A/N:

I really appreciate everybody who has been following this story and all of the reviews that you guys have written. It has meant a lot.

Unfortunately, this is the end. I decided to put the last two chapters together.

I wrote this whole story months back, knowing exactly how it will end and not wanting to change it. It seemed more realistic to me than the actual Twilight story. I do plan on doing a sequel or follow-up to this story. I will most likely complete the full story before posting chapters (like I did with this one) so I don't miss updating for weeks at a time because I feel pressured to have a new chapter ready by the weekend. So thank you guys for the amazing support and I really hope you don't get too mad at me by the end of this. I promise better things to come!

xx,
sam

I blinked twice, desperately trying to remember the last thing that I was sure was real. Alice was part of my dream, and I wondered if she had really come back at all, or if that was just the preamble. I thought she'd returned the day I'd nearly drowned…"Oh, crap" I croaked. My throat was thick with sleeping.

"What's wrong, Bella?" I frowned at him unhappily. His face was even more anxious than before.

"I'm dead, right?" I moaned. "I did drown. Crap, crap, crap! This is gonna kill Charlie." Edward frowned, too. "You're not dead." "Then why am I not waking up?" I challenged, raising my eyebrows.

"You are awake, Bella."

Edward looked completely dead, waiting for me to focus on him. "You and Jake really got close to each other, didn't you?" He looked at my bed that I was apparently now laying on. It was dark and my room no longer smelt like usual. My room was covered in Edward's scent, something that I tried to recreate for days on end. "We really did." I confirmed. "You're his imprint. His one true love." I looked at him with wide eyes. "How did you know that?" Edward nodded his head towards the window. "He's been outside ever since I brought you home. He's basically been forcing his thoughts into my brain. Especially a kiss…" I had goosebumps just thinking about the kiss. How I wanted another one from him.

"You love him, don't you?" Edward's voice matched his dead expression. I didn't have to think about it long. I knew in Italy that Jake is the man I love more than anybody in the world. I nodded my head. "You have no idea." Edward got up from the bed and walked to the window. "He liked that response." I wanted to smile but I couldn't. I knew that I was killing Edward. I sat up and stared off into the darkness. "Edward, I still love you. I know you may not believe that and I know that Jake can hear it. But I'm not going to hide anything from either of you. I still love you and I am so in love with Jake." I feel like Edward was already gone but he was just sitting at the window, listening to Jake's thoughts. I continued. "I was so hurt when you left. I have never felt a pain so worse. Jake made everything better and it felt like for once, things were going to be okay. He spent time with me, he invested his feelings in me and showed me that I can have fun again. Then Alice showed up… and the ache in my chest was back. I hated your name again. I hated you. I missed you, though and I was terrified of you no longer existing in this world. So to keep you here, I'm going to do what I have to. I know it will make all three of us very unhappy but it's what needs to be done. I'm focusing on school and I'm not dating anybody. No more monsters for me." I laughed deadly at my own joke.

Edward came back to me and kissed my forehead. "One day you'll have to choose, Bella. I really hope that you choose me. Until that day, I am never leaving your side." He whispered softly in my ear, making my spine tingle. "Now get some sleep Bella Swan, Charlie's got a lot of words for you in the morning." He kissed my lips lightly and was gone. I turned on my side and stared at the window. What is Jake thinking right now? How mad is he? I drifted to sleep with thoughts of him.

I left the house as soon as I heard Charlie's cruiser leave. It was barely dawn but I knew he would be outside waiting for me. I rushed down the stairs and threw the front door open. I was greeted with a huge bear hug. "Bells…" He whispered in my hair when he placed me back on the ground. "I'm so glad you're back home and you're safe." He kissed my head twice. I wrapped my arms around him and held on as tightly as I could. "He's watching us." Jake said, pushing me away. "So naturally, I have to do this." His lips locked onto mine fiercely. I kissed him back passionately, craving his taste. He bit my bottom lip slightly and made me kiss even harder. He pulled away way too soon and smiled at me. "You have no idea how much I missed your lips." I put distance between us, remembering what I had decided earlier. "I missed yours too… But that's the last time it will ever happen." Jake frowned and it felt like a kick in the teeth. "Bells, please don't do this." I put my hand on the door. "I am so sorry, Jake. I love you." I closed the door between us.

I never wanted anybody to get hurt but when it comes to somebody dying, maybe hurting wasn't that bad. I will suffer, Jake will hurt, Edward will hurt… but we'd all be alive. We just needed to move on.

I went to the kitchen to make breakfast for Charlie to arrive home to.

JAKES POV

"What are you doing here?! What happened to her?! I swear I'll kick your ass, Cullen!" I heard Charlie. I was inching closer towards the front, not wanting to see Bella and Edward standing there all happy and bullshit. "Charlie, I need to take her inside. She fainted." My four limbs picked up speed until I was in Edward's sight. His head snapped towards me, his eyes squinted a little. Bella lay in his pale arms, passed out. I swear if he did anything to her, I'll kill him. "Jacob. Calm down." Sam's voice was in my head.

"You get her upstairs to her room, you set her on the bed and you leave. If you aren't down in five seconds, I'm getting my shotgun. You are not being near my baby girl anymore." Charlie pointed his finger in Edward's face. Edward nodded and disappeared inside. Charlie took a deep breath before returning inside. If that was me with Bella, Charlie would welcome me to stay in the living room with him until she woke...

I watched as Edward walked out of the house, closing the door behind him and then rush back in, too quick for human eyes to notice.

I walked over and lay under Bella's window. I have been too far away from her for too long and the imprint thing is really fucking with my head. "Awe, boohoo. Poor Jakey's in love with Dracula's girlfriend." Paul... I growled. "Paul, leave Jacob alone." I mumbled a silent thank you towards Sam and returned to my torturing thoughts.

I begged the sky above - and whoever the fuck owns it, for Bella to be okay. I don't fucking care if she's with me... Well I do. But I prefer her to be healthy and happy. If she declines the imprint then maybe, just fucking maybe I can find a loophole and get out of it too. Then she can be with her bloodsucking leech.

"I'm dead, right?" Her voice flowed through the window and into my ears. I stood up and paced the yard, wanting nothing more than to climb up to her. What exactly was stopping me? Is it really because Edward's up there and I'm trying to be respectful or is it because I was actually mad at her for once...

I listened super close to the conversation that was going on between the love of my life and my mortal enemy. "You love him, don't you?" My heart pounded in my chest. All I wanted more than anything was to hear those three words come out of Bella's mouth. Those three words and I'll be satisfied leaving her life. "You have no idea." The words melted in my heart, my human form smiling a big toothy smile which is no doubt making my wolf form look angry. "Edward, I still love you." My heart dropped in my stomach. How... how could she say that? He fucking left her for vampire dinner in the woods! He could have gotten her killed... more than once! How could she fucking say that and know that I'm out here?

"I'm focusing on school and not dating anybody. No more monsters for me." Monster? I'm a fucking monster now? No way... no goddamned way! This isn't fair... I'm done. I'm done!

I ran through the woods all night, trying not to think, trying not to feel... Just focusing on running. This morning, my thoughts raged into my mind, forcing me to pay attention. Forcing me to feel the hurt that she did to me.

I thought though, for one fucking minute I thought that maybe she would change her mind. I was fine just being her friend, I really was but she gave me so much hope that there was more. How can I even love somebody that evil? She broke me just like Edward broke her... but unlike her, I'm not running back to the evil that hurt me. If she wants a true monster, she can have him. As a wolf, I need to be logical and protect myself.

But then again... as a person, I need closure. I ran towards her house, hoping that Edward wasn't there holding her hand or creepily staring at her, or whatever else the bastard does. But he wasn't around. Bella had just opened the door as I walked onto the porch. I didn't feel heartbreak when I saw her face, instead I had the urge to hug her and never let go. "Bells... I'm so glad you're home and you're safe." I kissed her head that smelled like strawberries. "He's watching us." She mumbled into my ear. I jealously left the embrace. Instead of being angry though, I tried to smooth myself over. "So naturally, I have to do this." I grabbed her shoulders and forced my lips onto hers. She kissed back just as forceful. This was going to be the last kiss... I have decided that. Once we pull away, I'm leaving her life and never coming back. I needed to think about me for once. So I traced her lip with my tongue, so I can remember the way it tastes for the rest of my life. I pulled away and blurted out the first thing in my mind. "You have no idea how much I missed your lips." She smiled sadly and took a step backwards into the house. "I missed yours too... But that's the last time it will ever happen." I frowned at the words... Maybe she could change her mind still. Maybe I can make her change her mind and all the hurt would go away. "Bells, please don't do this." I knew it was a lost cause. She had made up her decision long ago, maybe back in Italy, maybe before she even left for Italy... but it wasn't my place to think about it anymore. I put my body weight on my heel, ready to turn off the porch after she says her goodbyes.

"I am so sorry, Jake. I love you." Door slams. My heart races. I am stuck on the porch and my feet won't move. The imprint begged me to stay... but it was over. I just need to forgot those words and move on. My body was frozen though. Maybe I should go in? Maybe I should grab her and tell her how stupid she has been. Maybe I should bring up facts that Edward treats her like garbage and that he starved her physically. Maybe I should tell her that her smile returned because of me, that our kiss made her eyes light up like they use to, that Charlie actually likes me, that Edward can't give her a warm, nurturing life with kids and grandkids, that no matter fucking what I am stuck loving somebody who will never love me back the way I want, somebody who is under the spell of a damn vampire and his sparkly skin and his golden eyes and his fucking messy hair... Maybe I should tell her that she broke my heart and deep down, I knew that there will never be another girl like her that makes me feel the way she makes me feel... and I hated her for that.

But maybe I should just move on and let the heartbreak eat me alive until one day I can wake up and the pain won't be as bad anymore.

I am destined to be the moon to her world. Temporary until the sun comes back around.