𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 - w.scobell

𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝

- 💌 -

"we're getting married belly"
IRL, INSTAGRAM, MESSAGES
suggested song for this chapter: TV - billie eilish
"what's the point of anything?"

-------------------------

"BELLA DINNER!"

isabella turned off her phone and dropped it on her bed as she left her room with a sigh. it's not that she doesn't like talulah (she's the sweetest person alive and she makes her dad really happy) but she definitely doesn't like the pda from her and her dad.

isabella trudged downstairs but a smile quickly appeared on her face when she saw talulah in the kitchen. she ran to the woman and hugged her tightly as she laughed at the younger girl in her arms. thomas smiled at his two girls with nothing but love surrounding him.

as they sat, talked and laughed at the dinner table (over lukewarm pizza and inedibly hot fries), bella admired her dad and his girlfriend. every little touch, every little kiss that looked small to her probably meant everything to them. they probably still get butterflies every time they look at each other, butterflies that bella is yet to experience.

butterflies that bella wants so badly to experience.

all she wants is someone to love her. a good guy who will treat her like thomas treats talulah. she wants a love like noah and ally, like stella and will, like daphne and simon. she ponders over it, lost in her thoughts. she imagines it: cuddling up on the sofa, watching tv and him asking "bella?" in a muffled voice - checking to see if she's awake - just as she drifts off to sleep in his arms.

"bella?" he would ask. wait, no, she already daydreamed that part. "bella are you awake?" the muffled voice asks again, but "awake" sounds weirdly like "okay". but "bella are you okay?" doesn't make sense when she's literally only falling asleep.

"bella!"

isabella startles from her thoughts and looks up to be met with the very worried-looking dad and talulah. "oh sorry!" she starts, laughing off the embarrassment. "daydreaming. what's up?"

she was back to watching them closely, meaning she didn't miss the look shared between the couple before her. "what's wrong?" her dad looked nervous, he only ever looked this nervous before a premiere or his first date since bella's mum left (which happened to be with talulah, bella remembers clearly even though she was twelve).

"erm bell, we've got something to tell you." he finally looks at her as talulah smiles at the two of them and holds thomas' right hand that was resting on the table with her left, her ring shining gently. "remember how me and lu went on that date the other day to that lake?" bella nodded, already confused. "well while we were on the boat we got hungry so we got out those cupcakes you made for us. i cut one in half for us to share and," he stops briefly to take a breath; bella can tell he's scared.

"and there was a ring in the cake: a ring i had put there."

bella sits as she tries to assess the importance of what her dad just told her. "so you..?"

her dad nods with tears glinting in his eyes and he holds onto talulah's hand tighter, nudging the ring on her finger. "i proposed." the shock continues as is evident on bella's face.