Non E/B: "What Happen's at Charlie's Wedding" by Velvetbutterfly

When I want to start a fic, like most other people in the fandom, I veer towards AH Edward/Bella. I don’t know what it is, but it’s just natural. It’s like human instinct. Sort of. However, that soon became a little bit repetitive and even though yes, I still love E/B stories and I know that all of mine are E/B, I must admit that the last time I looked for a fic, I was looking for a different pairing (Oh my God! Not Edward and Bella? Are you crazy!?)

So I have decided that from now on, I am going to try and find as many good NON BELLA/EDWARD stories and read and review them for everyone. I already have a few on my mind so far and I want to spread the love. But there was one that I had to share with you straight away because I even loved this in my Bella/Edward days.

"What Happen's At Charlie's Wedding" by velvetbutterfly




FF.net
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5211175/1/What_Happens_At_Charlies_Wedding

Twilighted.net
http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=5917


Review:

When I came across this story, I was intrigued by the Carlisle/Bella pairing. After watching Twilight and New Moon, there was no doubt that Peter Facinelli who plays Carlisle, was what some consider a DILF (Dad I’d Like to Fuck). There have been many story attempts where Edward is the older man (yes, I am a victim of writing older Edward – God love him) but I simply could not imagine Edward being Bella’s father’s age. As in the same age as Charlie (Eww! Gross!) Therefore with this fic I found that Carlisle was the perfect character to base the forty year-old best man that twenty-three year-old Bella falls for in “What Happens at Charlie’s Wedding.”

The Carlisle/Bella relationship begins with Bella and her best friend Alice returning to Forks for Bella’s father, Charlie’s wedding to the beautiful Esme. Carlisle is Esme’s brother in this fic, so he stays in Forks to be Charlie’s best man and there for his sister on her big day.

Carlisle is the sexy surgeon, of course, and Bella is the hot young 23 year old newly single after escaping the love-rat James (standard). The immediate sexual tension heats up rapidly between the two, and before they know it, it turns into a secret passionate relationship.

However, it’s not just fluff-filled lemons with the hot surgeon, oh no. As the actual wedding draws closer, Carlisle’s son, Edward, and his friend Jasper also travel to Forks and surprise, surprise, Edward also becomes infatuated with Bella and pursues her until no end. And then, one beings to wonder whether it will turn out as a Carlisle/Bella story after all, or just another E/B escapade.

Despite the awesome smut and fluff that VB provides us, there is something else in the storyline which really drew me in and separates this fic from most of the others I’ve read. That is the father/son relationship between Carlisle and Edward. There’s evident hate on Edward’s part towards Carlisle because of the absence of his mother, and Edward’s attraction to Bella isn’t all what it seems. There are unresolved family issues between them that are absolutely heartbreaking and the emotions that are captured her are fantastic – a father’s unconditional love for his son, the malicious ploys and lies told by Edward just to get his father’s attention, and of course, the mature-for-her-age Bella’s support for the man that she ends up loving (but which one?)

I found this story completely fulfilling to read. It was a (hot!) emotional rollercoaster throughout and I really found myself becoming closer to the characters. I enjoyed the excitement of never knowing what was going to happen next, which is something that I do find rare in stories nowadays, not just in fan fiction. The only thing that irritated me with the story was the slow updates, but it’s okay now because it is complete!

So if you want to read something different other than your E/B story, something intense, something thoroughly enjoyable, then I suggest that you read this straightaway.

Unexpectedly Chapter 14 Teaser

The sun was shining brightly through her window for once, there seemed to be birds singing a morning song, and everything seemed different; because today was different. Bella pulled her covers from her, swung her legs over to the side of her bed, stood up and smiled.

Today was her eighteenth birthday.

She looked at her alarm clock to see that it was 9.00 AM already, which was a little confusing as on every other birthday, Charlie had woken up before he had gone to the station so that he could wish her a happy birthday and give her a gift. However, she then noted her truck in the drive and assumed that was her present this year, despite being given it for graduation.

The last few days had been tough with Charlie. It was now Friday and they hadn’t really spoken much in the week at all. Suddenly, Charlie was spending more time in La Push with Harry Clearwater and sometimes coming back after Bella had retired to bed. It wasn’t completely unusual as she was used to spending time apart from Charlie as he was on the police force and was on call 24/7. This week, for some reason that she couldn’t work out, Charlie had been somewhat distant.

She brushed it off as just a coincidence though, and concentrated on her upcoming birthday – the big one-eight. She saw that there was a piece of paper left on her bed before she headed down for breakfast. It was from Charlie.

Didn’t want to wake you. I’ll be back at 4.00 today. Don’t do anything stupid, Bella.

Stupid? Her? She frowned as she tried to decipher what her father had meant by it. He had never been concerned about what she was doing while he was work, so his words were a little curious, but Bella had been used to Charlie’s weird mood in the week, so again, she passed it off – even the fact that he hadn’t even said “happy birthday”. She had more important things to worry about.

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Update tomorrow, hopefully.
Edie xxx

Jasper's Naughty Girls

I have been rec'd on this website for "Unexpectedly". Check it out! Their site looks pretty cool, too. Gotta love some Jasper!

http://jaspersnaughtygirls.blogspot.com/2010/06/cullen818-fic-rec-unexpectedly.html?zx=72ec2819365604d8

Unexpectedly Chapter 13 Teaser

More teasers coming atchya! Here is the one for Unexpectedly. Enjoy!
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Work had been a chore on Sunday, but Bella decided to make the most of a quiet day and enjoyed the fact that it would be the last weekend that Bella was seventeen years old. After her hasty and painful exit from Edward’s house the previous day, she couldn’t think of anything better than coming of age so that he could see her in a different light; so that she could help him and maybe he could start seeing her as an adult and the person that she was, rather than the chief of police’s seventeen year old daughter.

Alice had recounted the previous evening in which Jasper had come by to ask her if she wanted to go hiking with her, so she was in a superfluously chirpy mood. Bella was pleased for Alice, but couldn’t help but feel a little bit jealous of how simple their relationship was, even though there was a similar age difference. Bella wondered why intricacy had chosen her, but was thankful that it did or otherwise she wouldn’t have met Edward.

But now she was scared – scared for him and his family. She was also scared about them, and scared about how Edward would push her away once he knew that she was a definite high risk to losing Honey. She hated being a burden and she knew that it was definitely how she was acting at the moment.

Edward hadn’t contacted her since she had left that evening, but she of all people knew when space was needed. However, that still didn’t stop her going to the back of the shop every five minutes to check her BlackBerry.

After work was over, Bella left the shop solemnly and walked to the car park where her truck was parked. She fingered the key ring that her father had given her delicately on her keys; it was a tulip – her mom’s favourite flower.

Bella had begun to think about her mom even more than usual, recently. The close contact with Edward had done nothing but spark up the memories from the night her mother died which, in a way, terrified her even though her father promised that nothing would ever happen to her after it had happened. She knew that even though her father was on the police force and the fact that she didn’t go out much made her security a little more assured, she also knew that nothing was certain.

She could still be in danger.

As Bella attempted to brush her thoughts of anxiety and noted to herself that she had been safe for over twelve years, she found her car key and removed it from the rest of her keys to open the truck. However, there was already someone waiting for her at the door.

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Edie xxx

His Darkest Realms Chapter 4 Teaser

I'm sorry about the lack of updates at the moment - I am an official loser. I have a bit of a breather at the moment in real life, so I am doing what I can to write. In the meantime, here is a teaser of Isabella's and DoctorEC's first online convo. Enjoy!


I’m sorry Sir, I typed back as quickly as I could, my heart drumming to the sound of my blatant fear. What was I supposed to do? I could feel my heartbeat through my fingertips as they touched the keys on the keyboard.

I sat back in my desk chair, almost out of breath as I looked up to the ceiling, panting slightly. Why had I been so late? I looked over at the dress that I had laid out over my bed and I felt a slight pang of guilt that went with my uneasiness. It was odd for me to feel this flustered, but I liked it. It was making me forget.

The ping from my laptop was loud and abrupt; it almost sent me to the ground as I jumped out of my seat in fright. This was exactly what I wanted – adrenaline, fear and just to feel so animate. I looked carefully at the refreshed computer screen and almost tentatively opened the “patient review”.

Switch over to IM, Isabella. We will speak of your actions there.

Immediately and by order, I opened the IM service from the icon at the bottom of my screen, and instantly found an addition to my measly list of contacts containing just Alice, Angela, Mike and…Jasper.

I approved Dr. Edward Cullen’s request as soon as I could and then sat back again in my chair, desperately eager to find out what he was going to say next to me. What was he going to make me do? I knew that I had never met him before, but the tension of something, even over the internet, was driving my senses wild. I almost felt…amused.

Then, a conversation appeared.

Dr. Edward Cullen: Hello, Isabella.

I screamed inside. Just imagining my name falling across this guy’s lips was pretty much unbearable, and I didn’t even know what he looked like. Perhaps I was a little bit crazy. Fuck that, I was mental.

Isabella Swan: Hello, Sir.

I smiled smugly at remembering to call him “Sir”. I didn’t need to be in the shooting line for anything else tonight. I had obviously annoyed him enough already.

Dr. Edward Cullen: So, would you care to tell me why you were so late for our first meeting?

Crap. What was I supposed to say? Would it be right for me to answer in detail and truth or not to waste his time and just mutter some mildly believable excuse? I cringed as I chose the latter.

Isabella Swan: I was with my friends and we lost track of time. I’m sorry, Sir.

There, I was happy with that.

Dr. Edward Cullen: That’s not good enough, Isabella. Tell me another one.

I sighed deeply; I had made yet another mistake. Yet, I still wanted this, even though I wasn’t exactly the expert of being so submissive. However, I knew that to be subservient was also to be honest, so I was going to have to start doing that as soon as I could.

Isabella Swan: I was going shopping with my friends to buy a dress for a ball we have this Friday, Sir. I was going to be on time but when I saw one dress at the end I had to buy it and I didn’t notice the time.

Dr. Edward Cullen: You kept me waiting for a dress?

Shit. I knew he would be angry.

Isabella Swan: Yes, Sir. I am sorry, Sir.

Dr. Edward Cullen: Let me see the dress.

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Hope you liked that little teaser. The rest of the chapter should be posted by tomorrow (Thursday) but if not, very due course.

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Edie x