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Breathe Again by ysar Rated: M starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 149]
Summary: Past Featured Story

You know those fics where Edward doesn't come back and Bella forgets about him and five seconds later she's in bed with Jacob and none of it makes any damn sense?
Yeah, this isn't one of them.

A BELLIE AWARDS NOMINEE!

This story picks up from the moment in New Moon when Jacob has driven Bella home after the cliff diving incident, right before he catches the scent of Alice. Only in this telling, Alice wasn't looking, so there's no sudden appearance at Bella's house, no Rosalie calling Edward and sending him on a suicidal mission to Volterra, and no reason for Bella to do anything but believe that Edward didn't love her anymore. This is simply a story of what might have happened if everyone stayed mostly in character and Edward's return was delayed. Yes, delayed. Because we all know that he was "this close" to coming back on his own anyhow.
So what would have happened if Bella had tried to move on with her life?  Would she have found happiness with Jacob?  And would Edward be too late?

* First in a series of stories that tell of Bella and Jacob during Edward's absence, Bella's start at college, and the Cullens' eventual return.


~I thought of Jacob’s warm arms wrapped around me, his infectious laughter, and his ability to keep me from falling to pieces again… The pain choking my heart relaxed and I could breathe.~

 

~“More than anything,” I whispered, not caring what I'd just agreed to. When it came to Bella, it didn't matter what the question was. I just wanted.~

Winner of:

Best Author, Most Romantic, Favorite Jacob, Most Suspenseful, & Best WIP in the Wolfpack Awards | Best Non-Canon Pairing (Incomplete) and Best WIP in the Moonlight Awards | Best During the Series in the Razzle Dazzle Awards | The Storyteller Award in the Shimmer Awards | Best JacobxBella in the Silent Tear Awards | Best Jacob Point of View in the Twilight Twins Awards


Categories: Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: None
Genre: Romance, Young Adult
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun, 108.9, Jacob Black Wins the Girl
Chapters: 76 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 163880 Read Count: 35938
[Report This] Published: 28 Jan 2010 Updated: 12 Sep 2010
Reviewer: london spam Signed
Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 12: Surrender: Jacob's POV

Well, Jacob seems contrite enough, but will he really stop when she needs him to?

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 13: Reassurance: Bella's POV

So Bella feel truly happy and is wondering when she stopped being Edward's. Umm, he better appear quickly or he's going to be veryy disappointed.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 14: Reassurance: Jacob's POV

Look at Jacob counting his blessings. Good for him! Can he repair all the damage Edward inflicted on Bella before someone returns to take it all back?

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 15: Blunder: Bella's POV

It's not surprising Jacob knows about the nightmares. I thought Bella wasn't hearing Edward's voice anymore because she wasn't in danger, but in this chapter it occurred to me that maybe it's because she believes (even in her sub-conscience) that he isn't coming back and doesn't want her. Jacob must have heard Bella say Edward's name in her sleep many times, but at the bonfire maybe it was the first time she said Jacob's name.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 16: Blunder: Jacob's POV

I wonder what caused the blackout in Forks...

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 17: Redemption: Bella's POV

She is still thinking of Edward, but she's realizing that she's getting past the pain left by his abandonment. I'm thinking Edward is going to make it back to Forks just when Bella thinks she's over him.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 18: Redemption: Jacob's POV

Bella is no where near ready for sex with anyone! So, I think you're doing the right thing.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 19: Damaged: Bella's POV

Yes, Edward's lies and abandonment really screwed Bella up. No surprise there, but since he's not there making it better, it falls to Jacob. Will it be worth it?

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 20: Damaged: Jacob's POV

The dual POV isn't adding that much added information in every chapter and some parts just feel repeated.

 

I wonder if Rachel already gave it up to Paul and that's why she's pissy about Bella.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 21: Discussions: Bella's POV

Bella certainly seems to fall in love easily. Does she feel like sh'e "in love" with Jacob as much as she was with Edward? Maybe it's the combination of being able to act on the hormones...

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 22: Discussions: Jacob's POV

It's funny how Sam is done talking to Jacob about Bella.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 23: Comfort: Bella's POV

The school drama is more interesting than Jacob falling asleep to Jane Eyre.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 24: Comfort: Jacob's POV

Jacob is pretty irreverent about Charlie's presence and isn't even considering the possibility that it's uncofortable for Bella. This is just another example of his immaturity.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 25: Disturbance: Bella's POV

See, the high school drama is just more fun than the rez drama.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 26: Disturbance: Jacob's POV

Rachel's quite a bitch. What exactly is her problem with Bella. Is it some pale face predjudice?

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 27: Curiosity: Bella's POV

Bella's insecurities are sad, but Jacob is learning to take them seriously and not tease her, so that's progress.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 28: Curiosity: Jacob's POV

It's nice to see Jacob actually soothing her insecurities properly. He shouldn't have to deal with all this, but he knew what he's getting into with Bella.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 29: Peace: Bella's POV

Bella is definitely a slave to her hormones.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 30: Peace: Jacob's POV

Jacob seems a bit more in control of himself.

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 31: Unease: Bella's POV

Embry?

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 32: Unease: Jacob's POV

Leah is strong. I never understood why Leah turned, but neither of Jake's sisters did. If it all about the blood lines...

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 33: Mischief: Bella's POV

I wonder what kind of circus will ensue at 8:30...

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 34: Mischief: Jacob's POV

I'm liking Leah more and Embry is just hilarious!

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 35: Retribution: Bella's POV

I wonder how all that is going to play at school the next day. Angela is going to die laughing!!

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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 36: Retribution: Jacob's POV

Time to get it on in the parking lot...

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 37: Questions: Bella's POV

Jacob is important to her, but she does admit it to be the same as Edward. He needs to hurry up and get there...

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 38: Questions: Jacob's POV

I think Charlie would be a bit more articulate than that and Jacob really needs to have some respect. No matter strong he is, Charlie is Bella's father, the Chief of Police and his father's best friend. Those are several reasons to be more respectful - Edward would never have been so rude.

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 39: Choice: Bella's POV

I think I might skip Jake's POV and just focus on Bella's unless there's something unaccounted for to read JPOV. It's just too redundant. It should be written to skip over details that were already told and focus on the new information. Every single event from both side is tedious.

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 41: Admission: Bella's POV

The silver figure would be a vamp, but not Victoria. Edward or Emmett? The fire, I have no idea.

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 42: Admission: Jacob's POV

Finally some action, but isn't it a little early in the timeline for Victoria and the newborns?

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 43: Waiting: Bella's POV

The fire are a distraction so they could raid Bella's house to get her scent. That defnitely matches the timeline.

 

Is this how Edward comes back? If he's monitoring the news he might see the signs of the newborns in Seattle or the fires in Forks...

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 44: Waiting: Jacob's POV

Wow, that was a really close call!

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 45: Homecoming: Bella's POV

It's nice that Rachel seems to be coming around a bit.

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 73: Distractions: Bella's POV

Seriously, over 70 chapters and Edward hasn't appeared yet. Sorry, but you've lost me.



Author's Response:

I was wondering when you were going to figure that out.  The summary does list only Bella and Jacob, and it states that this is "first in a series of stories that tell of Bella and Jacob during Edward's absence, Bella's start at college, and the Cullens' eventual return." I never said thet Edward was going to appear in this story, but  judging from your reviews, it looked like that's what you were holding out for.

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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Dilemma: Bella's POV

I was totally holding out for it and you are so right in that it was clear from the summary and your other stories that the focus would be the JxB relationship.

 

What interested me about the story was that you went through the effort of really establishing the BxJ properly and then seeing how Edward dealt with that on his return to beg Bella for another chance. I totally understood that entailed going through Bella and Jacob exploring things together emotionally, physically and socially, but didn't think that was the main focus of the story.

 

I think your writing is good, but you could cut out a lot of repeat in the duplicate POVs. Maybe on JPOV skim his thoughts on what happened when he and Bella were together and go into detail where he was somewhere else (like wolf time).

 

The bottom line is that is took me forever to realize this really is a Bella/Jacob story, though I knew that, I was looking forward to the conflict when Edward arrives. When Alice and Emmett showed up before Edward, that was really when I just stopped. I really am Team Edward and, clearly, a masochist to subject myself to something I should have known would be unsatisfying. My bad - not yours at all, clearly.

 

Side note: I do love what you've done with teh series in its structure and side POVs. I really enjoyed how you were capturing the various perspectives and while the story focused on two characters in particular, you told the story in the larger context as well. I especially liked Angela's and Embry's POVs, because they have the voice of Bella and Jacob, respectively, without the emotion drama, so it focuses on the fun of the situation.

Wisdom by ysar Rated: T [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

Companion story to Breathe Again, written as a side to upcoming Chapters 9 & 10: Revelation. Sam and Emily try to figure out what's going on with Jacob and what's causing Bella's volatile reactions.

 

~"Her name's Bella," he replied defensively. "Jake's got some kind of bizarre relationship with her."~

 

 

One-shot.


Categories: Non-Canon Pairings, Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other Misc Char or Pairings(nc)
Genre: Drama, One-Shot, Young Adult
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun, 108.9
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1211 Read Count: 350
[Report This] Published: 28 Jan 2010 Updated: 28 Jan 2010
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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Wisdom (One-Shot)

The whole pack would be lost without Emily's soft touch in the background!

Gossip by ysar Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

Companion story to Breathe Again, written as a side to Chapter 23: Comfort

 

Bella skips lunch, and misses out on some very interesting conversation.

 

~ "Whatever," said Jessica, rolling her eyes. "You know Bella. She just has to have any guy I like." ~

 

 

But Angela's there to see and hear it all.


Categories: Non-Canon Pairings, Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other Misc Char or Pairings(nc)
Genre: Drama, One-Shot
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun, 108.9
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1309 Read Count: 359
[Report This] Published: 29 Jan 2010 Updated: 29 Jan 2010
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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Gossip (One-Shot)

Wow, these are some seriously deluded teens! I hope we get to check in with Angela every now and then. This was hilarious!

Loyalty by ysar Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 4]
Summary:

Companion story to Breathe Again, written as a side to Chapters 33 & 34: Mischief.

What kind of friend would Embry be if he just stood by and let Lauren come in between Jake and Bella? (One-shot)

~If you asked me, Jake was lucky Bella even bothered to come to him about it instead of just dumping him. And now he was too scared of stirring up trouble and upsetting Bella to do anything about it.~

~The pack was lucky, too, because dealing with Jake when he and Bella were on the outs was no picnic. But a call to Leah and a trip to Forks High would solve everything.~

 


Categories: Non-Canon Pairings, Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other Misc Char or Pairings(nc)
Genre: Drama, One-Shot, Young Adult
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun, 108.9
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2589 Read Count: 318
[Report This] Published: 29 Jan 2010 Updated: 29 Jan 2010
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Date: 31 Jan 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Loyalty (One-Shot)

Well, Emby is quite the strategist. Can't wait to see how it all comes together!

Confrontation by ysar Rated: T [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

Companion story to Breathe Again Post #s 37 & 38: Questions.  Charlie receives a call from one meddling Mrs. Newton, and Jacob's reaction leaves his head spinning. One-shot.

 

~ Well…crap. Bella had told me that I didn’t need to worry about…that. And Miranda Newton was certainly not the best source for unembellished facts, but half-dressed and making out in a parking lot? I was in my car and headed to La Push within seconds. ~

 


Categories: Non-Canon Pairings, Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other Misc Char or Pairings(nc)
Genre: Drama, One-Shot, Young Adult
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun, 108.9
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1471 Read Count: 335
[Report This] Published: 29 Jan 2010 Updated: 29 Jan 2010
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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Confrontation (One-Shot)

Oh Charlie, your little girl is all grown up!

Pursuit by ysar Rated: T starstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 3]
Summary:

Companion story to Breathe Again, written as a side to Post #43: Waiting. Victoria pieces together the circumstances behind James's disappearance and plans her revenge. One-shot.

 

~ He was my killer and my savior. And now he was nothing. ~

 

 

~ A part of me was gone. I could still see his soft red eyes and feel the gentle curtain of his blond hair brushing against my cheek. When I breathed deeply enough I could imagine his sweet scent filling my lungs. I had to find him. ~


Categories: Non-Canon Pairings, Twilight, Alternate Universe
Characters: Other Misc Char or Pairings(nc)
Genre: Action, Drama, One-Shot, Young Adult
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: A Blazing Sun
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1503 Read Count: 194
[Report This] Published: 29 Jan 2010 Updated: 29 Jan 2010
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Date: 01 Feb 2010 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

That's a decent set up for Victoria. Interesting how she seeks out Laurent for help, though she still despises him. Nomadic vamps, indeed.

Hot Bubblegum by SoapyMayhem Rated: NC-17 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 668]
Summary:

Bella Swan rose to fame starring in the hit Disney Channel series 'Girl Next Door'. Now that she's finally legal, she's ready to lose the sweetheart image. What better way to start than to get a tattoo? E/B Olderward/Tattward - Drabblish 

 

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Categories: Canon Pairings, Twilight, All Human
Characters: Bella/Edward
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: English
TWCS Romance Contest: None
Series: My Favorite Stories, Read & Enjoyed
Chapters: 66 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 45471 Read Count: 312760
[Report This] Published: 02 Jun 2012 Updated: 10 Oct 2014
Reviewer: london spam Signed
Date: 22 Oct 2012 Title: Chapter 63: Chapter 63

So glad to see these two again! Can't wait to see how the scene goes down.

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Date: 22 Oct 2012 Title: Chapter 64: Chapter 64

Very nice touch making the sex scene with a girl. A porn star no less! Dying to see hoow Edward works out that frustration...

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Date: 22 Oct 2012 Title: Chapter 65: Chapter 65

I hope Edward decides to travel with Bella for the long tours. The sex was hot, but of course, I want more.

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Date: 22 Oct 2012 Title: Chapter 66: Chapter 66

Aw, Tanya's just trying to look out for her.