The Kubler Ross Model by Jadedandboring
Linkage for the pimpage…http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5425315/1/The_Kubler_Ross_Model
Mrs.Ficward Let me paint a picture for you here… It's 2:16 am on a Tuesday morning. I can't get to sleep. I say to myself "Self, let's start a new fic." Good idea. I look through my handy dandy excel spreadsheet that Robandi convinced was necessary (she was completely fucking right, BTW) and see that I still haven't started The Kubler Ross Model. Shame on me. You see, I have read several of this authors stories. I read Home Run and loved it. Read Worthy of Trust and Confidence… again LOVED it. Even started a campaign begging her for EPOV of this oneshot; which she graciously delivered. So why the fuck haven't I read her The Kubler Ross Model yet? Because it's angsty and I'm skerrd. I know I know… I have read angst before. Fuck, I love me some angst. However, I know that Jadedandboring is a really great writer and she is going to make me weep like a baby. I was absolutely right in my assumption.
The Kubler Ross Model (do you get it yet? It's called The.Kubler.Ross.Model ;-) starts off as EPOV, but is basically all Bella. The love of her life passes away from cancer and the story starts with Bella giving his Eulogy. Sad, right? You really have NO idea. It is fucking HEARTBREAKING! I swear I don't know how J&B continued writing the story after the goddamn saddest eulogy I have ever heard. My initial thought was that I am just as much in love with Dexter Matthew as Bella is. He is the sweetest man and loves her with all his heart. This makes the story that much fucking sadder. You get a glimpse into their relationship with each chapter, as Bella is grieving. You grieve right alone with her.
This is a Bella/Edward fic, so you also get a look into Edward's life and how he has come into Bella's. He hasn't been able to stop thinking about her since they met at the funeral. Now he isn't a hearse chaser or anything, there is just this pull towards her. I half believe it's Dex sending someone for Bella to lean on, because lawd knows she ain't leaning on anyone else. I'm not going to spoil the whole thing, because honestly I have no idea how to write a review and not spoil the entire fucking story for you.
So I'm leaving you with this… GO.READ.IT! Then… Go readTie Me Here In Time (IP)… cuz that is what I will be doing at work today, instead of my month end analysis :-O
Robandi69: This story is very short at only 7 short chapters, but really it's enough because Jaded gives us all we need in what is provided. Bella & Dexter are BFFs since birth, and then they become romantically involved the last 4 years of his life. Dexter passes away. Bella does not know how to function without him in her life since he was a constant for 22 years. This is about Bella's journey through the stages of grieving noted in The Kubler Ross Model.
Jaded switches from past to present, from different POVs seamlessly. How does Edward fit into this story you ask? Well he is going through his own struggles, which he is trying to work out. Then Bella falls into his life. I am not going give anything away, because you have to read it. You can read this in one sitting. You will not be disappointed, you will love all the characters even the OOC Dexter. Some people say I'm not in the mood for a sad, angsty story blah blah blah, but really who is ever in the mood for sad? Once you pop you won't stop and yeah it's sad but there is also joy.
:sob: You two are far too sweet.
Seriously, I'm sitting at my desk crying right now because of this review. (No fair messing with the pregnant woman's hormones, okay? ;))
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.