Ballerina Bruises
Chapter 8-Cigarettes, Mouthwash and Sex
Bella's POV
"Where the hell is the food in this house?!" Zayn asked as he rummaged through the drawers of my kitchen.
"Umm, we honestly might not have any, mom and dad haven't had time to shop in the past few days." I lied.
"Past few days? The fridge is empty and the cabinets only have canned vegetables. I need food!" Liam was now complaining too. It was 3 o'clock and Niall would be here any minute with Jamie. I was gonna ask them to leave, but these boys were a good distraction from everything else going on in my life at the moment.
"Bella, we've been in your hair all day. Why don't you go upstairs and shower, and we'll order from the chinese food restaurant down the block. What do you and Jamie want?" Harry chimed in. He was so cute and he really cared about Jamie, totally opposite of how I imagined him to be when we first met.
"Jamie likes chicken with broccoli and order some lo main, Niall likes that." I smiled as I walked towards the steps to my room. "And boys, remember my sister is only 14, completely off limits. That means you Louis." He laughed silently and shook his head. I still wasn't quite sure if he was a good boy or not.
I closed the door behind me and let out a deep breath. Finally alone for the first time today. I stepped into my bathroom and looked at myself intently in the mirror. My eye was purple and the cut on my forehead was gross. Maybe Harry was right, a shower would make me feel better. I turned on my dance playlist and stepped inside, forgetting the world for a little while and focusing on dance.
Harry's POV:
"Alright, we'll be right back with the food guys." Liam said as him and Zayn left the house. Finally I was alone with Louis who looked eager to tell me something.
"First and foremost, here is your share of the money that bastard was stealing from the company." Louis said handing me a wad of cash. It had been a while since we were paid so I understood his excitement, but this was much, much bigger than money now.
"Lou we need to talk about Chris Ad--"
"The bastard who stole from the drug reign? Oh they're taking care of that prick... They took out his wife this weekend, the rest of the family's next." My mouth dropped open. That would explain why her dad was so upset, why Bella has a black eye and why she's incredibly upset. My hands grew sweaty and my mind was racing. What could I do? If I told them to stop they'd probably kill me too.
"Lou... Ch-Ch-Chris Adams is Bella's fa-fa-father." I stuttered out. His eyes grew ten times wider and he shook his head. "We can't let them hurt her."
"Well what the fuck are we supposed to do then Harry?! Let them kill us? Because they will kill us if we tell Bella! And we barely know her!" He was right. We needed to be smart about this.
"I'll come up with a plan. And listen Lou, I don't care if I barely know her, I like her a lot. Let Zayn know to tell Perrie, Liam and Chloe what's going on too. I want everyone in on this except her. Bella, Jamie and even Drew need as much protection as possible." I heard a door slam and looked up to see Niall walking in the house, with Jamie not too far behind.
"Protection from what, Harry?" I blinked a few times before coming up with a stupid lie.
"Pro-protection from the bad gangs in town!" I nudged Louis to continue the lie.
"Ye-Yeah you guys are new so we just want to let them know to be careful around those guys, that's all." Niall opened his mouth to question us again, but Jamie walked in and smiled brightly when she saw me. She was like a mini-Bella.
"Harry! You're here again!" She said as she ran and gave me a high five. Phew.
"Hey Jamie! You and Niall stay down here with Louis, I'm gonna go let Bella know you guys are home!" Niall shook his head at me and I smirked. I loved that me and Bella's friendship made his skin crawl.
Bella's POV:
30 minutes later
I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body, entering my room. I shook my hair out and looked out the window, and noticed a someone was walking in the door. "Harry! Cover your eyes!" I laughed as he walked in the room.
"Do you really think this is the first time I've seen a girl almost naked?" He chuckled. I threw a pillow at him it and it hit him right in the gut, harder than I thought it would. "Oof, you've got a good arm!"
"Thats what they tell me!" I winked as I stepped into the bathroom changing my clothes. I wore my hair curly, so I could easily let it flow in front of my face. I stepped out of there after 10 minutes, and found Harry looking through the trophies on my dresser. "That ones from when I was 8, I won Junior Miss Starquest at nationals. He picked up the little crown I had won and smiled.
"Can I watch you dance? And can you teach me to dance?!" He begged like a 4 year old in a candy shop.
"You've gotta start stretching if you wanna be a dancer Harry, flexibility is key!" I said as I dropped down into a split right in front of him.
"That's sexy." He said running across the room, scooping me up out of the split and holding me in the air.
"Harry put me down!" I commanded laughing so hard my eyes were tearing.
"C'mon Bell I wanted to do some swan lake partner stuff!" He said twirling me around in the air so fast that when he put me down, I collapsed on the ground in a fit of laughter.
"I'm so dizzy! Thanks a lot!" I said slapping his leg as he sat beside me.
"I'm not even sorry, love! That's what you get for throwing a pillow at me!" I leaned against him and looked deep into his green eyes.
"You're a funny guy aren't you?" I asked. He nodded and slowly leaned in. I smiled and kissed him on his forehead, being the little tease that I am but Harry was not having it. As I got up to walk away he pulled me back down and chucked,
"You missed."
"I missed what?" I asked smirking. He grabbed my face and pulled me in for a passionate kiss. He eased his tongue inside my mouth, and I did the same to his. He tasted like cigarettes, mouthwash and sex, which is very different from the guys I used to hook up with, (mouth guards, protein shakes and trident gum.) I liked it. The kiss was getting more and more passionate and he was sort of on top of me, kissing my neck and shoulders.
(like this)
We were so into it that we didn't even realize the door had opened.
"Sorry to interrupt, but the foods here." Hello to you to, Louis and Jamie. We both started laughing as he rolled off of me and we headed downstairs where everybody else was. Believe it or not, I was actually hungry for the first time in a while.
That boy Harry Styles brings the best out of me.
"Where the hell is the food in this house?!" Zayn asked as he rummaged through the drawers of my kitchen.
"Umm, we honestly might not have any, mom and dad haven't had time to shop in the past few days." I lied.
"Past few days? The fridge is empty and the cabinets only have canned vegetables. I need food!" Liam was now complaining too. It was 3 o'clock and Niall would be here any minute with Jamie. I was gonna ask them to leave, but these boys were a good distraction from everything else going on in my life at the moment.
"Bella, we've been in your hair all day. Why don't you go upstairs and shower, and we'll order from the chinese food restaurant down the block. What do you and Jamie want?" Harry chimed in. He was so cute and he really cared about Jamie, totally opposite of how I imagined him to be when we first met.
"Jamie likes chicken with broccoli and order some lo main, Niall likes that." I smiled as I walked towards the steps to my room. "And boys, remember my sister is only 14, completely off limits. That means you Louis." He laughed silently and shook his head. I still wasn't quite sure if he was a good boy or not.
I closed the door behind me and let out a deep breath. Finally alone for the first time today. I stepped into my bathroom and looked at myself intently in the mirror. My eye was purple and the cut on my forehead was gross. Maybe Harry was right, a shower would make me feel better. I turned on my dance playlist and stepped inside, forgetting the world for a little while and focusing on dance.
Harry's POV:
"Alright, we'll be right back with the food guys." Liam said as him and Zayn left the house. Finally I was alone with Louis who looked eager to tell me something.
"First and foremost, here is your share of the money that bastard was stealing from the company." Louis said handing me a wad of cash. It had been a while since we were paid so I understood his excitement, but this was much, much bigger than money now.
"Lou we need to talk about Chris Ad--"
"The bastard who stole from the drug reign? Oh they're taking care of that prick... They took out his wife this weekend, the rest of the family's next." My mouth dropped open. That would explain why her dad was so upset, why Bella has a black eye and why she's incredibly upset. My hands grew sweaty and my mind was racing. What could I do? If I told them to stop they'd probably kill me too.
"Lou... Ch-Ch-Chris Adams is Bella's fa-fa-father." I stuttered out. His eyes grew ten times wider and he shook his head. "We can't let them hurt her."
"Well what the fuck are we supposed to do then Harry?! Let them kill us? Because they will kill us if we tell Bella! And we barely know her!" He was right. We needed to be smart about this.
"I'll come up with a plan. And listen Lou, I don't care if I barely know her, I like her a lot. Let Zayn know to tell Perrie, Liam and Chloe what's going on too. I want everyone in on this except her. Bella, Jamie and even Drew need as much protection as possible." I heard a door slam and looked up to see Niall walking in the house, with Jamie not too far behind.
"Protection from what, Harry?" I blinked a few times before coming up with a stupid lie.
"Pro-protection from the bad gangs in town!" I nudged Louis to continue the lie.
"Ye-Yeah you guys are new so we just want to let them know to be careful around those guys, that's all." Niall opened his mouth to question us again, but Jamie walked in and smiled brightly when she saw me. She was like a mini-Bella.
"Harry! You're here again!" She said as she ran and gave me a high five. Phew.
"Hey Jamie! You and Niall stay down here with Louis, I'm gonna go let Bella know you guys are home!" Niall shook his head at me and I smirked. I loved that me and Bella's friendship made his skin crawl.
Bella's POV:
30 minutes later
I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my body, entering my room. I shook my hair out and looked out the window, and noticed a someone was walking in the door. "Harry! Cover your eyes!" I laughed as he walked in the room.
"Do you really think this is the first time I've seen a girl almost naked?" He chuckled. I threw a pillow at him it and it hit him right in the gut, harder than I thought it would. "Oof, you've got a good arm!"
"Thats what they tell me!" I winked as I stepped into the bathroom changing my clothes. I wore my hair curly, so I could easily let it flow in front of my face. I stepped out of there after 10 minutes, and found Harry looking through the trophies on my dresser. "That ones from when I was 8, I won Junior Miss Starquest at nationals. He picked up the little crown I had won and smiled.
"Can I watch you dance? And can you teach me to dance?!" He begged like a 4 year old in a candy shop.
"You've gotta start stretching if you wanna be a dancer Harry, flexibility is key!" I said as I dropped down into a split right in front of him.
"That's sexy." He said running across the room, scooping me up out of the split and holding me in the air.
"Harry put me down!" I commanded laughing so hard my eyes were tearing.
"C'mon Bell I wanted to do some swan lake partner stuff!" He said twirling me around in the air so fast that when he put me down, I collapsed on the ground in a fit of laughter.
"I'm so dizzy! Thanks a lot!" I said slapping his leg as he sat beside me.
"I'm not even sorry, love! That's what you get for throwing a pillow at me!" I leaned against him and looked deep into his green eyes.
"You're a funny guy aren't you?" I asked. He nodded and slowly leaned in. I smiled and kissed him on his forehead, being the little tease that I am but Harry was not having it. As I got up to walk away he pulled me back down and chucked,
"You missed."
"I missed what?" I asked smirking. He grabbed my face and pulled me in for a passionate kiss. He eased his tongue inside my mouth, and I did the same to his. He tasted like cigarettes, mouthwash and sex, which is very different from the guys I used to hook up with, (mouth guards, protein shakes and trident gum.) I liked it. The kiss was getting more and more passionate and he was sort of on top of me, kissing my neck and shoulders.
(like this)We were so into it that we didn't even realize the door had opened.
"Sorry to interrupt, but the foods here." Hello to you to, Louis and Jamie. We both started laughing as he rolled off of me and we headed downstairs where everybody else was. Believe it or not, I was actually hungry for the first time in a while.
That boy Harry Styles brings the best out of me.
Notes
Sorry it took me so long to post, I'm starting school Thursday and saved all my summer work to last minute soooo I've been really busy but here it is! Not as if I have a lot of readers but who ever is reading, I LOVE YOU!
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10/28/13