Chapter 2 (LPOV)

"Liliana" someone said a beautiful voice asked, it was full of natural concern, although there was this small amount of pain that shouldn't exist.

My eyelids fluttered open, showing me a sick bay room. I mentally slapped myself

Great for a first day impression, lily your doing great!

I was awake I tried to sit up, slowly, wary that if I sat up too fast my head would spin, however, I sat up only to be pushed back down onto the cold, hard and lumpy mattress by cold stone like hands.

"Lily?" asked Joe, worry, panic and concern filtered into his voice.

"You called me Lily" I responded happily.

"Do you prefer Liliana?" Joe looked dead into my eyes, with the question; it took me a moment to recover.

"No Lily sounds better," I said

I tried to sit up again Joe pushed me back down his hands were freezing the room I was in was different

"Wh-where am I?" I stuttered, already somehow knowing.

"The office you fainted" that just confirmed my knowledge…

As I relaxed, the incident flooded back to me

"How long have I been out?" I asked Joe, feeling self-conscious.

"Ten minutes or so. Blood makes you sick or was it my wink?" he laughed

"It was the blood don't flatter yourself it's the smell it makes me dizzy" I responded naturally, did he even wink at me? Had I not noticed?

"Yeah of course it was" he said sarcastically

"Hang on how did I get here?" I asked sitting up, even slower this time.

"I carried you," he said calmly

"I may be small but I weigh a ton" I said

"No you're really light" Joe chuckled

"Did any one call my dad?"

"Yeah he's on his way"

I groaned and fell back on the put-up bed, great ill be driving home by fire truck

"What's wrong?" Joe asked, all concerned again. I was gonna give the boy a bloody heart attack soon…

"I don't wanna go home in a fire truck! Who would?" I said

Joe laughed

"What was with you in form" I mentally hit my self for bringing that up

"It's sorted now just family problems, I talked to my brother he told me what to do" he shrugged

"Liliana dear," called the receptionist " your dads here"

I sighed and tried to stand up but my legs felt like jelly and I tripped like before the floor never came Joe caught me again!

How embarrassing could my day actually get?

"Fall down a lot Lily?" he chuckled

I went bright tomato red.

"I can't help it. Roger falls too"

"Here I'll help"

He almost carried me to the truck and helped me in

"Bye lily" Joe said, after making sure my safe belt was on, he waved, with that smiles that made me almost melt in his eyes. Almost.

When I got home, dad told me he HAD to get to work, like pronto.

I was alone and then I thought about what Bella had said during her last visit.

"If you're ever, ever lonely Lily, call me"

So… I dialled Bella's number; even though Bella was just my cousin, she felt more like a mum to me.

My mother had died when I was 6, and I felt like I could talk to Bella about anything and everything.

The phone dialled, and rung after a couple of rings, someone answered the phone

"Hello?" just the voice I wanted to hear.

"Hi Bella"

"Oh hi sweetie, how was your first day?" she asked, please to hear my voice too.

"Terrible" and I heard her gasp, but quickly amended myself

"There was this really, really cute boy and I completely embarrassed myself, I fell down twice, and he caught me both times and I fainted, someone had a nose bleed and he said he carried me to the office"

I heard a big booming laugh

"Shh Emmett im talking to Lily" I heard Bella yell to someone in the background, it was muffled, like she's put her hand over the receiver.

"Sorry Lily that was Emmett they're staying over but today they are going home" she seemed relieved, I answered to keep her happy

"That's ok do you know what I could do to not embarrass my self?" I asked

"Try not to hurry sweetie then you wouldn't fall," I heard her take a breath in "so what's this boys name?" she asked

"Joe…" I felt myself hesitate and could almost see Bella wondering "Cullen do you know him?" I got it as fast as I could.

"No any way I have to cook dinner for Edward I'll speak to you soon"

"Bye"

Bella POV

"Bye" Lily said before she cut the phone off, she had sounded truly tired… but right now, there were other vampire matters to handle

"Joseph Cullen, could you come over here please?" I asked in a fake small voice, I heard him hesitate at the top of the stairs, then walk down them at human speed.

"Yes?" he asked wearily.

If I come out with it he will lie, I thought, my actual thoughts drifting off to Edward, knowing that if I hadn't have been blunt, I wouldn't have been here.

"You better not hurt her," I said icily.

"Hurt whom?" he said innocently

"Liliana" I said, mentally I smiled he will correct it

"Lily" he said automatically

"Ah so you do know who I'm talking about, so I take it that's who you called Edward about?"

"Yes" he said looking at the floor

"Do you like her?"

"Yes"

"Look after her she is my cousin ok?"

He nodded Emmett came in the room laughing

"What is it with your family? They seem to love us and she falls over"

I gave him an evil smile I had used my power to move a pile of books above his head

"Oh no!" he said and looked up at that moment I let them go they feel straight on his head

"OW" he said

Joe and I laughed

"Don't worry Bella I won't let anything happen to her I promise"

"If you want to go out with her you she needs to know what you are so she can make the decision by her self ok?"

"Yes sis"

Carlisle turned him when he was fourteen (he was know pretending to be eleven) he was in a road accident 15 years ago but he left and went and spent time with Tanya's family but five years ago he came back to live with us.

Rosalie and Emmett treated him like he was their son and he treated them like they were his parents as his dad was already dead and his mum died in the road accident

"Dad I bet I can beat you in a wrestling match" Joe said and ran out to the garden

"Your on" said Emmett and followed him out side Edward walked in the room and came by my side "Lily will be fine don't worry" he said

"I know" I sighed

Joe POV

Lily was one of the most nicest people I'd ever met, her hair hung down in curls, that were natural. She hadn't had time to put her hair up, and so it was left to cover her face.

She was in most of my classes, and I couldn't peel my eyes off of her.

I mean Uncle Edward was actually extremely lucky, he could at least 'look' at Aunty Bella through someone's eyes…

As Lily stayed in my mind, I continued the wrestling match with dad…