Title: Somebody

Author: jwolf11209

Pairing: Edward/Jacob

Rating: M

Warning: M/M, language

Disclaimer: The characters used in this story do not belong to me. Lyrics are from the song, "Gotta Be Somebody" and belong to Chad Kroeger and Nickelback. No copyright infringement intended.

Part: 1

Summary: Edward had been waiting to find that special someone since he first became a vampire. He had watched as his family found their mates, and he was left single. Will he ever find the one who will make all his dreams (daydreams, that is) come true?

A/N #1: Bella doesn't exist in this story, at least not in the eyes of Edward.

A/N #2: I honestly thought I would have the next chapter to Unexpected done and posted last week, but it's giving me a lot of problems. And since I wasn't having any luck writing that, I decided I should at least give everyone something to read to try and make up for it. I'm trying, seriously.

Part 1

This time, I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life, the one we all dream of
But dreams just aren't enough
So I'll be waiting for the real thing, I'll know it by the feeling

Love. He had been waiting so long to find it, watching everyone around him living happily with that one person who made them feel complete. If he could dream, he knew that every single night would feature that elusive one who would come and give his life meaning.

The one who would intrigue him enough to keep his attention eternally. They wouldn't even have to try. Their very presence would make his heart sing and his eyes light with joy.

He had been waiting for them for years. Eighty-eight years to be exact. He had been yearning for companionship ever since the day he was changed into a vampire. He loved his family, but it wasn't the same.

He had watched as his family grew over the years. He had watched as first Carlisle and then Rosalie found someone to share their life with. After that, Alice and Jasper had shown up, having already met each other. And he was happy for them, truly. They deserved their happiness, and he would never wish his own fate on any of them.

None of them deserved this painful existence. And they assured him that he didn't either. They worried about him, he knew. And they told him to wait. They assured him that if he was patient he would find someone to ease his loneliness.

And so that is what he did. He waited, and he knew that he would know that person when they came along. He would recognize them, because they would be the only person who could truly make him feel.

The moment when we're meeting, will play out like a scene
Straight off the silver screen
So I'll be holding my own breath, right up 'til the end
Until that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with

He had imagined this moment countless times. The moment when he finally found his one true love. It would be picture perfect, like a scene straight out of a movie, or maybe a play.

It would be like in Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo spots a girl from across the room and stares, transfixed. He asks a server who she is, but he does not know. And it was just like that, only he was in a hospital, and it was the worst possible time to be meeting the one, because the one was standing alongside a man who was obviously ill. More than ill.

Acute Myocardial Infarction. From across the room Edward could hear the man's heart straining. The irregular beats signaled the seriousness of the situation. Dark hair was plastered to the man's forehead, his face shiny with sweat. His eyes were wide with fear, his breath coming in short, sharp gasps.

But all that was in the periphery. Edward's focus kept shifting back to the boy. Silky ebony hair stuck up haphazardly from his head. Flawless russet skin glowed underneath fluorescent lights that made everyone else look sickly. Dark brows were furrowed, worry conveyed clearly within bottomless brown eyes.

There were others with the man as well. A woman, his wife most likely, clutched his hand as tears streamed down her face. She was barely holding herself together, her body heaving with every sob she tried to stifle with her fist. A boy and girl stood on either side of her, both struggling with their own emotions. The children.

So who was the boy who stood off to the side, showing his support but remaining unobtrusive?

Edward watched as a nurse tried to pry the woman away from her husband, the children whispering words of comfort in her ears. The man needed medical attention immediately. It wouldn't help, though. Not now. It was already too late.

The man's heart made a half-hearted effort to keep his blood pumping, but the blockage was preventing it. The man's eyes turned glassy, the lack of oxygen reaching his brain getting to him. And moments later, his heart beat its last.

The doctors would try to save him, try to get his heart pumping again, but he was weak. Even if they managed to restart his heart and get him into surgery, he would most likely have permanent brain damage if he survived.

Finally able to pry the woman away from her husband, medical staff rushed the man away. Edward knew it was too late. The family had driven to the hospital from La Push, the reservation near Forks, Washington. They had traveled too far and the man's heart wasn't strong enough to help him survive.

It wasn't the meeting he had imagined, not really. Yes, he had been transfixed by the boy, but he would have preferred different circumstances. A more cheerful environment. Instead, the one had just watched someone he knew, probably a family friend, die. He had watched as the family of that man tried in vain to comfort one another.

It also wasn't the person he had imagined. A boy from the Quileute tribe wasn't exactly an ideal mate for him, especially since he was forbidden to set foot on their reservation. His one was a descendant of the wolves, the very creatures created to destroy his kind, the vampires.

But none of that mattered when the boy turned away from the grieving family and their eyes met. The boy stood, transfixed, just as Edward had been, and it was perfect.

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me like that
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they're not alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

Edward forgot that he was supposed to be meeting Carlisle, he forgot that he had important news to share with his father, and all he could do was stare into those beautiful chocolate eyes.

He had always wondered why every one of the people he loved was able to find their one when he couldn't. He was the only single member of his family. The only one who felt as though he would die of loneliness if it were possible.

Edward wanted someone who would make him feel whole, and he wanted to be that for someone too. He wanted someone that he could love and take care of. Someone who he couldn't live without, or at least wouldn't want to.

Everyone assured him that there had to be someone out there for him, but as the years had gone by, his hope had slowly diminished. It was still there, hanging by a thread, but his belief that he would find his love grew smaller with each year that passed.

He couldn't give up, though, because his family loved him, and they would be hurt if he gave up. He had to believe that there was someone out there meant just for him.

And now he was seeing that person for the first time, and questions buzzed around in his head, vying for attention.

Tonight, out on the street, out in the moonlight
And dammit this feels too right, it's just like déjà vu
Me standing here with you
So I'll be holding my own breath, could this be the end
Is it that moment when, I find the one that I'll spend forever with

They ended up outside the hospital, standing on the damp cement of the parking lot, light from the moon just barely lighting them from behind the clouds. Now that they were away from the lights and sounds of the hospital, Edward was finally able to concentrate fully on the boy who had captured his attention.

His surprise, along with the lights and sounds of the hospital, had distracted Edward enough that he hadn't been able to recognize the boy's thoughts. But now he could hear them, loud and clear, and he was completely entranced.

He hadn't known for sure while they were inside, but now Edward realized that not only was this boy a descendant of the wolves, he was a wolf. He'd always heard that a vampire would be able to smell a wolf from miles off. That their stench would burn. That wasn't the case, at least not for him.

The boy's scent was wonderfully masculine, woodsy and sweet all at the same time. But it was hard to focus on that when the boy's thoughts were going a mile a minute.

A vampire. I imprinted on a fucking vampire! The pack is gonna kill me! How am I even going to explain this? Just say 'I met him in the hospital while the doctors were trying and failing to save Harry?' Yeah, that would go over well. But then again, what the hell was this vampire doing in a hospital? How was he able to be around all that blood and not attack anyone? The cold ones are supposed to be blood-thirsty monsters, but this guy was just standing around in a hospital, looking comfortable as could be, not attacking anyone.

This scene could be straight out of Edward's imagination if he weren't standing with a supposed enemy. He sucked in a breath, holding it even though it wasn't really necessary for him to breathe. The scent of his one caressed his nostrils, teasing him into letting out the breath just so he could take in more of that delicious scent.

Would this relationship end before it had even begun? Would the boy refuse to acknowledge their connection because of the feud between their species? Or would this be the moment that he found the one person he could share the rest of his life with?

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me like that
Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they're not alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

He didn't want this to be the end. Edward had finally found someone who he knew he could love, someone who pulled at his heart as no one else ever had. He didn't know how it had happened. He didn't even know this boy, but one look into those warm brown eyes had changed him forever.

Edward couldn't handle being the odd one out anymore. He couldn't stand to see his family look at him with pity in their eyes, wishing they could help him in some way. There was nothing they could do. They couldn't give him the kind of love he desired. They couldn't make him feel as if he was the only person they would ever need in their lives.

That's what he wanted, but what if the only person he'd ever found who could give those things to him, didn't want to? What if this boy would rather let this chance slide by in order to stay on good terms with his family?

Edward could understand, really he could, but what if this was the only chance he would get? What if this boy was the only one who could ever make him feel like he did right now?

Was it possible that the boy felt the same way as Edward did? Or would he forever be searching for another chance, another person who could make him feel like he did in the mere presence of this boy? They hadn't even spoken, and Edward already felt as though his world was brighter, and his life had new purpose.

And if this boy wouldn't give him a chance, would there be someone else out there that could feel the same way as he did? Would there be someone else who could complete him? He didn't think so.

You can't give up, looking for a diamond in the rough
You never know, when it shows up, make sure you're holding on
Cause it could be the one, the one you're waiting on
Cause nobody wants to be the last one there
And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me, ohhh

He had to try. Even if it would be difficult, even if their families were enemies, Edward had to give it a shot. This might be his only chance at true love, and he couldn't just throw it away.

"What's your name?" he asked, finally breaking the silence between them. The boy jerked, apparently surprised by the sudden inquiry.

"Um…Jake," he said, his hands shoved in the pockets of loose cut-offs. "Jacob Black."

It was only then that Edward noticed the lack of shoes. The boy was wearing nothing but the shorts and a ratty sleeveless shirt. Even in the cool, damp weather, Jacob radiated heat. Edward could feel it from where he was standing a few feet away.

"My name is Edward Cullen," Edward replied, trying to figure out which question he should ask first. There were so many of them swirling around in his head. And he didn't want to frighten the boy, but…

"What exactly is imprinting?"

Jacob's eyes widened, surprise and confusion battling for dominance in their endless depths. "Did I say that out loud?" he asked, but Edward was pretty sure the wolf knew that he hadn't. He answered anyway.

"No." But he didn't explain. Surely Jacob would be able to figure it out on his own. With all the stories he had apparently been told about the cold ones, surely there had been mention of special abilities at one point.

"You can hear my thoughts?" the wolf asked, and Edward was surprised that he sounded more interested than horrified. Most people (the ones who actually knew about his ability) didn't like the fact that it was difficult to hide anything around him, that he was able to hear their most private thoughts. That didn't seem to be the case with his one.

Maybe this would work out after all. There was still the problem of the wolf's family, but maybe he would be able to look past that in order to find love.

Nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they're not alone
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there
Nobody wants to be the last one there
Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares
There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere
There's gotta be somebody for me out there

"Uh…imprinting," the wolf said, obviously just now remembering Edward's question. "Imprinting is meant to bring a wolf to their chosen mate. It's a connection that can't be denied, so deep that it hurts to be away from that person. An imprint is the most precious thing a wolf could ever find."

"So…" Edward started, hardly able to believe that such a thing could have happened to him. That such a special connection could have been formed with a creature that was made to destroy his kind. Was this meant to be the start of an alliance between their families? There had to be some important reason that they were brought together, right? But Jacob was under the impression that his family would react badly, which could be a potential problem.

"You think your family is going to be angry about this?"

Jacob bit his lip, drawing Edward's attention to his mouth. Full, plump lips. He wanted to devour them, especially when the wolf stopped chewing on them, obviously noticing where Edward's gaze was locked, and they were shiny and swollen and red. So kissable. Beautiful.

"Yeah, they're not gonna like it," Jacob whispered, looking worried now. Edward stepped forward, wanting to comfort him. Their eyes met once again when Edward laid a hand on Jacob's shoulder, and the desire he saw in those eyes…it made him hotter than he had ever felt before.

Before he could even think to stop himself, Edward sank his other hand into the silkiness of Jacob's hair and brought their faces together for a kiss. It was soft, sweet, and it gave him more pleasure than he had ever thought possible. And when Jacob returned the kiss, whimpering softly, Edward knew that he had finally found someone who could share his feelings. Someone who could share his life.

He'd found him, now Edward just had to make sure he kept him. Forever.

This is my first attempt at a song fic, so please let me know what you think. I'm planning on adding on to the story, so suggestions are welcome if you'd like to contribute. Thanks for reading! ;)