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Chapter Twenty-Five

Lily sat on the edge of the bed, staring across at the door with a blank expression on her face. She gulped anxiously and tears stung her eyes, her whole body shaking. Iain sat next to her still, although he'd moved over slightly after deciding to kiss her. He suddenly realised how stupid he had been and wished that he could take back what he'd done.

"Get out," Lily whispered, rubbing her sweaty hands together.

"Lily," Iain breathed, and ran his hands down his face.

"Please," Lily begged, her lower lip wobbling slightly as small tears rolled down her cheeks. "Please go."

"I'm sorry," Iain apologised. "I...I didn't mean..."

"I said get out!" Lily shouted, turning to give him a hard shove. "I...I don't want you here!"

"I said I was sorry," Iain said. "Please don't, Lily. I know I shouldn't have kissed you, but...I...I like you and..."

"Shut up!" Lily screamed in tears. "You know what I've been through, you know what Archie has done to me, and you know how I feel about myself! Why couldn't you have just controlled yourself for crying out loud?"

The door creaked open and Connie walked in, after hearing Lily shout. Nervous, she'd decided to go and see what all the commotion was about and she was stunned to see that Lily was in tears.

"What's happened?" She questioned the two of them.

"He just kissed me!" Lily yelled, standing up from the bed. "That's what happened! I want him to leave."

"Okay Lily, calm down," Connie said gently, shooting one of her world famous death stares at Iain. "Iain, maybe you should go and finish off making lunch? I think you've caused enough trouble in here."

"Don't bother with lunch," Iain sighed, standing up and running a hand through his hair. "I'm out of here!"

"This is your place," Connie reminded him.

"I don't care!" Iain spat and shoved past Connie, storming out of the room and slamming the door shut behind him.

Lily flinched as the sound echoed throughout the room and she looked towards Connie for some kind of help and support. Connie sighed and walked over to take Iain's place on the bed. She reached across and wrapped an arm around Lily's shoulder, pulling her in for a hug.

"I'm sorry," Lily whispered. "I...I know I shouldn't have reacted like that, but he scared me."

"Now, what are you sorry for?" Connie said. "Iain was bang out of order there. However, you do realise that Iain would never hurt you right? I understand that you're scared but Iain is one of the good guys."

Lily just shrugged her shoulders.

"Now I hate to ask you this," Connie whispered. "But has Archie text you at all?"

"I'm not sure," Lily whispered back, her arms wrapped around Connie's waist. "I turned my phone off. Every time it rings or buzzes, I...I just feel physically sick and I didn't want that."

"Understandable," Connie said, stroking at her hair.

"Where's Iain gone?" Lily asked, lifting her head so that she was making eye contact with Connie. "I was horrible to him."

"Don't worry about him," Connie sighed. "He'll just be calming himself down somewhere."

"I just panicked," Lily said.

"Lily, I know," Connie told her. "Stop worrying, please. Come on, how about we go into the living room and watch a film or something? Lunch can wait."

"Y...You can eat something if you want, you know?" Lily said in a small, teary voice. "I don't mind it, if...If you eat in front of me. It's not fair otherwise."

"It's early days, Lily," Connie sighed. "I'd rather not. Come on, you can pick the movie."

"Iain. What are you doing here?" Gem asked, when he saw his brother enter the ED later that afternoon. Her first thought was that something had happened to Lily, and her stomach churned. "Speak to me," she ordered, when Iain didn't answer her.

"I've gone and done something stupid, Gem," he sighed. "Completely and utterly stupid."

Gem frowned at him and asked, "what the hell did you do?"

"Seriously?" Gem scoffed. "You kissed her?! I always knew you had feelings for her. It's about time, bro."

"You don't understand, do you?" Iain asked, shaking his head. "She freaked, Gemma. She's recently been in an abusive relationship; of course she's going to freak out when I kiss her. She doesn't know what it feels like to be loved by a man."

"Was...Was she angry?" Gem asked quietly.

"Um...Just a bit, yeah," Iain said. "I couldn't handle it. I felt stupid, ashamed, embarrassed, and I just had to get out of there."

"So you left her by herself?" Gem raised an eyebrow at her older brother, shocked and annoyed by his actions.

"Don't be ridiculous," Iain said. "Connie's with her. I just...I'm not upset with Lily, I'm upset with myself. Yes, I have feelings for her okay? Yes, I'm okay with admitting that. I...I should have just known not to jump into anything too fast. She isn't ready and I should have realised that."

"Clearly," Gem mumbled. "But will she ever be ready?"

"What do you mean?" Iain asked.

"She's never going to forget what Archie's done to her," Gem said. "So will she ever be ready for a relationship? It isn't fair for you if you have to wait years and years only to find out that Lily never wants another relationship."

"Well, we'd talk about that," Iain said. "But she's only just spoken to the police. I'm sure Lily will be ready one day, it's just going to take some time and we need to remember that."

"I guess," Gem whispered.

"Iain!" Elle's voice arrived and the brother and sister turned to see her strolling towards them. "Is Connie with you at all?"

"No," Iain answered and shook his head at her. "She's with Lily. I um...I...I'm just on my way to the shops and thought that I'd pop by and see how the ED is."

Gem just rolled her eyes at his lie, but she kept quiet about everything.

"Do you know when she'll be back at all?" Elle asked. "I really need to speak to her about something."

"I'm not sure, sorry," Iain said. "What's up?"

Elle looked pleased, yet serious, and he was desperate to find out what she so badly needed to talk to Connie about.

"The police have been round," Elle sighed. "They've arrested Archie."

Cliffhanger! I hope the chapter was okay. I'm tired but wanted to update :-) x