Hey everyone here is the next chapter, are you all excited for Bella and Cooper's date? Let me know what you think in your reviews! Dannielle x

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BELLA POV

I had just finished my lunch and was getting ready to head home when my phone started to ring again. I picked it up only to hear a crying Charlie on the other end "Charlie what's wrong? Is the baby coming!" I asked panicking "n-uh-o, we are o-ow-ut of orange ju-uice" she sobbed. I laughed "well I'm at the diner now how about I stop but the surf club pick you up a juice and grab a few bottles from the store on my way home" I asked soothingly "o-oh-okay, can you g-eh-t some ice cream too?" she sobbed "of course I can" I said "now you calm down, and relax okay keep my niece nice and happy" I said as Charlie laughed on the other end "okay, th-anks Bella" she hiccupped. I hung up and headed out.

I walked through the door to see Charlie sitting cross legged on the couch watching a movie sucking on a lemon. "what in god's name are you doing?" I asked "I was craving lemons" she said "Charlie there is lemonade in the fridge" I said putting the shopping bag on the table "nah I tried that, didn't work" she said grabbing the other half "here is your juice" I said handing her the colourful cup from the surf club gelato bar "and I got the Connoisseur ice cream you wanted – Vanilla flavour" I said putting the containers in the fridge.

Ruby came into the kitchen and stopped dead when she saw me "oh hi, I didn't know you were home" she said "I'm just gonna go outside" she said slipping out the door before I could say anything. This had become a regular occurrence between Ruby and I, even in the hospital when she came to visit me she was quiet and hardly said anything. I was getting sick of wondering so I followed her outside, I saw her sitting under the gazebo staring out at the beach. I walked up behind her "hey" I said softly, she turned around to look at me "oh hi" she said "Rubes what is going on?" I asked sitting down beside her "what do you mean?" she asked mock confused "come on, I'm not an idiot you have been avoiding me ever since I was in hospital" I said looking at her seriously. She sighed "It's my fault that you were there" she said "were?" I asked confused "the hospital, it's my fault you…" she trailed off "died" I offered. Ruby nodded "I told you to look to the shore and you did and that's when you fell off the board" she said a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Ruby, I would have been knocked off that board even if you hadn't of said anything. It was a bad wave and I took it wrong. That is not your fault" I said putting my hand on her hand "but you might not have…" she trailed off again "died" I offered up again "yeah, you might not of if I hadn't of said anything" she said more tears rolling down her cheeks. "Ruby seriously it is not your fault, what happened to me." I said "so you don't hate me?" she asked looking at me nervously "Ruby, I could never hate you – your my sister" I said. Ruby smiled "really?" she asked "really" I said pulling her into a hug.

The next morning

I woke up the next morning in my comfy cushy bed, the thick covers wrapped around me keeping me warm and snuggly. Today Ruby, Charlie and I were going to the city to buy the rest of the baby gear and get a dress for my date with Cooper. I had yet to tell the boys about my date but I was planning on doing that at breakfast, I had sworn Ruby and Charlie to secrecy using the term that 'this news should come from me and me only' which I knew from past experiences always worked.

I took a shower, dried and straightened my hair, I was now standing in front of my mirror in my black bra with the cute heart shaped pendant in the middle and matching underwear. I was staring at the scar that had for so long haunted me. In my everyday life, my dreams, everywhere I went I could not escape it. Every time I showered I would see it, every time I changed it would be there a constant reminded of that chilling night. Although I knew the guy who had attacked me and all those other girls was safely behind bars it still made it no easier to deal with, the visions of that night still haunted me, I had the panic attacks under control for now but the dreams had been re-occurring ever since I had 'died'. I wasn't sure if I should tell the boys knowing that they would freak out a shlup me off to a shrink. I traced the sideways eight scar with my fingers, trying to convince myself to stop thinking about it.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by my phone. I walked over and picked it up "hello" I said curiously "Isabella?" the voice on the other end said "um well… yeah. Who is this? I asked "I think you know" the person said "um no I don't" I replied getting agitated. When suddenly the phone went dead. 'great just another prank caller to piss me off' I thought to myself. I went into my closet and got some clothes together before putting on my dressing gown and doing my make-up. I checked myself in the mirror one last time. I had settled on a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a tan coloured ¾ rolled up sleeve, button up shirt with a skinny brown belt around my natural waist line and a pair of brown braided sandals. I had left my hair out and straight. I turned and headed downstairs, to tell my brothers about my impending date – boy that should be fun!

I sat down at the table as Heath handed me a bowl "thanks" I said as I reached for the box of Coco pops that sat on the table "you're 17 Belle, when are you going to stop eating coco pops?" Heath joked "yeah well I remember someone sleeping with his blankie until he was 16" I shot back as I poured the pops into my bowl "ooh, good one" Casey said holding his hand up for a high five. I hit it as Ruby, Charlie and Brax all held up their hands "gotta admit bro, she gotcha good" Brax said nudging Heath's head. "Okay so now there is kinda something I have to tell you" I said sipping my orange juice "yeah what's that" Heath said his mouth full "gee Heath, could you shovel anymore in there?" I asked looking at him in disgust "anyway…" Brax said "oh yeah, I'm going on a date tomorrow night" I said quickly before eating my spoonful of coco pops. Heath choked on his drink "you're what!" he cried "yeah what he said" Brax and Casey said at almost the same time "yeah, tomorrow night – at Angelo's and no before you even think about it you will not be getting a shift there to keep an eye on me and if you do I will make you feel pain you haven't felt in years!" I hissed "who with?" Brax asked "Cooper" I replied "the pretty boy from the beach" Heath said "yes" I replied again "no" Brax said. I looked up "excuse me?" I asked "no, you're not going" he repeated "no I heard you I was just giving you a chance to change your mind. I'm going Brax" I said "Bella I'm not changing my mind" Brax said firmly "well I don't care, you can't stop me from going and if you do I will make sure that any chance you have of ever having more children is physically impossible… understand" I said in a deathly serious tone, Brax looked at me for a moment before sighing "fine" is all he said "good" I replied before we all continued to eat breakfast.

We had been shopping for hours already and we had brought almost everything for the baby. Towels, burping cloths, bottles, bonjela, teething rings, books, toys, nursing pads, breastfeeding pillow, baby shoes, pram, high chair, porta cot, wipes, baby powder, rash cream, socks, beanies, heaps and heaps of clothes and 2 cartons of nappies. Now we were going to look for a dress for my date. We tried on dresses, shoes and clothes buying things totally unrelated to what we were there for but we had fun all the same.

After a full day of shopping we were home and helping Charlie unpack what we had bought. Well Ruby and I were unpacking, Charlie was resting in bed. We were sitting on the floor sorting through the 6 full bags of clothes we had bought, everything from singlets to dresses. We were de-tagging, folding and hanging stuff on the cute little hangers we had bought and putting the rest neatly away in the drawers. We washed the towels and put them through the dryer before folding them up and stacking them neatly in the cupboard placing a lavender dyer sheet between each towel to keep them smelling fresh. We put the porta cot in the cupboard along with the pram and carried the high chair box downstairs for the boys to assemble. We washed the toys and put them in the cute colourful canvas baskets and cleaned the bottles out with warm soapy water and putting them in the kitchen cupboard. Afterwards I went for a shower, said goodnight to everyone and climbed into my comfy bed, flicking on the movie The Proposal and getting comfortable. I had one last thing to say that night though to one very special person. I looked up at my ceiling and said "goodnight Nana" before blowing her a kiss and settling in for the night.

How did you like that chapter? I am not too sure about the ending but I go a little bit stuck. Next chapter is going to be Bella and Cooper's date, hope you all are excited for that! If I can get 125 reviews I will update that day, I am up to 120 so only five people need to review before I update but I would LOVE more. As usual the 125th reviewer gets a mention! Review and tell me what you think! Dannielle xx