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Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV-pt.1
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Just clarifying that this post is the SECOND HALF of the last chapter, which starts here.
ETA: I've done a master post for this fic with lots of extra stuff including the soundtrack playlist you can download.

( one two three four five six seven / all good children go to heaven )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: IT'S DONE. HOLY SHIT. A very heartfelt thank you to everyone who's followed this story and left me comments. Plus huge thanks are due to Layla (ninety6tears) for being my ever-reliable beta reader through this whole madness.
It probably seems kind of like beating a dead horse to finally post this last chapter after all this time, especially because Chapter 14 actually functions okay as a final chapter. But I still have a big attachment to this fic and I really wanted to end it more or less the way I always imagined ending it since I started the fic over two years ago rather than just give up and call it finished. It'll be interesting to see if I even get many comments, but it was something I just needed to do before I could move on with my life. LOL.
The chapter ended up pretty long so it's posted in two entries, with a link to part two at the bottom of this post.

( in dreams I'm moving through heavy water / the love is enormous / it's lifting me up / the water rising over my head )

By that of course I mean New Moon. (LOL, you'll get it if you see it.)

This was actually unexpectedly more than decent. Maybe I'm easily impressed this time because this is the only one of the books which I like very much, though I did actually enjoy the first movie in a fun and weird way that only a fan like me who's in the "I can't get out of still caring about this as much as I'd like to" camp could; I saw it twice but just never posted any kind of review for it. But still, by contrast Chris Weitz's handling of the story makes Twilight look even more bad, if that's possible.

( It would be nice to not want to kill you all the time. )

Title: The Golden Phase of Dying Leaves
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Emily
Rating: R
Summary: When Bella returns from Italy after failing to save Edward, Jacob isn't sure if he can do anything to pull her out of her state of numbness this time.
Notes: This actually started as a drabble for the anonymous drabble contest at SOB, and obviously it ran away with me and got way too long. Other people can come up with the loveliest things under 500 words, but this seems to prove once and for all that I just plain fail at such things. But I guess it ended up being less inspired by the specific Death Cab lyrics chosen for the prompt than it was inspired by the whole song and wouldn't really have been appropriate as a contest entry anyway.
I'm not completely sure how I feel about this one yet. It's a little...different. LOL.

( as we walk in the dimming light / always understand that everything ends )

Title: Ghosts In the Snow
Author: Sara (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters/Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward
Rating: PG-13
Previous parts: First half here
Summary: The life Jacob and Bella have together has become possible at many costs. One being that every Christmas, Jacob can find himself having to protect a secret of Edward's that could hurt Bella to know.

( The season of ice brings dark memories, ghosts whispering from the dark space between distant trees where anything could be hiding... )

Title: Ghosts In the Snow
Author: Sara (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters/Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The life Jacob and Bella have together has become possible at many costs. One being that every Christmas, Jacob can find himself having to protect a secret of Edward's that could hurt Bella to know.
Notes: Happy holidays, people. :DDD

( Only what once was mine / Everything lost we'll find / Only at Christmas time )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: So I've barely cracked open Breaking Dawn yet and decided I'm more interested in getting this finished first. I'd made it a goal to have this done by the time it came out since new canon can destroy everything and all. But at the time of my last update I'd been burning myself out consistently working on this fic for six months, and my heart just can't be in Twilight all the time. I'm sorry you guys have had to wait so long.
This chapter and the one more remaining one have a lot of things that I really wish didn't need so many words to get through, and I'm kind of worried that everything left is going to seem like an overly long epilogue. But I hope the ending at least comes close to being worth the wait.

( I have pulled myself clear )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.

( The fairy tale was over... )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Well, I feel like I might have scared some people a little with that last chapter. Hah. I'm kind of imagining that for every person who left a really enthusiastic comment there was someone else who just thought What is this blasphemous fuckery I've been deceived into reading?! and found their way to the back button. But I think this is the chapter where you'll get to finally see what this fic is really all about and what kind of direction you can expect it's going.

( I came so far for Beauty / I left so much behind )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: FINALLY. I KNOW. I SUCK. Yeah, being a college student / writing fic are so not the OTP. Mortal enemies. And I might have had some trouble with this chapter, heheh. The major scene in this one went through several variations before I finally did it the way it is now, and it might be surprising that the other ways I considered writing it were actually less believable.
I think I can tell you with some certainty now that this will end up being fourteen or fifteen chapters, so there's still a little ways to go. Just fyi...
ETA: Oh here, have some really moody and sad music I listened to a lot while writing this chapter since it took so long. Plus cookies. And brownies. Lots of brownies.

( and on we go drowning / darling we go a-drowning / down we go away )

Title: 5 Times Bella Swan Did Not Kiss Jacob Black (And One Time She Did)
Author: Sara (flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: He will always remember how on the night she came back to him, he saw a shooting star.
Beta reader: ninety6tears
Notes: Starts in New Moon time, ends post-Eclipse. Is definitely not the way SM will end this thing (unfortunately). Might be the raciest fic I've ever written, but that's really not saying much. LOL.
Dedication: Birthday fic for anythingbutgrey, a talented writer, fantastic mod, and general bamf. Happy birthday, Elyssa! ♥♥♥

( Love is the best endeavor hiding in the lion's mane )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.

( to each life must fall some rain / where I am from / you love the rain or you move away )

Title: What Music They Make
Author: Sara (flowrs4ophelia)
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella/Edward
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.

( I've lain with the devil / Cursed God above / Forsaken Heaven / To bring you my love )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Uh. Have I mentioned how much I love you guys? <3<3<3 All the generous comments I'm getting on this make me so happy they seriously were one of the things that helped me get through an extremely stressful few days in the past week without totally collapsing from the angsts and going insane. *hugs*
Anyway, I fail at getting this posted as soon as I thought I could. But I hope you like.

( I would jump for you into the flame / Tried to go forward with my life / I just feel shame shame shame )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V | VI
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella/Edward
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Here we go. I can't tell you how excited and nervous I am at the same time about finally posting this chapter. It has the one scene that was my entire reason for starting the fic when I thought of it a long time ago. I personally haaaaate where I had to end it because the way I originally wanted to do it made the post way too large. O_O So as a result you get sort of a cliffhanger.
If you already know the SM-provided backstory of how Alec and Jane were turned that will be useful, though not essential, for understanding one part of this chapter. It will be mentioned in the next chapter anyway so it's not hugely important.

( show me the way to forgive you / allow me to be forgiven / show me the way to let go )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV | V
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.

( I'll tell you about the heartache and the hopeless night / I'll tell you this, no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III | IV
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Updates might be slowing down a little because I'm getting to the point where I'll soon be posting chapters as I write them rather than just as they're beta'd like I have been. This has been a WIP since months before I actually posted chapter 1 but now I don't have that much written ahead of this. I am very close to writing the battle, so the story will really be picking up soon, and at least that will probably be a pretty long chapter and hopefully worth a longer wait.

( the killer in me is the killer in you )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II | III
Author: Sara (paintedponyxox @ flowrs4ophelia)
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella, Edward/Bella
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.
Notes: Thanks for all the feedback, guys. I know a lot of you are waiting for this to get much more J/B-oriented, and I promise I'm getting there, but I hope you can wait long enough for me to build everything up the way I really need to. Meanwhile, I'm throwing all the tension and subtext at you I can muster, LOL. Don't worry, once Bella and Jacob get the chance to have a real conversation together (alone), they'll have plenty to say.
By the way, I'm glad nobody's complained about finding any of the flashbacks irrelevent so far because they're about to get less clearly relevant to what's going on, but the good news is now I'm done with them. The one in this chapter is where I start having lots of fun applying additional canon information from the lexicon. Hehe...

( and not to pull your halo down / but I'm more than just a little curious / how you're planning to go about making your amends )

Title: What Music They Make
Previous chapters: Prologue + I | II
Author: me
Characters & Pairings: Jacob/Bella/Edward, Quileutes + Cullens vs. Volturi
Rating: R
Summary: Being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for Bella to be in love with two people when an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life.

( After it there could only be blackness and nothing... )