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BlackSwan {Jacob♥Bella} #25: “Of course, you’d warm up faster if you took your clothes off.”
Welcome to the 25th
appreciation thread.
BLACK SWAN
"A black swan is a large-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare event beyond the realm of normal expectations.
Almost all consequential events in history come from the unexpected—while humans convince themselves
that these events are explainable in hindsight."
Shippers
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HE SAID|| SHE SAID
All I caught was that one of the girls was also named Jessica, and the boy who noticed me was named Jacob.
"I’m Jacob Black. You bought my dad’s truck."
But I really did like Jacob. He was someone I could easily be friends with.
"Can you believe my dad paid me twenty bucks to come to your prom?"
"He said to tell you, no, to warn you, that — and this is his plural, not mine, ‘We’ll be watching.’"
Seen anything you like?
Yeah, but she's taken.
I felt an unfamiliar surge of enthusiasm at his smile. I realized that I was pleased to see him. This knowledge surprised me.
I smiled back, and something clicked silently into place, like two corresponding puzzle pieces.
I’d forgotten how much I really liked Jacob Black.
"Wait a sec—are you legal yet?"
Jacob was simply a perpetually happy person, and he carried that happiness with him like an aura, sharing it with whoever was near him. Like an earthbound sun, whenever someone was within his gravitational pull, Jacob warmed them. It was natural, a part of who he was. No wonder I was so eager to see him.
"I believe that… we have a date."
Jacob was waiting for me. My chest seemed to relax as soon as I saw him, making it easier to breathe.
"Jacob, you are absolutely, without a doubt, the most talented and wonderful person I know. You get ten years for this one."
"Bears don’t want to eat people. We don’t taste that good. Of course, you might be an exception. I bet you’d taste good."
"So are you going to be my Valentine? Since you didn’t get me a fifty-cent box of candy, it’s the least you can do."
"I told him you were planning to corrupt my youthful innocence."
He was my best friend. I would always love him, and it would never, ever be enough.
"As long as you like me the best. And you think I’m good-looking—sort of. I’m prepared to be annoyingly persistent."
I wish I could tell you about Jake. When I'm with him - the hole in my chest, its gone.
He makes me feel better. He makes me feel alive.
You're sort of beautiful.
How hard did you hit your head?
I don't want you to give up, but that's just because I don't want to lose you.
I'm not some car you can fix up. I'm never gonna run right.
It's because of him, right? I know what he did to you Bella, and I'll never, ever do that.
I'll never hurt you. I promise.
"It's just that, I know how you're unhappy a lot. And, maybe it doesn't help anything, but I wanted you to know that I'm always here. I won't ever let you down—I promise that you can always count on me. Wow, that does sound corny. But you know that, right? That I would never, ever hurt you?"
"Yeah, Jake. I know that. And I already do count on you, probably more than you know."
"I’m not good enough to be your friend anymore, or anything else. I’m not what I was before. I’m not good."
There was nothing left in my life at this point that was more important than Jacob Black.
"Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?"
"How do you know me so well, Jacob? Sometimes it’s like you can read my mind."
"We’re a pretty messed-up pair, aren’t we? Neither one of us can hold our shape together right."
Are you… breaking up with me?
I know that I've been..hurting you. It's killing me. It kills me. Can you maybe give me like, some time or something?
Don't. It's not you. It is me. I'm not...good. I used to be...a good kid. Not anymore.
No. I'm in this for life. A life sentence. Longer, maybe.
No, Jake. What if we ran away? Just you and me. What if we left home, and left Sam behind?
It's not something I can run away from, Bella, but I would run with you, if I could.
"I won't lose you, Bella. Not for this."
"Look, do you mind saving the stupid stuff for when I’m around? I won’t be able to concentrate if I think you’re jumping off cliffs behind my back."
What if there were more to Paris?
What if Paris had been Juliet's friend? Her very best friend? What if he was the only one she could confide in about the whole devastating thing with Romeo? The one person who really understood her and made her feel halfway human again? What if he was patient and kind? What if he took care of her? What if Juliet knew she couldn't survive without him? What if he really loved her, and wanted her to be happy?
And… what if she loved Paris?
I couldn't imagine my life without Jacob now—I cringed away from the idea of even trying to imagine that. Somehow, he'd become essential to my survival.
I remembered wishing that Jacob were my brother. I realized now that all I really wanted was a claim on him. It didn't feel brotherly when he held me like this. It just felt nice—warm and comforting and familiar. Safe.
Sometimes...I feel like I'm going to disappear.
Then that's why you need me. To tell you something like this. I always will...
you're not gonna lose yourself. I won't let that happen.
"Can't I be friends with you both at the same time?"
"No, I don't think you can."
"But you'll wait, right? You'll still be my friend, even though I love Alice, too?"
"Yeah, I'll always be your friend, No matter what you love."
It was easier when we were both human, wasn't it?"
I knew that last glimpse of his face would haunt me until I saw him smile again.
Jake...I love you.
Like we were connected, the echo of his pain twisted inside me.
His pain, my pain.
"I think I might have been wrong before, you know, about not being able to be friends. Maybe we could manage it, on my side of the line. Come see me."
As we walked, I felt myself settling into another version of myself, the self I had been with Jacob. A little younger, a little less responsible. Someone who might, on occasion, do something really stupid for no good reason.
Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now.
"I miss you every day, Bella. It’s not the same without you."
"Did you seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV."
"But I’ll never see anyone else, Bella. I only see you. Even when I close my eyes and try to see something else."
"Does my being half-naked bother you?"
"What’s it like — having a werewolf for a best friend?"
"Hey, it’s the least I can do — I offered eternal servitude, remember. I’m your slave for life."
I’m in love with you, Bella. And I want you to pick me instead of him.
"You love me, too. Not the same way, I know. But he’s not your whole life, either. Not anymore. Maybe he was once, but he left. And now he’s just going to have to deal with the consequence of that choice — me."
While he slept, every trace of defensiveness and bitterness disappeared and suddenly he was the boy who had been my very best friend before all the werewolf nonsense had gotten in the way. He looked so much younger. He looked like my Jacob.
"You could kiss me, for example. I don’t mind if you want to use me to experiment."
Jacob was right. He’d been right all along. He was more than just my friend. That’s why it was so impossible to tell him goodbye — because I was in love with him. Too. I loved him, much more than I should, and yet, still nowhere near enough. I was in love with him, but it was not enough to change anything; it was only enough to hurt us both more. To hurt him worse than I ever had.
It made no difference that Jacob was not human when he cried out. I needed no translation.
"I’m exactly right for you, Bella. It would have been effortless for us — comfortable, easy as breathing. I was the natural path your life would have taken… If the world was the way it was supposed to be, if there were no monsters and no magic…"
"I would have been healthier for you. Not a drug; I would have been the air, the sun."
"How can we be friends, when we love each other like this?"
"I probably won’t think she’s good enough for you. I wonder how jealous I’ll be."
"I’ll always be waiting in the wings, Bella. You’ll always have that spare option if you want it."
We don't have to do this to each other.
Yes, we do.
QUOTES
"I'd go with Jacob. [for Bella] He's way more interesting."- Robert Pattinson
Jacob and Bella's (relationship) is open and free and they can talk to each other about anything. - Taylor Lautner
"I can’t wait to see how [Jacob] is able to pull [Bella] out, but he does.
She’s like a zombie and he’s the light. It’s such a tragic story.
It’s like, ‘That’s who I should be with, but I’m totally in love with the guy I shouldn’t be with'." - Kristen Stewart
"Yeah, I totally agree with you. [Bella]'s just young and doesn't know what's right but she'll figure it out
[Edward]'s so confusing and tense. Jacob is just so friendly. It's almost like they're family.
Yeah, that's the real man for her, I agree." - Taylor Lautner
"...To see this character Jacob, who's supposed to represent light and warmth,
and he pulls her out of a rut that’s like seemingly impossible... it's really tragic. - Kristen Stewart
"She has a best friend. And he'd do absolutely anything for her. And he is the right choice....
....He is the epitome of warmth, and to reject that is heartbreaking."- Kristen Stewart
“He becomes like her best friend. It’s really [expletive] sad. Edward probably isn’t a very good idea for her.
He’s not the guy she should actually be with, because it’s not very convenient.
And then there’s this guy who comes in and oooohh. Ummmmm.”- Kristen Stewart .
"I'm the only one of the cast members that's Team Jacob, but I am.
And that's because I feel like a bit older than everybody else, and I feel like part of being a kid is having the mentality
that Bella has with Edward, which is I'm willing to sacrifice my family and my life, literally my life for this person,
because he's my everything. She's consumed by him. And for me, that's never been healthy.
I've done that before, and I really do take these books seriously.
I look at them as being very metaphorical, and for me, Jacob is the one. He's the right one for her.
He's her friend, he loves her unconditionally, and she doesn't have to sacrifice anything for him.
Relationships are, of course, about compromise, but I don't think they're about giving up a part of your life for somebody." - Nikki Reed
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Links
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AWAITING SUNSHINE: Jacob Black and Isabella Swan Fanlisting
Last edited by Soleya; 12-25-2013 at 03:46 AM
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She made it, isn't it great, it's my favorite OP in all of FF. 
Well we had a voting in the old JB thread if I remember it right and she won. She's very talented and detailed when she makes these things. For me it was perfect anyways, we wanted the same things from the OP. I don't remember how long it took, probably a while.
