Wide Awake

Wide Awake by Angstgoddess003

Twilight Fan Fic-Rated: M- Bella and Edward, EPOV and BPOV, Lemons, Some definite OOC, All Human

So far, this is my absolute favorite fan fic. Angstgoddess003 is pure genius! I'm not sure why she just didn't create her own characters and get this story published. I would definitely buy it! Although, I'm still waiting for Chapter 50, as are many, many other fans.

Anyway, Edward and Bella both refuse sleep because of the nightmares that recreate their troubling pasts. Edward is very dark and swears a lot, while Bella is very detached and doesn't allow hardly anyone to touch her. At all. She bakes yummy cookies and he sketches beautiful pictures as a form of therapy and as a way to stay awake.

When Bella moves in with her Aunt Esme and cousin Alice, she finally meets Edward who lives next door with his adoptive father Carlisle and adoptive brother Emmett. Edward and Bella find it easier to stay awake with each other's company and soon begin to spend every night together. Edward insists that they keep their relationship a secret, even as they become closer.

But what happens when fighting sleep becomes impossible? Is each other's company enough to fight the insanity? Do they overcome their fears?

I'm sure my recommendation doesn't do this story justice, but just take my word for it and read it. You may want to start on a weekend, because it's very addicting. Oh and don't fret, Rosalie and Jasper are in the story, too :)

A little piece from the story:

Bella sighed deeply beside me. “You want to know why he can touch me?” She hedged in her awfully raspy voice that made me just fucking rub her hand with my thumb firmer. That shit sounded painful. Esme nodded, finally breaking her gaze from our hands to meet Bella’s tired stare. My girl squeezed my hand back, so I shifted my head in my palm to look at her. She straightened up in her chair, lifting her chin up and rounding her shoulders back. All grown up. I thought smugly, fucking loving when she did that shit. She looked right into Esme’s eyes as I gazed at her confident posture from my palm. “He’s different.” She rasped, squeezing my hand and turning her face to gaze back into my eyes. And she looked so fucking proud of that fact as she gazed at me lovingly, not giving a shit that she had to tell them. And I just fucking smiled back at her, because I loved that I was different too.

Click here for the best Wide Awake fan made trailer I've seen!

Also, Angstgoddess003 started a new story called Of Gemini and Gypsies and although it's only a couple chapters long, it's already worth reading.