Summary: Lilli Patterson just moved to Forks after the death of her dad. When she meets Paul how will she react to him imprinting on her when she doesn't even want a boyfriend. Her last relationship didn't go so well and its left her not wanting to date again.

"Lilli, everyone has scars," Emily told her. "Its just some people's aren't as visible as others."

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CHAPTER 10

When Lilli left to go get the tools Paul looked over everything as he read over the instructions. Even though she wanted Jacob here instead of him, he was happy she let him come over. Anytime he could get
with his princess he'd take it so it could hopefully bring them closer to where he could tell her the truth. After a few seconds Paul put down the instructions deciding that he'd wait until Lilli got back to read
them, it would be that much longer he'd spend with Lilli. He took the time to look around her room. She had a wooden Sleigh bed against one wall with a table beside it. The table had a lamp and picture on it,
he walked over and picked the picture up. It was of a man with dark hair and the same ocean blue eyes as Lilli. It had to be her dad. He sat the picture down and looked around her room. She had a chest of
drawers against one of the walls and a dresser with a mirror on it against the other wall. He saw a guitar case propped against the wall by what must be the closet. He wondered if she played, he'd have to
find some way to drop it in the conversation when she got back. Paul walked over to look out her window, it really smelled like her over here more than anywhere else in the room, like she stayed here in this
spot a lot. There was enough room for her to sit in front of the window, he imagined her drawing or reading in front of the window. He was so busy thinking bout her that he didn't hear Lilli walk in.

"Paul," she said and he spun around. "I got the tools," she told him and he walked over and she sat them down and sat on the floor, Paul sat by her and opened the tool box.

"Wow these are like real tools," he said surprised.

"As opposed to fake ones," she said confused.

"No I just figured you'd have those tiny pink tools girls have," he said.

"No Paul," she sighed. "These are…were my dads," she told him.

"Oh," he said softly. "Are you sure its ok if I use them?" he asked.

"Yeah, he'd hate that they're not being used," she told him and Paul smiled and picked up the instruction sheet so he could know where to begin.

"Ok lets do this," Paul said grabbing the first piece and a screwdriver and went to work. "So you apparently have a lot of books," he said as he grabbed another screw and shelf.

"All those boxes in the hall," she began. "Are full of my books."

"I don't have time to read much," he said. "I'm not sure I would even if I did."

"Well reading for fun isn't for everyone," she sighed and Paul smiled.

"No its not," he agreed and they fell silent as he worked.

Paul had been putting the shelf together for twenty minutes now, yes he could have been done quicker but that would mean less time with Lilli. Lilli glanced over at him as he asked for a different screwdriver.
She handed it to him and he wiped his forehead with the back of his hand.

"Are you hot?" she asked.

"I'm ok," he answered and picked the next shelf up and started attaching it.

"I'll go get you some water and a snack," she said and jumped up.

"You don't have to," Paul told her.

"No I will, I want to," she said and ran out, Paul smiled and went back to work.

Lilli walked in the kitchen wondering what to fix Paul for a snack. She finally decided on some fruit and grabbed some apples and bananas and other fruits and started slicing them. She was starting to really
like Paul, even though this is only the second time she had spent time alone with him. Why she was so drawn to him and felt such a strong pull to him was also unexplainable. She was also glad he was with
her when Mike offered his help today. She let out a sigh and put the fruit in two bowl and drizzled some yogurt over them and fixed two glasses of water and went back upstairs.

When Lilli walked back in the room she had two glasses of water and two bowls of fruit on a tray. She walked over and sat down by Paul.

"You can take a break," she said and he looked over at the two bowls of fruit and water.

"You actually took the time to make a fruit salad," he said smiling.

"Yeah," she said quietly.

"Looks good," he said and took a bowl and glass of water and started to eat, "Thanks," he added and she smiled. "So," Paul said as he took a bite. "That's your guitar."

"Yeah," she said quietly.

"I'd like to hear you some time," Paul said as he took a gulp of water.

"Not many people hear me play," she told him.

"Lilli," Paul said. "You don't have to but I would really like to hear you play and sing," he added.

"Only two or three people have ever heard me sing and play."

"Really?"

"Yeah, my mom, my best friend Cheyenne, and my dad."

"Well I'm sure your great I already know you have a great voice," he said. "I would love to hear you but not unless you want to."

"Maybe….maybe when you're done with the shelf," she said softly and he nodded and finished the last of his water and went back to work.

"I'll take this back downstairs," Lilli told him and took their dishes downstairs. When she walked back into her room Paul was pulling his shirt off. She let out a gasp and her heart started pounding. He had a
perfect body. His skin looked so smooth and he had a tattoo on his upper arm. She couldn't take her eyes off of him. As if he felt her staring Paul turned around. Her eyes traveled over his body, Damn he had
great abs, she wanted to run her fingers over his stomach and chest.

"Is everything ok?" he asked.

"Fine," she said blushing and looked away and sat down. Paul smirked at least he knew she liked his body. He knew taking his shirt off might be playing dirty but he was willing to do whatever it took to get
Lilli to want to get closer to him and get to know him. At least liking the way he looked was something, now he wanted her to like him. Paul turned around and went back to work. He stood up so he could finish
up the shelf. Lilli stood up to and moved closer to him. She reached out and ran her fingers over his tattoo. She still felt the same shock when she touched him.

"Did that hurt?" she asked.

"Not to bad," he told her and turned to look at her. He felt her fingers tracing the lines of his tattoo and it made his heart race, just a simple innocent touch drove him crazy. She looked up at him and their eyes met.

"Sorry," she said and pulled her hand away and he sighed and turned and went back to work.

"It looks great," "Lilli said. "Thanks for putting it together."

"It was no problem," he told her. "I'll bring the boxes in and help you get your books on the shelf."

"You don't have to Paul," she said nervously. "You've done enough."

"I do not mind helping you," he told her and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear that had fallen from her ponytail.

"ok," she said and he stood up and brought the five big boxes of books in. "Thanks," she said and opened the box and started putting them on the shelf. Paul handed her books and watched her as she put
them on the shelf.

When they were done she sat on her bed.

"I really appreciate everything you did today."

"I was happy to help you," he said.

"Do you want some lunch?" she asked.

"No, don't go to any trouble for me," he said.

"Its no trouble Paul, we both have to eat," she told him. "I would like to make you lunch."

"Well I won't turn down food," he said smiling.

"Come on then," she said and stood up. "Oh wait a minute, I have your shirt and hoodie from last weekend," she added as she walked over and grabbed them off a chair. "Thanks for letting me borrow them, I washed them so they're clean."

"Oh, you didn't have to do that," he told her. "You know what, keep the hoodie."

"No I can't," she argued.

"Look I don't get cold so I really don't need it, I want you to keep it."

"Ok," she agreed and laid it on her bed. "Lets go have lunch."

When they got downstairs Lilli went to the kitchen to see what she could fix for lunch.

"I'm going to take my shirt to my truck and I have your shirt from last weekend to," he told her.

"Ok," she said as she looked through the refrigerator. "What am I going to fix for lunch," she said to herself. "Cheeseburgers," she said and pulled some hamburger meat out and sat it on the counter as
Paul walked back in.

"Cheeseburgers ok?"

"Sounds great to me," he told her. "Here's your shirt, Emily told me how to get the blood out, so its clean."

"Oh thanks, you can set it down anywhere," she told him. "How many cheeseburgers will you eat?"

"Two," he said.

"You want fries?"

"Definitely," he said giving her a smile and she separated the meat into patties and started cooking it. "Or would you rather have onion rings?"

"Onion rings," he said and she nodded and took a bag out of the freezer and dumped some onion rings into her deep fryer to cook. "Can I help?"

"You can get the hamburger buns, cheese and anything you want on it out of the fridge. There's lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, ketchup and mustard."

"I want everything," he said. "You want me to cut some tomatoes and stuff up."

"If you want to you can." she told him. "Knives are in the drawer to your left, cutting board is in the drawer below the knives."

Paul got everything out and started chopping. "Do you want any?"

"Just tomato," she told him and he nodded "And pickles."

"So," he said. "Were you close with your dad?"

"Oh I…."

"I shouldn't have asked," he said as he shook his head. "I'm sorry, I'm so stupid sometimes."

"I thought I told you never to call yourself stupid," she said as she put the hamburger buns in the oven.

"You did," he sighed. "Doesn't mean its not true."

She laid her hand on his arm. "I don't think its true," she told him, she still felt that shock when she touched him. He looked over at her and smiled.

"Thanks."

"Lilli," Paul said and she looked over at him. He sat his knife down and took her hands in his. "I don't know what happened before you moved here and I'm not asking you to tell me or talk to me but I will
always listen if you want to talk but Lilli you need to talk to someone because you can't keep everything inside trust me I know," he told her.

"I don't like to think about what happened," she said softly. "It hurts to much," she told him as a tear ran down her cheek.

"Don't cry princess," he whispered and wiped her tear away. She looked up at him. "You can tell me anything and it will be between us I promise." he added and took her hands in his.

"I can't," she said and pulled her hands away from his and went back to cooking. Paul let out a frustrated sigh and began to put the lettuce, tomato and onion he didn't cut for the burgers back in the refrigerator.

"Lilli," he sighed and she turned to look at him. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Being pushy," he told her and she shook her head and pulled the hamburger buns out of the oven and turned it off. Then she dumped the onion rings in a bowl.

"Grab some plates," she told him and pointed to a cabinet and Paul walked over and got two plates and brought them to her.

"I really am sorry if I was out of line with anything I said, I just want to get to know you better." he said hopefully and she turned away and put two buns and hamburger patties on Pauls plate. "Get as many
onion rings as you want," she told him and he nodded. "And if you wanted to get to know me better you should have just said so." she told him as he was putting onion rings on his plate.

"Really?" he asked.

"Yeah, I can't promise anything more than friends or even really close friends," she said quietly and looked away.

"Its ok Princess, I just want to be friends and get to know you," he told her and she nodded.

"Princess, why do you call me that?" she asked curiously.

"Well," he said as he sat his plate on the counter. "You are beautiful and sweet like a princess," he said and she nodded. "But you also seem smart, kind, caring, everything a princess should be."

"Thank you," she replied softy. "That's really sweet."