New Chappy Chapter! I hope you will all enjoy this, I'm trying to do a slow burn, but I have never been one for slow burn, incase you can't tell. I am also aware of how close, how protective Jasper is of Lily, there is a reason for this.
~Chapter Five~
There is light streaming through my windows, pressing against my eyelids so they burn white, my exhaustion evident as I sluggishly open my eyes, bringing a heavy hand up to wipe the sleep from my eyes, and slowly shift the blankets around so that I can sit up. My lethargy is unexpected as I press my feet to the cold floor, standing in my fleece black pajama pants with green polkadots, and black and green striped pajama pants, a quick glance outside has me groaning as snow blankets the ground, and I grab clothes from my closet, entering my bathroom.
With a quick shower I scrub the remaining lethargy away, climbing out to blow-dry the black and violet locks, before dressing in black jeans, a purple and black striped long sleeve under a black Grateful Dead T-shirt, with a gray and black hoodie, slipping on my combat boots, I rub down my neck tat with cocoa butter, opting not to put in my black snakebites today. Putting in diamond studs, followed by black studs, a pair of coffin studs, and bat studs, I put a spiderweb earcuff in each each, and leave my hair loose as I slip on my heavy forest green coat, and grab my black and white striped Nightmare Before Christmas messenger bag, and stomp down the stairs, joining the others in the Kitchen. A swift glance at the clock tells me that it's only 6:27 am, telling me the light woke EVERYONE up, but at least Sheryl was nice enough to make everyone a thermos of cocoa, and pack us all some pizza and chocolate chip cake for lunch, even though it's her day off.
Sam had gotten into a fight with one of the boys at daycare, so he got expelled, Sheryl took today off to go from daycare to daycare to find somewhere for him. A rumbling honk comes from outside just as I finish my cereal, causing my to shoot a look at the clock on the microwave in surprise as it 7:15 am, she's late for once. Grabbing my lunch, I shout goodbye as I round the hall to the door, which I open quickly, slowly and carefully making my way down the steps and across the yard to Bella's truck. Bella leans over, opening the door just as I slip, falling on my butt in pain, causing her to wince as I grab the door, hoisting myself up,and stumble the rest of the way into the truck, slamming the door. "Morning." She chirps as I nod.
"Yeah, morning. Please be careful, the road is icy." I tell her, causing her to laugh a bit.
"I will. Icy does help the uncoordinated, and the last thing we need is to flip the truck." I give a scared chuckle at that, she nods as we start down the road, both of us in uneasy, yet compatible silence, Bella because of her focus on the road, me because of my focus on Bella's focus on the road. I have to take many deep breaths whenever we turn corners, because I feel as though we're going to tip the truck over, thanks to Bella's comment. Pulling into the parking lot, Bella kills the truck, both of us climbing out, slipping and sliding over to the sidewalk, where Mike, Jessica, Angela, and Eric all catch our attention, Eric grins at me as Mike slings an arm around Bella, but I manage to duck out of the conversation before anyone really ropes me in, Bella sends me a look that is a mix between a plead and a glare as I walk off.
"Lilith!" I cringe at Eric calling out to me, turning to find him there as he gently at me.
"Lily, why don't anyone call me Lily?" I mutter as he looks at me sheepishly as we start toward my class.
"Hey, so listen. There is this dance coming up, and I-" A white ball of mush smacks into the back of Eric's head, causing me to gasp as he whirls around, Mike is in sight, hands in his pockets, suspiciously head the opposite way of his class, and it seems that Eric has figure that out too, because he's stooping down to scoop up a bunch of the white mush himself.
"Riiiiiight, this is where I back away now." I state as I hold up my hands, backing towards the building where my classes are, Eric either doesn't hear me, or doesn't care as he throws the shapened ball, smacking, not Mike who bent over at the last second, but Angela, who scoffs with a laugh, bending over to form her own snowball, at this... I turn and run. Slipping and sliding down the sidewalk, everytime I fall, I climb back up to my feet, and I race off again, finally escaping into the classroom. By lunch, Eric has tried talking with me three more times, each time he's been sniped by snowballs, Bella and I seem to have similar ideas as we both are carrying around binders as shields, escaping as fast as we can whenever snowball fights are started once again.
Walking into the lunch room, Bella and I do our usual sweep of the area, our eyes land on the Cullen's table, and I swear I can hear Bella's stomach drop as I realize that Edward Cullen is sitting with his family. Rosalie is sitting there, raking slush from her long blonde curl, Alice is taunting Emmett, Jasper and Edward as laughing as Emmett leans towards the girls, shaking the slush from his hair, causing Alice and Rosalie to lean away from his, hands brought uo to shield themselves from the mushy onslaught, and laughing all the while. They all look like some kind of hair gel commercial or tv ad, the thought has me smirking in mirth as I pull my lunch from my bag, and sit down, suddenly Eric turns to me. "Hey, I've been trying to ask you something all day!" He grins, causing red alert flags in my mind as I stand.
"You know what? I need ranch!" I state, grabbing my lunch and bag.
"Ranch on pizza?" Eric asks.
"Yes." I rush towards the lunch line, by looking where I am going until I bump into a small, pixie-like figure, causing me to let out a nervous laugh. I wasn't stupid, Eric said dance earlier, and the announcements today said something about homecoming, ergo, he wants me to go with him to homecoming. "Alice!" I call as I stumble back from her, Jasper looks up from piling things on his tray at my voice, standing behind her.
"Lilith?" Alice asks.
"Lily, call me Lily." I correct automatically, I can feel Eric's eyes burning into my back as I grab a paper cup, and shakily fill in with ranch, cursing when I knock it off the line, grabbing another one.
"Hey! Hey." Alice takes my shaking hand in her steady one, rubbing her thumb in soothing circles between my knuckles. "Breathe, Lily. What's going on?" She asks.
"Ask me to have lunch with you." I tell her, feeling Eric's gaze bore into my head like laser beams.
"What?" Alice laughs.
"Eric is trying to ask me to homecoming, ask me to have lunch with you." I specify, vaguely notice Jasper's eyes slant into a glare in my peripherals, but my attention is on hopeful savior.
"Okay, want to have lunch with us?" Alice asks.
"Yes! Let's go. Let's go right now." I answer, causing Alice to laugh as she steps to my right, Jasper on the other side of me, and they guide me to their seat, I can feel Eric's gaze turn into a glare as Alice pushes me into an empty seat between herself and Jasper, Emmett who is beside Rosalie, turns an intimidating gaze upon me, and Edward's eyes narrow on me, while Rosalie looks down her nose at me. "Uh..." I feel myself shrink in my seat. "Hi?" I voice a greeting that sounds more like a question that anything.
"This is Lilith Michaelson." Alice chirps as I give a shy wave. "Lily for short."
"Sorry for imposing, I'm not usually like this, except for the fact that I apparently have dibs placed on me." I grin nervously, Edward turns away, as Emmett grins down at Rosalie, and Alice turns to me.
"So. Ready for gym class?" She asks, her smile bright as I wince.
"No, I decided to take out my snakebites cause of the weather, but my lip is sore. Being a popular target for balls in my face will not help." I answer as I twist a black lock around my right pointer finger. "That could be construed as dirty." I blush. "I'm sorry." Rosalie shakes a hand through your blonde locks, and Emmett beams at me.
"Lilith!" I freeze at Jennifer's shout, causing me to duck my head as Emmett raises an eyebrow at the blonde curled, green eyed girl grabbing my arm, yanking me from my seat as I yelp. "Eric has something to ask you, and you totally blew him off!" She drags me over to the door, for privacy.
"But, Alice asked me to sit with them, and I wasn't going to be rude and say no." I state, causing her to scoff, rolling her eyes at me.
"Please, you have tons of time to hang out with Alice and Jasper, because you have classed with them, give the rest of us a shot with him." Her response is one jealousy. "You get an inch of niceness, you take a mile. Don't be selfish."
"I have to go." I bite my lip, ducking around her to the Cullen's table, once more as I grab my bag. "I'm sorry, I-I need to go. Nice to meet you all." I stammer as I tuck a loose strand of black and purple hair behind one ear. "Um, I'll... I'll see you in class, Alice and, y-you too Jasper." I nod to the others. "Edward, welcome back. Um... I like your blouse, Rosalie," She looks at me with a bright smile, reaching out, she yanks me down into the chair beside her.
"You don't need to leave, that girl was entirely too rude." Rosalie states, causing my eyebrows to furrow as she smiles at me. "I like your boots, designer, right?" I nod mutely, looking at Alice for clarification, but she just beams at me, while Jasper looks physically uncomfortable, his golden gaze on Rosalie's hand on my arm.
"You commented on her clothes, you'll be lucky if you ever get free." Edward provides.
"I... see." Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, and I chat for the rest of the lunch period, before Alice and I walk to gym class, where we start on basketball, which of course means the ball likes to bounce off the wall, and pelt my face, or my back when I'm not looking, starting toward my AP U.S. History class with my hood drawn, exhausting my energy from gym, dodging snowballs, and Eric as well, until I get to the building that is housing my class, only for a brown haired boy with hazel eyes to stop me.
"It's... Lilith, right?" He asks, causing me to look up at him as I lower my hood.
"It's Lily, actually." I answer, causing him to nod.
"Right, I'll try to remember that." He smiles, his teeth are a bit crooked, and his pale skin is oily.
"Can I... help you?" I ask, hesitantly.
"Oh, yeah." He clears his throat, smile turning a bit lecherous. "I was wondering if you wanted to go with me to, well, to homecoming?" My eyes widen, and I open and shut my mouth rapidly, possibly looking like a fish. "Maybe after, we could... go to your place? Have some fun?" He wriggles his eyebrows, putting a hand on my waist.
"Hey! No!" I jump back, glaring at him. "Do NOT touch me!" I snap, his eyes darken, and he grins again.
"Playing hard to get? I like a chase." He states, causing me to splutter in indignation.
"No! And, no- I won't go to Homecoming with you, sleazeball." I slap his hand as he reaches for me again.
"You know that you want to, you're not such a catch that you could do better than me." He growls, grabbing my hand, shoving me against the brick wall, causing me to bite my lip, slipping my free hand into my bag, gripping my pepperspray can. "You're going to be mine." His eyes are dangerously close, my throat constricts with fright, when suddenly he's pulled away, Jasper Hale is standing before me, back to me as he glares at the boy.
"Andrew, I suggest you leave. Now." Jasper's voice rings through the small clearing, a feeling of fear crawls down my spine, and suddenly, Andrew is rushing the opposite direction of the class, the feeling disappears just as quickly as it came, and my hand relaxed around the pepperspray can, my knees give out as I fall into the snow. Jasper turns, leaning down to rest his hands on my arms, a feeling of warmth and comfort, calmness, all wash over me as I rub my purpling wrist, he reaches for my chin, two cold fingers touch my flushed skin, causing me to wince a bit, it's like he's stuck his hands into his a snowbank. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah." I sigh, stumbling to my feet, cursing at the torn knee of my jeans. "Let's... just go to class." He nods. placing a hand on the small of my back, rounding the corner of the building into class, taking our seat before the teacher comes in, starting the lesson right off the bat. After my final class, I meet up with Bella, who has the biggest smile on her face as we walk to her truck. "Why are you so chipper?" I tease.
"Edward Cullen talked to me, today. He's actually really nice." She answers, causing me to give a soft laugh. I notice Jasper and Edward are across the lot, speaking in what seems to be in hushed voices, my eyes fall to her.
"You are so smitten!" I tease, causing her to blush as we stop beside her truck, something catches her eye.
"Hey, hang on a second." I grip the side of the truck, slipping my way behind her, only to discover what she's looking at.
"Snow chains?" I ask, she looks up at me with a tearful gaze, and I smile at her, suddenly there is a screeching noise, my head snaps up to get a view of Tyler's van hitting a patch of ice, my gaze shoots to Bella, who I shove out of the path of the oncoming vehicle, wincing as her head snaps again the ground when she falls, then I bring my arms up to block my head, and something thunders into me as my eyes snap shut. I wait for the pain from the impact, when a rushed voice breaths out my name, and my eyes snap open to find Jasper Hale, his hand is lifting the edge of the van, the other spins my legs out from under the end of it, before he drops the hundred pound vehicle, caging me against the side of Bella's truck, forehead pressed to my own as there is a squealing, then popping noise, glass shatters, landing where my legs just were.
"Lily?" That's Bella! My head snaps open to find Edward Cullen is pressing into an indentation in the van, Bella is in a steel cage of his arms, and Edward's eyes are glaring at Jasper. "Y-you're bleeding, oh I'm gonna be sick." I realize that there is blood trailing from cuts littering my arms, and a deep gash down my temple to my jaw, glass littering it. Jasper's jaw is clenched, his golden eyes are dark as the stare into my blue ones, my heart hammering as I feel lethargic.
"I think, I... have a concussion, for hitting my head on Bella's truck." I whimper, suddenly I can hear the commotion outside our little ball of metal, screaming, and yelling.
"Someone get Tyler out of the van!" Someone shouts.
"Call 911!" Another voice announces.
"I already did, they're on the way." This entire time, my head is thrumming, Edward and Jasper are trying not to break as they seem to have a silent conversation, Bella's pale skin takes on a green tint, and she grabs my hand, rubbing circles on the back of it as I take deep breaths, trying not to let my claustrophobia creep up on me. It takes six EMTs and two teachers to pry the cars apart enough, that the wheel in the stretchers, Edward and Jasper reject their's quickly, while they force me onto mine, and one EMT makes Bella lay on one at the mention of possible head damage from my shoving her, she even gets clapped with a neck brace. Jasper climbs into the ambulance beside my stretcher as Sheryl rushes forward with Jennifer and Jason, their eyes widen when they see it's me on the stretcher, not someone else.
"Lilith!" Jennifer cries, before her gaze lands on Jasper, she looks at me with mournful eyes, and the EMTs gesture them off, closing the doors. The ambulance starts and we are on the way to the hospital as my eyes slowly slip closed, only for a cold hand to land on my face, causing my eyes to snap open.
"Lily, I need you to stay away, okay?" Jasper asks.
"But, so tired." I murmur as my eyelids flutter, my heart thrums, and he nods.
"Okay, the EMTs say it's save to sleep for now. I'll be right here, alright?" I mutter something inherently, my eyes finally closing, and his honeyed chuckle fills my head as I fall asleep. The arrival at the hospital is a rush, followed by rushed tests, x-rays, and such, followed by cleaning my cuts out, and stitching or bandaging them. Bella is on the cot beside me as Tyler is wheeled in, followed by Chief Swan, who breathes a sigh if relief when he sees her unscratched.
"Bella, are you okay sweetheart?" He asks, resting a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm fine, dad. It could've been worst, if Lily was there. Pushed me out of the way." Bella gestures to me, Chief Swan's gaze lands on me, his eyes widen.
"I'm so sorry Bella, Lily, I tried to stop, but I was going too fast and-" Bella cuts Tyler off.
"It's fine, Tyler." Bella answers.
"No, it's not, look as this girl!" Chief Swan cries as I feel a familiar presence over my shoulder.
"I'm fine, honest." I look up to find Jasper, suddenly Sheyrl and Matthew rush in, my attention draw to their frantic and worried expressions, before violently thanking Jasper for his part in my rescue, and before I realize it, in the rush of the day, I am in my bed, falling into a restless sleep.
So, now we've gotten passed the accident, and the next chapter, I'm throwing in a twist! So, read, review, enjoy! 2 reviews = 1 new chapter.
Guys, Jennifer is jealous in this one, but she loves Lily, none the less. Spoiler, she's Garrett's love interest!