Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Spy Games

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 05:

I was torn about this weekend. Tomorrow morning I would be meeting “friends” at Mike Newton’s father’s redneck store to go to the beach.

The good part? Jack had told me last night that the Cullens had left town so I should be able to sleep tonight without the fear of my panties being sniffed by the freak who is stalking me while I try to sleep.

The bad part? I had to spend time with those small town idiots, those of the female persuasion jealous of me because they don’t know any better and the male persuasion thinking they have a chance with me because they don’t know any better.

This must be how people who live in the closet feel.

“Love Bird? Will you sing me to sleep tonight?”

I loved it when she sang to me. As long as I was quiet and bit down on a pillow, she never knew I was getting off to the sound of her voice.

“This isn’t Love Bird and I’m not singing to you so you can get off to the sound of my voice.”

I squealed so loudly, I would have woken Charlie up if anything could actually wake that man besides an extremely loud alarm clock at 6 AM every damn morning.

“Arial! Does this mean I am forgiven?”

Please say it. Say those magic words.

“He made me go to the doctor.”

Oh no.

“I’m…” I tried.

“I had to get a full panel of blood work done to check for STDs.”

“I’m really…”

“He made me take a pregnancy test. I explained to him we used a condom and that Sasha had gotten me birth control when I was 15 and he yelled at her for an hour when we arrived in this hell hole.”

“What did she do?” I asked, cringing.

“He wouldn’t calm down so she round kicked him in the jaw.”

“Did she break it?”

“No, but she could have and she reminded him she could. He calmed down.”

I knew Sasha wasn’t a fan of domestic violence but Jack had to know his place at times. I’m sure it hurt her more than it hurt him.

“I then learned that my father and step mother chase aliens for a living. I had to sign agreements that will place me under a prison for the rest of my life if I say anything to anyone about the nightmare my life has become. I am home schooled and every time I look out the window all I see is rain. Rain, Bells. It’s everywhere. It’s the Weather Channel’s wet dream. Hawk is up my ass 24/7. Dad made me take out my piercings. Do you know why all of this has happened, Bella?”

“Because I forgot to put the phone to my other ear?” I whimpered.

“Because you forgot to put the phone to your other ear, you ignorant bitch!”

“That’s what I said.” I tried.

“You forgot the ignorant bitch part.”

“Okay. I’m sorry?”

“The only reason I am forgiving you is Sasha has told me the hell your life has become and understanding that my father was forcing you to dress and basically look like you do I truly feel that you have suffered more than I have.”

“You still love me right?”

She took a breath.

“Of course I love you, you damn idiot. As soon as Sasha finishes showing Dad who the top dog is in their relationship she will be listening in tonight. I will be with you tomorrow.”

“You will?!” Oh thank God. A day without Jack’s voice. My best friend will be in my head.

“Yes. Dad feels you may be able to get information about why the aliens won’t go to La Push but you will most likely have to flirt with some guys to get it done. Since you are clueless in that department, I will walk you through.”

“Thank you so much. I am so sorry. I never meant for that to happen. It’s just I’m not sleeping very well and it rains so damn much and guys are hitting on me and the one chick I really want to fuck is probably an alien, and everybody dresses so horribly here and I should have realized where the phone was but that asshole shouldn’t have been listening!”

“I know, Bella. I forgive you. You’re my baby sister.”

“I’m three months older.” I reminded her. Again.

“You owe me. I’m older this month.”

“Arial? Where are you living?”

“Dad said I can’t tell you because you would sneak over here and the aliens would follow you and your cover would be blown.”

“Yeah…”

“We are at 1745 Pine Lane. Red brick one story house with a two car covered garage.”

“Thank you. So when I get back from La Push tomorrow, we are sneaking out and getting wasted right? The aliens are out of town so we should be good.”

“You bet your ass we are. Dad has a bottle of Jack Daniels. What do you have?”

“Beer.” I spit out.

“God that kills the figure. Is it at least lite beer?”

“No.”

“I know you haven’t been drinking that.”

“No.”

“So you have gone without sex and don’t even have whiskey to drown your sorrows?”

“Yes.”

“You poor thing.”

“I know.”

“We will take care of that tomorrow night. I haven’t drunk in a very long time either. I’ll bring two shot glasses.”

“Thank you. I know this is horrible but I am glad you are here.”

“You could have told me.” Arial said, a bit irritated with me.

“If I had, I would have brought you into this even sooner. I did my best to let you have your life. I wanted you to live for both of us.”

“I would have been with you.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. Tell me about this alien who is sniffing your panties.”

“No, Sasha can fill you in. Tell me about your first time.” I couldn’t wait to hear the details even if it is hetero sex.

“It was Tristan.”

“Okay, that’s not so bad.” Tristan was not repulsive.

“It hurt.”

Poor girl.

“Yeah that happened to me the first time I took a strap on. I don’t think we used enough lube.” I admitted.

“Grunting was involved.”

“I’m sorry.”

“He sweated and lasted about five minutes.”

“I know you hate sweat. I’ve heard it gets better. You sure you don’t want to try women?”

“Positive, Bells. You got that covered.”

“Were you on top?”

“God no! I wasn’t that brave. Bottom hurt enough.”

“You wouldn’t have been sweated on though. Are you sorry you did it?”

“Nope. Speaking of sex, God help me, I think Sasha is done with Dad. She will take over. I will be here when you wake up. Love you sister.”

“Love you too.”

I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from my chest. I had my Arial. I was now ready to take these monsters down so we could get back to our lives. This was no longer about me. I brought her into this and I would get her out.

I woke the next morning with new hope and new dedication. I would so whatever it took to complete this mission and then Arial and I would be free. Uncle Dodo would pay for our entire college experience and experience we would. We may stay in college so long we would get PhDs because we would party our asses off for years. We may go to school overseas away from Jack’s jurisdiction. Where ever we went we would party our asses off. We would avenge this time of our life. Sex, hard liquor, Candy.

Yeah, it was going to happen.

“Good morning Arial.”

“Good morning, Phoenix.”

Fuck no.

“Arial said she would be with me today, Jack!”

“Arial will be with you when her expertise will be needed.”

“What expertise?”

“If you need to flirt with guys, she will be your consultant since it obviously isn’t your area of expertise. Now stop being a damn brat. Cullen obviously didn’t want to go to La Push. None of the fucking beaches are crowded. It’s cold as hell anyway. You need to find out why he is avoiding that place. He finally gets interested in you, he is stalking you at night, you ask him to the beach and he is gone. He even asked which beach. That tells me he didn’t want to come to this beach.”

“Great.” I mumbled.

“Bella, stop being a brat. You want this over with, get the job done.”

“Yes sir.” I grumbled. To think I used to love this man.

“Look, I’m sorry Bella. You know I love you. You agreed to do this. You committed to this. I need you with me. This is important. I feel it. Figuring out what these creatures are is crucial to the human race, I just know it. I need you kid. I need the you that wasn’t afraid to go toe to toe with me in a fight every day, seven days a week. Who kept getting up after you kept getting knocked down over and over again. Please Bella? I want to get the fuck out of this dump as badly as you do. I need everything you got, Bells. If I didn’t think you were the only one who could pull this off, I never would have asked you.”

Okay, I still loved this man.

“You’re right, Uncle Jack. I will be focused. We will get this done. I have to take care of the three S’s and then get to Gander Mountain Jr.”

“Thank you, Bella.”

It wasn’t sunny outside, ruling out that reason for Eddie to stay away. So why not come with me?

When I arrived, the group of losers was waiting for me.

“Hey Bella, I was afraid you weren’t coming.”

I don’t plan to be for a while. I had business to take care of.

“Here I am, Mike.”

I only noticed Tyler’s van and Mike’s car. Damn it. I wasn’t riding with Tyler. The dent caused by Edward Cullen’s hands were still present and a reminder to me that he can’t drive worth a shit.

“I have a space saved for you in my car. Everybody is ready.” Mike informed me.

Of course Jessica and Lauren were already in the back seat. That meant I had to sit up front with the golden retriever. I briefly wondered if I threw a ball if he would chase after it and I could steal his car.

I got in with my best shy smile, breaking my carefully crafted stone facade.

The ride to La Push was uneventful as I waited for Mike to slide his hand on my leg so I could break a couple of his fingers. I had wanted to “accidentally” hurt this boy since I arrived here and the opportunity had yet to present itself.

I could feel the jealousy from Jessica in the back seat. It was an oppressive cloud that you could almost see in the car. I could feel the hostility from Lauren but for different reasons. Even looking like this it was almost as if she knew instinctually that a greater predator had entered her jungle and she was threatened.

We arrived around 11 AM and parked in the lot next to First Beach.

So this was First Beach. I would love it if it was 80 degrees and the sun was shining. As it was, it was around 50 degrees and a few of these idiots were putting on wetsuits to go surfing in the frigid water. I suppose they thought those suits would keep them warm but their faces and feet would still be freezing. Only Angela and I remained behind. We sat in the back of Tyler’s van trying to stay warm watching out the window as these idiots pretended, they were in Hawaii and failing miserably.

“Not into surfing, Bella?” Angela asked quietly.

“Nope. Not a lot of opportunities in Arizona.”

Angela sounded so sad. She was always quiet but more so now than usual.

“What’s wrong?” I asked. Why did I care? I suppose I wasn’t a complete bitch and she was the only person here who didn’t hate me or want to fuck me.

“I…”

“Go ahead. Tell me.”

“You won’t tell anyone?”

“Of course not.”

“I just… Ben doesn’t… he isn’t very affectionate towards me; I suppose you could say.”

“What do you mean?”

“He… I see the way the guys look at you. I’ve even caught him when he thought I wasn’t looking. I just wish he looked at me that way and I don’t know what to do about it. He is a great boyfriend, always so considerate and polite, but I just don’t feel he is attracted to me.”

I needed to help this girl out. I suddenly felt so sorry for her and knew what I had to do. She needed confidence in herself.

“Angela, can I ask why you don’t wear contacts?”

“What? I don’t… my Dad said that I don’t need them. He is a preacher and he wears glasses and… I guess he thinks my reasons for wanting them are vanity.”

I pulled the glasses off her face gently.

“Look at these, Angela. They are hiding your beautiful face. Some women look attractive with glasses but these look like they belong to…”

“An old lady?”

“Yes” I confirmed as gently as possible.

“I…”

“You need to force the issue with your father. Break your glasses, often. Tell him you are getting headaches from your peripheral vision being blurred and you think contacts might stop them.”

“I should lie to my father?”

“Yes, Angela. I know it seems bad right now but sometimes bad things have to be done for the greater good. This face should not be hidden.”

I took the back of my hand and gently brushed her cheek. She closed her eyes.

Bingo.

I took my other hand and cupped her other cheek gently.

“You have beautiful lips.” I told her inches from her mouth.

“Your eyes are hypnotizing.” I whispered gently in her ear, letting her feel my breath.

“Bella…”

Shut up, Uncle Jack. I’m at work her.

“You know what I have always admired about you?”

“What?” she asked quietly, eyes still closed.

“These long, lean legs you have. They remind me of a beautiful ballerina.” I told her letting my hand ghost down her arm and rest on her thigh with a gentle squeeze.

“A ballerina? You really think so?” she asked. Her eyes were still closed, afraid to open them and break the moment. Either she was really easy or I still had it.

“Bella, you are not here to seduce her.” Jack tried to remind me but it was too late. I was an addict in a room full of cocaine dreams.

“God yes, Angela.” I rubbed her denim covered leg gently, still whispering in her ear. It would be so easy to kiss her now. She wouldn’t resist. She wanted this so badly. She needed it.

My hand moved up to her waist and I gently lifted her shirt, just a bit to touch the bare skin of her waist.

“You have such a lean body. Any man would want you. Your skin is so warm and smooth.”

I moved my lips so close to hers she had to be able to feel my breath, as I gently blew on her lips. They parted and I moved in…

Until the fucking door to the van slid open.

“God it’s cold out there! Uh… what’s going on?”

Angela’s eyes shot open and her cheeks became so red you would think they were on fire. I bet another area of her was on fire as well.

“Nothing Mike. Angela had something in her eye and I’m trying to help her.” I told him trying to hide the irritation in my voice.

“Oh cool. I figured that was what you two were doing. Hey, the others are gathering wood for a bonfire. You ready to get warm, Bella?”

I already was Mike.

“Yeah definitely. What about you Angela? Ready to get warm?”

“Uh huh.” she practically squeaked out.

“I suppose we should go. If your eye bothers you anymore, I will help you out, okay?”

“Uh huh.”

“Okay, well hurry up guys.” Mike half said and half laughed awkwardly, leaving us alone.

“I mean it too, Angela. If you need any… help, with your eye or anything else, don’t be afraid to ask. That is what good friends do for each other, right?”

“Uh huh.”

I patted her on her leg and walked out of the van towards my classmates. I was so close to doing something so wrong and it felt so good.

“Bella, that isn’t the mission. You fuck her, she won’t be able to stop thinking about it. Cullen picks it up in her head and this is blown.”

“Please Jack. She is so uptight I will be the last thing she thinks about.”

“Bella…”

“I know, but she really is pretty behind those horrible glasses. I wouldn’t have actually done anything.”

I would have eaten her out so good she would never touch another man again.

“Sure.”

The bonfire wasn’t really a bonfire. It was a bunch of large sticks placed together and set on fire with quite a bit of lighter fluid. It was more like a slightly larger campfire. Still it was warm and felt good.

“So does anyone have any alcohol?” I hoped.

Everyone’s face froze.

“No, Bella.” Eric said quietly.

“Good, because I don’t drink. I would be uncomfortable if there was alcohol here.”

All of them seemed to relax. What the hell was this? The fifties?

“Smooth, Bella. You are a shy virgin girl who is… why do I have to keep reminding you of this? Didn’t you say you would be focused? Instead you are seducing innocent girls in the back of vans and trying get drunk.”

“Sorry.” I whispered.

“What did you say Bella?” Jessica asked.

“I said I was sorry I hadn’t been out here before. The scenery is breathtaking.”

“Guess you didn’t get a lot of chances to see the ocean in Arizona, Bella.” Tyler said.

I wish he had died in that near car wreck. No, the only beach I saw was Cancun when Renee and Sasha took us on spring break. The wet t shirt contests were like a buffet of girls dying to experiment and help them I did.

Thankfully, they left me alone for a while. We all stood around the fire and I listened to them talk about how great life was. I found myself glad that they didn’t know there was a world where the heavens didn’t piss on you daily. It made dealing with this place bearable for them. Everyone deserved happiness.

I was beginning to wonder what the point of this was when my other puppy dog and the boy responsible for bringing my car bomb back to life, like Frankenstein’s monster, and three of his friends arrived.

“His name is Jake.”

Thank you, Jack. I knew that.

Okay, I thought his name was John.

“Jake! It is so good to see you! What are you doing here?”

“Me? You are on my Rez now.” he said with a thousand watt smile.

He claims this place?

“What are you guys doing?” he asked.

Standing by a fire not drinking.

“Hanging out. You guys are welcome to join us.” Jessica offered. Good lord, she was attracted to these boys. Or maybe she wanted to make Mike jealous. “Besides Bella could use the company since her date bailed on her.”

“What date?” Mike asked in a panic.

“Edward Cullen. She invited him and he totally blew her off.”

Bitch, please. He is sniffing my panties at night. I could have him licking my feet if I wanted to.

“You invited Edward?”

“Yeah Mike.” I admitted. Fuck him too.

“I think it’s nice she invited him. Nobody ever invites any of them anywhere.” Angela added. I gave her a wink and her blush returned.

“Because the Cullens are freaks.” Lauren said, being more observant than I gave her credit for.

“You got that right.” One of Jake’s three stooges said with a chuckle.

Interesting.

“You know them?”

“The Cullens don’t come here.” he said quickly, the humor in his voice gone.

“Okay, then.”

“Eagle to Phoenix. Do you copy?”

There is my girl.

“Yep.” I whispered.

“Dodo thinks flirting will be necessary. Get the puppy alone and I will walk you through this.”

“Hey Jake since this is your ‘Rez’ you want to show me around? Maybe take a walk along the beach?”

His eyes lit up while my male classmates’ jaws dropped.

“Absolutely. See you later guys.”

I walked next to Jake down the beach, bypassing something he called tidal pools.

“Okay, compliment the scenery and thank him for bringing you here.” Arial instructed.

“I appreciate you getting me away from them, Jake. Sometimes they can be a bit much.”

“Hey no problem, Bella. I’m just glad to see you.”

“Tell him you are glad to see him as well.”

“I’m glad to see you as well. I wanted to visit sooner but with trying to get settled in and everything, it has been a challenge.”

“No problem. Maybe the next time your dad comes here to fish with my dad you can come and we can hang out all day.”

“Like that is going to happen. I bet you like his hair though. I know you have a thing for blondes but that hair looks so silky.”

Then you fuck him, Arial.

“Yeah, maybe.”

“You still haven’t complimented the scenery. Make it seem like this is a romantic place.”

“It really is beautiful out here.”

“Meet his eyes and smile.” Eagle was bossy today.

I suspected the grin on his face would light a room. God, he was easy. I had a feeling if he was an alien, he would be fighting Cullen for the right to sniff my panties.

“Go for the info. Play it casual.”

“So Jake what did your friends mean about the Cullens? Why don’t they come here?”

“Oh,it’s nothing. Don’t pay attention to them.”

“Go for the kill. You are really interested in the story. Bump him in the shoulder playfully and encourage him. Our chance to get our lives back could rely on you getting this information.”

I bumped his shoulder, managing not to roll my eyes.

“Seriously, I want to know. There has to be an interesting story involved with the whole mystery.”

“I’m really not supposed to talk about it.”

“Say please and give him a look like you will give him a hand job if he does.”

How the hell am I supposed to do that? I don’t know what that look is.

“Pretend he is the brunette you were about to finger bang.”

Oh, that look.

I unleashed my best sultry expression and he shrank. I had him by his balls. It was so easy. If I was straight, I would be able to rule the world. Even dressed like this, I was money.

“Please Jake. I will keep it between us. It will be our special secret.”

I am such a liar.

I was born to be a spy.

“Well, it’s just a spooky story.”

“I can take it. I promise.”

“It’s a story about the cold ones.”

“The cold ones?” Now this was interesting.

“I don’t know how much you know about our tribe but the Quileute are said to be descended from wolves. Our ancestors could supposedly shapeshift into wolves. The cold ones are traditionally the Quileute’ enemies. The story goes that a pack of cold ones came to our territory during my great-grandfather’s time but they were different. They didn’t hunt the way others of their kind did, they weren’t supposed to be dangerous to the tribe. So my great-grandfather made a treaty with them. If they would promise to stay off our lands, we wouldn’t expose them to the pale-faces.”

“So how does that fit with the Cullens? Are they like the cold ones your great grandfather met?”

“No, they are the same ones.”

Whoa.

“So what are the cold ones?”

“Blood drinkers. Your people would call them vampires.”

Son of a bitch. Edward missed the blood typing day in biology. The lack of direct sunlight, the pale skin, the freaky speed and strength. Maybe they weren’t aliens.

Oh my God,vampires really do dress like that and drive Volvos.

“Let’s keep this to ourselves, right? Our secret?”

“I’ll never tell a soul.”

Besides Jack, Sasha, Arial and anyone else involved in the massive secret government spy organization. Actually that wasn’t a lie. I wouldn’t have to tell them anything. They just heard it all so I wasn’t breaking a promise.

We walked back quietly. He almost tried to grab my hand and I stepped a few feet away. When we reached the bonfire, I saw there was still no alcohol. That’s fine. I had a covert mission to perform tonight and I needed to be sober.

Two hours later it was dark and the Forks hard core partiers decided it was too cold even with a fire and to the boys chagrin we headed back to lovely Forks. I went inside and texted Arial.

/Mission a go?/

/Give it 5. Dad is giving Sasha that look/

/What about big dumbass?/

/Watching Rambo 4 and probably jacking off. My window is east side. Stop your beast a few houses down and we should be good./

Ten minutes later I was five houses down from my best friend.

I waited in the darkness, ready to drive at a moment’s notice in case big dumb ass caught on and was chasing her. He had no chance of catching her but Dodo could be alerted and follow closely behind. Uncle Jack was freaky fast.

Another three minutes passed before I saw her beautiful blonde hair bouncing towards me. She jumped into my arms and I held her tightly.

“I can’t believe he really made you take your piercings out.” I said sadly. She looked so different. We had both been scarred by this mission and it broke my heart.

“It’s fine. It will be fun having them done again. Let’s move.”

I placed my truck in neutral while Arial pushed it down the road in reverse. Once we were far enough away, I started up and she jumped in, throwing her backpack in the middle. I performed a perfect rolling turn and we hauled ass out of there.

“Did that seem too easy?” I asked.

“Let’s not complain. We may be hell but at least we are free. Find a backroad and let’s go.”

Sounded like a plan. Fortunately backroads were not hard to find. I called Charlie and told him I would be spending the night with Jessica. He was so happy he didn’t even seem to mind that I didn’t fake cook dinner for him tonight.

We arrived at a road side park surrounded by huge trees on both sides.

“You have the supplies?”

“Yep.”

Arial took a Glock .45 from her backpack and handed it to me along with three extra clips. I placed the weapon underneath my seat and instantly felt a bit better.

Getting out in the rain, we dropped my tailgate and opened the bottle of Jack Black. We prepared our shot glasses, toasted and proceeded to get toasted.

After our fifth shot apiece Arial asked the question.

“You think there is anything to puppy’s story?”

“Yeah. It makes as much sense as aliens.” I admitted, my voice slurring a bit because it had been months since I had alcohol.

Pouring another couple shots we downed those as well.

“Yeah Bella, but Volvos? Really?”

“I know. I can’t reconcile the two. But I doubt aliens would drive Volvos either. Who the hell would travel light years away in a super advanced space ship and drive a Volvo when they get here?”

“Good point.” she admitted, slurring a bit. She always was a light weight.

“So how do we convince Dad so we can go back to our lives?” Arial asked.

“Bella has to get him to admit it and then find out everything she can about vampires.” male voice joined in.

Oh shit.

Dodo materialized out of nowhere. I hated when he did that.

“How did you find us?” I asked and downed another shot. I had hoped Sasha would be listening like she does every night. Before he realized we were gone, it would be too late to stop us. I could just put an ear phone in my left ear and listen to music. I found that annoyed the hell out of him.

“You seriously think I didn’t have a GPS planted in that listening device buried in your ear?”

I sighed. Arial sighed and then took another shot.

“So are we busted? You gonna arrest us Uncle Dodo Jack? Or you want to try to take the both of us old man?”

I hopped off my tailgate prepared to take him down when I realized my legs weren’t that steady underneath me.

Jack sighed and sat down on the tailgate. He reached into his coat and pulled out a shot glass.

“I’m not old, I’m 34. Pass the bottle.”

There is the uncle I love.

“You can spend the night with us Bella. No reason not to since the Cullens are still out of town. You need to get back early though. I will cover your truck up in case they come back in the middle of the night and the vampire is looking for you. He will probably just be happy sniffing your panties uninterrupted tonight.”

“Thanks Uncle Jack. Can we keep drinking when we get to your house?”

“Hell no. This is as good a place as any to get wasted. Just let me catch up on shots.”

We sat there for another couple hours until Arial and I couldn’t stand anymore. Uncle Jack loaded us into my truck and I briefly remember him carrying me into the bedroom and laying me next to Arial.

Before he walked out, I heard him though.

“I can’t believe a vampire drives a fucking Volvo.”