NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WISH IT TRUE, I OWN NO PART OF TWILIGHT. THEY ALL BELONG TO THE WONDERFUL STEPHANIE MEYERS.

BPOV

I sat there thinking about him. It had been 6 months since he had left me. I still couldn't bring myself to say his name. It was still too painful. I found I couldn't speak his name, even to myself. I just kept replaying his words over and over in my head.

"I will always love you in a way. I'm tired of pretending to be something I'm not. I want to make this a clean break. It will be as if I never existed" He had existed and when he left, he took every bit of me with him. It tore me to shreds inside. I had thought he loved me, but I was wrong. To him I was just another human. The more I thought, the bigger the hole in my chest began to open up. I quickly wrapped my arms around my torso in an attempt to stop the pain that ran deep into my heart. Just when I thought I was about to crumble the phone rang.

"Hello?" I asked in a weak voice.

"Hey Bells, it's Jake."

"Oh, hey Jake, What's up? I've missed you", I said. It was good to hear his voice. If it wasn't for him I don't know what I would do. He was there for me when he left .He now took the place he left behind. We had started dating 3 months after he left me. I hadn't seen him a lot lately on account of him being out with the pack looking for Victoria.

"I've missed you too Bells. I was calling to tell you that tonight we are having a bonfire down on First Beach. You wanna come, the whole pack is gonna be there. Please?" He asked in a pleading truth was that I would go anywhere with him as long as I got to spend time with him.

"Of course! You didn't even have to ask." I said happily. I desperately needed something to keep my mind occupied. The bonfire would be perfect.

"Great! I'll be there in a few minutes to pick you up."

"I'll be waiting for you. Bye"

"Bye Bells", and with that he hung up the phone.

I sat there for a minute or two thinking how lucky I was to find someone who was there to pick up the broken pieces of me that he had left scattered in his path like the debris after a storm. I woke out of my daydream to hear 3 knocks at the door quick and impatient, so much like Jake himself. After I bounced out my room and tripped my way down the stairs.

Jacob was already in the doorway waiting. He gave me a swift kiss on the cheek before gently taking my arm and guiding me to the driveway where his Rabbit was sitting. I looked down and heard the engine start. When I looked up again, I was surprised to find we were already there. Surely Jacob didn't drive that fast. I looked at him with the question on the tip of my tongue. Before I could ask though he beat me to it.

"I just wanted to get here early to help the pack get the firewood and make sure Paul and Quil don't scarf all the hot dogs before the rest of the pack gets here."

I thought about that and decided yeah; maybe it was a good idea to get here early.

"And," he added with a smirk, "I wanted to see how fast the Rabbit could go with the adjustments I made earlier."

I just nodded and looked down again to see my arm had wrapped around my chest. Jacob's driving had reminded me painfully how he had used to drive.

Jacob noticed.

"I could drive you home if you don't feel up to it yet. I mean, you don't have to…"

I shook my head and cut him off before he could continue.

"No," I told him taking his hand, "as long as I'm with you I can take it."

He kissed my hand before I hopped out and walked over to Emily who was sitting by Sam looking happy and content. A few minutes later, the rest of the pack showed up and Sam started the small grill while Jacob lit the fire, his chin length black hair shining where the light from the fire reflected.

The bonfire at First Beach had begun.

Apparently the word had spread about the bonfire and the werewolves weren't the only ones gorging themselves on food. When Sam remarked on this, Quil jumped up and said he was going to get some more wood. I grinned when I saw he moved a little faster than usual running into the woods. Luckily, the pack knew almost everyone there so there was no need to worry about the wild partying that accompanied some of the other bonfires held at the white sanded beach.

When Quil got back from the woods, I noticed the rest of the pack was sitting around the fire with their imprints: Quil and little Claire, Sam and Emily, and Jared and Kim.

I noticed Jake looking around at the pairs, then looked down at me wrapped in his arms about to doze off. He bent down to press his lips softly against mine. As always they were warm and soft and very gentle. We heard our names being called and we broke apart to see who it was.

"All right you to love birds break it up I want you to meet someone." Kim, Jared's imprint, said walking over with someone else.

"Kay", Jacob and I said in unison, standing up to go meet Kim and the person with her.

"This is my friend Kylie Umber. Kylie, this is Jake, and his girlfriend Bella. "Said Kim introducing us to the girl to her left. She was about my height and slim with dark russet skin and rosy cheeks. She had black hair midway down her back. She was very beautiful. To me it was like standing next to Rosalie all over again. Standing next to her made me look like a plain Jane.

"It's nice to meet you Kylie." I said.

I looked a Jacob. He had a glazed over look in his eyes staring open mouthed at her. It worried me a little. He looked at her as though he could never look away from her beauty again. I looked again at her to see she was looking at him in the exact same way. I was starting to get scared.

Did he just imprint? He couldn't, could he?

A/N:

THIS WAS CO-WRITTEN WITH LA CANTANTE.

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