Chapter 7: LaPush Beach
(Bells Pov)
I woke up really early in the morning. It was still dark out so I looked at my clock to see that it was 3:00 AM. I sighed as I rubbed my head and got up from my bed and looked around the room. I was sweating a lot so I went to the bathroom and washed my face with cold water. I looked at the mirror and rubbed my head and just did my regular routine. After I was done I headed down the stairs and went to the kitchen and saw Maria sitting at the table.
"Couldn't sleep?" I asked.
"Never went to bed." She said and I nodded as I grabbed a glass of water and sat at the table with Maria.
"Nightmare?" She asked and I shrugged.
"I don't remember dreams so well anymore, I couldn't tell you." I said as I looked out the window.
"Not everyone remembers all dreams."
"Yea."
"So….. you and Alice aren't really dating?"
"I suppose you were eavesdropping on my conversation with Leah." I said and she nodded.
"Hmm, That was between me and her."
"Sorry."
"Hm."
"You ok?"
"I don't know….. I just don't know." I said and lay my head on the table. Maria and I just talked about random things from school to people she's dated. We talked until the light of the sun came through the window, I went out and grabbed the mail and grabbed the newspaper for myself. I saw my parents in the kitchen and I nodded at them as I sat down and read the paper. They talked about the killer again and I set the paper down and looked at my dad.
"I'm gonna go to LaPush with the Cullen's and Leah." I said and I rubbed my head a bit.
"Maybe you should sleep more before you go." My Mom said and I shook my head no.
"Nah I'm good…. I just really want to be out of the house for a bit."
"Alright." She said and looked at me and I looked down.
"I'll leave in a bit." I told them and they nodded and I got up and headed to my room, got changed and packed a bag for the beach. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 8:00 AM. I grabbed my phone and called Alice.
"Good morning Bell." She said and I smiled a bit.
"Morning Pixie, Hey um….. are you and your siblings up for a trip to LaPush? I know I already took you at night but we can spend the day there." I said and rubbed my neck. I know she can't see but she can hear how nervous I am.
"Of course, when will you be coming over?" She asked and I looked at my clock and thought for a bit.
"I'll be there in about an hour."
"Alright, see you then bad boy." She said and I chuckled. She hung up and I grabbed my bag, headed down the stairs and saw my dad getting ready for work.
"You off?" He asked and I nodded.
"I'll call you later tonight, I have next week off so you and I can go hang out?" He asked and I nodded.
"We should go fishing." I said and he looked at me.
"Alright, fishing sounds good." He said and smiled a bit and I nodded and he patted my back.
"Be safe."
"Promise pop."
"I'd rather you call me Charlie again than pop."
"Yea I called you that for a long time, forgot why."
"Probably to make me mad." He said and I shrugged then smiled.
"Alright head to work old man." I said and he laughed as he went to his cruiser. I grabbed my phone and called up Leah.
"Clearwater home." I heard Seth say and I chuckled.
"Hey Seth put Leah on."
"Holy Hell Bell um….. LEAH BELL IS ON THE PHONE!" I heard him yell and I rolled my eyes.
"Hey Bell."
"Yo, I'm gonna get the Cullen's and meet you down at LaPush if that's fine with you."
"Yea, of course I'll get a bonfire going too."
"Great, I'll bring a radio and some beers." I said quietly so my mom didn't hear.
"See ya in a bit." She said and hung up and I went and got some supplies, extra towels, snacks, beers, the usual party supplies. I got everything ready and went inside and saw my mother and stepsister.
"I'll um…… see you later tonight?"
"Of course, go have fun sweetie." My Mom said and I nodded.
"Sorry for not spending to much time with you guys."
"It's fine sweetie, go have fun with your girlfriend." She said and I nodded then went out the door, to my truck, and drove to Alices home. Once there I got out the truck and Alice ran up to me and basically tried to tackle me but it didn't work to well and I hugged her back.
"Wow it's only been not even a full day since we last saw each other." I laughed and she looked at me.
"Sorry just, really excited for the beach."
"Hm that's good, also my friend Leah will be there too." She nodded at this and I saw her siblings coming out with bags and I waved at them.
"How are you Bell?" Jasper asked.
"Fine as can be and you?"
"Same."
"Come on guys cut the chitchat let's go." Emmett boomed and I rubbed my head.
"Do you guys want drinks? I can stop by the store."
"Emmett has water bottles and some sodas for us in his Jeep." Edward said and I nodded and felt Alice tug on my shirt.
"Come on let's go." She said and I saw Rosalie smile and I helped Alice into the truck.
"We gotta Wait on your siblings."
"I told them how to get there already, I have a great memory so come on." She said and I chuckled a bit.
"Alright, Alright, did you just eat sugar this morning?"
"Nope, I'm a morning person."
"Lucky you." I said as I got into my truck and saw that her siblings were ready so I took them all down the roads that led to LaPush Beach. I saw Leah waving at us and I waved back from my truck window and parked wherever, since no one really comes out this way.
"Hey, Who's That?" Emmett asked as he came up to us.
"That's my friend Leah." I then heard someone yelling my name and I turned just to get tackled by someone.
"I meant that person." Emmett laughed.
"Seth what the hell man?" I asked as he got up and let me out of the grips of his death hug.
"I haven't seen you in so long Bell come on let's go cliff diving." He said and tugged me a bit.
"Woah hold on I need to make sure Alice and her family get situated."
"We're Fine Bell go have some fun." Alice said and I looked at her.
"Come on Bell." Seth said and I nodded.
"Let me get changed."
"Okay, meet me at the cliff." He said and ran off and I went to get my swim trunks and headed off and got changed in the woods. I come back and set my clothes in my truck and look to see Alice in a yellow bikini with white dots on it.
"Someone's staring." I heard and turned to see Edward.
"Now I don't mind you staring at my sister but you might want to cover up that tent of yours." He said and I blushed and cleared my throat a bit.
"Just yanking your chain man." He said and patted my shoulders and went off over to Jasper who was sitting by the fire talking to Leah. Alice then came up to me and I looked down at her.
"Ready for a day at the beach?" She asked and I nodded.
"Y-Yea." I mumbled.
"You mind if I come with you to the cliffs?" She asked and grabbed my hand.
"No I don't mind."
"Let's go than." She said and I took her all the way to the top where we saw Seth stretching.
"Hey ready for the first jump of the day?" He asked and I nodded.
"Yea I'm ready."
"Ladies first." He said to me and I rubbed my neck as I stepped back a bit. I looked at Alice who looked interested in this activity. I ran and jumped off the cliff like always and landed into the water. Even though I was under I heard someone land next to me. I swam up to see Seth and I heard Leah yelling.
"SETH YOU KNOW TO WAIT!" She yelled.
"IT'S FINE LEAH CHILL!" He said and I looked at him.
"Not in my book, what if you landed on me?" I asked.
"I was careful."
"Doesn't matter Seth you wait till the person comes up even Uncle Billy told you that." I said as we swam up to shore.
"Me, Sam, Jared and Paul do it all the time, no one got hurt."
"Seth it doesn't matter I follow the rules, you could have landed on me and then what? Trip to the ER and my dad flipping the fuck out?" I asked and he looked at me.
"Hey boys will be boys Bell." Emmett said and I sighed and rubbed my head.
"Yea but cliff diving is also dangerous already and someone can get hurt, that's why Billy and Seth's Dad say, wait for the person to come up from the water before you jump." I said and looked at him.
"Look it's ok now, I won't do it again." Seth said and I went over to the fire pit and I saw Alice come over to me.
"You ok?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yea Just….. I need a drink."
"Emmett brought the cooler."
"Nah, I need a beer." I said and headed to my truck and I felt someone following me.
"You brought beer?" Alice asked and I nodded.
"Yea, it's a party…. Kinda, I also bought my radio too." I said as I grabbed a bottle and looked at her.
"Don't drink to much ok?" She asked and I looked at her.
"I….. Alright." I said and she hugged me a bit and I smiled down at her.
"Hey let's go in the water." She said and I nodded as I set my beer by Leah and head into the water with Alice. I get the smart idea and splash her and she splashes me back. Then Emmett decided to join in and then everyone else got into the water. Boys against girls plus Emmett and Jasper on the girls side. I splashed at Alice who then tackled me into the water and I laughed.
"Hey now that's cheating." I said and she got closer to me.
"Oh really?" Alice asked and I gulped.
"Y-Yea." I said and she smiled as she got up.
"Girls lose I guess." She said.
"Oh hell no." I heard Rosalie and Leah said and I chuckled a bit as I got up. We stayed in the water for a while and as everyone went to shore, I followed then grabbed my beer and then went to the truck grabbed the case of beer and also the radio.
"Who wants some tunes?" I asked and Leah grabbed the radio and went over to the fire and found a song she liked. I think it was called "Got Well Soon" by Breton. I went over to the water and sat down not to close or to far from the small waves. I opened the beer and took a drink and relaxed a bit. I felt someone take a seat next to me and turned to see Alice.
"Hey."
"Hey." I replied and she grabbed my beer and took a drink. She coughed a bit at the taste and chuckled.
"You might like something on the fruity side don't you think?" I asked and she handed the beer back to be and I watched her.
"Yea something sweet would be good." She said and sat closer to me. I cleared my throat and I took a swig of my beer and watched the waves.
"Thanks for taking us here, it's really fun." She said and I nodded.
"Of course why waste a great day like this?" I asked and I felt her nod. That's all we did for about an hour, I drank some beers, watched the waves, Alice snuggled up to my side and relaxed. It felt good.
"Ok….. let's go to…..the fire." I mumbled and she looked at me.
"You aren't that drunk are you?" She asked and I rubbed my head.
"I did drink….. eight bottles right?" I asked and she nodded as she helped me to the fire. I sat down next to her and rubbed my head a bit.
"Well look who's buzzed." Seth said.
"Shut it." I mumbled and leaned back on the log.
"Ok since we're all finally relaxed we should tell stories." Rosalie said.
"Oooh I still have the stuff for s'mores in the truck, Ali can you get them?" I asked as I handed her the keys and she walked off.
"When did you get stuff for s'mores?" Edward asked.
"Hmmmm snuck out here with Ali, had a bonfire and ate s'mores." I said and they looked at me.
"Did you two?" Jasper hesitated to ask.
"No, we didn't do that I….. I wouldn't be a good man to her anyway." I mumbled and saw Alice come by with the Food and I gave it to Emmett.
"Well let's tell stories." Leah said and we all nodded.
"Who remembers their first time?" Emmett asked.
"Ooooh Emmett why doth thou want to know?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Eh it's something to talk about, anyway who was your first?" He asked me and I chuckled.
"No one." I said.
"Oh come on don't be shy to tell." Edward said.
"No seriously, I have never had sex." I said as I grabbed a marshmallow and ate it.
"So you're still a Virgin?" He chuckled.
"To afraid."
"Afraid of what?" Edward asked.
"Afraid of the truth." I said and grabbed another beer.
"The truth?" Rosalie asked and I nodded and sat up.
"I have secrets, just like everyone else but this I must keep hidden or else I'll die."
"Die?" Emmett asked.
"I have to be very careful of who knows this secret." I said and drank my beer.
"He's a bit drunk he won't remember anything." Alice said.
"Oh yes…. Being drunk does this." I said and I lean my head on her lap.
"You're a weird drunk." She said and I nod.
"I'm the best drunk."
"Ok so let's go to a different subject." Jasper said and I nodded as I turned my head to face Alices stomach and she stroked my hair gently as they talked. I put in my two cents here and there and would sometimes just mumble nonsense.
"Hey Bell you said you have a secret but you can't tell or you would die? Why is that?" Jasper asked.
"When I trust you I'll tell you." I mumbled and nuzzled into Alice who giggled. I heard and felt it.
"It's ok Bell." She said and rubbed my head and I took her hands gently and kissed it.
"You're to kind." I mumbled and looked up at her a bit. I saw her smiling and then looked away a bit. I felt her rub my head more and it was quite relaxing.
"So how do you guys feel about Forks, so far?" I heard Leah ask and I looked at Alice.
"I'm enjoying it." Alice said as she looked at me.
"Hey Alice….. I wanna talk to you alone." I said as I got up.
"Don't go off to do something inappropriate." I heard Leah say and I rolled my eyes as I took Alice over by my truck.
"You ok?" She asked.
"Could you…. Could you sleep over tonight? I'm to drunk to drive and…..um….. I don't want to wake my parents up when I go home… I mean you don't have to it's…. Just." I said and trailed off a bit and looked at her.
"It's fine Bell, and sure, I just have to get my clothes." She said.
"Um….. you could wear mine? I mean I know they're a bit big and all but….. you don't have to drive all the way home to get clothes." I said and she looked at me.
"Is there any reason why you want me to stay over again?" She asked and I looked at her. Her eyes had a concerned look to them.
"I….. don't laugh…… I had a bad dream……. And I don't know." I mumbled a bit and she cupped my face in her hands.
"It's ok….. I'll stay with you." She said and I nodded a bit.
"I'm acting like a child."
"It's fine Bell, I mean I still act like a child too."
"I hate it though."
"Bell dreams can be scary to anyone at any age."
"Yea but….. I just started having them last night and I don't know why."
"Have you seen anything bad or read anything bad?" She asked.
"I….. read about this killer….. he's getting to close to Forks and I don't know if he knows if I'm not really who I am, and I." I tried to talk but Alice stopped me by hugging me and I hugged her back.
"It's ok, I'll be there." She said and I nodded.
"Ok….ok……… thanks." I mumbled and she hugged me tighter.
"Your welcome….. now do you want to go home or have a few more beers and relax here for a bit?" She asked.
"A few more….. I know I shouldn't but right now."
"It's fine, I can take you home and everything." She said and I nodded as we came back and I grabbed another beer.
"Can I have one?" Seth asked and I looked at him.
"Ask Leah."
"Can I sis?"
"No, if Mom smells beer on your breath you know what will happen."
"Damn it."
"Any of you guys drink?" I asked the Cullen siblings.
"No, there's no point, plus we're young." Edward said.
"That's your opinion." I said.
"Well why do you drink?"
"Many reasons, more so on relaxing and not having a care in the world."
"Hope your dad doesn't get mad when he finds out." Leah spoke and I rolled my eyes and smiled.
"Why's that?" Rosalie asked.
"His Dad is the sheriff at Forks Police Station." Leah said and they looked at me.
"Oh come on he's not gonna do anything to me, I've gone home plastered once and he didn't say anything." I spoke up.
"Yea but you can get away with it." Seth said and I looked at him.
"Actually no I can't, I still have to get up and go to school and do work around the house and help out my neighbors and do extra work as well, I'm not getting away with it I'm just being taught that I still need to get up and fucking work even with a hangover." I told him and he looked at me.
"That's not what Jacob said."
"Did Jacob tell you I was at his house for the week when I first got wasted? I fucking pulled down my pants in front of his sisters, I was embarrassed as all hell, and I was scared as fuck too." I told him.
"That's the only time I've been that drunk in front of Jacob and the only time I was never punished because my dad didn't know."
"You should have told him then."
"Oh right and what teenager goes and tells a cop "Hey I'm underage and I just drank a 40oz of beer please arrest me" Yea that's real smart Seth, why don't I give you a beer and when you're done you call your mother and tell her you drank." I said and I felt Alice put a hand on my shoulder and I relaxed.
"Look I'm just saying."
"Why is your brother here anyway Leah should he be kissing Sams ass?"
"Hey now."
"No don't you Hey now me Seth you told me in the water that you were hanging out with Sam so don't fucking pull that shit on me."
"Well hell he was heart broken cause you took Leah away from him."
"He doesn't seem so fucking heart broken if the damn fucker is getting married and it's only been a month Seth so shut the fuck up."
"Ok we should go." Rosalie said as she pulled me back.
"No let the little bastard try and talk his way out of this."
"Bell you're drunk, you should let Alice take you home." Jasper said and I looked at him then at Alice.
"No Seth should go home he started it with his stupid talk." I mumbled and I felt myself being pulled away and was taken to the truck.
"Let's just get you home." I herd as I was put in the passenger seat and I closed my eyes as I heard the truck rumble to life.
