TLS Special SNEAK PEEK Feature

The Lemonade Stand has spent so many years bringing you the best the Twilight fandom has to offer, and we are very excited to have the chance to offer you even MORE. We've watched stories grow and develop from first post through COMPLETE, and now we're lucky enough to share previews of the stories that will soon be your new addiction.

For this Sneak Peek Saturday, we're thrilled to feature the newest story from a reader-favorite, bicyclesarecool, author of Useless Things and the out of this world fic, Dark Thing Make a Myth of Yourself.

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Vacation Town

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bicyclesarecool

Summary: Reeling and traumatized from the death of her father and her subsequent move across the country, Bella finds herself in a popular vacation spot--in the off season. Here, she meets Edward, a boy dealing with his own ghosts, who she can't help feel drawn to. Their tentative relationship grows as they learn to face their fears and learn that things might not be hopeless after all.

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I've been dabbling with this story for a little over a year now. It was actually one of three stories I was messing around with, and "Useless Things" ended up being the one I pursued (obviously). But I kept coming back to this one. I'd been listening to a lot of music--the top two inspirations were the songs "Vacation Town" by the Front Bottoms and "Grown" by Soccer Mommy. This thing is definitely heavier than what I usually write but...ya girl can't resist a happily ever after.


“I’ve been thinking about it,” Edward says as he takes them down the main aisle, knowing where he’s going now. “You being afraid of cars, it’s not very practical.”

This time, Bella’s laugh is surprised. “Yeah, duh, it’s not practical.”

He shakes his head. “It’s just, you’re so young. Too young to be so afraid of something like that.”

She glances at him to find his eyes on her already, and hates the way his words settle around her. Something about the fact he thinks of her as being...too young rubs her the wrong way.

It’s why she feels the need to tell him, “I’m not that young.”

And while her age may say otherwise, nothing else about her is young. The whole childhood thing was tenuous at best at best.. It was hard when your parents were always fighting and when your mom finally leaves, you take over the cooking and the cleaning and the holding it all together. Not that she minded, the whole being-a-kid thing was never really her scene.

Edward looks at her as if he’s trying to decide if he believes her.

She hates that it even matters to her.

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