A/N: This is just an idea I came up with after seeing "New Moon" in theaters. I know role reversal is a bit clichéd, but I wanted to write a jakeward, so here it is. It starts off at the birthday party.

I walked down the stairs with Bella at my side, one arm wrapped around her protectively. It was ironic, considering she was a supernatural being far more powerful than I could hope to be, for now.

"Sorry about all this" her mother, Esme, said, an apologetic smile on her motherly face "We couldn't reign Alice in"

"Wow" was all I could manage to say. Alice had really outdone herself.

"Happy birthday, Edward" she said in her pealing soprano "hope you like your present!" she handed me a piece of paper with some kind of instructions on it

"Already installed in your Volvo." Emmett stated

"Thanks so much!"

"This is from Esme and Carlisle" Alice said, handing me a smaller box with silver wrapping. I proceeded to open it, and the edge of the silver paper made a cut in my finger that seemed to ooze blood. No big deal, right? It is when you're in a house full of vampires that haven't had human blood in centuries.

"Oops, paper cut" I muttered. Everything seemed to happen at once. Jasper got an animalistic, crazed look in his eyes and ran toward me. Bella pushed me back into a table and a vase fell on me, shattering. The glass really stung. Carlisle was the only one who stayed calm.

"Get Jasper out of here" he told Emmett. Jasper was instinctively fighting him but Emmett was stronger. Even Esme and Alice fled the room holding their breath. Carlisle looked at my arm and said "You'll need stitches. Do you want me to just do it here, or should we go to the emergency room?"
"Do it here" I said quickly. If we went to the ER Charlie would find out for sure. Gossip spread quickly in a town that didn't have fox network to keep them entertained. I walked to his office with him and let him do his work, trying to look away from the growing pile of glass shards.

"Why do you do this?" I asked him "I mean, have you ever thought about going the easy route?"

"No, never" he replied solemnly "I knew what I wanted to be". It was silent for a few minutes.

"All finished" he said "need a ride home"

"Sure"

*The next day*

"Let's go for a walk" Bella said, with the same odd, empty look she'd had in her gorgeous topaz eyes every since Jasper had tried to make me a meal. She stopped when we'd reached the end of the path.

"We need to leave Forks" she told me

"Can't we wait awhile? Just long enough to graduate?" something occurred to me "When you say we…?"

"I mean my family and me" she said somberly

"What happened with Jasper was nothing!" I protested

"Nothing compared with what could have happened" and with that, she ran away so fast she was a blur. And she was gone. I contemplated lying down on the forest floor. I needed to lie down somewhere. You hear people sing songs about broken hearts and you think it's just a metaphor. But it literally felt like my heart was ripping in half. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I'd given her everything. I was willing to change my species and give up my family and friends for her. And she'd still left me. I walked home slowly, trying to steady my breath and fight back tears. Charlie would be home, and you just don't cry in front of him.

"Hey, kid, what's wrong?" he asked when I got inside.

"She's gone. They all are." Was all I could manage to say. I walked up to my room, collapsing on to my bed. At least she didn't turn me and then ditch me. This way I could sleep to escape the pain, temporarily. At least that's what I thought…

A/N: So, this is the first chapter. Kinda short, but it's based more off the movie than the book, so don't expect extremely long chapters. Also, just to make sure we're clear, the irony of writing a jakeward fic while completely ignoring Jake in the first chapter does not escape me.