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Chapter Six

*Lily's POV*

"Sweetie, you and Ethan are being safe...Right?" I immediately winced at the words coming out of my mothers mouth.

We were currently shopping. It was a girls day out in SoHo. My mother and I branched off to check out this cool shop with a bunch of leather jackets while the others all followed Aunt Alice on one of her shopping escapades.

I don't know, both my parents always have had this thing for leather jackets. I mean, I did too. It makes me feel pretty bad ass when I wear a leather jacket. It's something I liked to be invested in. I wanted to pick mine out carefully and methodically.

So, long story short this is not the place I wanted to be talking about that with my mother.

"Ma! Really?" I hissed, my cheeks turning bright red.

"Well...Are you?" She asked again.

"Of course!" I cried out, rubbing the bridge of my nose. I could see the worry in her golden eyes as she tried to get an understanding.

"I'm just making sure, that's all," She explained to me, turning her face to look back at the jackets. I sighed. This was not easy.

Things with my parents have been odd since we moved to New York. When we were on the islands, Aidan's and my whole world revolved around them. Now, here we are about two years later and their daughter isn't a virgin anymore. I guess this is when it was really hitting my mom and dad that Aidan and I weren't babies anymore. Besides that, as I've gotten older I got curious about Gwen and Matt. They aren't mad that Aidan and I want to know who our biological parents were, but at the same time I think it worries my mom. She doesn't want to loose either of us. We were their miracle children. Don't get me wrong, my parents were the best parents in the entire world. I couldn't ask for a better pair. To my mother I was a godsend, and to me so were my parents.

"Hello, ladies. Can I help you?" a male sales associate asked us as he came over. He was looking at my mother and I in awe, but more so at me. Let's just say I wasn't too happy that his eyes weren't meeting with ours.

"We're fine," My mother snapped, getting his attention.

"Alright. Tell me if you need anything," he said, winking at me before going away. I rolled my eyes while my mother stared him down with daggers before turning her attention back to me.

"Mom, obviously this whole thing's bothering you," I whispered to her as I noticed the sales associate watch us carefully. She looked like she was ready to rip his balls off at any moment. "Please, talk to me."

"I'm not upset, if that's what you're implying," My mom said, raising her eyebrows. "I'm just...Dealing. This whole thing is new for me, Lily."

"I know. I'm just worried you and Dad don't...You guys don't like me dating Ethan," I confessed.

My mother immediately shook her head, "No, darling. Not at all. All I want for you is to be happy and he makes you happy. It's just adjusting to the fact you yourself are growing up and it's just...You still have a lot more growing up to do still. You're not even seven yet. You're going to be six this year. You have the mentality of a seventeen year old. Next year, when you're seven you'll be somewhere in your twenties. That's what Grandpa Carlisle says, my point being by then you'll be fully mature. You'll be an official adult. You get my point? You still have time to be a kid."

"I understand," I said softly, smiling at her. "I'm still growing up though, this is apart of that."

"I know," my mom said, giving me a gentle smile. "Just be careful. That's all."

"I will." I gave her a smile in response.

"But I mean, you're happy he was your first, right?" my mother asked, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Of course," I answered truthfully. "Mom, I think he's the one. He's my mate...There's no turning back with Ethan."

"Are you sure? You guys haven't been dating more than a year," my mother questioned further.

"Yes! I'm one hundred percent positive it's him!"

"And he's not hurting you? You're not doing anything you don't want to?" she asked me fiercely. "Because if he is-"

"Look, mom, Ethan's a good man. A damn good man and I won't find a guy like him. Especially everything that happened with Austin last year. The way he treated me-"

"Treated you how?" She asked, raising her eyebrows. "What did Austin do?"

"It wasn't a big deal. Look, it's done with," I insisted, fiddling with the price tags.

"Lillian Gwen Hale, you didn't tell me about how that boy treated you," My mother said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Look, mom. It's done. He just...He just didn't treat me nice, that's all. He has no respect for women. He was just being physical-"

"What do you mean physical?"

"He forcibly kissed me and touched me a couple of times. I dealt with it though. It's not like he raped me," I confessed to her, rubbing the back of my neck. This seemed to trigger my mom as she stood still for a bit.

"Mom?"

"Is everything okay here ladies-"

"Don't talk to us!" My mother snapped before grabbing my arm. "Come on, Lily. We're going."

"But-"

"We're going. Now."

"Alright," I muttered as I followed my mother out of the shop. For the rest of the day my mom was distant. It felt weird, and I tried to have fun with the rest of my family, but I still felt a twist in my gut.

"Is everything okay?" Renesmee asked me int he midst of this all.

"Yeah. Just peachy," I answered, shrugging it off. "Come on, let's shop."

"Lily, it doesn't seem like it though," she mentioned, looking back towards my mom. "Aunt Rose has been more quiet than usual..."

"It's nothing, Ness. Please. I don't want to talk about it," I said, rubbing the bridge of my nose. "We just had a weird encounter with each other. That's all."

"Alright," Renesmee replied softly. "I'm here, if you need to talk."

"Thanks, cuz," I said, smiling at her. "Anyway, come on. We have to find ourselves some prom dresses."

Ness smiled at me, took my hand, as we headed towards the prom section of the shop. I ended up finding my dress today. A cute black dress that went down to my knees. Nothing fancy, but classy as all hell. I tried to see my mom's approval. She seemed to like it, but I could still tell she was still out of it.

By the time we got home, I was pretty tired. I wanted to find Ethan and talk to him, but at the same time I didn't feel right talking to him right now. So this provoked me to go to the one and only-

"Mase-ive ass! You in here?" I called out to my cousin, looking all around for him.

"I'm over here, Lil." He was in his room, strumming at his guitar.

"Hey," I said gently, walking over to take a seat on his bed. "Can we talk?"

"About what?" He asked curiously as he set down his guitar.

"My mom is acting weird...We talked about Ethan and I..."

"Okay..."

"And, well...I don't know. She's just acting weird and I can't pinpoint it," I confessed to him, sprawling out on his bed. "Is it because I'm moving really fast in the relationship? Could that be it?"

"Hmmm." Masen hummed, laying next to me on the bed so we were both starring at the ceiling. "Maybe, but I don't think so. There might be something your mom isn't telling you."

"What would she not tell me?" I questioned, sighing. "We tell each other practically everything. It's your normal healthy mother-daughter relationship."

"Maybe give her time. There has to be a reason," Masen said, giving my hand a squeeze.

"Anyway, how's life in Masenville?" I asked, turning my head towards him. "I heard Grace decided on a college?"

"Yeah. Boston College," He stated proudly.

"So...You guys are gonna move from New York?" I asked quietly, my voice going soft.

"Most likely," he answered, turning to his side to face me. "We'll come visit as much as we can. It's not a far distance, Boston to New York."

"Eh. It's a bit of a drive," I said. "I'm going to miss you a ton, ya know. Ness is moving out too...I have Ethan at least. My friends here but..."

"I know, I'll miss you too my partner in crime," He teased with me, a big grin on his face. "Remember when we were kids, when you and I started hanging out. Before that it was solely just you and Ness."

"Yeah, I remember. How could I forget? We were both bored because Ness was hanging out with Jake that day; Aidan, Seth, and Lizzy were together, leaving the two of us alone. We explored that really cool cove. It's also when Ethan started to hang out with us as well because we weren't that little anymore," I reminisced, chuckling at the thought.

"Yeah." Masen smiled. "Lil...I don't know what Grace and I are going to do. This immortality thing seems like it's going to be a pain in the ass."

"You'll figure something out. There has to be a way for Grace to become immortal. She's half witch. That has to count for something. Right?" I said.

"I hope it does. I'm just worried," He confessed to me wistfully. I watched as he then bit his lip, contemplating like he always does. "What if...What if I could become mortal somehow?"

"You? Mortal?" I questioned, sitting up. "How? Why? What?"

"I don't know! It was a thought," He stammered, scratching the back of his head. "Don't say anything to the others, especially my parents or sisters...It's just a thought I had. Maybe there could be a way to become mortal. Then I could just live my days out with Grace and we wouldn't have to worry about loosing each other."

"But what about the rest of us?" I mentioned. "Your parents? Sisters? Cousins? And even Grace's family- Masen you can't be serious. I'm not prepared to outlive my best friend. I already have to accept the fact I won't see any of my human friends again, you can't leave. You're supposed to be my guaranteed friend forever."

"Look, forget I said it. It was just a thought. It's probably not even possible," He said, touching my arm gently. "Just please. I'm sorry."

"It's okay...Just, think about that stuff over. It's a big life changing decision," I pointed to him.

"It's the same for Grace. We're both going to have to give something up. One of us. Just to be together forever," He muttered, rubbing his eyes. "God, Lily...I just don't want this to end up badly. I don't want to loose her."

"And you won't," I said softly, wrapping an arm around him. "You two were meant to be together forever. It'll work it's way out."

"That's what Grace and I keep telling ourselves, but I have to be prepared for the worse," He told me sadly.

"Well, don't think that way now. Not with graduation coming up, and that camping trip. Think of the camping trip," I told him, trying to think positive.

"Yeah. Of course. Gotta prepare for that as well," Masen said, a smile on his face. "That'll be fun."

"It will be. Now come on, why don't we do something fun? Double date tonight- you, me, Grace, and Ethan? Maybe even get Ness and Jakey boy. Sounds fun- right?" I said, trying to take his mind off of things. "Or just even a best friends night. We can go see a movie or something. Hang out in the city. That's fun."

"That sounds good. Ethan can come, but Grace is out of the question. Ness and her went to hang out with Lisa and Tori tonight. But I'm down for anything. Hang around the city," he said, sitting up. "Just the three of us, like it used to be. As long as I'm not third wheeling, I'm good."

"You won't, but awesome! Now, let me get my big lug," I teased. I then gave my cousin a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm gonna be here for you, Masen Anthony Cullen. Whatever happens. I have your back and you have mine. Capisce?"

"Yes." he chuckled. "Always."

I then headed towards my grandmother's house where I saw Ethan sitting in the living room. He was sitting on the couch with Lucas watching a movie while chatting up a storm. The moment I entered the area though, Ethan immediately turned around to smile at me. I smiled as well, making my way over to greet him with a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey," I said huskily, wrapping my arms around his neck from behind. "Are you up to go out? It'll just be me, you, and Masen. Need to take Masen out and cheer the poor sap up."

"Um sure," Ethan agreed, but then warily turned to his brother.

"LuLu is invited too." I smirked at Lucas Rider, who ended up rolling his eyes at me.

"How thoughtful, Polly Pocket. I would hate for you to forget me," He said, causing me to shake my head at him.

"So, what do you say?" I asked Ethan, rubbing his chest.

"You go, brother. I gotta help the Cullen's figure some stuff out about Meredith," Lucas said, sitting up. "Now's the time I can get that done. Go enjoy your girlfriend and friend."

"Are you guys any closer to finding her yet?" I asked curiously.

"Hopefully. I got a few leads on people who might know her daughters. The first Lux Lamia, so that'll be interesting," He muttered. "I'm going to investigate tonight. You'll probably find out in the morning."

"Okay. Cool," I said. Lucas then said goodbye to his brother and myself before leaving the premise. This just left me with the man I loved.

"Speaking of the sisters, we're trying to use your parents book to find them. Gwen and Matt," Ethan mentioned to me.

"Oh..." I said, my mouth forming an 'o'. Matt and Gwen. My biological parents that implanted some sort of hidden treasure map in my mind.

"Maybe you could help us? You have a power Lily. Something's inside of you that isn't triggering you to have a power...You have something. Robert can sense it, he just doesn't know what it is. You have an ability. Always did. Maybe it'll help us," Ethan said. I nodded, taking his hand in mine.

"I could...But let's not think about that right now. Right now, we have to try to concentrate on making sure Masen isn't a third wheel," I said, diverting the conversation away from this all. The whole thing was extra anxiety I don't need.

"Alright." Ethan chuckled, cupping my face gently in his hands. Our lips then met again until I heard Masen's cry of annoyance break us up.

"Come on, guys. We're going out as the three amigos tonight," Masen insisted, walking up to us. "Not as the two lovers and their third wheel."

"Of course, buddy. Get over here," I said, linking arms with him and then Ethan. "Now, let's go boys and have ourselves a fun time."

*Abby's POV*

I threw a ball at the wall, watching it bounce back at me. I was tired from all the shopping that occurred today. Not gonna lie. I loved to shop. I mean, it's something I love doing with my mom. Her enthusiasm for clothing is amazing. To be as passionate as she is about this stuff is really cool.

I don't know what I'm passionate about yet. Then again, I'm still growing up and at the rate I'm going it won't be long until I'm an adult. Oh jeez.

I guess I wasn't really paying attention, because when I threw the ball this time it smacked against something...Or someone- "Ahk!"

My eyes went wide as I looked to see Lucas Rider, rubbing his forehead, while holding onto my red bouncy ball.

"Thanks for the welcome, squeaky. I really appreciate it," Lucas muttered.

"Sorry not sorry," I said, shrugging. "You should really watch yourself, Lu."

"Don't call me that," Lucas muttered, rubbing his forehead.

"I could call you LuLu. Lily does have really good nicknames," I added, causing him to frown even more.

"Okay, squeaky. Let's just chill out here for a second or two. Alright?" He said, raising his hands up in defense.

"Whatcha doing here anyway, Rider? Ethan's not here," I pointed out.

"I know that. I was helping your family find out information about that witch," He explained to me.

"What witch?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow.

He looked at me dumbfounded, "You don't know? The witch. She's the reason Aro killed Serena-"

"You mean the naked lady?"

"Yes, the naked lady," He responded, rolling his eyes. "Her name's Meredith. She's the creator of the Lux Lamia and we're trying to find her daughters, the first two Lux Lamia. They're gonna help us figure out what Aro wants to do with her."

"Oh..." I muttered.

"What? Your parents never said anything to you?" Lucas asked me.

I shook my head, "Not really. In fact, I don't really know too much about my birth parents. It just seems like a tricky subject."

"I see," Lucas said, nodding his head. "Well, I mean...It's understandable. Your parents weren't exactly...Good people."

"I know that for sure," I answered. "I just...I want to ask even Dru and Cordy about Aro, but I feel like I shouldn't. I just can't help but be curious. I could ask Maysun, Jen, or Nahuel about Serena but then again, all Jen seems like she wants is to forget that part of her life, Maysun looks like she wants to cry every time she sees me, and Nahuel- I don't even know where he is. I have family, yet I forget that they're even supposed to be my family."

Lucas nodded, "Look, squeaks, for what it's worth...I'm sure if you asked one of them they'd tell you. I can tell you right now about your father. Not a nice guy. I know everyone tells you that, but this is coming from someone who worked for him-"

"You worked for the Volturi?" I asked, my tone shocked.

"Yeah..." Lucas answered, his voice followed by a sigh. "Not a good point in my life, but I did. To survive. I didn't care much for him because it was strictly business, ya know. I would smuggle things for the Volturi or help them out in certain situations out here like spying on covens...It was later I found out I was just doing the same work they made Lorenzo, the man who killed my parents, do. I saw they were evil, but then it came with a price. I tried to distance myself from them, but they used me as bait and that's why I'm here. Plus, he treated Dru terribly."

"He didn't like Dru? Why?" I questioned. "She's such a good person."

"Well, her power wasn't useful to him. There was no need to heal a vampire. What would she do, ya understand," Lucas explained to me. "And now, Cordelia. Man, Cordelia was his prized daughter. As children, he showered Cordelia with affection. I mean, even though he wasn't affectionate with Dru, he still made sure they were both trained. Taught them the finest of arts. They had the best education probably in the world and besides that, he taught them how to fight. His distance to Dru caused the two of us to become closer. Best friends. I knew Cordy, but she was off limits because of the mind control...But then Robert came into the picture. Aro thought he could make the guy into one of them, but Robert just became an outlet. When Cordelia fell for Robert, this angered Aro. He didn't try to prevent them from falling in love, but it's the main reason Cordelia didn't become corrupted in the first place. If it weren't for Dru or Robert, Cordelia would've been a brain washed princess."

"But...Cordelia is one of the sweetest people I know. She...I couldn't even see her and Aro having any sort of relationship or hurting a fly for that matter," I mentioned to him.

"I know. In fact, a lot of people don't know Cordelia is a living lethal weapon. Her and Dru. They just hold a lot of it back, but their power...Damn, they have power let me tell you. Dru can cure so many people in need and Cordy- damn even though her power can drain a lot of energy- ever since she's left she's gotten so much better with it. That girl has mind control. She can control anything she pleases. The guards- anything. She would've used it so much more that day we escaped the Volturi if it wasn't for the fact she was pregnant. Aro chose their mothers, the Sanso sisters, because he knew they would give him powerful children. He just didn't realize, he had shitty parenting skills. His daughters realized their father was a nut case and left before they could do any harm," Lucas told me.

"Ah huh," I said, nodding my head. "Wow..."

"Was that more than you expected or nah?" Lucas asked me slowly.

"It was a lot, but I needed to hear it," I confessed, scratching the back of my head. "Thanks, Rider."

"No problem, squeaky," He said, nodding his head. "Look, I know you're curious about your biological parents...Answers will come to you soon. It just takes time."

I nodded my head at him again, "Kay."

"Now, I gotta go squeaks. Your family needs my help again," He said, jerking his thumb towards the other hallway.

"Sure. See ya around then," I replied, watching him walk away. Meanwhile, I shoved my hands into my pockets watching him leave.

"Hey kiddo." I look to now see my dad making his way over. "Whatcha up to?"

"Oh nothing. Just hanging around," I confessed, shrugging.

"You know there's a Twilight Zone marathon," He said, smirking at me. I smiled immediately at him. The old show was a favorite of ours. "Want to join me?"

"Of course," I said, grinning as I followed after him to our house.

At least Lucas answered some questions to my curiosity revolving my biological father. Hopefully that would settle my mind for now.


A/N: Hey guys! Surprise! Another update! Like I probably said before, I've been writing a lot of this due to the fact I don't know how much time I'm going to have in college or even if I want to write a lot in college. Right now I'm focused on this when I have some free time at home and pretty much have wrote a lot of this story. It's just updating and that's another thing I want to try to be a bit better with. So...I hoped you enjoyed this and be on the look out for the next update ;)