Simplify & Solve

Chapter 18: We're Not Werewolves

Bella's POV

I flop onto my bed and stare up at the ceiling. A lot of drama has happened lately and it's kinda overwhelming. I'm supposed to marry my boyfriend the minute we get out of high school and he wasn't even the one to propose to me. That's one of my childhood dreams totally crushed. I always imagined that my boyfriend of at least two years would propose to me in a sweet way and then we'd go get married, have two kids, and live happily ever after. None of that is gonna happen though, except maybe the kids. Just as I'm about to just doze off and have a little nap there's a knock on my bedroom door. Shouting a 'come in' I sit up and wait for whoever is at the door to enter. When the door opens Ben walks into my room.

"Hey BellBell, I heard about the whole marriage thing..." he says, sitting down next to me on the bed. Well he's not beating around the bush today. Nodding my head I stay silent.

"Wanna talk about it?"

"Not really, there's not much to talk about"

"Sure there is, you're expected to get married by the end of this year because Grandpa sold you to your boyfriend's crazy grandpa. I think that's plenty to talk about" Ben says putting a finger up for each point. He's certainly blunt today. I mean who cares about feelings or the fact that I could be emotionally unstable about everything that's happening, definitely not Ben. Best, brother, ever. Yay. Glaring at Ben I shove him off my bed making him fall onto the ground. Serves him right. Heartless asshole. Chuckling he sits up and leans his back on the side of my bed and brings his legs to his chest, wrapping his arms loosely around them.

"There's not much I can say right now. I'm still kinda shocked by it all so I can't exactly start venting yet"

"Ok, if you say so. You can come to me when you're ready to vent though. I love you Bells, you're probably one of my favourite people in the world. I don't want you keeping everything in and shutting everyone out. It's not healthy and it makes you more of a bitch"

"Wow, great way to end a speech"

"Eh, it was getting too sad and serious for my liking" Ben says grinning at me. Laughing I shove his arm before sliding down to the floor next to him.

"Thanks big bro" I say quietly after a moment of silence.

"Any time Bella" he replies leaning his head on mine. We stay like that for a while just enjoying how calm everything is. I have a feeling this is the last bit of calm we're going to be getting before all hell breaks loose.

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Grandpa is coming today. It's Saturday and he said that he had to talk to Fred, who is still annoyingly here by the way. I think Fred knows that Ryder and I know about the whole arranged marriage deal. He hasn't said anything but the when I saw him sometime during the week he just gave me a creepy 'I know you know' smile. I have no idea how to explain what that smile looks like, I just know what it looks like. Ryder and I have still been growing strong. I think the seriousness of the situation and the fact that we're expected to spend the rest of our lives together has made us closer. We havn't rushed into anything but something has just changed and I think it's for the better. We spend a lot of time together now. Not at his place though because I think we're both kinda mad at his grandpa right now for controlling our lives. I wish we could do something but Fred just happens to be owner of a big shot company which means he has freakin amazing lawyers that can win any case and if we try to break the deal they made, they put it on a contract, we'd definitely lose. It doesn't help Grandpa willingly agreed to the deal so many years ago. Why the young generation always have to pay for the old peoples mistakes. And they call our generation stupid. As if they were any smarter back in the day. LIARS. If they were't stupid we wouldnt be suffering so much now. That's right you old people. I'm calling you out on this. Ok so maybe I'm a little bitter about the whole marriage deal thing. And maybe I'm taking my hate for Fred out on all old people. I'm sorry. Sue me for being pissed.