All right, I'm back with some angst (shocking, I know). This time it's Jake and Bella, Eclipse-style.
Quick rec for a great TT25 one-shot that deserves some love – it's called Chasing Papers by LightStarDusting. Go to http://www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/s/5486567/1/ for a great Bella/Jasper story.
As always, I have to thank my beta, hmonster4. She's kind of awesome :)
Finally, I don't own Twilight. I do wish I owned RPattz in that Vanity Fair spread, though.
The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Platonic
Pen name: HeartOfLife
Pairing: Bella/Jacob
Rating: K
"You still love him."
Her silence spoke volumes, louder than any denial could.
"After everything he's done…" he trailed off. He didn't understand how Edward kept Bella's heart even after he broke it. How he kept her.
She swallowed, "Jake, I –"
"I love you, Bella. Doesn't that mean anything?"
"I love you, too," her voice was pained, "But…"
But. The cruelest word in the English language, as far as Jacob was concerned. Maybe she didn't want to love Edward, but he was learning that some things were written, uncontrollable.
And Bella's love for Edward was one of those things.