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Here's the next chapter of Who's that Girl! :) I loved writing this chapter, because I love Wella at the moment & it's got lots of them :) Also, Bella's sister Tahlia, is actually my own sister! She's a big H2o fan too & her fav character is Bella, so she wanted to be in it with somehting to do with Bella. This chapters dedicated to you my beautiful lil sis! :)

Thanks to everyone that reviewed :) Great guesses & you'll find out where Bella is & who's returning soon!

This chapter is set the day before Rikki & Emma's fight & the day before Denman returns.

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Chapter 16 – California Gurls (By Katy Perry)

Bella's POV

The day before...

I was swimming through the crystal blue waters of the ocean on my own, in mermaid form.

I smiled as I passed corals of assorted, vibrant colourings, along with amazing sea creatures, watching the in the environment they environment they belong in.

There aren't words to describe the beauty of the underwater world. Being able to see the things I see, and so the things I do, truly was a gift. Sure it is very difficult when you're around water, but it definitely is worth the difficulty.

I was interrupted by my recorded voice singing, "Whatever you say now- It's gonna come back to you! Whatever you burn down- It's gonna come back to you! We'll try to work this, we'll try and make this. You're gonna be shut down, it's gonna come back to you!" With my eyes closed, my hand scrambled aimlessly around my bedside table, trying to locate my phone, or more-so to stop the noise.

Once I touched my cold phone, I grabbed it, pressed a button and put it against my ear.

"Hello?" I said sleepily with my eyes closed, "Who on earth could be calling at… 6:00 in the morning!" I thought as I checked my alarm clock that was on the same beside table as my phone.

"Morning Bella!" Will said cheerfully to me through the phone… way too cheerfully for 6 in the morning. I groaned and said grumpily with my eyes closed "Hi, what do you want?"

Although Will's voice made an exceptional alarm clock, I was hoping not to hear anyone's voice this early on a Saturday morning!

"I was wondering…" Will said and as I sat up in bed I 'Mmm-ed' him to continue on.

"You were wondering…" I said reminding him.

"Oh right! I was wondering if you wanted to spend the day together. You know go out for breakfast & coffee and then maybe see a movie or go for a swim?"

I smiled as I wrapped my thin grey dressing gown around my pyjamas I said "Awh Will you big softie! I would absolutely love to, but I promised mum & dad that I would look after Tahlia. Sorry!"

Will gave a disappointed "Oh" before there was a second of silence before his voice perked up again when he said "That's ok! You can bring her if you want… unless you're making up excuses…"

I giggled and said "Yep of course I am! No, I'm sure Tahl would love to come!" I smiled as I remembered when my little 11 year old sister met Will; she was like in love with him!

"Yeah, I thought she wouldn't mind!" Will said as he laughed.

"I'm so sorry I have to take Blondie… at least she'll keep out of my hair!" I said as I smirked, knowing she'll cling to Will all day.

"It's okay! I mean your little sisters cute. I'll meet you girls at the café, in say an hour?" Will said through the phone, while I looked through my wardrobe.

As I chose a pretty blue dress I confirmed saying "Yeah sure. Anyways I gotta go get pretty, but I'll seeya then!"

Will laughed and said "Alright! Seeya soon, bye!" and I heard the hang up beep.

I chucked my phone on my bed, and walked out of my room, into Tahlia's blue room. I smiled at the sight of my little tomboy sister sleeping like an angel. I guess we kind of look alike, we have the same blue eyes and looks, just her blonde hair was a little lighter than my own honey blonde hair, but the same length. Also her complexion was currently lighter than my tanned skin, although she tanned very easily.

"Morning Blondie" I said as I sat on her bed, and tapped her. She groaned and turned over, with her back now facing me.

"Shut up" she slurred, I smiled as the true personality was seeping through the angelic looks.

"Tahlia I'll give you 5 seconds before you and your blankets are separated. One, two, three, four, five" I yelled the 5 and ripped her covers off and got off the bed to open the curtains.

"AH!" she yelled angrily and I returned to sit on her bed.

"Hey if you get really quick, like one minute or less, then I'll take you out for the day with Will. Okay?" I said trying to persuade her.

She groaned again, before she said "If I take longer, I know you'll still take me because you're babysitting me today" and she put her blonde head under the pillow.

I sighed and stood up off the bed & I said "Alright then, you can sleep, but I'll get Will to call Sophie and then she can babysit you for the day! Sound good?"

I smiled as I walked into our bathroom and heard Tahlia yelling out "Okay! I'm getting up!" Tahlia hated Sophie just as much as the girls and I did.

I brushed my teeth, did my hair and makeup and on my way to put my dress on, I passed Tahlia's room. She was still in bed, so I just said to her "Be ready in 5 minutes or else I'll call!" and that seemed to do the trick as she got out of bed.

I got dressed, put my necklace on and walked into the kitchen and saw a now dressed and ready Tahlia sitting on the lounge, watching TV. I couldn't believe she got changed in 5 minutes, but all she does is get changed brush her hair and teeth, but I was really hoping I'd be able to make the call and get Will to myself, damn!

"You ready?" I said to Tahlia as I got my credit card and phone. "Yep!" Tahlia said with a big, excited smile.

Us two Hartley girls left the house and started walking to Rikki's café. On the way, Tahlia talked non-stop about her newest, 'coolest' and biggest Lego sets.

I was so glad when we arrived at the café. It was only early, but I was already ready to give Tahlia back to mum & dad, even though I wouldn't have completely gotten rid of her.

I walked into the café and as I scanned the room I noticed how quiet it was, but it was 7:00 in the morning on the weekend.

I saw Will sitting at a table playing with one of the café's menus. The table had 2 free seats, either side of him. Tahlia & I walked over to him, and when he spotted us he got out of his seat and as I reached the table, he wrapped me in a hug, with a kiss.

"Hey Bel. Hi Tahlia. How are you two?" Will said as the three of us sat down.

I began to talk to him, but Tahlia interrupted when she said "Hi Will! I'm good! How are you? Guess what? I bought a new Lego set." I smirked at Will, who looked at me, smiling.

"That's good Tahl. I used to like Lego when I was your age too" Will said, before adding "Now what would you girls like for breakfast?"

We all grabbed a menu & Will and I discussed options and what we felt like, while Tahlia silently scanned the menu.

"Bella, I want a hash brown and strawberry juice, thanks" Tahlia said looking at me with a smile.

"What are you getting?" I asked Will, intending to pay.

"I think I'm going the pancakes and a coffee, you?" Will said as he collected our three menus.

"The eggs Benedict sounds good with a coffee I reckon" I said as Will nodded and smiled.

Zane came over to our table and 'hi-ed' us to serve us. He took our order, when Tahlia bluntly asked "Who are you?" Will and I smiled as Zane introduced himself and put his hand out to shake hers, which she ignored.

"This is my little sister Tahlia. She's eleven." I said & Tahlia glared at me and saying "But I look twelve! Wait, Zane… are you Bella's friend Rikki's boyfriend?"

Will and I laughed at the first part; while Zane smiled that she had made the connection between him & Rikki. "Yeah, that's right. Nice meeting you Tahlia" Zane said as he left the table to make our breakfasts.

"What are we doing today?" Tahlia asked, appearing to be getting a bit bored.

I opened my mouth to tell Tahlia off and Will smiled at me as he said as his blue eyes looked into her blue eyes "Well Tahlia, I thought that the 3 of us could go on a bit of a shopping or see a movie. How does that sound?" She instantly began smiling & started bouncing in her seat. "Yeah! That sounds great!"

Tahlia had more energy than I did, but I used it for good… not evil. Kidding, she's not that bad, she's just overly feisty & can be a bit hot headed at times. But don't get me wrong, she has some good qualities too.

Anyway, Zane came over with two steaming coffee cups and one red smoothie on a tray. "There you go" he said as he placed the drinks in front of whoever ordered it.

"Thanks" Will & I said, while Tahlia was sipping the straw with a closed mouth smile.

"Is that good Tahlia? The strawberry smoothies are my favourite" Will said to her.

Tahlia just grinned and nodded & Will said to her "Did you know I have an older sister too? Pretty awful aren't they!" I hit Will and Tahlia and Will laughed and began a whisper conversation.

"I'm so telling Sophie!" I declared and noticed that Zane was again coming towards our table, with three plates of food.

"Wait" I said to Zane, who gave me a 'what the hell?' look, but obliged.

"If you two don't apologize profusely for the big sister-bashing, then you won't get your breakfast" I said and took my plate off of Zane.

Will & Tahlia both tried puppy dog eyes and I shaked my head at them. "Zane has a job, so I'll give you 30 seconds to apologize or else Zane & your plates will leave" I said tucking into my yummy eggs Benedict.

Will leaned over and kissed my cheek and said "Sorry Bella, I now realize my actions were wrong." I nodded and said "Alright Zane, he can have his" and I looked at Tahlia, who said "Sorry Bella. I won't do it again!" really quickly before her hash browns left.

I rolled my eyes knowing Tahlia just lied, but I let it go, "Thanks Zane, she can have hers too" and he gave her the plate and mumbled "About time" before he walked off and we finished our breakfast.

We were leaving the café and I left Tahlia and Will to go pay, when Will grabbed my wrist gently and said "Where are you going?"

I looked at him dumbly "To pay?" Will shook his head, I already did and I got some money out to give Will, but he pushed my hand away.

"No. It's on me" he said and smiled at me. I smiled and kissed him "Thank you!"

He smiled back and Tahlia stood there "Uh, GROSS!" she said while Will & I laughed as the three of us walked out of the café.

As the three of us walked along the footpath, just up from the beach, I asked Will "Where are we going now?" He looked at me and then Tahlia, and then me again and said "Would my girls like to go shopping?" Tahlia oh-so subtly nodded her approval and I said laughing "I take that as a yes!" And we continued further down the road to the large-ish shopping centre.

When we arrived Tahlia got all excited and said "I wanna go to the toy shop first!" I sighed; shopping with Tahlia was always awful. She wants to go one place… and I want to go to the totally opposite store of that.

We agreed to go to the toy shop first, which is where we were walking to now when Will softly asked "Where do you want to go Bella?" I thought about it for a second before I said "I heard Diva has a sale going. That would be good to check out…" He smiled "Alright we'll go there… whatever it is next."

In the toy store, Tahlia ooohed and aaahed over all the Lego sets and Hot Wheels cars, giving us a full speech on the fact that when she can drive, she wants a black Ute.

Are Tahlia & I even related? There I was wanting to check out jewellery and she's checking out toy Jeeps!

After 25 minutes of checking out toys for all ages, I announced it was time to leave and as we were leaving, I overheard Will telling Tahlia "I'll buy something, if you want" and I was about to tell him not to worry about it, but she beat me to it, saying she wants the big Lego space station which was $112!

"TAHLIA JADE HARTLEY! Will is not getting you that!" I semi-yelled at her.

"No Bella, I've been wanting to get her something for a while and besides I've still got a little bit of money saved from the bike comp I won against Zane."

I went to argue again, but Will went to the counter, with the Lego.

"Will, no!" I said and he ignored me, getting his wallet out of his shorts' pocket. As he paid, I said "I'm never talking to you again" and I walked off, leaving Tahlia thanking Will and Will laughing at my little embarrassing performance.

I was standing outside of the shop with my arms crossed, when Will and Tahlia walked outside, with Will holding her enormous Lego box. "Do you want to go to Diva now?" Will asked me.

"Okay, but I'm still annoyed at you" I said with my arms still crossed, so we couldn't hold hands.

"Alright, you lead the way" Will said and I walked ahead, leaving Tahlia talking to Will.

We arrived at Diva and I walked inside and I heard Will behind me say "Oh, jewellery!" realizing what 'Diva' was now.

I was looking around the room, trying on rings & bracelets and thinking about what would go with my clothes. I found this beautiful bracelet that wasn't like a silver or gold chain, but rather like the brown leather I have on my necklace. It was perfect. It had a few blue and green beads that looked like gems. I turned the tag over and revealed the $30 price, because it turns out the real-looking beads are real.

Then the person I'm not talking to came up next to me and when he saw the bracelet he said "That's pretty, it would go with your necklace."

I looked up at him, contemplating forgiveness because that's bad, having a fight with your boyfriend because he was too nice and absolutely spoiling rotten your little sister.

"I'm sorry about before, it's just an enormous amount of money that barely any seventeen year old –apart from Zane- just has sitting around, but it was really nice of you though, thanks."

just smiled back and said "It's alright. So are you getting that bracelet or what?"

I smiled and said "Yeah, I think I might splash out & get it."

Will picked up an identical bracelet and said "Before or after I do?"

I laughed and scrunched my nose up "Yeah, I don't really think it's your style Will" He joined in laughing, before rushing off to the counter.

"No! Not again!" I said as I tried to beat him there. He was already paying and so I looked around to check where Tahlia was. She was looking at novelty jewellery, so my gaze returned to Will.

"Will, really you don't have to-" I began but I was cut off by Will who added "But I did. Now enjoy it!"

I smiled & gave him a hug. I began bouncing up and down a bit, happily and said "Thank you, I really, really love it!" and the three of us walked out of the shop.

After hitting a few more shops & after Will spoilt Tahlia even more, I decided that we had to leave, preferably before Will had to take out a bank loan on my little sister.

"Oi you two" I said, getting Will & Tahlia's attention, who were deep in conversation.

They both looked at me and I said "How about we drop the stuff of at home and go for a walk and maybe get another juice or something. Sound okay?"

Will looked at Tahlia, who nodded and he spoke up and said "Yeah, my arms are getting kinda sore from carrying this box anyway." Tahlia laughed and I gasped, "Not Mr Muscles!" I said as my little sister and I laughed even harder.

"Haha" Will said unamused, as he began walking off. I put my arm around my little sister we walked after him laughing and making jokes about 'Mr Muscles'.

We got to my families house and Tahlia ran inside, putting all her new stuff in her room and began opening them up.

I put my phone, credit card and Diva bag on the bench in the kitchen, and as Will sat at the breakfast bar, I asked "Want a drink?"

He considered it for a second, before he said plainly "Water's fine."

I looked at him, his arms leaning on the bench, waiting for it to click in his head.

After about 30 seconds he said "Oh right! Sorry I forgot" I just giggled as he got up from his seat, came into the kitchen, and I handed him a glass which he took over to the Pura Tap and filled.

I walked over to where I put my stuff & got the bracelet out of the Diva bag. Yep, it was just as beautiful as I remembered.

I took the tag off and attempted to hook the bracelet from one of the leather strands to the other. Will smiled and said "Need some help?"

I nodded, feeling a bit embarrassed. He put his glass down and walked over to me. He got the two ends of the bracelet and gently put it around my wrist and securing it with the little hook.

"Thank you, I really love it" I said.

He chuckled, "Yeah, I was starting to get the picture after the 20th time!"

I blushed & said "Oops" as I giggled.

After a drink and quick chat I called out to Tahlia who was still in her room, from the kitchen. "Tahl, grab your bathers and we'll leave in 5", just receiving a "Give me a minute" in return.

I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "That's her response for everything! Eleven year olds!" I said, getting a grin from Will.

After 5 minutes more of chatting, I walked back into Tahlia's room, ready to blast her for not being ready but I was shocked when I saw her sitting on the floor playing with her Lego, changed into her bathers!

"Good girl! Now let's go" I said as Tahlia looked up when she heard me enter her room. She stood up and we walked out of the room together.

As the three of us walked down the footpath, almost passing the café, I quietly asked Will "Feel like a juice before we go down to the beach? My treat."

He smiled and nodded, "Yeah sure sounds good."

I nodded & said "Tahlia!" trying to get Tahlia's attention, who was walking ahead of Will and I.

She turned around and while I had her attention I said "Do you wanna get a juice or ice-cream from the café?" She nodded and we walked over to the outside of the café.

We decided to sit inside again and walked through the beaded doorway for the second time today. I looked around the room to see who was working, likely at least one of Rikki, Zane or Sophie would be. As I scanned I saw my best friend wiping a table.

As Will spotted Rikki too, we began walking over to my best friend. "Hey, long time no see" I said, and Rikki looked up from the table.

"Oh hi, yeah I know right! Works been busy" Rikki said, and I gave a fake smile & nod, but I felt a pang of pain inside of me, knowing the reason really is because of the whole Rikki-Cleo-Emma rift, which had affected our friendship too & I felt like I was the main cause. Well me and my friendship with Cleo & Rikki.

I looked at Will, and I think he was thinking what I was, and for once we were grateful for Tahlia interrupting the silence.

"Hi Rikki!" Tahlia said and walked past Will and I and gave Rikki a hug.

"Oh hey Kiddo! I haven't seen you for a while either. Bella needs to bring you more often" Rikki said as her and Tahlia's hug ended, and then Rikki showed us to a spare table and gave us menus.

The three of us sat down and Tahlia began moving her finger rapidly over the menu.

"I want a triple chocolate fudge ice-cream sundae!"

I shook my head at how junky Tahlia's choice sounded. Fortunately though, she had the same metabolism as me and it wouldn't affect her slim figure.

"Okay then" I said & I looked at Will "What do you want Mister?"

He looked at his menu too, before saying, "I'll have a Apple & Blackcurrant juice thanks Missy."

I smiled at Will and told Rikki "And I'll have a Pineapple Punch Juice, thanks" faking another smile for her at the end.

While Tahlia was playing with the decorative frangipani on the table, Will leant over and whispered to me "Are you alright?"

I knew I should let someone in & I knew Will was the best place to start. He had a right to know, but in the end I went against what I was telling myself, and I just smiled and said "Yeah fine, why?"

He looked at me, his eyes looking deep into mine. "Are you sure? You just don't seem, uh, I don't know…" he said.

"I'm fine, just drop it" I said sharply, probably a bit too sharply.

Will and I didn't talk to each other while Tahlia was talking to him about her school friends & favourite lessons.

5 minutes later, Rikki arrived with the drinks, and Will & I still hadn't spoken to each other since I bite his head off.

Will & I drank our juices & Tahlia ate her sundae, and with every mouthful she would tell us how good it was.

Every now & then I would look at Will and as soon as he would look at me, I would move my gaze to Tahlia, my juice or the room. I wished that he would ask me straight out about the problem, but I knew that wasn't going to happen. How was he meant to know?

By the time Tahlia had finished her sundae, both Will & I had finished our juices. I looked at Will again, but this time he had managed to catch my eye.

He gave me a look that in words would have meant "Are you okay?" so instead of responding to him, I said to Tahlia "Tahlia, we're going. I have to take you home."

Will gave me a 'Sorry' look and I just shrugged my shoulders.

Tahlia whinged & whined for about 5 minutes before I got her to say goodbye to Will. "Bye Will. Thanks for buying me the Lego. I had a really great day" she said sulking, before he gave her a hug.

Standing with her arms crossed next to me, I said "Bye. Thanks for everything today" giving my boyfriend a quick hug & peck.

He whispered into my ear "I'm sorry about pushing you before, but I hope you know that if you ever want to talk, ever, I'm here."

I smiled, a genuine smile this time and I felt a little bit better.

I went to the counter and paid Rikki for the juices and sundae, before Tahlia and I left the café.

What's Bella hiding? Will she tell Will? Is this the reason she disappears or is it something else? Find out soon!

There you go! Please review & let me know what you thought! If I don't update for a few days, it's because i'm on holiday & there's no internet. So if I haven't updated in a few days, it's because there's no internet, not because I'm giving up! I think there is so hopefully new chaps will be up while i'm away! :)

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