Chapter 2 – Nightmares

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Chapter 2 – Nightmares

"Lily? Lily? Lily?" he slurred his breath close to my ear. I could smell the alcohol on his breath, it was like poison, and it snaked into my thoughts. I felt his hand grab around my waist, painfully firm.

"No," I whispered, "Let me go..." I struggled under his iron like grip. "Let. Me. Go!" I hissed louder, and tried to yank away, only to have him grab on me tighter and pull me backwards. It was like the world was stopping all around me, freezing. The noises from the party were swirling around me. "Kathy! Kathy!" I yelled. I felt a hand snake its way around my mouth. In a desperate attempt I bit down on his hand, he cried in pain and yanked his hand away. This was my chance, I managed to take one step towards the bedroom door, before his fist connected with my head, for one moment, one second, I stayed standing before my knees gave away, and I crumpled to the floor in a heap, he bended down and put his face closer to mine...

Andy's screaming pulled me from my nightmare. Wiping a strand of sweaty hair off my face I ran into Andy's bedroom and saw her sat cross-legged on her bed, tears were streaming down her face. I ran over to her and pulled her into a hug. "Calm down sweetie it was just a bad dream..." I whispered into her ear. "Mummy I'm sorry." she wept.

Some people might think that I would hate my daughter, that she was a constant remind of the night everything changed... But she wasn't. When things got really bad, and I could feel myself sinking into a dark depression, she was the one person who could pull me out. She didn't even know it.

"Andy, what are you sorry about? Everyone has bad dreams, Grandma Nora does and Auntie Alex, even Mummy has bad dreams." Andy sniffled, and snuggled into me. I gently rocked her back and forth on my lap until she had fallen into a deep slumber. I placed her carefully on her bed and sat on the edge, leaning my back against the wall. A wave of pure dizziness swept over me, threatening to pull me under. I sighed; this is what early mornings and sleepless nights do to you. I watched Andy's slow breathing, it was hypnotic and I felt my heavy eyelids closing until I finally fell into an exhausted sleep.

"Mummy? Mummy? It's time to wake-up," I groaned. When I opened my eyes I saw that Andy was already dressed. "Granma Nora says breakfast is ready," she said jumping off the bed. I smiled; quickly I got up and jumped in the shower. After drying my hair, spraying on loads of deodorant and pulling on my clothes, I walked down stairs. "Morning." Mum said putting a plate of waffles on the table.

"Morning." I said sitting down and tucking into my waffles.

"You left this down here last night." Mum said passing me my locket. It used to be Grandma Vera's; until she died then she left it for me. I always wore it. I quickly put it on and tucked it into my shirt. My mind started to wander, I thought about school, my friends and the mysterious Cullen Clan. I remembered the beautiful boy sat on the table. Emmett.

The beautiful memory was taken away by the remembrance of the angry blonde-haired girl Rosalie, her perfect features echoed in my head and out of nowhere a cloud of misery hung over my head.

What? I needed to be on medication or something. Where had that misery come from? I frowned, praying I wasn't going to fall into another state of depression.

By the time I had got to school all thought of depression had left my mind and another day of hard studying entered it.

I met Arianna near the entrance to school; our timetables were almost identical apart from Maths and Science, I was in the higher set for those.

We walked to our form room slowly, having plenty of time to dawdle. I wasn't sure what to tell Arianna, she was kind but I wasn't sure how trustworthy she was. I wasn't ashamed of my child but I didn't really want it public knowledge. I could imagine the taunting, just like it had been in my old school. I could imagine them searching up my past, and everyone finding out all the things I hid from everyone.

I sighed. I felt like some undercover agent.

The day rolled on slowly. I checked my timetable for the fifteenth time that day; I had PE before lunch... Great. What a way to work up an appetite, being arrested for GBH (Grievous Bodily Harm.)

I was alright at netball and could just about handle tennis and badminton, but I'm a danger to other people when I'm doing gymnastics.

By the time it was lunch, I was starving. I met Arianna by the science block and together we walked to Lunch. She was really kind and I was sure we were going to be good friends. We were just walking up the stairs when somebody slammed into me. Hard.

I went sprawling on the floor with the wind knocked out of me. I opened my mouth ready to give who-knows-what-year, a lecture on looking where-the-hell-they-were-going. Before I could get the words out though, a beautiful voice made me freeze.

"Sorry about that, Rose is a little temperamental." I looked up to the eyes of an angel. He was knelt down, on the same eye level as me, not two feet away. The voice was like velvet to my ears. I stared, my mouth limp. My whole mind was screaming at me. "Don't be such an idiot! This is your big chance, say something to impress him! Now! Do it now you moron! Don't just sit there staring at him, what are you doing?" I didn't move.

"Would you like some help up?" he asked, amusement creeping into his voice. I just sat there. Staring at the molten lava in his eyes, behind me I vaguely noticed Arianna mouthing words. I think it went along the line of "SAY SOMETHING!"

His eyes were a dark colour, like tinted honey... However there were no shadows under his eyes.

"Err... Umm... I... Err..." God this was embarrassing, was that the best I could do? I willed the earth to swallow me up then, or at least make some hungry crocodiles appear to eat me bit by bit, each suggestion was less painful than this.

Simultaneously his hand reached out to grab my own when a gust of wind swept down the corridor. He froze, his eyes met mine. He didn't appear to be breathing. His eyes flashed then darkened, a low growl erupted from his throat. It was predatory and alluring. Terrifying but attractive. I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe. I was frozen staring. Just staring. I sat there mesmerized. He leaned slightly forward...

"Are you sure you're alright Lily?"

The moment stopped. Emmett (I mean who else could have such smouldering eyes?) got up and walked away quickly leaving me lying on my butt on the floor. I frowned perplexed. What the hell just happened? I stared after him for a second.

A hand was offered down to me and I took it. I swayed slightly when I stood up, still reeling. Looking up I saw a knowing smirk on Arianna's face.

"What?" I demanded.

"Oh nothing..." Arianna said airily. "Apart from the fact that you totally fancy Emmett Cullen!"

"I do not!"

"Ha! Don't make me laugh! If I hadn't interrupted, you would have started making out on the corridor floor!" Okay maybe Arianna isn't that nice. I decided not to dignify that with a response.

* Later*

I stared at Grandma's heart locket, it had Vera wrote diagonally in italics. It was real gold on a delicate chain. It really was beautiful.

I fiddled with the clasp. I could never get the stupid thing to open. It was temperamental at the best of times.

I sighed and pushed against the clasp while sliding the front of the heart gently to the left. It clicked open.

I grinned; I would have to remember that for future reference. I stared at the miniscule picture. It was Vera and her Best Friend. I frowned slightly. The picture was black and white and slightly blurry.

I squinted slightly, leaning closer to the picture.

No. No way. It couldn't be possible. That wa- No I'm being crazy. I should be on medication.

Yet unless I was very much mistaken, the girl on my Grandma's left; laughing with her arm over Vera's shoulder was the very beautiful and very angry Rosalie Hale.

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