Hey, thank you to my 125th reviewer Joanna, you got me over the line and the chapter up earlier so this chapter is dedicated to you! So here is the chapter with Bella and Cooper's date! Hope you like. Review. Dannielle x
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BRAX POV
It had just gone 6:30pm when the doorbell rang. I stood up to answer it Heath and Casey following close behind. Ruby, Charlie and Bella had been upstairs for the last hour getting Bella all ready for her 'date' and Heath, Casey and I had been sitting around the dining table waiting. I had arranged for an extra shift at Angelo's but I hadn't told Bella. I was planning on using the excuse that one of my waitresses called in sick. I opened the door to see a tall young boy standing on the other side. He was about Heath's height and well built, he had tan skin and short brown hair with blue eyes. He looked nervous… good.
"You must be Cooper" I said in a blank tone "um yes…. Yes I am" he said nervously looking from Heath to Casey to me. "you better come in then" I said stepping aside slightly "BELLA YOU'RE DATE'S HERE!" I called upstairs, "so you ever done drugs?" Heath asked, I mean we both had but that was in the past and we made sure Bella was never involved in that. "what?" Cooper asked confused "ya ever done drugs?" Heath said stepping closer to him "uh no sir" Cooper replied nervously "ever cheated on a girl" Casey said "um well not really" Cooper replied "not really… and what does that exactly mean?" I asked darkly "well we were on a break" he replied "so you always have a fight with your girlfriend then cheat on her?" Heath asked icily "no" Cooper responded "you know who we are mate?" I asked calmly "Bella's brothers" Cooper spoke softly "yeah but were also Riverboys, which means when someone hurts the ones we love…" I trailed off "we hurt them" Heath finished "understand?" Casey said. Cooper just nodded, by now we were extremely close to Cooper who was backed up against the couch.
"What are you doing?" Bella said, we looked over to see her at the bottom of the stairs, her eyebrows raised "uh nothing" I said as I looked her over. She was wearing a short pale pink lace dress with ¾ length sleeves, a pair of black stiletos, a black bangle and was carrying a black clutch. Her hair was out and straight and her make up made her look angelic. "you ready?" Bella asked Cooper "ah yeah" he said nervously moving around us. Bella came over and kissed each of us on the cheek and whispering in our ear "I know what you were doing" before turning and following Cooper out the door. As soon as the car was out of the street I grabbed my keys and the three of us headed out the door.
BELLA POV
The car ride had been slightly awkward but I knew that was because my brothers had been terrifying Cooper into an early grave. We walked up the stairs and through the entrance of Angelo's, I had managed to get Cooper to lighten up and we were having a good time. I looked over to the bar as we sat down and instantly saw Brax, rolling my eyes I stood up "excuse me a second" I said to Cooper who just nodded as he looked over a menu. I walked up to the bar watching Brax as he refused to meet my eye, I sat on a stool, reached over and grabbed his ear pulling his face towards me "owww" he cried. I smirked "good, I told you not come in tonight" I said coldly "I had to, one of the waitresses called in sick, there was no-one else to cover her shift" he said looking at me. I studied him for a second before speaking "liar" I said "wha! I am not!" he said getting defensive, I pinched his ear harder making him wince "Brax, I am your sister. I have been around you long enough to know when you are lying, now this is how it's going to go. You are going to assign a waiter to our table… that is not you and you are going to serve you margiritas to your desperate and dateless customers and if you scare Cooper again like you did before we left a sore ear will be the last of your problems – understand?" I said in a tone that meant I was deadly serious, Brax just nodded. I released his ear and he instantly began to rub it.
I turned on my heel and headed back to our table. I sat down and smiled at Cooper "what do you like?" I asked "umm, what do you think of the seafood?" Cooper asked "ooh yeah, it's really delicious. I think I might get that too" I said smiling "Can I get you a drink?" our waiter asked. I looked up and did a double take as I saw that our waiter was Heath "oh you've got to be frigin kidding me!" I said looking over at Brax and giving him a stare that could have killed him, he just shrugged and mouthed 'you said anyone but me' before heading into the kitchen. "Are you ready to order" Heath asked again smirking, I pressed my heel into his toes and he winced. I looked up at him "yes we are ready to order, I will have the Seafood Platter and a lemonade" I said shoving my menu into his ribs "and you" he said looking over at Cooper "I'll have the same but a coke" he replied handing him his menu. Heath nodded and headed back to the kitchen, limping slightly.
We had been served out dinner and were eating happily, Cooper had seemed to have forgotten about my annoying over protective brothers and although I knew they were watching us I had forgotten about them two. "um I'm just going to go to the bathroom" I said getting up and heading off in the direction of the bathroom. I stopped at a table where a man sat with his back to us "I know it's you Casey" I whispered in his ear before continuing on not giving him a look. I returned to my seat a few minutes later "so where were we" I asked as Cooper looked up "uh we were talking about school and our most embarrassing moments… and it was your turn" he said. "oh yeah, mine would have to be when I was in the 5th grade and I had a crush on this boy and I was trying to impress him and I ran into a pole" I said as Cooper burst into laughter "it's not funny" I said lightly slapping his arm.
After he had calmed down from his fits of laughter at my expense we began a normal conversation "so what is it like having a sister?" I asked not knowing the answer "good, if anything tonight made me realise what I will be like when Natyaliah is my age" he said, I turned my head "how so?" I asked curious "well your brothers are so protective of you and I can see why, you're gorgeous" he answered. I blushed "thanks, but I can assure you that your sister will be annoyed by her protective big brother… trust me I know, I have three!" I said sipping my lemonade "yeah but you know that they only want the best for you because they love you. I saw them on the beach that day, when you got hit by that wave, they were so desperate for you to come back that they let their tough guy façade down and just became two guys who loved a girl and need her in their life" he said. I had tears in my eyes "I know, I saw them" I said "what?" Cooper asked confused "that day on the beach, I saw them. I saw them crying, I saw everything" I said as a tear slipped from my eye "I know how much they love me and that's what scares me" I said, Cooper looked confused "you mean when you were on the beach that day…" he trailed off "dead! Why won't anyone say that. I was dead!" I replied slightly fusterated "cause it's scary to think that someone you know and love was dead. But how could their love for you scare you Bella?" He asked me "because what if I disappoint them again" I said "what do you mean again?" he asked "nothing" I said closing off immediately "it's nothing, so do you have any other siblings" I asked moving away from the subject "ah no" Cooper replied clearly no happy that I hadn't continued on "what do your parent's do?" I asked "well my mum is a housewife and my dad is a lawyer" he said "ooh fancy" I said poshly .
We continued to talk all the way home, it was now 10pm and we were standing at my front door. "well this was fun Cooper" I said honestly "yeah it really was, the pat down from you're brothers and everything" he said smiling at me "would you maybe want to hang out again sometime, something more casual?" he asked. I smiled "sounds great" I replied as he moved closer to me, before I knew it his lips were on mine, softly he kissed me. My whole body tingled with fizzy little sparks as the kiss deepened slightly, he pulled back and looked into my eyes, but I wasn't sure I would ever see anything again "night Cooper" I managed before heading inside.
I closed the door behind me and put my purse on the table by the door before stepping out of my shoes "I know you saw that boys" I said into the darkness. The three boys walked out from the kitchen "you know I should really start calling you three Colleen" I said and the boys smirked at me "Charlie and Ruby, you can come down too" I said looking up the stairs. Sure enough the two girls padded out onto the landing and down the stairs. "so how was it?" Ruby asked eagerly "good" I replied "good that's it!" she squeaked "yeah I will fill you in more in the morning but I am tired and I want to go to bed" I said as I bent down to pick up my shoes before heading over to the boys and kissing their cheeks whispering "thanks for being protective, I love you" in each of their ears then moving on to Ruby, hugging her and whispering "the date was AMAZING" to her and the same to Charlie. I headed upstairs to my room my five family members still watching me as I floated on cloud nine. "Heath you owe me 20 bucks!" Ruby said once she thought I was out of earshot. I smirked and continued into my bedroom.
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