3poorasdirt: Well I know I haven't got the next story up but I'm working on it. The first chapter should be up either near the end of this week or the next week. It will be a bit slow going because I think it's going to have a few longer chapters and I only know half of what the story line is already. Awe well I know where I want to go with it. Anyway this is an idea that popped up in my head as I was in a car driving across Iowa. I know I can't put it anywhere so when that happens I'll just put them up in this one shot section. Anyway enough of me, I have a story to write.
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"I still think both of you are insane. Fishing is fine, relaxing even but this is a disaster in the making." Bella said as she apprehensively eyed the shotgun she was holding.
"Awe, come on Bella, where is your sense of adventure?" Harry asked with a grin.
"At home sleeping, where I should be." Bella answered sarcastically.
"Don't be such a spoil sport Bella. You won't even have to fire a shot if you don't want to." Charlie reasoned with a slight smile. "Besides Harry and I haven't gone hunting since we were in High School. I sort of miss it, especially since Sue won't let Seth near any type of firearm."
"So I'm acting as a Seth stand in? I really feel the love dad." Bella responded her voice still dripping in sarcasm as she rolled her eyes. She had been complaining ever since she found out she would be spending one of her last three day weekends hunting and camping in the woods with Harry and her father. She had hoped they'd be dragging Billy, Jacob, and Seth out with them, she was horribly disappointed. Jacob had something come up, Seth was visiting his cousins out of state, and Billy had just laughed and wished her luck. "Damn traitors." She muttered under her breath.
"Come on Paper Cut get on your vest and let's go. I don't want to hear anymore complaining from you." Harry commanded cheerfully. Bella sighed as she almost violently wrestled on her bright orange hunting vest.
"How am I supposed to hunt when I haven't actually fired a round before?" Bella asked as she finally got her vest on.
"Just do what Harry and I showed you yesterday and you should be fine." Charlie said with a smile. "And besides you should gain this experience anyway, you don't know when it might come in handy."
"Whatever you say, oh wise men." Bella said dryly with a mocking bow.
A few hours later she was mentally cursing everything under the sun and then some as she fell into the stance her dad showed her. There only a few meters in front of her was their quarry, and unfortunately she was the only one with a clear shot. While she didn't really want to hurt the large buck she knew this would be her one shot at this, literally. Taking a deep breath to steady herself, Bella took aim. Once she was confident she shut her eyes and pulled the trigger. She let out a surprised yell when she was tossed backwards from the recoil. When she landed she heard a second shot from her left as she lay sprawled out in the bush she had been standing in front of. Taking a few seconds to groan in pain she opened her eyes to blink up at the sky. A few blinks later, Charlie's face came into view.
"You okay?" He asked in slight concern.
"I think so, did I hit it?" She asked getting up.
"You hit it in the back leg. Harry got the kill shot. We're going to have to work on your aim." Charlie said happy to see she wasn't critically hurt. His comment only got a groan form his daughter though.
A few days later when school was back in session Angela gasped at the sight of her friend. Bella looked like she only had a few hours of sleep. The brunette's hair was a mess, her clothes horribly rumpled, and she had bags under her eyes. However that was nothing compared to the many red splotches covering Bella's skin and the angry large purple bruise Angela could spot on her shoulder.
"My god Bella, what happened?" Angela asked in concern making Bella wince.
"My dad took me hunting with his friend." Bella said only to sigh at the raised eyebrow her friend was giving her. "When I fired the shotgun they gave me, the recoil threw me back into a large patch of poison ivy. The only thing seriously hurt was my ego, so don't worry. Let's go in before we're late for class." Bella said heading towards the school and ending the discussion before it went any further.
Despite her predicament, as she walked towards her locker she couldn't help but smile slightly. She had to admit she did learn a lot on her hunting trip from hell. Harry was a great teacher and showed her the art of tracking. Her dad on the other hand knew a lot about firearms, but that didn't surprise her much since he was a cop and an ex-soldier. She was actually looking forward to going hunting with them again that weekend. She only hoped next time she will manage to avoid the poison ivy.
She took a dive into some poison ivy, ouch. Anyway poor Bella having to stand in for Seth, hope those two made it up to her. Yea, tell me what you think and don't worry I haven't forgoten about my other story.
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