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As Jake pulled up to Caden's house, I started to freak out. I knew that everyone was here to back me up, but I really didn't want to see Caden. I just wanted to forget about him.
"Lily, you alright?" Jake looked me over, and I just nodded.
"Nope. Let's go." I slid out of the car and sighed. Suddenly, even one of the guys were behind me, I that made me laugh. I turned towards them and smirked. "Okay, no one kills him, kay?" I looked at Paul while I said this.
"Wait, what if he does something wrong?" Paul raised his eyebrows at me, clearly wanting to beat the shit out of him.
"I'll tell you. And if he does, then you can beat him up." I smirked, but when I turned around, I let out a slow breath. I tried to collect myself as I slowly started to walk up to Caden's door. Another deep breath, ad then I carefully knocked on the door, crossing my arms. I had the group of people behind me, so I'd be okay.
The door swung open to see Caden, glaring at me. I swear, if we were in a cartoon, there'd be steam coming out of his ears.
"Lily. Who the hell are these people?" Whoa, hold up. Caden never cursed. Ever.
"These are my friends. I told you that I would either call the cops, or come with backup." I held my hands up to show the guys. "And I didn't think the cops needed to get involved with you."
"Well, we need to talk. Without your fucking body guards." Okay, now he's dropping the f bomb? Well guess what? I can curse too!
"Shut your fucking mouth and move out of the way. I don't give a shit about you and what the hell you're going to talk to me about. Just shut your mouth and move the fuck out of the way." I uncrossed my arms and put one on my hip, raising an eyebrow to challenge him.
His mouth fell open slightly as he realized how much I cursed, and actually moved to the side slightly. Just enough for me to push past, and then Jake and the rest forced their way into the house. Embry and Quil kept Caden in the front of the house, talking in low growls. I was pretty sure they might be threatening them.
Paul, Jake and I went into the bedroom, and I started to pull out a bunch of boxes. "Pretty much anything girly, put in the box. I'll get the rest." I started to shove pictures and clothes into some of the boxes.
"Oh, what is this?" Paul called out from the corner of the room.
I snapped up and my eyes got big. He was holding up on of my few lacy bras, almost see through, and was a light pink. "Give that back, right now." I could feel my face turn bright red, and I held out my hand.
"Kill joy." He smirked and threw it at me. "This could actually be fun."
"No, no, no, no." I shook my head quickly. "You will not touch any clothes. You can get pictures and things like that."
I moved my box from where I was over to the dresser, and blindly started to dump anything that looked like mine, while Jake emptied stuff from the bathroom into a box, and Paul started to put shoes away.
After we finished with the room, the boys started to take out all of the boxes, all of the guys. Leaving me alone with Caden.
He was freaking out. "You fucking whore! Who the hell are those guys? I thought Jake said you were cheating, but I didn't know it was with a bunch of guys!"
"You're an idiot! I didn't cheat on you, and these guys are helping me out. Deal with it! I just wanted my fucking stuff." I started to fill one last box with a bunch of mindless stuff that was mine, strewn across the house.
"You want your stuff? Fine!" He walked across the living room and picked up a picture frame, and tore out the picture, holding it up, and pulled out a lighter. I squinted to try to see what picture it was, and when I did, I screamed.
"Put that down! Caden!" I ran forward, but the flame was already licking at the edge, slowly burning it in Caden's hand.
He held it to keep it from me. Suddenly, out of no where, Paul punched Caden in the face, sending him across the room. The picture floated to the ground, still burning. I gently put my foot on it, stomping out the flame.
I picked it up and looked at it closely, tears welling up in my eyes. The picture was burned almost completely on the right side, and the left was covered with smoke, which I gently brushed away.
The picture was of me and my father, shortly before he died. We were posed together in front of the ocean, his arm draped over me, and we both smiled brightly. Until Caden messed with it. Now I was almost completely burned out of the picture. I had several pictures of my dad and me, but this was always my favorite.
I brushed the tears away from my face and look at Paul. "Paul."
"Yeah Lily?" He seemed to feel awkward watching me cry, but smirked slightly at the sight of Caden, scrambling off the floor, blood covering his face. I was sure his nose was broken.
"Beat the shit out of him." I clutched the picture to my chest and looked at Jake.
Paul smirked and lunged at Caden, and Jake quickly slipped his arm over my shoulder and led me to the car, while Quil grabbed the last of the boxes and put them in the trunk.
"Lily, you okay?" Jake sat me in the passenger seat, and Quil leaned on the car, watching me closely. Why did they all suddenly treat me like I was one of them? Like I was there sister?
"As long as Paul beats the shit out of him." I gently rubbed my thumb over the picture, trying to rub off the smoke residue.
"Don't worry, he will." Quil smiled slightly, but saw the picture. "Can I ask?"
"My dad." I ran my thumb over his face and sighed. "He passed away a little while ago."
"I'm sorry. I can't believe that jackass did that." Quil looked at the ground, and he started to tremble.
Jake put his hand on his shoulder. "Calm down." He muttered, and after a few breaths, Quil stopped shaking.
"It's really late, you should get home to unpack." Jake smiled, and put a reassuring hand on my arm, which made me feel slightly better.
He drove me back to the house. I didn't talk to Paul after it, but he had a smile on his face, and blood on his knuckles. I was kind of scared to know how bad Caden was, but I kind of wasn't.
We got back to Jake's house, and all of the boys helped me move the boxes into my room. I felt odd, but I had to thank everyone.
"Guys?" I was in my room and I had just placed the picture on the dresser.
"Yup?" Most of the guys were leaning against the walls of the room, watching me.
"Thank you for today. I really needed the help. Can I…uh…um…" I wanted to just say Everyone give me a hug. Of course, I was too big of a wimp to.
"Group hug!" Quil cheered out and I smiled brightly, running up and giving me a bear hug. The rest followed suit, even Paul (although Jake kind of had to drag him in).
When they pulled apart, everyone left, mumbling their goodbyes. I grabbed Quil's arm to stop him as he passed through the door. I waited until everyone left and then smiled at him. "Hey, thanks for that." I smiled. He might sometimes act dumb, but I was pretty sure he did it to lighten the mood.
"Anytime. You're my sister now. It's my job." He pulled me into another hug and twirled me slightly.
As he pulled back I looked at him. "I'm your sister now?"
"Um…yeah. You know. The rez is really tight knit. You live here, especially with Mia and Jake, you're one of us." He smiled, dipped his head, and then left my room.
Sighing, I flopped down on my bed, pulled the blankets up around me, and stared at the ceiling.
I just laid like that, in the dark, for about an hour. Suddenly, I heard a knock on my door. I didn't want to talk to anyone, so I turned away from the door, and let my breathing even out so it sounded like I was sleeping.
I heard the door crack open. "Lily? Are you awake?" Mia whispered, poking her head in. I didn't move.
She closed the door and I turned to stare at the ceiling again.
Not even twenty minutes after I was "checked in" on, I heard some noises you don't want to hear.
I sat straight up and groaned. That was why Mia had come in to check on me. She wanted to make sure I was asleep before she and Jake went at it.
My heart felt a pang at the thought. I mean, it was awkward, but she felt like she should be with someone. And that name crept into her mind pretty fast, and she didn't like it.
Jumping out of bed, I quietly ran out of the room and into the kitchen. Pulling out a note pad, I quickly scribbled down a note. My eyes grew big as I heard Mia scream, and started to write faster.
Mia and Jake,
Um…I wasn't asleep. Yeah. And I need space. Jake, I took your bike, hope you don't mind.
~Lily.
I heard a bunch of moaning and groaning, and felt my face turn bright red. As I ran out the back door, I snatched up Jake's keys that he left on the table and made my ways towards the garage.
As I walked, okay more like ran, around to the back of the garage, I saw the motorcycle. I tried three keys before I found the one that roared the bike to life. Slinging my leg over the seat, I quickly pulled my hair back and revved the engine.
So far, everyone knows me as a goody-toe shoes. Even Mia didn't know how I was before I met Caden. I was a rebel. I only changed because everyone said that no one would marry me, or date me, if I staid like that.
So I did the only thing I could do. I dyed my hair to this normal, blonde color, the color I was born with, not the black it was dyed. And I gave up on riding motorcycles to become all nice and proper…and a doormat.
Shaking my head, I sighed. I'm done with that. I want to be me. If no one liked me after that, well then they can go fuck themselves. I smirked to myself. It was good to be back.
I smiled once again before I sped out from the backyard, and onto the street. It was pitch black, but the little light on the motorcycle illuminated the road well. Ducking my head to go faster, I realized it was beginning to rain.
As the rain started to soak into my clothes, I smiled brighter. This brought back great memories. I sped up more, and made my way down the roads, with no true destination. I just wanted the speed of the vehicle to wipe his name from my head as long as I could.