Rescuing Me
Chapter 2 'Amazing'
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and all characters...I only own the characters I make up.
A/N: Remember ages are changing and some things are being revised, thanks!
Tuesday August 16th, 2009
Lily Pov
Last night was so fun. We had come back to the police station and Taylor had showed me around, Dan had to get back to his office. There was a fenced in run for all the dogs for when they were in training. Taylor led me into a room that they had their meetings and planning in.
(A/N; This is what happened last night.) Flashback
"How long have you been doing S&R for Taylor?" I asked Taylor as we sat down. The puppy laid down beside my feet chewing on a toy I had given her.
"Well I've been doing it since I was 18, I moved to Wild Wood about two years ago because my little sister needed a guardian." Taylor said. Guardian? I wonder what happened to his parents...I don't want to pry though. "I know you're probably wondering...My parents were murdered 2 years ago so I moved her to be with my little sister. They never found the killer either."
I felt sympathy for him. I was kidnapped and my kidnapper was still out there. "I'm sorry. I understand what you're going through. Well some of it." I said sympathetically.
"Dan...Dan told me you were kidnapped. And that he was never caught. I bet that was traumatizing." Taylor said to me.
"It was...but it was actually what inspired me to do this." I paused at Taylor's confused face. "Well I was found by a search and rescue guy and his dog. So I've always wanted to do this ever since. I even talk to the guy still." I finished.
"Wow." He seemed speechless.
"What made you want to do this?" I asked looking at the table.
"Well years ago one of my best friends went missing, she was never found and I know what it feels like to feel that dread that you feel when you realize they're not coming home. So I wanted to save other people from that feeling." After he said that, it was pretty quiet.
"I'm sorry." I whispered. I reached out and gave his hand a friendly squeeze.
He smiled at me. "Thanks. You know you're the only one I've really ever told that to." He said looking into my eyes. I felt my body tense up, I blushed and looked down quickly.
It had been a bit awkward after that. Then Dan had come in and told me it was time to go. I waved at Taylor and left.
End of Flashback
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Morning Time.
I stretched my arms as my alarm woke me up. I felt movement on the other side of my bed and smiled as I came face to face with my puppy. She licked me a few times before I gently pushed her away.
I stood up and slipped my flip flops on and I hooked the leash to her collar. I opened my door and walked into the hallway and then down the stairs. I opened the back door and walked out, my puppy following the whole time.
It was a bit chilly outside, it was only about 6am. But I had to be at the police station around 7am and Dan was picking me up at 6:45.
I made sure she went to the bathroom and then I walked back inside. I took off her leash and let her follow me around, I walked up the stairs and went into the bathroom.
Then I took a shower, as I got out I wondered if I should wear jeans or not. Should I dress up? I have no clue! I decided to wear jeans and a t-shirt.
As I walked in the kitchen the phone rang. I answered, knowing my mom was already gone to work. "Hello?" I said. It was about 6:30am who would be calling?
"Hi Lily! It's Uncle Billy." I heard my uncle's deep voice.
"Oh hi Uncle Billy! How are you?" I asked happy he called. Billy was my only uncle, the only family I knew and of course his son Jacob and his daughter's Rachel and Rebecca.
"I'm doing good. How are you and your mom?" He asked and I heard a smile in his voice.
"We're good. I started training for Search and Rescue and I have a dog now." I told him excitedly.
"That's great Lily! I bet you're happy," He said and I heard his happiness for me in his voice.
"Yeah..I am. Wait, Uncle Billy isn't it like 3am there?" I asked in disbelief.
"Yeah...it is...but I couldn't sleep, and I thought I would call you and your mother and see how you're doing." He said and I didn't hear any tiredness in his voice.
"Oh. Okay. How's Jacob?" I asked, smiling. Jacob was older than me by maybe a year or two.
"He's doing good, making lots of friends now." He said, sounding wary.
"How are him and Bella's friendship?" I asked, knowing Jacob and Bella were friends but Jacob wanted more.
"They're good. Bella's married to Edward now and Jacob's okay with it, he's over at their house right now actually."He told me.
"Wow that's nice that Jacob and her can still be friends even though she is married to Edward now." I said, I knew Jacob would find a way to keep his and Bella's friendship.
"Yeah. Well I think I might try to make some breakfast and call Jacob, tell your mom to call me later. Bye Lily." He said and he hung up.
I placed the phone back on the charger and I grabbed frosted flakes out of the cabinet and milk out of the fridge. I poured my cereal and milk. I started to eat it, I only had about 15 minutes.
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15 minutes later...
Dan beeped his horn and I grabbed the puppy and ran out the door. I locked it behind me and walked to Dan's car.
"Good Morning Dan." I said as I got in the front seat of his car.
"Morning, Lily. Pup." Dan smiled at both of us. "Thought of a name yet?"
"I've thought of 3 names." I said smiling back. "But I'm not telling anyone yet." Secretly I liked the names Trixie, Dixie or Pixie but they would probably think it's not a good name.
"Taylor will get it out of you." Dan predicted. He winked at me.
"Why are you winking at me? About Taylor?" I asked blushing.
"You like him." Dan said. "Like him a lot."
"I do not." I looked away, I was blushing and trying not to smile.
"Aw how cute!" Dan laughed at me.
"Yeah, very funny Dan. Very funny." I said without a bit of humor.
He just chuckled and continued driving. For the rest of the drive I was quiet.
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We got out at the police station and I waved at Dan as I walked over to the small Search and Rescue building. I opened the doors and walked in. I heard lots of voices and felt nervous...the only one I had met was Taylor.
My nerves went down a bit when I saw Taylor was there to meet me. "Good Morning Lily." He greeted me with a breathtaking smile. Dang Dan. I blushed.
"Good Morning Taylor." I smiled briefly back.
"I'm here to get you and introduce you to everyone else. I mean there's not much more people maybe four other people." Taylor said as we walked side by side towards the meeting room. We walked in and everyone's eyes turned towards me.
There was 2 women and 2 men. The 1st woman had dark brown hair and looked to be in her early thirties, she had brown eyes and a friendly face. She came up and smiled at me.
She stuck her hand out. "Hi, I'm Cheyenne." She said.
"I'm Lily. It's nice to meet you." I said shyly.
"We've been so excited for you to join. This is our first younger than 18 trainee." Cheyenne said then she motioned for the other woman to come up. "This is Anne, she's the director here, she's been doing this for 15 years."
Anne smiled. "Make me sound old." She said shaking her head at Cheyenne and then she turned to me. Anne had dark blonde hair and light blue eyes. She was probably in her early 40's. "It's so great to have you here Lily. We hope you feel comfortable with all of us." Then her and Cheyenne sat back down.
Then it was the men's turn to come up. The first man had black hair, dark brown eyes, probably in his mid 30's, tall. "I'm Troy Baker." Troy smiled at me. "We're finally even now in numbers since you joined. 3 girls, 3 boys."
I laughed. "Everyone has something to say about me joining. I'm glad." I smiled. I looked towards the last person and he glared at me. I looked at Taylor, in surprise.
"That's..Mitch." Taylor whispered in my ear. "He doesn't like newbies, he still doesn't like me. So don't take it personally."
I just nodded. "Alright well that's all the humans. Do you want to me the dogs?" Taylor asked smiling. I nodded again.
Cheyenne, Anne, and Taylor came out with me. I saw 6 dogs. 2 of them were tan with black on them. 1 was tan with a black tail and the front legs were black., Another was all black, then there was a white one and the last one was what I thought was a border collie. He was a chocolate brown and white.
I looked at Taylor. "Who's border collie?" I asked, curious.
"Mine." Anne said smiling. "I found him in the woods by my house as a puppy and I just started taking care of him."
"What's his name?" I asked as the dogs came up and sniffed me and my puppy.
"Charlie." Anne told me. Then she pointed out some of the dogs. "That's Bow, Taylor's dog, you can see he's all black so he's easy to tell apart. Then there's J.D., Mitch's dog, he's the tan one with the black legs, and there's Jojo, Cheyenne's dog, he has the black ears. And then Annie, Troy's dog, she has a black tail and black front legs."
Anne took a breath. "And last but not least is my dog, snowball. She is all white. A white German shepherd. We all try to pick dogs that stand out and have different things about them." Anne told me.
I nodded. I looked down at my puppy, she was black with tan stripes. "Yeah I guess that makes sense." I said reaching down to pet the dogs who were still sniffing at my puppy.
"Have you thought of a name for her yet?" Cheyenne asked. I looked up.
"I was thinking about calling her Trixie." I hesitated a bit.
"That's such a cute name!" Cheyenne said smiling.
"My mom thought so too." I said. "Do you like Trixie?" I asked petting my puppy. She licked my face. "I guess that's a yes. Trixie it is."
Anne's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID. "I have to take this, Cheyenne come with me." Anne said.
Me and Taylor sat there and played with the dogs. "I have some forms for you to fill out." Taylor said getting up. "Stay here, I'll bring them out and you can fill them out here."
I got up and sat down on a chair that was by a glass table. Taylor returned a few minutes later with some papers in his hands.
"The first one is for you to fill out, the second is for your mom and the last one is a contract that you should go over with your mom." Taylor said handing me the papers and a pen.
I read the questions out.(the questions will be in Italics. Lily's writing will be in regular font)
Your Full Name? Lily Marie Smith
Age? 17 years old
Birth date? July 4th.
Mother's Name? Rose Black
I froze at the next question. Father's Name. I hadn't knew my father, but I knew his name. Father's Name? Ryan Smith
I took a deep breath and continued on. Address, crime, drugs...
I handed the first paper over to Taylor. "Thanks." Taylor said. He looked down at the paper. Then he looked at me. "July 4th?" He said.
"Yeah. Exciting Fourth of July for my mom! She was watching fireworks with my dad and then her water broke." I smiled.
Taylor laughed. "That's nice." He shook his head. "Lily..." He said trailing off.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?" Taylor asked and my jaw literally dropped. "I mean...I know we just met and you don't know me that well...but you're really pretty and I like you already, we have a lot in common." He stopped and he looked nervous.
"I'd love to." I said blushing. "As long as my mom is okay with it."
"Of course! How about 6:30? That way you can go home and change?" Taylor suggested.
"Yeah that'd be good." I said.
"Great." He smiled.
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Later in the evening..It's about 5:30.
I got into Dan's car with Trixie, and I yawned. Anne had started giving me books and notes today, files of old cases. She had told me to look them over tonight and see what I can get from them. She told me that I should write what I learned from the books, notes and files down on a paper. I told her I'd let her see it tomorrow.
I looked over at Dan. "How was your day?" I asked.
"It was okay, a lot of paperwork though. Your mom called me and said she was working late. She'd call you when she got a chance" Dan said.
"Okay." I said. My mom worked at a diner in town and she a lot of times worked double shifts to get us food and pay the bills. "Dan...can I ask you something?"
"Yes." He said, briefly looking at me as he was driving towards my house.
"Do you think mom would mind if I went out with Taylor tonight?" I asked looking down.
"Well..I guess she wouldn't mind and if she calls I could tell her where you were." Dan told me. He had a smirk on his face.
"Why are you smirking?" I asked blushing.
"I knew you liked him! Where are you guys going?" Dan asked.
"I don't know yet. But Taylor is going to pick me up at 6:30." I told him. "So is it okay? Would you tell mom you gave me permission?"
"Yeah. Taylor's a good guy." Dan said and I saw we were at my house already. He got into his glove box department and pulled a bottle of something. "But just in case—here's a bottle of pepper spray...you know what to do if he gets too touchy touchy."
I laughed. "Thanks Dan." I said getting out of the car. I waved to him as I used my key to let me into the house. I let Trixie run up the stairs.
I ran into the bathroom excited to go out with Taylor!
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A/N; Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long! I promise I will try to update more often!
I forgot got to put not in between those words...so I wanted to fix that(I went back and did). Lol. I'll put Taylor and Lily's Date up in the next chapter...How are you liking the story?!
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Some things are now revised and changed. Yay! lol
