Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Human Strikes Back

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 06:

BPOV

“Bella, can I ask you a question?” Charlie asked.

“Of course Dad.”

“When were you planning on telling me you were going to marry a vampire and hung out with oversized wolves?”

Uhhh….

“Okay Darlin, the bags are in your room” Jason said, coming down at the perfect moment.

“We will talk about it later Bells.” Charlie smirked.

“Or we could, you know, not?” I hoped.

“Not a chance sweety.”

“What are we not talking about?” Jason asked.

“Oh the usual family drama.” I told him, hoping that would hold him off.

“Oh darling, you are a bad liar but I love a good secret. Makes life all suspenseful.”

We retired to the kitchen to grab some food. Sue had prepared steak and potatoes. My mind couldn’t get off my dad knowing all about my past secrets. Apparently he wasn’t to upset judging by the smirk and Sue’s knowing smile. Screw this, I wasn’t an 18 year old girl anymore. He wants to play, we can play. “So Dad how’s the wildlife population around here? Jason loves to hunt”. I asked.

That caught him off guard. “Well Bella it’s about the same as always.”

“No bear attacks lately?” I asked.

“There a lot of Bear attacks around here Charlie?’

“Not in a couple years.”

“Jason loves to hunt don’t you baby? Especially for big game.” I said.

“Well he would have to have an out of state license to hunt here and it’s out of season for most everything.”

“That’s funny, I seem to remember a family who used to live in Forks that hunted year round.” Let him choke on that.

“Yeah well that family wasn’t really great for the local wildlife and I hear they have moved on. Far away. For good. “

The rest of the dinner followed rather ordinary besides the occasional snide comment between me and Dad. I expected Sue to be upset and Jason to be confused but both looked like they were barely holding in laughter. Sue mentioned the bonfire the next night in La Push. I assured her that we would be there.

“Well all the boys are excited to see you. They can’t wait to see what kind of man your Jason here is.” She said with a smile.

“Oh really? I bet they are.” Those oversized puppies were betting on if I was dating a vampire! “I can’t wait for Jason to meet them. Show some of those pups what a real man looks like.” I said with a wink and a smile at Sue. Dad choked a little on his steak.

After dinner we went and watched some football on TV. I was never a sports fan until Jason actually took me to the games. Being at the games and in the crowd was a totally different feel. The energy of the crowd is contagious. Today my beloved Houston Texans were playing Dad’s beloved Seahawks. Jason and I talked a little trash with my father that lasted until the third quarter when Houston ran away with the game. Jason went on to explain how football in Texas was superior to everywhere else in the world.

I could see Charlie was getting a little irritated at the good natured ribbing but the banter between Jason and Charlie showed me there was hope the two would get along. Jason at least seemed to be having the time of his life. This may have been because the Texans were winning.

JPOV

This family is a blast. Darlin better be careful with the innuendos or I’m gonna figure out her secret sooner or later. I haven’t actively tried because I have my own secrets pertaining to work and she respects those. But still this banter between her and her daddy is getting my curiosity peaked. I know this area is a black hole of sorts but me and my team have never quite figured out why. Who knows? Maybe its nearby Indian magic or something. After the past two years I am ready to believe anything.

We went to bed with a warning from daddy dearest. “

“I don’t mind if you sleep in the same bed but no sex in my house.”

“DAD!”

“What? My house, my rules.” Charlie smirked.

“Don’t worry daddy we get enough alone time at home. And Jason is kinda of an outdoorsman so I’m sure we can find somewhere should the need arise.”

I can’t believe Bells. I saw the purple vein in her father’s forehead starting to pulse like it was gonna pop so I figured an intervention was in order.

“Got no problem with those rules sir. Appreciate the accommodations”. I say trying to diffuse the situation. Something between my Bells and her father has her at Def Con 1.

The next morning 4 AM came early. I crept out of bed while my Bells slept on. In the nude. Very warm under the blankets. Since I have met her, getting up to work out has not been easy. I quietly went downstairs after dressing in a long sleeve shirt and jogging pants. Shirt wouldn’t give much cover but it’s a Dri Fit so it shouldn’t hold moisture and is designed to keep body heat in. Not knowing the area I took a quick look at my GPS watch and grabbed my Glock .40 and placed it in my ankle holster.

Glocks are not my preferred weapon of choice but my newest toys are too expensive to carry. Wish I had my work suit with me. The nice thing about the Glock is that it is light weight and does not affect my stride. I decided to stick with the streets today. After 4 miles I had pretty much covered the streets and still had 6 miles to go so I went into the woods behind Bella’s house. The brush wasn’t too bad. There were no fallen logs that made me change paths in any discernible manner. It was a pleasant run.

It was at mile 8 that I noticed them. 2 sets of tracks on the ground. Wolf tracks by the look of them. But these tracks were about the 4 times the size of the largest wolf I had ever seen. I attempted to follow the tracks but they disappeared in some underbrush after about 200 yards. I could have continued to follow but I still had pushups, dive bombers, sit ups and tai chi to do before I was done and it was already almost 5 AM. Besides judging from the size of those tracks all my .40 might have done was piss it off.

I still had to wake Bella up at 6 so she could get her 4 mile run in and do tai chi with me. Still I planned to ask Charlie about this. It will be interesting to see his reaction after Bella’s comments yesterday about large game.