Thus is a songfic for the song Nobody Wins by The Veronicas, and I highly recommending listening to the song!

I don't own anything!

Hold your head up high

You're never wrong

Somewhere in the ride, you belong

You would rather fight than walk away

Somehow, through all of my weak defenses and protective shell, Jacob had broken through all of it to be there for me when I had need him the most. Somehow he had found a place between love and friendship, right where I needed him to be.

What a lonely way to breathe the air

What an unlovely way to say you care

A small brunette, pale and weak, stood in front of a tall, powerful looking man towering over her, surrounded by four looming figures.

"What do you want?" he snaps, hatred in his eyes. The girl flinches.

"I want to talk to you," she murmurs, her voice no more than a small whisper.

"Go ahead," he hisses cruelly, eyes fierce.

Now we're too far gone for me to save

And I never thought that we'd come to this

"I mean it, Bella, I'm not…. I'm not good enough to be your friend anymore, or anything else. I'm not what I was before. I'm not good," he told her in that monotonous voice, faltering to be detached and cold.

Maybe there's beauty in goodbye

(no one's wrong or right, you would rather fight, then you walk away)

There's just no reason left to try

(now it's gone too far, look at where we are)

Bella stares at the small house on the reservation vacantly, letting the rain whip at her frail body without blinking. She was planted to the spot, petrified to move, unable to let go. If she moved from that spot, it would all disappear somehow. But some part of her is asking still,

'What's the use?'

You push me away

Another black day

Let's count up the reasons to cry

Look what you've missed, living like this

Nobody wins (nobody wins)

"Please, Jake. You promised. I need you!"

Searching for the truth in your eyes

Found myself so lost to recognize

The person now that you, you claim to be

"If you want to blame someone, why don't you point your finger at those filthy, reeking, bloodsuckers that you love so much?" Pain washed over me, agony ripping at my heart.

"Don't tell me you're listening to Billy's superstitious nonsense now." A weak attempt at mockery came out in disbelief and chagrin. His answer was just another slap in the face.

"He knows more than I gave him credit for."

Don't know when to stop, or where to start

You're just so caught up in who you are

Now you're far too high for me to see

I'd never thought that we'd come to this

He wasn't my Jacob anymore. He was a mirror of Sam; I hated it. I hated this Jacob.

"But you don't need friends anymore," I spat bitterly. "You have Sam. Isn't that nice- you've always looked up to him so much."

"I didn't understand him before," was his genius response, always guarded. Always like him.

"And now you've seen the light. Hallelujah."

Maybe there's beauty in goodbye

(no one's wrong or right, you're about fly, then you walk away)

There's just no reason left to try

(now it's gone too far, look at where we are)

"You're hurting Jacob's feelings, avoiding him like this. He'd rather be just friends than nothing."

"I'm pretty sure Jake doesn't want to be friends at all."

You push me away

Another black day

Let's count up the reasons to cry

Look what you've missed, living like this

Nobody wins (nobody wins)

He was going to kill himself! "Oh, no, Jake!" I begged. "No, no no no! No, Jake, no. Please, no."

"What's the difference, Bella? This will only make it more convenient for everyone. You won't even have to move." I couldn't back away and let him end his life over something that was of my doing. I couldn't.

"No! No, Jacob, I won't let you!"

You never say you're sorry

Try to tell me that you love me

But don't - it's too late to take it there

"I'm in love with you, Bella. Bella, I love you. And I want you to pick me instead of him. I know that you don't feel that way, but I need the truth out there so that you know your options. I wouldn't want a miscommunication to stand in our way."

-

"I don't care, Jake. I'm not mad." He shouldn't suffer along with me. It was all my fault.

"I don't care, either. I knew you'd forgive me, and I'm glad I did it. I'd do it again. At least I have that much. At least I made you see that you do love me. That's worth something."

"Is it? Is it really better than if I was still in the dark?"

Maybe there's beauty in goodbye

(no one's wrong or right, you're about fly, then you walk away)

There's just no reason left to try

(now it's gone too far, look at where we are)

You push me awayAnother black day

Let's count up the reasons to cry

Look what you've missed, living like this

Nobody wins

(Now it's gone too far, look at where we are)

"Yeah, I miss you, too. A lot. Doesn't change anything. Sorry.

-Jacob."

R&R