The story starts off when Jacob is taking Bella to her house after the cliff diving incident. In New Moon Jacob smells Alice when he opens the door to the truck, but, in my version, he never opens the door, therefore, he never smells Alice and Bella never knows she's there.

P.S. I don't have Harry Clearwater die in my story because that was a trigger and/or foreshadowing from Stephenie Meyer for New Moon.

DISCLAIMER! I don't own any Twilight characters. All Stephenie Meyer.

Hope you enjoy!

Chosen

(Bella's POV)

As I'm debating the new course my life is taking, I hear the soft, velvet voice say to me for the last time, "Be Happy." In that second, when I hear His voice, I freeze. Jake feels me move and starts to push me away from him. Before he could do anything more, I grab his shoulders, stopping him, and stare into his deep brown eyes. Those eyes. I've never noticed before but they are both amazing and hypnotizing at the same time; and the way his broad shoulders feel in my hands…they're so strong, and feel so right in my grasp. I feel whole with him here now. This is my life, and he is the center of it.

In that instant, I know exactly what to do, and so does he. By now I am practically on top of him. He wraps his long arms around me and hugs me close to him; bringing his lips to mine with recognition of me. Our breaths mingling, he kisses me ferociously. Yet, I can't seem to kiss him back with the same intensity. I want to be closer to him until we seem like one. This is the right thing. I'm sure of it. I have no doubts of what I'm doing. All my worries seem crazy now. Edward is gone and never coming back. He left me and destroyed my world. Jacob is my new world and he will never hurt me. As we are still embraced in each other, he gently pushes me off his lap and turns the truck back towards La Push. As he is driving, we stay connected the whole way. At every moment, a part of me, from my hand to my whole body, is touching his blazing, russet skin.

It seemed as though we had just begun driving by the time we are parked in front of Jake's house. As we are sitting in the truck, he pulls my face in front of his and holds it there; his hands like flames burning on my cheeks.

We haven't talked the whole way to La Push, but just then he whispers in my ear with deep sincerity, "I Love you, and I always will."

I then repeat the three, forever life changing, words back to him. He opens the door to the truck and carries me into the house. I vaguely worry about Billy, but when we enter the house, he isn't to be found; he's probably visiting one of the other Quileutes on the rez. Jacob carries me to his bedroom and we linger at his doorway, until we make it to his bed. We lie there and stare deep into each other's eyes until we both fall asleep, and even though the window is open, letting the cold night air in, his blazing bare chest and arms, wrapping tightly around me, keep me warm throughout the night. I am happy now. I'm with Jacob…my Jacob.

(Jacob's POV)

Wow. I'm confused. Bella accepted me and…and I love her. If she left me now I wouldn't know what to do. And she told me she loved me too. It was no longer that "Jake, give it up. I love you like a brother" crap, she was actually in love with me. Damn. Was this the best night of my life, or what?

Nothing could distract me from watching her sleep in my bed right now, or make me release her from my arms. She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. She had fallen asleep before I did, and listening her talk in her sleep was very entertaining. She said my name over and over again. Soon, it began to sound like a lullaby. Then she starts repeating the leech's name and "gone" over again. Normally this would upset me, but she seemed happy in her sleep. The idea must comfort her of the bloodsucker being gone forever. She was actually looking healthier now. There was color in her cheeks again; something I haven't seen in a long time. She was no longer the walking zombie. As I was observing her, I finally fell asleep

(Bella's POV)

When I woke up in the morning, I was dazed. My surroundings looked different from my room. It took me a while to register what happened last night, and where I was. Once I remembered, I looked over to my side to find Jacob half hanging off the other side of the bed. I stayed there and watched him in his sleep. About five minutes later, he groans and his eyes fluttered open.

He turns his head to my side and smiles my sunshine smile and says to me, "Good morning Bella." He props himself up on his elbow and touches his lips to mine. Instead of pulling away, he wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me tight against his chest. I kiss him with all I have, with both my arms wrapped around his neck; my left hand twisted into his hair while my right hand is squeezing the back of his neck. He puts one hand on the small of my back and the other between my shoulder blades, and holds me as close to him as possible. Then he puts his forehead to mine and holds my eyes in his gaze.

"Good morning Jacob," I smile at him.

He gets off the bed and offers his hand to me. I take it and he helps me up. He holds me against him and kisses me one more time before we walked towards the living room. He tells me to be quiet, so I guess that Billy must still be asleep. When we got to the living room, Jacob sits me down on the couch and heads straight for the kitchen.

When he comes back he has three bags of pop tarts in his hand, "Hope you don't mind, but this is all we have in the house right now."

"It's fine. I'm not that hungry anyways."

"Really? I'm starving, but, hey, when aren't I?"

I give a short laugh and he comes to sit by me. He puts his arm around my shoulder and I snuggle up against his bare chest, warming myself up from the cold morning.

"So, how was your night last night," Jacob asks me. He tries to act casual about it, but I can tell that he honestly needs to know.

" I don't know. What did you think," I ask him back.

"I thought it was amazing, but, hey, that's just my opinion."

"Why, I think I actually agree with you there."

We both smile at each other. It is just so easy being around him. If only I would have set my mind straight and made my move a long time ago, I wouldn't have been hurting for this damn long.

As always I was the one who has to break the perfect moment for a while, "You know, I'm going to have to go back to Charlie's and tell him I'm all right. He probably thinks a wild wolf attacked me, but, of course, that's not that far off base."

"Oh ya? Is that right? Do you want me to show you what a wolf attack is?"

Just then, he knocks me on my back on the cushions of the couch. He locks me in his arms and I hear a human version of a growl come from somewhere deep inside his chest. Then he gently pulls at my lower lip with his teeth.

"How was that for a wild wolf attack," he asks me.

"Very terrifying. I think I'm going to have to call animal control on you."

He laughs, "I would like to see them catch me!"

(Jacob's POV)

These past hours have been the best I have ever spent with Bella and the best in my whole life. This time spent with her is going have to end for at least a little while though. Charlie probably is wondering where she is. I wonder why he hasn't called the house yet. I swear parents can be such a pain in the ass sometimes. Also, the pack is most likely wondering where I am. They can be just as annoying too. I don't think I have been unphased for this long in a while. Normally, they would have checked up on me by now. Maybe they got close to the house and picked up on Bella's scent in the middle of the night. I'm sure that if there was no emergency they would have just left me to be in peace, unless maybe it was Leah, but I'm sure it wasn't since I didn't get woken last night. Even the old man is still sleeping in his room. I wonder what time he got home last night; he sounds like a freaking chainsaw.

I tell Bella, "Your right, we better get going, at least for a little bit. The pack is probably wondering why I haven't phased in all night. In fact I'll drive you home in the truck and phase when I get there so I can run back and stretch out."

"That works, but come back for me as soon as possible in a vehicle please. I don't want Charlie to make up stories as to why you came with no car. And absolutely no motorcycle. Charlie despises those things. And, just come back soon because I'll miss you."

"Well, I'll miss you too, and remember, I love you. I won't let anything hurt you ever again."

With that, I pull her close to me and kiss her with all my love. She kisses me back with the same force, and I'm pleased.

(Bella's POV)

After we eat our pop tarts, me one bag and him two, we go out to the truck so Jake can drive me home. During the ride, I stay huddled up against his side while we talk about meaningless stuff. About half way back to my house the conversation abruptly changes. We both know it's time to be serious.

"So Bella, where do we stand now? Are you going to stay with me, or are going to just drop out and leave me hanging while you wait for the parasite to come back," he asks me.

He takes me by surprise. How could he think I would leave him? He knew me better than that. At least I thought so.

While I was searching my head for an answer to the idiotic question, he began to speak again, "Yes, I know you love me," my face must be easy to read since he answered his own question, "and I love you, but, seriously, what's going to happen? Are you going to forget about what happened months ago and be happy with me, or are you going to keep living in the past."

I sit on his lap with my back to the door, since we had pulled over to the side of the road, and tell him, "Jacob Black," I hold his face tight between my hands, forcing him to look at me, "You know that I want to be with you now and forever and nothing will ever change that. Even if He somehow appeared here today, I wouldn't leave you. I thought He was the one for me at one time, but I was wrong. You're the one for me and I will always love you. Nothing can change the way I feel for you now. If you left me, I would fall apart. Even though it seems unlikely, I would be a million times worse than what I was. So, don't even think like that."

This time, I am the one who grabs his muscular body to me, and kiss him fiercely. I'm showing him that I needed him here with me right now; that he should never think I would betray him.

Last night we just laid next to each other in his bed, but now, I really want to show him how I much I love him. I put my body against his until we are one person, one soul that nobody can ever break apart.

I feel his hot hands travel up my back to take my shirt off while he whispers in my ear, "I knew that already. I just wanted to hear you say it."

His teeth graze my ear and I shiver. He kisses me all across my neck, and finally brings his lips back to mine again. I now have my shirt lying on the floor of the passenger seat. I embrace him even closer, yet still not being able to get close enough. His hands are behind me now, undoing the clasp on my bra, no hesitation or awkwardness about it, but before he finishes, he pushes me away from him. I gaze at him in wonder. Why did he stop? What happened? I wasn't done yet, and I know for a fact neither was he.

But, before I can ask any of these questions out loud, he says, "Lets wait. Here in the truck is not the best place. I mean I can barely fit in here." He smiles at me teasingly, as his words sink in, and I understand what he is saying.

(Alice's POV)

First, I see Bella jumping off a cliff to her death. I told Edward him leaving would ruin her, but he insisted that it was the best for her. Now, I come to consolidate Charlie for his daughter's death but he insists that Bella is alive. Of course, I can't tell him I saw her jump, and then her whole future disappeared. So instead, I left to go back to Rosalie and tell her what happened. I mean, how could Rosalie tell Edward that Bella was dead!? When he heard this, he thought of many ways to get rid of himself. Luckily, when he called the phone to Bella's house nobody was there to pick it up, which made him stall until he had proof as to what Rosalie said was true or not. At least he had the sense to take a double check on what Rosalie says. I would have picked up the phone while I was waiting for Charlie to come home, but Edward would have never believed, and who knows what would be of him right now.

Before, I left, I stayed the night at Charlie's, but Bella never came home. On my way out of Forks, though, I see Bella's trucked parked on the side of the road. I slightly slow down so I don't attract attention to myself and see something completely unexpected. She's with a guy who seems to be one of the Quileutes. I have never seen him before and that just gives me more reason to believe that he is from reservation. I see them grabbing onto each with such force that they seem like they are holding on to each other for life. Something Edward could have never done with her. By now I have stopped in the middle of the road and am staying there watching them. The Quileute guy whispers something in her ear and then proceeds to take her shirt off; he is already shirtless.

Before anything more happens, I drive away. At least now I know she's happy…and alive, but how come I didn't see this guy with her before? I've been watching her, though I'm not supposed to. It's not like Edward knows, he's off trying to figure out his life in some random place. But, also, why did her future disappear after she jumped off the cliff? I still can't see her future now. It's like she just disappeared. I needed to figure this out before I went back to Alaska. So, I am going to rent a room in Port Angeles. I will sneak into her room tonight after Charlie falls asleep, and demand to know what's going on. Bella earned her place in my heart as my sister, and nothing can ever change that, not even Edward.

(Charlie's POV)

Where is she!? I've tried calling Billy's but his phone is disconnected, and she's not with any of her friends from school. I talked to all their parents and none of them have seen her since yesterday. I bet anything that she is with Jacob. That's where she went yesterday and he's the only one I haven't been able to get a hold of. I do hope she's okay. Alice surprised me, and came to say she was sorry, but I couldn't understand why. She thought Bella was dead. I adore the girl, but sometimes I swear she can be a little on the crazy side. When I told her that Bella was alive, she decided to leave in the morning if Bella did not show up in the night. We both decided that once Bella came home, it was best Alice not be here. Bella was finally getting better and Alice's presence just might ruin her growth.

When Alice left that was when I called everybody I knew in town. I didn't believe Bella was dead but that doesn't mean I still didn't get a little worried. There has to be a certain reason that Alice would of thought that she was dead.

When I asked her, she replied, "Carlisle told me, but he wasn't sure who told him. He said that somebody called him unknown and refused to tell Carlisle who he was. Carlisle thinks it might have been one of his patients he took care of once that was really loyal to him"

Her reply just made me more confused. Who would tell Dr. Cullen that my daughter was dead? That just didn't seem like anybody I knew here in Forks. And, I knew everybody here in Forks. This is just driving me crazy. She has to be at the Black's house. There's no place else she could be. I grab my coat off the hanger, and head out to the cruiser. I'm going to Billy's and checking for her there. Though, before I could get anywhere, when I walk out the door, I see Bella pulling into the driveway.

(Bella's POV)

Before we drove onto the road of Charlie's house, we pulled over to the side of the road. We made sure there was no one around before we did so, and Jake was to leave into the forest, and phase. Before he heads off, he tells me he loves me, and kisses me gently. I kiss him back, and wrap my arms around his upper body, holding him close to me. He wraps his arms around me, and we stay like that. I can hear his heart beating under my ear, as my head is lying against his chest. Even, though I feel like I am going to burst into flames any minute, due to his blazing body, I don't want to let go of him.

Finally he speaks to me, with an obvious tone that he doesn't want to leave, "I can hear Charlie now. He's getting ready to leave the house to somewhere. He's hung up the phone after talking to somebody, and is getting his shoes back on."

"So, I guess that means you have to go now," I reply with sadness easily detectable in my voice. I know him leaving for a little while is inevitable, but I still don't want him to go.

"I don't want to leave you either, but we have to do what has to be done."

"Why don't you just come in and forget the pack. They don't need you. I need you more than anything in the whole world. We can convince Charlie to go fishing. And we'll have the whole house to ourselves." I tease, while swiftly putting my lips against his.

"Mmm, tempting," he critiques, and looks into my eyes holding them deep inside his own. "You're making it difficult for me to stay away, but I doubt Charlie will let me stay after you've been gone all night."

"Fine, I guess your right, but still come back as soon as possible. Maybe, when you come home, I will have Charlie convinced to go fishing. Then, you're visit will be all that much better."

"Of course it would be, even if Charlie was there. Every moment with you is perfect. I love you, Isabella Swan, and I want you to know that I will always be here for you, no matter what you need, " with that, he kisses my forehead, and disappears into the mist-covered forest.

"I love you, Jacob Black," I whisper back into the chilling breeze.

As I am pulling into my driveway, I see Charlie walking out of the house. He freezes right where he is when he spots me. One foot in the door, and one foot out. He expression turns from surprised, to relieved, and then finally settles on angry. I turn off the truck, and slowly get out. I cautiously make my way over to him, even though it's raining; the rain isn't as hard as it could be. When I am about eight feet away from Charlie, I notice his face is set into anger…and relief, but for what?

At that moment, he yells at me, "Isabella Marie Swan! Where have you been? I haven't been able to figure out where you were in all day, and you never came home last night! I've called everybody in Forks, but nobody has seen you anywhere," his face is starting to turn red. "Have you been at the Black's? I tried calling there, and it was disconnected. I was just going to check over there now. Here," he holds the front door open for me, "Come inside and explain."

What am I going to say, I can't tell him the truth that I found my true love with Jacob, and I would now love him until the day I die. Of course not, and God knows I'm a terrible liar.

So, I tell him the partial truth, "Yes, I stayed at Billy's last night. It had been a long day, and I had gotten tired. I ended up falling asleep there." I keep the explanation as short as possible. I don't want to really try to lie, or else I will get caught. What I was saying was the partial truth. It had been a long day. I jumped off a cliff, and nearly killed myself for goodness sake. I did get tired, and I did fall asleep there.

I guess I did a good job convincing him, because it looks like he believes me. His face slowly falls from the angry mask, until it becomes blank.

"Well, Bells, you could have at least called me. I was worried sick about you," he blushes. We both know that neither of us likes to talk about feelings toward each other.

"It's ok dad, I'm sorry," I walk over to him, and give him an awkward hug, and he returns the favor.

"So dad, maybe you should go fishing or something with Harry Clearwater, to forget about this whole situation. He would love to have another fishing day with you. It's been a while since you two went out. Especially with you investigating the killings." I flinched internally, knowing the real truth behind all the murders, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine, and some time out can relieve the stress I endured you."

"Ya, your right. I should go fishing. I've heard they have been biting well these past few days. Are you sure you don't need me here with you," he asks unwillingly. By now, it was easy to tell he was anxious to go. Any chance for extra fishing and Charlie will jump at the idea.

"It's okay. I'll be fine. Plus, I should probably clean up around here. My laundry is as tall as a mountain by now."

"Okay. I'll be back at nine. I want to do a little night fishing since the lake got more filled up from the storm earlier."

"Okay, bye dad," with that, I head up to my room, and plop myself on the bed. I think about Jacob, and when he would be arriving. I have only been away from him for about fifteen minutes, but the wait is already killing me. I stay sitting on my bed thinking about what happened between Jacob and me, until I finally hear Charlie's cruiser pull out of the driveway. Then I get up off of my bed and head out of my room.

I go down to make dinner while I wait for Jacob. I decided to make spaghetti with meatballs. I'm sure Jake would like that, especially a lot of meatballs. I have to cook more food than I normally would to feed him though, and some to save for Charlie when he gets home. It's only two in the afternoon, but I start early because, the meatballs just take that long to make. While I put the meat to cook I decide to put my clothes in the wash since that's what I told Charlie I would me doing.

Before putting them to wash I decide to go ahead and change into to some clean clothes. I'm surprised Charlie didn't ask why my clothes were such a mess. He probably just made something up like he usually does, and I don't want to know what he thinks happened, but it's probably ten times better than the actual truth. No way is he ever going to guess that I went cliff diving, and nearly killed myself in the process. Plus, whatever he thought happened must not be that bad, because he didn't say anything in the first place. It was good thing I took a shower at Jake's house, otherwise he would have been asking what happened to make me look so horrible, and there would have been no possible way of me lying to him. And, he would have most likely not taken the news so lightly. He would of probably accused me of suicide and sent me to a psycho ward. He's already tried to send me back to Renee's once, but I refused to go. I had still had that tiniest bit of hope that He would come back, even though I knew he never would.

It was weird how I could now think about Him without hurting. The hole in my chest was completely gone now. Not like it healed, but like it never existed in the first place. I always new that when I was around Jake, the hole would stop hurting, but it always came back once I left him. Now, it didn't even hurt when Jake wasn't around. Finally accepting the fact that I was in love with Jacob, and that Edward was gone, I was finally able to heal. Charlie was right. All had to do was try, and everything would mend itself on its own. I have yet to try to say or think His name, though, for the fear that the whole will just come back again, and rip me apart like it did before.

I figure that I should just try now try better than later: E-Ed-d-d-Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward!!! This time, I say it out loud, "Edward!" I flinch afraid of the pain that it's going to inflict after not hearing it for so long, but then realize I don't feel anything at all. It's just like saying anybody else's name. It holds no meaning to me anymore. I feel as though I just might be reading it off a piece of paper. Now that I have this done with, and no longer need Edward in my life, I return my thought to Jacob and me. Even it doesn't hurt no more I would prefer not to think of Edward anymore.

When I was finished putting my clothes in the dryer and started heading back towards the kitchen to check on the meat, I hear an unmistakable loud knock on the front door. I immediately make it to the door, as quickly as I can, making sure I don't trip in the process, and open it to let Jake in.