The next morning, Lily awoke to the sun streaming in through Brendan's curtains and blinked, her eyes still heavy with fatigue. Deciding she didn't want to wake up just yet, she snuggled back up to Brendan's bare chest. Smiling to herself, as the memories from the night before resurfaced in her mind.

Picking her head up, she glanced up to see Brendan watching her, a warm smile on his lips. Lily blushed a bit before smiling back shyly.

"Morning, Lily..." He said softly, running his fingers through her hair.

"Hi..." Was all she could manage, laying her head back down on him.

"Did you sleep well?" His voice sounded deeper and louder inside his chest, reverberating in the ear that was currently relaxing upon it.

"Yeah... Did you?" She asked, looking back up at him.

"Better than I ever have before," Brendan murmured, pulling her up to his level and kissing her lips softly, "Feeling alright?"

"Mhmm... I feel... Happy..." Lily whispered, closing her eyes in contentment. Brendan realized how much that meant to her and pulled her up against himself.

"So do I..."

Suddenly Lily's cell phone began to ring, her ringtone for the unknown numbers. Sighing, she rolled over and fished her cell phone out from under a pile of clothes, flipping it open. Not recognizing the number, she brought it up to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Where the hell are you?" Came a demanding voice. Lily was suddenly filled with dread instead of the warmth from Brendan's body.

"Wayne?" She whispered. Brendan quickly moved closer to her.

"I'm standing out side your house, where are you!" Wayne demanded again, nearly screaming into her ear.

"I-I'm..." Lily struggled, turning back to Brendan, who grabbed the phone from her.

"She's with me." He said firmly, looking straight at Lily.

"Who is this?" Wayne growled, "And what are you doing with my girl?"

"She's not your girl anymore. She's mine now and I'm not ever giving her back to you. This is the guy who pulled you off of her the night you tried to rape her again. Why the hell are you trying to talk to her again?"

"Oh, so she's at your apartment?"

"Yeah, and I'd stay away from her if I were you. I have no problem with putting you in your place again."

"Look, I just wanna talk to her."

"I don't care. Do not call her again." Brendan growled before snapping the phone closed. Looking over at Lily, he saw her expressionless face and reached over her, dropping her phone back onto the clothes. "He's gonna leave you alone now..."

"Thank you..." Lily said softly, wrapping her arms around him as he was nearly over her, putting her phone back. Brendan moved back onto his side, returning the embrace fully, nuzzling her hair.

"I love you, Lily..." He whispered into her ear, moving to trail kisses down over her neckline.

"I love you too..." She sighed, tilting her head back to give him better access, "I always have..."

LOLOLOLOLOL (Time passes)

Later that evening, Lily found herself sitting in a restaurant next to Brendan and across from Alexis and Thomas. Brendan's arm was loosely around her and Thomas seemed to have already figured out what that meant. They talked and laughed though dinner before heading off to the movie theater.

Lily enjoyed most of the film while leaning up against Brendan and kissing ever once in a while. When the movie had began, Thomas and Alexis had just been sitting side by side, but as the credits rolled and the lights returned, Thomas had his arm around Alexis snuggly and she was resting her head on him.

They went to Thomas's house afterwards to play some Halo and a bit of DDR, mostly just practicing for the tournament. Around one AM, Lily and Brendan went back to his apartment and fell asleep once more in each other's arms.

The rest of the break went by quickly. Brendan worked occasionally, but mostly they just spent time with each other or hung out with Alexis and Thomas, who were now officially dating. Lily found herself much too quickly back in Brendan's truck as he was taking her home. School was the next day and her parents were back from her aunt's.

He pulled into her driveway, turned off his truck and turned to kiss her for the final time tonight.

"I'm gonna miss having you in my bed..." He whispered, wrapping his arms around her.

"I'll miss that too, but at least we can see each other at school and afterwards tomorrow." Lily replied, hugging him back.

"Yeah, I know... I'll call you later tonight, okay?" Brendan kissed her again, as a promise. Lily nodded and slipped out of the car.

Saying hello to her parents, she actually sat down to talk with them and get her tournament's papers filled out. When she told them that she'd broken up with Wayne, her mom was relieved and hugger her. Both of her parents were overjoyed when she told them about her and Brendan being back together again.

At nine, she took a quick shower and got back in her room just in time to hear her phone beeping at her about having a new voice mail. Thinking it was Brendan, she quickly checked.

"Now he knows."

Lily immediately pulled the phone away. That was it, no explanation, just that quick message. Checking her missed calls, it just said 'unknown number'. Feeling kind of creeped out, she called Brendan and told him about it. Brendan said he didn't know and told her she probably shouldn't worry about it tonight.

They talked for a few hours, just like they had in the past, and kept repeating "I love you" every few minutes just like they used to. When they were both beginning to drift to sleep while on the phone, they decided to get some sleep and hung up. Lily's head had barely hit the pillow before she was out.

LOLOLOLOLOL (Time passes)

The next morning, her dad woke her up and for the first time in what seemed like forever, she quickly got ready, actually looking forward to the day. When her father dropped her off in front of the school, she hurried inside, looking around for Brendan.

The first thing she was made her nearly stop breathing and her heartbeat begin to race, not in the good way. Not the way it did around Brendan. The first thing she saw was Wayne, staring straight at her with a dark look in his eyes. Adriel was right beside him, smirking. That was the voice that had been on her phone... Adriel's. Why the hell had he left that message?

Deciding that she didn't want to find out, now that they were both making their way toward her, she quickly spun around and dashed down the nearest hallway she could find. As soon as the doors closed behind her, they were thrown back open again and Lily glanced behind her to see Wayne and Adriel quickly catching up to her.

Panicking, Lily dashed into the nearest room, turning around and trying to lock the door before they could get in. In her hurry, she was fumbling and missed the lock each time, her hands shaking. Suddenly, the door was shoved open, flinging her back. She lost her balance and landed on her butt, but she quickly turned and scrambled up, beginning to run. A hand grabbed her backpack and she dropped it, along with her jacket, getting away.

It was only after she'd ran down a few rows of them, did she realize that she had run into one of the locker rooms, and judging by the smell, it was the boys'. Lily pressed her back against the lockers, trying to calm her breathing.

"Lily, come out here, you little slut." Wayne growled, hitting a locker, making it rattle loudly and also making her jump.

"Yeah, Lily. He knows about you and Brendan. How you were cheating on him the whole time." Came Adriel's voice, making her clench her teeth.

Holding her breath, she closed her eyes and prayed for them not to come down this far.

"Gotcha." A whisper, right before a hand shot out, grabbing her wrist tightly. Wayne came out next to her, holding her close to him as she struggled to get away. Adriel came around the other side, stopping a couple feet away. Lily heard a snip and suddenly a piece of duct tape was over her mouth. She tried to cry out, but it only came out muffled, making Wayne laugh.

"Hold her for me." Wayne ordered, and Adriel stepped up, grabbing her wrists and shoving them up over her head.

Wayne stepped back, smiling darkly at her. Turning around, her pulled something out of his pocket, then something else from his other. He was silent for a moment, staring down at the items in his hand.

"Did you really think I wouldn't find out about you and Brendan?" He paused, turning back to her, "Well, I did. Now you get to pay for what you did."

It was then that Lily saw what he was holding. His pocket knife, opened up and shimmering in the light, and two condoms, one of which he tossed to Adriel, who caught it with the hand that wasn't holding Lily down. Immediately, Lily began to struggle, but Adriel was stronger than she'd thought.

"I hope you like being treated like what you are." Adriel muttered. Lily finally got one hand free and smacked him as hard as she possibly could. He recoiled quickly, letting go of her other hand as well. Taking advantage of Wayne's surprise, Lily quickly rushed away from him, heading for the door. The lights went out and she stumbled, willing her eyes to adjust before Wayne caught up with her. They didn't, and suddenly two arms wrapped around her waist and she was tackled onto the ground.

She was flipped over and above her was Wayne with a sneer on his face as he scrambled to get her arms back above her head. For a moment, she was able to hit him, but Adriel stepped in, and together they forced her hands up above her head, Wayne straddling her hips.

A sick smile that Lily had come to recognize tugged his lips upward, causing Lily to shudder. His hands, colder than she remembered, quickly slid under her shirt and Lily let out a muffled cry. This couldn't be happening again... It had to be a dream.

Slowly it dawned on her that this was not a dream and there was no way she could escape. Hell, she couldn't escape when it was just Wayne, and now Wayne had a disgusting friend to help out.

"Dude, we don't really have time for foreplay." Adriel muttered. Wayne glanced down at his watch and cursed, moving off of her. For a moment, Lily was relieved. They were to let her go... But then that relief turned back into terror as Wayne began to unbutton her jeans. Even as she struggled, he had gotten the button undone and the zipper all the way down, although it took him a couple tries.

He reached down for the sides and began to drag them down off of her. Lily freaked out and brought a knee up, hitting his jaw pretty hard. Wayne let out and obscenity and lifted his hand to strike her. Hard.

"Dude, hurry up... We're not gonna have enough time for both of us to fuck her if you don't hurry." Adriel hissed. Wayne slowly lowered his hand, glaring at her before jerking her jeans down and off of her hips, then legs. The cement floor was cold against her bare flesh as Wayne pushed her legs down, positioning himself above her.

Looking straight into her eyes, he grinned at her and began undoing his own jeans. Lily turned her head in disgust, closing her eyes. Suddenly, the sound of a door opening echoed through the room.