--Five--

While everyone was eating, laughing, and joking around. Mostly to the fact that when Nicole told all of them that her and Reid were having a baby, they acted surprised but when she left they all couldn't help but laugh.

Carly had looked over at Lily for a brief second and noticed a red mark or some kind of looking bruise on her little neck. She never noticed it before only because Lily's long hair was down.

Carly got up from her seat, walked over to Lily, and said "Lily… what happened to your neck?"

Reid's head snapped up, looking at her with concern.

Lily looked around with all eyes on her and said "Um… I... I fell down the stairs."

Carly could tell she was scared and by the scared look on her face, she knew Lily was lying.

Carly grabbed her hand and said "Come with me… Jacob, I'll be right back. Your Uncle Tyler has video games."

"Oh cool." squealed Jacob.

Carly and Lily were walking upstairs when Reid followed them into his room. Carly sat down on the bed while Reid shut and locked the door. Then when he sat down, Lily sat down in between them.

"Lily… what happened to your neck? You can tell us, you are not in trouble. We just want to know what's going on."

Lily stayed quiet for a few minutes, then Reid said "Lily, whatever it is… you are safe, you can tell us."

She nodded and said "Okay… Mommy, when you and Jacob went to the store the other day leaving me with Chuck. He got mad and took it out on me." little tears were falling from her eyes. "He started to choke me, telling me that I am too weak to have any power… because I am a girl."

Carly looked over at Reid seeing the look on his face that he wanted to go kill someone, then she said "Honey, is that why you went to bed so early that night?"

Lily nodded and said "Yes, Mommy… he told me that he doesn't love me, he's never loved me and that he wasn't my father that I was too weak for me to be his daughter and that I will never belong."

Carly gave her a hug and said "Why didn't you tell me any of this?"

"Because if I did, he's have me sent away or he'd punish me worse. That's not the only time he has hurt me like that. He did it all the time."

"It's okay, baby… he's not going to hurt you." Carly said trying to calm her down. She wasn't going to push it, but she'd leave it at that and ask her again later.

Lily started to cry harder and said "He's going to come after me… he told me."

Reid grabbed Lily out of Carly's arms into his own and hugged her than said "Lily… you are safe okay. Chuck is not coming after you. He'd have to get thru your uncles and aunts, your Mommy, and me before he could get to you." he was rubbing Lily's back. "I am not going to let him hurt you again."

She nodded in his chest and said "Okay, Daddy."

Carly's face lit up and she said "You know that Reid is your real daddy?"

"Yes, Mommy."

"Okay… listen, we have to pretend that Daddy isn't your daddy in front of your brother and this girl named Nicole. Can you do that?"

Lily nodded and Reid said "You are going to be okay, Lily." she nodded. "How bout I stay here the whole night and make sure you are safe… would you like that?"

Lily nodded again and said "Yes, Daddy."

After a while, Carly and Reid were talking and Lily eventually fell asleep in Reid's arms. He gently laid her down in the middle of his bed while Carly covered her with a blanket.

Reid hugged Carly and said "Our babies are so beautiful."

"Yes, they are. Stay right here… I'm going to go put Jacob in bed."

Reid nodded then Carly gave him a kiss, then walked out of the room, downstairs to the den. She saw Jacob and Tyler playing video games and smiled.

"Having fun children?"

"Funny." said Tyler.

"Yeah Mom, I'm beating Uncle Tyler."

"Well good… Ready for bed, Sir?"

"Yeah." Jacob said as he put the controller on the coffee table.

"I get a rematch Jacob." said Tyler turning it off.

"No problem, Uncle Ty." he smiled.

Then Jacob followed Carly upstairs to one of the rooms. He took off his shoes and got into the bed, then said "Where's Lily?"

"She fell asleep in one of the rooms. I'll bring her in here in a little bit."

"Okay, goodnight Mom."

"Goodnight, Son." she said kissing him on his forehead.

Then she walked out and went back into Reid's room. She shut and locked the door then she saw him watching TV on his little couch, she walked over to him, and sat down.

"Is Jacob in bed?" Reid asked flipping channels.

"Yeah… are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just that I am so pissed and angry… well I am a mix of emotions really. That sick bastard put his hands on my little girl… I swear to God, Bella I am going to chop his fuckin head off. You know damn well there is no coming back from that."

"Reid, if I had known… I would have came home sooner."

"I know… I just wish I was there to protect her."

"Well, you are here for her now, but when Lily is okay enough to ask again, I want to ask her how long this has been going on and what exactly he has done to her."

"That just makes me sick to my stomach to think about, if he did anything else to her."

"Reid." she started, but Reid cut her off and grabbed her hand.

"I'm not blaming you, Bella… I'm just saying."

"Okay… we're going to take Lily in to the doctor to get a full complete check up to make sure she is okay."

"Good."

"So… Lily knows about you, we just need to sit down with Jacob and explain to him who you really are."

"That shouldn't be too hard."

"I don't know Reid… he gets his stubborness and hard headedness from you."

"Like I said, that shouldn't be too hard."

"Okay… so, you really didn't know it was me earlier?"

"Honestly, I wasn't paying attention. I was pissed off because Nicole was hounding me about the stupid wedding stuff and I wasn't in a good mood to begin with… Plus you have blonde hair."

"I need to go back to the original color."

"I like it… but you need to keep it if we're trying to fool Nicole that the kids are not mine… they both have blonde hair, so you need to as well."

"You are right… okay… but once she looks at Jacob, I'm sure she will notice that he looks like you."

"Doubtful, sometimes she's ditzy and she's dumb as a box of rocks… so it won't be too hard to convince her other wise."

There was knock on Reid's door. "Reid?"

"God… can't she ever leave me alone? Shit, go pretend you are asleep on my bed." Reid whispered.

Carly jumped up and cuddled with Lily pretending to be asleep.

Reid opened the door and said "Yeah?"

"Are you coming over to my Mom's and go to bed?" she walked in and saw Carly on his bed. "What is she doing in here?"

"Shh… will you. After we ate pizza, her daughter got sick. Carly told her to go lay down and she happened to pick my room. Then Carly fell asleep in here with her… it's not a big deal."

"Well… why are you in here?"

"Nicole, this is my room. It's been my room since I was younger. Why wouldn't I be in here? Besides, I think I have to right to be in my own room."

"While Carly is in here?"

"When I walked in here, she was already asleep. I am just watching TV for now… like I said not a big deal."

"Can't you wake her up and tell her to go in another room?"

"Nicole… would you let it go? I am not going to be mean and wake up that sick little girl, just because you want to have a cow about it. I am leaving them there, deal with it."

"Reid… I just don't like the fact that your ex-girlfriend is sleeping in a bed--"

He cut her off holding a finger up to her and said "Stop right there… you need to let it go. It's only for tonight."

"Okay, fine… then where are you sleeping? Are you coming with me?"

"No… me and Ty has things to do early in the morning, and I'm already here so I am staying."

"Okay, where are you sleeping then?"

"On my couch."

"Can't you go in another room?"

Reid was getting very irritated with all these questions Nicole was throwing at him. "Nicole… for the last time, this is my room. Carly is going to be asleep the whole night, so you don't have nothing to worry about. It's only for tonight, so drop it… because you are pissing me right off."

"Sorry, well I'll be at my mom's if you change your mind."

"Not a chance in hell, bitch… he's mine." Carly thought to herself, trying not to laugh.

"I don't know Nicole, I mean... I am tired." he said.

"Well… okay, I'll meet you at the diner for lunch with my parents then. We have lots to talk about for the wedding." she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye."

"Yeah, bye."

Then Nicole walked out, got in her car, and left.

Reid wiped the kiss off his cheek as he shut and locked the door. He turned around and Carly was sitting there with a grin on her face.

"What are you smiling about?" he asked walking up to her.

"She's is funny… do you know how bad I wanted to laugh?"

"Yeah… I almost laughed too, but I kept a straight face. Damn, she never shuts up."

"Okay Mr. Garwin… how bout you go and take Lily into the room with Jacob and meet me back in here… we have some making up to do." she winked at him.

He smirked and said "Okay."

He carefully picked up Lily and carried her into the room, and laid her down next to Jacob. He covered both of them up with a blanket and walked out of the room.