When Seth pulled up to the house, I opened the door and got out. "…Thanks."
"Anytime. I hope we get to know each other more soon." He gave me his amazing smile, and I just slammed the door and walked towards the house.
As I entered, I saw Jacob and Mia sitting on the couch, smiling at me. "So, how'd it go?" Mia, smiling from Jacob's lap, asked.
"Crappy. He said we can be friends, but he sucks at backing that up." I sat down on the arm chair and pulled the blanket up around me, shivering. "Why is it always so cold in here?"
Mia snuggled deeper into Jacob. "He's my heater."
I thought back to Seth's warmth and sighed. "Same with Seth…" I looked down at my hands. I wanted to just be friends with him, but I felt like I needed to be more.
"Lily, you know it is okay to be more with Seth. Maybe you're meant to be more." Mia smirked at me.
"But what if it goes bad like me and Caden? I don't want to go through that again."
"Lily, I really doubt that it would happen. And you won't know unless you try. Just stop over thinking it and let what happens, happen." Jacob this time, speaking the words of wisdom.
"Well, I don't really care. I just got out of a relationship, and I'm not putting myself back into the relationship game yet." Looking down at my top I sighed. "Mia, can I borrow some clothes? All of my stuff is still at Caden's."
"Yeah sure, go ahead."
Getting up, I walked towards Mia's room and opened it. I sighed and stepped in. Clearly, Mia and Jacob were deeply in love. All over the room was pictures of the two of them. Some they were just hugging, some they were hand in hand, and some of them they were kissing.
Rolling my eyes, I made my way to her closet, and just pulled out one of her sweatshirts and pulled it on. She was proud of her figure (even though it is the same as mine) so she kept her sweatshirts tighter, where I liked them baggy. I felt like I was being strangled by the little bit of fabric.
Walking into the guest bedroom, which I was supposed to have slept in last night, but since I was drunk, I didn't. I flopped down on the bed and pulled the blankets around me. I was freezing and exhausted. I slipped into sleep quickly.
I woke to a gentle tapping on the door. "Come in." I muttered, still laying down, half asleep.
Seth poked his head in and smiled. "Hi, can we talk?"
I quickly sat up and crossed my legs, looking at him. I was too stunned to say anything so I just nodded.
He walked over to the edge of the bed and sat down, taking my hands in his. "Lily, I know I said that we could just be friends, but I can't. I need you to tell me, are you ready to date me, or do you want to just stay friends." He gently ran his fingers through my hair, and I smiled at him.
"I want to stay friends, but I don't know if I can. I'm willing to try if you are."
He smiled wider, and pulled me closer to him, until our foreheads rested against each others and I could smell his sweet breath. "Lily, are you sure?"
I slipped my hands around his neck, and ran one through his hair. Gently biting my bottom lip, I nodded.
Our lips connected, and then I heard laughing.
Being pulled out of my dream, I sat straight up and looked around. It had seemed so real. Did I want it to? Looking around, I tried to find the source of the laughing. There, in the corner, I saw Mia. "What are you doing in here?"
"There was nothing good on TV, and you talk in your sleep." She got up and jumped on the bed, stomach first, and rested her head on her hands. "So, how was Seth?" And then she started to crack up again.
I hit her over the head with a pillow, and looked at the ceiling. "Crap! I hate it! I don't want to date him! I swear!" When I shouted like this, it was harder for her to know I was lying.
"Oh that's such a lie. You know you really like him! Don't lie." She smirked and gently punched my shoulder. "Just own up to it."
I looked down at my hands. "No, I don't. Just drop it."
I could feel her eyes on me. "Lily, I love ya like a sister, so if that mean's I'll have to tell him for you, I will."
Rolling my eyes, I looked at her. "You've got to be kidding me. I'll just deny it. And according to him, he 'already knows'."
"Well then what is the problem?" Mia jumped up, looking at me closely.
"What the problem is is that I don't like him!"
"So tell me right now, do you have any feelings like that towards him? Even the slightest twinge when you see him?"
"All it is is that I'm on the rebound. I just want someone to love me because now I don't have Caden. That's all." I laid back down on my back and looked at the ceiling.
"Ah, so the truth comes out." She flopped down next to me and smiled.
"Oh really, what truth?" She's seriously lost her mind.
"That you like him. But right now you say it's because you're on the rebound. The truth is, you like him, but you feel guilty."
"Oh, thank you Dr. Phil. Now I understand myself." Once again, I rolled my eyes. "You're nuts."
She was going to say something, but my phone went off. I quickly reached over and answered it. Stupidly, I didn't look at the name.
"Hello?"
"Can we talk?" At first I thought it was Seth, but then I processed the voice.
"No Caden, we can't. The only time I'm going to see you again is when I go to get my stuff, and then I'll never see you again." I got up and paced angrily.
"No, you will talk to me. You won't get your shit until we do." Oh my gosh. If I could, I would punch him out right here and now.
"Oh hell no. If I'm ganna need to get people to back me up to get my stuff, I will. I'll call the cops if I have to." I'm sure I could get Jacob and his friends to come and help me out…just not Seth.
"I'd like to see you try. Meet me at my place in forty-five minutes." And then he hung up.
I threw the phone across the room until it landed on the bed. "Oh hell no! He think's he can pull that crap on me?" I started to pace angrily, and started to rack my brain about what I would do to piss Caden off.
"What did he do?" Mia stood up and moved towards the door, as if knowing that I wanted to get Jacob.
"He said I can't get my shit until I talk to him! He said I need to be there forty-five minutes…" I gently pulled at my hair in anger. "Do you think Jake and some of his buff friends will help me with back up?"
"Yeah, let me go tell him, and he'll have some of the biggest guys in the residence out there." I gave her a wary look and she rolled her eyes and sighed. "Except Seth. Come on, let's go."
I followed her out into the living room, where Jacob was lounging with two other guys that basically looked exactly like him. Mia walked up in front of him, almost as mad as I was. "Okay, Lily needs your help, right now. All of you guys, except you know who."
"Wait, what happened?" All of the guys turned and looked at me, and I just leaned against the wall, feeling awkward.
"Short version? Jackass ex being an ass, and I need backup. Anyone in?"
One of them, I don't know his name, but he's apparently slow, looked over at some of the other guys. "Should I go get Seth?"
Mia rolled her eyes, walked over, and slapped him over the head. "Quil, you moron, who do you think you know who is? Just shut up and drive behind Lily to her ex's."
The guy, Quil I guess, rubbed the back of his head. "Fine, fine." He stood up, and another guy stood up after him.
"Come on, Mia. Don't hurt the stupid."
"Ha ha very funny Paul." Quil rolled his eyes and walked up to me. "Don't worry, will all of us behind you, you'll look bad ass." He smiled.
"Thanks, just make sure you don't let your dumb mouth get the better of you." I smirked and shook my hand through his hair.
"Ha, even the new girl get's the better of you." Paul walked up and smirked. He nodded slightly and smiled. "You know, your kinda hot."
Rolling my eyes, I pushed off the wall. "And you know, you're just a ass, and a player." I looked at him and tilted to my head to the side slightly. "But you'll scare the shit out of Caden."
"Oh, hot girl's got a mouth on her. That's sexy." He smirked, but I just walked pass him.
"Keep dreaming Paul." I glanced at him over my shoulder and laughed, then turned to everyone else. "Okay, so it's the five of us?" Me, Jake, Paul, Quil, and some other kid I haven't met yet.
"Yeah. You and me will ride in my car, and then Paul, Quil, and Embry will ride behind us." Jacob led me out the door, but not before stealing a kiss from Mia. Oh, and Embry, gotta remember that.
We walked out the door, and I slid into the passenger seat of Jake's car and looked around. At the edge of the woods, I saw something. Jake slid in, and I leaned towards it. "Hey Jake, what the hell is that?" I pointed to it. It looked like some sort of animal, but it seemed huge.
All of a sudden, the car sped up, and I almost hit my head on the dash board. "Hum? What is what?" He seemed to be hiding something.
"Yeah, sure…good cover." I sat back and sighed. "You know I want to know what it was even more now, right?"
He shook his head and sighed. "Let's stick to one problem at a time please. Thanks."