Before Bella went to school she made a phone call. It wasn't to her werewolf but to one she hoped she could trust. After three rings a nasty voice answered the phone, "What do you want leech lover?" Looks like Jacob had everyone on the lookout for her number at the reservation. "Hi Leah, could I talk to Seth? It's really important." 'Well seeing as his heart is intact I guess I can let you through so you can trample it. Go to Hell!" With that the other end of the line went dead. Well so much for that route, Bella would just have to find another route to Jacob. As she was walking out the door the phone rang. Thinking it wasn't coincidence she ran and grabbed it. "Meet me at the border." That was all she heard before the dial tone. She assumed Seth was keeping her out of his mind so when he phased Jacob wouldn't know.

Bella drove as fast as her truck would carry her to the border of the Rez and Forks. Seth was waiting propped against a log looking afraid and impatient. "What is it Bella I am risking my hide to speak to you." "I'm sorry Seth, I wouldn't drag you into this only I need you to get something to Jacob for me. I don't know any other way." "Alright just hand it over, I'm probably going to get my butt beaten for this one. He's pissed Bella. You really messed him up this time." "I know Seth and I'm trying to make things right. I want you to try as hard as you can to get him to read this before he tears it into pieces." She handed Seth a small folded piece of paper and then jumped in her truck. "I hope you aren't too badly hurt, just remind him of the messenger part of this deal. See you later, I owe you big time." Bella sped off to school not wanting to be late and make Edward worry.

Seth slowly made his way back to the reservation wondering how in the world he was going to make Jacob read this without unleashing havoc onto the world. As he was walking home, he ran into the exact person he didn't want to meet without a plan. "Hey Seth, where you coming from? Did Sam have you out on patrol without anyone else? What is that….it smells like…..Seth what is going on?" "Ok Jake just listen to me before anything happens. She just wants to make things right. She was driving by and asked me to give this to you. She was going to drop it in your mailbox but I thought it was safer if she didn't enter the reservation." Thank god Seth thought quick on his feet.

"What is it? Some sadly written love note, probably a joke from her vampire lover?" "I don't think so Jake, she was pretty serious about it." He handed it over to Jacob and scampered off before he could be hit. Jake crushed the paper in his hand and was going to throw it away but curiosity got the better of him. What could be so important that Bella would risk coming here. He slowly unfolded the paper to find a few words scratched in Bella's messy handwriting.

#1. Warm soda in the front seat of your rabbit.

That was all it said. He had no idea what it meant but when he tried to throw it away something pulled him past the garbage can. He shoved it in his dresser when he got home. He headed off to school with a memory pulling to the front of his mind.

Throughout the weeks two things were happening in Bella's life. 1: Her and Edward were becoming better friends. She realized again that this is what they were meant to be, great friends who knew each other's deepest secrets. Edward had replaced Jacob in the friend role; she could easily categorize him as her best friend. They spent all lunch periods together discussing everything under the sun. They studied together and grew closer but never in the way Edward yearned for, just like Jacob had. Bella remained in contact with Edward's family but couldn't spend much time around them out of sheer guilt over breaking up with Edward. They never showed that they were angry with her but she had once wanted to be a part of this family and now she only wanted to be included in their lives.

The second thing she realized was the numerous reasons she was in love with Jacob. She kept finding more and more as the weeks went on and more and more creative ways to tell him, with the help of Seth sometimes. One message she left for him was carved in a tree stump on one of his patrols. Seth told her where and when he would be hunting so Bella hiked into the woods and inscribed on the stump:

#2. My own personal sun

Other ways she told Jacob were by sending him letters, leaving notes on his motorcycle at various locations she knew he'd be. She also carried numerous around with her in case she ran into him. She tied a few in the trees around her house, knowing he was there at night. Some reasons included:

#14. The ease in which you bring a smile to my face.

#28. The woodsy smell of your skin.

#22. The brave face you put on at Prom just for a car part.

#33. The truck you built for me.

#58. The near kiss in the kitchen.

#7. The steady beat of your heart…and how it speeds up when you're around me.

#44. The way I fit into your arms.

#10. How safe I feel when you're around.

#11. How incomplete I feel when you're not.

These reasons continued for about 103 until Bella couldn't do it anymore. She still had so many reasons but after 103 she had no response. Edward eventually figured out what she was doing and could see the weight it left on her when night after night she got no response. Seth kept encouraging her saying Jacob seemed to be getting closer to talking to her but she never saw it herself. One random day about a week ago she had run into him downtown. She was walking around trying to think of another way to tell him and she ran straight into him. He looked stunned for a minute like his mind was wandering as well. When he saw who it was, he got a sparkle in his eye but then it vanished. He growled, pushed her away from him and ran off before she could say one word. That night she gave Seth a note that said #82. The light in your eyes when you look at me. But it had done nothing.

All of these reasons and he couldn't give her a minute of his time, she felt like giving up. Edward was there rooting her on, telling her that she just needed to keep pushing. He had to give in soon. She told him she couldn't do it.

One night while they were studying in her living room Edward was trying to help her find new ways to tell Jacob. "I don't feel comfortable with you helping. I feel like this has to be a me and Jacob thing. I love your help really but not on this." Edward could tell that it was really weighing her down. 'Maybe you have to give him some time. He may be overwhelmed. Give him some time to think of his own reasons and he will come around." In an instant Bella was crying. Edward thought over what he had said. "Bella what is wrong? What did I say?"

"It isn't you Edward, this has been clouding my mind for a while. What is he has no reasons? What if that's why he isn't responding because he lost his love for me?" She sobbed and sobbed. Edward wrapped her in his arms and held her tight. 'There is no way that is possible Bella Swan. No one can lose their love for you once they've felt it." "Well what is it then? I have been giving reason upon reason and he doesn't even care. I could go on forever but what's the point? All I'll get is the cold shoulder and more time without him. This has been going on for two months Edward. I can't do it anymore. Maybe I should just move on and forget about him." This made Edward's heart leap for a second but knew he was being selfish. "No! He will come around, I know it. I read it in his mind Bella. He loves you just as much as he did before I came back. He's just hurt, bad. Maybe it would be easier if I wasn't around. if I left..." "No. This is your home and he can't force you to leave. I won't have him pushing you out of a place you love just so he will talk to me again." Edward quietly said, 'Anywhere you are is a place I love." Bella could tell he was just as tormented as her but for different reasons. "If it would be easier for you to not hang out with me, we don't have to see each other." "No Bella, I am fine I shouldn't have said that. I love being your friend." Bella burst into tears again. Here was Edward who had loved Bella with all his heart, still did, and he was willing to be her friend no matter how painful it was for him. Yet Jacob couldn't even take a chance on her when she knew he felt the same as she did. Maybe she was wasting her time. Tears continued to flow and as they sat together Bella became desperate with her thoughts. She couldn't stand not being with Jacob any longer and being this close to Edward, it was stirring up dormant feelings she had sent away a long time ago. Curled up in his arms left her thinking maybe she was kidding herself. Maybe they were meant to be together...

She looked up at him with tears running down her face and couldn't help herself. She leaned up and…..kissed him.

I know technically Seth and Leah didn't turn into wolves until Eclipse and that part of the story isn't really happening in here but I had them become werewolves because 1 I needed an inside wolf haha and 2 I like them being werewolves.