One Too Many Faces....Should Life Be So Difficult?

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Chapter 7:

Belle was near the window at the time. She moved away, trying not to fall of the bed.

Shattered glass was spread all over the floor, and the brick lay next to it, with a piece of paper taped to it.

“Oh my god! Are you ok?” Aden said

Before Belle could answer the door slammed open, and standing there was Irene, Geoff and Annie.

“What in blue blazes is going on here girly? What’s happened?” began Irene

Belle jumped up, startled by her housemates being there, and completely forgetting about all the glass, screamed in pain as tiny shards broke the skin on the bottom of her feet.

“Ouch!” Belle keeled over onto her bed

“Oh god! Geoff go get the first aid kit” said Irene

Geoff returned and Irene began to clean Belles foot. She tried to ignore the fact that on the other side of the bed was Aden still.

“The police are here” said Annie. She had called them while Geoff was getting the first aid kit.

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While photos were being taken of the room, Belle, Aden, Annie, Geoff and Irene was sitting in the lounge area. Tasha and Ella were taken to Irene’s room as they were both extremely tired.

Fitzy returned with a plastic bag containing the piece of paper attached to the brick.

“ We have to wait for finger print test on the brick, but we thought you better take a look at this” handing the bag to Belle.

Belle stood up and read what was on it; ‘YOU CANT GET AWAY WITH WHAT YOU DID. WHAT YOU GAVE UP. YOU AND DREW WILL PAY. I’LL MAKE SURE OF IT…’

Belle grabbed hold of the chair beside her, shocked at what she was reading.

“What is it? What does it say?” Irene asked, voicing what everyone else was thinking.

Belle shakingly passed the plastic bag to Irene. She sat down next to Aden thinking about what she had just read.

“Belle, could you come down to the station with us now. We need to ask you questions about this letter” asked Fitzy

Belle agreed. She needed to et changed first, and going into her room and grabbing the first thing from her wardrobe, she got changed an re entered the lounge. Irene was talking to Fitzy about the letter and what was going to happen, while Aden grabbed Belles hand.

“What happened Belle? What did it say?”

“Oh, just something. Nothing for you to worry about” she replied while putting her shoes on.

“You’re a rubbish liar. Obviously it was something big to get you shaken up like this”

“ I can’t tell you. I’m sorry, I’ll call you when I get back” she walked out of the door, followed by Fitzy and Irene.

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Aden and Nicole were eating breakfast before school when his phone rang. He got up while answering it, leaving Nicole wondering who it was.

He walked into the living room while answering;

“Hey Belle”

“Hey, just thought I ring and let you know I got back last night after midnight” was the voice on the receiving end.

“Oh right. So, what happened?” Aden was very curious to know what was written on the paper

“I wont get into it now, but can we meet in a minute. I need to talk to you about something. Beach in an hour?”

“Sure. Belle, are you ok?”

“Yeah. I’m fine” said Belle unconvincingly “Ok, I got to go now. Cya” and she hung up.

Belle was in the diner while speaking to Aden. She had phoned Drew just before, needing to talk to him first.

Drew walked in looking as nervous as Belle did.

“Hey” he said, sitting down. “So, what did you say?” He was referring to the police statement that they both had to make yesterday regarding the letter.

“ Just that he was angry that I chose you over him. I didn’t go into much detail though. What about you?

“Just that he was angry you didn’t feel the same way. Are you sure its him?”

When Drew and Belle were dating each other, he was working at the garage. To cut a long story short, someone else who worked there too called Dom set his sights on Belle. He was falling in love with her and was hurt when she didn’t feel the same way. One night, he kidnapped her. Drew luckily found her and while getting away form Dom, he hit him with his car. They left him there and when they went back the next time, he was gone. They assumed he was ok….and haven’t heard from him since.

Drew, sensing Belles nerves, told her “Its going to be ok. Just stick to our story. No one will find out”

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Aden was waiting by the fence, when looking round, he saw Belle.

Belle forced a smile. All the way to him, she had been planning what she was going to say. She didn’t want to, but…it was the only way.

“Hey” Aden reached for her hand, but Belle pulled it away. “What’s wrong ? he asked.

“I don’t really know how to say this…but…” she paused “I think, I..just think we should be friends. I don’t want to be with you anymore” Belle’s voice was quivering throughout this conversation. She felt it was best not to be involved with anyone while Dom was out there. Who knows what trouble he could cause?

“What. Why are you saying this? If its because people know about us, its ok, they’ll get over it in time” Aden protested

“No Aden its not that. Please don’t make this harder than it already is” Tears were forming in her eyes

“Then don’t do it! Please Belle”

“I’m sorry Aden…” She turned around and left him there. Tears rolled from her eyes. And a single tear squeezed itself from Aden’s eye.

In the next chapter I will hopefully be writing more about the story of Tasha.

Sneak Peak:

Is it really over between Aden and Belle?

What happens when Dom resurfaces?

Tasha’s story

And soon…a huge drama rocks the bay

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Adelle...

Update soon.

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oh no Adelle

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Im working on the next chapter at the moment. Hopefullt be up tomorrow some time.

Im taking my time as i want it to be good quality, not like my last chapter which to me wasnt that good

Hope everyone is all good!

Watched Home and Away tonight and I am just waiting for Adelle to get back together, I think Belle still has feelings for him

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[wrongturntaken]

Ooh intriguing!!! i can completely understand why Belle would do that though which is a credit to your writing! Absolutely awesome once again and i loved the way Aden just happened to be there when everyone barged into the room! Can't wait for more!

[zzazzb]

*tear* Adelle!

dom. grr.

updates soo, ( IOU a longer review... but i'm too tired atm...)

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Chapter 8:

Irene and Tasha were sat at the dinner table, drinking the freshly made tea.

“So then love, how did this happen?” Irene began

“Everything’s just changed since we moved there. I tried to get him involved with Josie and Dylan, but he wasn’t interested. Then Beth died and he just went down from there. I understand that losing a mother will change your life, but when I tried to talk about it he would just shut down, like he didn’t care about anything anymore”

“Well, grief strikes people in different ways, and it takes some people longer to deal with. They may never get over it you know..” replied Irene, trying to show her Robbie’s side of the story

“I know. But months went by and he just gave up. He began to stop working, stop socialising and stay at home. He wouldn’t even acknowledge Ella. It just got to hard and I cant be with someone like that anymore. I need space, and so does he” Tasha’s eyes welled up and Irene respectively passed her a tissue from the tissue box.

“Your always welcome to stay here, you know that. Take as much time as you need. But your going to have to talk to Robbie sometime. But I’ll be here for you every step of the way.” Irene stood up and gave Tasha a hug, before going to check on Ella who was sleeping in one of the bedrooms.

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Belle walked along the beach, trying to calm herself down. She was devastated at leaving Aden like that but, she just couldn’t cope with everything at the moment. She stopped, looking out at the ocean. You know, he actually hasn’t done anything Belle. He’s probably at the bottom of your worry list, and you’ve probably gone and stuffed things up with him forever. He didn’t bring Dom here, he didn’t cause this problem. He in fact was only trying to help. What have you done?

These were Belle’s thoughts. She hastily made a decision that she now regretted. She needed him now more than ever. She was lonely, and scared at what was to come. Dom was out to get her and this made her scared of leaving the house in the morning.

She went over and over these thoughts while making her way home. To busy in her own little world, Belle was unaware of the approaching footsteps behind her. A gentle tap startled her and she jumped around.

“My god Drew, are you trying to give me a heart attack?

“ Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you” he said

“I wasn’t scared, just surprised by my ex boyfriend stalking me” grinned Belle, trying to wind him up

“ Oh really” Drew and Belle teased each other and for a moment, Belle forgot about her troubles. As they walked down the path the sun shone down on them, as they talked about life in the bay.

Minutes passed and as they approached the lane to her front door, she stopped to say goodbye.

“Thanks for this, I needed something to take my mind of everything”

“No worries, anytime. Its nice to just hang out again” He watched as she opened the door and disappeared inside. Carrying on his trek, he noticed the shadow sitting on the side lane. On closer inspection, this figure made himself known.

“Hi Drew, long time no see” said Dom…

My next chapter will have a lot of good adelle moments!

Im very excited about starting to write it =) xx

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yay, Adelle momments to come!!!

i hope Drew does something about Dom! or even Aden! or both together!!!! haha

loved this chap

update soon! really looking foward to it!

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oooo cant wait for the next chapter with happy adelle moments

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Chapter 9:

Drew paces quickly up to Dom. If in a cartoon, steam would be coming out of his ears by now, that was how angry he was. He brought back his hand and ready to punch, he saw the sneaky grin on Dom’s face.

“ You haven’t changed one bit, have you Drew”

“Excuse me? You’re the one who hasn’t changed, I ought to be calling the police right now!” He slammed

“Fine. You do that. But just remember, that I don’t thin they’ll be so interested in me once they know about yours and Belle’s midnight drive. Oh, talking about Belle, how is she lately?”

“Don’t even think about it, she was never interested in you, and wont ever be!” Drew was raging, but kept his cool so Dom wouldn’t know how affected he was by his visit.

“Well, if you still believe that. I know how Belle feels, and you’ll see too…” He turned his back and walked down the road.

Drew, completely taken back, walked furiously behind him, grabbed his shoulder so Dom would turn around, and his fist delved into Dom’s face.

“ Just leave now why you can, cos I swear, if you even look at Belle, you’ll be sorry”

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Belle sat on her bed, twiddling with he thumbs while staring blankly at her ceiling.

She tried to focus on different thing, but it was no use.

Aden.

This word repeated itself in her head, over and over again.

She wasn’t meant to feel this way, I mean, Its Aden Jefferies? Of all people, it was him.

I just don’t understand. I mean, we have fun, and yeah I do like him. Ok, I like him a lot, alright I’ll say it, I really like him!

This thought suddenly made sense to Belle. It was as if a light bulb had lighted up!

She did like Aden, and she wanted to be with him. No matter how hard it was to deal with Dom, she couldn’t let this ruin her life, and that was what Aden was; her life!

She grabbed her jacket, and ran out of the house.

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Aden was at home that day. It was his day off, and he wasn’t quite sure how to spend it. Roman working, and Nicole out with Geoff, it was nice to have some peace and quiet.

He was making his lunch when a knock on the door made him stop and answer it.

Turning the handle, he was surprised to see Belle standing there.

“Hey” she said, trying to be as normal as she could

He tried to shut the door, but was met by Belle’s hand stopping it

“Aden, wait, please I really need to speak to you…Its important”

“I thought you had said everything earlier”

“Please?” she asked

Aden moved out of the way, letting Belle walk in.

“ I know that you probably don’t want to see me, let alone talk to me. But I really need to explain”

“Explain what? You dumped me, there’s nothing else to say” Aden’s hurt was clear to Belle, which made this conversation even more important

“Aden, that night when the brick came through the window, there was a note attached to it. It said something that makes me feel sick even thinking about it. Something that I cant tell anybody. I keep thinking about it and its eating me up inside. But I can trust you, and I need you to know what’s been happening”

Aden was listening as Belle began to explain…

“He took me to this place, I don’t know where, I was so scared, I didn’t know what he was capable of, what he was thinking. When Drew came, it was probably the most relieved I have ever been. We just got in the car and…I wanted to go back, but Drew said no. When we did, he was gone”

Aden still listened

“When I read that note, it was as if everything was happening again. I just didn’t want you to be involved in my problems. So much has happened, I just thought it would be easier, better for us to just be out of each others life. But I regretted it as soon as I left you, and…I hope you now understand” Tears streamed down her cheeks. She was so happy to have everything off her chest. Aden leant over with the tissue box and gave it to her. Putting his arm around her, he held her close as she let all her emotions out.

Aden didn’t want to speak while Belle was crying. He just listened. When she finally wiped away her last tear, he decided it was his time to talk.

“I cant believe that you’ve had to deal with all this on your own”

“ I had Drew, but things are different now between us. I don’t feel like I can talk to him about this stuff anymore” she replied

“You have me. I’m always going to be here for you. I’m so glad that you trust me enough to tell me this. Dom isn’t going to get anywhere near you, cos I’m here and always will be”

“I’m so sorry for hurting you Aden, I truly am”

“Sssh, don’t worry about it. Its water under the bridge now” He smiled at her and she smiled back.

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Belle and Aden had carried on talking for the rest of the day. It was now late and unaware of the time, Nicole arrived home. Thrashing herself through the front door, she was surprised to see Belle in the arms of Aden.

“Well well well, isn’t it cosy in here” Nicole pulled her usual smirk which always managed to make her look like she was planning some sort of scheming plan.

“Don’t let me interupt Ill just be in the kitchen” she walked through, trying not to laugh.

“Sorry about that, she wont tell anyone, well I’ll try and make sure she doesn’t” Aden reassured

Belle, still a bit sniffly said “Its ok. I don’t mind anymore” and she kissed Aden on the lips, witnessed by a shocked and jealous looking Nicole.