Chapter 16

"Isabella Dawson"

"Well....well...look who is here." I was playing with Nathan's big warm hand when I heard a very familiar voice approached us. "It's the secretly married couple having their romantic moment here, what a coincidence..."

Taylor?

Nathan and I turned to the voice direction and saw a blonde hair guy with shaggy style smirking at us. He quickly stood up and helped me to stand up before took a step closer to confront Taylor.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Nathan asked him, he sounded so angry as soon as he saw his face.

He was now smirking even more, "Oh...please, idiot. This is a public place and I can come whenever I want to."

Why Taylor acted this way? I really don't get it. We used to be close friends and why he turned to be a jerk like this?

I quickly grabbed Nathan's arm as saw him clenched his fists tightly as if like he wanted to beat Taylor anytime soon.

What is happening to him, actually? The last time I saw him, he was so nice of me. Until that day, the day when he knew the truth about Nathan and me.

Could he...

No....I don't think so. I only consider him as my friend, that's all. Besides, he already has a girlfriend, a blond hair girl....and her name starts with the letter S as far as I remembered.

Nathan blocked me with his back as he walked closer to Taylor.

"What do you want, Taylor?" He said through his teeth.

He scoffed, "I want to claim back what is supposed to be mine!"

I held the Nathan's arm more tightly that caused him to turn to look at me.

His blue eyes seemed wild as like he wants to attack Taylor in no time. But, I have to stop him before anything bad happened to him because there are four other guys were joining Taylor.

"Please....don't do anything reckless, "I whispered to him. I really don't want him to get hurt because of me.

"Oh god, Bella.....do you really want to stay with this weak man like him." Taylor was totally changing into a bad guy.

"I'm not weak!!!" Nathan said out loud. "She'll never be yours, bastard."

"This jerk!!!!" Taylor grabbed a Nathan's shirt and pulled him closer with his fists already at the same level as Nathan's face.

"Stop it!!!" I shouted while trying to release Taylor's grip from Nathan. "Let him go, Taylor!"

"Oh, shut it, Bella!" Taylor pushed me that me fell hard on the ground.

"You bastard!!!" Nathan grabbed his collar and smacked him hard on his face. "Don't you dare hurt her!!!"

The other four guys trying to help Taylor by grabbing Nathan's arms and dragging him away from Taylor.

"Nathan!!!" I cried his name as Taylor punched hard on his stomach and then on his face that caused his nose bled right away.

I couldn't stand to watch the man I love get beaten like that and I just couldn't do anything too instead of begging and crying for Taylor to stop.

"Hey!!!!" Another voice shouted from our behind. "Let go of him!!!"

Seth and the other guys were running towards us to save Nathan from getting beaten by Taylor.

"I Said, let him go!!!!" Seth pushed Taylor away from Nathan and landed his fist on Taylor's face. Meanwhile, Henry and the others are intimidated Taylor's friends so they would not dare to attack them or even Nathan and Seth.

"Nathan....are you okay?" I gave him a helping hand to stand up again. My tears could not stop pouring on my cheeks when saw his condition.

"I'm fine, Bella." He weakly replied while wiping his bleeding nose with his palm.

"Just leave this place, bastard!!!!" Seth warned Taylor who is now looking so weak after got hit by him. "And just leave them alone!"

"No...I won't!!" Taylor insisted. "Bella is mine! Not that fucking idiot!"

"She doesn't deserve a guy like you, jerk!!" Nathan shouted.

He laughed. "So do you, bastard!!!"

I stopped Nathan by grabbing his arm from attacking Taylor again.

"You have no rights, Taylor!!!" Nathan added while wrapping his arm around my shoulder. "She's already becoming my wife!"

Seth and all my friends there, including Cecilia and Sasha who were looking at us in unison with their surprised expression.

Taylor laughed, "So....all of you still didn't know the little secret that they kept it from you. What a pity."

"Just shut it, jerk!" Seth gave a last punch on Taylor's face that caused him unconscious right away. All of us just left the bad guys like that and brought the injured Nathan back to our campsite so I could treat her wounds.

*

"Nathan Harrison"

My nose stopped from bleeding as Bella asked me to lay my head on her lap so she could put the ice pack on my nose bridge. Luckily, there were still a little ices left in the container where we bought it at the mart this evening.

All of our friends were watching every movement that the two of us did, maybe so eagerly to ask about our secret relationship.

"Oh god....I can't take it anymore." Cecilia groaned while rolling her eyes.

"Yeah...me neither." Sasha agreed with her.

"This is such a drag!" Scott complained while stretching his hands and even yawning rudely in front of us.

"When did you two??? Seriously, I don't understand..." Henry looked so curious.

Seth was only crossing his arms, remained silent, but his black pearl eyes were looking straight at me.

"Since when?" My pale skin friend, Sam asked me.

Meanwhile, Chuck only munched his snack loudly, but his eyes still on Bella and me, waiting for us to start talking.

I think it's the time to tell them the truth about Bella and me and there will be no more secret between us. I promise that.

"Okay guys..... I will answer your questions." I sat up straight beside of my wife and in front of all my friends who are now sitting around the fire pit. "We got married when all of us have our midterm breaks. It's my parents last wish, that I have to follow.... and Bella's father also gave his blessing for me to marry her daughter. I'm sorry for not inviting you guys.... it's just happened so quick."

"But.... but.... you, Bella.... Sasha.... this is so confusing." Cecilia pointed her finger at me, then to Bella and Sasha too.

I laughed, "Well....I am now in love with my own wife, Bella. She is everything to me," I took Bella's soft hand and planted a kiss on it. "Sasha is a past now….*stuck my tongue to Sasha*.."

"Aww....that is so sweet of you, Nathan." Cecilia sounded really excited.

Seth smirked at me. "So, you finally move on from Sasha. And found yourself a girl that you truly love. That's good for you, dope," he sounded a bit relieved after heard the news that I will not try to chase her girlfriend anymore.

"Finally!!" Sasha wrapped her hand around Seth's arm who is sitting beside her. "I'm happy for you, both of you."

"Nathan," Henry raised his hand.

"What is it, Henry?"

Henry touched his chin with his finger, he seems curious about something. "I wonder, how did you fall in love with Bella? No offense, Bella, but I'm just asking."

"Oh, he's right.... I want to know too," Sasha agreed.

"Um.... I'm not sure when, but I've started to have a weird feeling for her since the first day we became husband and wife. And I realized it was love, recently when Taylor shows up." I pulled Bella closer to me and kissed her forehead.

Sasha and Cecilia were giggling. "You surely a dork, Nathan."

I sighed. "I guess I am."

"How about you, Bella?" Sasha asked my wife. "When did you fall in love with this blond?"

She took a glance at me then back to Sasha. All of my friends look so excited to hear Bella's answer.

"U-um....it's about 10 years ago. When I met him at his house for the first time." Bella answered.

"Wow....that's so long time ago?" Chuck stopped from munching his snack. "You're so lucky Nathan."

I feel a bit shy when heard Chuck's.

"You love him for that long and he just friend-zoned you. I'm sorry for this dork's behalf." Sasha shakes her head.

"Yeah....you're such an idiot, Nathan." Cecilia added.

"Hey.....I'm sorry okay. I really didn't know about that." I protested. Seriously, I really have no idea that Bella loves me for that long.

"Dope!!!" Seth interrupted.

"Not you too, Hedgehog." I sighed.

"He's so troublesome." The lazy guy also puts the blame on me.

"You're really an idiot." My squishy friend too.

"Oh come on guys...." I'm now frustrated with them.

"Continue, Bella, just ignore him." Sasha asked my wife to continue her story.

Bella giggled. "Sorry Nathan." She pinched my right cheek.

I smiled. "Don't worry....I'm totally fine."

"Oh, now I get it!" Sasha clapped her hands once.

"Get what?" I curiously asked her.

"That's why she always blushes whenever you speak to her and also almost faint when you are standing too close to her." Sasha Said while looking at Bella who seems to blush now.

"Stop it, Sasha....you're embarrassing me." Bella is now covering her red cheeks with her palms.

"Yeah....I know about it too. She's cute though." I tried to remove her hands from her face.

"Awww....you two are too cute together." Cecilia is too overwhelmed to see us both.

"I know right." Sasha gives Cecilia a high five.

"I want to be like you two too." Henry suddenly spoke.

"In your dream, bushy brows." I stuck out my tongue to him.

"Arghh... that's so harsh, Nathan." Henry complained, making a funny face to me that makes all of us burst into laughing.

*

"Isabella Dawson"

After the long talk between us all, we decided to get some rest at our tents.

"So Bella, do you.....um....sorry for asking you this. But....did you two already have....that thing, you know what I mean?" I didn't understand her question at first, but when she kind of making a sign with her finger, I quickly get it what she meant to ask me.

Cecilia seems interested to hear my answer too, because I could tell from the way she looks at me.

"O-oh....that...um...we still didn't...." I feel the heat on my both cheeks when I think answered Sasha's.

They smiled. "Sorry for asking you that. I know it's kind of private to you" Sasha quickly apologized.

Seriously, I really have no idea what to say to both of them. So, I just remain quiet until they decided to change into another topic.

I think I am already missing him, well recently, we started to sleep together in one room, where he always let me sleep on his arm. It's really make me feel safe when he is around. I can't even imagine if one day, he suddenly disappears from my life, I think I might go crazy right away.

What are you thinking Bella?

He promised that he will never leave you.

So trust him, will you?

While I was thinking about Nathan, my two best friends have already become quiet all of a sudden. I giggled a bit when saw them already fall asleep, leaving me alone who is still wide awake.

Good night girls....

And Goodnight too to my beloved husband, Nathan.