Author's Note – Okay, this is my first Twilight Fic, obviously, so I'm kind of just tossing it out there to test the waters and see if any fisheys bite, meaning my lovely readers. No insult intended. Fisheys are cute, after all. : ) Anyway, this story starts at the very beginning of Eclipse, before Edward and Jacob spent much time together, and addresses the question, What If Bella Left? What if she got tired of Edward and Jacob fighting over her? What if she went home to Phoenix? What if Edward and Jacob were left alone to pick up the pieces of their lives? What if their pieces just happened to fall together with the other's to form a whole picture? I think you can tell where I'm going with this already, can't you? Of course you can, cause my lovely readers are smart. : ) Also, Edward does not know that the shifters are back , Enjoy the story, I hope, and do keep in mind that this is rated M for a reason. : ) I'm not sure when I'll update this again, soon if I get at least two reviews? Pretty please with Hot Shifters on top? Lol. : ) Also, my fans need not worry about me focusing on this and not my other two stories that I'm working on, as this one is finished unless I come up with more ideas for it, or am given some by my lovely readers. : )

Chapter 1 You Can't Leave Us

"Enough!" Bella screamed, causing Edward and Jacob to stop arguing and look at her in surprise.

"I can't take this anymore. I love you both, I really do, but I can't choose between you. I'm going back to Phoenix."

Two pairs of eyes, one gold, the other brown, widened in shock at her announcement.

"But, Bella," Edward began.

"You can't leave us," Jacob protested, cutting the vampire off. "What would we do without you?"

"I don't know, live? If I stay here, then I'll just keep hurting you both. I don't want to do that anymore."

The two men were unable to speak as they watched her walk away in disbelief.

"This is your fault," Edward snapped once she was out of sight.

"My fault?" Jacob yelled back, clenching his fists to prevent himself from reaching for Edward's neck, his entire body shaking with rage as he sank to his knees on the ground.

"If you hadn't left then Bella wouldn't have ever contacted me again and I wouldn't feel this pain!"

Edward froze at his words, pain and regret filling his golden eyes as he looked down at Jacob.

"You're right… I'm sorry… Can you ever forgive me?"

"No, I can't, vampire!"

Edward gasped, recoiling in pretended-shock at his words.

"I don't know what you're talking about…"

"Don't treat me like I'm stupid! I know what you are, I just didn't say anything for Bella's sake."

"She already knew anyway. She knew, and I thought that she loved me regardless, but I was wrong…"

Jacob started to shake with anger at his words, then he cried out in pain, clutching at his side as he curled in on himself.

Edward knelt at his side quickly in concern, placing a gentle-hand on his shoulder.

"Are you alright, Jake? What's wrong? I'm so sorry…"

"Oh, god," Jacob said, moaning in pain, panic replacing the anger in his brown-eyes.

"What's happening to me? It hurts so bad… Edward, help me!"

Then Jacob screamed again, the sound turning into a howl as he exploded, his clothing shredding around him as he shifted into a huge russet-red wolf.

The look of shock in Edward's eyes turned to understanding, and he put a comforting arm around the now whimpering wolf, feeling him trembling with fear and shock at what had just happened to him.

"Jake, you're a shape-shifter…"

' You mean you've seen this before? '

Jacob's thoughts flashed through his mind, making him smile inwardly at the beauty and honesty that he sensed there within him.

"Yes. Long ago. I am a vampire, Jake, and I can read minds, but I won't ever harm you, I promise."

' I know… You're a good person, Edward, even if you aren't entirely-human. It would appear that I'm not either. '

"No, I suppose not… But you're a good person to. At the risk of sounding overly-emotional, you have a truly-beautiful mind, Jacob Black."

He smiled as Jake's mind went blank for a few seconds.

' Um… Okay. I guess that I'll take your word for it. Now, how do I change back? '

"Just relax. Picture your human-shape."

' Okay. Now what? '

"Now concentrate on your image, and you should change back."

' Alright. '

Not even a minute later Edward had his arm around a smiling, and very naked Jacob.

"Thank you, Edward," Jacob said, moving unthinkingly to put his arms around him, fastening his lips to the other man's mouth.

Edward froze at first in shock, but then before Jacob could pull away he was kissing him back heatedly.

Eventually, when Jacob needed air, they ended the kiss.

Jake blushed as soon as his mind caught up with his actions, looking down nervously.

It didn't help, because all it did was remind him that he was naked in Edward's arms.

"I-I'm sorry… It didn't mean anything. I was just scared, that's all…"

"What if I want it to have meant something?" Edward asked softly.

Jacob gasped, staring back into his eyes in confusion and shock, feeling even more venerable suddenly as he trembled in his arms.

"W-What are you saying?"

"Maybe… Maybe we don't need Bella as much as we thought that we did. What if the whole reason that we met her was so that we would be here together? In this moment?"

"That doesen't even make sense, Edward. Our people are supposed to be enemies…"

"I know that, Jake. Maybe better then you do. But answer me this, can you honestly say that you didn't feel what I felt when your lips touched mine?"

"I don't know," Jacob said, his brown eyes turning wary now. "What did you feel?"

"Passion. Need. Desire. Yes, I was surprised at first, I'll not deny that, but it faded quickly. You are very attractive, after all."

"How can you just accept this? This kind of thing just doesen't happen."

"Of course it does, you just don't hear about it that much because of the butt-heads that cover it up and put it down cause it's supposedly not pretty and nice like same-sex relationships are. Anyway, I guess what I'm asking is, will you be my boyfriend?"

"I-I need time to think… We both do. We can't just jump into a relationship when we're not over Bella yet. It's not a good idea. C-Can you just take me home? Please?"

"What about your father? He could tell Sam's pack that I violated the treaty by going onto his land. I would be endangering my whole family."

"Sam leads a pack of shifters? So that's what's been going on. It'll be fine. I'll tell him that you had to come with me because I wasn't feeling well enough to get home by myself, I promise. It's sort of true anyways because of the whole shifting thing…"

"Alright. I'll take you home…"