Chapter one
It was raining like every other day in Forks. I rushed under the overhang and pulled my hood off when I was safe. It was nothing new for me I had lived in Forks my whole life. I felt bad for Bella the new girl, she clearly hated it. She had been here for awhile now, I wasn't sure how long exactly, I wasn't one of the many people obsessed with the new girl. I did find it interesting when Edward Cullen started giving her attention but good for her, someone was bound to get him and she was nice I had lunch with her sometimes, but now she and Edward ate alone.
"Hey Lilly wait up," I heard yelled behind me. I turned around and saw Angela running from the parking lot, I waited for her to make it under the overhang before I started walking again.
"Why do we live here again?" she asked. I just laughed and shook my head. I really like Angela, her friend Jessica kinda bugged me but luckily I had no classes with her. She didn't really talk to me much though freshman year I made it pretty clear we weren't going to be close friends. I was in a lot of senior classes just because I was naturally a smart kid. I still had two junior classes but next year would be mostly electives for me.
"Hi Bella," Angela greeted as Bella and Edward walked past us, she just smiled.
"When do you think they will be official?" Angela asked me.
"I don't know. Edward seems to be into her I mean she is the only non Cullen he talks to so I give it a few more weeks, I mean who knows maybe they already are," I answered.
"I don't think so, he doesn't like hold her hand or anything," Angela rationalized. "The other Cullen's are always holding hands or kissing," she said.
"You're a stalker," I joked.
"Just because I can't talk to them doesn't make me a stalker for being interested," she said.
"You can talk to them your just chicken," I replied.
"Right… no one can just talk to a Cullen, just because your special doesn't mean the rest of us can just walk up and have a conversation with them whenever we want," she said pushing me slightly.
I rolled my eyes but knew I couldn't win this argument. I did talk to the Cullen's occasionally only because I was good friends with Jasper. He was in my A.P calculus class and for some reason we got along really well and I talked with him during class all the time. We had been friends since he moved here though, since I was always in classes above my year I always had Cullen's in my classes and last year I sat next to Jasper and we just became really good friends. I wasn't really a fan of his girlfriend Alice though, she was weird.
"What can I say, I'm just prettier than you," I joked. Angela rolled her eyes and we sat down for English. It was one of my junior classes, Bella was in it but like I said I didn't really talk to her much. Class went by fast and I was off to Spanish 4 before I knew it.
"See you later Angela," I waved as she headed to gym. I walked in and sat next to Emmet. If I had one of the Cullen's in my class teachers had learned to sit them next to me if not each other because a lot of students were either scared of them or couldn't pay attention while sitting next to them, because they were so damn good looking. Don't get me wrong I definitely agreed with those girls but I wasn't obsessed with them like most.
"Hey Emmet," I said dropping my bag on the desk.
"Good morning Lilly," he said all too cheerful, but hey that was Emmet.
"You seem extra chipper today, you get lucky last night?" I asked with a smile. Emmet boomed laughter and everyone starred at us. I rolled my eyes and looked forward at the board a little embarrassed. Mr. Brow gave us an assignment and allowed us to start working in class.
"Well we both know you didn't get lucky last night," Emmet said. I looked at him shocked and then hit him, but it hurt my hand… stupid muscles. "Hey you're the single one," he chided. I turned away from him and started working; he just laughed and did the same. When the bell rang I rushed out of the room so Emmet wouldn't say anything else. We joked around a lot but sometimes it was too much for me. I headed straight to calculus not even bothering to get my book. Emmet didn't know but he had struck a note, I didn't want to be single but there was only one guy I was interested in and I was shy around him, me shy! I can talk to the most intimidating people in my school but when it came to this guy I could barley say hello! I just put my head on my desk waiting for the bell to ring.
"Are you okay?" Jasper asked poking me.
"I hate your brother," I said lifting my head up. He just laughed. I smiled when I looked at him; I absolutely loved the Cullen's eyes. I wish I had golden eyes.
"What did he do?" he asked.
"Just gave me shit about being single," I said rolling my eyes.
"You choose to be single," Jasper reminded me. The bell rang and I looked forward. Jasper kept poking me but I refused to look at him. I was calming down quickly though.
"Book check today," Mr. Clark said once he gave us our homework assignment. I had taken immaculate notes of the lesson but I knew Mr. Clark wouldn't care, I didn't have my book a good amount of the time and he always took off points, I was barely getting an A and losing points on stupid stuff like this didn't help. I just put my head on my desk and sighed.
"Mr. Cullen where is your book?" Mr. Clark asked. I snapped my head up and Jasper had slid his book in front of me. I smiled at him and opened the book then. Mr. Clark smiled and seemed proud of him. All the teachers loved catching the Cullen's not being perfect.
"I left it in my car this morning," Jasper lied. Mr. Clark marked it and moved on.
"Why did you do that? Now you won't have 110% in the class anymore," I teased. Jasper got perfects on everything.
"I don't like you feeling sad," he said.
"Thanks Jazz," I said smiling. I loved having him as a close friend, he always knew how to make me smile; if it weren't for Alice I might make a move.
"You should have lunch with us today," Jasper offered. He asked me to have lunch with him and the rest of the Cullen's at least once a week but I never have. Last thing I needed was rumor flying about me and having everyone talking about me. They already did it if I talked to any of them outside of class, plus I liked having lunch with Angela.
"No I'm good," I said politely. I started working and after the first problem Jasper laughed. I looked up at him annoyed.
"Is something funny?" I asked.
"That is way wrong," Jasper said motioning towards my paper. I wasn't focusing and I wasn't surprised that it was wrong. "What's up with you?" he asked after I crumpled up the paper.
"It's just what Emmet said," I answered. I could tell he was going to say something else but the bell rang. "See you tomorrow," I said standing up.
"Wait a second," Jasper said grabbing my arm. "Tell me what's wrong," he said walking out with me. We had a fifteen minute break now. I watched as people walked by starring at us. I just rolled my eyes at him but he kept walking next to me. "Why are you so upset about being single all of a sudden?" he asked.
"It just gets old you know? Well clearly you don't," I said motioning to Alice who was skipping towards us. Jasper looked at her then back at me.
"Hi Jazz, hi Lilly," she greeted cheerfully, pecking Jasper on the cheek. I just rolled my eyes and walked off towards my locker. I opened it and stuck my head in wanting to close the locker on my head.
"You look ridiculous," I head Jasper's smooth voice. I took my head out and was surprised to see he was alone.
"Where is Alice?" I asked looking around. He shrugged.
"I don't know, but you don't need to be rude to her because you having a rough day," he chided. I nodded but rolled my eyes at the same time which made him laugh. "So you were telling me how it just gets old?" he asked trying to get me talking again.
"Yeah, I feel like everyone has a special someone I mean you have Alice, Bella has Edward, Angela has Eric, Rosalie has Emmet, and Jessica has Mike. Like who isn't in a relationship?" I asked.
"You could have a boyfriend if you want to," Jasper said as though it were obvious. He was kinda right, I knew a few boys who liked me but I currently only had eyes for one guy.
"I know but I really like this one guy and I don't think he likes me and it's so freaking annoying, I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know my name," I said frustrated.
"Who could possibly not know your name?" Jasper asked trying to make me feel better. "Who is this guy that is so special?" he asked.
"I'm not telling you," I said.
"Why not?" he asked almost offended.
"You would just tease me," I said. He grinned but shook his head.
"At least tell me why it's bothering you all of a sudden, I mean all your friends have been together for a while now," he asked. I just pointed to the bright yellow poster hanging on the wall next to us. He nodded in understanding. In two weeks Forks would be having its annual fundraiser at the ice-skating rink but it was a big deal because the last song they played was for couples only and it was a huge deal to be skating for that last song with your special guy.
"I will skate with you during that song if you want," he offered. I smiled; Jasper was actually an amazing friend.
"Thanks but I don't think Alice would like that very much and there is only one guy I really want to do that with," I replied. The bell rang and I closed my locker. "Bye Jasper," I said walking off.
"Come on at least tell me his name," he begged.
I rolled my eyes before responding "Paul Lahote," I said before turning the corner and heading away from Jasper. Ugh Paul was the most amazingly perfect guy I have ever seen. He's tall, tan, buff, funny and super out going. He used to go to school on the reservation down in La Push but now he just did school online. He was eighteen supposed to be a senior. I got to see him almost every day when I went down to La Push for tutoring.
The rest of the day went by in a blur, I was barley paying attention and every time I saw a couple holding hands I wanted to throw my book at them. Finally the last bell rang and I headed to the parking lot. I had just opened my car door when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to find Emmet towering over me.
"Umm hi Emmet," I said a little surprised. I looked past him to see people starring over at us; I could already see the rumors spreading.
"Hey I just wanted to say sorry about Spanish today, I didn't mean to make you mad," he said sincerely. I just laughed… stupid Jasper.
"Thanks, you didn't need to apologize. Don't let Jasper boss you around next time," I said with a wink. He laughed and headed back to where his family was waiting for him. I headed down the road that led to La Push. I was there perfectly on time. I knocked and Emily yelled for me to come in.
"Hi Emily," I said cheerfully. I sat on the couch and pulled out my calc book. Emily tutored me almost every day after school. She was really nice and would have been absolutely gorgeous if it hadn't been for that animal attack that scared her face. Her soon to be husband Sam still loved her all the same though. He was always around. I liked him he was nice, definitely good looking. If you were a male on the reservation you were almost guaranteed to be hot, I couldn't tell you why but I liked visiting down here. She came and sat next to me all smiles. I could smell something cooking but that was standard in this house.
"How was your weekend?" she asked.
"It was fun, hung out with friends you know same old same old. How's Sam?" I asked.
"He is good, working hard as always," she said with a smile. We started working through a few problems before we both became bored it was clear I didn't need help in this chapter.
"How about I help you cook instead today?" I offered. Emily closed my book and agreed. She was more of a friend then a tutor really. She wasn't too much older than me so we still had stuff in common. I started making brownies which were a specialty of mine while Emily made cupcakes.
"The boys will be happy when they come over here, I usually don't make sweets," Emily said. The Quileute boys were always at Emily's house. Sam was like a mentor I guess to a lot of them so they were always coming and going. I didn't mind though like I said they were really good looking. My phone started ringing so I grabbed my bag and put in on the table trying to find it. I pulled it out and saw it was a text message from Jasper. I opened it and couldn't help but laugh
You are way to pretty for Paul Lahote, I will skate with you or Emmet if you prefer. That will make everyone more jealous. Don't be sad.
"Who's that?" Emily asked.
"Jasper Cullen, I had a rough day at school and he's trying to make me feel better," I replied. I saw the look on her face when I said his name. Emily and Sam didn't like when I mentioned Jasper, I didn't know why they barely knew him but she must have a good reason I never really asked.
"What happened at school?" she asked. I debated on telling her but why not I really enjoyed talking to Emily and she always seemed to have good advice.
"There is this fundraiser at school in a couple weeks at the ice-skating rink and it's kinda lame if you don't go with a date and I don't have one so I was just sad all day," I explained.
"You can't get a date by then?" she asked looking at me skeptically. "Come on Lilly you are a fox."
"It's not that simple," I said biting my lip. I wasn't sure if I could tell Emily I was crazy about Paul, I mean he was over all the time. She was about to say something when Sam walked in the front door. He headed straight for Emily and kissed her. I sigh and started mixing more batter for my famous brownies.
"What's wrong with you?" Sam asked when he saw me look away.
"Lilly is having boy troubles," Sam informed him.
"Emily!" I said shocked at her.
"I seriously doubt you have trouble with boys, unless that problem is you have too many chasing after you," Sam said. I couldn't help but blush, I don't know why but another thing about the Quileute guys is that they almost never had shirts on, it was very distracting.
"It's obvious she only wants attention from one guy, but she just hasn't told me who he is," Emily said. I blushed even harder.
"Alright well this conversation is over," I said walking over to the oven to check my brownies.
"Come on Lilly I probably won't even know who he is, I don't know many high school boys that attend Forks high school," Emily begged.
"Umm pass," I said pulling the brownies out of the oven. Sam walked over and was about to take a piece when I hit his hand away. "Don't even think about it Sam, wait till they cool and I cut them," I chided. Sam reluctantly agreed.
"I didn't know you cooked," he said.
"Cooking sweets is a specialty of mine," I said proudly.
"I will be the judge of that," Sam said sitting down at the counter waiting. "But while I'm waiting you should tell me all about your boy troubles," Sam said winking at me.
"Well, there is this fundraiser and apparently if you don't show up with a date then you are lame," Emily interjected. "But Lilly over here wants a certain guy to ask her she just refuses to tell me who, I can't help if I don't know," Emily said turning to me. I just shook my head and cut a piece of brownie and handed it to Sam. He ate it in two bites and smiled.
"These are the best brownies I have ever tasted," Sam said taking another piece. Normally I wouldn't have taken that as a real compliment but I knew I made kick ass brownies. There were 4 large pieces left; I cut them big because I knew the boys ate a lot down here.
"Thanks Sam," Emily said pretending to be offended.
"Sorry babe but hers are better, like they are magic," Sam grinned. "Make this boy you like these brownies and he will be yours for sure." I was about to say something when I heard the front door open. Paul, Jacob Black, Embry Call and Jared Cameron walked in only wearing shorts. I felt my face get hot when I saw Paul. I turned to put the next batch of brownies in the oven.
"Hey Em," Jared said sitting next to Sam while the rest of the guys sat on the couch. "Sup Lilly," he said. I just smiled at him.
"You guys have to try Lilly's brownies," Sam announced. The three guys on the couch jumped when they heard that. They walked over to the counter looking at the tray. I put the remaining three pieces on napkins and handed them to each one of the guys. I watched as all of them smiled.
"Wow Lilly I didn't know you could cook," Jacob complimented.
"Yeah I might have to snatch you up if you keep cooking like this," Embry said.
"Sorry boys she has eyes for someone else," Emily said.
"And who is that?" Jacob asked.
"She won't tell me," Emily frowned. I was just stunned into silence. Could this be anymore embarrassing?
"So it could be me," Embry said with a grin.
"He goes to her high school," Emily corrected.
"She never said that Em," Sam noted. I was mortified they were all talking about this so casually while I felt like my head might explode. Emily smiled when she realized Sam was right.
"Oh Lilly please tell me it's someone on the reservation," Emily begged. It was suddenly silent and everyone was looking at me. My face was burning. I didn't know what to say, Paul was sitting right there he hadn't said anything yet, not even hi to me.
"I think I should go," I said grabbing my bag rushing out of the kitchen. The cold air helped cool my burning face. I reached my car when I heard Sam call my name.
"Lilly you forgot your calculus book," he said running after me. It was drizzling slightly. I grabbed the book and unlocked my car. "Hey don't be embarrassed, everyone was just messing around, you know Emily was just curious," he said trying to comfort me.
"I know, it just got super cramped in there," I lied.
Sam looked like he wanted to say something so I waited. "Was she right though?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked. It started raining harder so I opened my car door and threw my stuff in so it wouldn't get ruined.
"Is it someone on the rez? I mean you got super flushed when she said that. Come on Lilly you can tell me," Sam pleaded. I was getting red faced again. Apparently it was national talk about my crush day. I finally caved and nodded. "Any chance you can tell me who? Maybe I can help," he asked looking really excited. I bite my lip and shook my head. "Come on Lil," he pleaded. God why was he so good looking?
"Promise you won't tell him?" I asked. Sam nodded eagerly. I sighed before caving "It's Paul." Sam just continued smiling like an idiot. "Can I go home now?" I asked. He nodded. "Remember you promised," I reminded him.
"I know," he said turning to head back inside. I got in my car and sped home trying to get far away as fast as possible. Today was just way to embarrassing.
SNEAK PEAK:
CHAPTER 2
"You should really give Em your recipe, I don't know how I will ever be able to go back to any other brownies," Paul said. Oh man his voice was so deep and sexy, and he was complimenting me.
"If I give it to her then you guys won't need me around anymore, where's the fun in that?" I asked. I hoped he wouldn't think that was too forward. He chuckled and revealed his perfect smile and I thought I was melting.
"We could find something for you to do I'm sure," he replied. I just smiled and turned around looking for something to do so he wouldn't see me blushing. I helped out a little more before I had to get home.
A/N
SO here is the beginning let me know how you like the characters and relationships I know its only chapter one but I have the next one about ready to go.