Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Rabbit Meets The Magic Stick

By Mama4Dukes

Chapter 13:

So far, so good. The kids were three classes in and no major incidents had occurred. They were able to keep up with their classes and the other students were very friendly, but now it was time for lunch. Bella had retrieved her lunch tray and was about to sit down when Charlie, Adam, and Quil suddenly approached her.

“Hey, Maile, how ya’ doing, baby?”

“What do you want?” Bella narrowed her eyes at her teenaged father.

“What do I want? I want you, baby.”

“The name is not ‘Baby.’ Okay?”

“Oh, you’ll always be my baby.”

He was right, of course. She’d always be his baby just not in the way he thought. How in hell did this guy even reproduce? He was dressed in some sort of red outfit-fake red leather pants and jacket. The jacket had big black stripes coming down in a V from the shoulders to the waistline. It was seriously ugly. He was wearing white socks with a pair of black loafers as well. His two cronies were also dressed similarly, except Adam Lahote carried his boom box with him.

“No, seriously, what do you want?”

“I wanted to ask you out on a date. You’re hot. I’m hot. We should be together, you know.”

“No.”

“No?” He had a stunned expression on his face-as if he had never been denied anything.

“No,” she replied firmly again.

“Why not?”

“Because I said no, and no means no.”

“It’s because you haven’t gotten to know me yet, isn’t it?”

“That has nothing to do with it all. I’m simply not interested.”

“I’ll make you interested.”

Charlie suddenly snapped his fingers and it seemed the entire lunchroom stopped what they were doing to pay attention to the group. Adam Lahote placed the boom box down and pressed a button before positioning himself at Charlie’s side, but slightly behind him. Quil Ateara was in a similar position. Music started blaring from the boom box, and to Bella’s horror, the three boys started dancing to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller.’

Paul finally caught up to Bella, he had been held up in line by some kids talking to him. Jake was chatting animatedly to a girl off to the side.

“What the hell?”

“Um, I think they’re trying to impress me,” Bella whispered in his ear.

“Your dad has moves,” Paul admitted. “Actually, all three of them do. Look at them go.”

“Uh, it would be cute and all if they weren’t trying to pick me up.”

“This is true.”

As soon as the performance ended, the entire lunchroom erupted in applause.

Charlie smiled at Bella, flashing his pearly whites at her. “We practiced this for you.”

“Um, thank you.” How else was she supposed to reply?

“Have a nice lunch.” Paul whisked Bella away from the group, who were standing in place looking stunned at the rejection.

They finally sat down for lunch when they were joined by a group of girls.

“Hello,” a very buxom Quileute girl with a low cut shirt, a tight mini skirt, and heels purred. “I’m Gloria.” She pointed to a blonde girl. “These are my friends Karen and Julia. What’s your name, handsome?” The girl seemed to shove her boobs further and further into Paul’s face.

“M… M… Mo…”

Bella, realizing that Paul was about to say, ‘Mom,’ shoved the square pizza on her lunch tray into his mouth. They were in the presence of Paul’s mother, the future Karen Newton, and the future school nurse of Forks High School.

The girls sat across from Bella and Paul.

“So, we heard you’re from Arizona,” Karen snipped.

“Uh, yes,” Bella replied because Paul seemed unable to. He was gnawing on his pizza with a distressed expression on his face.

“Hey, are you okay?” Gloria asked. “I’m sorry if I…”

“Quiet!” Karen hissed.

“Oh, I’m fine. Aren’t I, Maile?”

“Yeah, he’s okay. He’s just in shock at how gross the school lunch is. Of course, it’s gross where we come from, too. We usually just pack a lunch. In fact, starting tomorrow, I think we’ll be packing lunch.”

“What’s wrong with the lunch?” Julia questioned.

“Um, there’s square pizza with a side of fries and some sort of mixed fruit in syrupy stuff, and a nasty red drink that tastes like food coloring and sugar.”

“Oh, that’s fruit punch. It’s really good and even has 10 percent fruit juice in it.”

It was hard to believe that Julia would eventually become the school nurse.

“Uh, yeah, we’re definitely packing lunch tomorrow, lest we turn into one big carbohydrate.”

“You talk weird,” Karen said.

“I do?”

“Yeah, who cares how much of what’s in food? Food is food,” Julia said

“Omigod! I like figured it out. She’s like one of those hippies, you know. She probably eats like brown bread and spinach and stuff. And for sure she smokes reefer!” Karen declared.

“Of course I don’t! Do you know how bad pot is for you? It damages brain cells.”

“She’s like hoity-toity.” The girls started giggling. “She’s probably a virgin, too.”

Bella was completely unaffected by her future boss and her immature remarks. Paul, on the other hand, was incensed.

“At least she doesn’t go sleeping around with different guys!”

“Like I never said I slept around!” Karen cried.

“Well, I just assumed because you were bragging about not being a virgin and all.”

“You are rude! Rude! Do you know who I am?”

“Don’t really care. I just know that I don’t talk to skanks.”

There was a sharp intake of breath from Gloria, who seemed genuinely hurt by Paul’s comment, and remorseful.

“Come on, girls! Let’s get out of here!”

Gloria and Julia followed Karen away from the table, leaving Bella and Paul alone.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Girls like that are a dime a dozen. How are you feeling after running into your mom?”

“She’s different, you know. I think she was trying to get my attention or something.”

“Oh, she was, but I suspect that she isn’t the way she seemed. I think Karen is their ringleader and is leading them around on her twisted leash.”

“Yeah, I got that feeling, too. All of the caustic remarks were from Karen.” Paul looked down at his lunch. “Um, were you serious when you said we were bagging lunch tomorrow?”

“Completely, this is nasty! This is like eating a tray of sugar.”

“You’re not kidding. If I eat stuff like this, I’ll turn diabetic like my dad,” Jacob said, joining them. Bella knew that her friend really did his best to prepare healthy foods for his father in order to keep his blood sugar at a healthy level.

“Where the heck were you? And who was that pretty girl you were talking to?”

“Her name is Linda. She’s really nice. Anyway, there’s a dance this weekend and she’s part of the planning committee. She wants all of us to come to the meeting for it this afternoon. She thinks that since we’re from Arizona, we can bring fresh opinions to the meeting.” He paused and pointed. “Oh, look, there she is now with that hot Quileute chick.”

Bella and Paul looked up. “Jake, that hot Quileute chick is Paul’s mother!” Gloria was walking with Linda. She had a worried smile on her face, but the other girl was talking to her and rubbing her shoulder in encouragement.

“Holy shit, Paul! Your mom is wow… she’s really pretty. Hey, you have her eyes,” he noted.

The girls approached the table.

Paul’s mother took a deep breath. “Um, hi, again. We didn’t really get off to a good start.” Paul’s mother blushed shyly. She held out her hand. “I’m Gloria Silverwolf. I, uh, I’m sorry about Karen. She has a tendency to… well… Anyway, she made me approach you that way and I’m… I’m sorry. I’m so embarrassed I did that. Karen is very… um…”

“Just say it! She’s not nice!” Linda said. “I try to avoid her. She’s like too gossipy and selfish.”

“For sure,” Gloria agreed.

“Anyway, Gloria, this is Jack Sparrow. He’s agreed to come to our meeting this afternoon.”

She turned to Paul and Bella. “I’m Linda Collins.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Maile Cyrus and this is Justin Beaver.”

“So, you’re from Arizona?”

“Yes, we’re from Phoenix.”

“Wow, you’re from a big city.”

“Phoenix is big, but it’s pretty spread out compared to Seattle. I would say Seattle is bigger.”

“I’ve never been to Seattle, and I’m only three hours away. My mom says it’s too dangerous there.”

“Maybe we can like go there after graduation if I can come up with the money somehow,”Gloria suggested. “Do you travel a lot?”

“Oh, our exchange program included an overnight in Seattle,” Paul said. “We got to go to the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and the Waterfront. It was great.”

“Wow, I’ve always wanted to go to those places. Seattle seems so awesome.”

“It’s exciting, but I wouldn’t call it awesome. The streets are filthy and you see a lot of people struggling because of poverty. All of those places we went to are touristy spots, but once you step away from them, you see the daily strife.”

Paul knew more than anyone how hard life in Seattle was. He was born and raised there until he was eight. He remembered his father struggled to make ends meet; yet, still, in those days Adam Lahote had made time for Paul. He remembered feeling as if he was the most important person in the world to his father. He remembered feeling loved by both parents, in fact.

He looked at the girl sitting in front of him. Gloria Silverwolf seemed to be a sweet girl. She was drop dead gorgeous, yet at the same time, she wasn’t very confident. That Karen girl had some sort of strange influence on her, and it was negative. He’d think more on it later.

“Wow, you must be like really smart. I mean, you were only in Seattle for a day and you know everything about it.”

“I’m just observant,” he lied.

“I love smart guys.”

“Oh, um… thank you.”

“So, anyway, we want to invite you to the Dance Committee meeting after school today. So like can you guys like make it?”

“Sure, sure. Of course we can,” Jacob replied speaking for everyone else.

Just then the bell rang indicating that lunch was over.

“Okay, so like the meeting is in Mrs. Lahote’s classroom. Do you like know where that is?”

“No, but we’ll ask around.”

“Alright, we’ll see you after school then.”

After the girls left, Paul asked, “Was it my imagination or did they say ‘like’ a lot?”

“Like, for sure,” Bella joked back in Valley Girl speech.

“You’re a little smart aleck, aren’t you?”

“Yeah, she is. That’s why she’s my bestie,” Jake said. “She’s funny and nice. Alright, what’s next for classes?”

Bella looked down at her schedule. “Crap, I think this is where we split up.”

“Damn it. Alright, just yell for Jake or me if anyone bothers you, okay? We’ll be able to hear you with our enhanced hearing.” He glanced at his schedule. “Where is the art room?”

“Just take a left here, go down the hallway, and you’ll see it on your right. At least, that’s where it is in the future. Jake, you’re down in the basement.”

“Okay, see you in a bit, Bells,” Jake gave her a peck on the cheek before taking off.

“See you at our next class,” Paul also kissed Bella on the cheek and went in search of the art room.

Bella sighed and loped off to her next class. Hopefully, they wouldn’t run into any trouble while they were alone in their electives. She had home economics. What could possibly happen there?