Chapter two

The next day at school was better; I wasn't super annoyed with all the couples. I breezed through English and Emmet was smiling when I walked into Spanish. He didn't say anything besides hello and I was focused on the new vocabulary we were learning. The bell rang and I was happy with how fast today was going.

"Bye Lilly," Emmet said when I walked out the door. I just waved. People were staring at me and I forgot how much I had been seen talking with the Cullen's outside of class. I rolled my eyes teenagers were so ridiculous.

"Has anyone ever told you that you roll your eyes too much?" Jasper asked coming up from behind me. I almost jumped he scared me so bad. I just shook my head. We walked into calculus and sat down. "You seem happier today," he mentioned.

"Yeah can't stay mad forever," I replied.

"Well if anyone could it would be you," he teased. I couldn't stop myself from rolling my eyes. He was right I did it way too often. "I think you're happy because you're going to be skating with me at that stupid fundraiser," he said.

"I told you I didn't want to go with you, or Emmet. I only want to go with Paul," I said with a sigh.

"Paul is a thug, you shouldn't even be talking to him," Jasper said suddenly looking annoyed. A lot of the Forks kids would agree with that statement. Sam's little "pack" traveled together and was very intimidating but they were always really nice when I talked to them.

"Well don't worry, I'm not talking to him, just crushing from afar," I said suddenly annoyed.

"All those guys in La Push are thugs Lilly; you should stay away from them. If you need a calculus tutor I will be more than happy to do it," Jasper offered.

"No way Emily tutoring me is the only reason I have to go down to La Push if you tutor me then I will never see Paul," I said. The bell rang and I was happy to have a reason to stop talking to Jasper. I didn't like him bagging on the guys. They were always super nice to me, sure they looked like bad news but so did the Cullen's when they were all together. I mean look at Emmet he could kill you with his bare hands. After going over the homework Mr. Clark just put another assignment on the board. I wasn't happy there was still 30 minutes left of class and now Jasper could talk to me.

"You're mad again," Jasper noted.

"Nope just trying to get this done," I lied. I didn't look up from my paper.

"Good then you won't have to drive down to La Push today," he said.

"Why are you such a hater?" I asked.

"I just don't understand when you started having a thing for Paul Lahote. I mean come on Lilly he's a jerk and dangerous," Jasper said.

"Pretty sure people say the same thing about you, Edward and Emmet and I'm still friends with you," I replied looking up at him finally.

"Were not dangerous though and you know that," he said leaning closer to me so no one else could hear.

"I know they are not dangerous either, jeez you make it sound like they are a bunch of serial killers," I said leaning back. He was being really judgmental.

"I just know they have tempers, you're always around Emily and Sam so they never get mad but you start hanging around them all and things could go bad, I mean look what happened to Emily," he explained.

"Yeah she clearly was attacked by an animal because of Sam's temper, you sound ridiculous," I said trying to work again. I heard Jasper sigh angrily and he stopped talking to me. I was able to finish most of the assignment and when the bell rang I collected my stuff and headed out the door without looking back at Jasper. He was acting weird, why was he so concerned about who I was suddenly into; he didn't have a problem last year when I was dating Mike Newton. Lunch came quickly and I took my usual seat next to Angela.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked.

"Jasper was kinda rude to me in calculus." Everyone at our table stopped talking once I said his name.

"Welcome to reality," Mike said. "The Cullen's are rude to everyone. Well except Bella, there freaks," he said looking over to their table.

"I'm sure he was just having an off day," Angela tried to comfort me. I just nodded. I wasn't going to explain it to everyone listening, especially since I didn't want to bring up Paul. Once the bell rang I headed to class. I took excellent notes in the rest of my classes to keep my mind busy; I just stood around in gym waiting for the bell to ring. It finally went off and I headed straight to the parking lot. I wanted to get away from here right away. I got in my car and put it in drive when Jasper stepped in my way; I rolled down my window and yelled at him.

"Get out of the way!"

"I want to talk to you," he said.

"I have to go, you're making me late," I lied. I wasn't going to be late but I just wanted to leave. He walked over to my window and frowned.

"Why are you going down there today you finished the assignment and clearly don't need help with this chapter," he asked.

"Jasper I told you I'm friends with Emily and this is the only time I get to see Paul. Why are you being so weird? I get you think those guys are thugs or whatever but they are really nice to me," I explained. He took a long pause before nodding.

"Just be careful alright?" he asked.

"Yeah of course," I agreed. He seemed satisfied and double tapped my car as he walked off. I finally pulled out of my spot and headed over to Emily's. I just walked right in knowing she never minded.

"I have good news," I said putting my stuff on the table and sitting at the counter. She was cooking… like always.

"Yeah what's that?" she asked.

"I finished all my calculus homework so we can just hang out," I said. She smiled and set a plate of hot muffins in front of me. "Why are you always cooking for these guys? Don't they have mothers for that?" I asked.

"The guys are always together and I don't mind, plus Paul lives on his own and Jacobs's dad has a hard time cooking, you know wheel chair and all. I really don't mind, I like being useful," she said. "I know the guys would be really happy if you made more brownies… especially Paul," Emily added.

"I am going to kill Sam! He promised he wouldn't say anything," I said blushing for a second.

"He promised he wouldn't tell Paul and he didn't but did you really expect him to keep a secret from me?" she asked.

"Well you better not say anything to him either, I'm serious Em otherwise I will never come here again," I threatened.

"Come on Lilly just let me tell him, how is he supposed to ask you out if he doesn't know you like him?" she asked putting baking supplies in front of me. I started making brownies and sighed.

"He is supposed to like me and ask me out based on that reason alone. If you have to tell him then that means he never noticed me before," I explained.

"Boys are stupid, Paul hasn't noticed you because he only ever sees you here and you never talk to him. Plus when the guys are here all they can think about is food," she said.

"Well I don't care you can't tell him," I said firmly.

"You are no fun," she said pouting. After she pulled out more muffins I walked over and put in two trays of my brownies. "You need to give me that recipe; Sam was nagging me all day yesterday after you left."

"Sorry but I don't share my recipes," I said sitting back at the counter. A few minutes later Sam burst through the door. He walked over and kissed Emily before smiling at me.

"Don't worry Paul will be over in a few minutes," Sam said grinning at me.

"I'm going to kill you!" I said blushing.

"I didn't tell him I promise, it was difficult but I said nothing to him," Sam assured me.

"You better not tell anyone other than Emily or I am never going to talk to you again," I warned. Sam leaned over and ruffled my hair.

"Sam, don't mess up her hair right before Paul's about to be here," Emily teased.

"Okay no more talking about this!" I demanded. They both laughed but agreed.

"Please tell me there are brownies in that oven," Jared said walking in with Paul and Embry one his heels. I couldn't help but blush.

"Hey Lilly, glad you're cooking again Emily's brownies are not nearly as good as yours," Embry said. Sam hit the back of his head. "Sorry Emily," he mumbled.

"I'm glad you like them," I replied.

"You talk to that boy today?" Embry asked winking at me. Sam hit him again and everyone laughed, well not me.

"No more teasing," Sam warned. All the boys agreed and I was thankful. I wanted to say something to Paul but I was so chicken. When was I ever shy? Ugh him and his stupid muscles, why was he so freaking attractive? I pulled both trays out of the oven when the timer went off and all the boys stood up, I couldn't help but laugh. I cut all the boys pieces and they wolfed them down.

"So good Lilly," Jared complimented.

"Thank you."

"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.

"See you later Lilly," Sam said as I walked out the door. I made sure I had everything this time, which wasn't difficult because I didn't take any of my books out. When I got to my car I threw my stuff inside the passenger seat and turned around when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I jumped when I saw Paul standing behind me, he was smiling.

"You forgot your binder," he said handing it to me. I looked at it and it was mine but how did it get out of my bag?

"Can I ask you a question?" I said before I could stop myself.

"Sure," he said with a smile.

"How come you guys never have shirts on? I mean aren't you always freezing?" I asked. It's not like I minded but come on its a little weird.

Paul laughed and it put me at ease, "Quileute's body temperatures are naturally hotter than the average person, yours is like 97.3 I think and most Quileute's is around 100," he explained. "Why does it bother you?"

"No, I just don't want you guys getting sick," I said. He laughed again and I exhaled a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

"Don't worry we have great immune systems, but look," he grabbed my hand in his and he was definitely hot but like his body. It felt like he was closer to 110 degrees not 100. "I'm hot right?" he asked. He had no idea how much but I just nodded not wanting to embarrass myself. He let go and it made me sad.

"Guess I will see you around," I said awkwardly.

"Yeah, thanks for the brownies, I really like them," he said still smiling. I got in the car and he waved as I drove off, my couldn't stop smiling. That was the most I had ever talked to Paul. My phone started ringing and when I got home I read the message from Emily:

You're welcome- E

Did you tell him? – L

Of course not, I just asked him to run your binder out to you. – E

And how did my binder manage to get out of my bag? We didn't do any work – L

You're welcome. – E

I just laughed it was nice that she did that. I was finally able to have a conversation with Paul and he even held my hand. Okay I know he didn't really but hey it happened. I spent the rest of the day in my room working on my English essay. School was boring for the rest of the week, I wasn't talking to Jasper and he wasn't talking to me. My mom got sick so I didn't go back down to La Push for the rest of the week because she needed me at home helping her. I spent most of my weekend that way too. It seemed it was Monday way too quickly but I was just happy my mom was feeling better. The sun was shining and it was 66 degrees. I decided to wear shorts and a sweatshirt. It wasn't cold at all in the sun; it actually felt really nice on my skin. I breezed through the day pretty happy. Jasper wasn't at school he was out hiking or camping as he always was on the nice days so there was no awkward tension. Before I knew it I was driving down to La Push. I walked straight into the kitchen and Emily looked a little surprised when she saw me.

"What?" I asked.

"Nice legs," she commented.

"You know, I work out," I joked. The oven was on and it was actually getting hot so I pulled off my sweatshirt, I had a plain blue V-neck.

"Jeez Lilly, if I didn't know better I would say you were trying to impress someone around here," Sam said as he noticed me. I couldn't help but blush. "Should I call Paul?" Sam teased.

"Call me what?" Paul asked walking in. I was mortified and looked over to Sam but he didn't say anything and Paul let it go. Emily got up from the couch to start cooking and I closed my calc book. Paul came and took Emily's spot next to me. "Hey Lilly," he greeted.

"Hi Paul," I said. Jared walked in and sat across from me. It took him a minute but after he looked over at me his eyes got a little bigger.

"What are you starring at?" Emily asked from over my shoulder.

"Lilly, you look hot. I don't think I have ever seen you in shorts," he said with no shame. I heard Sam growl from behind me and I was stunned. Paul seemed to stiffen at my side. "Sorry I wasn't trying to be rude," Jared said looking over at Sam.

"It's just hot in here and it was a nice day," I explained.

"Hey I'm not complaining," Jared said relaxing into the chair more. He kept glancing at me and I couldn't stop blushing.

"I think I'm going to head home, thanks for the help Em," I said standing up. Embry was walking in as I stood and I saw him smile at me. This was ridiculous, I know we live in Washington but these guys have seen shorts on a girl before. Sam seemed to be annoyed at how the guys were behaving. "Did it get colder outside?" I asked Embry when I grabbed my sweatshirt; the sun was being blocked by clouds now.

"NO!" Embry, Jared and Paul said at the same time. I saw Sam roll his eyes and the guys all looked down in shame. Emily walked out with me and as soon as I made it outside her little house I was cold, the guys were definitely wrong.

"So shorts are a win?" I asked looking at Emily. We both laughed.

"Well shorts and that super low V-neck I mean they are men," Emily joked.

"It's not even low!" I said worried now.

"Calm down I'm just kidding, the guys just haven't seen you in that light before. Trust me I will bet Paul sees you differently now," she said smiling at me. "I would be watching out for Jared too," she teased. I felt a drop hit my head and I looked up to see it was starting to rain… only in Washington. I ran over to my car and waved to Emily. I made it home and pulled on some sweats immediately.

"Foods ready!" My mom yelled. I headed down stairs and had a pretty normal rest of the day. The next morning I woke up to rain and tucked my shorts into the bottom of my drawer. I did take a little extra time getting ready; I wore skinny jeans and some black boots with a baby heel. I threw on a green sweater and a black leather jacket. I knew I would be chilly but I did look good. By the time I made it to calculus three boys had asked me to go with them to the fundraiser. I was tempted to say yes just so I wasn't alone tomorrow but decided not to. I really didn't want to go with any of them. I sat next to Jasper and he didn't say anything, I was tired of being mad at him.

"Hi Jasper," I said politely.

"Hey Lilly," there was an awkward pause and I just sighed. "You look pretty today, trying to get a date for tomorrow?" he asked nicely.

"No, I just felt like getting a little dressed up today, I buy all these nice clothes and never wear them because I would rather be comfortable," I explained.

"You always look good but extra nice today," he commented.

"Thanks, nothing like your girlfriend but you know I try," I said laughing a little. "Are you two going tomorrow?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, probably Alice likes doing those things," he admitted. The bell rang and class started, I was happy things weren't awkward between Jasper and me anymore. I took notes for the rest of class and when I heard the bell rang I stretched out my hand. Jasper laughed next to me.

"See you tomorrow Jazz," I said heading for the door, he just waved. Everyone was talking about the fundraiser tomorrow and I started getting a little worried about it, I mean maybe I shouldn't have turned down those guys. The last bell rang and I headed straight over to Emily's in need of warm muffin. I walked into the kitchen not disappointed.

"You look nice," she commented. I just smiled.

"I think I messed up, three guys asked if I wanted to go to the benefit with them and I said no, so now I either have to get asked tomorrow which is lame or go alone," I sighed.

"Why is it lame to get asked tomorrow?" she pondered.

"The only guys without dates tomorrow will be all the guys who were rejected today," I explained. She nodded clearly understanding and agreeing. Everyone was over in no time and I was happy to see Paul but was still worrying about tomorrow. Now I couldn't even go with Jasper. Why was I so stubborn?

"So Lilly did you get a date for the fundraiser tomorrow?" Emily asked. The whole house turned to listen to me, it was so clear what Emily was doing.

"You already know I didn't," I said blushing.

"No one asked you?" Sam asked.

"A couple guys did but just not the guy," Emily answered for me. I blushed and avoided looking at anyone.

"So I'm going to head home, bye everyone," I said walking out. I heard a chorus of "goodbyes."

"Hey Lilly," I heard Paul call after me. I looked down at my bag and didn't seem to be missing anything.

"Hey did I forget something?" I asked confused. He laughed and shook his head.

"Look I don't know who this guy is you want to ask you to the fundraiser tomorrow but do you want to go with me? And if you say no Jared is going to come ask cause he thinks he's that guy so don't feel like you have to ," Paul said running his hand through his hair.

"I do want to go with you," I said trying not to sound eager.

"So I'm the guy? Really, why didn't you say something? I wouldn't have waited so long, I just figured he went to your school and was closer to you age," Paul said smiling.

"I just figured you only dated girls from the reservation," I answered.

"Hey is it my turn yet?" Jared yelled from the house. Paul put his arm over my shoulder and just shook his head. Man Paul was warm and strong, jeez he was just so perfect. I could see the look on Jared's face from here and I couldn't help but laugh.

"So I will pick you up tomorrow around 5?" Paul asked.

"Yeah sounds great, do you need my address?" I asked.

"I can get is from Emily," he assured me.

"Okay, guess I will see you tomorrow," he said cheerfully.

"Okay," I agreed. He headed back towards the house and I drove home with a smile plastered across my face the entire way. Oh man a date with Paul! This was not happening!

SNEAK PEAK

CHAPTER 3

Lilly really couldn't have picked a hotter headed, sexually aggressive wolf. I shook my head worried about how tonight would go. I needed to change and meet Emily before Paul would get there.

A/N

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