Well this'll be chapter 13. I'm sorry if this chapter took forever, I was having a hard time thinking of something to write and was in a stump for a little while. And I also apologize If you guys don't like this chapter at all. This'll just be a filler chapter. But I promise, this will probably be the last filler, before things start to get more interesting. And just to give you guys a heads-up, this chapter will focus on Tom a little more. Anyway here's chapter 13!
Tom woke up to a new day. He groaned out loud and sat up from the bed. It's been more than a week, since he came to Dirt. Before he was pretty beat up, tired and was about to die of exhaustion, all because he was looking for Bella, to tell her the unfortunate news. But now he was pretty much back to his old self. He also was now staying in an apartment home on the other side of the town. Which was also far away from where Bella was staying.
He scratched the back of his head, and yawned loudly. He then rubbed his eyes and looked out the window. It was pretty late, and the sun was high up in the air. After a while, he decided to get up from the bed. He sluggishly walked towards the door without even looking at himself in the mirror, and open it. Once he was out the door, he closed it behind him.
He was quickly met by the rays of the sun and was forced to go back up and sheild his eyes wih his hand. Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he looked around. People were going by wih their usual business. Shop owners were yelling out things to the crowd like, "Potatoes!" "Corn for sail!" "Carrots! Freshly picked!"
Tom looked at the people passing by. Some women were carrying baskets filled with vegtables in one hand, and in the other, they dragged their children right behind them. The men were probably at work, or were off building something. But most men were at the saloon getting a drink or two.
Tom started walking on the street and was slowly making his way through the crowd. Even though he had no idea where he was going. He walked around for a bit, until he finally decided he was going to see Bella. The only problem was, he didn't know what building she was staying in. So he decided to wing it.
Turns out, it was a bad idea.
Since Tom spent most of his time, inside his little apartment recovering, he didn't really know where he was going. And the day before was the first time, he went outside and visited part of the town. So of course he was still new to everything and everyone. He tried asking a couple of people if they could tell him, where she lived. But each person, told him she was busy at the moment and he should visit her later. That made him wonder what she could be doing.
'Probably spending time with her 'Jake!' he thought.
But either way, he still decided to go visit her, since he didn't have anything better to do. He then asked a couple more people, where she lived but they still told him the exact same thing as before.
"Huh! Can someone at least show me where Bella lives!"he said out loud in frustration, which caused a couple of people to look at him strangely.
"I can show you!"said a high voice. He turned to see where the voice came from, but didn't see anyone.
"Hello!"said a voice.
Tom immediately looked down, and nearly jumped up in surprise when his eyes met the eyes, of little Priscilla.
"Uh... Hey there! Uh...little girl.."he said awkwardly.
She looked up at him. "My names Priscilla!"she said.
"Uh...hey! Priscilla!"he said again awkwardly. Then after a moment of silence, he spoke again.
"So... Priscilla, "he started to say, which caught her complete attention. "Do you know where Bella lives?"he asked.
She quickly nodded. "Yup!"
"Well can you show me where?"he asked. She nodded.
"Come on!" she said, then quickly grabbed his hand and dragged him to the other direction.
"So what's yer name Mr?"she asked.
"My name's Tom."he replied.
"How long have ya known Bella?"she asked.
"Oh, a while now."he replied after thinking for a moment.
"Are ya good friends with her?"
"Uh, yes. Yes I am."
"Does she tell you everything, like her secrets and problems?"
""Uh... I guess."
"Do you tell each other everything?"
"Um..."
"Are ya sure yer good friends with her?"
"Why are you asking me all this?"he questioned her.
"No reason!"was her response.
He looked at her suspiciously, but then sighed.
"So did you help Bella escape?"she said after a while.
Tom looked at her in surprise. He hesitated for a moment before answering. "Uh, yeah! Yeah I did!"
"Thank you by the way!"
He looked at her in complete shock. "Thank me? For what?"
"If ya hadn't have helped her escape, then she wouldn't have come here to Dirt, and we would've never met her."she said.
"And yer happy about that?"
She nodded. "Yup!"
Tom stared at her for a while in shock. Once he overcame it, he sighed.
"Your welcome. I guess."
...
Bella was in the middle of waking up and falling to sleep. She and Jake were just through with their last 'mating session'. Now they were resting up. Bella had a small smile on her face. She was comfortable, relaxed, and happier than ever. She wouldn't mind staying like this all day.
Unfortunately, she didn't get what she wanted. She felt Jake move and slowly unwrap his coils around her. She frowned at that, opened her eyes, and looked at him.
"Where are ya goin'?" she said, although she didn't mean to sound more disappointed than she wanted to.
He looked at her. "I gotta go do my stupid job fer that blasted sheriff, "was his response.
She frowned at that, and cursed the sheriff in her mind. He saw her frown, then smirked at her, and coiled around her.
"Don't be sad Darlin'. I promise I'll be back. Just wait for a little while"he said. "You'll wait won't ya?"
Rolled her eyes. "Hmpf!" then she looked away.
He raised a brow at her, then placed his gun under her chin and made her look at him. She tried to ne serious, but she couldn't help but smile.
"Alright fine. I'll wait!" she said, then started to make her way back to her sleeping spot. But a strong pair of coils stopped her, and immediately dragged her back. She rolled her eyes again, already knowing what's next. She looked up at him, as he stared down at her. Then they came together and locked lips. After a moment or two, they pulled apart again.
"Now just rest 'til I get back."he said, and gently layed her back on her sleeping spot.
She raised a brow at him. "Rest? Seems like you have some plans in mind when you get back huh?" she teased.
He slithered towards the door and opened it. "You have no idea!"he grinned mischievously, then he slithered out, and closed the door behind him.
...
"So Tom, are ya comin' to the party tomorrow?" Priscilla asked Tom.
"Party? What party?"he asked.
"Ya don't know! Tomorrow's Sheriff Rango's birthday! And we're all gonna throw a big surprise party for him! You should come, it'll be real fun!" she said cheerfully.
"Oh I don't know."he said hesitantly.
"Oh please Tom! Please!"
He sighed. "Ok fine! But only if Belle goes too!"he said.
Priscilla was about to speak, when she quickly shut her mouth and froze. He furrowed his brows in confusion at her reaction, but when he looked forward, he too froze in fear. They both didn't sqy a word, when they saw the huge figure of the Grim Reaper slither past them. He bid them no head, or even looked at them. Nor did he acknowledge their presence. Although when Tom made eye contact with him, he simply narrowed his eyes at him, and Tom immediately looked forward. Once he was out of sight, both of them relaxed.
"So he's the Grim Reaper huh?"he said to Priscilla. She nodded.
He sighed. "I don't know what Belle sees in that guy. He sure is creepy!"he shuddered.
"He's called the Grim Reaper for a reason. He never leaves a town without a soul."she said.
He gulped nervously. "Well I still don't know what she sees in him!" after a while, he spoke again. "Anyway, I wonder what she's doing now. Probably asleep I guess!"
Bella was resting in the same spot Jake layed her in. But as much as she tried, she couldn't quite fall back to sleep. She opened her eyes and looked out the window, which was covered by the curtains.
"What time is it?" she thought out loud.
She got up, opened the curtains, and looked out the window. It was bright daylight and the sun was already up. It was noon.
"Shoot! We woke up late today!" she said out loud. She sighed and shook her head.
"Damn nightmares!"she cursed. Then after a moment, she also said, "And outlaws!"
She sighed and shook her head. She wanted to go outside. But even if she did, she would have nothing to do. "Well, I could always see Tom!"she said out loud. But she knew he was probably still sleeping, knowing what kind of person he is. She then turned her attention to the house and took a long look.
The house looked like a mess. Furniture was tipped over. There was a couple of scratch marks on the floor. (Although she already had an idea where they came from.) Also, there was a couple of pictures that were shot at and were pretty much destroyed. (She probably already knew who had done that.) She was surprised. Not only because how messy it was, but also because she hadn't notice this until now. She shook her head at all the mess. Then she had an idea.
"Well if I have nothin' else to do, then why don't I fix this place up!"
And with that, she started cleaning the entire house. She cleaned from the top floor to the bottom floor. She broomed, she mopped, threw all the trash away, fixed the furniture, to even polishing the windows. Boy, was it work! When she was through, she heaved a big sigh, and threw herself on the couch.
"There! All done!" she sighed.
The entire house was sparkling clean. There was not one speck of dust anywhere. It was clean from the top floor to the bottom. From the living room to the kitchen. Even the floor was shining!
Bella closed her eyes, and was about to rest when...
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
" Hey Bella! You awake!" Tom yelled from the other side.
Bella's eyes flew open. Then she groaned out loud, got up, and slithered towatds the door. When she opened it, she saw Tom grinning, and little Priscilla standing next to him. She was also smiling.
"Mornin' miss Bella!" she said.
"Hello Priscilla."Bella sighed. "So what are ya guys doin' here anyway?" she asked.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I'm bored!" Tom said flatly, which caused Bella to chuckle. "So I decided to give you a little visit."he said with a smirk, then he looked down at Priscilla. "And Priscilla here, showed me the way to your place!"he said.
Bella raised a brow at him. "Ok so, whatdya want?"she asked.
He looked up at her. "Whatdya mean what do I want? I'm bored, so I want to see you of you want do something! But apparently your too tired to do anything!"he said, then looked down at Priscilla. "Come on Priscilla! Let's go somewhere else!"he said, then turned around nd started to walk away.
"Hold on! You don't need to be a cry baby!" Bella called out to them, and slitnered towards them. They stopped and turned around to face her.
"Ok! So what do ya want to do?"Bella asked flatly.
Tom gave her an unamused look. But then he sighed and stayed quiet for a moment. "I don't know what do you want to do?" he asked.
"Really?! Really? You came to my house! Disturbed me in my relaxing time! Just because you wanted me to do something with you,and you don't even know what you want to do!" she exclaimed. "Are you kidding me!"
"Hey! Don't judge me ok! I'm serious! I'm bored! And ya know how much I hate being bored!"he said.
Bella sighed and shook her head. "Your really somethin' ya know that!" He just shrugged.
"Well if ya don't know wnat yer gonna do, you two could always help miss Beans set up for the party!" Priscilla insisted.
Both of them looked at her, then looked at each other. "Well that's better than nothing!" Bella admitted.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Tom agreed. Then they both turned their heads to Priscilla.
"Ok We'll do it!" they both said in unison. Priscilla grinned with excitement.
"Yay! Ok let's tell Beans that yal wanna help to! Follow me!" and with that the two adults followed the young child.
Ok here, was chapter 13. Again I'm sorry that this chapter took forever. I was in a stump, for a while, until I finally thought of something to write. And by the way, this will be the last filler, for now, until things start to get more interesting. Anyway please review! The more you review the more chapters I make! :)