Three Worthless Years (1-5)

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Three Worthless Years

 LadyofSpain

 Twilight

 Summary: Bella meets Jake at CAP bootcamp.They hit it off and writing to her, he falls in love. She has a boyfriend, gets pregnant, and stops corresponding. He can't forget her even while in Iraq. 3 yrs later he's at her door demanding an explanation. Nommed for best AH story at JBNP 2012 Awards

 Rated: M

 Chapter 1

 So chapter one is basically a background. We learn Bella didn’t have many friends mainly due to her parents, especially Charlie, insisting that she come straight home from school to do her homework. Good grades were a must in her house growing up. Love was non-existent, in fact, Charlie made it perfectly clear to Bella not to expect romance in her life and that marriage was about having a companion and having children. That’s it. Her only friend was her cousin, Garry, who essentially introduced the Civil Air Patrol (which I assume is what CAP stands for) and Bella’s parents think it will help her broaden her horizon. The essential background was told quickly, but effectively.

 Chapter 2

 CAP-Civil Air Patrol. I was right!

 Bella and Garry appear to be young in this story.

 I assumed Garry was older than Bella…but I guess not.

 Bella can, by all legal means, drive. However, her father will not take her driving because she’s terrible at it.

 She meets Mike at this CAP place.

 CAP Camp.

 Bella absolutely HATES the place, but I think she stays because her parents want her to.

 Introducing Jacob Black. I see a spark.

 Your Jacob Black sounds INCREDIBLY sexy.

 Haha I love Bella talking like she did Jake a favor by dancing with him. Come on, we all know she totally wanted to.

 I like this flirting thing going on. It’s so casual, but obvious.

 The way that you write is….different. I mean that in a good way. You get through the scene quickly, without drawing out the tiny details, but you manage to hit every nail on the head. It’s effective, it’s quick, and it works.

 Jacob sounds like such a girl in this chapter, but I’ll let it slide because it was nerves.

 Chapter 3

 I’m going to make an assumption here, because I’m really good at doing that. I figure that James is probably doing the rockstar thing and sleeping around which is why he hasn’t had time to write Bella. Let’s see where this goes.

 "What's wrong with you? The last girl I said that to, had her panties off for me in a flash." SMH. Oh James…

 This makes my assumption near correct, but I’m surprised that James stayed with her after all of this. It sounds like a very casual relationship, like the only thing keeping them together is them saying they’re boyfriend and girlfriend.

 Ugh! I hate James more and more as I read this. What a jerk!

 I like that Mike is Bella’s best friend. It fits so well.

 I find that I get really jealous of Bella because every Jacob/Bella fic I’ve read has this smooth-talking, sweet, caring, loving Jacob in it. Of course, that’s not how he came across to me in the book, but that’s beside the point. So then I’m always saying things like ‘I want Jacob Black for my birthday’ (because my birthday is sooner than Christmas). At this point, I want like six different Jacob Black’s.

 “Are you engaged to him?” “No.” “Then no, relationships break up all the time.” Ha! I love this!

 How the heck is Bella not swooning over this guy?!

 Chapter 4

Day of the dance! So exciting!

Miss Sexy Legs! I love it!

My God I want your Jacob in my life! What a sexy sounding man!

This makes me feel bad about being single. It’s probably not because of the story, though. Probably just personal stuff.

Jacob’s totally going to make Bella believe in love!

I like reading the scene from different perspectives. It’s awesome.

Chapter 5

Oh snap! Jacob knows about her boyfriend. Well, I mean, he knows facts about her boyfriend and not just that she has a boyfriend. He’s known she’s had a boyfriend since chapter 3.

So Jake thinks with his heart and Bella thinks with her brain. I’m hoping Jake changes her mind about love. Seriously. Like I said in a lot of other reviews, love is a storyline I can follow as long as it’s not cheesy romance film.

Awww!!! At least he asked! What a gentleman!

Wow. That was crazy! DUMP JAMES, BELLA! KICK HIM TO THE CURB!

This is borderline sappy, which is odd because I HATE sappy, but it never crosses that line. It gets close, but never crosses over into sappy. I don’t know how else to explain it. It’s like a perfect balance. It goes away from just being romantic, but not overboard. Does that make sense?

This was a fantastic place to leave off for the first review!

I love this so far! When I started reading it I wasn’t so sure how I would feel about it, but it’s grown on me. Good job!