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RachelxMichelle of RxMbanners made a banner for Moonlit, just because the story has been on her mind since the last update. Now that is one of the nicest things ever!

Stephenie Meyer went high fashion on Alice's prom dress, so I felt that I could only do the same. This is an Armani gown from the Spring 2006 selection.

The goal is to post Moonlit Ch. 20 tonight! I'm currently in the home stretch.

Carlisle gives Bella a second gift on New Year's Eve.

What girl's heart wouldn't go aflutter at the sight of Carlisle smiling?

Chapter Twenty of "Moonlit" is going to span mid-December 2005 through to mid-May 2006. Hang in there with me folks.

Squee! RxMBanners let me adopt this one for Chapter 19 of "Moonlit." I first came across this montsh ago, and thought how much it worked for the Bella/Rosale face-off I was going to have in Moonlit. It disappeared from her site for awhile, and I thought that it had been adopted. It showed up again when I was composing the chapter. How serendipitous is that? It was a great visual, and along with some music, it helped me get out what I consider to be one of my best chapters.

I was given the banner to adopt. Yay!

So, I wrote a lemony outtake for "One Weekend." You'll have to tell me whether it's good. I left it on a happy note - but one that felt too flirtatious. I liked the ambiguity of making the reader decide whether Carlisle and Bella get up to anything more.

Yet, it bothered me more and more leaving it that way, like I was compromising myself. Part of "One Weekend" is about having a lover who is also a friend. Lots of people take exception to that - particularly since Edward and Esme remain in the picture. Leaving the outtake with an ending that was delightfully flirty made it feel like I wasn't acknowledging my characters' ability to step back. That was wrong.

So I got out of bed tonight to add a little more to the outtake that came to mind as I was reading myself to sleep.

The plan: to leave the already submitted lemon to post onto the DirtyCheekyMonkeys blog as it is. Posting will be June 15th.

Afterward, I will added to "One Weekend" on fanfiction.net with the outtake that includes the characters stepping back.

Hope you like both.