What we're reading in TLS this week:

Back to school is in full swing and this week we have been revisiting fics where our favorite characters are headed back to school, either as a student or a teacher. As always, please leave the writers some love in the form of a review, and tell them TLS sent you! Enjoy!  

♥ Six Dlbfive

A Few Tables Away by drotuno
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11436441/1/A-Few-Tables-Away
Edward spent most of his life trying to be invisible until he got to college. All alone, 3000 miles from home, there's only one person he wishes would see him. His Library Girl, just a few tables away. Rated M 

Crazy Like That by planetblue
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11233370/1/Crazy-Like-That
Cause she is fire. The hottest, deadliest kind of fire. Rated M

Fourth Quarter by MBella
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5077053/1/Fourth-Quarter
Edward is the star quarterback. Bella is the coach’s daughter. Falling in love is always bittersweet, but what happens after a tragedy tears them apart and fate throws them together years later? Rated M

Private Tutor by creampuffsteph
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4400964/1/Private-Tutor
Bella takes a chance and goes to school far from where she's used to. But what happens when her extremely good looking TA seems to despise her for no reason? Rated M

Scotch, Gin, and the New Girl by wtvoc
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4561940/1/Scotch-Gin-and-the-New-Girl
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, je crois. We were Cruel Intentions. We are Gossip Girls. We do not care. At all." all-human. Rated M

Stages by PattyRose
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13580621/1/Stages
In eight distinct sketches of growth, including the fights, arguments, and misunderstandings that usually accompany each stage, watch how the little girl next door went from being the bane of my existence…to being the most important person in my existence. ExB. AH. Rated M

Teacher of the Year by DiamondHeart78
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7197996/1/Teacher-of-the-Year
When Bella has a chance encounter with a sexy stranger, she never believes she'll see him again. Fate however, has a sense of humor. AH/ExB Twilight - Rated: M 

Teasing Mr. Cullen by creaatingmadness
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13846849/1/Teasing-Mr-Cullen
Senior year is almost over, so I only have four weeks to seduce Mr. Cullen, and it's not going to be easy. I place my hand on the desk, meeting his vivid green eyes and picking up the apple, leaning forwards enough that my shirt gapes as I sink my teeth into the crisp red skin. Juice runs down my chin and I lick it away. Teacherward. Rated F for Filthy.

The Give Away Girl by MrsSpaceCowboy
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7206314/1/The-Give-Away-Girl
Honor student Bella Swan has mastered the arts...of manipulating her divorced parents, rolling the perfect joint, and faking an orgasm. Who wouldn't want to keep a girl like her? An unconventional coming of age tale for Gen Xer Bella. Rated M

The Practicum by TheFicChick 
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8906792/1/The-Practicum
"We're going to be teaching high schoolers how not to get each other knocked up or infected with gonorrhea. It's hardly a romantic evening for two." Rated M

The Student Teacher by Olivejuice26
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11236795/10/The-Student-Teacher
High school English teacher Bella Swan is content in a job that she loves, spending her days doing her life's passion. Things get interesting when a handsome young student teacher is assigned to work with her for a semester. Can she focus on her job, or will young Mr. Cullen be the distraction she didn't realize she wanted? Rated M

The Tutor by ItzMegan73
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5003930/1/The-Tutor
New student Bella Swan needs to break out of her shy exterior and her guidance counselor has the answer: tutoring. And Bella is too new to know she shouldn’t want to tutor Edward Cullen. Rated M 

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.

This week we are featuring Lily Jill, author of  Found Missing, A Muse in the Shadows, and Pursuing the Proposition. Today, she's sharing an excerpt from Chapter 6 of her upcoming fic, Unspoken.

Banner by DaniDarlingxx

Unspoken

 by

 Lilly Jill

Summary: The truth often lies in words unspoken. For Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, both misunderstood in their small town of Forks, Washington, falling for each other amidst the silence is all they’ve ever known. Through life’s twists and turns, they learn that connections can be both born and broken in what is left unsaid.

~OOO~

Her presence in my car is overwhelming, and I fiddle with the volume on the radio to distract me as she sits in the passenger seat. She’s silent as we drive, her fingers tapping a beat against the side of her thigh in rhythm to the music coming from the speakers. She gazes out the window while I gaze at her; I have a hard time concentrating on the road, knowing she’s this close to me.

 

It’s the sound of gravel beneath my tires that snaps me back into focus. 

 

The music dwindles as the engine softens, a slight awkwardness in the air as we realize we’ve never been anywhere together outside of school and work. That one time at the diner had been coincidental, and since school and work aren't optional, it’s here I realize how different this moment feels.

 

I’m not here with her because I have to be.

 

It’s because I want to be.

 

It’s because when our shift at work was over a little while ago, I wasn’t ready to say goodbye.

 

I don’t understand these feelings that have come out of nowhere, and it makes my legs shake beneath the steering wheel and my chest clench with nerves, but being around Bella has become what I look forward to the most each day.

 

It’s rare for the sun to shine here in Forks, especially given the time of day, but the rays slice through the tall trees around us, and we look at First Beach through squinted eyes as we leave my car behind in the gravel lot and walk towards the rocky beach. We stop to take our shoes off, the heavy grains of sand cold as they slip between my toes. The wind off the water sings softly around us, the amber hues from the sun casting her in a light I've never seen her in before.

 

As she sits on a large piece of driftwood washed onto the shore, she shoots me a shy smile that makes me wonder about all the other different ways I have yet to see her.

 

But fuck, do I see her now.

 

I’ve known Isabella Swan since we were kids — but she sits here next to me on the wood and transforms into a stranger, and I’m suddenly desperate for more. Desperate for anything she’s willing to give me, considering the walls she’s built meticulously around herself over the years. I watch as she closes her eyes and turns her face to the sun, taking in the warmth the same way I’m taking in the auburn streaks that hide between the dark waves of her hair. The same way I’m staring at her lips, wondering when they became soft and full and how I missed their allure for all these years.

 

She’s a sudden mystery I’m eager to solve.

 

Bella opens her eyes then, and I look down at our feet in the sand before she catches me staring. I clear my throat. “Were you serious yesterday?” I ask, our feet tracing interloping circles with our toes. “When you told me you liked me?”

 

Bella hesitates for a moment before nodding her head. Eventually, she shrugs the same way she always does, as if it’s just a simple fact without the weavings of human emotion around her feelings towards me. “Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” She asks. “I do like you.”

 

I can gather she likes my company; working with her these last few weeks has been surprisingly easy, but the way she had said those three words to me yesterday had kept me up all night, wondering what she had meant.

 

But now, as we sit in the rare setting sun, her hair blowing across her face, I need to know for sure if she’s feeling anything remotely similar to what I feel churning inside of me like a freight train.

 

These feelings I have when I think of her or when I’m near her hit me exactly like that — like a train suddenly off its track, careening towards the unknown.

 

It’s terrifying, but I can’t ignore it. “Like as a friend?”

 

Turning her face from the sun, she opens her eyes again, and this time, I know the answer just by looking at the vulnerability and honesty swirling in the dark pools of her eyes.

 

“No.”

 

We stare at each other for a moment before I nod in understanding at her answer, turning my gaze back down to our feet and to the haphazard circles we’ve made with our toes as we talk against the wind and waves of First Beach. It’s never crowded here, but it dawns on me that the appearance of the sun may draw some people from school to enjoy the view like we are.

 

The thought of my friends at school finding out about me, Edward Cullen, liking Isabella Swan sends a flash of panic through my bones. Shaking my head, I exhale loudly, hoping the crashing waves will take my worries out to sea.

 

It’s not like I’m embarrassed by Bella.

 

It’s just that I don’t like unnecessary attention brought to myself, and my friends would get the biggest kick out of it if they were to find out I feel something for Bella.  With college applications, work, and basketball season nearly suffocating me, the last thing I need is them breathing down my neck about things they know nothing about.

 

Risking a glance in Bella’s direction, I curse under my breath at how she’s become my hardest temptation.

 

“Wouldn’t it be weird if people found out about us?” I ask, reaching down to pick up a flat stone before skipping it across the water.

 

“No one would have to know,” Bella says softly, and I hear the words she leaves unspoken; she is aware of the burden it will become for both of us if we were to ever go public with whatever this is between us.

 

I look over at her, her face emblazoned with the fire of the sunset, and I wonder if she’s prepared for how different our lives are about to be because of our decision today.

 

There may be a million thoughts running through my head, alarm bells ringing in my ears, trying to warn me of the magnitude of the path we’re about to walk down, but the only thing clear to me is that Bella and I, without words, have made a decision.

 

And when I press my mouth to hers a minute later, her lips soft and welcoming against mine, I know nothing will ever be the same again. 

~OOO~

If you haven’t already, put Lily Jill on alert! Unspoken begins posting on Sept 19th!

What we're reading in TLS this week:

If you are enjoying the long Labor Day weekend and need something new to read, we have just the rec list for you. We have familiar favorites, updates we have all been waiting for, and several new ones that leave us wanting more! Remember to let the author know where you saw their fic featured when you leave them a review. Happy Reading! 

♥ Six Dlbfive

All Tied Up by cullenlvr83
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13944509/1/All-Tied-Up
Edward Cullen, CEO and single father, hires Isabella Swan to be his live-in nanny. What started off as innocent flirting turns into a risky game of cat and mouse as Bella tries to break his ironclad control. Game on! AH, OOC, ExB, sexual themes and situations. Rated M

Catalyst by fanficsR4nerds
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13942216/1/Catalyst
*Vengeance Prequel* How do villains come to be? Are they born or forged? Before Isabelle and Edward were locked in a dangerous power struggle, there were two children lost to the same city who struggled to stay afloat in an unforgiving world. It's sink or swim, and both will soon learn what it takes not only to survive, but for revenge. Rated M

Correct the Narrative by LaMomo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13944544/1/Correct-the-Narrative
"Ladies, if a dude spreads a rumor that you slept together, don't deny it. Use that shit. Tell everyone how bad he was. Make up some damn fetishes, say that he called out his mom's name. Destroy him". Which is exactly what Bella does when the office Christmas party takes a bad turn. Full summary inside. LawyerWard, OlderWard. Story won by Sharon Fulda at Ashley's Auction. Rated M

FILTH by FoxyAshes
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13944929/1/FILTH
Two neighbors, two filthy minds, and a lot of secrets. Don't they tell you to 'Love Thy Neighbor? But what if they're not who you think they are? Rated F for FILTH. [COLLAB LITTLEASHES17& PEARLYFOX] Rated M

Found Missing by Lily Jill
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13903936/1/Found-Missing
We hear it outside again. Tentative steps. Contemplative. Calculating. It's the sound that tells me it's him. It's the sound that tells me he's found me. Except he doesn't find me dead like I wanted him to a year ago when I left him. It doesn't matter now. I'm no longer missing. I'm found. And now, I'm as good as dead. DRABBLE. Rated M

Home by helenareject
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13791282/1/Home
An alternative ending to New Moon. Edward/Bella, but focusing on Charlie at first. What if Bella never met Jacob after Edward left? This story deals with healing from the trauma of C-PTSD, but not from events of a sexual or violent nature. Rated M

Incognito by Ericastwilight
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12095351/1/Incognito
Edward Cullen just wants to join the masses at an annual event, but he needs a disguise. Will the young artist help him walk around incognito or expose him before the day even starts? A birthday fic for MyHeroin1 Rated M 

Such A Pretty Face by jane-with-a-y
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13944015/1/Such-a-Pretty-Face
At 29, world-famous fashion photographer Edward Cullen, had it all. One night with the wrong woman changes everything. “I’ll ruin you!” Desperate to regain his career, the only work he can get is with a plus-size modeling agency. The problem is: He hates “fat women.” His camera falls in love with Bella. Will he? Rated M

Texts from Last Night by EverythingIDo
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5657052/1/Texts-From-Last-Night
Reunited for the first time since college for the week of Alice and Jasper's destination wedding, Bella and Edward are single at the same time for the first time. Once best friends, will they find more? AH, Canon Couples. Rated M

That Cowboy Dream by LadyLetters
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12313852/1/That-Cowboy-Dream
Bella is having second thoughts about the wedding to her childhood sweetheart when a chance meeting sees her spending a sizzling night with cowboy Edward. The wedding is called off but not before Edward finds out the truth. Pregnant and alone, will Bella ever find Edward again or will he fade to a cowboy dream? AU. Canon Pairings. ExB. Weekly updates. Rated M. 

The Lucky Club by DawnBreaker8
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13912661/1/The-Lucky-Club
With college graduation looming and real life staring her in the face, Bella is stuck in a rut. She's tired of her plain vanilla lifestyle, and ready to prove she can be more fun. Will a sexy stranger at a nightclub open her eyes to some new flavors? Was this a setup or is it just the mystique of The Lucky Club? Rated M

To Hold Something Beautiful by Momatu
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13113626/1/To-Hold-Something-Beautiful
Sequel to Stepping from Shadows. On an ordinary Friday in an ordinary town an ordinary boy met an extraordinary girl. And never since Romeo first saw Juliet did more heck break loose. This story both follows canon and takes a sharp left away from it. (The OC is a character named Gray, who is my incarnation of vampire Bella, just with her name changed.) Rated M