This is just a small chapter, an introduction to the story. You'll find out what happend to Lilly when she was younger. I'm looking forward to introduce the Volturi in the next chapter and make things more exciting! Well enjoy!
I peeked through the hands that were covering my eyes. "Maxwell" I laughed"Stop it, it's nothing special, just my birthday" "Ëxactly"Maxwell Dewitt smiled a cheesy smile. This was the smile I liked. We had been great friends since forever. We grew up together actually. I couldn't imagine life without him. Yet I disliked the fact that his parents wanted me to marry him. I've never loved him like that. Never loved him like more than a brother. I sighed and looked up at him. He was a pretty boy, blonde hair, deep blue eyes. He was one of the nicest persons I knew and he was very rich. Not that I cared about his money, but it was rare that someone so wealthy and nice could like someone like me. I thought back at the time when everything was so easy, when I was younger…
My brother Daniel came home from work, tired as always. He was seventeen and old enough to work on one of the farms the Dewitt family owned. Maxwells parents were very rich and owned many farms and companies in a lot of villages. Daniel and I were very lucky to live with Mr Dewitt, our parents had died a long time ago. My uncle could have cared for us, but he didn't live in Britain. He lived in America, with my cousins. Daniel and I were very happy with the Dewitts, but we also knew there was a price to pay. We owed them for everything. Daniel worked on the farm, he didn't mind. He was worried about me though. I was only six at the time. I couldn't work for the Dewitts, I could do that in the future. But Mr Dewitt had a better idea. He saw that Maxwell and I were great friends. He looked at me and hoped his son would marry me in the future. Daniel discussed this with him, he didn't agree. But he knew it was going to happen. It was probably better than me marrying some else. He knew that Daniel liked me and that I liked him. I could do worse, in the beginning of the 19th century it could have been a lot worse.
Daniel liked to go to the pub in our village. Just drinking something with his friends. This night had started like any other night. He came home, gave me a kiss on my forehead and told about his day. He started talking about women, I smiled a little. My brother liked to talk about women. Suddenly he talked about one woman in particular. It was different from the usual talk. "I swear Lilly, this woman, nothing like I have ever seen before" he said, the look on his face showed he admired her a lot. "She was extraordinary beautiful, she was very pale, beautiful dark brown hair and her eyes. Dark brown, maybe even black. I've never seen someone so breathtaking in my life." I couldn't picture her, but I let him talk. I wasn't really interested. "She asked me to come with her, she wanted to show her family, her hometown" "No Daniel! You can't do that!" I choked out. I couldn't lose him, live without him. "Don't worry Lills, I'll never let you alone, promise" He smiled at me and waved as he walked out of the door. I have never seen him again.
The whole village searched for him, but they never found him. They told me things like this happen, it wasn't uncommon. I didn't remember that much of him, but now, at my 15th birthday I still miss him. Maxwell looked at me expectingly "Lilly, what do you think? Isn't it lovely" I looked at the huge ballroom. It was really stunning, but why all of this to celebrate my birthday. It didn't make sense to me. "It's beautiful" I said "It's nice, but I think you are even more beautiful" He smiled the cheesy smile again. I couldn't help but smile back. Still, there weren't any butterflies. I just couldn't like him that way, though he was the closest thing I ever had coming to a boyfriend. He leaned forward to kiss my cheek. "It'll be perfect for my little Lilly" He said. I blushed a little. I could like him, I could marry him one day, I would, I had to and I looked into his deep blue eyes.
