Full Summary: What would you say to a stranger? What would you say to them if they were so close but yet so far away? What if you started falling and tripping over the written word from half a world away? One name on a sheet filled with lists of names shouts out at you, what if this was your chance at a greater destiny?

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LtaS Chapter 9 Everything to Me

Bella Swan
478 Horizon Ln.
Jacksonville, NC 28546

May 22, 2011

1st Lt. Edward Anthony Masen
USMC CAMP LEATHERNECK
APO AE 09855

Dear Lieutenant,

Ten Days. How can a lifetime seem to pass in ten days? Because that is what it feels like, that I have known you my entire life, but it's not enough. I want more, more time to learn, more time to discover, more time to just love you.

That day when I went to my mailbox and saw that note, I might have tripped walking up the steps while walking back inside reading it and one might have seen my inner teenage girl come out. I will let you know I did stuff her back in before I left the house that day, because she can be crazy and neurotic, too. When I got to the beach that afternoon, my heart was pounding so hard that, when I caught that first glimpse of you, it seemed to literally stop beating and I thought I saw a real life angel standing thirty feet in front of me. That Angel has made me believe in Divine Intervention. In that moment, I knew this was everything. For I…I…

I was moved when our eyes met.

I was breathless when you held my hand.

I was entranced when I heard your voice.

I was revived when I felt your lips touch mine for the first time.

Your actions in those ten days did speak louder than any other words I have ever heard before. You showed me how a real man should treat a lady, whether it was helping me fasten my helmet on before we rode your Ninja, or squeezing my hand when you realized I got too scared from riding so fast, you made sure I was safe and felt protected. Then to watch you race, while I was worried, I was more than turned on by it, a fact you discovered later on that night. I have never felt more alive than I did that night.

You have rained down on me, Lt. Masen. And I fully intend to hold you to those promises, Lieutenant.

Yours,

Bella


E/N: Thanks to my betas: my soul-twin, Udo Blick aka mephis1 and LaMoMo, Ro Nordmann , ZenOne, Vampiremama aka Readingmama, Lori SweetCream Cullen, Rose Masen Cullen, and anyone else who has helped along the way and as always Don Vito, my dad. Much love to them, because this wouldn't be without you.

May GOD continue to watch over our soldiers, PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE. HOO-RAH!

I know I said last chapter that was it, but I heard my reviewers loud and clear. Hope this is a little of what you're looking for, because I felt this point was a good place to stop while leaving room for perhaps something in the future. So I encourage to alert ;). I am hoping to participate in FAGETASTIC 4 so keep an eye out…

And thank you all again from the deepest part of my heart.

-TLC

PS. LtaS is up for Fic of the Week over at The Lemonade Stand...quite an honor to be nomm'd would love if you could stop by to vote... just remove the spaces http :/ www. tehlemonadestand. blogspot. com /?zx=17401d92859ac892