Hey Guys here's chapter two! I have a few idea's in my head. I'm guessing this is going to be about 10 chapters long or so, the next few chapters are going to be longer! I hope you enjoy!

"I never pictured you, driving a truck." Lulu commented as they drove the short distance from campus, to the white farmhouse that she had recently moved back into with her mother. She hadn't been back into the house since she had gone to live with her father a few years earlier.

"Now your picturing me in cars. Ms. Spencer have you spent a lot of time with these day dreams?" Pete said as he turned down another street. She had given him directions before they had left, and so far he had appeared to know the way.

"Don't let it go to your head Marquez." Lulu laughed. The truck pulled into the driveway and she paused for a moment to explain her plan to him. "Okay so if you just want to wait here, I'll go get the papers and bring them right out for you."

"Lulu," Pete said stopping her again. That seemed to be the thing he did best lately. "We never did get to talk about why you haven't been in class."

"I cant explain it now. And I know that, that's not a good enough answer. But I need you too trust me on this one." Lulu said placing her hand on top of his on the steering wheel. "I promise I'll explain it all to you someday, just—"

"I got it, not today." Pete answered for her, rubbing his thumb over the top of her hand.

The two sat in a comfortable silence, before Lulu got out of the car and walked into the house without looking back. She quickly raced up to her room saying, a quick hello to her mother and father who sat in the living room with Nikolas and her small nephew Spencer. "Hey guys I'll be right back." She called as she went up the stairs. Rummaging through her backpack she found the papers she had written about the last two books. Racing back down the stairs she didn't even notice that her mother wasn't on the couch until she saw her standing in the front yard talking with professor Marquez. Stopping for a minute to calm herself, Lulu walked slowly down the walk to where they both stood. "Here you go Mr. Marquez," she said handing him the papers.

"Lesley Lu you didn't tell me that you had a professor bring you home." Laura said wrapping her arm around her daughters shoulders.

"Yep, I ran into him on campus and he offered me a ride. Plus I had a paper to turn into him, but he actually has to get going. Don't you Pete." Lulu said forcingly.

"Oh that's too bad, you should stay for dinner." Laura offered.

"Oh I don't want to put you out." Pete started to say.

"That's nonsense. We have plenty of food. Plus this will let me know a little bit about Lulu's friends."

"Mom, he's not my friend he's my teacher." Lulu argued, as Pete and her mother started up the walk, Lulu grabbed Pete's arm holding him back. "We'll be in, in a minute mom."

"I like your mom. She's feisty." Pete joked as Lulu hit him with the papers she had written. "What!"

"What do you think your doing! Dinner was not part of the plan!" Lulu complained.

"Do you know the last time that I had a home cooked meal that I didn't cook on my own was? About 2 years ago." Pete joked, when Lulu didn't laugh he changed he demeanor to a more serious tone. "Okay I promise I'll be nice and I wont say anything bad about you."

"Don't say anything about the abortion. My mom doesn't know." Lulu blurted out, knowing she had too before she lost her nerve.

"Okay, I wont even bring it up. Now, can we go eat I'm starving." Pete said as he motioned toward the house.

"Yes, oh I'm sorry." Lulu said before walking into the house.

"For what?"

"You'll see." She commented before he entered the room. All eyes turned towards Pete and Lulu as they entered the house. Luke and Nikolas stood to greet them, while Laura stayed seated on the couch holding baby Spencer.

"Hey princess." Luke said giving his daughter a hug, "Whose your friend here?"

"Everybody, this is Pete Marquez, he's my intro to Literature professor over a PCU. Pete this is my father Luke, and one of my brother's Nikolas, and his son Spencer. You already met my mother." Lulu introduced. "Where's Lucky?"

"He and Elizabeth couldn't make it, so it'll be just us tonight." Nikolas answered sitting back down next to Laura. "So Pete, you look pretty young to be a college professor."

"Yea, well I'm 26 so I've only been out of college for a few years. I think it helps me relate better to my students." Pete answered taking a seat on the arm of the chair Lulu was sitting in. "Most of my students are freshman so there's a far enough age rage for respect but still enough to understand what their going through. The first year of college is really hard on a lot of people."

"I know. That's what worries me so much." Laura spoke up. "I mean I just came back and I don't know how much that has disrupted her life but I think she has made the changes rather gracefully."

"I agree Angel. Now how about we eat." Luke suggested changing the mood. Lulu looked between her dad and Nikolas before showing Pete the way to the bathroom to wash his hands.

"How long has your mom been gone?" Pete asked as they both washed their hands.

"Technically she never left, but 4 years." Lulu answered vaguely. The confused look on his face she expected, "I'll explain later."

"You have a lot of explaining to do." Pete said drying his hands and then drying Lulu's also. Lulu quickly smiled at him before walking out to the dining room to sit in front of plate of food.

The meal went on without too much awkward conversation. When her mother would start to probe Pete for questions about his personal life, Lulu would tell her mom to stop and give the man a little bit of privacy. Halfway through the dinner Spencer started to cry prompting Nikolas to leave the table to tend to his son, and shortly after they left wanting to get back to Spoon Island before it got too much later.

And as quickly as the evening had started it was now being finished with desert in the living room. Lulu moved over to sit next to the fire place with her cup of coffee and decided to watch the flames dance for a while, while her mother continued to talk with Pete.

"Laura you know we were supposed to meet Bobbie, at Kelly's to go over some business stuff." Luke pointed out looking at his watch to check the time.

"Oh, your right." Laura said standing up. "Well, we'll be back later Lulu, Pete it was so nice to meet you please come by anytime." Laura said before she and Luke left.

Lulu grabbed the plates and mugs that her parents had been using and took them through the double doors into the kitchen, soon to be followed by Pete. "So your family seems really nice."

"Yeah, they seem that way huh?" Lulu said as she loaded the dishwasher, and turned back towards him. "So you've had some food, you've meet my family, and you have my papers to read. Have a nice night." Lulu said pushing him towards the back door.

"Lulu, I'm not leaving." Pete said standing firm in his position. Lulu's hands now rested on his shoulders holding their firm grasp. "You have some explaining to do. First why you were missing my class, and second what your family's been hiding."

"Pete, I just." Lulu started. "If you really wanna know your going to have to follow me." Pete followed Lulu into the garage and up the staircase into the attic. Pete sat down on an old dust covered couch waiting for Lulu to start her explanation. After grabbing an old hat box from a shelf, Pete watched the young girl's movements and smirked as she raised her arms her shirt exposing a small portion of her porcelain skin. She moved to sit on the couch next to Pete. Lulu took a deep breath before beginning the long story of her mother's illness and miraculous recovery. As she told the story she pulled out newspaper clippings and photos as a visual and documented proof of her story.

Once she stopped talking Pete sat for a minute trying to process everything that Lulu had just told him. "This is where it happened?"

"Yeah, the only problem is, that my mother has no memory of the last 4 years, and she doesn't even remember killing her stepfather. So what happens when she remembers." Lulu explained. "When I first saw her, and we told her about our lives Nikolas told her about Spencer, and she went on and on about how precious a child's life is. I haven't been able to tell her yet—My father wont let me."

"Lu, I'm sorry." Was all the Pete was able to get out.

"That's probably the nicest thing you've said all day." She joked trying to brighten the mood. "Now, will you leave?"

"Under one condition."