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Chapter Nine
*Lily's POV*
"Oh god." I groaned, sitting up in the bed. Of course my dream was nothing but abnormal. Extremely abnormal. Has anything been normal since I was born? Probably not.
"Lily? Are you up?" A soft voice asked. I look towards my door to see Ethan.
"Now I am," I teased. He chuckled before making his way over to me in the bed. It was four o'clock in the morning and there was that faint purplish glow emerging from behind my curtains. Ethan tip toed as silently as he could across my floor. "My parents just let you in?" I asked curiously as I lifted the covers for him to join me.
"Well technically, no. Aidan let me in. Your parents are still at Esme and Carlisle's," Ethan explained to me while he kicked his boots off. He then climbed into the bed with me where we automatically spooned. His arms wrapping around me. I smiled feeling myself in his embrace. Like how tight his arms were and the tickling feeling of his slight scruff against my cheek.
"They've been talking for awhile," I mused.
"Yeah. I don't know. It's all about next moves, what's going to happen. Stuff like that," He told me, stroking my hair gently. "All I know about the next few years is I'll be following you wherever you go."
"Which is undecided as of now," I replied, chuckling. "How was New Jersey, by the way?" Seth, Jacob, and Ethan went out to New Jersey today to get some parts for Jacob's rabbit that were kind of rare. After that they went to a car show.
"It was fun. We had a good time. Got the parts. I got some new stuff for my truck as well. It was all good," He told me simply. "How are you though? I heard you muttering stuff when I got in here...Did you have another dream?"
"Yeah," I mumbled, holding on tightly to his hand. "I dreamt of two girls."
"What were they doing?" He asked me softly, rubbing his thumb against my hand. "Or who were they at least?"
I bit my lip, "I don't know. I didn't recognize them. One had red hair and the other short brown. They seemed like they were trying to run away from something or someone. I don't know what though and they kept crying out for someone...I don't know. I ended up waking up moments later...I feel like my parents are trying to tell me something."
Ever since last year when I came in contact with this ancient book, I've been having visions. Before I was born my father had them placed in my head somehow and the book was the catalyst in a way. Since then, it's like I've been receiving hints from my parents in the afterlife. It's absolutely weird because a lot of it doesn't make sense, but I'm who they placed the information they were trying to keep from the Volturi. I guess these two girls have something to do with it as well because I keep dreaming about them. The only person who knows about these dreams are Ethan because I'll wake up tossing and turning. Not my favorite activity.
"They might be," He said, stroking my hair gently. I sighed, turning around so I could face him. He gave me a sleepy reassuring grin, "Lily, you'll figure it out soon. I know you will because you're an extremely smart woman."
"Thanks." I chuckled, nuzzling into his side. "God, I'm so excited for junior prom tonight but the fact you can't be my date sucks epically."
"It's fine. Have fun with your friends. You don't get to have those guys forever. I'll be here with you for the rest of eternity. So like I said, have fun," He said, kissing my forehead.
"Right," I muttered, snuggling close to my boyfriend. My face buried in the fabric of his shirt, taking in his scent.
"Anyway, save a nice slow dance for me when you get home. I'll be waiting," He whispered in my ear.
I grinned, "Of course."
The two of us then kissed gently before breaking apart, "Now let's get some shut eye. I need some beauty sleep."
He chuckled as the two of us snuggled up for the night. In the morning, I woke up and after coming home from school- everything was on a crackdown. I headed straight to Aunt Alice's house where the whole family was practically gathered for my brother, Jen, and I. While Uncle Eddie and Dad helped Aidan with his suit- Jen and I got ready with Aunt Alice and my mother.
"There you go, Lily. All done," Aunt Alice announced as I got up from her make-up chair. "Now Jen, it's your turn."
"You look very beautiful, Lily," Jen told me as she sat down.
I smiled at her. "Thanks Jen, I can't wait to see how you turn out," I said.
"Thanks," She responded. "I'm so nervous...It's my first prom."
"Really?" I asked, kind of shocked. "But...You went to high school before."
"Yeah, but my dad never allowed it so...Yeah," Jen explained to me shyly from the chair.
I then knelt down so I was around her height, "It'll be a ton of fun. It's my prom too but I'm sure we'll have a really good time with all of our friends. Promise."
"Good. I can't wait," She replied. I grinned at her before heading down the steps to see the rest of my family waiting for our big reveal.
"Wow, Lil. You look beautiful," Renesmee told me, seeing me make my way out of my bedroom.
"My my! You are stunning," My grandmother added. "Oh, if I could cry I would. Lily, you look like such a young woman."
"Thanks guys," I replied, grinning at their compliments. My hair was curled while I was wearing a tight black dress that hugged my curves. It went up to my knees and matched with the black high heels I decided to wear.
"My my, sister dear. I have to say you look smashing," Aidan announced in a fake British accent. He was dressed in a black suit with a red bow tie. I immediately burst out into a fit of chuckles.
"How you ladies think I look?" Aidan asked, twirling around in the outfit.
"Pretty good," I remarked, giggling.
"You look funny, but not too bad bud," Lizzy teased with her best friend, giving Aidan a side hug.
"You think I look like James Bond?" He asked her. She just giggled and shook her head.
"In your dreams, Aide."
"Both our kids are growing up, aren't they Rosie?" My dad teased, coming over with my mother slung under his arm. She looked at us with bittersweet eyes like she was ready to dry sob at any moment. We haven't talked much since the weird incident at the shop, but I don't think any of us minded now.
"You two look so great," My mother said, coming over to look at us. She then brought the two of us into a hug. "My babies are growing up."
"Group hug," My dad announced jovially, wrapping his large bear arms around the whole group. I laughed with my mother and brother as we embraced for an infamous Emmett Cullen bear hug.
"Lily, you look so much like Gwen but at the same time I think I see Rose in there as well," Aunt Bella told me softly. "You look beautiful just like both of your mothers."
"Thank you, Aunt Bella," I told her gently, my eyes glistening a bit with tears.
"She's right though, I see Gwen in both of you," Uncle Jackson declared, coming over to Aidan and I. Uncle Zach was here as well with Ava and the kids.
"Really? I see Matthew," Uncle Zach remarked, grinning.
"Are we really like them?" Aidan asked curiously.
Uncle Jackson nodded right away, smiling, "Of course. Gwen was such a goofball, you get that from her, Aidan. Lily, you're just as stubborn as your father. In a good way though, you're very protective. You look so much like you're mother, but you have your father's eyes. His human eyes, that is."
"Yeah. They got the Matthews blue eyes," Zach responded, whistling. "I couldn't have honestly pictured better parents for you two than Emmett and Rose. I'm really glad they were the ones to adopt you. They raised you well."
I could see my parents smiling bittersweetly in the corner of my eye after that compliment. I know how much it bugged them that the way Aidan and I came into their lives was through our biological parents' death.
"I could see them now," Uncle Jackson mentioned, chuckling. "Matt would be lecturing you two right now, he always did that, but Gwen would be fussing over how much you two have grown up...They both would've been very, very proud of you."
"Thanks guys," I said, trying so hard not to cry. Aidan nodded in agreement as we go to hug our uncles.
"Wow, you love lovely tonight Miss Hale," Masen announced, coming over once I was finished with my uncles. I chuckled at him as the two of us go to hug.
"God, I wish at least you could've come," I mumbled into his shoulder.
"Me too, but you're doing this for Aidan and Jen. No dates," Masen reminded me.
"Yeah," I mumbled unhappily. "But you're my best friend. I always wanted to hang out with you at a prom."
"Well, I think I should say this now, since Grace and I could bring guests...We're both taking you and Aidan to prom," He whispered in my ear.
I raised an eyebrow at I looked back at Grace who was chuckling.
"Oh wow, so I will be accompanying Miss Grace Martin to senior prom? Wow, aren't I lucky," Aidan teased, causing Grace to roll her eyes in amusement.
"Aw yass!" I exclaimed, hugging on tighter to Masen. "This is going to be great! Two proms! I have to get another dress."
"Alright, good. Now you can at least try to enjoy this one," Masen teased with me. "Since I won't be there I know it'll be a wreck."
"Probably." I smirked.
"Wow." A new voice breathed. I turned around to see Ethan leaning against the doorway. "Two proms looking as hot as you are and I won't be there for either? Oh, this is truly a bummer."
I then headed over to my boyfriend, planting a kiss on his lips. "I'll see you later tonight. After all, I did promise to save a slow dance for you," I mentioned to him quietly, a playful smile on my face.
He chuckled. "Good. See you then, mo ghrĂ idh. I love you," Ethan whispered in my ear.
"Love you too," I replied, kissing him gently on the lips.
"So, are we heading out to Joe's or what?" Aidan asked, referring to one of our friends. We were meeting up at another junior's house, Joe, to take pictures.
"We still have Jen," I pointed out.
"I'm here!" When Jen made her way down the stairs, my jaw dropped. She looked so beautiful in her ivy green dress. It went up to her knees while her hair was pinned up. Some loose strands stuck out in the front while a silver flower clip held it together in the back.
"You look great, Jen," I told her sincerely. "Amazing!'
"Thanks," She replied, blushing.
"So beautiful! Come on kids, pose for pictures!" My grandmother announced, causing the three of us to pose. I giggled, but at the same time felt awkwardness. I could tell Jen and Aidan were trying their best to not interact with each other. They were putting me in the middle of the two of them. Jesus christ.
"Now come on, I want to do group pictures," I stressed. "We don't have much time left."
"Of course! Let's go!" my mother ushered us out of the house. We arrived at junior prom an hour later with all our friends. It was being held at the school gymnasium. Nothing too fancy, but when senior prom came around that would be at a nice fancy hotel somewhere in the city. I couldn't wait for that.
When we got inside, it looked really nice. I have to say, it wasn't cheesy at all. In fact, the food they had catered and everything else in between was pretty great. I was having a fun time dancing with my friends and goofing around. I didn't even realize there was drama between Carly, Jen, and Aidan. In fact, I think I could see Aidan and Jen dancing with each other to the ChaCha Slide.
"I think I'm going to ask Joe to slow dance with me," Carly told me in the middle of the prom. We were both sipping punch while watching everyone interact on the dance floor. My brother seemed to be bonding with Jen again, which was good. "I don't think your brother is interested in me anymore."
"I think he's not sure, Carls...But dance with Joe. I don't want you to be focused on my brother the whole year. Joe's a good kid and I'm pretty sure he likes you," I mentioned to her. I blinked a bit. Something didn't feel quite right.
"You know what, you're right Lil. I'm going to ask him to dance with me," She announced promptly. I giggled, watching her walk away, but immediately felt a sense of nausea take over my body.
I felt really weird. Like there wasn't something quite right. This is when I decided it would probably be a good time to take a detour to the bathroom.
When I got in there, I took a good look at myself in the mirror. I seemed fine, but my head was really foggy all of a sudden. I had a million different alarms going off at once. Something really wasn't right and I didn't feel good anymore. I didn't like it. I felt as if I didn't have control over my own body.
Something was terribly wrong. I need to call my parents to have them pick me up.
As I left the bathroom stall to tell Aidan and Jen my plan, heard a familiar voice that caused me to stop in my tracks.
"Hey there, Lily." I frowned, turning around to see, in surprise, Austin standing against the wall. Oh boy...Here we go.
"What do you want, Austin?" I sneered, putting both hands on my hips. I felt dizzy, but I wasn't dizzy enough to let him get away with harassing me.
"You know, just to see how you are. Nothing big," He said, walking around me carefully. I watched his eyes trail up and down my body. Ew...I could smell the alcohol on his breath. It was very potent.
"Look, I should get back in there," I declared meekly, marching forward to where the prom was happening.
"I don't think so," he hissed, grabbing my arm. I halted for a moment as his hold became tighter. "There's a few things you and I should really discuss."
"Look, Austin. Please...Just leave me alone," I warned. My head pounding at this point. I just wanted my phone. I wanted my parents. I wanted my brother. I wanted Ness or Masen. I just wanted to get out of here.
"No. You know, did your parents ever tell you not to leave your drink unattended?" He asked me curiously. I frowned, but suddenly put two and two together.
"Did you slip something in my drink?" I asked breathlessly. My heart was racing now as I tried to get away. I was getting weak. My limbs didn't feel quite the same as Austin held me in his grasp.
"Don't worry. You won't remember a thing," He whispered in my ear. I tried to scream, but he then clasped a hand over my mouth. I tried to struggle free, call for help, but I felt like I was loosing control of my body. He dragged me into a dark hallway, far away from where everyone could hear me.
I could feel his hands reaching up my dress. I felt the tears welding up in my eyes as he pushed my body against the wall. His hands touching me in places I only let Ethan ever touch.
"Help, Aidan. Help," I thought out to my twin weakly. "Please, hear me!"
I was about to loose consciousness any second. I looked into his eyes begging him to not go any further, but that's when I heard a scream.
My body dropped the floor and that's when everything went black.
*Lizzy's POV*
"So I think I'm going to have a talk with Seth," I confessed to Abby. Since Aidan and Jen were out having fun at junior prom, I decided Abby and I would have fun together tonight.
We were currently sitting on the roof top just hanging out with each other. We weren't really sure what to do. Seth just got back from New Jersey so he was currently napping on the couch, but once he was up he was going to join us to go to Times Square and maybe find something to do.
"That's good. Did you talk to Ness about it?" Abby asked me curiously.
"Yeah. We talked it over. I just need to tell him how I feel, then maybe it'll get better," I said, shrugging. "In the meantime, did you hear where we'll be going to high school the next four years?"
"Oh yeah," Abby huffed. "We're going to Wisconsin? Are they serious?"
"Well we'll have a year off. We're going to be homeschooled, but once Lily and Aidan graduate then we're going to Wisconsin for high school," I informed her.
"And the whole adult gang is joining us I presume? Since we'll be the only two left," Abby muttered.
"Why do the rest of them get to go to New York City, of all places, for high school while we'll be in small town Wisconsin with the cows. Might I add, our parents will also be attending school with us!" I cried out, rubbing my temples.
"Sucks being the youngest," Abby mumbled. "They want to protect us from everything."
I shrugged, "I guess you can say that."
"I'm worried," Abby all of a sudden confessed to me.
"About what?" I questioned.
My cousin bit her lip, "Aro..."
"Why do you keep worrying about him! Abby, he's not going to get you-"
"It's not that. And you never know that, by the way," She hissed. I watched as her eyes grow solemn, "What if...What if I'm like him?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned incredulously.
"What if I think that I'm good, but what if I turn out not to be. What if I'm a bad guy...What if I turn out to be just like him and my mother. They both weren't good people, Liz," Abby said softly.
"Abbs...You're so much better than both of them. Anyway, Serena wasn't good. She tried to kill our family, but I have to admit she was probably more of a victim. And with that, Abby, my dear cousin, are neither a victim or a bad person. It's scary, I understand that, but you'll be okay because I for one will never let that happen to you," I said to her fiercely. "You are my cousin and one of my best friends. I love you too much to ever let that happen."
She smiled bittersweetly, "Thanks, Liz. But I think I'm going to have to talk to Dru and Cordy on this one. Maybe get their insight. Have a nice sister-sister chat."
"Sounds good." I smiled at her.
Just then I watched as Lucas Rider emerged from the house. He had a cocky grin on his face as he spotted the two of us, "Hey Ladies, whatcha up to?"
"None of your business, Rider," Abby shot back.
I raised my eyebrows, looking at her and then him. Guess there was still some tension there.
"What's up Lucas?" I asked him in a friendly tone. "What brings you here?"
"Oh nothing much, Little Red. I'm just waiting for my brother to get home. He went out with Jake again to pick something up for Carlisle. I forgot what, but any who I was just waiting," He explained, smiling at me.
"Hey guys," Seth announced, coming over as well. "Lucas. Abby. Lizzy."
"Hey Seth," I greeted him, smiling at him. "How was your nap?"
"Nice. Thanks for asking," he said, chuckling. "So..Whatcha guys up to?"
"Nothing much. Lucas over here decided to talk to Liz and I while we were doing nothing, so obviously nothing exciting if Fonzie decided to show," Abby remarked, causing Lucas to roll his eyes.
He then mockingly placed a hand over his heart, "Ow, Squeaks. That really hurt me."
"Well, good," She said, smirking.
Seth and I shared amused looks before looking back at the two. "So um anyway, you guys want to head out?" I asked, looking at Seth and Abby.
"Yeah. Might be a good idea," Seth teased. I chuckled seeing the tension between Lucas and Abby ride.
"Sure, I just got to get my-" I was about to finish my sentence when I saw a vision flash my aunt's mind.
"Oh no," I whispered.
"What is it Lizzy?" Seth asked concerned, seeing I wasn't quite all there.
"Little Red, are you okay?" Lucas also asked as him and Abby came closer. The three of them crowding me to make sure I was alright.
"I saw one of your mother's visions," I whispered, looking at Abby before running downstairs. When I got there, I approached my aunt who was currently being supported by my uncle. Masen had just gotten there as well with Renesmee close behind. It looks like no one else seemed to be around.
"Did it happen yet?" Masen barked, startling my aunt and uncle. "I'm sorry Aunt Alice, but- She's my best friend. Please."
"No. It's okay, Masen. I understand. There's time to stop it," She said, picking up her phone right away. "I'm calling the school."
"And I'm going there right now," Masen announced fiercely, grabbing his jacket. Grace ran right down the stairs, finally catching up with the rest of us.
"What's going on?" she asked curiously.
"Is Lily okay?" Renesmee added, her eyes full of worry. "Masen, you just ran out of the room pretty quickly."
"Someone needs to get a hold of Rose and Emmett. They're on a date. The others are all out running errands," My aunt spoke erratically. "Oh god...Lily."
"What's going on, Alice?" Uncle Jasper asked his wife tenderly. He had his hand on her arm. "What's happening to Lily?"
"She's in trouble," My aunt spoke, her voice raw and full of fear. "Now listen to me, Jasper I...I need you to get in contact with Rose, Emmett, Carlisle- Whoever."
"I'm going to the school," Masen announced angrily.
"I'm going too," I said, stopping him before he could storm out.
"Liz-"
"No. I saw Masen," I said, my eyes welding up in tears. "I don't want that to happen to her. Please."
"Alright," He said, grabbing his jacket. "Anyway, I'm going to need someone to calm me down if this gets ugly."
"The rest of us are coming as well. I don't know what's happening, but you might need back up then," Renesmee announced, rushing over with Seth, Grace, Abby, and even Lucas.
"I'm not going to let anything happen to my brother's girl," Lucas added.
"If Lily's in trouble, I want to help," Renesmee also chimed in.
"Alright but if you guys don't mind we're running out of time," Masen growled before running out of the door.
"Oh god," Grace whispered full of concern, following him into the darkness. I joined them as well as we all rushed into the car, determined to save Lily no matter the cost.
A/N: Okay, so this chapter got a bit darker. I promise you guys I would never go into the dark details, I just want to clarify that now before this part of the story continues. Sexual assault is a VERY serious topic and it isn't something that should be taken lightly.
In the meantime, thanks for reading and be on the lookout for the next update.
