The Protector [ J. Hale ]

05 | Mischievous Natives

Bellamy was seriously considering strangling his sister.

Why you ask? Well, he'd have to take you to the beginning, to where it all started.

It was a cloudy day and the sun was nowhere to be seen— an otherwise average day for the citizens of Forks.

Bellamy was busy eating his lunch and minding his business while tuning out the sound of Mike and Jessica's voices. The second they'd brought up prom again— Jessica looking at him and Mike to Bella— he'd completely zoned out.

A stupid mistake on his part, because had he been listening, he would've been able to put a stop to the plans the teenagers were curating.

"Hey, Bella! La Push baby, you in?"

Bella's expression shifted into confusion, "Should I know what that means?" She innocently asked.

Mike being Mike thought it was the perfect time to jump in and play the gentleman as he explained what La Push meant to Bella. "La Push beach, it's down on the Quileute rez and we're all going this weekend."

"Yeah, there's a big swell coming in," added Jessica.

Eric jumped up and acted like he was surfing a wave as he spoke, "And I don't just surf the internet!" Mike decided to join in on Eric's antics and jumped up as well to match him. The two boys smiled and laughed together.

"Eric, you stood up on your board once, and it was a foam board." Jessica was quick to shut down Eric's cockiness, causing a smile to form on Bella's face.

She might not be close with them, but it was nice to feel part of their circle sometimes, even if it was only for a moment.

Angela ignored both Jessica and Eric and turned to Bella, "But there's whale watching too, you should join us!" She was looking at both Swan's, but Bellamy was so far out of it that he didn't even feel the eyes on him and Bella doubted her brother would say yes, anyway.

Eric finally took notice of Angela trying to convince Bella to come with them and joined to persuade her, "La push baby, it's La Push."

Bella laughed, "Fine! I'll go if you stop saying that word, okay?"

"Seriously dude. It's creepy man," Mike threw a piece of torn bread up into the air and caught it in his mouth.

"What about you Bellamy? You coming with us as well?" Jessica's question brought all the attention onto Bellamy, but they were quick to realise he wasn't even paying attention and instantly became awkward.

"Sorry, he stayed up late so he's not completely here." Bella scrambled to try and save the relaxed and easygoing atmosphere, "But he'd love to come, we'll both be there," she declared.

Just like that, everybody began smiling and laughing again, happy that they'd somehow convinced the Swan's to join them on their trip down to La Push beach.