A/N- Hey guysss! :D Whats up? UHHHH...i don't have anything to say. Sigh. I'm a hopeless for words. OH! Did I forget to mention Nick and I are getting MARRIED?! Okay, i'm completely kidding. But I had a dream about it last night. Veeerry interesting. Anyway. I decided the song Lilly's gonna sing in the play is "cry". It's the song in the movie that Mandy Moore sings. I think it's at the end of the movie, and on the special features. Anyway...I know you're wondering this. Lilly isn't exactly like Jamie. She's not like completely one hundred percent uncool. She's just not in the IN-crowd. It's basically like a classic cinderella story. You know. Popular guy meets nerdy girl. That kind of thing. Enjoy this, loves. :D
After Nick picked up his car from the mechanic, he drove around, just to get the feel of driving back into his system. He decided to take a detour home. As he pulled down the dark road next to McRhode's cemetery, he saw a familiar face walking in the dark. "What the hell?" He asked himself.
He got out of the car and followed her. A twig snapped beneath his feet, causing Lilly to turn around, and shine the flashlight on him. His eyes squinted. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing." She smirked.
"Well, do you always walk around in cemeteries at midnight?" He asked, slamming his hands in his pockets. She sighed, and started to walk away. He followed her. "Hey wait!"
She began to set up a telescope. "Here. Take a look." She gestured toward the mouth of the pointer. He stuck his eye under and looked. "Saturn. Holy shit! That's awesome."
Lilly hung her head down low. "It's not right to say things like that." His head shot up out of the telescope. "What? Holy shit?"
"Shh!" She placed her index finger over his soft lips. "Stop it! Just remember God is always listening to you."
"I get it." He looked at the dew-soaked grass. "I get that you're into all this stuff. Christianity, astronomy..."
Lilly looked at her telescope. "...this stuff. You know, time heals the wounds that you feel. Everything that happens happens for a reason. Don't you believe there's a reason for everything?"
"No! I don't! There's too much bad shit in the world." He looked at the moon. She followed his gaze, "Without suffering, there would be no compassion."
"Tell that to those who suffer." He said.
She sighed, "Touche." She fixated the eye piece. "I plan on building a larger one in the spring so I can see the comet Humandson. It's supposed to come in April, but no one knows when it's coming back."
"So is this your other special hobby? Aside from acting and being perfect?" He snapped. She scoffed. "I'm not perfect! No one is! You have a lot of guts, Nick. I applaud you for it. But it won't get you around very long."
He rolled his eyes. "Look, I might need some help with my lines."
Her head shot up. "Nick Jonas is asking Lilly Truscott for help?"
He rolled his eyes again and shoved his hands in the pockets of his hoodie, "Don't do that. Just...will you help me? Please?" She looked down. He ducked his head to meet her level and stuck his lower lip out. She sighed, "Okay...but only with two conditions."
He nodded for her to continue.
"One: Don't try to change me. Two: You have to promise not to fall in love with me." She gestured with her fingers each number. He laughed and looked at her. "That's not gonna be a problem."
"Okay then. I'll help you. Come by my house tomorrow after school."
"Nick Jonas is coming here?" Lilly's father was everything but sure that Nick was a positive influence on his young, innocent daughter.
"Daddy, you know Nick. Were were best friends in elementary school." Lilly complied as she continued the dishes. Her father paced steadily behind her, "I realize that. But that was back when he was coloring with crayons and spraying each other with water hoses. Not smoking pot and holding people at gun point."
"Daddy! What about forgiveness? Don't you believe that people can change?" She turned to face him. She liked the idea of sticking up for Nick, even though she hated him.
Her father sighed and placed both hands on either of her shoulders. "You are one amazing girl, Lilian. And you don't need a guy to show that to you. I know that's really what this is about."
She scoffed and pushed his hands away, "Daddy! Me and Nick? Gross!"
He cupped her face in his hands. "Don't let it get too far, Lilly. You know why."
She shut her eyes as he kissed her forehead. Just then, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," she whispered. In truth, she didn't want Nick at her house. She'd insisted they met at a park or something, but Nick thought otherwise. She pulled the door open. "Nick." She greeted.
He pulled his hands out of his pockets to reveal his script rolled up into a roll as if to swat at a fly. "You ready?"
"Well, it's now or never. Come on in. My script's upstairs. I'll be back." She proceeded up the steps. Nick took a look at her house. It hadn't changed much in nine years since he'd last been there. It still had pictures of Lilly sprouting anywhere from five years old missing two front teeth to twelve years old winning her first pageant to the graduation pictures taken last week at school. It still smelled of cinnamon and pecans. Pictures and paintings of Jesus and Mary were hung on the walls with crucifixes draped around them. Nick saw a picture lying face down on the piano. He tilted it up, and his eyes widened. A picture of him. Him. There was Nick, Lilly, and some older blond girl he'd recognized as Cheryl, their old babysitter. She was reading to them. He didn't remember the day, but he could see he was happy. He'd figured Lilly's dad had taken the photo. Nick had his arm draped around Lilly. They were sitting on the ground. Their smiles so wide you couldn't see their eyes. Cheryl had her back turned in the chair, but turned her head to smile at the camera. The book she was holding was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Back then, Nick and Lilly LOVED reading those. They'd always pretend they were Harry and Hermione running around to defeat Voldemort. He smiled to himself at the memory of Lilly swishing around a long brown stick as her "wand". He could remember asking his mom for her old reading glasses to use as Harry's glasses. In truth, Nick actually missed those days. Back when alcohol wasn't a secret pleasure of his, and sex was absolutely forbidden until marriage. Shows what he knew.
Nick heard someone clear their voice, and he spun around to see Lilly's father. "Uhm...erm-" He cleared his throat and put his hands behind his back. "Reverend Truscott. How's your evening?"
"Oh, knock it off Nicholas. We both know you're not one to be polite. I hear you've landed the lead role. Congratulations. Must be a big step up."
"Absolutely, sir. I'm very thankful." He tried his best to sound legit. Lilly's father took a step closer to the young boy in front of him. "Let's get one thing straight Mr. Jonas...don't get too close with Lilly. It's enough to have her heart ripped out once by you, but to do it nearly a decade later is another thing. I assume all this is is a simple rehearsing for a school function. After that, I want you to have no physical or verbal contact with my daughter at all."
Nick felt the need to cough. Okay Lilly. You can come down anytime. I've known you for forever and you always have bad timing so now's the time to show it! He thought as he looked at the stairs. Lilly came down. "Come on Nick! We can sit on the porch." She pulled his hand outside.
Sigh. This'll be a fun week.
"Yo, Nick!" Cody called, slapping him a high five. "Haven't seen you in forever! Where you been?"
"Nowhere, man." Nick lied. He slung his backpack over his shoulder and sat down next to Demi, who was writing something. He was curious. "What are you writing?"
"A letter to Joe. I can't tell him in person." She sniffled. Nick knew something was wrong, but he respected his friends enough to stay out of their business. He directed his attention to Lilly and her friend Dana Kirk walking up to his little clique. "Hey Nick!" She waved. "Dana's coming by after school. You coming too?"
Cody, Selena, and Demi all stared at Nick. He looked at them, then back to the two girls. A smirk spread on his face. "In your dreams."
His friends mockingly laughed. "Burn!" Selena yelled out.
"Ouch!" Cody snickered as Lilly and Dana walked away. He slapped Nick on the back. "I gotta admit it, dude. Without you, there'd be no ladies to fuck."
Nick just grinned and nodded in agreement. He looked back at Lilly walking away. She looked so innocent with her blond curls bouncing behind her. Why couldn't he be perfect like her...? Instead he's such a fucking jerk to her. He just wanted to punch himself in the face repeatedly.
A/N- YAY! Woow. That took like two days to write. LOOOOOOK...i'm not gonna be a person to beg for reviews, but if you guys don't start reviewing, I won't finish this. I have had 400 hits, and like 6 reviews. How fair. XD but anywayyss...i'll be fair. Tell you what. Give me at least 6 reviews...positive or negative...and i'll post chapter four. ALSO! Tallita-Michelle, what do you mean bits with his friends? Give me ideasss. I live for them. :D LOVE YOU ALL! Peace.love.mickey. x3
