Chap 2

One week later

I was hanging out my washing, the sun was out in fits and starts, though there was a breeze present. Sue wouldn't let my pay her anything so I helped her with jobs around the house. I pegged up the last top, I looked around it was so quiet and there was nature all around here. I saw was looking at the tree line when I saw Seth jogging out from the woods, just in his cut offs the only item of clothing he seemed to own. I looked at him he waved at me I put my hand cover my eyes, joking around when I lowered my hand I saw some others following him.

I just looked at them, Seth was by far the smallest. I picked up the laundry basket, Seth was nearly over by my side. I had the basket tucked under my arm and resting on my hip.

'Sorry, just ignore them' he said to me quietly before standing by my side, as we faced the guys who were approaching us.

'Hey Lilly' Jake called over I just raised my hand up and waved to him, there were two others with him, they were good looking too, what was it with guys from around here?

'That is Quill and that' he pointed to the other one

'Embry' the guy said beating Seth to it, they were still quite a few yards away

'I know' I laughed they were always the jokers

'Well it has been a little while' Quill said rubbing his neck showing his muscles off

'You two have changed though' I said looking them over, they lapped it all up

'You too' Embry said licking his lips I just rolled my eyes

'So you coming to the beach party tonight?' Quill asked his eyes fixed on me

'Yeah I haven't been to a good party in ages' I said smiling at them

'Can't wait to have a catch up!' Quill said

'See you at half 7' Embry said as Quill winked at me Jake just stood there his large arms folded over his chest, watching us all yet going unnoticed. They all headed back the way they had come from

'Bye' I called to them all and walked back in with Seth

'Ignore the guys they have all changed a bit since you were last here' he said holding the door open for me, I thanked him and laughed at his comment

'I think everyone has changed, for the better for most of them, though Quill is so full of himself' I laughed as Seth motioned what he was with his hand I shook my head

'Paul hasn't changed he is still an angry loner' Seth said in an almost bitter tone.

'Well you have changed and so have I, tonight will be good to see everyone' I said putting the basket back in the laundry room.

We had tea with Sue, she told us all about her day and the customers that came in, we helped wash up and got the linen in before it got too cold. I started to get ready for the beach party, I didn't know what to wear, I pulled on a pair of ripped black jeans, and a blouse with a knitted jumper on top I pulled the collar out through the top, I pulled the sides of my hair up and plaited them down the back. I walked out and saw Seth, jeans and a T-shirt

'I didn't think you owned one of them' I joked pointing at his shirt

'I can take it off' he said lifting it up

'Get over yourself' I said laughing and shoving his slightly as I walked to the front door, we walked to the beach.

We could hear the music before we got to the beach, we could hear shouts and laughing, we climbed up the bank, I saw people dotted around a fire, eating and drinking. Seth and I made our way down to them. My phone buzzed it was Ram, a guy I was sort of seeing back in the city, it was nothing serious but he kept pestering me at the moment. I ignored the text and put my phone back in my pocket.

I saw everyone that had been there for me throughout my childhood, I walked thought them, hugging them chatting to them, it was so lovely, Quill made sure he got his hug I felt as though I was being slightly crushed by him. Seth seemed to keep close to me. I stood and chatted to everyone, I was introduced to other people. It was quite overwhelming I did tear up but it was out of joy.

Kim invited me over to join a bunch of girls, she passed me a drink I sat down with them near a fire.

'That is Bella Swan, the reason poor Jake is permanently heart broken, I bet you remember her and that strange loser Cullen' Kim told me

'They seem so happy now though' I said looking at them, Bella was sitting near Jacob, he was close to her talking, he looked at her as she looked so small and vulnerable next to him

'Yeah it is a shame' one girl said looking back at us, as she walked off to go and speak to some other people. The music was good there was a bit of everything.

'Do you want something to eat?' Kim asked me I nodded and walked over with her to the table.

'So you went to the school on the Rez?' I asked her she nodded, I knew of here but never got to know her as well as some of the others.

'It is struggling though, we don't know how much longer it will be open' she said loading her plate up

'Oh really that's a big shame' I said remembered looking around when I was younger it was so small. Though compared to Forks high it wouldn't have had the bullying, or the large classes and disruptive students.

I put some food on my plate it all looked amazing. I grabbed another drink and went and sat back down with the girls, they were a really good laugh. As the night wound on, I walked over to Seth when the people he was talking to left,

'Having a good time?' he asked me as I sat next to him

'Yeah everyone here is so nice' I said smiling placing my head on his shoulder

'You had too much to drink?' he laughed

'No I'm serious' I said smiling looking around letting the fire warm me up I looked in the fire watching the flames flicker

'Seth do you think you'll stay here forever?' I asked him he took a deep breath and looked at me

'I honestly don't know. Why?' he answered after a while

'Just wondered' I said looking at Quill as he was laughing with Embry as they were messing around playing a game spinning around and drinking shots. I watched them smiling at them. Quill saw me looking he winked at me, I laughed and looked away, he walked over slightly stumbling it seemed they had drunk so much more than anyone else yet they seemed to hold it better.

'Wanna play?' he asked me

I pretended to think

'I don't know I might not be any good at it' I said

'Come on I'll show you' he said his deep voice holding my attention, he had his hand stretched out to me, I looked at Seth, he sligtly nodded towards him, I smiled and placed my hand in his as he pulled me up, I let go as we walked over and started playing.

After some more drinking, a song came on, I jumped up and walked over to Seth, who was still alone near the fire, I Pulled Seth up to dance with me, we were near the speaker, on the soft sand, he protested at first but gave up as I dragged him up to dance. I couldn't remember where my shoes were, I had Seths hands in mine, the beat was so good, I loved to Dance, Seth could move, he wasn't that bad at all, I heard some cheering from behind us, he spun me around as I wiggled my hips nd Seth moved his feet to the beat. I put my hand in the air

'Come on' I shouted to the girls they looked at each other and got up they grabbed their guys or anyone and suddenly there were more people around us, the some finished, and the bass kicked in, a few cheers came on, we were jumping in the air. I moved and swayed around, I looked I was dancing with Embry, he grabbed my waist and pulled me closer to him, I could smell the drink on him, a twinkle in his eye as we were pressed close together, we danced together for a while. I left him I walked backwards, I turned around there was a huge guy standing in front of me. I looked up it was Jake, he was dancing with Bella spinning her around a smile on her face. He was treating her as though she was as fragile as a baby bird.

After the next song I was out of breath, I went back to where the girls had been sitting, I lay down listening to the others.

I sat up and finished my drink, I suddenly saw the blue lights coming over the horizon, I sprang up and almost fell over straight away.

'Cops!' I called out they couldn't hear me I got closer to them

'Kim!' I shouted she looked at me I pointed to the lights she showed Jarad he turned the music off, I ran over the sand and gathered all my things together, my heart pounding against my chest, people were shouting and laughing getting there things. The guys got their trucks and we chucked everything in the backs we climbed in the backs and we sped off. I clung on I was next to Seth, the wind freshening me up.

We pulled up to a little house, everyone piled out and set the things up in the garden, a fire pit was lit and soon the party was back in the swing, the music came back on, not as loud this time. Everyone was getting more sleepy.

The best party I had been to in a while, that night I slept like a log

Another week later

Seth and I hung around with the Quill and Embry more Jake seemed to spend a lot of time either with or going after Bella, I went to work with Seth once and met up with the girls a few more times, we hung out, went to lunch and also the beach was amazing. It had been a brilliant few weeks. I still quite a bit of catching up to do, I used to hand around with everyone on the Rez, Seth was my best friend, I knew the guys so well and some of the girls, we all hung out all the time. No too much had changed. Though it seemed everyone was tip towing around, though mabe that because of the loss of Mom.

I walked back to the cemetery that evening. I found Mom, I sat down and chatted to her, telling her what I had been up to, and catching her up with what had been going on

'What should I do?' I asked her I didn't expect an answer just for things to become clearer for me. I sat in silence, I notice the grave was clean, it had been nicely kept. I smiled as I sat by her, happy that someone had been tending to her while I had been a way, the sun was heading back down, I stood up and said goodbye to her. I felt a tear roll down my cheek, I was just glad that now I could come and see my Mom when I wanted to.

On my way to Sues I walked back to my old house. It was so different that hurt. They had removed all of the flowers Mom spent hours tending, the windows had been changed, a different colour door, my swing set all gone. I just looked at it almost in disbelief. The extension on the back, a dog barking in the back garden, I just sat staring, Memories flooding back.

'Can I help?' a man's voice called out I looked at him he was middle age with a young child in his arms.

'Sorry I used to live here, just seeing how it was' I said still in shock.

'Oh' he said almost bluntly not knowing what to say. I just walked back to Sues, I didn't look back.

It was nearly dark by the time I got back to Sues, her car wasn't in the drive, hopefully she wasn't home, it was getting quite late, I didn't tell them where I was going or leave a note.. I knocked on the door, Seth answered it almost straight away, he was on the phone to someone, he froze when he saw me.

'she's here Mom, she's back' Seth said and hung up he pulled me in. I dropped my bag, he pulled me into his chest and wrapped his arms around me. I held on to him.

'We were worried about you' he told me

'Sorry' I said in a small voice

'Are you okay?' he asked holding me away from him, I just nodded, a tear fell down my cheek Seth wiped it away. I chucked my arms around him as the tears then started to fall. My breath caught in my throat. I sobbed hard.

'Hey, hey' Seth tried to sooth me, I heard a car in the drive way the door flew open.

'Lilly?' Sue called out I let go of Seth and went to her, she bundled me up in her arms and took me to the living room, we sat on the sofa I opened up to Sue about everything. About how I missed my Mom and Dad how my Aunt and Uncle treated me, how I didn't belong anywhere. She just held me and listened to me I looked at her, I sat up and wiped my face.

'You have a home here okay?' she said to me I just hugged her and thanked her. Seth brought us in a hot drink then disappeared again.

It was the weekend, I stayed glued to Sues side, helping her, talking, I think she enjoyed having some female company around. My bag was all unpacked in draws, I didn't have much, but I had a home and people that wanted to look after me, I insisted I would give Sue something for housing me. Seth and I hung out when he wasn't at work I loved the girls, I started to look for a job to earn some money.

I had been with Sue and Seth for a total of a month and a half. I was out with the girls, we were going shopping I needed a few things. We were in the Mall. I saw Madison, Chloe and Jenner all walking and talking, looking like the world couldn't touch them, I just stared at them, they were like royalty what they wore people wanted, if there was something they didn't like no one would touch it. Their word was God. As they passed I felt a scene of relief, they looked me up and down as they walked past, we just held their gaze as we carried on past them. We got something to eat then carried on, when I got back home I waved goodbye to the girls and thanked them for a lovely day. I started to put my things away in my room. I was halfway through I decided to take a shower and try my new hair products, and shave I felt so much cleaner afterwards, I took time for myself in a way where I could pamper myself, I wrapped my hair in a towel, I pulled some pants, a bra and some shorts on, I found a baggy hoodie to pull on, I carried on putting my bits away. Listening to the radio.

I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water Sue insisted I made myself at home. I downed my water and got another, there was a knock at the door, I put my glass down and walked over to the door, taking the towel off of my head as I walked over and placed it on the chair arm, I opened the door. I was surprised to see Quill out of breath standing on the porch.

'Is Seth here?' he asked taking shallow breaths

'No he isn't, are you okay?' I asked him reaching out to him, he brushed me away, he looked at me, then ran back in to the woods it was so strange, I shut the door, I finished my water and loaded the dish washer, I heard some growling, I frowned and went to the window, I knew there had been bears around here before, I watched out the window for a second or two. I didn't see anything, I saw Quill now going to the edge of the woods. He got his phone out facing the house, my eyes grew wide, my palms sweaty, my heart pounding and stomach clenched up.

A large grey wolf seemed to be stalking up behind Quill, he seemed to be completely unaware f what was going on. My legs seemed to buckle, I caught myself I flew through the house grabbing on the door framed, pushing myself praying it would make me go faster, outside it had been wet, I slipped on the mud, my hand got all muddy when I put it down, I got up as quick as I could, slipping and sliding, I was in a panic, I rounded the corner and it all came in to plane sight.

'Quill!' I called out as loud as I could, I could see he was still on the phone. He looked at me slightly confused, I was still running as fast as I could, the wolf that was stalking him, it had seen me it seemed to be frozen.

'Quill! RUN' I called out again I was now getting closer and closer to him. The other wolf that was still staring at me, it seemed to make a move for Quill, I reached out for him to get him away from this beast, another wolf this one, a flash of reddish brown came out of nowhere, the Gray wolf that was now bout to pounce as I grabbed Quill and pulled him towards me, he has now seen the other wolf, he turns to see me there, he puts his other arm out around me. The Gray wolf is tackled to the ground, I squeeze my eyes tightly closed and wait for the ground to break my fall.

'FUCK' he called out as he fell onto me his arms around me, an explosive growl erupted from behind us.

The cold wet ground hits my shoulder I feel something pop, I screamed out in pain and shock, Quill stayed on top of me covering my body, he was almost solid, I heard the wolves fight near us, I never realised the size of them at the time my main focus was Quill, they were huge the height of a human not a large dog. I grabbed my shoulder, my head spinning, my stomach spinning, Quill climbed off of me carefully, moving his arms, he hovered over me, my hair in the mud, a pained expression on my face, my teeth clenched together. I had screamed out in pain.

'Shit Lilly, I'm sorry, fuck' he said his eyes wide, tears streaming down my face.

'Wolves, run' I said through gritted teeth, he looked behind me,

'Seth!' he called out I couldn't look I was in so much pain, my leg was twitching, there was nothing I could do.

'Run' I shouted out,

'Lily it's okay, you need to stay still' Quill tried to help me, I just cried out in pain. I heard the wolves close I was so scared.