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Chapter 6
It had been a few weeks since everyone got back to Ipswich and was now only a week before summer break. Angela and Bella had already taken their finals and had their last day of school so they were done as well as Liz, Maria, Alex and Kyle while the Sons were still going to Spencer. Things had slowly been getting better but Bella still had a little trouble with the others except Kyle, Alex and Reid, though she didn't show it. Pouge and Caleb hadn't been around as much after Sarah and Kate had met the girls. They were especially rude to Bella when they saw that Caleb and Pouge were close to her, they thought that Bella was going to steal the boys from them.
Bella knew that Kate and Sarah didn't like her because of how close she was to Caleb and Pouge but she couldn't help but be annoyed by it. Even though she had a major crush on Pouge, and had for a long time, it didn't mean that she was going to try and steal him from Kate. Caleb was too much of an older brother for her to even think about him like that without gagging. But she never said anything because she didn't want a repeat of what happened with Caleb's last girlfriend.
"Hey Bells, what are you thinking about?" Angela asked walking into the kitchen.
"Nothing Angel." Bella asked before changing the subject. "We still going to Nicky's?"
"Yeah the girls are on the way and the boys had some kind of meeting thing." Angela said rolling her eyes. "Oh, Sarah and Kate are going to be there to."
"Yay?" Bella asked more than said making Angela laugh.
"You'll be fine Bella, I'll keep you safe from the jealous girlfriends." Angela teased. Bella forced a laugh, she didn't particularly think the situation was funny but the others did.
While Bella and Angela got ready, Caleb and the other boys were having a meeting in the colony house. Reid was trying to convince the others that no matter what she said, Bella was not fine and she was keeping something from them all.
"I'm being serious, Caleb." Reid said running his hand through his hair frustrated with the older Son.
"How can you be so sure that she's not ok?" Caleb asked him.
"Dude, there's a reason me and Belly are so close." Reid said mildly offended.
"He's right. And am I the only one that thinks that's weird?" Alex asked teasing his cousin.
"Yeah, she doesn't say much at all when we hang out." Kyle pointed out. "That and she keeps a lot of space between herself and Sarah and Kate."
"Really?" Caleb asked causing Tyler to roll his eyes.
"And you're our leader." He muttered not knowing that they had all heard him.
"What'd you say Baby Boy?" Reid asked smirking.
"You obviously heard me asshat." Tyler said sarcastically shocking the others. Out of all of them. Alex and Tyler were the quiet and shy ones, so it was weird when they did something like cuss.
"Why do you say that Ty?" Alex asked curiously.
"If you have to ask then you're all idiots. Look I gotta go and pick up Angel Face and Bella Bee." Tyler said leaving the other boys more than a little confused.
Arriving at the Danvers' mansion where Bella and Angela were staying until they could move into their old houses, Tyler sat in the car taking a couple of deep breaths to calm down. He honestly didn't know why the others didn't see what Kate and Sarah were doing. They thought that Bella was a threat to their relationships, and while Kate had reason to not like the situation, Sarah didn't. At least not with Bella, Liz on the other hand was another story. It was obvious that the two didn't understand how important the girls were to the guys and vice versa.
Walking up the steps he didn't notice that Bella was already outside. Hearing a throat being cleared, Tyler looked up to see Bella and his jaw dropped. Bella wasn't wearing her usual plain t-shirt, jeans and converse with her natural wavy hair and no make-up. Instead, she was wearing a deep green low cut v-neck, dark wash skinny jeans and a pair of heeled ankle boots. Her hair was curly and spilled down her shoulders and back while her makeup was a black and brown smokey eye and a nude pink lip gloss.
"Wow." Tyler said still in shock making her blush.
"Shut up Ty." Bella said when he came to a stop in front of her.
"You do know that the other guys are going to go ape shit right?" Tyler asked making her grimace.
"Yeah, not my fault. Angie, Ria, and Lizzie attacked me." Bella said and Tyler shot her a sympathetic look at her. Being the youngest of the group, they both had to deal with being a dress up doll and everyone being overly protective of them.
"The problems of being the youngest in the group, its a horrible fact of life that we'll always be the babies even when we have our own." Tyler said putting her arm on her shoulders and leading them back inside.
While Bella still had some trust issues with them, Tyler was easier to get along with because they had gone through the hell of growing up with the others so they understood each other. When they walked into the living room where the other girls were, she saw Angela's eyes light up and couldn't help but smile a little. While she hadn't really loved Edward the way she thought she did, Angela had loved Ben and she was happy that she and Tyler were happy together.
"Hey, where are the others?" Liz asked.
"Colony House." Tyler said a little aggravated.
"Whoa, what's wrong with you Simms?" Maria asked picking it up.
"Sorry, they just annoyed me and I ditched them." Tyler said making them laugh. "I would rather hang out with you guys instead, way prettier than they are too."
"Why Baby Boy I'm shocked and hurt." Reid said causing the girls and Tyler to turn and see all of the boys back.
"Tough shit Garwin." Tyler grumbled, smiling when he heard Bella's quiet giggles.
"Well I never." Reid said in mock hurt making everyone laugh.
"It seems as though the babies have grown a backbone." Maria teased.
"Wouldn't you with all the shit you've done to us?" Bella asked.
"And just what would that be?" Maria asked her.
"Hmmm, Bella Barbie, Tyler the Punching Bag. You're all practically up our asses when we do something that doesn't involve you guys. Did I leave anything out Ty?" Bella asked looking over at him.
"Don't forget all of the times you used us as a cover with the Parental Units. You constantly take things from us and you never really appreciate us either. I think that about covers it. Ready to go Bee?" Tyler asked helping Bella up and out the door leaving the other to feel slightly confused and ashamed.
"They have a point." Kyle said still watching the door his baby cousin and friend went through.
"Wait, you guys used Tyler as a punching bag?" Maria asked making the boys wince.
"Yeah, but we didn't do anything too damaging and you guys played Bella Barbie." Reid pointed out Angela grimacing. "It's no wonder she doesn't like shopping."
"Ah, she didn't really have a problem with that until Alice Cullen started doing that to her but was worse than us all." Angela said making the others wince.
"We do tend to be nosy, and we take things to. But what about the whole not appreciating them thing?" Maria asked the group.
"It might have to be with them being younger and us not thinking they can protect themselves." Liz said speaking for the first time.
"Shit." Pouge said roughly moving a hand down his face.
"Hey, what the hell was my baby cousin wearing?" Kyle asked the girls suddenly.
"What are you talking about?" Maria asked nonchalantly.
"Don't even start Ria." Kyle warned. "I want to know why my cousin is dressed like Isobel Evans."
"Um, she wanted to try something different and Liz and Maria heard her and Bella Barbie happened." Angela told him before hiding behind Caleb.
Meanwhile Bella and Tyler were at Nicky's while the others were still at Caleb's house. They both felt relieved to have gotten everything off of their chests but felt a little guilty. Even though they didn't like the way they were treated they still could've said something before tonight. They could've been nicer about it too.
"I feel bad about going off on them back there." Bella told Tyler as they sat down in a booth.
"Me too Belly, but they needed to hear it." Tyler said, "It seems as though tonight is going to be getting worse."
Bella turned around and saw that he was right. Sarah and Kate were looking at them and they did not seem like happy campers. Joy.
