"Jacob." Seth called out in a weak and raspy voice, slowly rising up from the bed.

"Look Seth I'm only here because your sister threatened to kill me." Jacob began. "So don't get any ideas that this means something."

Seth frowned at this and fell back onto the bed with a sigh.

Jacob sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Look, I know that you lov...imprinted on me but you have to get over it. Okay?"

"You know I can't." Seth said.

"Well you need to try and try hard. Where there's a will there's a way. So come on, get out of bed, take a shower, and move on with your life." Jacob said, pulling the blanket away from Seth's body.

Jacob got up and flicked the light switch on and was immediately taken aback by what he saw. There lying on the bed could only be described as a "skeleton with skin draped over it." Seth had lost a significant amount of weight, his hair was overgrown and un-kept, his eye sockets were sunken in and his fingernails had reached a disturbing length. And it was all his fault.

"Oh... my... god." Jacob began. "Seth, what have you been doing in here?"

"Isn't it obvious? Nothing." Seth said, now siting in an upright position.

Tears began to well in Jacob's eyes. Seeing Seth in this condition was heartbreaking.

"Come here." Jacob said, extending his hand.

Seth reached out, taking a hold of Jacob's hand. At the moment their hands connected, something happened. It was as if the entire world had gone gray. It felt as though they were the only two people in the world. Nothing else mattered.

"I'm so sorry Seth." Jacob sobbed, pulling Seth into a warm embrace.

Seth blushed at this and snuggled into Jacob's chest, taking in his scent and warmth. The two stayed in this embrace for quite some time.

Suddenly a knock was heard on the door.

"Is everything alright in there?" Leah called out.

"Y-" Jacob began.

"Every things fine." Seth shouted, still blushing from the hug.

Jacob and Seth both turned to each other and smiled. "Come on. I'm sure everyone will want to see you." Jacob said, lightly pushing Seth towards the door.

Seth opened the door and was nearly knocked over by everyone trying to hug him at once. Jacob exited the room moments later and smiled as he watched everyone fuss over Seth.

"What did you say? Leah filled us in on what's been happening." Bella asked.

Jacob smiled and shrugged. "Nothing."

Out of the corner of his eye, Jacob could see Leah approaching.

"I don't know what you said or did... but thank you." Leah turned and left without another word.

Emily ran into the kitchen and busied herself preparing large quantities of food for Seth who by now was only concerned with eating and eating as much as possible.

"Okay Seth, everything should be ready in another half hour. That should give you plenty of time to get cleaned up."

Jacob went and grabbed Seth's arm, pulling him into the bathroom.

"Jake, I can wash myself. I don't need a supervisor." Seth chuckled.

Jacob smiled and shook his head, turning on the hot water.

"I'm serious. I can do this myself you know?"

Jacob tore Seth's tattered shirt away from his body and removed his shorts and boxers in one swoop. Seth's face turned red as he felt the blood rushing towards his nether region.

Jacob bit his lip and looked away, trying not to cause Seth any further embarrassment.

"I'm so sorry Jake! Oh god..." Seth said, covering himself with his hands.

"It's okay... I guess... I should have expected it." Jacob said.

Seth quickly jumped into the water, where he sat motionless. Jacob grabbed a bottle of shampoo and massaged it into Seth's scalp, scrubbing it clean.

"Seth? Are you okay?" Jacob asked.

"Uh yeah. I'm fine... just fine."

"Well can you maybe... move every now and then? You're starting to scare me. You know, just sitting there all motionless like that." Jacob laughed.

Jacob took a pair of scissors from the sink and set about cutting away the long locks of hair that Seth had accumulated over the weeks. When he was done, there was enough hair on the floor to create a small dog.

Jacob pulled the plug to the drain and allowed the water to drain out. Seth covered himself to avoid yet another embarrassing situation.

Jacob grabbed a towel and dried Seth's dripping hair and body causing him to blush brightly. Jacob looked up and saw Seth's face.

"I think you're enjoying this a little too much." Jacob smiled.

They emerged from the bathroom, Seth now dressed in a bathrobe.

"Oh, did Jakey give his puppy Seth a bath? How cute." Jared cooed.

"Yeah okay, you can shut up now. " Jacob replied.

Seth went and seated himself at the table while Jacob went and stood on the porch. The sun was shining brightly, drying up the last of the rain puddles.

~ Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Be sure to send feedback and as always thanks for reading! And for those wondering, Jacob did accept Seth's imprint when their hands touched, however, he hasn't realized it yet. Renesmee is going to slowly fade away from Jacob's mind as him accepting Seth's imprint has canceled out his imprint on her. I'm giving away too much here! Ahh! You're just going to have to wait until the next chapter :).