Edward leaves Forks and Bella behind after the incident with Tyler's van. Now, five years later, he finally returns to his family and the Pacific Northwest. While picking up his latest Swedish automobile, he is confronted by a very familiar scent. Will Edward be able to fight the pull his singer has on him a second time? Or will he stick around long enough to find out What Drives Her?

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~ What Drives Her has been nominated by you!! ~

-Nominated in the Sunflower Awards for "Best Vampire Story".

-Nominated for a Faithful Shipper Award for "Best Alternate Universe/Canon Story"!  (Update: TKegl got the well-deserved win for her story, "Beyond Time". I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!)

-Nominated for a Vampie for "Best AU Story" in the Newborn Round, Winter 2011.

-Nominated for a Shimmer Essence Award for "Best Dazzled Moment", in the 2010 Snowflake Quarter.

*If you know, or hear of, any other noms for this story, please feel free to send a DM my way as I'm not terribly active in the awards and contest circuit anymore.*

After the Cullens leave Forks, a twist of fate lands Bella in Chicago in 1918. She thinks it's her second chance... a chance to build a life with a human Edward. But when she finds him, he's not quite what she expected... and Bella has some hurdles to overcome to create the future she's hoping for.

Edward Cullen is superstar EC Velvet.  Bella Swan, professor of English Lit in Seattle, hears his velvety voice one day and it changes her life. She leaves her abusive fiance, Mike Newton, and writes a fan letter to EC Velvet.  Little did she know that fate was going to intervene and bring her together with this uber-famous hip-hop/rap star and turn her life upside down... or maybe it's right side up.  

Disclaimer:  Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight.  I'm simply taking the universe she created and turning it inside out.  :)  All references to real people, real songs, or real anything else are for entertainment purposes only and only because if I mention it, it means I love it.  I'm not making any money off this story or any of the characters, names, songs, or anything else I might mention.  I'll leave the money making to the experts.  I'm only here to play.

AH/AU/VERY OOC - Rated for excessive language, mature themes, and lemons.

Twilight; when the two worlds of good and evil began to co-mingle in the glowing hues of the ever fading sun. The onyx tendrils of night slowly fill Edward's soul. Black of night, crimson blood, light of day; what will be his decision? Cannon darkward

Esme Platt was a brand new mother, happy and in love with her son. What would she do when tragedy struck? What did a kind stranger from her past, have to do with her future? Cannon Pre-Twilight O/S