A/N: Hey everyone! I'm so happy to be writing some Twilight fanfic again! This is something I've wanted to do for a long time! It's a Bella/Embry pairing and I love Embry and the pairing a lot! There aren't that many so I wanted to write one! Takes place in New Moon. Embry is not phased and neither is Quil. Just Jake! I'm posting a link on my profile page as to what Embry looks like because he doesn't have long hair in this story at all so check it out! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: If it was mine, the entire wolf pack would be in the story more and Edward would die. So, it's not mine sadly.

Bella POV: I am done with this. I'm going to see Jacob now whether Charlie likes it or not. He refused to believe me when I mentioned Sam Uley was probably the cause of it all, insisting that Sam was 'A Good Guy'. Pfft, good guy my butt. I knew how much Jake hated him and how some guys followed him around now all of a sudden and dropped all their other friends.

Uley had all the rez wrapped around his little finger, but I was done buying whatever he was selling. I got in my truck and headed to La Push.

As I passed the reservation's convenience store, I saw two tall muscular guys. One had a baseball cap on and the other a striped hoodie. They both had inky, short black hair. The boy on the right was slender; the other looked a little beefier. Both boys looked strangely familiar. Then it hit me… Quil and Embry.

I pulled over and rolled down the window. "Quil? Embry?" the two of them spun around in shock at the sound of their names. But they relaxed slightly when they saw it was me.

"Oh… hey Bella," Quil sighed.

"You guys need a ride?" I offered, motioning for them to climb into the truck. They both nodded gratefully and proceeded to get in. Embry sat in the passenger's seat and Quil in the bed of the truck.

"So where to?" I asked Embry. He jumped, appearing slightly startled that I had actually spoken to him.

"What? Oh… um, Quil's place is right down behind the store and we were headed there. Uh, if you don't mind dropping us off there, that is." He blushed furiously and put his head down, avoiding eye contact.

"Yeah, of course. I was headed around there anyway," I assured him. Embry just nodded, not looking at me as he did. Something about the way both he and Quil held themselves when I first bumped into them made me wonder, were they as shut off from Jacob's company as I was?

Before I could stop myself, the question spilled from my mouth like water off an icicle. "So have you guys talked to Jake lately?" after a brief and awkward silence, what I saw in those dazzling brown eyes as Embry looked up at me was enough to confirm my suspicions before he could even speak.

"He wasn't at school for a week. Every time we tried to go and see him, Billy said he was contagious with mono. But you catch it by kissing and I doubt either of would ever kiss Jake. Anyway, he wouldn't answer his cell or return any of our calls either. Then he's back at school Monday hanging out with Sam's little gang and telling us we can't hang together anymore and not giving us a reason. It was bizarre. He cut his hair short, got a tribe symbol tattoo on his shoulder, grew a few inches and completely turned into muscle man in a week! That isn't normal!"

Embry's voice was labored and hard with anger by the time he was done. For the first time, he voluntarily looked at me, immediately going red underneath his russet skin and putting his head down as he took in my bewildered expression at his outburst.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I don't usually get that angry. Ever."

I was about to answer him when we heard the window/door that separates the cab and the bed of the truck open, and Quil interceded, "It's true. Em is one big softy," he chortled and leaned over to rumple Embry's hair. But just as I expected, Quil's hand was smacked away.

I fought the urge to giggle. What is it with boys not liking it when people touch their hair anyway? They act worse than girls!

"Um guys, I was actually on my way to see Jacob now, if you both want to come along? Maybe if we're all there he'll finally fess up. It'll be like an intervention."

They both looked at each other for a moment, as though conversing silently and then looked at me. Their voices were in such unison and perfectly matching tones of finality that I would've thought them the same person as they declared, "Let's do it." So off we went towards the Black's house.

When we got there, the first thing I was able to register was the outline of four tall, dark tanned, glossy black haired, shirtless Quileute guys. We all began to climb out of my truck but Embry stopped me and lowered his voice saying, "Be careful. Sam's bunch of cronies is here too. They might try and start trouble."

I nodded in appreciation and the three of us walked towards the boys together.

"Jacob," Quil called forcefully. "We want answers, man!" all four faces turned to us and the only faces I recognized were Sam's from… That Day and Jacob's.

I noticed a flicker of emotion across Jake's face when he saw me but I was more effected by his new tattoo, prominent muscles, and the fact that his once beautiful hair was now gone and shorn down.

And then he opened his mouth to answer Quil in a cold, hard voice that didn't belong to him. "There's nothing to answer. You all need to leave."

Alright, that was it. This wasn't My Jacob. He was unrecognizable now. I stepped forwards, angry tears clouding my vision.

"Jake," I whispered, my voice cracking noticeably. "What happened to you?" I tried my hardest to prevent the tears from falling down my face but the urge to blink betrayed me and two twin tears slipped down my face.

I saw pain in his eyes for a fraction of a second before it was again replaced by the mask that now belonged to Sam.

"Nothing's happened to me. I'm still the same me… with a twist. But I can't tell any of you what it is. We can't be friends anymore. None of us. I'm sorry."

I heard Embry snort behind me. "Seriously, bro? You're giving up years of friendship… a lifetime in Bella's case… for these bozos?! What did they do? Drug you? Brainwash you? I wouldn't be surprised if it was both."

Wow. Embry was usually so shy. I'd never seen the sarcastic, violent side of him. Apparently Jake hadn't either, because he was standing there frozen in shock. A few of the others were vibrating, probably because of the cold weather. I mean, they were shirtless in forty-five degree weather. Idiots.

I tried again, pleading Jake to listen. "Please Jake. We can help you. Just tell us what's going on."

He rolled his eyes at me and screamed, "Bella, didn't you hear me?! I don't need help and you need to get out of here! We can't be friends anymore!" he practically shook with anger.

Embry grabbed me and pulled me close to his side. "Don't talk to her like that!"

Quil got on my other side and said, "Yeah, she doesn't deserve that. You aren't the same Jacob we all knew anymore. Come on Bella."

Without another word to him we got back into the truck. I refused to look back in the rearview mirror as we drove away from the house I once called a home away from home. Just let my tears fall as I drove the boys to Quil's house.

As they got out Quil asked, "Do you want to come over tomorrow, Bella? We could all hang out." Embry was red-faced but he nodded all the same.

I smiled softly at them. "Okay, thanks. What time should I be here?"

"Around 2:00 would be fine."

After an exchange of goodbyes I drove home. When I got there, Charlie had left a note on the kitchen table saying he was working the night shift tonight. Guess I was alone. But when I went to bed last night, I thought back on my interaction with Quil and Embry today, and the last thing I remembered thinking before I drifted off into unconsciousness was, Maybe it's not the end of the world.

A/N: Alright so that was the first chapter! I know Jacob was a jerk but I purposely made him that way. You'll find out why, I promise! It will get better as it goes on but for right now please tell me if you want me to continue! At least five reviews for chapter 2 which should be up in a couple of days! Review please!

Thanks for Reading!

-thewolfgurlgleek :) xoxoxoxoxo