
Date: 05 Aug 2012 5:06 AM Title: Chapter 23
Thanks for the chapter. Love this story!
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review! Glad you like it!
Date: 05 Aug 2012 2:41 AM Title: Chapter 23
oh man edward thinks she is in love with someone else . please help him know it is him not anyone else
Author's Response:
Soon, I promise, very soon!
Date: 05 Aug 2012 2:05 AM Title: Chapter 23
C'mon, Carlisle! Fess up and spit it out! :p
Author's Response:
Carlisle and Edward are going to have a father/son chat soon, I promise! But telling your son that a 17-year-old girl he's never met is actually someone he knew 91 years ago is not an easy conversation to start.
[Report This]Date: 05 Aug 2012 1:23 AM Title: Chapter 23
"Bella was his mate" Edward a little smarter than he usually is in ffdom::))
I just knew it! I knew Bella was smarter than all the vampires put together::))
"One... two..." Thud! "threefourfive!" LOL LOL LOL
"I'm not leaving. Tanya was right. They're so fragile" I immediately imagined Edward & Tanya hiding out in a tree for the next 2 days::))
LOL LOL Edward spitting his venom around the outside of Bella's tent, marking his territory::))
Author's Response:
I've had several people ask why Carlisle hasn't said anything to Edward about his realization. He will, but I wanted Edward to realize Bella is his mate on his own.
I loved Edward marking his territory, too. That's something a werewolf should be able to recognize, don't you think?
I thought about having Bella count "One Mississippi, two Mississippi...."
Well, in some ways, you're not that far off and in others you are. Edward wouldn't be Edward if he didn't make his life harder than it needed to be, right?
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 04 Aug 2012 11:41 PM Title: Chapter 23
Hopefully in the next chapter Carlise will tell Edward that he knew Bella before the change. I love the slow pacing. It will be so great when they are both on the same page. I bet Bella's future in Alice's eyes is already brighter.
Author's Response:
Not necessarily. Edward is very stubborn, and I wrote my Edward very much in canon.
Edward and Carlisle's father/son chat is coming up, I promse. A teaser should be up on Fictionators sometime today!
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 04 Aug 2012 10:46 PM Title: Chapter 23
What a wonderful chapter. It has suspense, drama, confusion, joy and Edward and Bella are nearer to finding the truth. Loved it.
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 9:43 PM Title: Chapter 23
I love how Edward saved Bella from the bear. Oooh, I wonder how Carlisle will answer that last question...I hope he connects more dots and tells Edward about the letter writing. I'm looking forward very much to your next update :)
Author's Response:
It wouldn't be Twilight if Edward didn't have to rescue Bella from *something* now would it? Remember the book he was reading while human that he questioned how many times one girl could end up in a life threatening situation? Yeah, if he could only remember that book....
Edward and Carlisle's father/son chat is in the next chapter, I promise!
[Report This]Date: 04 Aug 2012 6:21 PM Title: Chapter 23
I am so ready for Carlisle to enlighten Edward regarding his letters before his illness!
Author's Response:
Very, very soon!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 6:10 PM Title: Chapter 23
I KNEW you'd have the next chapter here, couldn't wait for the FF update.
OMG, my heart is beating like crazy from reading this chapter, it was so beautiful to see how Edward took care of B, how she sensed him. And its so bittersweet to see them both longing for each other yet thinking they can't have each other. *cry*!!
I'm going on a cruise and i'm going to flagfic this story to read while relaxing. Can't get enough of it, you write so beautifully! Thx for sharing!
Author's Response:
I tried all morning to get it on FFn, then the grandbaby came.... He's asleep in his bassinet right now, so I've been trying again, but I'm not having any luck.
I'm glad you liked the chapter, their first kinda-sorta meeting.
Bon Voyage, and thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 5:58 PM Title: Chapter 23
Wonderful chapter! I'm so glad to see Edward knows who she is to him without a doubt, and that Bella's sorrow has been a little patched for the time being.
Great question to end on for Carslisle!
And I wonder what Jacob will think of Edward's trace. Will he have enough focus of mind to track out the bear and realize what motives may have been behind the vampire's obnoxious presence? Combined with Bella's safety, of course. Somehow, I doubt he'd get that far.
Thanks again for writing such a wonderful story!
Author's Response:
That was one of my favorite lines, when Edward asks Carlisle who 'Edward' is. If you like that, wait till you see the next chapter!
Edward is always so restrained, I wanted to have him react the way any other 17-year-old boy would react when he's really 91-year-old vampire and an adolescent werewolf is crushing on his mate. In the past, I've refered to Edward (as a human) being mad enough to spit venom, now he actually can, so I wanted him to go ahead and do it. I don't think Jacob would pick up much of the bear though, because just like Bella scent being masked in Eclipse by Jacob's scent, I think Edward's scent would mask the bear, especially with how thickly he laid it on.
I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 04 Aug 2012 5:33 PM Title: Chapter 23
OMG, YES!!!! Now, next chapter after Jacob has his hissie fit over all the vampire smell in the camp (loved the venom spitting, marking his territory)we can go back to Carlisle and Edward so Carlisle can tell him everything he already told Esme. Yes, yes, lets do that. . . now!! Oh dear, another long week ahead. I still can't get past the flappers on FanFiction, so here I'll stay.
Author's Response:
Oh, there will be a fit thrown. Exactly, marking his territory, something a werewolf should understand, right?
I still haven't been able to get past the error messages on FFn, either. I keep getting "the connection with the server was reset."
Carlisle and Edward will have their father/son chat in the next chapter, I promise!
Thanks so much for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 4:55 PM Title: Chapter 23
A lovely chapter, thank you
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 3:33 PM Title: Chapter 23
I love how connected Bella and Edward are. I cannot wait for next weekend. Yay for getting silver at The Lemonade Stand.
Author's Response:
I'm thrilled with my silver lemon!
I'm glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 3:23 PM Title: Chapter 23
I loved it! He's realized she's his mate! She knows it was him in the trees-but he doesn't know the Edward she dreams of is HIM. So, will Carlisle tell him what he knows about Bella from his human life? If he doesn't, hopefully you'll clue us into why!
Caught that Titanic moment, of course!
I'm so glad you placed 2nd-1st would have been better, but second's pretty good, don't you think? I truly hope it sends more readers your way; I know when I vote other at TLS I check out the other stories in hopes of finding a good read. This is too good a story to be missed.
A week seems way too far off right now. Any chance you might shave a day or two off, you know, since you came in 2nd and all? :)
Author's Response:
Oh, Carlisle would'be keep that from Edward! He's never had any intention of keeping anything from Edward, but I wrote my Edward very much in-canon, with all of canon Edward's hangups. Carilsle knows him well enough to foresee potential issues Edward will have with his mate being human. He's just taking his time to plan out how to tell Edward, but of course, he couldn't think about it around Edward. Remember, vampires have a very different sense of the passing of time than we do.
I'm thrilled with my second place, no complaints here! But I'm afraid the bi-weekly updates are over. I've gone through the small stockpile of betad and edited chapters I had built up.
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 3:13 PM Title: Chapter 23
I just can't wait for them to realize their connection to one another!! I love this story!!
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 3:07 PM Title: Chapter 23
Love your story sooooo much!!! I am anxiously awaiting your next update!
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for revieiwng!
Date: 04 Aug 2012 2:59 PM Title: Chapter 23
It is difficult to comment. Until they see each other properly I'll hold my breath.
Author's Response:
Breathe. Breathing is very important. I wouldn't want you to pass out on me! You might miss the next chapter!
Date: 03 Aug 2012 4:36 AM Title: Chapter 22
I would have voted for you if I caught the deadline, dang!
Author's Response:
Thanks anyway! I'm thrilled with second place. Silver medal!
[Report This]Date: 03 Aug 2012 12:48 AM Title: Chapter 22
I can't tell you how happy I am that I am still logged in at TWCS. I have been unable to get the login to work on FF again. It is so frustrating. This is a great chapter and I am most anxious for chapter 23 but I have no idea when it is coming out or at which site. I guess I will just have to play hop scotch until I find it. I do hope one of them will have it Saturday at the latest. I really start looking Friday just in case. I love having two in one week. But I know that won't last. Nothing ever does, good or bad. The "bad" just seems to last forever. Hope everything is good where you are. We have a bunch of birthdays coming up this month so things are starting to "hum" around here. Love this story!!
Author's Response:
I will be uploading chapter 23 shortly! I've exhausted the small cushion of betad and edited chapters I had built up, so no more two update weeks unfortunately. All is good here, thanks for asking. The new grandbaby has a belly button now - and it's an outtie!
[Report This]Date: 01 Aug 2012 2:13 AM Title: Chapter 22
I don't think Edward is running to drain Bella. I think Alice had a vision of Bella being hurt and Edward is running to save her. I'm glad that Carlise finally came to the conclusion that Bella might be the girl Edward told him about before the change. I liked how you handled Jacob. I voted for this story at the lemonade stand.
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it an thanks for the vote!
Date: 01 Aug 2012 1:25 AM Title: Chapter 22
I will vote for you!!!
Author's Response:
Thanks!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 10:57 PM Title: Chapter 21
I've been away so now dreading the upcoming cliffie
Author's Response:
I've been nominated for Fic of the Week on The Lemonade Stand! There are only hours left to vote, and currently I'm in second place! Please vote for IrY!
[Report This]Date: 31 Jul 2012 2:16 PM Title: Chapter 22
At last Carlisle knows. But why is he stuffing all these info in his head? Edward needs to know too!
Author's Response:
Carlisle is going to have a heart to heart father/son chat soon. But I wrote my Edward with all of canon Edward's hangups, so he's just giving himself a chance to work out how to tell him. Remember, a matter of a couple days is nothing to vampires who can live for thousands of years.
I've been nominated for Fic of the Week on The Lemonade Stand! There are only hours left to vote, and currently I'm in second place! Please vote for IrY!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 12:23 PM Title: Chapter 22
:)
Author's Response:
:)
Date: 31 Jul 2012 5:25 AM Title: Chapter 22
And then .. .and then ...
(PS, I did my voting)
Author's Response:
Just wait and see!
Thanks for the vote!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 5:15 AM Title: Chapter 22
Loved this chapter....hate the cliffy :-( Please update soon !!
Author's Response:
Please vote!
Head on over to The Lemonade Stand and vote for IrY for Fic of the Week! There are only a few hours left!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 5:03 AM Title: Chapter 22
Love love this story!
Author's Response:
Thanks!
I've been nominated for Fic of the Week on The Lemonade Stand! There are only hours left to vote, and currently I'm in second place! Please vote for IrY!
[Report This]Date: 31 Jul 2012 4:59 AM Title: Chapter 22
I went and voted before I even read the chapter. I hope you win! :-) Another excellent chapter, but booo with the cliff hanger! Saturday just can't come early enough now! Thank you so much for the special treat. :)
Author's Response:
Thanks so much for the vote!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 3:45 AM Title: Chapter 22
The freakin' anticipation is killing me. I'm just about dying here. Plz update soon.
Author's Response:
Glad you like it!
I've been nominated for Fic of the Week on The Lemonade Stand! There are only hours left to vote, and currently I'm in second place! Please vote for IrY!
Date: 31 Jul 2012 1:49 AM Title: Chapter 22
The review for this chapter on FFn was just my *first* impression, so you know. This is the rest. :)
I'm guessing that Alice saw Bella get injured... something bloody and life-threatening... and she thinks Edward has snapped in response to her blood.
Of course, Edward can't stand the life-threatening aspect of whatever she saw... and so they'll end up finding him having rescued her from it.
She wouldn't be cliff-diving, would she? I don't think she is camping with Charlie. So does that put her at home? I don't think she's prone to suicide, as painful as her life is... so maybe he'll end up saving her from unwanted visitors?
Very wonderful chapter! You're writing them so well! :) Looking forward to more! Thank you!
Author's Response:
No, no cliff diving. You're not the first person to suggest that. And yes, she is camping with her father, Billy, and Jacob. As for the rest - I'm afraid you'll just have to wait till Saturday!
I've been nominated for Fic of the Week on The Lemonade Stand! There are only hours left to vote, and currently I'm in second place! Please vote for IrY!
Date: 30 Jul 2012 4:11 PM Title: Chapter 21
:)
Author's Response:
:)
Date: 29 Jul 2012 12:18 PM Title: Chapter 21
Ooh ooh...I was thinking maybe Edward could snek into her room (like he does) and he will see the desk, but I forgot his 'singer' issue. Damn! Maybe he'll see Tanya turn towards the desk and see it? Ooh, so many thoughts here. Can't wait for more. Damn...I hate being caught up.
Author's Response:
He won't go so far as to sneak into her room, but.... Oops, almost gave too much away! It wouldn't matter if Edward saw the desk in Tanya's mind. He doesn't remember owning it himself.
The teaser for chapter 22 has been submitted to Fictionators and Twi Fic Central, but they don't show teasers till Wednesday. I hope to get onto A Different Forest to join the teaser campfire tomorrow night. The teaser for chapter 22 can also be found on the forums page for Twilighted under Shameless Plugs, but you need to create an account to access it.
THanks for reviewing!
Date: 29 Jul 2012 11:28 AM Title: Chapter 20
Okay...I have switched to reading I've here since ff is acting up. I hate tht TWCS isn't as user friendly as ff but oh well. It does make sense that Edward's memories from right before his illness would be super cloudy. I am a little confused because didn't Edward tell Carlisle more about Bella...his friend from Arizona? Did Carlisle know about the desk? If so, he would have told Edward to bring his letters with him and would have had to explain who this Bella person was. So I am guessing Edward did not tell him much? And wow....Charlie is going to be vamp? Hmmm...new twist! Never read THAT one. Cool cool stuff.
Author's Response:
I actually much prefer TWCS or Twilighted. It's easier to post because it keeps my formating intact, so I don't have to use periods to hold blank lines. On FFn, everything just runs together. I also much prefer being able to see my responses to reviews. It so much easier to make sure I don't miss anyone accidentally.
Edward did tell Carlisle about Bella twice, once by her first name only and once he said he had a friend who lived in AZ, but as far as Carlisle knows, Bella was a human girl - granted one with an exceptional gift, but human nonetheless - living in 1918. He has had no reason to connect a human girl he believes lived in 1918 with one he knows lives in 2009. As will be mentioned in the story, Edward does not like to be reminded of the human life he cannot remember. Regardless, I don't think Carlisle would ever have told Edward he had a friend who he'd appeared to have fallen in love with. What would be the point? It would only bring him pain. Edward's human life was lost to him as soon as he reached a point in the influenza that changing him became the only way of saving him. I think Carlisle would only considered it a blessing in disguise that the memories of a love he could no longer have were lost. Like Edward - mistakenly - said to Bella in NM, "It will be like I never existed." Or something like that.
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 29 Jul 2012 6:06 AM Title: Chapter 21
How did you manage to make this chapter both depressing and amusing at the same time? While I felt bad for Bella I couldn't help but smile at the mention of 'Fido' and when Tanya made scrambled eggs(with Alice and Carlisle's help).
Author's Response:
I tried to add a little humor to break up all the heaviness and drama, so I'm glad you liked it! The pack openly displays their "dislike" of the Cullens, calling them leeches, bloodsuckers, etc. The Cullens don't show their animosity as much, at least not publicly, I think simply because being 100 or so years old, they're more mature, but among themselves I imagine they have a few select names for the pack as well. I wanted to kind of show the rough surface beneath the polished facade, if you understand what I mean. Its an odd paradox, being both 17 and 100ish. I think you'd have characteristics of both. I wanted to show the vampires as a little more human - pardon the pun!
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 29 Jul 2012 6:04 AM Title: Chapter 21
"He was about to protest that they didn't need such an expensive car, but when he looked at Tanya, her face was pinched in obvious pain, and her hand was on her throat" hmmm, I sense a little manipulation by Tanya:::)))
"...for a woman who could make supermodels cry. Bella had told her the woman was beautiful, but this was just ridiculous." lol lol lol that's funny! Gotta say it would probably put the screws to me too if I saw my ex with someone that looked like Tanya:)
"How many vampires does it take to scramble an egg?" lol lol obviously a lot of them::))
Author's Response:
I'm glad you like it! I tried to add a little humor to break up all the heaviness and drama. I particularly liked the "make Venus herself spit nails" line.
Nope, no manipulation by Tanya. Her face was pinched with pain and her hand was on her throat because it was burning. The car rental agent scraped his knee, breaking the skin, when he tripped, and the sudden, unexpected scent of fresh human blood hurt her. And as for the car, it was the only one they could guarantee the tinted windows on.
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 29 Jul 2012 2:51 AM Title: Chapter 21
Thank Heaven! I have been waiting all day, and not very patiently I might add, for this update on FF and Twilighted. I finally gave up and checked here. Yaaayyyy! Now, I am going to wish away my life again in hopes that next Saturday will hurry up and get here with the new update. I sure hope the teasers are up promptly on Monday. Faster, Faster!!
Author's Response:
I've been having trouble uploading on FFn the past few weeks. Actually I much prefer posting here or on Twilighted. Its much easier. It keeps my formating intact, so I don't have to use periods to hold blank lines. Also, I really prefer being able to see my responses to reviews. It's much easier to make sure I don't miss anyone.
Date: 29 Jul 2012 1:52 AM Title: Chapter 21
I love it. peals keep going.
Author's Response:
The story is fully written, so there's no risk of it being abandoned. Unless, you know, a meteor falls on my head or something.... But it is still being betad and edited as I post, so that's why I can only update once a week.
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 29 Jul 2012 1:08 AM Title: Chapter 21
I believe Edward is starting to get a flicker of who Bella is. Of course Bella woke up when they were close to discovering the letters. I wonder is she will tell anyone.
Author's Response:
There is only one person Bella can turn to. The next chapters are set in Forks, and *someone* will start connecting dots!
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 11:07 PM Title: Chapter 21
Great chapter, thank you :)
Author's Response:
Glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 10:38 PM Title: Chapter 21
Nice chap. I'm a little frustrated by a lack of progress, but then I suppose Edward is too. ;-)
Author's Response:
The next chapters are set in Forks, and *someone* starts connecting dots! Good things come to those who wait, I promise! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 10:07 PM Title: Chapter 21
Wonderful chapter! I like seeing how realistically awkward certain normal human activities turn out to be for vampires to pursue. Cute!
I'm glad Bella is 'awake' now. I'm guessing that she's going to stay that way? Maybe she's going to move up to Forks with Charlie soon (or at least, after Renee is married)? I wonder if it will be in Phoenix (less likely) or Forks (more likely) that Edward really sees the desk for the first time.
Great responses and desperation on his part. I'm really looking forward to your favorite chapters! Thanks for writing!
Author's Response:
I'm glad you like it!
Something to look forward to - the next chapters are set in Forks and *someone* starts connecting dots!
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 9:39 PM Title: Chapter 21
Can't wait for more!!!
Author's Response:
Chapter 22 will be up next weekend! Until then, I post teasers on Fictionators and Twi Fic Central. The next chapters take place in Forks! *Someone* starts connecting dots!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 9:38 PM Title: Chapter 21
WARNING: I'm leaving you a long review, because I know just how good reviews feel, so since you are currently my favorite author and this is my favorite story of all my favorite stories, I'm leaving you an extra long review. :)) And because you're pretty awesome. :)
Ahhh! Darn you!!! In a good way of course. Today my husband and I did some belated spring cleaning in our kids rooms - several boxes and bags later, I sat down to relax. I had seen the update come in earlier and put off reading it as a little treat when I finished their rooms. Just put my feet up and read this chapter and gosh darnit - I want more! I worked really really hard today ... ;-)
This was a great chapter, but I kind feel this was a filler chapter as we didn't really learn that much more. Don't mean this in a bad way, it just wasn't as meaty as the other chapters, but I still enjoyed it as much as the other chapters, and this for sure moved us closer to Edward and Bella (I hope).
So here's my musings ... I wonder if Carlisle will go into Bella's room and recognize the desk. Of course, I can't recall if Carlisle ever saw Edward's desk, so maybe I should re-read from the beginning while I wait for next Saturday. ;-) Or perhaps, Edward will make a decision to go to Bella before they leave and Alice will have a vision which will give Edward more clues about who Bella is to him. Can't wait to see what happens! Awesome writing as usual. Have a wonderful week! :)
Author's Response:
Oh, I'm your favorite! Thanks! You're pretty awesome yourself!
I've given up on cleaning my son's room. Now, I just hire professionals. They've got Hazmat suits.
Not so much of a learning chapter, more moving from point A to point B. "Point B" being Forks! The next chapter we will learn more. Dots will begin to be connected, but I'm warning you, it comes at a price. Chapter 22 ends with a bit of a cliff hanger.
As for Carlisle and the desk, no and yes.
Thanks for reviewing! See you next Saturday!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 9:04 PM Title: Chapter 21
I am going crazy for Bella and Edward to see one another. Maybe Edward wont recognise her, or maybe seeing her will bring back memories previously lost, but I think Bella would know him anywhere, even if it is impossible ! I am also thinking that even though Carlisle doesnt know Bella's name, she might recognise his name and say something that puzzles him. I shall have to brace myself for the cliffhanger, no way can i wait two weeks to read it straight through !
Great chapter, thanks.
ps I didnt get an email alert for this today, I just came and looked for it.
Author's Response:
I don't really now how alerts work, but I will ask the admin. I do try to keep to a set schedule of updating on Saturday morning (my time, anyway, near New York City).
Remember, Bella has never seen Edward. She never got the pictures he took for her. Also, she knows from Mic that Edward's eyes were green. As for Edward, he already has recognized her. Or his heart and soul already have. It's just his mind that's confused.
Edward only mentioned Carlisle by name twice in the letters. (Unless I messed up, but that's a rather important point, so I'm pretty sure I didn't.) In the very first, which was written to his cousin, Mic, and in the very last, right before he told Bella he loved her. As for the first, it was a long time ago, and it wasn't one of the letters Edward wrote to her. It's not likely to be one she read over and over when she's got some many he wrote to her, at least I don't think so. And as for the last, she just read that he loved her and then later that same day she found out he'd died. Under those circumstances, I don't think she'd be likely to pay much attention to the name of a friend he mentioned, and I think it'd be too painful to re-read it. However, the name is right there in front of her, if she ever chooses to look for it....
The next chapters are in Forks! Teasers on Fictionators and Twi Fic Central, and I'm going to try to get onto A Different Forest tomorrow night to join their teaser campfire. The teaser can also be found on Twilighed on the forums page under Shamelss Plugs, but you need to create an account to access it.
Thanks for revieiwng!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 7:26 PM Title: Chapter 21
i'm truly loving the charliextanya storyline and i wouldn't mind seeing more of it. it makes me so happy to see charlie in love. in my mind, charlie is a man who loves wholy and completely and it always made me sad to think of renee taking his daughter and leaving him in canon. i'm glad that in this version, this charlie has found his soul mate
i wonder when they'll begin to figure out bella's connection to edward, and how. i'm pretty sure the answer to that will be in the letters hidden in the secret compartment of the desk but i don't know how they'll find that..
this story is quickly becoming my 'drop everything to read' story and i love it so much! can't wait for the next update!
Author's Response:
Oh, I'm your "drop everything and read" story! Cool! I'm SO glad you like it!
I feel the same way about Charlie, and I always wondered, but what if he knew? To know he'll never be left again, to know his daughter would never be left like he was.... There will be more Charlie and Tanya to come, but they are a side show to the main attaction - Edward and Bella.
I promise, I won't leave Edward hanging for longer. The next chapters take place in Forks, and *someone* starts connecting dots. So that gives you something to look forward to.
Thanks for reading and thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 28 Jul 2012 6:31 PM Title: Chapter 21
I got a message from you on fanfiction. You had problems posting this chapter on there, so I made an account and got a chance to read it!! I really enjoyed it and can't wait for more.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much for following me! I had the same problem last weekend. It took three days to get the chapter up. I must've gotten that "connection reset" error fifty times.
Thanks for reviewing, see you next Saturday!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 5:38 PM Title: Chapter 21
I can't wait for him to figure out the girl is his Bella!!! I continue to love this story and look forward to Saturday mornings!!
Author's Response:
Who doesn't look forward to Saturday mornings? I'm glad I could be a part of yours!
I won't keep Edward hanging much longer. The next chapters are set in Forks, and a few dots get connected. Fair warning though, chapter 22 ends in a bit of a cliff hanger!
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 5:30 PM Title: Chapter 21
Great chapter :) Absolutely love your story^^
can't wait till the next one^^
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! See you next Saturday! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 28 Jul 2012 4:00 PM Title: Chapter 21
I want to get out from this part ASAP. This comedy of misunferstandings is killing me-
Author's Response:
Soon, I promise. Soon. The next two chapters are two of my favorites. They're set in Forks, if that gives you anything to look forward to. One or two characters start connecting dots. Two and two are added together, but whether they come up with four or not you'll just have to wait and see! Chapter 22 ends in a bit of a cliffie.
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 26 Jul 2012 4:48 AM Title: Chapter 20
I like the subtle use of phrases Bella would use on 1918 Edward. Edward'mind has not lost any memories persae, but froze the traumatic moments of his high grade fever. I'm curious as to how Bella will help him unlock his minds devotion to her. How long before their hearts recognize each other.
Trying to unravel how both Charlie and Bella will disappear when their burning changes take place.
Will Edward meet his cousins?
If Charlie can block Edward, will Bella also be able to?
Author's Response:
His heart already has recognized her. Edward subconsciously recognized Charlie from the picture Bella sent him of the two of them together the moment he saw him, and he recognized Bella from the picture itself when he saw it in Tanya's mind. He just doesn't understand it becaue he knows he's never met them. That's were the deja vouz is comeing from.
As for Bella and Edward's cousins.... You'll just have to wait and see!
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 26 Jul 2012 3:57 AM Title: Chapter 19
Argh! Emotions all over the place!
I'm still wondering if your vampires remember their human lives?
Will we learn of Edward's ordeal from his perspective or from Carlisle's POV?
Author's Response:
There are more emotions to come! I keep to canon as far as what the typical vampire remembers of their human life but that circumstances at the time of their change can affect what is or isn't remembered or how clearly it's remembered.
We will learn the basics about Edward's ordeal, but not in great detail.
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 23 Jul 2012 1:41 PM Title: Chapter 20
Liked it? Loved it! How great that Edward is now using 'ripped him a new one' and it poking a stick at his subsonscious.
Thanks for telling me you were here too.
Author's Response:
I liked that bit, too. Everytime Edward thinks of something with some kind of tie to Bella, like when he thinks the word "grandfather," the feeling he's forgotten something intensifies. Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 23 Jul 2012 10:55 AM Title: Chapter 20
Dear momatu,
AAAHHHH!! He doesn't remember her.
Alice did not see her coming.
I'm begging you please - can we have two chapters posted per time.
Yours in desperation,
Elley from Oz
Author's Response:
I'm afraid only one chapter at a time. Although the story is fully written, its still being betad and edited. I promise, good things will come for Edward and Bella. I won't keep them waiting much longer. I think they've been through enough already! Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 23 Jul 2012 2:55 AM Title: Chapter 20
I loved it a lot, 1st review here at this site but its as good a place as any!
Really looking forward to seeing where on earth you are going to take us next.
Totally loving this story.
xxxxx
Author's Response:
Oh, I get to be your first!
I'm so glad you like it so far, and I hope you'll like what else I've got in store!
Thanks for revieiwng!
Date: 22 Jul 2012 9:03 PM Title: Chapter 20
Hey it's me sky! This is my first review on this website and it's for your wonderful story. And ah yes finally vampire Edward. I can understand why he wouldn't remember Bella. And for Bella she is in a zombie state. I can't wait until they finally meet. Thanks for the update!
Author's Response:
I get to be your first!
Yes, at long last, its vampire Edward! I skipped over the intervening years becasue this is very much the Edward and Bella show. There are some side shows, but they are the main attraction, and I didn't want to basically leave Bella drifting in space while while bringing Edward through the past nine decades. It won't be too much longer till they meet, I promise! I think I've put them through enought already!
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 22 Jul 2012 4:51 PM Title: Chapter 20
i really love that you had tanya become charlie's mate. i kind of love the idea of father and daughter living happily together as vampires forever. i always felt bad that in canon, charlie would one day die while bella lived on, always feeling the loss of her father. with him becoming a vampire in the future, just like her, they don't have to part
i'm sad that edward forgot about her. i wonder what it will take to make him remember. she iwll have to show him the letters he sent her at one point. i don't know how that will come about... i wonder if edward ever talked to carlisle about bella. i don't think so, and if he did, it was probably in very vague terms. maybe edward can come across one of his descendents and be able to read their mind (since he can't read bella's), and find out that way??
it's a shame because bella never saw a picture of him so she wouldn't be able to recognize him. i wonder what happened to the picture she sent him.. was that part of the papers that got burned in the house fire?
i'm really looking forward to the next chapter. this has become one of my "drop everything and read" fics. it's soo good!
Author's Response:
Edward mentioned Bella to Carlisle twice, just before his father's illness when he hadn't heard from her for a week and again after his father's death when Dr. Cullen came to the house. The second time was just before the epidemic hit, when Edward told him what Bella had told him about the flu. But only the second time did he mention her by name, and as you said, it was in vague terms. As far as Carlisle has ever known, Edward's friend Bella was a human living in 1918 who had an exceptional gift for precognition. However, Carlisle is one clever cookie....
I figured Renee had Bella during her human life, Charlie gets her for her vampire life. I always liked Tanya in the books. She's so often bashed in fics, that I wanted her to have a postiive role. She was the only one unmated at the end of the series, and I never liked Charlie and Sue Clearwater. She wasn't a big enough character in the series to care about her, and there is just something about hooking up with your friend's widow after only roughly a year after his death that was a bit of a squick for me. Thus, Charlie and Tanya.
It's very important that Bella never saw a picture of Edward, as you'll see in upcoming chapters.
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 22 Jul 2012 4:40 PM Title: Chapter 20
Wow, that was a wonderful chapter
Author's Response:
I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 22 Jul 2012 4:05 PM Title: Chapter 1
I'm not normally a vampire fic reader. I think I prefer the twists and turns that an AH story can take....and then I read yours. The plot is ingenious...a play on one of my favorite movies, 'Frequency', or 'The Lake House' but with your own twist. I love it!
I also nearly cheered when I read your reasoning for Edward's memory loss. You are dead on...he would have been delerious with fever and morphine at the time of his change...completely unaware of what was going on or his life before. Brilliant!!
Saturdays hold new meaning and i can't wait for more!!
Author's Response:
I don't think I've ever seen "Frequency." I've always though Edward's illness would've been more likely to cause memory loss than Alice's instituionalization. Fevers hit 105 or even higher, and they had very little knowledge of proper dosages. I'd have understood if she lost those years, but to lose everything? If she lost everything, how did she know her name was Alice? Edward was able to know the basics of his human life through Carlisle.
Personally, I prefer vampire fics. Not that AH can't be great, it can, but I consider it more original fiction than fanfiction.
I'm glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 22 Jul 2012 12:00 AM Title: Chapter 20
I may be repeating myself but since I didn't look at my past review I don't know. I re-read the last chapter & realized in Edward's last letter "Dr. Cullen" was mentioned by name! That's something to jar Bella's memory when she goes back to Forks:) I gotta says the last chapter is a heart clencher:(
Thank you for using the correct spelling of "barely":::))) Even tho I'm far from a purist, that's 1 word that few seem to spell right & it makes me roll my eyes! Funny considering some of the FF I've read & loved that would send the author back to 2nd grade! lol lol
Charlie's description of his 1st meeting with Tanya definitely sounds like a vampire mating:)
The key word in the treaty is "biting" not changing!
Author's Response:
You've picked up on a very important little tidbit, there. You're absolutely right, it says biting, not changing. And yes, Edward did say the name Dr. Cullen, didn't he? Both of those things could be important. Although, what are the chances someone would pay attention to or remember a name when the person they love has just told them they love them, too, and then dies?
Date: 21 Jul 2012 11:11 PM Title: Chapter 20
WOW, I did not expect that...Edward loosing his memory of her. This definitely takes the story towards an interesting future...
Author's Response:
I'm glad I surpirsed you! I hope you'll like what I've got in store next! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 21 Jul 2012 10:20 PM Title: Chapter 20
I love this story. I look forward to all your updates!
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 21 Jul 2012 8:23 PM Title: Chapter 20
Awwww......I loved this chapter.
Author's Response:
I'm so glad you liked it, thanks for revieiwng!
Date: 21 Jul 2012 8:01 PM Title: Chapter 20
I love the fact that Charlie is Tanya's mate!! I can't wait for Edward to remember Bella!! Will he recognize the desk? I'm going to assume he won't be hearing her thoughts. I love this story!! I look forward to your Saturday updates!! Is there any way of talking you into two updates a week? :)))
Author's Response:
I love the idea of Charlie and Tanya together. I promise, I won't leave poor Edward out in the dark for long, although he won't technically "remember" her.
I'm afraid I'm updating as fast as I can. Although the story is fully written, it's still being betad and edited and that takes time.
Thanks for reviewing!
[Report This]Date: 21 Jul 2012 7:31 PM Title: Chapter 20
Doesn't Carlisle remember Edward telling him about his friend who could see the future? I can't remember if he told him her name. I hope Edward remembers soon. Very good suspense to the story. I like the way you showed time passing for Bella. Reminded me of the blank chapters in New Moon.
Author's Response:
Carlisle remembers it, but he's not putting two and two together. He thinks the Bella Edward knew in 1918 lived in 1918 and was just a human with an exceptionally strong gift. The blank chapters in New Moon was exactly what I was going for, I thought it was very effective. I won't leave poor Edward in the dark for long, I promise.
Thanks for reviewing!
Date: 21 Jul 2012 7:15 PM Title: Chapter 20
Now my heart's really breaking! He doesn't remember her-so unfair! And she's in Phoenix nearly comatose with her own broken heart. AND it sounds like they're about to put her in ... a hospital? Mental health facility? GAH! I'm hoping beyond hope that he'll see her "in the flesh" (without draining her, of course!) and it will hit him like a ton of bricks what she means to him. You have taken canon and twisted it all over the place in the most delicious, unusual ways-I love it! As far as Charlie and Tanya-oh the irony that a succubus would do the vampire equivalent of "imprinting" on a human!
I was checking for an update from you thru ff.net, with no luck, and decided to check here-yay, it was here! I'm sassy156 over there.
As always, thanks for a wonderful update again!
Author's Response:
I don't know what's wrong with ff.net. I must've tried over twenty times to update over there, but it won't let me upload the next chapter. I keep getting error messages. I see other stories have updated, so I don't know what't wrong.
I'm so glad you like it! I promise, I won't make Edward and Bella (or you) wait that much longer.
Thanks for reviewing!