heheheh oh I cant wait....oh wait..i read it and know....hmmmmm Yes...I think you will LOVE it...heheh....should be up within a couple of days.,,..DLIR AND ARI

Yup teasing and hotness all in one. LOL...Im sure you will enjoy the next chapter just as much xoxooxxoo until then enjoy the video I made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbzoWuUC1w

see the whole chapter was as one...so the beginning of the next chapter is her talking to Edward....so dont worry....the ball is great time for them

I searched the crowd around me, as I continued to walk towards the dance floor. The beat of the song fueled any emotions I was starting to feel. It grew stronger by the second, the words now increasing the desire and passion I was desperate to have.



I stopped at the edge of the dance floor, turning in a slow circle when I felt him. His fingers slipped over my waist, pulling me into him as he wrapped his arms around my chest. His face slipped over my shoulder as we both inhaled one another’s presence.



His chest vibrated electricity up my back and spine as we just stood, together. “God I missed you,” he spoke into my hair as my eyes rolled back at the sound of his voice. I grabbed his hand in mine, bringing it up to my lips and pressing a kiss upon it.



His skin was warm under my lips. I kissed his hand again before I turned to face him. My knees shook weak as my eyes met his. The green in his eyes were breath taking against his black satin mask.



My fingers slid up to play with the hair on the back of his neck as he took a moment to look down my body. He licked his lips as his eyes made their way back up, I smirked at him once our eyes met once again.



“You look gorgeous,” he leaned down and kissed my lips. I held his neck tighter, pushing his mouth into me as I deepened our kiss. I pushed my hips into his, starting to move my body slowly to the rhythm of the song.



Neither of us slowed or stopped our kiss as we began to dance seductively. Te amo…then she put my hands around my waist…oh she cried…Te Amo…



I broke our kiss, taking each of his hands in mine as I swayed my hips back and forth, allowing him to watch me dance for him. “Don’t it mean ‘I love you.’?” I sang along with the song. “I think it means ‘I love you’.”



I tilted my head back, allowing my hair to cascade down as he lowered his lips to kiss up and down my neck. I didn’t give a shit who was watching. It was just me and Spartan, enjoying our reconciliation.

xoxox thanks for reviewing...I hope to have the chap up this week...I got a lil behind cuz of RL but just a few tweeks and i should have it up....

i was sooo excited to get them back together...I didnt want to wait to long and not to fast....Im writing the next chap now, so not sure if it will be in this one or next when things do come back to her xoxoxoxo thanks for reading

Thank you =) Glad you enjoyed it.

I'm working on the next chapter, but it will be about 17 years later. The Cullens will come up soon. I can't say too much, because I'll give it away on how they are involved. But basically, you'll hear from the dark Cullen's when Edward decides to make a move...to Forks. lol

Thank you for reading and your comments.

~Jells

Yeah, I decided to twist it this chapter and have Bella be the one messing up.  I didn't want her to just be the perfect innocent victim in all of this.  She has her own personal problems that she's going to have to overcome in this story as well.  Fortunately for Bella (and unfortunately for Edward), Bella will be able to learn from her mistakes much faster than Edward.

I have the next four chapters completely outlined and, all I'll say, is it happens sometime within there.  A few things have to take place to set up the fallout. 

Hi again...

So, here we are after another chapter. You have to admit our Edward is making progress! We're going to finish the dinner in Chp 11 and then, I am positive, is a moment we've all been waiting for. I absolutely CAN'T wait to get your reactions to what's coming in the next few chapters! It almost makes me want to post them right away!

Okay, an answer to a question quite a few of you have asked me. When Seth appears to Edward, no one can tell Edward is talking to Seth. Think of it this way, kind of like a movie that stops. When Edward and Seth talk, no matter for how long, time stops and then begins again when Seth leaves. No one knows any different and no one can tell any time has passed. I know it might be pushing the boundaries, but just go with me, okay? I mean we have an angel that curses and doesn't have wings...it's fiction!

Don't forget to sign up on the discussion board if you haven't already...and I know most of you haven't! We'll be posting lots of information on there and it's a place where you can ask me any questions you might have about TGG, TPWC...or anything else. Also, be sure to check out the story rec thread and leave your favorites there. I'm always looking for new things to read, and I'm sure lots of you are, too.

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Also, don't forget to check out the Author Spotlight interview I just did. I know you guys will LOVE one of my answers! So embarassing but true!

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Okay, with that out of the way....here is our first peek at the Swan's...and the angel's too!

Enjoy!

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Seth Bonus Scene #5~

"He's pushing for answers, isn't he?" Gideon questioned as he approached Seth.

Seth gave a mighty sigh, one that rumbled through the air and said, "Yes. I knew it was only a matter of time."

Gideon could not help but chuckle at his young friend's obvious discomfort at addressing those unpleasant topics.

An angel's work was often difficult, especially in circumstances like these where their presence was known while the human was still alive. Gideon was positive that Edward hadn't quite realized just how incredibly lucky he was to be granted the time he had been in order to make things right with Isabella and the rest of his loved ones and friends.

It was an opportunity very few were ever given.

Seth flitted around, huffing as he went. Edward Cullen was the most maddening human...more so than he ever was himself, he thought with a scowl. He had to be because Seth was sure he'd never been as worked up over another assignment as he was over this one.

"Damn human," Seth muttered though with his kinds extraordinary hearing it came as no shock when Gideon cleared his throat at him.

Seth turned and looked at his mentor and gave a sheepish smile. Gideon's ice blue eyes twinkled in response and then he said, "My friend, you must be patient with him. So far, Edward has done better than any of us could have anticipated. None of this has been easy for him and honestly, Seth, you have done wonders with him already. It's time for him to find out, as unpleasant as it's liable to be."

He knew it was, as unwelcome as the realization was. Edward was about to have face some startling revelations and Seth wasn't sure anything could prepare either one of them for what happened when the time came.

"I only hope I can make him understand," Seth said in an anguished voice.

Gideon smiled encouragingly at his prodigy. "I have no doubt you can and will, Seth. Now how about we check in on the magnificent Gianna and Charlie and Reneé?"

"Neé!" Charlie Swan hollered as he barreled through the kitchen door of their comfortably middle-class home in Wheaton.

"Honey, I'm right here. Stop that yelling," Reneé Swan admonished her husband, though it was done with a loving smile, as she entered the kitchen to greet her adored husband.

Charlie shrugged off his gun holster and set it on the table and then swept his wife up in his arms, kissing her soundly on the lips, complete with a loud smack. "How's my girl today?" he asked as he swatted her playfully on the bottom when she walked to check the food in the oven.

"Which one, dear? You have three, though we all know who your favorite is," Reneé teased him.

Charlie chuckled heartily at that, especially since he couldn't disagree. He took the beer his wife offered him and took a long, delicious drink. "Well, I meant you, fiore," he answered her, smiling so big the corners of his eyes crinkled.

"Charles Swan, I swear," Reneé giggled.

Lord, she loved her husband. More today than she did when she married him all those years ago, she was lucky to say.

Gianna Santoro walked into the kitchen, loving seeing her daughter and son-in-law so happy. It made her miss her Angelo, but she'd missed him every day since he'd passed away.

"Ah, and there's my other girl," Charlie said as he made a move toward his mother-in-law.

Charlie didn't differentiate between mother and mother-in-law because he loved Gianna as much as he'd ever loved his own mother. More in fact as the years had gone by. Gianna Santoro was unlike any woman he'd ever met. Feisty, strong, stubborn as hell, but with a heart of gold so pure the only one who could hold a candle to her was his Isabella.

Then again his baby girl was leaps and bounds above anyone else as far as he was concerned.

"Mama," Charlie said as he kissed her on the cheek, like he did every day.

"You had a good day?" she questioned in the thick Italian accent she still had even after being in America all this time.

"Yes, ma'am. I only had to arrest three bad guys today; I didn't even get to shoot any of them," Charlie said with a wink.

They'd played this game for as long as he could remember. Gianna loved to hear about his day, but worried for him until he came home.

Reneé pulled the roasted chicken and potatoes and vegetables from the oven and transferred the food to the large platter waiting on the counter. Charlie grabbed the bowl of salad and Gianna, the basket of bread and they all took their seats at the table.

As they did every night, Charlie said grace, and as he also did, he asked for God's blessings for Isabella and Edward. When Charlie finished, Reneé served everyone their food and they began to eat.

"So...how's my baby girl?" Charlie asked after he wiped his mouth on his napkin.

Reneé didn't answer right away, instead she took a few moments to think quickly back over her lunch with her daughter. There was something different about her, though she couldn't articulate what it was. Isabella's entire demeanor was different. She was relaxed, though she checked her phone almost obsessively throughout their lunch...something she never did. Her smile was as beautiful as ever, but there was more behind it. When she asked about Edward and his trip out of town, Reneé was sure she'd never seen her smile so bright or her eyes dance with excitement the way they did as she talked about him.

Not even after playing a soccer match had she ever seen Isabella exude such happiness.

She looked at her husband and smiled at him, loving the way he was so invested in their daughter's life. There wasn't a day that passed that Charlie didn't mention Isabella with pride...or a brilliant smile to go along with it.

"She's just fine, honey. I mentioned having her and Edward over for dinner for her birthday in the next week or so. She seemed more excited than usual...even though she'll be turning thirty. I have a feeling Edward has something to do with that, though," she said as she looked from Charlie to her mother.

Charlie let out a groan at the thought of his baby girl turning thirty. Not that he or Reneé were old, not in the least. Hell, he had just turned fifty-five and Reneé wouldn't be fifty-three until November. Though if you asked him, his wife could easily pass for someone at least ten years younger...as evidenced by the way his deputies acted whenever she stopped by the station.

He ate it up, honestly. He loved his wife, madly, and had no problem whatsoever when she was appreciated by others...as long as it was done respectfully of course.

Now, ogling of his beloved daughter was another matter altogether.

"Well, he'd better damn well keep a smile on her face or else he'll have to deal with me," Charlie said with a hmph.

"Charles Swan!" Gianna chided him, though she knew her son-in-law was blowing smoke...well, for the most part.

"Yes, I know, Mama. Isabella loves him," he said with a sigh.

"And you can be assured he loves her back. That man was lost until our girl found him, and don't you forget it," Gianna said sharply and then flashed him a quick wink to ease the sting of her words.

Gianna had always known how much Edward had needed her granddaughter. Knew it from the very beginning.

"Don't you worry, honey. Judging from the smile on her face today, I'd say Edward has done something right," Reneé said and then stood to help her mother clear the dishes.

"Well, if they're as happy as we are, fiore," Charlie said as he grabbed his wife and pulled her on his lap, "then I couldn't ask for more."

The two heavenly beings smiled at one another. It always brought both of them great joy to watch the Swans together. Love like theirs didn't come along everyday.

"Seth, my young friend. That should give you hope, if nothing else does. Isabella has learned from the best how to give and to love and be happy. Things will work out, you'll see," Gideon said before they parted ways.

"I sure hope so," Seth muttered quietly before preparing to return to his two humans.

Things were going to be changing...and soon.

*fiore-means flower in Italian

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I love me some Charlie! I hope you liked that. Her birthday dinner is coming in chp 14 so not much longer until we get more of the Swan's. Now, a bit more business. I am still willing to give any of you that haven't gotten the other bonus scenes a copy of them. Instead of trying to get a PM...which FFn doesn't like if you include whole email addresses, let's try this. Email me at:

les_sh_16(@)yahoo(.)com

and then I will reply to the emails. If you've sent me a PM and haven't gotten a reply back, it's because you've disabled your PM's and I don't have a way to get in touch with you.

Okay, I hope you liked the bonus scene. Let me know what you think, I'd love to know! Oh, there is an announcement on the TGG blog I haven't been able to tell you all yet, if you want to know what it is, take a look. I think you'll all be happy about it!

See you Sunday...Thanks as always for the amazing love and support you continue to give me. I'm blown away every week by it all!

Hugs and Love,
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Isabella exited the bathroom and immediately looked for Edward. Not finding him where she thought he'd be, she made her way to their group of friends and family figuring he'd be there. As she approached, she could hear a few murmurs and noticed Alice and Alec looking off to the right and exchange a worried glance.

When she looked in that direction and found Edward and Anna sitting together and facing one another for what looked like a very private conversation, she turned back toward her friends and smiled...after rolling her eyes.

"Your eyes are going to stay that way, Alice, if you don't stop staring...not to mention you look like a fish with your mouth hanging open," she said as she stepped into the circle where everyone was standing.

"Ali, sugar, I told you that." Jasper laughed at his wife and reached up and pressed on her chin to close her mouth. "You're way too beautiful to stand around looking like a fish," he teased and kissed her on her now closed mouth.

"But...Bella...didn't you?" she started to question then snapped her mouth shut.

It really wasn't any of her business but she was shocked at how calm...and confident her friend appeared. She knew if she saw Jasper sitting and having what appeared to be a very intimate conversation with an ex...and an ex he'd lived with for two years no less, there was no way in hell she'd behave the same as her friend.

"Yes, I see them. What do you want me to do, march over there with my hands on my hips and demand to know what's going on? I don't think so, Alice. I trust Edward, completely, and if he has something he needs to talk with Anna about, then I'm sure he'll tell me what it is...later," Isabella answered her friend.

Alice spluttered in response to her and everyone in the group laughed at her. "Sugar, let's go get another drink," Jasper said sweetly and gave Bella a wink before turning his overly excitable wife toward the bar.

Rose shook her head at her friend. She adored Alice, but sometimes she was like an annoying puppy, always into everything. Once it seemed like there would be no major drama, not that she expected any from Bella anyway, the guys all picked their conversation back up again. She noticed Bella smile at Edward...and Anna and sighed. The world would be a much better place if more people acted like her sister-in-law, no question about it.

"So, you really don't mind Edward and Miss Skankalicious having a conversation without you?" Rose asked her.

Isabella chuckled and rolled her eyes at her blunt as ever sister-in-law. "No, Rose, I don't. Like I said, I trust Edward, so there isn't anything for me to worry about. I mean he's sitting less than a hundred feet from me in a roomful of people so I highly doubt it's anything more than healing some old wounds."

In fact, she was positive she was right, especially when she glanced back at Edward and Anna and noticed both of them looked infinitely more relieved than they had at the beginning of the night.

"I take it, judging from the fact you haven't scratched her eyes out, Edward told you about her?" Rose questioned a bit hesitantly.

Isabella nodded her head and said, "Yes, thankfully for my husband, we talked about her last night."

"You didn't know about her before?" Rose immediately asked and couldn't help the snarl that accompanied her question.

Edward really could be such a fool sometimes.

Isabella sighed and shook her head. "No, I didn't. In all defense of Edward, I've never pushed for many answers either about his past or what happened before me. That's as much my fault as it is his," she admitted.

Rose gasped and then quickly tried to cover it up hoping Isabella didn't hear, but it didn't work.

"I know, Rose. I have no doubt that knowing what she did to him and how their...relationship for lack of a better word...ended would certainly have helped me understand him better," she said quietly.

"He's always been so different with you, Bella, than he has with anyone else. I don't just mean other women either, though there haven't ever been many of those. Since I've known him, besides Anna and Sophie, there wasn't anyone but you," Rose told her. "You have to know, and judging from your reaction to seeing the two of them together, I'm sure you do, how badly he was hurt after he found Anna and Vincent together. I know that they were together only to keep William off his back and it doesn't take a genius to figure out what Anna was after, but even someone like Edward, or like he used to be, has to be hurt and angry at being treated the way he was."

Rose sighed again. There were times she felt incredibly guilty because she was extremely grateful that William had set his sights on Edward as the chosen one to run Cullen Publishing. She would have detested it if Emmett had been put under the same pressure and scrutiny as Edward had been.

"I'm sorry, Bella," Rose said quietly.

"Whatever for, Rose? It's not your fault he didn't tell me and I never asked any of you about his past, not that I ever would anyway. Whatever he wants me to know, he'll tell me. He's sharing more all the time and it's only a matter of time before he tells me everything," Isabella answered and laid her hand on Rose's arm.

"That's really great to hear, but that's not really what I'm sorry about. I just realized how grateful I am that William chose Edward over Emmett and that makes me sound like a selfish bitch...though we both know that's not that big of a stretch," she said with a grin. "Seriously though, William did a real number on Edward, everyone could see that. As much as I hate to admit this, we all just sort of sat back and let it happen. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, me, Jasper...each of us just let William do his thing. Me because I didn't want it to be Emmett; Emmett for the same reason, and Carlisle and Esme...who the hell knows. Poor Jasper was the only one that even tried to do anything about all the pressure William was putting on Edward, but even he could only do so much."

Isabella closed her eyes to try to keep the thoughts of her poor broken husband at bay. She knew she and Edward were closer than ever and she knew it was only a matter of time before he shared everything with her...or at least it better be. The time was quickly approaching, she realized, that it would become necessary to press him for answers. He owed it to her...and to the rest of the family as well. As disappointed and yes, even angry, as she was at all of them for not doing more to help Edward, it was way past time to lay the past to rest.

"So much unnecessary hurt and anger," Isabella said with a sad shake of her head.

She felt her skin tingle and knew Edward was near and sighed when she felt his lips on her neck. When she turned around and looked at him and could see no trace of anger or pain, she smiled at him. As long as he was okay, nothing else mattered.

Rose watched the two of them and felt Emmett wrap his arm around her shoulders. "We're so lucky to have her, you know? She's going to put this family back together."

"I sure hope so, babe," Emmett answered quietly.

Rose smiled knowingly at him and said, "I have no doubt; it's about damn time, too."

ohhh thank you so much for the story love and reading nad reivewing my story.

Kasi~

it was a fast and impilsive thing... hormones and tension got into the way... time will progress after this chapter

(laughs) yes, they are.  Although Edward's getting there faster than Bella.

You're absolutely right that they're acting like they're in a relationship, even if they're refusing to admit it.  Thanks for the review!

I really appreciate you taking the time to review.

Here is a teaser for the next chapter

Later that day Bella was working in the garden, filling her baskets with the herbs Rosalie has asked for, when she heard a yell and the rev of an engine. She looked up and watched as Emmett’s truck came barreling down the driveway and through the fence of the pasture, scaring the cows and causing them to run toward the far side.

Bella panicked, wondering if Emmett had a heart attack or something while driving. She dropped her basket and started running toward the truck that was now coming to a stop.  She leapt over the fallen posts and just as she was approaching, the passenger side door flung open and out stepped a laughing Emmett.

He glanced back at Bella and shouted, “Your boy here likes speed.”

---Also you can see an additional teaser on Facebook on the FanFicAholics Anon Updates Forum

Ha!  renee insisted on coming to Europe with them!

Bella and Edward always had a special connection and this chapter showed just how much. Her parents thought she was sick but it was so much more than that. She was feeing Edward's pain while he went though his transformation and she felt it so much worse when his heart finally stopped beating. Bella's gonna have a tough time now that Edward is gone and her life will be so very different than what it was. I hope you like the direction this story will take and I look forward to hearing what you think.  Thanks for the review. I really appreciate it.

See how Bella is handling life without Edward in this quick peek at chapter 10:

When morning arrived, I woke with swollen eyes from crying all night. I stayed hidden under my covers until my father left for the day. He wouldn’t want to see my face as it was, stained with tears, puffy and red. I didn’t have to look in a mirror to know because this was how I had looked every morning for the past eight months.

I was still playing the dutiful daughter this morning until my mother left to run her errands for the day. So I bathed, got dress and went downstairs to help Mrs. Jones cook breakfast and do my daily chores.

As soon as I turned the corner into the kitchen, I saw Mrs. Jones sitting at the table with her head hanging down and a tissue in her hand. I knew in a second why she sat there crying and I moved quickly to her side, throwing my arms around her.

Hi mel!

Glad you like the idea of a fan fiction within a fan fiction. I thought it was a rather novel idea (novel...haha). And yes, you will get my POV on writing fan fiction somewhat through Bella's eyes.

Not sure Bella really wants to get to know Edward at this point. ;)

Thanks for the review and the positive feedback.

-bannerday

Hi mel!

Edward...having a really bad day...at least he got a free hat as a parting gift! ;)

 And it seems in the end that he likes the hat and the hat fits! LOL

Thanks for the review.

-bannerday

Hi manolomel!

Sorry I have taken for freakin' ever to reply. I loved your review. Glad you liked the peek into Ed's view of things. He has gained a conscience after the Kate mishap. YIPPEE!

And you just know he's going to try to figure out Bella's fanfic affinity. ;)

Glad you liked Bella's faint. It seemed like the right thing for her to do, you know? lol Isn't the saying, "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen?" Well...there was just all kinds of heat affecting her mind right then.

Thank you for the kind words about my writing and my humor. I'm glad you are getting a kick out of the story. There are so many angsty stories and rather predictable stories (I guess a Bella and Edward story is going to be predictable, anyway), I thought this seemed different.

I loved how you summed things up at the end: "...as these two bumble along into something more eventually..." LOL That is exactly spot-on! And rest assured, they WILL bumble along into SOMETHING...it's just going to take some work.

Thanks for the review. Thanks for reading. Hope you like the next chapter.

-bannerday

Sorry my response is so late, but I just wanted to personally take time out to thank you for reading and reviewing my story! Hope you will continue to read!

Krazi

xoxo

That doesn't mean that there is no hope for him, but it means that it will take time for him and Rosalie to unite.

You are absolutely correct; we did not see the last of David. He has his reasons, and I promise that you'll see them a little later in the story.

Next chapter Bella return and she's telling up of the first meeting with Edward :) I'm pretty excited to post it myself.

Thankyou for reading and reviewing,
Alley Cat.