Chapter 4 Teaser

All right...it's a pic tease for Chapter 4!

I wonder what this could possibly be hinting at?  No?  You want some of the text too?  Oh, all right...

Chapter 4 Teaser:

“Sup, brah,” Eric said as he stepped out onto the balcony.

Edward stopped strumming his guitar and looked up, giving Eric a nod of acknowledgement.  He set his guitar down and picked up his green bottle of Heineken from the floor, taking a long pull from it.

“You get the grinds?”  Edward asked, placing his beer back down.

“I did…I also ran into my buddy Mike Newton.  You remember him?  He surfed with us a couple of weeks ago.”

“The douchebag from La Jolla?”  Edward asked, not bothering to look up.

“What’s the deal with that, brah?  You say something to him before we got out there?  He almost stuffed you in the barrel and then you guys get out of the water and almost come to blows.  What happened?”

Eric had a feeling it might’ve had to do with a young woman named Bella Swan, but he didn’t want to say anything about that just yet.

“Besides the fact that he almost caused me to wipe out?  The fucker came up to me and just started talking shit!  ‘Oh you’re Edward Masen, huh?  I expected more’…I mean, what the fuck man?  What an asshole!”

Eric just nodded.  He had to play this right if he wanted Edward to cooperate.

“Eh…I think he’s mellowed out some since then.  I met his chick tonight.  Real cute girl, great smile, deep brown eyes, mahogany hair…and she had this cute blush.  She’s from this small town in Washington…Spoons or something--”

“Forks,” Edward cut him off.  He gritted his teeth before he looked up to glare at Eric.  “The town is called Forks, and you know that’s where my parents live, so cut the crap.  What the hell are you getting at?”

Inside, Edward’s heart was hammering in his chest.  Part of him wanted to hope that Eric was describing who he thought he was, but the other part of him, the part of him that died that day so many years ago, hoped it wasn’t her.  He wasn’t sure he could bear the thought of her being on the same island, and even more so, he did not like the idea of her dating that tool Mike Newton.  Edward’s eyes narrowed as Eric took the photo frame from behind his back.

“Mike’s girl is named Bella Swan.  You never told me about a girl back in Forks.  I think it’s time you spill, brah.”

Chapter 4 posts on Tuesday :-)

~NoelleSeven

Teaser for Chapter 3

Here's the teaser for Chapter 3.  I've been told that this chapter needs a tiny angst warning towards the end.  I'm also going to post the chapter early on Wednesday instead of Friday because...well, it's "Breaking Dawn" week and we're ALL going to be busy doing other things come Friday.

Chapter 3 Teaser:

“Is there a story behind you not knowing how to swim?”

Bella swallowed heavily. 

“I never learned how when I was a kid.  We don’t really go swimming much in Forks.  Mostly it just rains.  Sometimes we went to the beach, but I never went in the water, and it never seemed like something important.”

Mike nodded but said nothing.  He knew that there was more to tell.

“We were at a party, out at a friend’s parents’ lake house.  It was the end of the school year and my best friend Angela, and her now husband Ben said we should go.  I didn’t really want to go to a big party, but Angela convinced me it would be fun.  All these people from school were there, and I…I got cornered on the boat dock by these girls who didn’t like me.  I…I ended up in the water.  I almost drowned.”

“You…you almost drowned?”  Mike replied, clearly shocked.

Bella nodded sadly and tried not to let the memories overwhelm her.

“I…I was supposed to learn how to swim after that but…but I never did.”

He said that he would teach her how to swim.  He promised her.  Bella clenched her eyes shut and took a deep breath.  Mike had shared his past with her.  She figured it was fair that she did the same.

~NoelleSeven

New Characters

Just posted the images of the new characters who are going to be introduced in Chapter 2!  Maybe that in itself is a teaser.  Can't wait for you all to read Chapter 2!

~NoelleSeven

Chapter 2 Teaser

Here is the teaser for Chapter 2 of my new fic "Aloha 'Oe".  Enjoy!  I can't wait until Friday!

Teaser:

“You didn’t mention the Masens,” Charlie said quietly.

Renee’s face blanched slightly.  “Charlie…”

“I don’t think I would’ve said anything either, but don’t you think Bella should know?”

“She’s just getting settled in out there, Charlie,” Renee sighed.  “I don’t think she needs to know right now.  She wants to move on from…that and I just…I just don’t want to bring up bad memories.  She sounded so happy, Charlie.”

Charlie sighed and nodded.  Yes, he loved Renee with all of his heart, but the moment the hospital nurse placed that bundle in the little pink blanket in his arms, he knew there was something else in this world that took up just as much space in his heart as his wife.  All he ever wanted, all he ever worked for in his life, was to provide for his family and for them to be happy.  He especially wanted that for Bella.

“That’s all I want for her,” Charlie said softly.  Renee stood and went behind Charlie, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.  She kissed his cheek softly.

“I know,” Renee whispered.  “Let’s just let things settle down before we say anything to her.  Elizabeth doesn’t even know what she’s going to do, which is yet another reason why I don’t think we should say anything to Bella yet.”

“All right, just as long as they don’t go to Honolulu,” Charlie grumbled. 

“They won’t,” Renee said reassuringly.  “Elizabeth knows he’s there, Charlie, but…well, she doesn’t think he’ll ever forgive her, so she’s never tried to approach him.  You know her…as long as he’s happy and healthy, she’ll suffer through the pain without him.”

Charlie sighed and didn’t say anything.  Elizabeth Masen had come a long way, but Charlie couldn’t believe how strong she had proven herself to be in the past years.  Lord knew he would never survive it if Bella disappeared from his life.

Teaser for Chapter 1

Aloha and welcome!  This is my brand new blog for my new story called, "Aloha Oe".  Please take a look around at the pictures of the characters and the places I talk about in the story.  I was born and raised in Honolulu, so trust me, I know what I'm talking about.  Here is a teaser for Chapter 1.  The story will go live on fanfiction.net on Friday, November 4th.  I can't wait to share it with you all.

Teaser:

Taking a sip from her soda that Ben had politely gotten for her, Bella took a glance around the room.  Her entire body seemed to tense up as a familiar set of green eyes locked with hers.  She had seen them before in Port Angeles when she had accompanied her mother into a coffee shop.  They were staring at her with the same intensity as before.  Bella swallowed heavily and took in the way his brows furrowed as he stared at her, his straight nose, full lips, and angular jaw.  He was extremely good-looking, but also looking at her like she did something wrong.  It was his hair that shocked her most of all though, being that it was in complete disarray and peculiar shade of bronze that she hadn’t seen before that first time she saw him in the coffee shop.  She quickly looked away, her face feeling like it was on fire, and turned around so that she was facing Angela and Ben.  When she peaked over her shoulder, the green eyed guy was still staring at her.

“Hey, Ben,” Bella said, clearing her throat.  “Who’s that guy over there with the wild hair?  The one that is glaring at me.”

She watched as Ben took a glance over her shoulder, and then his eyes scanned the crowd.  Bella wondered if the guy was gone. 

“Well, I don’t see anyone glaring at you, but there’s only one guy I see with wild hair.  Are you talking about the guy in the long sleeved black shirt sitting in the armchair?”

Bella peaked over her shoulder again.  That was him all right…except now his stare was directed at the empty fireplace.

“That’s him,” Bella confirmed.

Ben chuckled a little and took a sip of his drink.

“That’s Edward Masen.”

~ NoelleSeven