"Spin & Sway" by pattyrose

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A few months ago, Edward Cullen's life changed drastically. The days that were filled with drinking himself into oblivion, wasting both his talents and future, were immediately over when he is told that his brother Jasper and lovely sister-in-law Alice had died in a car accident. A drunk driver had hit their car full force and killed them both in an instant. As neither Alice nor Jasper had good relationships with their respective parents, they decided a long time ago that, should something happen to them, they would want Edward to take care of their daughter Melody. So within 24 hours, Edward had to sober up and become the sole guardian of his 12-year-old niece. He started attending AA meetings and found a job as a construction worker with S&D. Every day, he struggles not only with his alcohol addiction but also with his self-reproaches and his desire of being a good father-figure for Mel. But raising a teenage girl is everything but easy, especially as a man...

Needless to say, Edward is less than thrilled when Mel lets him in on her plans to take dancing lessons. Baila's School of Dance is where the young girl wants to have her lessons and she somewhat convinces her uncle to at least check the place out. Once there, Edward meets Bella, owner of the dance school and the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on. With her honey-colored skin and dark, chocolate-brown eyes, the latina really does a number on him. It doesn't help that she is also incredibly nice, an astounding dancer, and someone Mel seems to look up to. So even though he cannot really afford it, Edward signs his niece up for dancing lessons. Unfortunately, her classes coincide with his AA meetings resulting in Mel hanging around the dance school long after the lesson is over. After Bella confronts the handsome hunk with his tardiness she offers to help him out by taking Mel to her place and looking after her until her sexy uncle is done with whatever it is he's doing. She likes the feisty teenager and it also doesn't hurt that this means she'd see Edward a lot more often than before...

It's a fu**ing pattyrose story, what more is there to say? Spin & Sway takes you on a wonderful yet slightly bumpy ride and introduces you to BlueCollward, Dancerella, and lots of love and passion on the way. This is a fanfiction in which both Edward and Bella carry a lot of baggage on their shoulders and while the reader knows right away what Edward's problems are, Bella's secret is only revealed step by step. The fact that both of them know about the hardship that life can throw at you as well as their mutual love for Mel eventually allows the two to establish intense yet tender feelings for each other. They begin helping each other through each and every problem, even though Edward has more difficulties letting his demons go than Bella. That said, the story is written from both characters' point of view without including too many repetitions. pattyrose's characters as well as the plot in Spin & Sway are immensely realistic and draw you in from the very first chapter. It is one of those fanfics that you impatiently for to update and you drop everything the moment it does. Read this, it will blow you away!

So far, Spin & Sway consists of 34 chapters and 165,494 words. For now, the story is rated M for lemons, foul language, and angst.

WORK IN PROGRESS

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Note: The Edward and Edward/Bella manip were created by the wonderful Lolypop82!