Ross You're What?!

Beatrice

Ross Pov

Chances were I wasn't actually going to wrestle a bear, besides that fact that the cub was found alone in the first place, I'm not stupid. I'm not going to waltz up to an angry mama bear and wrestle it I'm not Barney, I don't have a leotard in my kitchen. Well technically I do but its Barneys leotard, in the kitchen not my leotard.

Moving on, chances are that the cubs mother died. And the cub left alone on a cold day decided to preserve body warmth with a small furnace, also known as Mattie. I don't know why my children seem to attract wild animals but they do, really what are the chances that I would find Pandora with a twelve foot long boa constrictor playing with it. Newt riding a nine foot alligator around the living room like it was a horse. And the Mattie curled up with a Grizzly Bear cub asleep in the middle of the woods.

I think it's time I bumped up my insurance.

It's amazing what motherhood can do to a person, I'm going to bet that it's the same with animals and bears. The chances that the mama bear was still out there in perfect health and living are slim to none, unless the cub we found was the runt from a set of twins. But once again that was still slim to none.

Then again having triplets as a male the first time was slim to none so I have no room to judge, motherhood is not all sugar and spice and everything nice. There is some hardcore shit mothers should know, like you shouldn't expect to get a full night of sleep. To not trust your husband's family with your kids. A how to cope with the absolute terror and chaos to these fucking hormones with bring you, you'd think they'd die out by now but no they just keep coming back and screwing with your mind.

Another important thing mother should know is that you should be able to master the resting bitch face, and the evil eye that makes men reevaluate their entire lives to try and remember what they fucked up or forgot. That one is especially helpful if you work in an office full of lovable idiots that you want to smack and hug at the same fucking time.

Although arguably the most important thing to know is, your kids for three to five years will worship the ground you walk on subconsciously knowing that you gave them life they will listen and obey almost every command you give them, unless it's about food or sleep. Nobody can control that shit. Not a single soul.

My guide to being a great mother was cut off by a low growl, I looked back to see I walked a lot farther into the woods then I wanted. I heard the low growl again sounding like it was trying to mask a whine, I walked a bit more before I saw a great brown mass tring to walk away on three legs. Making sure to keep my distance I walked around to find that this was not a three legged bear, but one who was caught knee deep in a bear trap.

The bears black beetle eyes looked at me before growling and turning to meet me, I could feel my heart go on protest for being overused, the thumping of my heart was almost enough to make me walk away.  But I looked into the bears eyes, this was the cubs mother and I saw where she started to try and chew off her own leg to get to her baby.

And then I made one of the stupidest decisions of my life.

I took a step closer the plopped myself right in front of the bear, on the ground looking her dead in the eyes daring her take a swing. And to my complete and totally surprise she looked back and me and fucking titled her head, as if confused why I wasn't finishing the job others started. She took a step forward, then another attentive hobble, she roared in pain as her trap reached its end and pulled back on her leg. She was only a few feet away from me as she looked at me with a cry for help.

I stood up and took a step forward, her fur bristled up but she remained still as I took another step forward. My brain must have been overheating so many scenarios were running through my head, my life was slowly trickling past by as I took another step closer to probable death by bear.

"You may call it in this evening" I sang lowly my brain was really overheating if I was resorting to singing, like really I don't even remember the name of this song, not even the band. The bear seemed confuse too, ima' going to name this bear... Beatrix. I like it, good job over heating brain.

"but you've only lost the night" There we go brain just try and fuck me over while I approach one of the deadliest animals I could find, I was inches away from Beatrice and deciding I didn't like my left hand that much I held in out. She sniffed it probably smelling her cub on it and my babies, all little cubs. Her tongue was rough and dry as it liked my hand. How long has she been here?

"Present all your pretty feelings, they may comfort you tonight" I continued trying to convince my legs to not give out on me, in front of a severely weakened but still dangerous Grizzly bear, that fucking licked my hand. I'm no zoologist but a wild bear trusting humans was not something on my trivia list, or anybody's list really.

"And I'm climbing over something, and I'm running through these walls" I said slowly running my hand down the Beatrice's neck I could feel hundreds of pounds of muscle relax under the gentle touch. I continued this with shaky steps the entire way down her back, stopping at her tail stub. I felt my breath catch in my throat at the trap, thankfully it looked like it avoided any major arteries and veins.

"I don't even know if I believe, I don't even know if I believe" I continued not even noticing that I was crouching on the ground next to the trap my hand tracing along the thick stainless steel. This was high quality shit, and high quality shit usually has a blatantly easy way of opening it that you'll feel stupid for not figuring it out sooner.

"I don't even know if I believe, everything you're to say to me" I said flipping a switch near the base of the chain, the jaws of the trap unhinged  I gave a strong tug and it dislocated itself from Beatrice's flesh, she roared in pain drawing her leg back to her body.

She looked at me and growled limping away, I stood up and tossed the trap to the side I don't think I could have pulled the chain out of the ground even if I tried. I heard another enraged roar this time much too close for comfort, I spun around to see Beatrice charge me. My whole body locked up as she knocked me over her barred teeth coming closer to my face.

This isn't how I wanted to die.