Forever ch3
Belle sighed as she got to her locker. It was the first day of school and she couldn't be more miserable
She was now 12 and Derek was 14 which meant that he was now a freshmen in high school. She didn't think that she would miss him so much and classes haven't even started yet.
Sure she had Cora here with her but it wasn't the same without Derek by her side. She sighed again as she made her way to class. As she walked she passed Cora and her best friend Phoebe she smiled and gave them a small wave as she passed them in the hallway.
Phoebe's mother Hanna was a close friend of the hales. In fact Hanna and Peter use to be best friends back when they were in high school. She moved to New York after she got married but returned to beacon hill a few years ago when Phoebe was diagnosed with leukemia.
Hanna knew about the hales being werewolves and hoped that they could help Phoebe. Talia had explained to Hanna that Phoebe was young and there was a big chance that giving her the bite while she was so young could have killed her. They decided that unless it was too late for the doctors to save Phoebe, they would not give her the bite but they would help take away her pain.
After two years of chemotherapy, Phoebe has finally gone into remission. Things are finally looking for her and for that Belle is so grateful
Belle had gotten very found of the 9 year old and often babysat her when her parent went out usually dragging Derek along with her, not that he minded too much. He was quite fond of Phoebe as well mostly because she reminded him a little bit of Belle herself.
Belle came out of her thoughts as her first class for the day came into view. She got out her books and sighed. This was going to be a very long day.
After school. Belle, Cora and Phoebe waited for Laura to come and pick them up. Soon Laura's BMW came into view and they all piled into the back seat as Derek was already in the front.
Laura dropped Phoebe off at home before continuing home to the hale mansion once she parked in the driveway everyone jumped out and raced towards the kitchen.
When the reached the kitchen Elena and Leah had lunch set on the table already. seven year old Crystal, Elena and kevin's daughter was already eating while Leah was feeding her new born son Cayden.
Once they finish eat Derek and Belle decided to take a walk to the lake to relax a bit. They walked close to the water and sat on a large rock at the edge of the water. "So how was your first day. Tell me everything" Belle said excited to hear what high school was like.
"It was great, I got a bit lost at first. I actually was kinda terrified this morning but it got better by the end of the day." Derek admitted unable to every lie to Belle
"Well my day sucked, I really missed you today. I don't know how I'm going to get through these two years without you Der." Belle pouted.
"Hey I think you'll live, but you know if you ever need me just yell and ill hear you were ever I am, ill be there in a heartbeat. Ill always be there for you Belle no matter what happen you will always be able to count on me. I promise." Derek smiled and gave Belle a hug.
"My hero" Belle joke and gave derek a playful push. "But seriously ill always be here for you too Derek. What ever you need you can count on me as well. You'll always be my best friend and nothing will ever change that." Belle said hugging Derek back.
They sat there watching the sun go down "you'll always be my best friend too Belle." "Forever Derek?" Belle asked "Forever." Derek replied
The next day
Belle stormed into the hale house and huffed as she threw herself on the couch. "Stupid assholes" she mumbled 'thank god this is my last year in middle school' she thought to herself. "You better not be talking about me." Said Derek walking into the lounge with a huge sandwich in hand.
"No not you Der just some dumb asses from school." Said Belle with a frown. And Derek raised an eyebrow. "What happened, is someone giving you problems at school? Is it a boy? cause ill rip his throat out if he hurt you." Derek growled.
He was getting really angry at the thought of someone hurting his Belle. He started shaking a little before felt a small hand on his arm.
Belle look at Derek worried. She knew that he sometimes had anger issues, it came with the territory of being a werewolf but Derek very rarely lost control. She started rubbing her hand up and down his arm hoping to calm him down a little.
"Derek calm down" Belle whispered softly as Derek turned and stared at her "it's okay, nobody has hurt me. Its just some of the children at school kinda started a rumor and its really annoying. It nothing I can't handle so there is no need to rip anyone throat out." Belle said giving Derek a bit of a stern look.
"I'm sorry. Its just the thought of someone hurting you gets me really mad especially since you can't protect yourself like the rest of us can." Derek said but realized by the look on her face that he said the wrong thing.
"I'm not some weak helpless child Derek. Just because I'm not a werewolf like the rest of you doesn't mean a can't take care of my self. I hate it when everyone treats me like I'm some fragile little flower that they have to be extra cautious around." Belle all but yelled
Derek sighed that's not what he meant but he knew she had a point. Everyone in the pack did treat her like a piece of glass that could break at any moment
"I didn't mean it like that, I just worry about you is all. I mean your my best friend and its my job as YOUR best friend to make sure your okay. But your right about the way we all treat you but we cant really help it. Its our pack mentality to protect each other and keep each other safe no matter what." Said Derek and Belle sighed
"I know I'm sorry And I'm sorry I yelled at you as well. I'm just in a really bad mood." Belle said with a small pout.
"Its okay. So... what are the rumors about?" Derek asked. Belle look down and bit her lip.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Belle mumbled as her eyes were set firmly on the ground. Derek noticed how red her cheeks had become which only fueled his curiosity to know.
"Belle are you blushing?" Derek asked with an amused smile. "No" Belle said still looking at the ground. "Yes. Yes you are. Come on you have to tell me now please. Its not like I'm going to tell anyone." Derek said and Belle sighed.
"Fine but you have to promise me that you will not laugh." Belle said. "Okay I promise." Derek said
"Well yesterday this boy Nathan... Well he kinda ah.. he asked me out." Belle said awkwardly. Derek narrowed his eyes a bit. "And what did you say?" He asked. "I said no, so then he asked me if I ever even had a boyfriend before and I said no again... Then he said that its probably because I like girls and that's its ok he understand and he was being serious, he actually thinks that I like girls and now he wants me to be like his new lesbian best friend. Now everyone thinks I'm lesbian." Belle said with a frown.
Derek bit the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing. He looked down at Belle and couldn't stick it. He burst into fit of laughter. Belle got up looking really angry. "See I knew you were gonna laugh at me that's why I didn't want to tell you." Belle said angrily before stomping of to her room.
Derek got up and followed up the stairs and made his way to her room still laughing a little. "Look I'm sorry I didn't mean to laugh." Derek said and Belle ignored him and went to sit on her window seat and looked outside. Her room had a great view of the back yard and forest. You could also see bits of the lake In the distance.
"Come on princess look at me. I said I was sorry and I mean it I really am." Derek tried again. Belle looked at him "I don't like girls in that way." She pouted. Derek gave her a small smile. "Look if you want them to know that you like boys and not girls, Just tell them you already have a boyfriend that's why you said no to that nathan guy."
"But I don't have a boyfriend, I don't even want one right now and its not because I like girls."Belle mumbled "I know that but they don't need to. If I didn't already have a girlfriend I would have posed as your pretend boyfriend. I'm sure you would have been the envy of every girl in this town if that was the case." Derek said smugly.
"You have a girlfriend? Really? What's her name? How did you meet her? When are you gonna let me meet her?" Belle asked mood brightening up a little bit.
"Wow calm down. One question at a time." Derek said with a little laugh. "Well come on. Details! Now!" Belle said and Derek laughed.
"Well her name is Paige, she is in my school. Were not really official yet but I'm working on that and as for when u get to meet her that won't be anytime soon, you might scare her of. You can be very intimidating at times you know that." Derek said moving toward her bed before throwing himself down onto it.
"Awe come on ill be extra nice to her. Ill be sweet little princess Belle I won't say one mean thing to her at all. I won't even tell her anything bad about you I promise." Belle said pouting.
"No, no way I know you Belle, you won't be able to keep your mouth shut. you'll probably tell her every embarrassing thing there is to know about me before the night is out." Derek said shaking his head.
"Well not all of them. Just some of them and it won't even be the really bad ones. Plus I can't tell her all your secrets, that is reserved for your number one girl only, which happens to be me." Belle winked.
Derek laughed and put his arm around her and let her lay her head on his chest. "Yes you will always be my number one girl that will never change, ever." Derek said seriously. "Okay ill let you meet her but not right now. I just want her to get used to the idea of us being together before I put her through the torture that is you." Derek said laughing. and Belle hit his chest.
"Ill be nice to her I promise. I can see that you really like her, I would do anything to ruin that for you." Belle whispered. "I know that Belle." Derek said kissing her forehead.
"Alright I'm gonna go take a shower before dinner." Derek said while getting up "alright. I have some homework to do anyway." Belle said
She got up to get her school bag from the door way were she had thrown it when she felt a very weird sensation run through her. Something felt really off, she didn't understand this odd feeling she was having but she knew that something wasn't right, that she knew for sure.