Okay, I haven't updated either of my stories in a while, so I promise next is Too Soon. Idk when that will be up, but I'll do it ASAP! Love y'all!

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Parker now had a different view of his girlfriend. On top of being the amazing girl that blew him away with her beauty, brains, and talent, he saw how empowered she was even through all she had been through. He also saw that he had to help her. Even though she didn't want to admit it, he could tell that she was sensitive. She wouldn't let people visibly hurt her, but their words penetrated deep. He needed to protect her, no matter how much she said she didn't need protecting.

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Parker and Lily were hanging out at the Booth household one Friday night. They were playing with Christine in the living room as Brennan worked on her book in her office and Booth was ordering Chinese for dinner in the kitchen.

"Dinner will be here soon. Parker, can you set the table please?" Booth asked his son.

"Sure Dad." He said, then got up and headed for the kitchen.

After a second, Booth turned to Lily. "Hey, Lily, you know, um, my dad was an alcoholic too. So if you need anything, you can talk to me."

"I know, thanks. I'm fine though, really." She assured him. "It's all in my past now, and DC is my future."

"Okay, just wanted you to know." Booth said. Then Parker came back in, and everyone continued with their lives.

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She was not fine though. As soon as Lily got home (well, Daisy's house. Home was where her mom was, which was currently California.) she reflected on this. She had an idea of what her newest problem was. She was pretty sure she had depression, but she was sure if it was just her imagination. She had a tendency to make everything more dramatic for herself, so she didn't know if she actually had depression. If I had depression, I would be sure wouldn't I? Yea. This is just me being stupid and feeling sorry for myself. I'm such a loser. So many people have it so much worse and I'm here being selfish. Pathetic. Fucking pathetic.

Once she mentally beat herself, she moved on to think about Parker.

He's awesome. Why he likes me, I have no idea. I love the way he makes me laugh and smile. He's just so perfect. I'm so happy to be able to call myself his girlfriend. He's one thing I'm so grateful for.

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Lily had gone to see the midnight showing of Divergent with Amber and Bridget, and now she was going to see it with Parker. She was so obsessed with this book, as well as the movie now.

"Thanks for loaning me the book by the way." Parker said as they waited for the movie to start.

"No problem. You're gonna have to read Insurgent and Allegiant now." Lily told him.

"Of course. I wanna know what happens after. It was a really good book, so I'm excited to see this. You should give me other book recommendations too." Parker said, already putting his arm around her, as she cuddled into him.

"Definitely. I'm gonna get you hooked on a bunch of girl books." She laughed.

"If you want I'll read a couple, but I don't promise I'm gonna cry or anything." He told her.

"I don't expect that much! But lets see, you need to read A Fault In Our Stars, The Maze Runner, City of Bones and that series, etc, etc." she listed. "You've already read Hunger Games and Harry Potter so that much is good."

"Shh, baby, the movies starting." He said as the lights started dimming.

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"That was awesome!" Parker said as they were leaving the theater and going to Fuddruckers, right across the plaza.

"I loved it! I'm so excited to see Insurgent and Allegiant. And I doubt this will be the last time I see this in theaters."

"I doubt it too."

They ordered and sat down at a table.

"So tell me more about your bullying in Cali." Parker said.

"Parker… We just watched an awesome movie and we're having so much fun. Do you really want me to tell you about my bad experiences?" Lily whined.

"Yes, Lil. I wanna know everything about you. And that includes bad experiences."

"Fine." She gave up. "When I was in elementary school, there was this girl that I thought was my best friend in Kindergarten. Then in 1st grade she started being really mean to me about our other best friend, Kelsey, who actually might be moving here in the summer. Well, anyways. So she would get mad at us for really stupid reasons, like we walked away from her at recess, when really we were just throwing away a candy wrapper. So then she wouldn't talk to us for like 2 weeks and eventually she would be our friend again. Then, 2 weeks later, all over again."

"Wow. That's like a really clingy friend."

"Yea. Well this didn't bother me too much. I had other friends I could play with. And then she started being just downright bitchy to us. She would call me fat and ugly and stupid. I would pretend not to care, but it really hurt me. She found every possible flaw of mine and point it out. It was even racial sometimes."

"Seriously?" Parker said.

"Yea. This continued through elementary, and when we got to middle school it was worse. She would push me in the hallways and not say a word if I said hi, wouldn't let me sit at her lunch table. She was like obsessed with being popular. And since I was a nerd, she was not allowed to be associated with me. And I was like totally done with her. Yet she continued to always say that I was fat or that my hair looked dorky. I just ignored her."

"Wow."

"The worst part is that I had to learn to hide my emotions, because she would always take the opportunity to push me down worse if I was sad or mad. So I put up these walls and didn't let anyone in. And I had to learn how not to cry. And now, that I'm away from her, I can't. Like, there will be super sad things that happen, and I won't cry. It still affects me. I hate it."

"You don't cry?" Parker asked. "You did when you were telling us about your dad."

"Yea, it's getting a little better. I'm starting to cry a little more often. But still, most girl would be bawling if they told that story. I shed 3 tears, if I remember correctly." Lily said and looked down.

"Oh. Yea, you're right." Parker said.

"Well, on to a happier topic." Lily said and tried to change the subject.

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Really awkward ending point sorry. And I just had to add a little Divergent in there, because I'm like super obsessed with it. Review plz!