Jacob
How long do you plan on not talking to me, Jacob?
I stood looking out across the lake, trying hard not to think about anything. Trying to keep Leah out of my head.
C'mon, Jake. She almost pleaded. I'm here for you. I'll listen and I'll behave. I promise.
I took a deep breath, turned to look into her eyes, and fell on the ground next to her. I was standing there in the woods. She looked at me and said that she loved me, she asked me not to make her choose, because it would be him. That it had always been him. It was then that I felt it. It was like the world shifted, like gravity was pulling at us. Like I had no control. I knew what was happening. I could see the change in her eyes, and I knew that deep down she knew too. I paused to gather my thoughts. I always knew that I loved her, that I never wanted anyone-else. But I didn't want it like this, Leah.
You wanted her to choose you of her own free will. You wanted her to have a choice.
I nodded.
You never plan on going back, do you?
No. I know that she will send Sam after me. But I'm not going back. I stood up on all fours, looking down at her. Would you really want someone to love you out of force?
She seemed to think hard about the question that I had just asked her. No, I guess not. But, Jake, Bella already loved you. She was blind, but the imprinting just helped her to see it.
She deserves a choice, Leah. I thought sternly. And she made that choice in the woods, when she chose him. I dashed into the woods.
Bella
It's funny how things can change in an instant. One moment your head over heels in love with a vampire, then the next thing you know you're in love with your best friend whom happens to be a werewolf. I won't lie, it totally shocked me that Edward wanted to help me find Jacob. But that was just him being noble, being Edward.
"Hey, Bella." Sam said entering the house.
"Hey." I wanted to ask if there was any news, but I already knew the answer to that question.
He took a seat beside me on the sofa. His woodsy smell sent chills all over my body. I remembered sitting next to Jacob in his rabbit. How I wanted to hold him close and never let him go that night. I closed my eyes, digging my nails into my jeans. Trying to make the pain stop in my heart. I was never going to make it without Jacob. I'd never find happiness, or my sun, without him.
"Edward and the Cullen's will be here soon. We need to discuss a new plan."
I smiled. The thought of the Cullen's and my wolf pack working together just seemed weird and out of place. But here everything seemed weird and out of place.
"How are you holding up?"
"Truth?"
"Yeah."
I turned to look at him. "I'm dying. I can't survive without him."
Sam grinned. "Emily said that you had asked her about imprinting yesterday."
I nodded. I wondered if she told him the other part too. The part where I told her that Sam once loved Leah too.
"I think that he imprinted on me."
"Perhaps. I mean it does hurt to be away from the one you imprint on. You think about them all the time. You want to see to their happiness even if it means sacrificing your own happiness. But everyone here can see that you and Jacob are more than two imprints. Your one soul, Bella. You guys would have imprinted as soon as he went wolf, if that's what were to happen. The thing is the two of you were already in love, I think he imprinted on you, because you wouldn't allow your heart to feel what it already did. Does that make sense?"
"Yeah." I said biting my bottom lip. "I was making the wrong choice so nature took over and made the choice for me."
"Exactly."
"Thanks, Sam."
The front door once again opened, and Sam's noise turned up, as if he smelled the most horrible smell in the world. I turned to see Alice and Jasper standing in the doorway. I ran over to her, pulling her in for a hug.
"Oh, Alice, I wish you could see him."
"Me too." She said. "For you and Edwards sake."
I looked at her confused. "Edwards sake?"
Jasper nudged her softly. "Alice, dear. We are here for another mission."
"Alice, Jasper." Sam said standing up and walking over to them.
"Hi, Sam." They said together.
"Where is everyone-else?"
Alice nodded towards the yard. "They got stopped by Paul, Embry, Jared and Emily."
"Well, let's get this show started." Sam said, heading out the door.
I grabbed Alice by the arm. "What did you mean by Edwards sake?"
Alice smiled. "Let's just say at the same time I saw you disappear, I saw him disappear."
"Disappear. As in how?"
She smiled, shrugged and headed out the door behind Sam.
I turned to Jasper. He shrugged and left behind Alice. I felt the room around me begin to spin, I reached out to sturdy myself. My heart racing. Edward disappeared when I did. I kept saying to myself. Trying to figure out just what that meant, but I was coming up blank. As blank as our futures.
Jacob
I ran till I couldn't hear Leah screaming in my head. I wasn't just running from her, I was running from everything. Yet leaving nothing behind at all. I noticed some jeans, and a t-shirt hanging on a close line. They looked to be my size, I crept up and snatched them from the wire line, breaking it in the process. I ran into the woods, changed back into my human form, and tried on the clothes. They were a perfect fit. I figured that in this form, Leah wouldn't be able to find me, besides I needed to stretch, needed to feel the wind against my skin.
God only knows how much I wanted to go back to La Push, to hell with imprinting. I wanted to pull Bella into my arms and kiss her the way I dreamed of night after night, since she moved here. I wanted to hold her hand, as we walk along the beach. I wanted to be with her so bad that it felt like someone was stabbing me over and over again with a knife in my heart. But I had to fight the urge to go home. To the place that I belonged. I had to find a way to forget her, but how?