So I’m reading The Cocky and The Cougar this morning (great story, you should check it out) and I can’t get something out of my head.
In this story Edward moves to CA, meets, dates and does a lot more fun things with an older (and barren) Bella and then finds out his former regular hook-up (she thinks she was his girlfriend) from Chi town is pregnant. Now we all know, admit it, we want Edward to work things out with Bella and dump the pregnant floozy while also managing to become the best Dad possible. I know that’s what I want and I’M APPALLED AT MYSELF.
So, what would you think of a story that goes like this (any similarity between this and any real life story is unintended and probably inaccurate). Bella, a midland actress dates Super Bowl winning QB NBA championship point guard Edward for over four years. Things have been rocky lately. He meets supermodel Heidi and decides he needs to move on. He breaks up with Bella and the following week starts a whirlwind relationship with Heidi. A few weeks later Bella tells Edward she’s pregnant. He doesn’t leave Heidi (his girlfriend of less than a month) and try to work with out with Bella. He doesn’t spend time with her during her pregnancy and when she delivers, he shows up with his parent to protect him from any mind games where she tries to make him get back together with her. He marries Heidi, occasionally sees his son, and that’s that. In this case, I also want Bella and Edward to work things out and I feel GOOD about wanting this, even if it never happens.
My point…..what things in fandom do you find yourself wanting to happen that in real life, you would want things to work out differently. It’s okay; you can tell me….its cathartic.