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Chapter 7
Bella turned around and looked at Tyler wide eyed. The older boy flinched at her expression, hating that his brothers girlfriends made her feel uncomfortable in her own skin. Reaching under the table he grabbed her hand a squeezed it gently. Tyler looked back over and saw that Sarah and Kate were now at the end of the table and looking at Bella with more venom than any creation spider Chase had conjured did.
"Hey guys, Pouge and Caleb aren't here yet." Tyler said forcing himself to be nice. Even though Bella knew that the girls didn't like her she was still nice to them no matter what they did and didn't want anyone else to be mean to them.
"Oh, we were wondering if we could talk to Bella." Kate said just as Nicky called Tyler's name. Getting up Tyler gave Bella a look and she nodded at him. Sighing, he went to get the food they had ordered.
"What did you guys need to talk to me about?" Bella asked calm on the outside but freaking out on the inside.
"We want you to stay away from Pouge and Caleb. We don't care how you do it, move back to where ever the hell you came from. Just stay the hell away from our boyfriends." Sarah said glaring at the girl. Bella sat there in shock before it quickly turned into anger. Who the hell were they to tell her to leave? And them being possessive over the boys made her both angry and a little ashamed. Angry because he boys weren't property and ashamed because this was what Edward had been like with her. He wouldn't let her go to La Push with her other friends because he couldn't go onto the reservation and he made her feel bad for being human, well technically.
"That's not your decision. Pouge and Caleb can pick out their own friends. As for me going back to where ever the hell I came from, I'm already there. I was born in Ipswich and moved away when I was thirteen. And another thing, they aren't objects for you to show off or mark as yours, they're their own people and they don't need you telling them or their friends what to do. Now if you'll excuse me." Bella said getting up and walking passed a proud Tyler and out of the bar.
She couldn't believe the way those two were acting like they owned Caleb and Pouge. She honestly could not believe the nerve of those two telling her to stay away from the boys. Even if she wanted to she couldn't, they were her friends and they would always be. Even if they kept life changing secrets from her. Wrapped up in her own thoughts she didn't notice the two boys she had just gotten into a semi fight over trying to get her attention.
"Bells?" Caleb asked concerned which only grew when she jumped. It didn't go down when he saw the anger and fear in her eyes either.
"Hey." Bella said not moving.
"Why are you out here and not inside?" Pouge asked taking off his jacket when he remembered what she was wearing and that she was shaking.
"Uh." Bella said stuck on what to say.
"She came out here because both of your girlfriends were giving her the third degree." A voice said from behind them.
"And why would they do that?" Caleb asked scowling.
"Because they feel threatened." Tyler said trying not to roll his eyes at how naive they were.
"Dammit." Pouge cursed his jaw ticking.
"It's fine I told them to back off and I think they will." Bella said trying to calm them down. "But I don't think we'll be hanging out anytime soon."
"Sorry Bells." Caleb sighed, he couldn't believe he didn't see it before now. Tyler was right, he was an idiot.
"Me too, Butterfly." Pouge told her before pulling her into a hug.
"What's going on?" Maria asked next to Reid and Liz, Angela had gone to stand next to Tyler.
"I wouldn't tell them if you wanted to keep your girlfriends alive." Bella muttered from between them.
"Caleb?" "Pouge?" Sarah and Kate called from the entrance making them both tense up.
Bella cleared her throat and moved away from the boys walking over to her cousin and Alex who had just arrived. The others didn't miss this and knew something had happened before they got to the bar.
"Why don't you guys go in, Pouge and I have to talk to Sarah and Kate." Caleb said stiffly. Not wanting to question him with his temper so close to the surface, they all did as they were told.
Bella couldn't help but to feel guilty that she had caused a problem for Caleb and Pouge. Even though the girls didn't like her they liked the boys from what she could gather from the times they hung out. But that wasn't all that much so she didn't know if it was an act or not.
"So what'd we miss?" Reid asked making Bella freeze up.
"Sarah and Kate being jealous girlfriends and telling Bella to leave the boys and state. But Wildcat here told them to kindly fuck off." Tyler told them all making Bella blush and smack his arm.
"Shut up! I don't like them but that doesn't mean that I want them dead." She whined.
"What are you talking about?" Alex asked confused.
"Ah shit, and I was doing so well." Reid shook his head.
"Sorry, but what are you talking about?" Kyle asked.
"The girls are all going to kill Sarah and Kate and possibly Cale and Pogo." Bella said flinching at the looks on her sisters faces.
"Damn straight chica." Maria said angrily,"Just who the hell do they think they are talking to you that way? But congratulations on standing up for yourself."
"Thanks Diva." Bella smirked.
"Ah, and she strikes." Reid said laughing while Maria blushed.
"You throw one fit and you're branded for life." Maria pouted while the others gaped at her.
"Try one hundred Doll." Alex laughed,"Seriously, I didn't want to go anywhere near you for fear of you breaking me or any of my possessions."
"Yeah, you still owe me a journal, Angela a snow globe, Tyler an entire comic series, Caleb a laptop, Reid a skateboard, Pouge two leather jackets, Kyle a collection of football cards and Bella a lot of clothes, books, dvds, a flat screen TV and let us not forget about the book collection that she had since she was eight." Liz said laughing at her friend's red face.
"Wait, why did Bella have more things destroyed than the rest of you?" Alex asked as Caleb and Pouge came back to the table looking sad. Bella got up to move when Pouge sat down and pulled her into his lap ignoring the looks he got from his friends.
"Because she was the only one that would spend more than ten minutes in the same room as Maria." Tyler said paying little mind to what Pouge did.
"It doesn't matter." Bella said,"You don't have to get me anything, you were just upset."
"And this is why everyone thinks you're an angel when you're really evil." Reid smirked.
"You're just mad that I don't let you get away with shit." Bella teased making everyone else laugh.
"Reid?" A girl with curly red hair asked making Bella raise an eyebrow at him.
"Uh oh." Pouge sighed tightening his hold on Bella knowing she could possibly get upset and would probably kick someone's ass.
"Hey Roxy, um I can't really talk right now." Reid said shifting nervously while the others tried not to laugh. It seemed as though the only people that didn't think it was funny was Alex, Maria, Pouge, Reid and Bella. Most of all Bella.
"Oh, well I guess I'll see you later." Roxy said pouting before walking away. Bella glared at her back and the others knew that if her conscience would let her, she would have burned her to a crisp with out another thought.
"When did that happen?" Bella asked calmly knowing that if she got angry that it wouldn't end well. That and Pouge was distracting her by tracing patterns into both of her thighs.
"A couple of months before you guys came I swear." Reid told her cautiously.
"Please tell me you didn't hook up with a stalker ReRe." Bella groaned.
"It seems as though I did. But had I known I wouldn't have even gone after her." Reid said making everyone roll their eyes.
"I guess we're going to have to pretend to show her that you're off the market." Bella sighed."Even though that's not entirely true. Right Bubba?"
"Shut up." Reid grumbled making Bella smirk while the others were confused.
They spent the rest of the night hanging out at Nicky's. Sarah and Kate reappeared half way through giving Bella the stink eye, but she just ignored them. She was having fun with her friends and she felt like she could actually be around them and not force a smile or fake being happy. Sure she hated that they kept something from her and hurt Reid, but she was glad that they all made an effort to apologize.
An hour before Nicky's closed they all left. Tyler and Reid with Angela and Maria, Liz and Caleb back to the Danvers Mansion, Kyle and Alex were going to the apartment they were sharing while Bella decided to go to Pouge's place for the night. After saying goodbye to everyone and getting on the back of Pouge's bike, they headed to his apartment. Not that she would ever admit it to anyone, but Bella liked being on the back of Pouge's bike with her arms wrapped around him. Even if she didn't have and insanely huge crush on him, she would still feel safe with him.
"So you wanna go to bed or watch a movie?" Pouge asked leading her to his door.
"Bed, please." Bella groaned making him laugh at her.
"This way, Your Highness." He said getting a laugh from her. Leading her to his bedroom, he got out a pair of basketball shorts and a shirt for her to wear. Taking off his jeans and shirt, he waited for her to get out of the bathroom.
"Ok, I officially hate being the smallest in the group." Bella said walking out of the bathroom. Pouge swallowed hard when he saw her. She looked like she was swimming in his clothes, even with how many times she had rolled up the shorts. But even with all of that she looked beautiful to him.
"Come on Tiny, it's bedtime." Pouge said once he could talk again. After making sure she was comfortable he started for the door.
"Where are you going?" Bella asked when she saw him heading for the door.
"Couch." He replied a little confused with why she had asked.
"Oh, so you think I have cooties or something now?" Bella teased getting a grin from him in return.
"No but I thought you might be more comfortable having the bed to yourself." He explained. That and he didn't really trust himself around her alone anymore. Especially after Kate and Sarah had told him and Caleb that they acted more like her boyfriends than they did with her.
"Maybe but I'm still having nightmares and it helps when someone's there when I wake up." Bella said quietly."You don't have to stay if you don't want to. I understand, I mean who wants to be woken up by a screaming lunatic."
"Move over Tiny." Pouge told her softly. "And don't call yourself that, it's far from the truth."
Smiling, she did as he asked. Once Pouge had climbed into the bed with her and he turned out the lamp. Turning over he pulled her into his chest like he had the night in the hotel in Seattle.
"Night Pogo." Bella said laying her head on his chest.
"Night Butterfly." Pouge said before kissing her on the top of the head. They both fell asleep with smiles on their faces and no nightmares.
