𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 — the ace degenerates

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𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 woke up at at 9:30 to the ringing of her radio alarm. today was the last day of summer, and tomorrow was the first last day of school. after turning off her alarm, she got out of bed, turned on mtv, walked to the ensuite bathroom and began her morning routine.

after she was finished with her morning routine, she walked back to her bedroom to pick out her swimsuit. she on a light pink one piece, then grabbed her beach bag and packed it with essentials: sunscreen, beach towels and sunglasses. after placing her beach hat on her head, bella turned off her tv and walked out the door.

downstairs, her parents and her brothers were sitting at the table eating breakfast and drinking coffee. bella strolled into the kitchen and greeted them with a beautiful smile on her face. "morning." she smiled as she kissed her father's cheek, as well as her mother's, then ruffled her brother's hair.

"good morning sweetheart." janet smiled. "want some breakfast?"

john smiled as he set the newspaper down. "morning sweetheart. where are you off to today?"

bella smiled as she poured herself a glass of orange juice then replied, "no thanks mom, i'm alright, and to answer your question dad, it's the annual end of summer beach party. i'm meeting ali and the girls there."

"well, just be safe and have fun." john said as he sipped his coffee

"i will dad." bella said as she sipped her juice then turned to her brother. "are you two coming?"

"we would but we're meeting eddie and the guys at the beach in santa monica." wyatt said. "you'll have to let us know how this party turns out."

"so i heard from a little bird you had a date last night." john said as bella sat down at the table

"it wasn't a date. dutch just bought me dinner." bella said as she sipped her orange juice.

"sounds like a date to me." janet chuckled as she sipped her coffee

"mom, it wasn't a date." bella blushed

"yeah, whatever." deacon laughed

"well, i gotta get going. i'll see you guys tonight." bella said as she embraced her parents and her brothers

"we love you too, honey." janet said

"please be safe." john said, embracing his daughter

"i will daddy." bella smiled

"have fun." wyatt said

"i will, and you both have fun too." bella smiled as she grabbed her beach bag and her car keys, and walked out the door. she started her car, and the radio played bryan adams's summer of '69 played

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on the beach, bella, ali, susan, and barbara sat down in the sand watching the waves and listening to ali's radio. "bella, you should try out for the cheer team tomorrow. i know you've played soccer for the past three years, but how about something different?" susan suggested

"i don't know girls, you know i love being on the soccer team." bella said

"you're amazing at soccer, but this will give you a chance to try something different." ali said. "just at least thing about trying out?"

"i'll think about it." bella smiled

as the four girls were chatting and listening to ali's radio, a tall, tan skinned boy, with beautiful brown eyes and his friends from reseda, who were playing soccer, ran past the girls kicking the ball, causing sand to get on the girls.

bella and ali were watching them, when they heard one them call his name daniel, but he ignored them. daniel and ali's eyes locked and the two stared at each other. the ball was kicked away, leaving daniel to stare at ali, who smiled up at him and her eyes twinkled.

the ball came out of nowhere and landed in ali's lap. she threw the ball to daniel, who started juggling the ball with his knees, she was duly impressed.

susan and barbara left to go swimming, leaving the two best friends to watch daniel. one of the boys kicked the ball away from him and took off. ali turned to her best friend and asked, "wanna go swimming?"

bella smiled and nodded. "i thought you would never ask."

as bella and ali stood up, daniel and ali locked eyes again, but he smiled and awkwardly waved at her. the blonde smiled and waved back as she and her best friend walked towards the ocean, then looked over her shoulder one last time at daniel, and bella began to tease her best friend.

"someone has a crush." bella teased

ali blushed a bright red. bella turned to look and saw daniel watching after her best friend in a dazed state before running back to his friends. after hours of swimming, the sun had set, and the fog had started to roll in. the girls put their clothes on over their bathing suits. they also had their own campfires going to keep them warm, all while listening to ali's radio.

while susan and barbara were chatting and roasting marshmallows over the fire, ali kept exchanging glances with daniel. bella and ali were having a conversation of their own, but she was mainly focused on daniel.

"you should go talk to him." bella suggested

"i don't know, what if he doesn't like me back?" ali asked, rather unsure. "what if he's like he's like johnny?"

bella glanced at the boy her best friend had been admiring, and saw he was admiring her in return. giving the blonde a warm smile, she softly reassured, "nah, i don't think so. he seems to be really sweet. you never know unless you take a chance."

the blonde considered it, but it looked like daniel's friends had the same idea. one of the boys kicked the soccer ball over to them and knocked ali's radio over, and the two best friends just laughed

"well here's your chance." bella chuckled as she gave  her best friend the soccer ball

ali grabbed the ball and looked at bella. "come with me?"

bella gave her best friend a smile and a nod. ali, with the soccer ball in her hand, and bella walked to daniel as he walked to them. "hey did you lose something?" ali asked with a bright smile

"yeah, i hope we're not bothering you." daniel said

"hey, how do you um, how do you juggle?" ali asked as she tried to juggle the soccer ball

"oh, it's pretty easy. i start with my knee." daniel said as he juggled the soccer ball and ali and bella watched him. "you just go one...one at a time. one. and then you try two. one, two."

daniel handed ali the soccer ball. "you guys try. three, four."

"four." ali laughed, making bella laugh as well.

"try it. just bring your leg up." daniel said. ali brought her leg up to juggle, bella smiled as ali gave the soccer ball to her, and she juggled it as well. "good!" daniel praised 

bella didn't realize the beach party was about to take a nasty turn, and a certain cobra was about to strike, maybe even two, but things were about to change. forever.

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overlapping shouts were heard as the cobra kais's parked their bikes on the hill, while ali and daniel continued flirting with each other on the beach. the boys were laughing and cheering as they were talking about their karate practice. they all wore matching leather jackets, with snake patches on it, and drove motorcycles.

"all right!" tommy and bobby shouted excitedly

"that was awesome." johnny happily shouted 

"brew time, man! who's for a warm one? here you go." tommy said as he offered a beer to johnny

"no, i pass man." johnny said declining the beer

tommy offered bobby a beer. "hey bobby?"

"no, thanks pal." bobby said as he declined the beer

"johnny, who you kidding? you're still the ace degenerate." tommy said as he gave the beer to dutch and handed one to jimmy

"no, ex-degenerate man. 8am tomorrow, i'm a senior, i got one year to make it all work, and that's what i'm gonna do." johnny said. "make it work, all of it, right?" he added while facing bobby

"that's right man." bobby said as he and johnny slapped a supportive five

"hey you must be a trendsetter johnny, looks like everyone's doing something new." tommy said as he looked toward the beach and saw ali and daniel with each other. 

johnny turned to face tommy, while still grinning widely. "what?"

"take a right. check it out." tommy said

johnny and the cobra kais saw ali and daniel juggling the ball, and saw her trip, which caused them both to fall, and laughing in the sand, which ignited pure jealousy in johnny.

dutch saw bella laughing with a few of the boys from reseda, as they watched ali and daniel. he clenched on to the throttle of the motorcycle, to keep himself calm. she was his girl. even if she wasn't his girl yet.

"hey johnny, forget it man. it's ancient history." bobby said trying to keep johnny from doing something stupid

"who told you man?" johnny snapped angrily.

"johnny!" bobby warned as johnny put his helmet on

"hey man, i thought they broke up?" jimmy said

"she did. he didn't." tommy said.

while ali and daniel were still flirting and juggling with the ball, she and bella heard revving up the hill. ali, with the soccer ball in her hand turned her head to see motorbikes of the cobra kais.

"watch this." ali said as she kicked the ball away.

"i'll get it." daniel said as he went to grab the soccer ball

bella and ali walked back to sit with susan and barbara as the cobra kais parked their bikes on the beach spraying sand everywhere. susan stood up and walked to tommy, while bella and ali as well as barbara remained seated in the sand. "hey ali, i wanna talk to you." johnny said as he sat down in front of ali.

ali rolled her eyes as she scooted close to bella and retorted angrily. "oh, just leave me alone. we've been over all this all right, i don't want to talk."

johnny was starting to get annoyed and he shut off ali's radio. "well i wanna talk to you all right?" he said. ali reached over and turned it back on. "what is your problem?" he asked as he reached over and turned the radio off again

ali grabbed her radio then stood up. "look, why don't you just take your little cobra kais and get out of here, all right?"

"oh yeah right and that's gonna solve everything." johnny said as he aggressively grabbed the radio from ali's hand

bella took the opportunity to stand up and walk over to dutch, and she gave him a warm smile. that smile was enough to make him weak in the knees, though he would never admit it. "hey bella." dutch smiled as he pulled her in for a tight embrace, and had his face in her hair, which smelt like vanilla and honey.

"hey dutch." bella smiled as she pulled away from the embrace. "how was karate practice?"

"brutal, but i kicked tommy's ass." dutch laughed

"good for you." bella laughed

ali huffed with irritation as she replied "give me my radio." she tried to grab it, but johnny dodged her grasp. "no." johnny hissed, gripping the radio. "i said give me my radio!" ali said, growing more and more irritated

"you promise you'll talk to me?" johnny asked. "yes, just give me my radio." ali said. "you promise?" Johnny said. "yes, just give me my radio, yes." ali said.

ali snatched the radio from johnnys hand, glared at him, and turned it back on, making him get even angrier. he snatched the radio out of her hand and slammed it on the ground, causing it to break.

"you just broke my radio!" ali spat, shoving johnny back

"yeah." johnny answered smugly.

bella, out of instinct, stood next to dutch. daniel came to pick up the radio to give it to ali. "don't touch it punk!" johnny shouted at daniel, but he ignored the blonde, and picked up the radio anyway. "what-what are you deaf?" he shouted at daniel while angrily snatching the radio from him

"what's going on?" daniel questioned

"come on johnny, just give the radio back to ali." bella said, but dutch grabbed her hand to keep her calm

"you want it? you got it!" johnny said as he shoved ali's broken radio into daniel's chest and pushed him into the sand

"all right!" the cobra kais cheered

johnny pushed ali into tommy, dutch grabbed bella and held on to her waist, and johnny got prepared as daniel got into fighting stance.

"johnny, stop it will you?! leave him! stop it!" ali angrily spat

"stop it!" bella spat as she tried to get out of dutch's grip

"stop it!" ali screamed at johnny again

johnny looked at the two best friends with a cocky smirk. "i didn't do anything!"

"well he didn't do anything either!" ali spat, as johnny taunted daniel, kick him again, then knocked him to the ground. "oh, you're a big man now, huh?" ali retorted then johnny snapped his head over to her

"look, you started this! all i wanted to do was talk to you!" johnny snapped angrily

"then just leave him alone and we'll go talk." ali pleaded. "c'mon johnny!"

"yeah, where did i hear that before?" johnny spat, then walked to daniel who was slumped over. "how about you, hero? you had enough?"

daniel sucker punched johnny in the nose and stood up, only for bella and ali to turn their heads away. "okay. okay, man. now we're even, huh." daniel said.

"no mercy, man. no mercy." johnny said

"no mercy!" the cobra kais repeated

johnny kicked daniel in the stomach and jab punched him in the face. ali was furious, screaming and red in the face. "let go of me!" ali screamed

ali grabbed johnny by the jacket and punched him in the chest. "why don't you hit me, huh?! you think you're gonna make me feel better, huh?!"

"it's your fault!" johnny spat

"it's not my fault!" ali spat

"it's your fault!" johnny spat

"everything is your fault! why do you have to always fight, huh?!" ali spat

"bullshit." johnny snapped

"dutch, you can let me go now." bella said

dutch let bella go and she turned around and glared at him. she was just as pissed off as ali was. "what?" he questioned

bella rolled her eyes in annoyance then questioned, "are you for real? johnny just beat the shit out of someone who is much weaker than him and you think that bullshit is funny?"

"c'mon bella—"

"no, you come on." bella spat.

"get on your bikes guys." johnny said

"goodnight dutch." bella said, then turned to walk away

as bella turned to walk away, she heard dutch say, "Far out, man" and gave johnny a low five, while ali hit johnny again.

bella looked at the fallen boy lying on the ground, coughing and spitting out sand. ali slowly approached him and kneeled next to him. "hey, are you okay?" ali asked

"just leave me alone." daniel said

"uh, just...i'll help you...." ali said

"no, just leave me alone. i'm okay." daniel said. "just leave me alone."

bella placed her hand on ali's shoulder then spoke. "c'mon on ali, let's go. c'mon on its best if we leave him alone."

ali looked at her best friend, nodded and rose to her feet. as bella wrapped an arm around the blonde's shoulder, the Cobra Kais started their motorbikes.

"c'mon. c'mon ali let's go." bella said as she led her best friend away. at that same time, the cobra kais rode off, completely destroying ali's radio in the process

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bella walked in the house closing the door behind her, and set her beach bag in the chair in the foyer. john and janet sat in the living room, as john was sitting at the desk in the corner working on his paperwork, while janet was sitting on the sofa reading a book.

"hey you two." bella smiled as she strolled into the living room. "wyatt and deacon still at the party?"

john glanced up from his paperwork and smiled at his daughter, while janet glanced up from her book. "hi sweetheart." john smiled. "your brothers just got home not too long ago."

"hi honey." janet smiled as her daughter sat next to her. "how was the party? did you have a good time?" she asked as john joined the two on sofa

"it was good. ali met this new kid named daniel. he showed us how to juggle the soccer ball on her knee, mainly her. i didn't want to tell him i already knew how." bella said

"so, did anything happen between them?" john asked

"nope." bella said. "but, maybe something will happen tomorrow. anyway, i'm gonna head on up to bed. i love you guys." she said as she embraced her parents

"love you too, sweetheart." janet smiled as she kissed her daughter's forehead

"love you too honey." john smiled as he kissed his daughter's head

"hey, how was the party?" wyatt asked as bella reached the top of the stairs. "yeah, we heard johnny and the gang crashed." deacon added

"come here." bella said as she and her brothers walked into her room.

"what happened?" wyatt asked as he closed the door and both he and deacon sat on the couch in bella's room

bella sat on the bed and sighed. "first of all, how was your party?" she asked

"it was fine. eddie brought this liquor from mexico, and eric got so hammered he puked twice." deacon laughed.

wyatt gave his brother a high five, and laughed, then turned to his sister. "you should have been there bella. it was fucking hilarious."

bella scoffed and rolled her eyes. "guys are stupid dipshits."

"i suppose your beach party was better?" deacon asked

"well, ali met this new kid named daniel who showed us how to juggle the soccer ball on her knees, but it was mainly her. i didn't want to tell the kid i already knew how." bella said

"anything happen between them?" wyatt asked

"nope. johnny and the guys came down and crashed the party, and blondie broke ali's radio." bella said. "but there's always tomorrow"

"don't bet on it." wyatt said

bella raised her brow and folded her arms over chest. "excuse me?"

"well, if johnny has anything to say about it, the poor kid won't have anything to do with ali." wyatt said.

"that's true. well i'm glad you two had fun at your beach party, but i'm tired and ready for bed. i'll see you both in the morning." bella said as she embraced her brothers.

"goodnight sis." wyatt said as he and deacon returned their sister's embrace. "we love you." deacon said

"love you too."