I am so sorry I haven't updated in such a long time! I've been really distracted but I'll try super hard to update more often because I do love this FanFic!
Disclaimer: I don't own Tuck Everlasting. Yup, that sums it up.
I rushed around my room looking for my converse shoes. I had to find them quickly because Jesse and here and currently talking to my parents. I need to quickly find my shoes before they tell him about the things I did when I was younger! Dear god if they tell him about how I use to have conversations with the operator I think I'm going to freak out. I need to find those shoes!
I picked up everything I found and threw it into a different spot, working a bit faster now. Clothes, paper, and trash flew through the air and landed on the opposite side of the room.
Oh where did I put them last?
I glanced at my door and there they hung. I gasped in delight and grabbed them. I put them so when I came to getting ready I…wouldn't have to look for them. Oh my god, I'm an idiot.
I slipped them on my feet and I hurried down the hall and rushed down the stairs. I heard Jesse and my parents laughing downstairs, which made me very nervous. That made me move even faster.
I reached the bottom of the stairs and stared at my parents, who were laughing alone with Jesse.
"Oh there you are Lily," Mom chuckled, putting her hand on my shoulder. "We were just telling him about the renovations we're planning for next summer." As long as they weren't talking about me when I was younger.
"It would be nice to have air conditioning in this house," Dad nodded, smiling at Jesse fondly. "It would also be nice to not flinch every time I turn on the vacuum cleaner. The electricity makes me nervous."
"I bet, I don't know what I would do without such basic things," Jesse agreed. He turned to me. "Ready to go?"
I nodded and moved past my parents. "See you guys whenever," I waved, hurrying out of the door.
"Bye honey!" Mom called after me. "Have fun and be safe! Seriously, take all precautions!"
I blushed and grabbed his arm, making him go faster. "Oh my god," I groaned. "Sorry about them."
"Don't worry about it," he assured me. "I like your parents. Oh by the way, how's the operator doing?"
My jaw sagged. "You're unbelievable!"
"Why thank you," he smirked, handing me a helmet. "You'd be surprised how many people tell me that."
"I probably wouldn't be that surprised." I sat down on his motorcycle and put my arms around him.
"No, probably not. You sure did a lot of odd stuff as a kid," he commented.
"Oh yeah, I'm odd."
"To shay."
I stared in awe at the little shack in the middle of the woods. I always thought he lived out here but I never thought he actually did. It was a cute little place, I decided. Lots would have seen it and would have been appalled that people actually lives there, but I liked it. A laundry line hung on the side of the house and a lake wasn't too far away. The sunset made everything look like it was from a older time, which I guess it was. A faint glow came from inside the house, which I assumed was candles. It made me chuckle, remembering what Jesse said. 'I don't know what I would do without such basic things'. He doesn't have the basic things of this time, but they're basic from his.
We came to a stop by a horse on a rope, by it's water trough. I slipped off the helmet and rushed off of the bike, over to the horse.
"Wow, you have your own horse? That's so cool!" I gawked, petting it's nose. "I didn't know you had a horse!"
"Yeah, his name is Leo."
"Like a lion?"
"Mom picked the name."
"I think it's fun." I glanced inside one of the windows and saw movement inside. I suddenly felt sick. I've been trying to keep myself distracted from the fact that I was facing a possible hostile family right now. But now that I was reminded, I felt like my whole face turned green.
Jesse followed my gaze. "Nervous Lily?"
"Uh…"
"Remember, this is my family, not a pack of strangers you've never met before, besides my dad that is."
He's right, this isn't a hostile family, it's his family. Mae knows and loves me, Miles is an ass, and I'm finally going to meet his dad Angus. I shouldn't be scared. But even as I realized this, I was still on edge.
"Yeah. You're right."
He took my hand and led me to the front door. As soon as he opened the door a burst of warm air blew into my face. It smelled good too, wonderful! As we walked inside the floors creaked and music was playing.
I looked to where everyone was sitting and saw Mae, Miles, and who I assumed was Angus. He had brown hair and his face had wrinkles, but it made him show wisdom. Same with his pale green eyes.
Mae bounced to her feet when she turned and saw us. "Oh there they are! Jesse, Lily," she smiled, taking my hand and pulling me over to their living area, "there's so much to go over but I'm glad you're both here."
As we joined the area, Angus stood up to me. I admit, he did scared me a bit. He was a filled out man, I see where Miles gets it from. I tried to stay friendly and appear brave. Whatever Jesse has told him, I wanted to live up to it.
I put out my hand. "It's really nice to meet you. My name is Lily Owens," I greeted, smiling as sincerely as possible.
He seemed slightly confused and surprised. "Angus Tuck. Go by Tuck." He took my hand and shook it. "I thought it was about time I met you."
"I thought so too."
"It's a pleasure."
"You all have got to be kidding me!" Miles growled at us, getting to his feet as well. "Jesse admitted our secret to a girl that none of us know!" He turned to Jesse and rose a fist at him. "How could you assume that we'd be okay with this? How could you assume that she wouldn't say anything? How could you-?"
"Miles," Jesse interrupted calmly, sitting down by his mom, "we already discussed this. There's no reason to freak out about this again."
Mae pulled me down to sit on the other side of her and put her arm around my shoulder protectively.
"You really have lost your marbles boy, you screwed us this time! You damned us all, you know that? We might have another guy on our tails but having your little girlfriend is going to put us all in danger! He can't do anything to us when we have no connections to the morals, but now-!"
"I get it!" I exclaimed. "I get it, I get it, I get it! Having me around makes me a weakness but I can handle myself a whole lot better than you expect I can! And you can get as angry at me as you want but remember that what's done is done, and there's no changing that! So there's no point in arguing about it when we should be finding a way to avoid the Man in the Yellow Suit."
"I agree, so calm down Miles," Tuck nodded. "There's no reason to overreact to something as minor as this."
"Minor! Have you all forgotten what happened last time? We were more than a small amount away from being discovered! Mom had to kill the first Man in the Yellow Suit and both of you were a smidge away from the gallows! Because we got a mortal involved in our lives and our secret!"
"Miles Tuck, you know not to refer to her as a 'mortal'," Mae chided. "She was very important to all of us, not just Jesse."
I sighed. "You can say her name out loud. I understand. Winnie right? I know how she was relevant to this family. It's not as awkward as you think."
"It should be awkward, your great grandmother swapped spit with Jesse," Miles pointed out nastily.
"Shut your trap Miles!" Jesse warned.
"I'm sorry, am I bringing up a sensitive subject? Lily said it wasn't awkward so I don't see why I can't fill in some details."
"They're already filled in Miles," I grumbled, glaring at him. "I can help, and you hate that for some reason."
"You know why I hate it?" he sneered. "Because you can't help. Unless your plan is to move to a different country and stay there. But since that isn't going to happen, you're putting us all in danger."
I stood up and looked down at Mae and Tuck. "Forgive me." I turned back to Miles. "I outta slug you until your numb for assuming that I'm completely useless! I will never tell that man what Jesse has told me! Never! I'll lie, I'll fight, I'll play dirty but I will never tell him a thing!"
I looked back at Tuck surprised when I heard him chuckle. He leaned back in his chair. "You've got some spirit Lily, telling off my eldest son like that. We can trust her, the same way we trusted Winnie."
"I wouldn't have told her if we couldn't trust her," Jesse told them. "Most of the time I know what I'm doing."
I smiled a little. Leave it to him to try and make a joke while we're trying to have a serious conversation.
"We still haven't figured out a way to keep our secret from this man," Mae brought up. "Which is far more important than figuring out if we can trust Lily. It's a no brainer, of course we can."
"The problem is that we have nothing to use against him and he could easily use something against us." Miles glared at me.
"Just get out of here," Jesse ordered.
"I will! Not because you told me to, because I can't stand around while you and our parents insist upon having a repeat of last time!" He stomped to the door and slammed it behind him.