Bella Drowned

Bella Drowned Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Ben's P.O.V 

~That man looks steamed!~ Ben watched as the man's head shot towards Bella with a droopy mad look, he spat "Bella." Bella got up with a sigh of parently frustration, it was as if she were in charge of a murder crazy dog killer.. scratch that lets just straight up imply this Jade-Jack reference as if it weren't already obvious. Bella hobbled up steadily and fought from applying pressure to her sprain independently. When Ben reached to offer his aid she simply shooed him off. ~Well alright then~ "Love to stay and chat but I've got a father to look after, looking forward to see you later" ~Went much better than I thought, but her father? Whatever it was he does not look the least bit alright..~

Bella's arm was seized but the angry parent and away from him. He flinched from that stray fatherly motion and watched as she swat at him before he gripped her upper arm tighter, unluckily in the same place she was held up just an hour ago. As sudden as he entered they were both down the hall and disappeared from his view. What a strange relationship the two appeared to have.. All the while it was like a balanced control system, and no matter how hard he thought he just couldnt understand it. Then again his parents being divorced and all, he's had to have quite the unpleasent experience with the split paterfamilias himself. From his verbal abuse to his near psychical abuse it took quite a while before both of his parents could function at a healthy medium. Ben felt uneasy as the tension that once crackled in the air subside. ~I have a bad feeling about this.. But s'none of my business.~ Ben gather's his things and with a last look towards the administrators office he stepped out, through the thinning crowd of students and out the near closed gate to begin his quick trek home.

Bella's P.O.V 

~Here we FREAKING go again, the mixed signals this guy gives is just in infuriating! Maybe I'll just.. Let him "attempt" to follow through the fatherly procedures for once~ At this moment she stopped herself from her acceptably respectful tugs from his grasp to step along with him, breathing in sharply before addressing him. "Dad. That kinda hurts ya know, perhaps loosen up your hold?" He stops mid hallway to sigh, releasing her and leaning against the wall to slowly drag a hand down his face with frustration. He opens his mouth to speak in neither an angered nor disappointed tone.. But a destroyed and worrying one. "You.. Promised not tell the administration. We had an agrreement." His slurs clearly emphasized his barely sober attitude, it was going to be difficult to cover up this one. "And I've kept it dad, you have to believe me. We're going to get through this meeting fine, alright?" He lifts his head to give his daughter a tight squeeze, hugging her close and stepping back. "I'm trying hun I really am" She returned the hug and took his larger tan hand in hers as she lead him down the hall, cautious now to address him careful as to not trigger an aggressive spark of behavior. "Yes I know father." They were nearing Mrs. Lipshues office when Bella stopped to turn to him, patting down some stray wrinkles in his beige suit, he rarely wore a casual attire unless going to the school for a meeting. He would usually be in a mucky white T obscured by his button up company shirt, and some tattered deep blackened blue pants. He was hard working in his job as a plumber, skilled at his job. How he does this with his drinking problem with such precision shall remain a mystery. "Do you're best. I'm counting on you" She spoke before grasping the shined metal door knob and twisting rightward.