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CHAPTER 36

Monday finally arrived and it was time for school again. Lilli was walking inside when she heard someone call her name.

"Lilli!" she turned around and saw Bella and Edward walking up to her.

"Hey Bella, Edward," Lilli said happily.

"So how did everything go?" Bella asked. "Your mom went out with Billy right?"

"Yeah, that went great, they both had a good time and there are mentions of another date," Lilli told her and Bella smiled.

"That's great!" Bella exclaimed and Lilli nodded.

"So what about you and Paul?" Bella asked. "You were nervous about something he wanted to tell you."

"Oh that," Lilli said. "I kind of freaked out and ran out of his house. He sent Jake after me."

"I know it's a lot to take in," Bella told her.

"Yeah but that's not it, it wasn't the fact that he turns into a wolf that freaked me out I was ok with that, it was the imprint, soul mates that freaked me out."

"Why?" Bella asked confused.

"It kind of felt like he was forced to love me or be with me," she sighed. "He told me it wasn't like that though." she added. "He told me he would have noticed me without the imprint."

"Are you and Paul ok though?" Bella asked hopefully.

"Yeah things are good between us, it really didn't take long for me to realize that there's no one else I'd rather be with than Paul."

"Good," Bella sighed relieved. "Paul's a lot calmer with you around." Lilli smiled. "So did Paul tell you anything else?" Bella asked curiously and Lilli smiled.

"Yeah he did," she smiled. "So can I ask you something?" she asked looking at Edward.

"Sure," he said.

"How old are you really?" she asked and he smiled.

"One hundred and nine," he answered.

"Oh," Lilli said.

"So now that you know everything did Paul tell you about the Cullens?" Bella asked.

"What do you mean?" Lilli asked.

"About Edward or Alice or Jasper especially."

"What do I need to know about them." she asked quickly.

"Alice can see the future," Edward told her.

"Really?" Lilli asked surprised.

"Yeah but she can't see your future because she can't see past the wolves." Edward told her and she nodded and let out a sigh.

"Oh," Lilli whispered.

"Jasper can control emotions," Bella told her and she nodded and looked at Edward.

"What about you?" Lilli asked.

"I can read your mind," he told her and she gasped in shocked.

"Have you read mine?" she asked nervously.

"A little," he admitted and she looked away and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Lilli."

"What…Have you….what have you read exactly?"

"Lilli, I don't know what he did to you ok," he assured her. "You try so hard not to think about it."

"Ok," she nodded.

"I have picked up that you play the guitar and sing some," he said and she smiled.

"I do," she smiled.

"I'd like to hear sometime," he said.

"Paul hasn't even heard yet."

"You have no reason to be nervous about Paul hearing you sing or play the guitar," Bella assured her.

"I hope so."

That afternoon when Lilli got home after school her mom was still at work. She went up to her room and changed clothes. Then she sat on her bed and picked her guitar up and started to play. She had been thinking and her mom even agreed, being with Paul has been good for her, he was able to do what no one else could, bring her back to herself
after her traumatic experiences with Keaton. She felt so much like herself now than she had in months. He knew everything about her, stuff no one else knew. She let out a sigh
as she started to sing.

Friday night beneath the stars,
in a field behind your yard,
you and I are paintin' pictures in the sky.

And sometimes we don't say a thing;
just listen to the crickets sing.
Everything I need is right here by my side.
And I know everything about you
I don't wanna live without you.

I'm only up when you're not down.
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground,
It's like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.
And I'm only me when I'm with you.

She was fixing to work on the second half of the song when her phone rang. She let out a sigh and put her guitar down on the floor and grabbed her phone from the table by
her bed and saw it was Paul. She smiled as she put the phone to her ear and answered it.

"Hey handsome."

"Hello beautiful," he replied and Lilli smiled.

"So are you busy?" he asked.

"Of course not," she sighed and laid down on her bed.

"So what were you doing?" he asked.

"Playing my guitar," she told him. "Working on a song."

"Oh," he said.

"You're mom's not home yet?" he asked.

"Not for another hour," she told him.

"If I knew you were alone I would have dropped by to see you." he said.

"That would have been nice," she said.

"That song you working on going to be something I get to hear?"

"Yeah, maybe," she said. "Its just not complete yet."

"Ok princess," he said.

"But I promise when I finish you'll hear it, eventually."

"Sounds great!" he said happily.

"Ok," she sighed.

"Well I have to go," he sighed. "I have to patrol in twenty minutes," he told her.

"Alright, be careful," she said.

"Always," he promised. "I love you."

"Love you to Paul." she said and hung up.

After she hung up with Paul she went downstairs to start dinner. She was making grilled chicken with steamed vegetables. She placed the chicken in a pan and poured some barbecue sauce over it and put it in the oven, Then she pulled out the Zucchini, squash and carrots and started chopping them. She sprinkled some spices on them and placed
then in her steamer and turned the timer on and left them to cook. Her mom would be home soon from work and everything should be done by then.

Lilli's mom arrived home a few minutes later and Lilli told her dinner would be ready soon so she went upstairs and took a shower and then came back down and walked into the kitchen and saw Lilli pulling a pan out of the oven.

"Smells really good," her mom said.

"Thanks," Lilli replied and they each fixed a plate and sat down at the table with something to drink.

"So how was work?" Lilli asked.

"Work is always the same," She sighed. "At least I like everyone I work with so its not so bad."

"That's good," Lilli smiled.

"How was school?"

"School is school," she sighed. "I talked to Bella today."

"Oh," her mom said. "She still dating that same guy?"

"Yes," Lilli answered. "Edward, Carlise is his dad, Dr. Cullen." she added. "Well adopted dad, but its all the same to Edward anyway."

"Charlie doesn't like Edward very much."

"That's Charlie's job, to not like the guy his daughters dating."

"Charlie said she's so wrapped up in Edward," she said. "He's just worried."

"Bella will be ok mom," Lilli told her and she nodded. "And so will I, don't worry ok."

"I do worry," her mom told her.

"I'm going to be just fine mom," she told her.

The next day after school Lilli went home to try and finish the song she had been working on yesterday. After working for about an hour she thought she had finally completed it. She played her guitar and started to sing it.

Friday night beneath the stars,
in a field behind your yard,

you and I are paintin' pictures in the sky.
And sometimes we don't say a thing;
just listen to the crickets sing.
Everything I need is right here by my side.

And I know everything about you
I don't wanna live without you.

I'm only up when you're not down.
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I'm only trying to let you know
that what I feel is true.
And I'm only me when I'm with you.

Just a small town boy and girl
livin' in a crazy world.
Tryin' to figure out what is and isn't true.
And I don't try to hide my tears.
The secrets or my deepest fears,
Through it all nobody gets me like you do.

And you know everything about me.
You say that you can't live without me.

I'm only up when you're not down.
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.
And I'm only me when I'm with you.

When I'm with anybody else it's so hard to be myself.
Only you can tell.

That I'm only up when you're not down.
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do.
Well you drive me crazy half the time;
the other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true.
And I'm only me
Who I wanna be
Well, I'm only me when I'm with you
With you
Uh huh
Yeah

"Done," she sighed happily and put her guitar down and laid down on her bed. Just as she laid down her cell phone rang and she sat up and grabbed it off the table and
answered it.

"Hello Paul," she answered.

"Hey Princess," he replied cheerfully. "You busy?"

"I always have time for you," she said.

"That's not what I asked."

"I'm not busy Paul," she told him. "I actually just finished my song," she said cheerfully.

"And I'm going to get to hear this one," he said hopefully.

"I'm not sure if you will or not," she sighed. "You might hear the other one I wrote."

"Oh," he said. "So what if I drop by tomorrow afternoon," he suggested.

"Ok," she said. "You want to stay for dinner?"

"Of course," he said.

"Great!" she said cheerfully.

"See you tomorrow my princess," Paul said.

"See you tomorrow."

"I love you."

"I love you to," she said before hanging up. She smiled as she hung the phone up. She couldn't wait until tomorrow to spend another afternoon with Paul.