I did not create any of these characters, although I am manipulating them to my liking I cannot take credit, the credit of course goes to our favourite author Stephanie Meyer. Thanks for sticking with me another chapter, enjoy!

Wait. What was I doing? Hadn't I just finished thinking that it was pathetic to run away? I'm not going to let some disgusting parasite rule my life any more. I love Bella, I'm pretty sure that I always will, but I don't want her anymore. Up until now I had wanted her with all my being, but not anymore. I had thought, no, desperately fantasized that if Bella were to become a vampire that my love for her would erase any instinctual need to kill her. I was wrong, I think I always knew deep down that I was wrong; there is no fighting the inevitable. Now I just need to decide how I'm going to deal with this.

My feet, or paws rather, knew what I was doing before I did as I turned and ran back to were I had left Bella alone. I had no idea what I was going to say, I didn't even really know why I was going back; I just knew, by some unknown reason, that I had to see her one last time. This was the last time I planned on seeing her, because it really tore me up to have one side of me wanting to kill her, and the other longing to hold her, kiss her, give her anything she wanted. That's when I heard the "WHAT?" echo through the woods, great now I'm going to have to deal with her stupid husband as well, I should have known that was going to happen.

I slowed to a slow walk and then focused on becoming human, my desire to talk to her overpowering whatever had kept me from phasing before as I felt my body shrink. My hair was longer than I had guessed, it was down to my shoulders; I really needed to do something about that.

I quickly pulled on the jeans and boxers I had stolen awhile back. I had come upon them while I was running; I had stopped to drink out of a lake when I noticed a couple in the water. That's when I saw their clothes hanging from a branch; it was around the time I had tried to phase, and I knew I couldn't wander around the forest naked. I made sure that they weren't paying attention; it didn't take much they were pretty absorbed in each other, and grabbed the guy's boxers and jeans. I was pretty sure he could wander around in a t-shirt, it looked pretty long.

The Boxers were a little small, the elastic waistband stretching to fit my waist. Great, the pants are about 3 inches short, which just won't do. I wonder how easily they rip? Grasping the bottom of the jeans I pulled until they ripped, they were fairly uneven but at least they feel more like cut-offs now. Quickly doing the same to the other leg, I walked towards the spot where I thought I had heard Bella and Edward talking, I wasn't sure though because it had suddenly become very quiet.

When I walked out of the trees into the small clearing I saw why it was so quiet. Bella was clinging to the front of Edward her legs wrapped around him, her arms tightly around his neck snaking into his hair. His eyes were closed, a look of pure ecstasy on his face; his arms held her to him, not allowing her to fall. I almost laughed; I don't know how Edward wasn't noticing my thoughts right now. I tried to think something at him "Leech, can you hear me? Testing 1, 2, 3?" Nothing. I wonder if he's just ignoring me. I tried thinking about Bella, anything I could come up with, something that he had to have a reaction to. I thought about kissing her for the first time, and her shocked expression. I thought of the way her lips felt on mine, and how much I had wished that she wanted me. Still nothing. This guy was good, no reactions what so ever. Fine, then I would just have to do it the normal way.

"You two should really get a room."

What happened next caught me off guard. Edward was so shocked that he let go of Bella, who then fell. At this point I was fighting my instincts, not just one of them but two. The first being that she was off guard and I knew it would be easy to attack her, but it was overridden by my want to go and scoop her up and cradle her in my arms. I planted my feet so that I wouldn't be able to cave to either of my instincts, then Edward realizing his mistake, grabbed her before she could make impact with the ground, and set her on her feet. His face was filled with regret and concern as he gently placed her on the ground facing him. She turned swiftly towards me and said my name.

"Jake?" I could tell from her voice, so soft and musical, that she was as shocked by my decision as I was.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here. A monster and a leech going at it in the middle of the forest." My voice sounded strange to my ears, I couldn't remember the last time I had talked to someone, I think it was all the way back when Lee and I had the fight on the cliff.

"Jake, go ahead and call me whatever you want, but don't call Edward a monster" I laughed at her, it was an odd laugh it sounded harsh and cruel even to my ears, wow I needed to get used to talking again.

"I didn't." I smirked at her, this Edward couldn't take, and he lunged at me. I prepared to defend myself, no one could get mad at me for me protecting myself, and I welcomed the fight. Edward growled midair; suddenly something white and cold grabbed him. At first it was hard to comprehend that Bella had actually taken down Edward, I mean she had no strength as a human, I was suddenly glad she had not wanted to fight me. I looked at the couple, Bella holding Edward tightly, obviously restraining him, the anger flared in his eyes as he caught mine. Then Bella muttered something so low and fast that I could hardly even tell she was talking. Edward seemed to calm down, and she took his hands, from the looks of it she was holding him very tightly. I wanted to laugh at the idea that Bella was actually keeping Edward from attacking me.

"Why?" she asked simply. I knew the answer to her question the second she asked it and the bitter words fell out of my mouth.

"Nice to see you stuck to the Cullen diet." I answered, my voice sarcastic as I looked with anger into her blood red eyes. She seemed to comprehend the motive behind my anger and was quick to respond.

"Jake I thought you would be a little smarter than that," I growled at her, she struggled to calm down Edward as he responded to me, and then she said, "I only mean that you fought the newborns so you would know that they had red eyes. Mine are only red because I am newly changed and my blood is still running through my body. I have stuck to the Cullen diet." I found myself relieved; yet I had nothing to say in response.

"Jake, I don't want to hurt you…" she was cut off by Edward's voice, which was filled with rage.

"Maybe you don't want to hurt him, but he's obviously not feeling the same way. He attacked you Bella, have you forgotten?" Her eyes filled with sorrow and he pulled her close, obviously regretting filling her with that pain. I was so mad that he was used me to get her that way. She looked at me from his chest; her eyes so filled with pain it made me want to cry.

"Do you want me dead Jacob?"

"I wont kill you," it was the only response I could think of, and I added, "either of you." She still looked sad, but it wasn't quite as heart wrenching. Edward pushed her away from him, and she did not refuse, and though I knew how strong she was she looked very breakable, vulnerable. For the second time I wanted to take advantage of the fact she was such an easy target, yet I felt even more like I wanted to protect her and do whatever I could to make the hurt go away.

"Bella love, I need you to get away from me." She nodded in understanding and backed away from him, each step her eyes filling with more pain. I didn't understand what he was doing, this time I didn't even feel the want to kill her, I only wanted to protect her. How irrational it felt. I couldn't control myself as I strode over to her; I was about to pull her into my arms when a low voice spoke.

"Don't even think about it mutt." His voice shook with anger; it was so low and deadly that I didn't really want to push him. "I'll know if you do." He threatened. I growled at him and he quickly grabbed Bella, protecting her from what he thought was a danger. Being around her was making it easier to not feel like ripping her apart. I knew that seeing her was going to make it worse to leave her, I knew that's what the end result was going to be. But the love that seemed to fill me made my chest want to explode. That made me think about her, I didn't know what Edward was going to do to me now. I thought of the time we kissed, a time when she had wanted me, how it felt to pull her tightly to my chest; the feel of her hands on my shoulders, around my neck. I thought of walking down the beach, her hand in mine, watching the sun and the ocean. I thought of how she looked when they found her in the forest, this one was mostly to put him in agony, but when I looked at him he hadn't even flinched.

"You've gotten good Cullen." Edward sighed.

"You're not letting go of me again Edward." Bella's voice was confident, both Edward and I knew she would not let him release her. I felt sad that I would not have the chance to touch her one more time. Edward looked happy and almost mad at the same time. Now I was confused.

"Would someone like to tell me what the hell is going on?" I looked at them both, Bella looked at Edward quickly and he nodded.

"Well you know how some vampires have powers?" I nodded my head, deciding against speaking. "Edward can read minds, Alice can see the future, and Jasper can control emotions." She continued I nodded again. "Well you know that as a human Edward was not able to read my mind." I scrunched my eyebrows together trying to figure out what she was about to tell me. "Well turns out that he can't as a vampire either, nor can Alice see me in her visions," Edward flinched at this, Bella ignored him, but I figured that there had probably been a fight when this first happened, because when you entangled your life with a werewolf your future disappears. She continued, "and Jasper can no longer control my emotions. The strange thing is whenever I touch them their power no longer works on anyone." Then it added up and I laughed. I looked at Edward.

"So you can't hear anything I'm thinking when you hold her?" My voice was smug, and Edward looked frustrated as he shook his head. "Wow finally, privacy in my own head." I laughed again. They both seemed to smile a little.

"Why did you attack her dog?" I was waiting for someone to ask this one.

"Well tell me what you would do if some werewolf randomly appeared out of the bushes, would you just stand there?" He seemed to think about this. I decided it would be a good idea to let them know I had not realized it was Bella. "That and I didn't really realize it was Bella till she talked to me," I looked at Bella, "you are a little hard to recognize, you look so different." Her smile looked forced.

"Are you okay Jake?" her question took me by surprise. I had no response. "Billy called my dad, who called me, to tell me that you had left." I nodded at her. "Jake that was a year ago." This shocked me, I mean I knew it had been a long time, but I didn't realize that it had been an entire year. "Jacob, I think it's time you go back, they need you." My poor father, and the pack, they are all going to hate me when I get there. I knew then, that I had to go home now. I needed to be a big boy and face everything. It seemed easier now.

"Bella," I addressed her, she nodded softly, "I love you," her mouth opened, "No, don't try to tell me anything. I love you, I have always loved you, and I will continue to love you. I know that you will never feel for me, as strongly as I do for you and I am willing to accept that. I want you to be happy, and I can see that you are happy with him, and that he keeps you safe, and that he to wants to do anything in his power to make you as happy as you can be." She was sobbing now, no tears came out of her eyes as she pressed herself to Edward's chest. He knew without reading my mind that I was not finished, it seemed he knew her limits better so I wanted to ask him if I could continue, he just nodded. "Bella I want you to go live your life, or whatever you want to call it, with Edward and I don't want you to hate me or be sad about it." She looked up her eyes glassy and nodded at me, "and Bella" she smiled, "I don't really want to see you again, it hurts too much, I hope you understand." Her eyes filled with sorrow.

"I love you Jake." I couldn't believe Edward could just stand there, but he seemed to tolerate it enough that I was willing to risk trying to hug her.

"I know." I walked over and Edward released her hesitantly to me, I hugged her for the last time, she gently pressed her lips to my cheek. I released her and she fell into Edward's arms, he looked at me with understanding, I whispered "Goodbye, Bella."

The stolen pants and boxers exploded as I phased to a wolf. Then I ran, this time though, I was not running away I was going back to what I had run from.

A/N

Sorry this one took me so long! Please ignore any errors I might have made, if you have any questions or want to tell me what you think just send me a quick review! Thanks Shamrock32 for being so awesome and helping me with my story, the whole couple skinny dipping thing was her idea and I wanted to make sure you all knew she was the genius not me!

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