A/N: Chapter 10 and the last update this weekend! Thanks for the reviews and the wonderful foreshadowing, something I love! Hope you enjoy… Please review! We're going to be getting into the thick of the plot soon, so my guess is this will be about a 15 chapter story, but that's just a rough guess! Anyway, here's chapter 10!
Lily's Point of View
Chapter 10- La Push, Baby, La Push
"Umm… which one, Jacob?" Beverly asked, referring to which house she should stop at.
"That one there, on the right." She pulled up against the curb and we got out, I was excitedly nervous to be here. As we got out Jacob and Renesmee started walking towards the house, but I, on the other hand, stood there gazing up at it. I wasn't paying attention to anything but the house, so when Beverly whispered in my ear, "walk!" I nearly screamed. She obviously saw my look of surprise and started cracking up.
"Breathe, Lily," she whispered, still laughing, in my ear, dragging me toward the house. I planted my feet on the ground, shook my head, and collected my thoughts.
Jacob rolled his eyes, "it's just a house!" Renesmee turned around from where she stood and walked back to us, earning an exasperated sigh from Jacob.
"You know," she said to me, "you didn't hesitate this much when you came to our house, and then you knew you were walking into a house filled with vampires!" I nodded, she was right. I started walking forward, and Beverly burst into song, "PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER…!"
I laughed and rolled my eyes, "this isn't a Christmas special, Bev!" Renesmee laughed too. Jacob sat down on steps, assuming he was never getting inside.
Eventually, after we made it inside, Jacob gave us the grand tour. The house was… small. I couldn't picture more than 10 people in each room. After the tour we crashed in the living room and started working on our homework. Actually, Beverly and I worked on our homework, Jacob and Renesmee finished within half an hour. After an hour Beverly and I put our homework away, deciding to work on it at home.
"So…" I asked, "What now?"
Jacob shrugged his shoulders.
"Let's call Seth and Leah," Nessie suggested, grinning, "I think Lily would like that." I looked down, blushing, but didn't object. "I thought so," she said smugly. I stuck my tongue out at her and everyone laughed, though I didn't find it funny. Nessie, still smiling, stated, "I'll go get the phone!" she rose and skipped out of the room, reminding me strongly of Alice.
About 20 seconds later, and she was back in the room, cordless phone in hand. "Ness?" Jacob asked, saying her name as a question.
"Yeah?" she replied, her smile still not gone.
"Why didn't you just use your cell phone?"
"That's a really good question… I have no idea, now be quiet, it's ringing!"
She hummed for a few seconds waiting for an answer and then put the phone on speaker.
"Hello?" someone- Seth!?- answered from the other end.
"Heyy, Seth? It's Nessie."
"Oh, hey Ness, what's up?"
"Well… we actually have some friends here that we'd like you to meet…"
"Are you trying to set me up again, Nessie?"
"No! They actually want to meet you! They know who you are…"
"What do you mean 'know who I am?'"
"I mean, they know who you are! Just come over, would you?"
"Umm… sure…"
"And tell Leah she's welcome to come, too!"
"She actually isn't here right now, but I'll be over in, like, 10 minutes."
"'Kay, bye, Seth."
"Bye."
I glared at Renesmee, "you just told him 'we know who he is' over the telephone!?"
"Yeah," she nodded, "it seemed appropriate to me!" I rolled my eyes and shook my head- whatever. Jacob and Beverly were barely containing their laughter.
"You think this is funny, Beverly? It concerns you too!" She shook her head; "I know… but still…" apparently she was rendered speechless after that. I rolled my eyes.
After picking on me some more the doorbell rang.
"I've got it," Jake announced, standing up to answer the door.
From the doorway you could hear Jacob greeting Seth and telling him to come inside. I was looking down and examining my nails; Beverly was talking animatedly with Renesmee. As they entered the room, Jacob introduced us,
"Seth, the redhead is Beverly, and the dark haired one is Lily. Guys- er- girls… this is Seth…"
Both Beverly and I looked at each other, rolled our eyes, and simultaneously said, "I know!" Bev, Nessie, and I burst out laughing, and Seth and Jake gave us looks clearly proving that they thought we were crazy.
"Are they ok?" Seth asked cautiously.
"Umm… no, not really," Jake replied, "but they always act this way… so, it's normal for them…"
"Ok… Umm… Nessie?"
"Mhmm…" she muttered in response, not really paying attention.
"You said they 'know who I am', care to explain?"
"It's all tragically simple, Seth, they know who you are, more importantly what you are. It's not important anyway, though, they're ok with it, and they won't tell anyone."
"How are you so collected?"
Nessie shrugged her shoulders, "I dunno… just am I guess. Now… I don't think you were actually introduced properly. Girls stand; it's not a proper greeting without a handshake."
Neither of us argued, we both stood at Nessie's command. "Now, Seth, this," she gestured to Beverly, "is Beverly Ryan, a sophomore at Hillgrove High with us." Beverly stuck out her hand barely suppressing a grin because of Nessie's formal attitude.
"Good. Now this," she said, gesturing to me, "is Lily Anognam, also a sophomore with us." I boldly stuck out my hand, not suppressing a grin, but a scream. He shook my hand and our eyes connected. I'd always had trouble picturing Seth with russet skin, something in my mind wanted him to be blonde, but seeing him in person just made it all click together, and he looked… I don't know… right? He was smiling, but I wasn't exactly sure why…
"Ok…" he breathed out, "I need to sit down… now." He pushed Jake out of his way and sat down on the couch.
"Seth…? Are you ok?" Jacob asked, concerned.
He nodded his head, "Just… just give me a minute…"
Nessie's eyes got really wide and she gasped, "Seth… you didn't!?"
"Ness… just… quiet, okay?" he pleaded.
She didn't say anything; she just nodded, actually being considerate of someone else for once.
Jacob was standing in the corner, a smile played out on his lips. Beverly was grinning, Nessie was still wide-eyed, and Seth was sitting on the couch with his face in his hands. I was seriously missing something.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed, review, yes? That's all for this weekend, but we start Easter break this Wednesday, so I should have an update then. I'm going on a trip which gives me time to write in the car as well, so Easter week (starting the 13th) should have some updates! Also… Seth imprinting is not the thick of the plot… (Even though Seth is awesome!) Please review, criticism is welcome; Cheers!
~Beverly
