"Cotton Belt" by ThisIsReallyHappening

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The Swans lived in the deepest, most southern area of Forks County, Mississippi, right where the Cotton Belt laid. Born and raised there, Cotton Bella Swan was the eldest of three sisters Alice Jo and Jessica Beth Gracie and they lived a good life with their parents Charlie and Renee as an upper-middle class family. When Bella and her family are in church one day, she notices another family walk in; two adults - the female pregnant - and three sons, all dressed in raggy and dirty clothes. She had heard from the town as well as from her mother that the family was fairly new and had relocated due to personal reasons. The family, coincidentally enough, came to sit in the same pew as the Swans and the eldest boy happened to be on her immediate left. She didn't want to talk to  him, but couldn't help but notice and underneath all that dirt was a fairly handsome young boy with grass-green eyes. Unfortunately though, his first words to her are far from clean for a teenage boy who calls himself Rowdy...

Despite the initial differences between Cotton and Rowdy, circumstances and fate lead them to meet over and over again. Cotton finds herself waiting at night for Rowdy to appear outside her house so that they could begin their nightly sessions of reading and just, being together. Soon, they two develop something that runs deeper than just friendship and a love so pure blooms among them. Everything seems right in Cotton's world; she was in love and was confident that even adults don't find love as great as hers. Sure, Charlie is not too fond of dirty Rowdy touching his 'all-too-clean' Cotton, but that was just a small issue in their path right? But as time grows, Cotton can't help but notice that Rowdy often had bruises appear on his body from nowhere. Her first suspicion is to doubt Edward's - his actual name - father, but she realizes that there is something more about Rowdy that everyone except for her seems to know. Falling in love with Rowdy was the easy part, but will their love be strong enough to withhold what is up against them?

This story is much too under-appreciated for its amazing plot and heart-touching love story! Although ThisIsReallyHappening writes this story as if it were from historical period, don't be mistaken, for it is definitely in the present time, and portrays the setting perfectly. All the characters are extremely OOC. Unlike the typical Twilight family, the roles are quite reversed here; the Swans are the richer ones between them and the Masens. Cotton and Rowdy coouldn't seem more opposite in both their personalities and behaviors, but somehow this story is the epitome of portraying how opposites really do attract. And despite Edward's dirty mouth, his love for his Cotton is oh-so toe-curlingly beautiful. He is the most sweetest boy that is in love and Cotton, just like the rest of us, melts. Things are perfect between the two when they realize what is ailing Edward; however, their deep adoration for one another is what makes the two bring not only their futures, but also their families together. This is a classic that is a MUST READ!! You'll regret it if you miss it!

Cotton Belt contains 43 chapters, and a total of 93,779 words. The story is rated M for language and heavy content.

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