Only the first two chapters will have a title. For reasons of the first day for Lil, and Phil finding out she's his twin.
You've been warned, this chapter gets pretty intense.
Chapter Two: Lil
For as long as Lil Hastings can remember she's been an only child. She lived with her mom, Betty. She was a spoiled girl. She went to one of those expensive private schools, and was dating the most popular boy at her school, Owen. She went to her last day at Bridgewood Academy and did her best in avoiding Owen. Little did anyone know, Lil wanted to get away from Owen so she convinced her mom to let her go to Silver Creek High School. Betty wasn't too happy about it at first, but she finally gave in. Lil never did tell her why she wanted to switch schools.
Lil woke up the next morning feeling relieved that she wouldn't have to go back and see Owen. She got up and walked to her bathroom showering, she wanted to look nice for her first day at Silver Creek. She decided on a long sleeve shirt, not because it was cold, but because of the bruises going up and down her arms. No, her mom doesn't abuse her. But Owen did. And that's why she wanted to get away. Whenever she would do something he didn't like, he would hit her. Lil was too scared to break up with him, which is why she was switching schools.
She walked down the stairs and smiled at Betty when she walked by on her way to the kitchen. "Morning, Lil. Are you excited?" Lil nodded and smiled again "Yeah I am!"
"Good, we'll be leaving in a couple of minutes." Lil nodded. She finished her breakfast, brushed her teeth, and her and Betty were out the door. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Betty asked before they got out of the car at Silver Creek. Lil nodded with a big smile. She was more relieved to get away from Owen. They walked through the front doors and found their way to the front office. They had to wait behind one of the kids that was late. The lady held up her hand "I'll be right with you, ma'am" and she turned her attention back to the boy. Lil sighed, sure she was nervous, but she needed to do this. Betty put a hand on her shoulder "Are you alright?"
"Yeah mom, I'm fine." she smiled and then turned her attention back to the boy in front of her. She heard him say "Thank you" and turn around. They made eye contact, and Lil felt like she knew him. But she had never met this boy in her life. She thought they looked alike, but it could also just be the nerves and making her sight crazy. She looked away from the boy, but took notice of the shocked look on Betty's face. She just shrugged it off and stepped forward pulling her mom with her.
"Hi, she's new here. We need to get her schedule." Betty said with a smile and the lady nodded "Name?"
"Lillian Hastings" the lady typed her name into the computer and handed her a schedule. "Enjoy your first day" she said, and Lil felt like she was faking the smile the lady gave her. Lil hugged her mom "I'll see you after school." she said waving and walking off to find her first period, although the bell rang she guessed that meant to go to second period, she wanted to introduce herself and meet the teacher, but mainly to know where the class was. She slowly walked through the crowded halls trying to find her first period. When she finally found it she walked in and had to wait again, because of a student a head of her.
The boy turned when he heard someone and did a double take, she wasn't sure why so she just shrugged. She stared at him for a minute, taking in his face. She found him attractive. She shook her head thinking to herself no, you promised yourself you wouldn't like anyone. The boy gave her another look before he left the class. She stepped forward "Hi, I'm Lillian. I'm new here, and I was just making sure this is going to be my first class of the day." the teacher looked at her "If you're in the Video class, then yes ma'am this would be your class." she smiled and nodded "Alright, thank you!" she walked out and looked at her schedule again. She didn't know which way to go so she turned the opposite direction and hoped to get there in time.
She walked into her second class, math. One of her favorites. She looked around the class and saw towards the back corner that boy from the office, and the boy from the classroom in the back. A few seconds later a girl was in front of her holding her hand out. "Hi, I'm Kimi" Lil looked her up and down and slowly put her hand out "Lil." she did her best to make it seem like she was a tough girl, and she hoped that Kimi fell for it. "Well, since you're new here, you can come sit with me and my friends?" Lil looked over at the boys and made a face "I'm fine" and with that she walked off towards one of the empty desks towards the wall. She could feel their eyes on her, but she didn't let it bother her. She started chewing her gum, and just relaxed.
The teacher walked in holding a clipboard telling everyone to be quiet while he takes role. "Lillian Hastings" she raised her hand "I go by Lil." the teacher looked over at her and wrote it down "Alright. Welcome to Silver Creek High School." she smiled. The teacher finished the roll and told them their assignment. Lil was a genius when it came to math, she was one of the first few to finish early. The bell rang dismissing them and she got her schedule out and walked out of the class. She was too busy looking at her schedule she didn't realize that someone was in front of her and she ran into them "Hey! Watch where you're going" the girl was blond, and had a mean look to her face. Lil rolled her eyes "Sorry." she stepped to the side and continued walking. She finally found her Government class and walked in. She looked around for an empty seat and the only one she saw was by the boy from the office and her second class. She still didn't know his name. She sighed and walked to the seat.
The teacher took roll, took notice that she'd rather go by Lil, and then announced that they were going to have a project with partners, but he would be choosing their partners. She waited to see who she would be stuck with. "Phil DeVille, you'll be working with Lillian Hastings" she sighed when he called her Lillian. He obviously didn't remember that she'd prefer Lil. She also didn't know who Phil was. She waited when everyone started breaking into their partners. The boy next to her leaned over "I'm Phil." Lil studied his face, they really did look-alike. It kind of freaked her our. "Great" the rest of the class went by without them really talking. Lil looked through her history book deciding what they should do their project on. When the bell rang she smiled to herself, thank god.
Phil turned to look at her before they left the class "Listen, if you don't have anyone to sit with at lunch Kimi said you can sit with us." she nodded "Alright." She picked her binder up and walked out. She guessed this was time for lunch. She decided that she would sit with them, seeing as she hadn't talked to anyone yet, besides Phil and Kimi. She wandered around for a bit before finding the cafeteria. She walked in and looked around finding Phil and Kimi with that boy from her first class, and two other people she hadn't seen yet. Lil sighed and walked over "Is that offer still standing?" Kimi smiled up at her "Of course!" she pushed Phil over letting her sit down "Woah" she heard the two boys sitting across from her. She gave them a smile "I'm Lil." she said to the three boys across from her.
The boy that's in her first and second class smiled at her. She thought to herself that he had a perfect smile. "I'm Tommy. And this is Chuckie, and my little brother Dil." she looked at them taking in their faces so she could remember them. She looked back down at her food not knowing what to say. "So where are you from?"
"I've always lived in California. I just never wanted to go to school, so my mom home schooled me. And this year I decided that I wanted to go. Make some friends." she lied. She didn't want them to know that she was afraid of her boyfriend and left the school because of him. She shrugged and started eating her food. She thought the rest of the lunch was going to go by in silence but Kimi finally spoke up "So are you excited for your party this weekend, Phil?" he smiled "Always."
"A Party? For what?" Lil asked, actually curious. "Phil's birthday is Saturday." Kimi said smiling holding onto his arm. "Really? Mine is too."
She noticed that the group all looked at each other. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling it had to do with her. "How old will you be?" Phil finally asked "Sixteen." she shrugged. Dil got up from the table looking between them "That's so freaky"
"What's freaky?" Lil asked as watching Dil walk backwards away from them. "Nothing. Why don't you come to the party, too?"
"We'll see." she said shrugging. The bell rang and she got up "What's your next class?" Tommy asked walking next to her. She looked at her schedule "Science with Mr. Roberts" Tommy smiled at her again "Me too." she gave him a small smile and they walked to the class together, not really saying anything. He sat down and Lil handed her schedule to the teacher to prove that she was supposed to be there "Welcome to my class, Lillian."
"Please, call me Lil." he smiled and she took her seat next to Tommy. She was watching everyone that came in, some were looking at her weird because she was the new girl, and some standing around talking to Tommy. The girl she ran into earlier walked in laughing with someone else. Tommy leaned over and said "That blonde one is my cousin, Angelica. She's a bitch, so you can avoid her at all cost." he smiled when Angelica turned and gave him a look "I heard that, Pickles." he just shrugged and gave her his best big smile. "How's it going, Tommy?" the girl next to Angelica asked. "It's going. By the way Susie this is Lil."
"Hi Lil. Nice to meet you!" Lil smiled at her "You too" Angelica made a noise and rolled her eyes walking to the back. And Lil looked at Tommy "Your last name is Pickles?" he nodded "Yep."
"And your brother's name is Dil Pickles?" Tommy smiled "Well, his real name is Dylan. We just call him Dil. It's kind of a pun like the food Dill Pickles." Lil smiled "Your family seems funny." he just shrugged "I got to get my sense of humor somewhere." she shook her head doing a little laugh. The teacher stood up and started telling them what they were to do. Science to Lil was like math, easy as anything. She never failed a test or the class. She finished early and sat there while everyone else worked until the bell signalling the end of the day. She sighed to herself, relieved that the day was over. Tommy gave her one last smile before he left. She walked to the parking lot looking for her mom, but instead, saw Owen's car. She gulped before slowly walking towards the car.
"Hey Lil, wait up!" she turned to see Tommy coming towards her again, she looked over at Owen who looked mad and impatient, she knew this wasn't going to turn out good. "Are you going to be coming to Phil's party?" she shrugged "I'm not sure." she looked over her shoulder at Owen again who was staring at her "I really have to go though. I'm sorry" Tommy walked in the same direction but was headed towards the parking lot. She sighed before opening the door to Owen's car. "Who is that?" she watched as Tommy walked in front of the car taking a glance at them. Owen clutched the steering wheel, his knuckles turning white.
"He's just someone I met today, it's no big deal. Why are you here?" she sounded nervous. Owen watched Tommy as he got to his car. "You didn't show up to school so I asked your mom where you were. She told me you transferred so I told her I'd pick you up." Lil buckled up, her hands were shaky. Phil and Kimi walked past the car and Phil gave her a smile before continuing. Owen turned to her but didn't say anything this time. He finally left the parking lot. Lil looked out the window. She knew Owen. And she knew he was mad. She could feel the tears starting to form already and he hasn't even laid a hand on her. Yet. She bit her lip trying to keep the tears from falling.
He pulled into his apartment. He lived with his mom and sister. Normally at this time, she was at work. He unbuckled and got out. Lil did the same thing. She wanted to try and keep him calm by doing what he wanted as of right now. He hasn't said anything to her at all since Tommy telling her why he was at the school.
As soon as they got inside he snapped. He turned around and slapped her. "Why the fuck would you switch schools like that?!" he was yelling at her, over something this stupid. Lil put her hand up to her cheek and it stung. She took a deep breath getting ready to say something but he hit her again "You're just going to lie to me, you always do! You probably started going to that school for that boy, you're such a slut, Lil" he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to him. She had tears running town her face and her cheek was red, but she knew no matter what he wouldn't stop. "Aren't you going to say something?" he got in her face and she turned it away. He used his free hand to force her face to look at him. She was sobbing at this point, pushing with her free hand. "Owen, please. Stop!" she said in between sobs. He brought his hand back like he was going to hit here again, but lucky her his sister came home "Owen? Are you here?" his grip on Lil's arm loosened and she pulled it away, running through the door.
"Lil! I didn't know you'd be here" Lil pushed past her and ran outside. She leaned against the wall in tears. She heard someone coming towards the door and she started running. She eventually got to her house and her mom was sitting in the living room "Lil, I need to talk to you." she started turning around but Lil went towards the stairs.
"Later" she sniffled "I'm not in the mood. I don't want to see Owen anymore. I'll talk to you later mom" she said it fast while running up the stairs so her mom couldn't see her face. She closed her door and went to the mirror. She looked at her face. Her cheek was most definitely going to be bruised. And she had a busted lip. She sighed grabbing a tissue to wipe off the blood. She laid on her bed. She had to break up with Owen. Soon.