The Adventures of Isabella: Chapter 2

Isabella woke up and decided that men like that weren't worth it. He obviously didn't care about her or her feelings. It was time for her to wake up and take charge of her own life. To have fun and let her hair down, but to figure out what she wanted to do and who she wanted to be in this new life of hers. So she sat down and started to study.

Then she got up and started painting. She was painting up a storm when she happened to see her neighbors outside walking down the street.
So she ran to get dressed, knowing that new friendships in her new life was going to be a must, and she really liked Emma. She thought they could be best friends. She never really had a true best friend, for just who she was. It had always been someone connected to the business or the industry of some sort. While she was getting dressed and doing her hair - she realized that when she didn't have done up, how long and pretty it was getting. She knew a lot of her hair style had to do with her actor life style, and decided after today, maybe it was time to leave it down and straight - more simple, and more of what she wanted her life to be now. But she finished up quick, since she had already started, and ran out the door.

She caught up with Dexter first and asked him how his job hunting was going, and he just gushed over how beautiful she looked.
Then he leaned in real close and whispered "I figured out where I know you from," he looking into her eyes. "You are Stefinea from Hope Returns." All she could do was look at him shocked. How did he find out? How did he... then she did what she had always been trained to do. "I get that all the time," she told him. "But it's not me." Thank goodness she never used her real name while acting. Much to her relief Emma walked up. "Hey Emma," she said. They started to talk about all sorts of things. Emma told her how she was in the process of adopting a baby and Isabella told her how she hoped to someday soon become a mom too. But she wanted to find the right man.
Then they started to talk about all sorts of other stuff. After awhile of standing in the street, Isabella asked Emma if she wanted to come over, and included Dexter to not be rude. Emma said she would, but she had to run to the library real quick, and said she'd be over in a half hour.
Dexter of course jumped on the opportunity. So Isabella let him in.
The went in back and sat and her bar for a little while and talked about this and that. She asked him about his career again since she had never gotten an answer and he told her that he had his hand in something, but wouldn't tell her what. She asked about his relationship with Emma, and he said they were just room mates, for the most part. He thought she had feelings for him, but he didn't have feelings for anyone but Isabella.

Ewwwwwwwww she thought. Dexter creeped her out. Just then she started to feel really funny. Like she was going to pass out. So she told Dexter she wasn't feeling well, and asked him to leave. She got up, and ran to the bathroom. After being sick she walked into her room, and to her shock, found Dexter there.
Before she could even ask him what he was doing there, she passed out.
So he picked her up. Put her in the bed ....
and .....
When she came to, she was in bed, naked next to Dexter and she could only imagine what happened. She got up and got dressed and accused him of taking advantage of her. He of course denied it and said it had been all her idea, after all, why had she invited him over.
She told him to leave, or she'd call the cops. He told her that wouldn't be a good idea at all, considering the people he knew and worked with, but he turned around and left.

Just then her doorbell rang and so she went to answer it, hoping Dexter had truly left. She found Hunter at her front door, to her surprise.
He was looking all great, he said he had just come from the gym. He wanted to stop by and say Hi. He had been thinking a lot about her and wanted to know if they could hang out. She said yes, of course. So then he said goodnight to her, and went home.

Isabella was still upset, and sick at what had just happened with Dexter, but she had butterflies about Hunter. The confliction of feelings was making her even more sick and unable to sleep. So she swam in her pool...
And worked out in the back room....
Then studied until the sun came up.
She still felt sick, she was pretty sure that Dexter had slipped her something. The sun, as it came up, was hurting her eyes and her stomach was still churning ... worst of all, she still felt fuzzy. Not knowing who else to turn to, given Emma lived with Dexter, she called Hunter.
He came right over... They hung out all day just talking. She told him what happened with Dexter and cried on his shoulder. He comforted her, and held her as she let it all out. She realized, she felt so at ease with Hunter, so comfortable and safe. It was nice. It was calming. She realized she had never felt like that with anyone before. Maybe trying so hard that first night was pushing it. She realized she had been desprite for companionship, and look what that got her. Ditched by Leighton, and assulted by Dexter. Worst of all, all three of them were here neighbors. Hunter right across the street from her, Leighton across her yard and the street, and Dexter right next door to her with Emma. Ah, Emma. She needed to talk to Emma. Not today though, not today.

Hunter got up to use the bathroom and came back, when he did, he asked Isabella sweetly, if he could kiss her.
She said yes. The sparks flew and fire ignited with in both of them, and pretty soon they found themselves in the guest bedroom.
They cuddled in bed for awhile and just talked about anything that came to mind. He told her he wanted to take up fishing, and gardening, and she told him that she dreamed of having a big garden herself, and she wouldn't mind fishing. He told her he wanted to join the police force, and she smiled, told him guys in uniform were hot stuff. Then he said "let's get up and do something" so they went outside and tossed the football around.
After playing for awhile, getting all hot ans sweaty, they pulled her into his arms.. and he told her that he thought he was falling in love with her.
She asked him if he wanted to spend the night, and he did ...
They ended up making love all night long
When they weren't, they were talking about futures and where they saw themselves.

When they got up the next morning, he asked her, if she would please be his girlfriend. She of course, said yes - because she was falling for him hard. Doing nothing but thinking about him.

He went home for awhile, and late that evening, she decided to go over and see him. When she got in there, he blurted out ... "Since you and I are getting along so well, and involved now, do you want to move in together?"So they packed up his stuff, and he moved in.

They spent hours, just talking. Getting to know each other, loving each other, and falling hard and fast for each other.
One morning when she got up, she blurted out that she loved him, his excitement showed...

Then he said "Isabella, I have been in love with you for awhile now. I love you so very much. I'm so happy that you found me. That first night," he laughed. "I was so thrown out of sorts by your wanting to take care of me. It just threw me off. But it made me think about you, a lot."
"Hunter," she smiled. "I love living in this house with you, but I think we need to start thinking about moving. Finding a bigger house, someplace that is just ours."
So she called a friend of her's who sold houses, and asked her to start looking for some land, and a couple of contracters. She wanted to build her own house.

Then while they were hard at work, she started to paint.
Hunter came out and grabbed her, kissing her the way they do in movies, that left her toes curled.

Then he started to make her some Apple Pancakes..

After breakfast, he stood beside her listening to her chatter on...
Then all of a sudden he got down on one knee.....
"Isabella," he said. "Will you please grant me the honor, the privledge, the hope - of becoming my wife. Of loving me forever as I will love you. Of being my best friend. Of making our dreams come true."
"YES!" She screamed. "YES YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES!"
"I love you Hunter"
"I love you Bella"
"Now," she said. "Before we take a step further in our lives, I'm rich," she told him about her past and how she had been a child actress. She told him she didn't tell him earlier because she wanted to find someone who loved her for her before telling them. He clearly loved her for her.... "and I need your help designing our house."

Stay tuned for Chapter 3..... how will Leighton and Dexter react to the news of Isabella and Hunter getting married? Is anything going on between Dexter and Emma? Will Isabella and Hunter get a house built? Will they get married? Will Isabella end up pregnant from Dexter taking advantage of her?

Adventures of Isabella Claire: Chapter 1

Isabella Claire grew up in the spot light. She started out as an adorable baby on a sitcom that everyone just fell in love with, and then ended up with her own show on The SIMS Channel as a young teenager, where in addition to the show, she sang. Her life was wonderful until her popularity got out of control and the Simarazzi was all over her. Once she was stuck in a car for several hours un-able to move because of them surrounding her, she just had enough. Then the pictures of her crying in her car hit all the Rag-Magz. She moved out of her Rallibu Mansion, packing up a few essentials, and her brimming bank account, leaving her family behind. She essentially ran away.

She put on the oversized hat, the huge sunglasses, baggy clothes and a wig. She got an old beater car and she left. She let the car take her as far as it could go. Then the radiator burst and she was stuck on the side of the road. A guy named Leighton Sekemoto was driving home from work, and stopped. He offered her a ride into town... Sunset Valley. She was hesitant, no matter how little your parents are truly involved in your life, when they beat into your head "Don't talk to strangers" ... it tends to stick with you and it's hard to shake. But she got in his car. They chatted the whole way into town, so much so, she didn't notice the carseat in the backseat until they were sitting infront of Valley Reality, and the Fix-It Garage. When she asked him about it, he admitted to her that he has a little boy. Sam, who is a year old. She thought that was adorable and asked him about Sam's Mom, she was told that she died during child birth. Bella's heart started to melt for Leighton, she couldn't help it.

Course she was the type who fell in love with every leading man she had... not that she had many. She was still very young.

She got out of the car and watched him drive away. She started to go to the Garage to talk to the guy outside covered in oil about fixing her car, when some woman with a big voice came out of the Reality office. After the woman huffed down the street, Isabella took a good long look around the little town. Big enough, she thought, but small enout too. So instead of going directly to Mr. Monkey Oil... she walked into the building to find a place to start her life.


She ended up getting a rather humble place that was furnished. She wasn't looking at the ratty used furniture, or the hole in the roof, she was looking at the possibility. It was cheap, and even though she could have bought a million dollar mansion here - not that they had any - she wanted to be comfortable, not saught out. She knew she would fix it up, and re-decorate almost immediately, add a pool and a work out center. But her first priority was to meet new people, and start working on a couple books. Then she wanted to start painting. She started working on her first book right away, a Sci-Fi Novel called "The Race Through Space"

A new guy ended up moving in across the street from her and when she noticed, she went over to introduce herself. His name was Hunter Griffin. He was tall, dark, and drop dead drool-over. They talked about music, about some future hopes....
and then they fell into an awkward silence....
He grumbled that he was hungry, practically yelled it, and so she thought she'd be nice and go make him some dinner. She opened up her fridge and he stirnly told her that she was behaving inappropriately, if she didn't stop he'd have to ask her to leave.

"How am I behaving inappropriate, Hunter?" She asked continuing to cook. "I'm just trying to be nice."

Okay Isabella," he said. "I need you to leave. I have an early day tomorrow."
And he pushed her out the door. She looked at her phone, no voicemail. Dang. She felt very defeated, and worse... alone. No one from her privious life seemed to miss her, of course she couple blame that on the Diva Moment when she told them all to take a long walk off a short bridge. And she wasn't clicking with anyone here really, other then Leighton.
She went for a long walk after leaving Hunters. She didn't just want to walk across the street and go home so she just started walking. She found herself in the town's graveyard, and much to her surprise, she met some.... spirits.
She just hung out in the graveyard for the rest of the night with the ghosts and fished in the spooky groaning water, but caught nothing.

On her way home, she noticed her neightbor beside her was outside, so she stopped to introduce herself to him. Much to her surprise, he invited her in even though it was super early.
She also met Dexter Montague's room-mate Emma Wolf. She got along with both of them very well and ended up spending all morning with them.
She kept getting this feeling that Dexter was starting to have feelings for her.
Dexter tried to cook but burned it black, so Emma took over and made a very nice meal that they all shared as they talked about a lot of things.
Before she left, Dexter came up to her and gave her a huge hug. She wasn't sure how she felt about it, and just left it at that. She said goodbye to Emma and Dexter and left.
She went into town to attend some classes she had signed up for, and really enjoyed them. But she decided on the car ride over, she had to start living for her, and making that mark on her house she wanted, and get herself another car. She was told the junker she had gotten wasn't even worth fixing, the engine had warped or something.
So when she got home, she started making plans... ordering stuff online for immediate shipping, and gutted out her house.

With in a couple of days, it was HOME...


And she got to work again on a new book, this one a biography about a guy in town who had asked her to do it. After the extensive interview process, and asking his suggestions, she ended up calling it "Dr. McIrhottie."
It took her awhile but she got it done to her satisfaction.
The following morning, she rewarded herself by attending a few more classes in town, including a painting one at the highschool.
On her way home, the first time she really drove her little pink car...
She decided to stop at the gym. It was a stuck up place, the guys were pumping iron and didn't want to be bothered, and the women made fools of themselves trying to get the guys attention. Giggling and hanging around in their bikinis. So she left. It just wasn't the sceen for her.
But the only good thing that came out of it was she found out that Leighton actually lived right by her, just across the other street from her. She walked over to his house and happened to see, through the window, that he was busy, with another woman in his living room. So she went back home.
On her way home she decided to call up Hunter, to apoligize for whatever it had been that had upset him the other night, and when she invited him him over, she was shocked to see him come running out his door right away.
She apoligized to him and he told her not to worry about it, he was just moving in and he had been groucy. It was a matter of her touching his stuff and his food and he just needed to be alone. He understood her intentions were good and all was forgiven.
So she asked him if he had any luck finding a job yet, and he said he hadn't. Then said that reminded him, he had a job interview and had to go.
After he left, Isabella looked back over at the house Leighton lived in, and noticed the girl walking down the street from the house, so she decided to go back over.
He invited her in, and she started watching TV with him. It was a little awkared.
"Oh, Isabella," he said. "I saw your new car, it's nice!" .... "thanks," she said.
Then he just up and left the house, apparently he lived with his mother and all she did was growl at Isabella and go upstairs. So when Isabella heard the baby crying from the other room, she waited a few heartbeats before getting up to get him herself. That's when she realized he had left and his mother was no where in sight. So she went in and picked up Sam.

He felt so good in her arms and her heart just melted. He was the sweetest baby in the world and just cuddled back into her...
He loved it when she tossed him in the air and tickled him.
She changed his diaper, gave him a bottle, put him in the highchair and fed him... watching him cover the walls, and highchair in babyfood and not manage to get a single drop into his own mouth.

When Leighton finally came back home, she was cleaning up
Leighton was very curious as to why she was even still there. She explained to him that she hadn't even known he had gone and that she hadn't seen his mother at all, so she wasn't going to just leave Sam alone.
Leighton said thank you, but then stated it was late and maybe she should go home. She was upset. She had just taken care of his child for several hours and hadn't felt like he was very gracious. Maybe he wasn't the guy she thought he was. She stood outside his house for a little while, feeling stunned and let down. Then she realized she looked like a stalker and walked back home.
But she couldn't just leave it alone. Especially when she could see from her living room window that his friends seemed to be just coming and going as they pleased. So she called him up and asked him to come over, just to talk for a few minutes.
She told him that she felt like he was upset with her, and he explained he was just shocked when he got home. He apologized for leaving without letting her know that his mom was around and would take care of Sam and she was free to leave.
She told him that she was really attracted to him from the time he had picked her up on the side of the road.
He thought that was really sweet and then he kissed her, she got so excited the leap into his arms.
So he kissed her some more...
Things got hot and heavy and ended up quickly in the bedroom. They ended up woohoo'ing ...
Afterwards, he got up quickly, and all but ran out of the house...
in his underware.....
He had to come back into her place for his clothes and gave her a quick peck, saying goodnight and they'd talk later.

All she could do, was go curl into bed and cry herself to sleep.

Will something truly develope between Leighton and Isabella? Or is it over before it even started? What about Dexter and his attraction for her? Or hottie Hunter? Does Isabella even know where her heart lays?

Stay tuned........