Author's notes: Yo! I noticed on my last chapter, my MSN kinda got cut off. Sorry about that, it's That's also my e-mail address, if you don't have any of those. Again, for the fans, I'm sorry if these uploads are kinda slow. My classes right now are Algebra II, Chemistry, English III and P.E. Oh, and Driver's ed. Whee fun, correct? NO. Homework every night, more like. I never do it, but still. It's there. And, like any other 16 year old girl, I have friend drama. And a boyfriend that takes up half my time, not that I mind in the least.

Anyway, about the story: Thank you soooo much for the reviews! More are always appreciated:D And I'm still looking for good theme songs. Or even good ideas for the story, what you think would make a good part/chapter/character/plot twist. Whatev. Although, if you have one of those, I would prefer you e-mail it to me so you don't spoil anything for other readers if I use it. And if I use it, I'll give you credit for it, and you'll definitely be mentioned in one of these long, pointless things the authors put at the top of their fan fics to scare readers off. I think that's about all.

Songs I listened to while writing this chapter:

Enigma - Sadeness

Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

Fall Out Boy - Chicago Is So Two Years Ago

The Ataris - The Boys of Summer

Evanescence - Anything For You

Haddaway - What is Love

Chapter 6

Lily sighed, looking into the mirror on her wall. She had actually dressed up for this party, although she didn't know why. A small voice in her head told her it was because she thought Brendan would possibly be there, but she quickly killed it. She wore a black short skirt and blue v-neck top. She abandoned her favorite hoodie in favor of a long black jacket. She was having trouble deciding between heeled shoes and non-heeled shoes. She was about five feet, five inches, so she could go either way without feeling too awkward. Choosing the flat ones, she slipped them on and glanced at her clock. 5:45. The party started at 6:15, Wayne would probably be there in a few minutes.

Sitting on the edge of her bed, she rested her chin in her palm, staring at the clock on her wall, watching the seconds hand tick slowly around and around. When she was younger and couldn't sleep, she would watch the clock for hours, not even caring, thoughts like whispers floating through her head. Now she had a computer to stare at when she couldn't sleep, but no one was on and nothing interesting was happening on the internet.

There was a loud honk outside and she jumped slightly before standing up and shoving her cell phone in her jacket's pocket, rushing through the hallway and out the door. She called out a quick goodbye before shutting the door. Her parents didn't even ask where she was going anymore. As long as she was back the next morning. She was a good kid with a 'nice boyfriend.' Whatever.

Opening the door to Wayne's SUV, she climbed in and put on her seat belt. His only greeting was a squeeze of her upper thigh and she shuddered inwardly as they pulled out of the driveway. He turned up the radio and they rode in silence, Lily disliking every song that came on. She never listened to the radio anymore. Didn't listen to much of anything anymore, except for the various tunes on her computer.

"So, babe, you wanna stop by our favorite spot before we go to the party?" Wayne asked in a way she guessed was supposed to sound romantic. It didn't, only lewd and rediculous.

"Not really, Wayne. I'm kinda tired..." She lied, looking out the window at anything but him. She could feel him glaring at her, but pretended not to notice.

"Come on, just real quick..." He pulled off the small road into a forested area, many tire tracks around, making this a pretty popular 'make out' spot. Turning off the engine, he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "You might like it more this time..."

Lily suppressed a shudder, her hands beginning to shake slightly. "W-Wayne, no, please. I don't want to." He was already undoing her seatbelt, pulling her across the seat, much stronger than her and he knew it. She tried to push away, but he just held her tighter.

"C'mon, babe... I know you don't really want to resist me. How could anyone?" His hands were once again on her, all over her, making her stomach turn. She closed her eyes, willing herself to just not feel him, not feel anything. His hands were sliding under her shirt, up her skirt, turning her around.

She turned her head when he tried to kiss her, but he didn't seem to mind, instead going for her neck, biting harder than he knew was gentle. Squeezing her eyes shut, she gave up trying to push him back and just let her arms drop, willing herself not to cry. She knew she should try harder to get him off, but that would only make him angry. She'd seen what happened to the people that made him angry, and she didn't want to be there. So for now, she let him have his way, willing her thoughts somewhere else as he pushed her down.

Brendan looked around the large living room anxiously. It was 6:30. They should be here by now. Almost everyone invited was. This party was already bad, but of course would be found cool the next morning. There were three kegs alone in the living room and loud, bad music. He didn't even know why he let Thomas talk him into coming. Thomas was just hiding out in his room anyway, playing Halo. Brendan left to get a drink, but had been standing in the room for 15 minutes, waiting for her and him to walk in. He needed to get her away from him, talk to her... See her, at least.

Suddenly a few girls screamed fakely and threw themselves at the one and only Wayne, who had just walked in the door with a smug look on his face and his arm around the waist of a very unhappy looking Lily who was looking straight down. Wayne released her to give the girls his full attention and Lily sulked off, seemingly grateful. He followed her with his eyes into the kitchen. Slowly, he made his way toward there. He saw her standing in front of the fridge, looking around for something non-alcoholic and was about to approach her when a hand clopped onto his shoulder. He turned and found himself staring into the eyes of Wayne. Sort of. Wayne was tall (five eleven or so), but Brendan was six three. So, he was more staring down into the eyes than just into.

"What's up, man? Haven't seen you since English III!" He said, grabbing Brendan's hand in a semi-shake. Brendan clenched his other fist, willing it not to slam into his face.

"Uh, yeah." Brendan replied in a monotone voice, thoughts of what exactly he had done to Lily running through his head. Wayne started in about football and how he was getting into some college on it. He nodded like he cared, the whole time just imagining how it would feel to break his nose and various other bones in his body. After a couple minutes, some girls approached, cooing at him to come with them so they could show him something 'really good.' They disappeared into the crowd and Brendan turned back to the kitchen where Lily was, but she had vanished.

Weaving through the crowd, he spotted her sitting on the couch, staring down at her can of coke, her hair over her eyes. Her whole body seemed to be shaking somewhat, as if she was crying... Quickly, he approached and kneeled in front of her, resting his hand on her shoulder, looking up at her face under her hair. She jerked up and he saw in her eyes a mixture of fear and something else... Her cheeks were wet with tears and she quickly wiped them away with her sleeve.

"What?" She growled, glaring strongly at him.

"What's wrong, Lily? Why are you even here?" He asked, moving to sit next to her on the couch.

"Nothing's wrong." She said immediately, pushing her hair behind her ears and looking at him. "Why are you even here?"

"Thomas invited me." Brendan shrugged, wondering just how Thomas was doing without him at the moment. He kinda left him in a nasty Halo predicament.

"Ah, I see..." Lily looked back down at her lap and they sat in silence for a few moments.

"Lily... Last night... What you said about why you stay with Wayne..."

Her hands gripped her skirt tightly and she turned her head even further away. "Anything said last night... We just need to forget about it. I was tired, I wasn't thinking. Also, I probably was suffering effects of the cold."

"Even about what Wayne did to you?" Brendan moved closer to her, lowering his voice.

Does to me, Lily corrected bitterly in her mind. She bit her lip before quickly replying, "Even that. I don't know why I said that..." Her cheeks were burning and her voice wasn't steady. She was the world's worse liar and he knew it.

"Lily... I want the truth." He said firmly, placing his hand on her shoulder. She jumped a bit at his touch and her face flushed a darker red and she pulled back, but he kept her there. "Please."

"Hey! Brendan! C'mon, I'm done with co-op if you wanna kill each other senselessly on split. Caleb brought his box, so we can have half screens." Thomas called, suddenly pushing through the crowd in front of them. Brendan pulled his hand back and nodded at Thomas quickly.

"Sure." He said, standing up and beginning toward Thomas's room.

"Lily! Wow, haven't seen you in forever. Didn't know you would be here."

Thomas was a fantastic actor/liar and Brendan knew he knew it. He watched as Thomas feigned surprise and reached down to shake her hand, like a proper boy.

"I know you play some Halo, c'mon and shoot some dudes with us." He said, grinning as Lily half smiled. Oh, how she loved shooting dudes. Quickly her smile faded though.

"I would, Thomas, but I can't. I'm here with Wayne, and I'm afraid he wouldn't..." All three looked to see Wayne disappearing into Britney's room with Britney and another blonde girl with large breasts and a very short skirt. She fell quiet quickly. Thomas turned back to her, shrugging a bit.

"I don't think he'll mind." He grabbed her hand and pulled her up. Although Thomas meant nothing by it, a twinge of jealousy shot through him. Lily nodded and they both followed him back to Thomas's room.

Caleb, one of Thomas's good friends from his hometown and Brendan's acquaintance, was already sitting with a game set up, waiting patiently for them all to pick up controllers. Lily and Brendan went on Thomas's box and Thomas joined Caleb on his. Lily made a quick profile and changed the color to black, to help her hide in the shadows, and they were off killing each other.