Fighter

Chapter Nine

The weekend passed by and Bella headed back home for school. Paul had work and patrols and then when he was free Bella was at school or work. Finally, Thursday came and Bella and Paul were both free at the same time.

"Ok babe so I'm coming to pick you up at 6 pm so be ready" Bella rolled her eyes at Paul, "I think I can handle it Paul" she muttered back. Paul chuckled "I'm sorry babe but I haven't seen you in days I don't want to waste any time, waiting for you to get ready..". Bella laughed as they said goodbye and ended their phone call, it was only lunchtime and all Bella wanted to do was run home and wait for Paul.

Classes rolled by and finally, the last bell rang, Bella jumped in her truck and headed home. She made a lasagna for Charlie so all he had to do was heat it up. She headed upstairs to the shower. Bella decided on curling her hair and wearing it to the side tonight. She decided on a cute black thigh high strapless dress that flared at the bottom. She paired it with a cute pair of wedged heels and was ready to go with 5 minutes to spare.

"Hey dad Paul's picking me up in a sec, we're going to the diner for dinner but there's a lasagna in the oven for you". Bella turned the oven on just as Paul knocked at the front door. Charlie got up and let him in "hey Chief how was your day," Paul asked as he sat down with Charlie. "Can't complain, son, how is it on the rez side". Charlie thought Paul was a security guard for the rez as well as working construction with Sam, well that's how Sam covered for the pack, with the late nights and patrols, security watching out for the rez fit best. "It's been good, the usual noise complaints and a few parties nothing we can't handle".

Bella made her way out of the kitchen and grabbed her purse "Ok dad lasagna will be ready in 20 and I'll be home by 10". Charlie smiled and stood up "look Bells about tonight, how about as a one-off you stay with Paul tonight, I know you have missed him all this week so I thought I'd give you a chance". Bella smiled and hugged Charlie tight "thanks, dad that means a lot" she kissed his cheek and they said goodnight to Charlie and headed to the truck. Paul pulled Bella into him as they reached the truck door "I missed you B" Paul pouted as Bella wrapped her arms around his neck. "I missed you more" Bella muttered as she kissed up his neck breathing him in, Paul tilted her chin up and kissed her lips hungrily, Bella pulled away before they got to carried away, they jumped in the truck and headed to the diner.

A short car trip later they pulled up to the diner on the rez and headed in "hey guy's you eating in or taking out" Sue asked cheerfully. Bella smiled at Sue and gave her a quick hug "eating in tonight thanks, Sue". She led them over to a booth by the window and left them to read the menu.

"I wish Sue and Charlie would date already they are with each other all the time when they're free, Charlie needs to man up and ask her". Paul laughed and held Bella's hand "B your dad isn't like most guy's, Harry was his best mate I guess he feels like he would be moving in on his women, they will work it out eventually". Bella smiled and reached over and kissed his cheek " You're right it will happen when the time is right, although it would be cool having Leah and Seth as official family". Paul rolled his eyes "B before you marry them off they need to go on a date first". Paul chuckled and squeezed her hand softly.

They ordered their dinner and talked about their week so far, it sucked how much time they hadn't spent together this week, hopefully, next week would be different. Their dinner arrived and they ate and chatted about nothing and everything. Paul ordered a dessert to go and they said their goodbyes to Sue and headed home to Paul's.

Finally, they pulled up at Paul's and made their way inside. Before they got any further than the lounge room there was a pounding on the front door.

"Fuck not even home 5 minutes" Paul growled as he swung the front door open "WHAT" he yelled. Quil shrunk back and looked around Paul to Bella "Hey B...umm some of us are down the beach, some of your friends from school are there too, wanna come hang for a bit?".

Bella headed over to Quil and hugged him tight "Sure Quilly if it's ok with Paul". Paul grunted and grabbed a jacket for Bella and handed it to her muttering "hour tops". Bella smiled and kissed him softly as they made their way down to the beach. Around the bonfire were Leah, Embry, Quil, Mel, Jessica, Mike, and Lauren. Great the last people Bella wanted to see now was Jess, Mike, and Lauren. "Oh Heyy Bella, what are you doing here" Jess questioned in here bitchy voice. "Hey, guy's I'm here with my boyfriend Paul" Bella muttered out. Lauren looked Paul up and down and judging from the look on her face she liked what she saw. "Who invited you out here Swan," Lauren asked as she kept her eyes on Paul.

Quil put his hand up "Me, Em and Leah invited her" he declared cheerfully, Bella smiled over at him and mouthed a thank you. "Too bad nobody else wants you here" Mel whispered out, too bad for her it wasn't quiet enough for wolf hearing.

"Excuse me what's wrong with Bella being here" Leah demanded. Bella knew this wasn't going to end well and she wished she never came. Paul was frozen next to her squeezing her tight to his side as he tried to rain in his anger."Well it's not my fault she's such a slut I mean come on she went from this Edward guy to Paul and she has eyes for Jake, she's just a desperate slut who fucks anything that moves" Mel exclaimed. Bella stood there with her mouth open wide as a tear rolled down her face. "Oh totally a slut and this guy's way out of your league Bella, I mean look at him then look at you, he must only be sticking around for the sex" Lauren stated.

Before Bella knew what was happening Paul was being pulled into the forest by Jake and Quil, while Embry pulled Leah off Lauren. Embry got Leah to the forest finally and Bella looked around to see Lauren with an obvious broken bloody nose, while Mel's hair was everywhere also with a bloody nose and an obvious growing black eye. Jess, Lauren, and Mike scrambled to their feet and left in a hurry with Lauren muttering how she was going to sue the crazy bitch that hit her.

Bella slowly made her way back to Paul's as the tears rolled down her face, did they really think she was a slut, she at least thought Mike was her friend, but he didn't say anything. Did everyone think she was a slut? She made it inside and headed upstairs to the shower. She let the tears fall as she sat in the shower with the water running over her. Finally when no more tears would fall she dried off and made her way to bed alone. She cuddled into Paul's pillow and drifted off to sleep wishing she never went to the stupid beach...