Bella and Jessica were good friends once, now torn apart. Now they have to work together without any choice. An intro to them becoming slaves to a powerful witch. I'll write more. Hope you like it :)
Jessica could hardly believe what she heard her fat cow of a teacher say. "Bella Swan and Jessica Stanley." Five words that didn't belong together. As much as she didn't like getting partnered up in class to work on some boring assignment, she couldn't imagine working with her sworn enemy. She despised Bella Swan, all the boys wanted to go out with her and she wasn't even all that pretty or outgoing. She pretended to be her friend once but it was only to get the boys' attention. It was if she were to say, "Hey! Look, I'm cool! I'm here too!" But no, they all went for brown eyed, droopy face, clumsy, Bella!
Bella was shocked to hear she would be working with Jessica, things hadn't been the same since she flew into her about being a slut. She hadn't even gone on a date with any of the boys. She didn't understand her, even when they were friends she could tell she was becoming aggressive and wanted attention. She couldn't understand why she wasn't getting the attention from any of the boys, she was as good looking as any of the girls at this school.
The project was a simple survey, they had to pick a topic and ask people at school, home, and around the community. Once class let out, the two girls stayed behind to talk about the assignment, Bella couldn't look the other girl in the eye. "I guess you'll want me to take care of everything" said Bella, remembering all of the other times they had worked together.
"No, you'll probably mess it up some how. I should go with you when you interview, you don't really have the people skills" Jessica said snobbishly.
"When do you want to do this?" Bella asked, nervously touching her hair.
"You probably don't have anything going on this afternoon, we can at least get a start" Jessica said in a bitchy tone.
They walked around a few streets to see if anyone was at home and not busy. They started with homes close to the school, though Bella insisted they simply ask neighbours on their own street instead of questioning the whole town. Jessica told her, the only way to get more accurate data was to get as many subjects interviewed as possible and it would make for a better grade. Jessica picked the topic and questions while Bella would record the answers as well as comments and opinions from the interviewee. Their topic was how "women were portrayed in the media", Bella pointed out that this had been done before and was nothing new, but it was one of the only topics written on the classroom board that nobody else had taken. The other topics left were about politics and going green, Jessica didn't think it would interest anyone and the only response they would get would be a door in the face. The first few houses they visited didn't have a whole lot of time to listen to what they had to say.
Both men and women were asked questions like, "Do you think women are portrayed negatively in the media?", "Do you think there are more strong women in media today than there were thirty years ago?" Jessica found herself cut short, being told to come back the next day.
"I told you no one would want to answer these questions" Bella said with an aggravated sigh.
"You don't speak for all of Forks, Bella. Let's try Miss Black." She walked in the direction of a an old, Victorian age, home. A stone path led to a rusty gate that walled off the property from the much more colourful outside world.
Bella was scared, she grabbed Jessica's arm, stopping her. Jessica turned to face her, she could see the childish fear in her eyes. Every kid in town had stories about Miss Esme Black, some saying she was a murderer and others saying she was involved in the occult. Nobody in town visited her, she would have friends and relatives drop in every few months, but hardly anyone ever saw what they looked like, even Esme Black herself. She was a shut in, she never left her home, she had things delivered to her, how she got money was anyone's guess.
"Bella, what are you doing!" Jessica snapped, trying to free her arm from her tight grasp.
"Esme Black is a witch, everyone knows that!" Bella said, cowering.
"You tool, there's no such thing! That was just some stupid story back when we were in like fifth grade, get a hold of yourself!"
Bella followed her up the path, closely, Jessica shook her head angrily at her. This was the girl all of the boys wanted? As they walked up the steps, she had an idea, cruel but it would show her there was nothing to be afraid of. "Why don't you ask the questions this time?"
"What? No, I couldn't do that. You said I'd mess it up any way."
"Come on" she instructed, pushing her forward. She rang the doorbell. They waited patiently. Bella could only pray that she wouldn't come out.
The door creaked open and sure enough, Esme Black was there, she was an older woman but looked very well for a woman at her age at about 45. She looked slightly pale, but not sickly. She smiled at both girls invitingly, almost as if she had been expecting them. "Why, hello. What brings you girls in my neck of the woods?" she asked sweetly.
Jessica gave Bella a nudge, she quickly looked over the questions. "I know that this might be intrusive and you probably have more important things to do with your time but we have some questions about how women who are viewed in the media. It's for school" she said with long pauses and not looking her in the eyes. Jessica was frustrated with her but simply smiled.
Miss Black smiled for the entire spiel, she thought it was cute. "I would love to. But why don't we do it inside, I made cupcakes if you'd like to try some" she said innocently with the flash of her Hazel eyes.
Bella didn't like this but Jessica pushed her into the house, much to her protests. She had a knot forming in her stomach, this woman was not what she appeared to be, there was something more to her housewife persona. Bella whispered to Jessica, saying they should leave immediately. Jessica ignored her. Bella continued to whisper angrily about the situation, even though they hadn't even started the survey. She pulled on her shirt, she could have simply just got up and left but she couldn't just leave her old friend behind. Jessica snapped back at her with a whisper. As Miss Black was fetching the cupcakes she heard their little argument.
"You girls shouldn't fight. You should be good friends" she said, handing them the freshly made treats. "You're both such precious, young girls."
Jessica found herself paralysed by her stare, it was like she was being hypnotized. Bella knew that's what it had to be, she snapped her fingers in front of her eyes, she didn't even blink. She faced Miss Black in panic, "What did you do to he..." she was stopped by her glowing eyes. Miss Black's eyes glowed an eery green and had her in an unbreakable trance. Both girls were helpless.
"Now, why don't you two make up" she said with a smile.
The two teens hugged each other like long lost sisters. Miss Black laughed, shaking her head, "You can do much better than that, why don't you give each other a soft, wet kiss?"
They obeyed, they had no control over their actions any more, they kissed each other softly on the lips softly and sensually. They ate their cupcakes quietly while Miss Black completed the questions herself. Both slaves didn't even look at each other, they ate their cupcakes like zombies. Miss Black instructed both girls that they belonged to her now and would do whatever she commanded, they would be back to their normal selves only when she had no use for them. She noticed frosting on Bella's finger and ordered Jessica to clean it off. She did so by sucking it off. Miss Black cackled with laughter and told them to go home. As they stepped outside, the trance was broken. They shook their heads and blinked their eyes rapidly as if they were coming out of a sound sleep.
"What just happened?" Bella asked in confusion.
"We did the survey. Good job" she said looking over the completed work she assumed Bella must have had a hand in.
"Are you sure? I'm having a blank on what happened in there."
"Miss Black is a nice lady who helped us with our homework. I'll talk to you later, Swan." She walked off with their work in hand. Bella took another look at the house, trying to piece together what went on but she kept coming up empty, as if her mind was erased. She saw glowing green eyes watching her from a window. She ran down the path scared out of her wits.
Miss Black laughed evilly, "I'll see you soon, Bella."
She has them curled around her finger now. Future chapters will have them more as slaves and will explore Esme and her magical world and of course more of a Bella/ Jessica romance story because I find there's more Belice stories than Bessica. More soon.