A/N: change of plans Jacob and Tony aren't really so much the main focus of this chapter, but there is a little bit on Tony and Jacob so there's a heads up on that.

Please note this story won't be too long. I'm aiming for just eight chapters max. since I really want to get started on Forcing the imprint

As for this chapter I really wanted to focus in on the whole Romeo + Cinderella thing so Edward is super cheesy in this one. I really tried to capture Romeo's emo-romantic nature in this.

P.S: Thanks for all the reviews I really appreciate them.

Usual apologies

Disclaimer: see first chapter

Anthony remembers being born, sort of.

I suppose "born" isn't quite the right word, but then again saying that it was the moment he died wouldn't exactly fit either. Yes, he's technically dead but he hasn't left the mortal plain, so he likes to think of it as still being alive, sort of.

Anyway the memories that Anthony has on the day that he was sort of born are admittedly a little fuzzy, although in his defense that all happened more than fifty years ago even for a ghost some memory confusion should be expected.

Everything was completely silent.

He remembers a hospital, or at least he thinks it was a hospital. It certainly looked like a hospital. He was in a large room with white walls and grey floors, around about fifty beds in that one room all lined up in three neat rows with only two of the beds being occupied. One had a woman on it, the woman looked to be in her late thirties early forties maybe. She had long bronze hair that seemed to have thinned out and pale sickly looking skin covered in a sheet of sweat.

Anthony was standing beside her bed, staring down at her as he tried to remember who she was. He knows who she is, he's certain of it, but for the life of him when he tried to put her face to a name he couldn't come up with anything at all.

And then suddenly right at that moment almost as if he was standing in a sound proof room and someone had suddenly decided to open the door, Anthony heard a heart wrenching scream of pain and his head snapped up to see a man in a white medical coat standing over the bed beside them. He had blonde hair and deathly pale skin only unlike the woman his skin didn't look sickly but flawlessly beautiful, like porcelain or polished marble. The man's hands were clenched tightly at his sides and his eyes were shut tight while the figure on the bed next to him screamed and writhed in pain.

"Carlisle…" the woman suddenly rasped out and Anthony watched as the man slowly walked over and crouched down beside her, taking her frail hand into his own and the woman smiled weakly at him, "Thank you."

"There's still time to-"

"No, my time here is finished." The woman said even as her eyes almost seemed to grow heavier, "Take care of him."

Carlisle nodded his head before letting it rest on the bed beside her as he sobbed, the woman let out a soft sigh and shockingly enough she turned her head and looked right up at Anthony with a soft smile. Although he wasn't at all sure as to what was going on at the time he also somehow he knew that she wasn't supposed to be able to see him, that he wasn't supposed to be there at all.

"Anthony?" The man didn't seem to notice her speak, but apparently she knew his name, which is about all he could really remember about himself so that wasn't really saying much. But for some reason right at that moment he suddenly realized exactly how he knew her.

"Mother?" Anthony said as his eyebrows furrowed in confusion while the woman's smile grew a little more, "Promise me, promise me that you won't ever give up. That you'll find love and happiness just like I did with your father. Please don't forget…"

And the next moment, the woman's eyes slid shut and she let out her last breath. The man beside the bed continued to sob and Anthony watched in shock as a bright light suddenly shone around them, drowning out everyone and everything before it all just as suddenly faded to black.

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The moment Edward pulled up to the house Alice appeared in the doorway, quickly running down the driveway to meet him while Jasper just stayed on the porch instead.

After Jacob ran into the woods, Edward tried to reassure Bella as best as he could before excusing himself with the promise of seeing her later.

His mind was still whirling with what had happened between him and the shifter and Edward just couldn't deal with her and sort out his thoughts at the same time. So he left, deciding to just talk it over with Carlisle to see if the older man could help him understand any of this.

What Edward didn't take into account was Alice.

"Edward where have you been? Why didn't you answer any of my phone calls?" Alice asked looking incredibly worried as she stared at her brother and Edward frowned.

"I was with Bella, why did something happen?"

"Yes something happened!" Alice hissed in frustration, "You disappeared."

"What?" Edward blinked in surprise and Alice continued, "An hour ago, I had a vision. I saw you with Bella in her house but then your future just went blank. It was like you died."

The telepath frowned.

An hour ago? That's when Jacob left right.

Does he have something to do with this?

"Edward what happened, does this have anything to do with that wolf Bella wanted you to meet?" The pixie asked as she stepped closer only for the telepath to walk around her into the house, "Maybe."

"Maybe?" Alice asked incredulously as she followed and Jasper frowned when his brother walked passed him. Something in Edward has changed; his emotions now are much different from what they were a few hours ago before he left to see Bella.

There was anger, happiness, confusion, lust, relief and heartache all mixed in together in a way that didn't make any sense whatsoever. Although Jasper wasn't completely unfamiliar with such a state of emotion. He's felt it before, whenever he came across a vampire that was just recently mated-

At that thought Jasper held back a gasp and Edward paused beside his brother, the blonde held his gaze as he thought.

'You found your mate didn't you' Edward sighed and Jasper just knew, 'But it isn't Bella.'

Edward nodded.

'Who is it?'

Edward opened his mouth to speak when Alice spoke before he could. "Edward what is going on?"

The telepath ignored her, "Where's Carlisle?"

"In his office." Jasper answered with a frown of concern while Edward nodded and immediately headed for the stairs. Alice growled in frustration, "Edward-"

"Alice I promise I'll explain later, but I need to speak with Carlisle first." The pixie gave an indignant huff but didn't say another word as she watched her brother go up the stairs.

Edward took a deep breath once he'd finally made it upstairs before walking over to the door of his father study and lifted his hand to knock when.

"It's alright, come in."

Edward paused for another moment before he opened the door and stepped inside to find the doctor sitting behind his desk as he shuffled through some paperwork, "Am I interrupting?"

"No, no. I was just going through a few of my patients files," Carlisle said as he stacked the papers up in a neat pile and set them aside before looking up at the telepath, "Besides, you seem to have more important things on your mind. Sit down, what seems to be the problem."

It seemed so odd and comically similar to a cliché visit to the doctor that the telepath had to hold back a snort but he still nodded as he did as he sat down. Carlisle didn't immediately ask why he was there, instead waiting patiently so Edward could take a moment to compose himself and gather his thoughts. "I-... I went to go see Bella today; she wanted to introduce me to one of her friends, one of the wolves from the reservation who took care of her after I-."

Edward didn't finish his sentence since they both knew exactly what he did and all the pain his actions had caused all of them. Carlisle nodded for him to continue and Edward swallowed hard. "His name is Jacob Black."

Carlisle blinked in surprise, "Billy Black's son?"

Edward nodded, "Yes."

When the bronze haired vampire didn't speak Carlisle frowned as his eyes filled with concern, "Edward, you didn't get into a fight with him did you?"

"No, of course not. I'd never jeopardize the treaty like that."

"Then what happened?"

The telepath sighed, "I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"I think, I think he might be my mate."

Carlisle's eyes went wide at the exact moment that the sound of a glass breaking somewhere in the house rang through the air and Edward sighed since he could hear the footsteps headed towards the door before it suddenly flew open.

"You think that a dog is your what?!"

Rosalie.

The blonde stood fuming in the door way and Edward immediately glared as he stood up as well, "He is not a dog, Rosalie."

The blonde's mouth fell open in a gape before she quickly shut it and hissed, "Unbelievable, first the blood bag now a dog. Who's next Edward a member of the Volturi?"

Edward growled in anger as he glared at the blonde, thankfully Carlisle intervened.

"Rosalie, leave."

"But-"

"This doesn't concern you as of yet. Now go." Carlisle said clearly a she narrowed his eyes down at the girl and Rosalie grabbed the door to slam it behind her as she left the room and Edward sighed, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Carlisle said with a sigh of his own as he raked a hand through his hair before he spoke, "Although she raises a good point Edward. Just this morning you were insistent on the fact that Bella was your mate and now you say it's a shape shifter."

"I know it doesn't make any sense."

"Not in the slightest." Carlisle said as he looked up at his son, "They were born to hunt our kind. The only reason that they shift is for that one and only purpose."

"I know that."

"Our kind was never meant to… mix in any way whatsoever."

"I know that!" Edward said as he shot up out of his seat and started pacing the room in front of the desk "I know that I thought Bella to be my mate a mere two hours ago and I know it doesn't make any sense for me to want him in any way whatsoever but I also know that I couldn't stay away from him even if I wanted to."

Carlisle just watched as Edward continued to pace growling in frustration as he yanked his jacket off and tossed it onto one of the seats, "He's just so… God, I don't even know how to explain it."

'Beautiful?' Carlisle thought idly and Edward shook his head, "Yes, yes he's beautiful breathtaking even but it isn't even just that Carlisle. If it were just about his beauty I'd be able to stay away and just watch from afar. Jacob is-… there's just something about him, I could see it when I looked into his eyes and feel it when I touched his skin. And his skin, it isn't just warm, it burns. I could almost feel my own skin come to life when I touched his and all I touched was his hand." Edward said pausing to look down at his hand and a small smile spread over his face before he started pacing again. And his scent is incredible like earth pine and summer rain, not even Bella's scent can compare. Even when she was right there all I could think of was Jacob and his skin and those breathtaking brown eyes… Am I going insane?"

Edward asked finally stopping to look up at his sire to find a look of confused amusement on his face when the older man answered, "No, I think you've found your true mate."

Carlisle lifted his hands to rub at his temples as he looked down at his desk in thought before looking up to find Edward pacing again, "What was Jacob's reaction, did you tell him?"

Edward shook his head, "No, he… I'm not sure what happened. He felt something, I know he did I could hear it in his thoughts. He's attracted to my scent and when we touched I could tell that he felt something but then, something spooked him. Scared him off and he phased before disappearing into the woods."

Carlisle nodded and Edward could see the man's thoughts as he thought through this information, 'If he felt something, then it's possible that that is what scared him. I can't imagine any of the shifters being very pleased about suddenly developing those kinds of feelings for a vampire.'

At that thought Edward stopped and slumped back into one of the seats in front of the desk.

"It can never be easy can it?" Edward said with a groan of frustration, "First a human and now wolf. One would think that fate has it in for me."

Carlisle gave his son a soft smile, "Well in fates defense it would seem that Bella was never really your mate to begin with."

"I screwed up didn't I?"

"Yes, you did." Carlisle answered honestly and Edward resisted the urge to sigh for what had to be the millionth time that day, "But now you have a chance to change things and make it right. Did you tell Bella?"

Edward shook his head, "No, I wasn't sure. Besides she seemed so upset about Jacob leaving so suddenly and I was in no state of mind to comfort her. I thought it would be best to come home and talk to you first."

The blonde nodded as he leaned back in his seat, "You'll have to tell her, sooner rather than later. And as for Jacob.., I'll need to arrange a meeting with Sam."

Edward's eyes went wide, "Do they have to know?"

"If you and Jacob are going to make this work then yes, the tribe will need to know. You can't keep this a secret Edward." Carlisle said clearly, "If you're right and Jacob really does feel something you won't be able to stay away from each other for very long."

Edward fought off the urge to pout, it doesn't happen very often, but there are times that he hates it when his sire is right.

"In the mean time I would suggest giving Jacob his space-" Edward opened his mouth to protest just as the older man spoke, "Just until we've made sure that the treaty won't be jeopardized by this union. Plus I'm sure seeing you is the last thing Jacob would want right now. To phase and head into the woods as suddenly as you say he did; the shifter must be terribly confused."

Edward couldn't deny that.

Jacob was confused, absolutely confused. His thoughts hadn't made a lot of sense to Edward when they were near one another and then there was that name that Jacob kept thinking of.

Tony.

Jacob seemed to blame Tony for his confusion although Edward couldn't imagine how or why. Is Tony a friend of his, someone that lives on the reservation maybe?

Or was Tony more than just a friend?

At that thought Edward felt a growl bubble up in his chest as a sudden stab of jealousy suddenly pierced his gut, causing Carlisle to stare in surprise before he spoke.

"Edward is something wrong?"

Edward shook his head and forced a smile on his face and shook his head, "No, no everything is fine."

Carlisle knew that wasn't true but he wouldn't push. If Edward wanted to talk about it then he would. The older man just gave Edward a soft smile as he spoke, "Well then, I think Alice would like to talk to you." The blonde said nodding towards the door and Edward took a deep breath as he stood up from the chair and opened the door to find the psychic on the other side with her arms folded across her chest.

Edward sighed; it's going to be a long day.

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Jacob was running.

Running as fast as his paws would carry him as he used his front paws to push himself forward, leaping over tree stumps and streams until he finally broke through the forest and into the reservation. It was right at that moment that Jacob remembered that he ruined his clothes at Bella's so he just made his way back to the house in his wolf form, careful not to attract any attention to himself and immensely thankful that there was no one on patrol just yet. Jacob made it home and quickly phased before stepping into the house. The beta went in through the back door only to walk right into his father who seemed to be making himself something to eat in the kitchen.

"Whoa, forget your cut offs again?" Billy asked just as he placed a slice of bread on top of what looked like a BLT but Jacob just walked passed him and the Quileute leader frowned since he could tell that Jacob was upset.

"Yeah."

"Wait Jacob what's wrong? Did something happen?" Jacob paused in the door way leading to the kitchen for a moment before just shaking his head.

He didn't understand back then, why would he understand now?

"Nothing happened I'm fine." Before Billy could try and get any more information out of his son, the shifter left the room and went upstairs. The moment that Jacob opened the door he found Tony lying on the bed just the way he left him, like the ghost hadn't so much as moved an inch.

"Tony what the fuck?!" Jacob hissed as he slammed his door shut and the ghost sat up and stared at the shifter in surprise. "Well that was fast, have you finally gotten bored with the klutzy ditz… Why are you naked?"

Jacob growled as he headed over to the closet to grab a new pair of clothes and underwear. "Don't play with me Tony I'm not in the mood for one of your games right now."

Tony frowned, "Games, Jacob what are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about what happened at Bella's house!" Jacob snapped after tugging on a pair of underwear and sweats as he turned back with a glare and the ghost blinked in surprise, "You were screwing with me weren't you. You got in my head somehow and made Bella's leech look like you."

"Jacob how would I-why would I even want to do that? I was under the impression that you hated Bella's vampire." Tony asked a she moved from the bed to stand right in front of the shifter with a deep frown while those green eyes filled with confusion and Jacob felt himself start to falter for a moment, "Exactly what happened?"

Jacob paused and his anger started to die down just a bit, "So you weren't there?"

"You told me not to follow you so I didn't; I've been here since you left." Tony explained and Jacob frowned in confusion as Tony got closer, "Jacob?"

Jacob turned and walked around to sit on the bed, "He looks like you."

"Who looks like me?"

"Edward, Bella's vampire, he looks exactly like you." Tony just blinked in surprise as he stared at the boy while Jacob leaned forward with his elbows resting on his knees, "Except… his eyes are different I guess, but other than that he looks just like you."

The ghost just continued to stare in confusion, "Are you sure Jacob?"

"I know what I saw Tony. It was everything, I mean his hair and face and when he touched me…" Jacob trailed off as he stared at his hand like it held some sort of mysterious secret as he spoke, "It felt amazing… It can't be real; touching a leech can't feel that good. It has to be a trick right? The leech is probably just using his freaky bloodsucker powers on me right?"

The ghost honestly had no idea what to say.

A vampire that looked exactly like him, what could he say?

Tony had absolutely no idea how to react so he just stared back at the boy for a full tense moment when Jacob brought him back from his thoughts, "Tony, tell me it's not real."

Tony just moved over towards the wolf and leaned into him and Jacob sighed at the phantom cold he could feel seeping into his skin which helped to calm him down at least a little just before Tony spoke.

"I don't know."

A/N: yeah

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