Eli: Hey everyone! I do not know what was up with the last chapter, but I
think I fixed it. Thanks for the reviews. Lily is Dominic cousin, who has
been mentioned in earlier chapters. Here is the next chapter, Enjoy!
Lily was in her room writing, when Dominic crept upon her. He was silent as he stood behind her and tapped her shoulder. She jumped from the disruption. "Dominic! What have I told you about sneaking up on people, especially me?" She asked him sternly.
"Don't sneak up on people and give them heart attacks." He mumbled out as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
She nodded. "Exactly. So stop it." She scolded. "Now what do you want?"
He took his hands out from behind his back and dangled a neon green bra in front of her face, trying not to smirk. "You left this in the bathroom." He told her, shaking from keeping his laughter in at the look on her face.
Lily turned red and snatched it from his hands, throwing into her laundry basket. Dominic couldn't keep his laughter in anymore and just started cracking up. She, of course, saw nothing funny about it. "Dominic Ryan Carver, I'm going to kill you in a second if-" She stopped talking and stared at his face.
Dominic was confused to why she was staring at him. He felt around his face quickly and hit a sore spot. He remembered he had not been quick enough to block a punch in time in training earlier today. He hadn't remembered it getting a bruise, though. Inwardly, he scolded himself for letting Lily see it and put his head down.
She put her hand under his chin and raised his head back up. "I've all ready told you to stop that. You don't need to anymore, especially not here." She said quietly as she studied the bruise to the side of his head. "That looks like it hurts."
He shook his head. "No, it doesn-" He winced as Lily lightly touched it. "It doesn't."
"Liar. And a bad one, too. Did you get this from your training?" She asked him. He said nothing, knowing Lily hated his training, calling it sadistic. His silence answered her, "That's what I thought." She shook her head angrily. "Warum lassen Sie, daß dies zu sich geschieht?" She mumbled, not expecting him to answer.
Dominic tilted his head. "I didn't know you knew German." He said, surprised.
She shrugged her shoulders. "There's a lot about me you don't know, Dom." She said simply.
Dominic shook his head. "You have too many secrets, Lily." He stated seriously.
She turned and looked at him. "What do you mean?"
"I mean just what I said. You won't tell why you live here with us, you won't say where you came from, you don't tell me what you were like at my age. I can't even find any pictures of you in the photo album with anyone but yourself or my dad." Lily shrugged at his statement and just went right on with her schoolwork. Dominic shook his head again. "Too many secrets."
-The Next Day-
Dominic stood with leaning against the wall as Lily searched through her locker. Unlike her room at home, her locker was unruly, messy, and smelled like French fries. They had been on their way home when she suddenly remembered that she had a history test the next day, but no history book to study from. They had quickly made their way back to her high school.
"C'mon Lily, hurry up!" He whined, trying to make her hurry up.
"Just a second, half pint." She mumbled as she finally found her history book and started piling everything else back in. "Smart, Lily. Put it on the bottom where you couldn't find it." She scolded to herself. She went to close her locker when someone closed it for her.
The man was unfamiliar to Dominic, but apparently known to his cousin. "Lilyth Mallory, I've finally found you." He said as he came closer to her. 'Mallory?' Dominic thought to himself. 'I thought her last name was Carver. That's what she writes, anyway.' Lily backed away, her expression angry, but calm.
"I don't know any Lilyth Mallory, mister." She said coldly as she held her history book to her chest with one hand, and grabbed Dominic's hand with the other. "Sorry, you have the wrong girl." She said quickly as she started down the hall, dragging Dominic with her.
"Lily, I know very well it's you. Don't run from me, I'm your father." The man told her sternly.
She turned her head slightly, still walking away. "I have no father." She stated clearly as she exited the hall. The look she had on her face didn't put Dominic in a mood to ask questions.
-Later-
Dominic sat on the stairs and looked down into the hallway as the man they had run into at the high school and his father argued.
"Why won't she see me? I'm her father, for Christ's sakes!" He yelled, very pissed off that Lily had slammed the door in his face when he had followed her home.
Stefan looked at him coldly as he removed his glasses. "Funny, I don't remember you as a father." He said sarcastically. "So, I do not think I am obligated to make her talk to you."
The man and his father continued to argue. Dominic went up stairs and headed toward Lily's room. Her stereo was blasting out music and the door was locked. Dominic pulled out a paper clip from his pocket and used it to fiddle with the lock. The door swung open and he closed the door behind him.
Lily was on her bed, writing away as tears fell down her face. Her head followed the music. He knew the song. It was old: 'Emotionless' by Good Charlotte.
Dominic locked the door and came over to Lily. He pouted. He didn't want her to be sad. Lily took care of him. He crawled onto her bed as she threw her pen at the wall. "Lily?" He asked, shocked. She looked down at him, and then pulled him to her in a hug.
"Dom, just let me hug you for a while." She told him. Since she was so upset, he stayed still and just let her use him as a snuggle bunny for a while. He looked down at the paper she had been writing on and saw the words 'I hate you' written all over it in many forms.
"Lily, what's happening?" He asked after a long while of the same song playing over and over again.
Lily placed her chin on top of her young cousin's head. "When I was born, my father left us. And by us, I mean my two older brothers and myself." She said quietly. "You didn't know you had two more cousins, did you?" He shook his head. "Well, that's because you don't. Not anymore.
You see, my mother died when I was three. They say of depression and fatigue. She wore herself so thin that she just collapsed. After that, my oldest brother, who was eighteen, tried to keep me and my nine year old brother by himself. He said he didn't want us separated. He did everything to keep us together. He got really desperate, so he started trying everything. Things he shouldn't have." Lilt closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "He got shot one night, and that's all I'm telling you about him." She whispered out. Dominic leaned back against her as she used him as a human teddy bear again.
"My other brother got real sick. Orphanages aren't the best place in the world for kids. He died as well." She said coldly. "Then, a week later, Uncle Stephan picked me up from the orphanage and took me here to live with him. He had tried to contact my father before, but nothing ever came out of it. So he just stopped."
Dominic reached over to her nightstand and grabbed a box of Kleenex. He handed her one. "Don't cry, Lily. Don't let him make you cry." He whispered quietly.
She wiped at her eyes. "I can't help it. You don't understand, if he had never left, no one would have had to die. My mom would still be alive, and so would my older brothers. It isn't fair! He should be the one dead, not them." She said angrily. She looked toward the window. "I wanted to die, too."
She felt Dominic shake his head. "No, no. You don't want to die! I don't want you to!" He said loudly.
She smiled. "I know, squirt, I know. I'm not going anywhere." She assured him. She looked at the door and sighed. "I guess I can't stay in here forever."
"He won't be out there for forever. You can wait in here until he leaves." He told her. "I could wait with you if you like." He offered. She nodded.
"Okay, we'll just wait him out."
"So, no more secrets now?" Dominic asked.
"No more secrets, you now know the story." She said as she nodded.
Dominic smiled and leaned against his cousin. That's when he noticed these purple marks, slightly fading, on her neck. "Hey, Lily?" She looked down. "What are these purple things?" He asked.
Lily giggled, slightly. "Don't ask." She told him. He groaned. "What?" she asked him, amused.
"Now you have another secret."
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Mama's Boyfriend
Lily was in her room writing, when Dominic crept upon her. He was silent as he stood behind her and tapped her shoulder. She jumped from the disruption. "Dominic! What have I told you about sneaking up on people, especially me?" She asked him sternly.
"Don't sneak up on people and give them heart attacks." He mumbled out as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
She nodded. "Exactly. So stop it." She scolded. "Now what do you want?"
He took his hands out from behind his back and dangled a neon green bra in front of her face, trying not to smirk. "You left this in the bathroom." He told her, shaking from keeping his laughter in at the look on her face.
Lily turned red and snatched it from his hands, throwing into her laundry basket. Dominic couldn't keep his laughter in anymore and just started cracking up. She, of course, saw nothing funny about it. "Dominic Ryan Carver, I'm going to kill you in a second if-" She stopped talking and stared at his face.
Dominic was confused to why she was staring at him. He felt around his face quickly and hit a sore spot. He remembered he had not been quick enough to block a punch in time in training earlier today. He hadn't remembered it getting a bruise, though. Inwardly, he scolded himself for letting Lily see it and put his head down.
She put her hand under his chin and raised his head back up. "I've all ready told you to stop that. You don't need to anymore, especially not here." She said quietly as she studied the bruise to the side of his head. "That looks like it hurts."
He shook his head. "No, it doesn-" He winced as Lily lightly touched it. "It doesn't."
"Liar. And a bad one, too. Did you get this from your training?" She asked him. He said nothing, knowing Lily hated his training, calling it sadistic. His silence answered her, "That's what I thought." She shook her head angrily. "Warum lassen Sie, daß dies zu sich geschieht?" She mumbled, not expecting him to answer.
Dominic tilted his head. "I didn't know you knew German." He said, surprised.
She shrugged her shoulders. "There's a lot about me you don't know, Dom." She said simply.
Dominic shook his head. "You have too many secrets, Lily." He stated seriously.
She turned and looked at him. "What do you mean?"
"I mean just what I said. You won't tell why you live here with us, you won't say where you came from, you don't tell me what you were like at my age. I can't even find any pictures of you in the photo album with anyone but yourself or my dad." Lily shrugged at his statement and just went right on with her schoolwork. Dominic shook his head again. "Too many secrets."
-The Next Day-
Dominic stood with leaning against the wall as Lily searched through her locker. Unlike her room at home, her locker was unruly, messy, and smelled like French fries. They had been on their way home when she suddenly remembered that she had a history test the next day, but no history book to study from. They had quickly made their way back to her high school.
"C'mon Lily, hurry up!" He whined, trying to make her hurry up.
"Just a second, half pint." She mumbled as she finally found her history book and started piling everything else back in. "Smart, Lily. Put it on the bottom where you couldn't find it." She scolded to herself. She went to close her locker when someone closed it for her.
The man was unfamiliar to Dominic, but apparently known to his cousin. "Lilyth Mallory, I've finally found you." He said as he came closer to her. 'Mallory?' Dominic thought to himself. 'I thought her last name was Carver. That's what she writes, anyway.' Lily backed away, her expression angry, but calm.
"I don't know any Lilyth Mallory, mister." She said coldly as she held her history book to her chest with one hand, and grabbed Dominic's hand with the other. "Sorry, you have the wrong girl." She said quickly as she started down the hall, dragging Dominic with her.
"Lily, I know very well it's you. Don't run from me, I'm your father." The man told her sternly.
She turned her head slightly, still walking away. "I have no father." She stated clearly as she exited the hall. The look she had on her face didn't put Dominic in a mood to ask questions.
-Later-
Dominic sat on the stairs and looked down into the hallway as the man they had run into at the high school and his father argued.
"Why won't she see me? I'm her father, for Christ's sakes!" He yelled, very pissed off that Lily had slammed the door in his face when he had followed her home.
Stefan looked at him coldly as he removed his glasses. "Funny, I don't remember you as a father." He said sarcastically. "So, I do not think I am obligated to make her talk to you."
The man and his father continued to argue. Dominic went up stairs and headed toward Lily's room. Her stereo was blasting out music and the door was locked. Dominic pulled out a paper clip from his pocket and used it to fiddle with the lock. The door swung open and he closed the door behind him.
Lily was on her bed, writing away as tears fell down her face. Her head followed the music. He knew the song. It was old: 'Emotionless' by Good Charlotte.
Dominic locked the door and came over to Lily. He pouted. He didn't want her to be sad. Lily took care of him. He crawled onto her bed as she threw her pen at the wall. "Lily?" He asked, shocked. She looked down at him, and then pulled him to her in a hug.
"Dom, just let me hug you for a while." She told him. Since she was so upset, he stayed still and just let her use him as a snuggle bunny for a while. He looked down at the paper she had been writing on and saw the words 'I hate you' written all over it in many forms.
"Lily, what's happening?" He asked after a long while of the same song playing over and over again.
Lily placed her chin on top of her young cousin's head. "When I was born, my father left us. And by us, I mean my two older brothers and myself." She said quietly. "You didn't know you had two more cousins, did you?" He shook his head. "Well, that's because you don't. Not anymore.
You see, my mother died when I was three. They say of depression and fatigue. She wore herself so thin that she just collapsed. After that, my oldest brother, who was eighteen, tried to keep me and my nine year old brother by himself. He said he didn't want us separated. He did everything to keep us together. He got really desperate, so he started trying everything. Things he shouldn't have." Lilt closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "He got shot one night, and that's all I'm telling you about him." She whispered out. Dominic leaned back against her as she used him as a human teddy bear again.
"My other brother got real sick. Orphanages aren't the best place in the world for kids. He died as well." She said coldly. "Then, a week later, Uncle Stephan picked me up from the orphanage and took me here to live with him. He had tried to contact my father before, but nothing ever came out of it. So he just stopped."
Dominic reached over to her nightstand and grabbed a box of Kleenex. He handed her one. "Don't cry, Lily. Don't let him make you cry." He whispered quietly.
She wiped at her eyes. "I can't help it. You don't understand, if he had never left, no one would have had to die. My mom would still be alive, and so would my older brothers. It isn't fair! He should be the one dead, not them." She said angrily. She looked toward the window. "I wanted to die, too."
She felt Dominic shake his head. "No, no. You don't want to die! I don't want you to!" He said loudly.
She smiled. "I know, squirt, I know. I'm not going anywhere." She assured him. She looked at the door and sighed. "I guess I can't stay in here forever."
"He won't be out there for forever. You can wait in here until he leaves." He told her. "I could wait with you if you like." He offered. She nodded.
"Okay, we'll just wait him out."
"So, no more secrets now?" Dominic asked.
"No more secrets, you now know the story." She said as she nodded.
Dominic smiled and leaned against his cousin. That's when he noticed these purple marks, slightly fading, on her neck. "Hey, Lily?" She looked down. "What are these purple things?" He asked.
Lily giggled, slightly. "Don't ask." She told him. He groaned. "What?" she asked him, amused.
"Now you have another secret."
Coming Attractions:
Mama's Boyfriend