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Wow, what another outstanding bunch of reviews we have gotten for this chapter.  Want to address some things to cover a lot of comments and questions.  Yes jasper is a *INSERT YOUR OWN CHOICE WORD HERE*, and as much as Jess and I both really like Jasper as a character as a whole we wanted to make him not a nice guy for once.  As for non-cannon pairings, we have Elizabeth and James, we have Jake as a gay man, and we have a surprise upcoming, but we want to be very clear this is an EDWARD AND BELLA story, therefore they will be together and cannon, well as cannon as they can be, with our changes of age, humanity, and attitudes.  Alice really is pregnant, and Jasper really is the father.  Bella and Edward were keeping their relationship low key and not out in the spotlight, because they are not sure if Liz does or doesn’t remember, and they don’t want to ruin her wedding day.  (Besides, we had Jasper and Alice to make a scene... LOL.)  There will be more time jumps and drama ahead, but fear not we are working on keeping this story a nice mix between drama and hilarity.  Hope you continue to enjoy it.  Thanks for reading and reviewing, Kasi (& Jess)~

TEASER:   “Whoa, we aren’t thinking about having a baby right now,” Edward says as I cling to him. I feel like he is going to leave and never come back.

“You shut the fuck up,” Mom says pointing her finger in Edward’s face.

“Mom, stop being so mean! You weren’t this freaked out when I was with Ben,” I say trying to get her to calm down.

“Yeah, well, you weren’t having sex with him! I know the two of you are having sex!” she yells.

“First of all, it is none of your business!” I yell at her. “Second of all I put myself on birth control long ago.  And thirdly I did have sex with Ben, he was unfortunately my first.  Even though I was stupid enough to make him my first, I was smart enough to take care of my own birth control.  Oh and for the record, I always made Ben wear a condom and pull out. I do not want a child right now and as for Edward, he respects that.”

“What the... I’m so mad I can’t even think straight.” Mom stands there and she looks like she is going to cry.

“Mom…”

“No, don’t say a word to me,” she says as my eyes fills with tears.

“Liz, she’s eighteen there is really nothing we can do. Besides, he’s better than Ben,” Dad says as Edward tries to console me.

“He’s older than you are Carlisle!” Mom yells.

Wow the response to this chapter has been amazing, over 150 of you thus far have spoken out about chapter 22.  First let us say ... THANK YOU for reading and reviewing.  The fact alone that we have been able to instill so much emotion in our readers for the characters within this story makes us so pleased, that alone tells me the story has the back bone we wanted it to have. So, on behalf of Jess and I, THANK YOU for caring and showing us that you care.
Now we warned you that Edward would not be a favorite after this chapter, and Alice well we all already hated her.  Alice has taken a presence in the story and stronger one than we first intended, however I think her presence helps show how much Bella is growing.  Alice is still stuck in that kiddie stage, where Bella is showing that she is learning as she grows.  If you remember, Bella has made lots of mistakes and acted out too, but in this chapter she showed not only that she is growing, but that she is and can be responsible and dependable.  Many of you believe that Bella is pregnant, but she is not.
The next chapter is in Edward’s POV and we hope that you will all be able let your anger for him and his actions go by the end of it.  Edward has a lot to say and some of the things he thinks about and even discusses will give a little new light regarding his seemingly blatant disregard of Bella over Alice.  Edward never completely said anything in chapter 22, so chapter 23 is going to be his outlet chapter.
As for Esme, she has seen through Alice’s shit, and I think right now for her you will find in coming chapters she is trying to do what is right by Alice.  Gary has made Alice come back to St. Louis and work for the company, because he is trying to get her under control.  It wasn’t pre-planned for Edward to take her back to St. Louis, and you will learn more of why he did it soon. 
Well I think this answers most of your questions, if you have more and or want to chat about this more, you can find us on Facebook under two different groups:  Jess2002 FanFiction or TeamAllTwilight & AndTAT Fan Fiction.  See you all Wednesday with another chapter, Jess & Kasi~

TEASER:
“I know, Esme told me what all has been going on.”

“You talked to Es?”

“Yeah, she calls me every day.  How was Landon tonight, his mouth still sore?”

“Yeah the poor kid is cutting at least two maybe even four teeth at once.  He is very cranky, but he was all smiles earlier.  I think he may like his Uncle Edward.”

“Oh you think that do you?” Bella asks with a smile, and it is sadly the first totally genuine one I’ve seen on her face since before I left Forks.  “I think he likes his Aun ... sister Bella better.”

“Oh you do—do you?” I ask noticing how she started to say Aunt, but changed it to sister.

“Yep,” she says popping the p. 

“Well I guess he will have to like you twice as much, after all it isn’t often anyone can claim that their sister, is also their Aunt.  Keep in mind, though, that he may claim the right in the future to get two gifts from you for every holiday or event—one from his sister Bella, and one from his Aunt Bella.”

“I doubt that he will ever be that greedy and self-absorbed,” she says and her smile falls.

I am sorry for the lateness of this review reply, but I am sending it completely as it was written, so that you are not left out on any info at all.   Kasi~ 

Well there was speculation that Alice may have gotten pregnant on purpose, and where I can’t answer that right now, that answer will come with the story.  Some of you are having troubles reading the whole review reply at FFN, if you go directly to FFN and read there, you will get to read the entire thing, if I get wordy... which is most of the time.  Liz is quite a piece of work, and I am assuring you now that the majority of your concerns and questions brought forward from Chapter 9 will be answered in chapter 10.  All about Alice and Assper will come out eventually.  We will also learn more about Garrett/Gary in the future when Bella talks to Esme herself.  There are a lot of things to come yet in the story, and we sure are super stoked that you all are liking it so much.  Thanks for reading and reviewing, and please keep those reviews and questions coming, we love hearing from you.  Kasi & Jess.

Teaser for chapter 10:  “Baby, we need to do something about your mother,” Edward says on his last night with me.

“I know, but I don’t know what else there is to do.”

“Maybe we could go out to dinner with her and Jim?” he asks as I shrug my shoulders. I really didn’t think anything was going to work. “Well, we need to do something.”

“Let’s run away and get married and then she can’t say a word about anything,” I say as he kisses my temple.

“As tempting as that is, I don’t think that would work. She would probably hate me even more,” he says with a laugh.

“We can try, but I don’t see her even being nice about anything.”

“Call her and ask if they want to meet up with us for lunch tomorrow,” he says as I nod. I check the time to make sure that it isn’t too late to call. I would feel bad for waking her up.

“Bella, are you okay?” she answers in a panicky tone.

“Yes, I’m okay.  Are you okay?” I ask with a giggle.

“Why are you calling so late?”

“It’s only ten, Old Lady,” I say as we laugh.

“Oh hush, it feels later than that,” she says with more laughter. “Was there something you needed?”

“Yes, I was wondering if you and Jim would like to have lunch with Edward and me tomorrow,” I say as she sighs.