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Chapter 2: Call Me Maybe

Lilly Davenport

"Hey I just met you, and this is crazy.

But here's my number, so call me maybe?"

As soon as I told him my name, it seemed like we both zoned out, staring at each other. He was beyond attractive, his skin a beautiful russet color. He had strangely light eyes that contrasted with his dark skin and long dark ponytail. When I finally recognized the buzz of the school bell, I held out my hand, "We should get to class, right?" He blinked up at me and then peered at my out stretched hand. I gave it a little wiggle, feeling more than a little awkward, "I don't bite."

He looked back to my face with a look of pure awe on his, "I'm Seth."

I grinned, "Well, Seth, I'd shake your hand, but I need to help you get up first. It's proper and all."

He looked away from me and glanced at the hall behind me, "Thanks." He gripped my hand in his and as I helped him up, I almost passed out. His hand on mine felt…incredible. He was so warm, like he'd stuck his hand in an oven. I had never realized how cold I was until he'd touched me. I felt like I'd shiver for the rest of my life, but he seemed unruffled and asked, "What class do you have for seventh period?"

I blinked like an idiot for several seconds before pulling the sheet of paper with my schedule on it out of my backpack. I'd never lived such a structured life, and adapting to regularly scheduled classes was going to be tougher than I'd originally thought when I'd been fighting with my parents to allow us to go to school. I read the words next to the appropriate time period swiftly, even though I had no idea what the first one meant, "Algebra two. What do you have?"

He moved my schedule so that he could see it, his mouth twitching up into a small smile, not that I was staring as he said, "We're in the same class. I'll take you there."

Our teacher found obvious delight in putting us next to each other because we were 'friends'. I focused on trying to comprehend the class work until the teacher let us have free time at the end of class. "I'm Seth."

I snorted, pleased that he seemed just as out of sorts as I was. I relaxed a little, grinning at him, "Right, so I've been told." My next words bubbled out completely unbidden, "I'm curious. What do you do in your free time?"

He stared at me, and I wanted to throw something at him. It would make my awkward question a little more reasonable if he thought I was a crazy person who threw things at people for no reason. That might be better than the embarrassment I was feeling now. I found myself staring back at him though. Did we have some strange obsession with staring at each other? He finally replied, "I hang out with my friends."

"Friends. Huh, I've never really had a friend before. I mean besides my sister and brothers." His expression made me nervous, and when I got nervous, I had a hard time keeping my damned mouth shut. I rubbed my neck with both hands, a habit I had developed since we had come to Forks.

"What?"

I felt myself blush, "Uh, my siblings and I were home schooled. My brother and I wanted to go to public school when we moved here though, and when you're twins, it's really easy to put up a big fuss. Our parents didn't stand a chance. Do you have siblings?"

He smiled, "Yeah, I have an older sister, Leah. She spends most of her time with our friend Jacob and his friends."

"Who is your best friend?"

"Jacob, well, at least I hope he still is. I might have made him angry today."

"Eh, I'm sure you are a hard person to stay mad at."

"You mean that?"

"Yes, I'd like to get to know you better." Good Lord I sounded like an idiot! I might as well have just told the boy that I thought he was hot and then jumped him like some hooker. Well, maybe my words didn't sound that desperate. Hopefully. Either that or I was failing spectacularly at fitting in. I'd owe Holly a chunk of my allowance if he ran screaming.

He was shifting nervously in his seat, "Hey, Lilly, since you're new here, would you like to hang out with me and maybe some of my friends after school?"

Yet again I could only stare at him for what seemed like forever, "I'd love to. I just need to tell my brother. He gets a little paranoid if he doesn't know where I am these days."

Seth was grinning like an idiot, "That's great. I mean, not that he's paranoid, but that you can come."

The bell rang, and I grinned back, "I know what you mean. I'll be right back, don't move." I jumped out of my chair and nearly skidded out the door, "Ollie!"

I'd never thought about running track, but if the way I was running now was any indication, than I would be really good and when I Transitioned, even better. "Lilly, what's wrong?" My twin was panting; I'd obviously scared the crap out of him.

"Geez, Ollie. I didn't mean to scare you." I said softly, brushing some of his hair out of his eyes, "You okay?"

He shrugged away from me a little bit, but nodded, "Yeah, just on edge." He frowned, "Holly seem off to you?"

I echoed his shrug, I'd prepared this lie ahead of time so the word flowed out easily, "Holly's weird. She's our sister, but she's always been off. She's Transitioned, she's going to be a different. It's only been a few weeks. We're all still getting used to her."

"You're right, but she just seemed really tense in the class I had with her. Tense for her at least." He said with a short laugh.

"We all knew this was going to happen. We just all thought Nigel would go first." I told him, trying to comfort him a little.

He smiled at me, "Yeah, you nervous?"

"That at any moment I'm going to sprout fangs and want to kill myself because it feels like I'm burning alive? Yeah, I'm nervous, but I can't stress about it. It's going to happen. You're lucky you aren't going to have to deal with that. Holly had it easy. Sure she almost strangled me, but she got herself under control really quick. Never really know what to expect." I turned my head back to the doors where Seth was waiting beyond, both to look at the handsome guy and to hide the lies I felt were written across my face.

"Did you have something you wanted to tell me?" Oliver urged, a warm hand on my arm, drawing my focus back to him.

I smiled at him in embarrassment, "Yeah, sorry. I'm going to a friends house. I'll be back by eight."

My brother's gray eyes narrowed, "You've already made a friend?"

"Is that a crime?" I asked cheekily.

I wasn't surprised when he grabbed me and hugged me tightly, "I'm beyond proud of you. Maybe I've finally taught you to be nice."

I licked the side of his face to get him to let me go,"Have I ever told you you're gay?"

"I am not!" He blushed, wiping his cheek with a grimace, "I like girls…very much."

I groaned, "I so didn't need that mental image of my little brother. Gross! I'm leaving."

As I walked away he yelled, "Oh, don't worry about my friendless existence, just go and have fun! I'll take the beating from Mum and Dad, but you go have a good time!"

I stuck my tongue out at him.

Seth was standing outside of our...algebra classroom, and smiled at me eagerly, "Can you come?" I nodded, and he said, "Yes! Let's go. I had to leave my car at home so we need to catch a ride with my friends. Have you met any of the Cullen's?"

I fell into step with him and hummed, "I think so. Is one the tall, pretty blond girl who looks like she wants to kill everyone?"

Seth snorted as we walked to the parking lot, "That would be Rosalie."

"Pretty name." I commented truthfully.

"You really don't have to say that."

"It's the truth! Rosalie's a very pretty name. It means 'rose' in Latin."

"How would you know what her name means in Latin?"

I laughed, biting my lip in a tiny bit of embarrassment, "Um, it's a really daft family thing. My father likes plants, he's named after one, my Mum too. Basically, we're all named after flowers. They think it's hilarious. We mostly think they're weird. My full name is Lillium, my twin is Oliver, which is long for Olive. He is peace and I am purity. We go together. That's what our mother says at least."

"Your mother must be kind."

I smiled, but it felt wrong. It felt wrong to talk about her with him, "Mother is... kind. She stresses about things too much though."

"What is there to stress about it's just you and your brother and sister?" Oh, he assumed that Holly and Oliver where my only siblings.

"Actually, there are seven of us. I'm the oldest girl and second oldest all over. My older brother is twenty, my youngest sister almost nine."

Seth was watching my face, "You sound like you love them a lot."

I couldn't contain my grin, "I do. They're bizarre and we are an eclectic bunch, but my family is everything to me. Where I'm from large families are rare. Each one of my siblings are precious."

"Where are you from, anyway?" Seth asked, holding a door open for me.

My mood border lined grim in an instant as I pulled on the lie our parents had made each of us memorize, "London. It's a beautiful place, but... stifling. It's like I can't breathe." I made eye contact with him and smiled softly, "I can breathe right now."

He blinked dumbly, "You're British?"

To be honest I was not totally familiar with the term, "Um…yes, I suppose so."

"That's amazing, your accent is hardly noticeable."

I giggled at his enthusiasm, and could speak honestly again, "Ollie, Holly, and I worked hard so we would blend in. I'm glad I don't sound like too much of a freak."

I came to a sudden stop in the middle of the hall when Seth grabbed my arm, "You aren't a freak at all, Lilly."

I could only stare at his hand on my arm, more than a little startled. No one ever touched a member of my family without permission. I should have been angry, I should have had his arm cut off for his insolence, but I could only stare and I wasn't my mother. I used my other hand and took his hand off of my arm, but continued to hold it. His hand dwarfed mine, and I my mouth got away with me again, "You are so warm." I marveled at the lines on his palm and how the pale color of my skin was next to his. I'd always been considered dark-skinned in my pale family, but his flawless skin was so much deeper in color than mine.

My words seemed to frighten him. He pulled his hand away, "Come on, my friends are just outside. If we don't hurry, they're going to leave me." He started running and I kept pace easily, used to keeping up with my much taller brothers and Holly for that matter, who easily out paced my casual walk.

He held the exit door open for me, "They're at the Volvo." I located the out of place car a few yards from the door.

"Wow." I gasped. They were a truly beautiful group of people. The tall shapely blond I had seen earlier was wrapped in the arms of a man that looked like a pro-linebacker. An average height brunette girl was leaning against the car, playing with the bronze haired male's hair. The blond male and the tiny dark haired girl stood leaning against each other in a perfect picture of happiness in front of the car. "They're magnificent."

The biggest male saw me first, "Hey, Seth, didn't tell us you had a new girlfriend."

I blushed, "Actually, I just met Seth." Good lord, what was I starting? "It's flattering that you would think that I would be his girlfriend, though."

The male just stared open mouthed at me, and the others hid smiles. I walked to the tiny girl, "I'm Lilly. I hope you don't mind me tagging along with Seth. I'm new here. Seth was kind enough to offer to let me hang out with him. Sorry to barge in, I hope it's okay."

She squealed. The shock of it almost made me pass out, "Lilly!" And then she was hugging me, "We are going to be the best of friends. I can already tell."

I laughed, her joy was infectious, "I'm glad you think so."

She touched a lock of my wavy brown hair, "Your hair is really pretty. Would you let me do it for you sometime?"

The blond she had been standing with pulled her back a little, "I'm sorry. My name is Jasper and this is Alice. She's a little enthusiastic."

"You two are good for each other." Every pair of Cullen eyes widened, "Sorry. I tend to be a little too intuitive. Second oldest in my family... I'm really good at reading people."

The burly one finally seemed to have recovered from my embarrassing outburst. I really needed to keep my mouth shut. "I'm Emmett and this is…"

I finished for him, "Rosalie. I saw you in the hall today. Nice to officially meet you."

Seth sighed, "Well then, those two over there are Edward and Bella. Guys, can we go?"

I looked to my right to the edge of the trees that surrounded the school, "Actually, hold on. I'll be right back."

"What? Lilly!" Seth called after me, but I ignored him.

Holly was crouched on a tree stump, the dress I had thought had been neatly hemmed, shredded around her from her mid thigh to her feet, "Holly?" I whispered, kneeling next to her and touching her arm, "Sweetie, talk to me."

She looked up at me, her eyes wide, jaw trembling. "I couldn't finish my last class."

I pulled her dark hair away from her face and wiped a tear off her cheek, "It's okay. You did so well, Hol. I'm proud of you. You'll do better tomorrow, I know it."

"You don't know what it's like." She whispered, but let her head fall forward so her forehead rested on my shoulder.

I rubbed her back soothingly in a way I hadn't in years, "I don't. That doesn't mean I don't know how it's effected you. You'll be okay, just takes time."

Holly took a deep stuttered breath and sat up. The hem of her dress knitted back together. "Thank you, Lil." I got a tiny, tiny smile from her, "Have to say I feel better. You're not such a terrible big sister."

I helped her to her feet, brushing a leaf off her shoulder, "I try. I was going to home with a friend, but I'll come home if you need me too."

Holly shook her head, "No, I'm fine now. I'll go find Oliver, we'll get the twins and take them home. If you could possibly bring home some sort of alcohol, that would be great for my recovery."

I glared at my closest sister, "I will not. Besides, you're the one that could get away with that, not me."

She chuckled darkly, "Mmh, correct. Have fun on your date."

"It's not a date." I hissed.

Holly looked far too devilish for my tastes, "It is. He's lovely though. Good choice, sister."

I bit my lip, "Not a word, Hollyhock. You keep your mouth shut or I will be more of a terror than usual. You know I'm capable of that."

She held her hands up in defense, "I know you can be. Go, I'll see you tonight. Stay late, Mum will never notice."

She winked at me and joined our brother back in the school building. I returned to Seth and the Cullens, "Sorry, my sister's having trouble adjusting. Are we still going?"

Seth gave me a slightly tight smile, "Yeah."

Emmett smiled and opened the door to a Jeep I hadn't noticed. "Come on, Rose. Eddie-poo bring your Bella-boo."

"Emmett!" The couple groaned in unison.

Edward looked at the Volvo anxiously, "I'd rather…"

"Edward!" Alice shrieked, "We won't hurt the car. If you shut up and get in the Jeep then you'll be able to see your baby sooner. Let's go, Lilly." She hooked her arm through mine and pulled me to the backseat of the car. I was thankful that the car ride was short because I might have strangled the girl. I'd never wanted to know that much about clothes in my entire life.

Seth jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped and pulled my door open. He seemed as ready to get me out of the car, as I was to get away from Alice. He walked by my side up to the house and Alice stayed pouting in the back seat of the Volvo. "Seth, do you need a ride in the morning?" Jasper asked.

Seth turned around, "Yeah, if you guys don't mind."

Jasper nodded and got in the car. I had a feeling he was a man of few words. That must have been why he was with Alice. I thought dryly, she talks for him.

Seth knocked on the door a couple of times. When nothing happened he turned to me apologetically, "Sorry, I knew I should have brought my key." He flashed me a smile that almost blinded me. "Mom! Your son is dying from lack of food!"

A man came from around back, "Seth, your mom and I were in the back. Come on, you can get in through the… Seth, you didn't tell us you were bringing a girl home."

I held out my hand to the stranger, "Hello, I'm Lilly Davenport."

The man pulled off a gardening glove and took my hand, shaking it firmly, "It's nice to see young people with manners. I'm Charlie Swan, Forks police chief."

"A pleasure, Mr. Swan."

"Please, call me Charlie. Mr. Swan makes me feel old."

Seth put a hand on my shoulder, "He's Bella's uncle." The man looked a little like Bella, but the comparison was hard. She was a young girl and he was an old man. "Hey, Lilly, let's go meet my mom." I followed him off the porch and around to a gate in the fence, "Mom!"

A woman about Charlie's age poked her head around tomato plant, "Seth, sweetheart, how was everyone today?"

Seth laughed nervously, giving his mother an odd look. "Good, um mom? I'd like you to meet Lilly."

The woman's eyes shot open, "Oh, hello, I'm sorry, dear, I didn't see you there." The stood and brushed her dirt caked hands on her apron, "Sue Clearwater, it's been a long time since Seth has brought a friend home." She approached us and planted a kiss on Seth's forehead. I watched as some mental conversation was passed from mother to son. I felt an unknown emotion rise in me. She smiled good-naturedly at me and the emotion seemed to melt away. "My son is a good man."

"I don't doubt that." I looked at Seth. I had only met him a matter of hours ago, but I already felt a sense of possession. My body was telling me that he was mine. He grinned at me.

"I hope you'll stay for dinner. I just put the lasagna in the oven."

"Thank you so much for offering, I'd love to. I don't have to be home 'till eight. I don't want to impose, though."

She smiled, "Seth, a girl with tact. Perhaps she could teach your sister a few things. Do you know If she'll be home tonight…for dinner?" I did not miss the pause, but ignored it.

Seth shrugged, "I think she's staying with the pack tonight. There's a meeting. I'll go later. Emily's cooking." His mother nodded and returned to her gardening. I had the urge to help her, but I reminded myself that they weren't like the plants in my father's garden, I didn't know exactly how to handle these.

Seth lead me into, what I assumed, was a normal American house, "My room's back there, second door on the right. I'll get some snacks. I'm starved." I flashed him a smile that seemed to stun him before heading to the room he had indicated.

It was spotless; I don't know why I expected anything different. His room looked like Oliver's. Everything had a place and nothing was out of place. I scanned his music. It was the only think I knew a lot about. His albums were in alphabetical order by group and then by album title.

It was kind of sad. I couldn't really talk; I was constantly invading Nigel's room and straightening things up. My brother was a slob. I was almost ashamed that I was his sister.

I found my way to a folded up sweater on Seth's desk. On impulse, I picked it up and held it to my face. It smelled like him. His scent was so familiar to me already. At this moment, I realized the severity of what I was doing and feeling. Fear washed over me. For an instant, I couldn't breathe. The sweater fell back into its previous place.

I felt Seth enter his room and I spun around. "Seth!" His name felt nice to say. Dear God, I was being consumed by this human. He was becoming my life, consuming every part of my mind. "You scared me. I didn't hear you."

He grinned and scratched to back of his neck, "Sorry. I'll be louder next time." He opened a bag of chips and flopped down on his bed, motioning for me to join him.

I raised an eyebrow, "Next time?" I took a chip from the bag.

I got another guilty grin, "Yeah, I've a feeling we'll be seeing a lot of each other."

"What will the Cullen's say about me stealing their friend?"

His hand found mine and held it, "They can just get over it."

I laced my fingers in his, "You're really bold. They seem like tough people."

He blushed, "I'm not normally this bold."

I giggled, "I'm not normally this way either. I tend to snap at people sometimes." I searched his eyes for his emotions, "Can't snap at you though, not really sure why." Shock, and then an unrecognizable warmth passed behind the depths of his bright eyes. "I'm funny like that."

I chuckled, "Funny? Yes, you are funny."

We bantered for an hour and a half before his mother called us to dinner. Charlie, it turned out, was Sue's boyfriend and he had gone home shortly before dinner, something about a freezer of frozen fish.

It was ten past seven when I started to feel odd, and absently wrote our phone number on a sticky note off his desk, "Would you mind if I went home now? I'm really tired."

He smiled, following me to the kitchen, "No, that's fine. You need to call your parents?"

I shook my head, "I think I'll walk. It's a beautiful night." I picked my backpack off the floor and opened the front door.

"I'll go with you." Crap, my house was farther than a normal human would go this late.

"You don't need to, Seth. I'll be fine. It's a long way."

He grabbed my shoulder, "Lilly, if it's a long way than that makes me want to come with you even more. The woods are dangerous. Especially at night."

His concern made me smile. How could I tell him no? "All right, but only half way. Your mother wouldn't want you gone all night."

"I'm out most nights anyway." He mumbled as I led him into the forest.

His tone bothered me, "Doing what?"

He stiffened, "Nothing. How do you know your way home, especially in the dark?"

In all honesty I had no idea how to get home, but I could smell my house and I was following that. Not that I could try to explain that to Seth now. That would be a nightmare, "I'm good in the woods. My family and I do a lot of camping."

"You all do a lot of stuff together."

"Yeah, we do. We are very lucky to all still be here. Although, I'm not sure why my older brother still lives with…"

"Hello, Lillium.