What if Edward had attacked instead of Jasper in New Moon?
I feel like this would have drastically sped up the plotline in New Moon. He would leave Bella, yes, under the pretense of disliking her or her not being good enough for him. But, Edward would immediately go to Volterra to kill himself. He wouldn't give Bella the chance to form a friendship with Jake or find out about the Wolves because he would immediately go to the Volturi requesting death.
Alice would see this in her vision, come get Bella so she could try to talk him out of it. It's an option that Alice might turn Bella into a vampire herself, just so that she's indestructible and Edward cannot harm her again.
We would not get the lovely Jake / Bella content I live for, we would not get any major info on the Pack, and Bella would likely end up a vampire by the end of the novel. Because she's a vampire the Volturi have no reason to investigate, she never has baby Resume.
We might get the Eclipse plotline of Victoria trying to kill her to avenge James, but that would likely be the last book in the series.
Leah: That's really shitty of Bella to date someone right in front of you when she knows you love her. It's kinda mean for her to lead you on and then dump you for someone else.
Sam:
Leah: Only a total asshole would ever do that to someone. I can't imagine how awful that would feel, Jake.
“quit trying to make Fangs In Your Neck Friday a thing” for me it is already a thing. I do not care about it spreading or circulating. i’m living my life
How do you think it would change the story if Jacob went to the same high school as Bella?
oooooh good question okay
I feel like Bella wouldn't have fallen for Edward as quickly as she did.
Jacob would've given her a solid, foundational friendship that she can rely on during the day at school
when she gets those mixed messages from Edward ("stay away from me I'm evil" while also constantly talking to her) I feel like she would just not tolerate it
shed have someone to talk to about Edward. she wouldn't feel like she has to go through it all alone in her own head
Jacob would help keep her grounded. "Bella why are you sitting with him at lunch when yesterday he said he wanted to kill you???"
I feel like we'd get a much heavier "friends to lovers trope" with Bella and Jacob
They'd hang out all the time and get super close. If Jacob and she got as close as they did in New Moon while going to different schools, imagine how close they'd be while seeing each other all day every day.
She'd be more quickly integrated into his friend group (Wolfpack) which would provide her with constant protection (and maybe knowledge ?) from the vampires
about the above point: the Wolfpack would hang out with her all the time, not give Edward the chance to put her in danger, etc.
Basically: it would be a Jake/Bella friends to lovers or Bella would have more of a backbone / less tolerance for Edwards's mixed messages