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~Chapter Sixteen~
Sitting on the edge of Bella's bed, with Bella beside me, Alice kneels behind me, brushing my hair as she blow dries it, I am putting sparkling stickers on Bella's boot, once my hair is dry, is falls in dark curls, down my back, naturally, so Alice takes a few pieces, braiding them around the crown of my head, letting the rest flow down my shoulders. "You look great, already, Lily." Bella compliments as Alice starts to press diamond bobby pins into my black curls to keep my hair from getting flyaways.
"Thanks, Bella." I smile nervously as Alice taps my shoulder, telling me to stand up so Bella can take my spot, I walk over to the rocking chair that has a bag with my name on it, pulling out the dress, which I struggle with to get over my head, tugging it into place, I slip on a flat over my barefoot, and look in Bella's mirror off to the side of the bed. My dress is a dark plum color, three tier with tassels at the bottom, like a flapper girl's dress, it ties up, around, my neck with a plunging neckline. Slipping a black shawl around my arms, I quickly latch an, empty, golden locket around my neck, where it rests on the dip in my collarbone, then I add a light layer of cover-up, followed by some blush, a light layer of lipstick, and some smokey eyeshadow.
"There, Bella, you are officially perfect!" Alice chirps, causing me to turn, finding Bella in a navy blue, three tier dress with a white wrap, one light blue converse on, a light layer of make-up, and her brow hair is curled perfectly.
"You look amazing, Bella." I state, causing her to blush softly.
"Thanks, so do you." Alice nods along with Bella's statement, before she beams at me.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have my own date to get ready for." With that, Alice ducks out Bella's window, and I watch as she bounds away, before looking over at Bella.
"Ready?" I ask, nerves shaking my voice as she nods.
"Yeah." Looping her arm through my own, Bella leads out of her room, down the hall, where we part at the stairs, for safety as we thump down the steps together. Charlie looks up for where he's been watching Edward, who is beside Jasper, the three men stand as we come into view, a heavy silence hangs between us all. "Alice lent me the dress, and the boot, Lilith decorated it." Bella explains to Edward to break the silence.
"You're perfect." Edward murmurs, causing Bella to blush as Charlie looks at him with a look of surprise and annoyance, Jasper smirks at me as I trump my way down to his side, where he wraps his arm around my waist, pressing his forehead to mine, staring at me lovingly. "I'll keep her safe, chief Swan." Edward promises, bringing me out of my stupor.
"I heard that before." Charlie states, Jasper pulls out a purple rose corsage, which he slips on my wrist silently, and I smile up at him, softly, the four of us walking outside, before Charlie stops me. "Here." He slips a canister of Pepperspray into my hand. "I've already put a new one in Bella's bag, but you've been there for her, the accident, the drives to school, driving after her to get her to come home, the other accident." The chief smiles at me. "Thank you, for taking care of Bella for me."
"She's my best friend, Charlie. I wouldn't have it any other way." I grip the canister, smiling as I tuck it into my boot, hobbling after Jasper, who smiles at me.
"Are you alright?" He asks.
"Hmm?" I look up at him. "Oh, fine! Fine." I agree with a nod, he helps me into Carlisle's Mercedes, which he borrowed for tonight, holding my hand as we drive off towards the school. He pulls up beside Edward, the two of them helping Bella and I to the bench nearby, where we are to wait for them to park the car.
"Bella!" I turn to find Jacob appearing from the treeline, he's in slacks, a white T-shirt, and a black tie.
"Hey, Jacob!" Bella greets.
"Wow." He gestures to her, then his eyes land on me. "You too, Lily."
"You too! Are you crashing the prom, or something? Did you come with a date?" Bella inquires.
"Nah, my dad, he... uh... paid me to come talk to you guys." He sits beside Bella and I, as Bella looks confused. "Twenty bucks, and a new part for the Rabbit." He explains.
"Alright." I nod.
"Yeah, he just said, and quote "We'll be watching you" unquote." Jacob pauses. "He wants you two to break up with your boyfriends." He finish.
"Alright," Bella laughs. "Tell him, I said thanks."
"Yeah." Jacob laughs.
"And to pay up." I add, causing him to beam at me, I notice Edward walking over at a human pace, just as Bella does, she goes to stand up, when Jacob jumps up.
"Here, let me help you-" Edward's hands land on Bella's arms, helping her stand.
"Jacob." He states, causing me to look between the two boys in surprise, Jacob glares at Edward, before looking at Bella as Jasper comes to help me up.
"Bella." He states, the looks at me as Jasper wraps his arm around my waist. "Lilith." Jacob turns, disappearing into the trees again.
"I leave you alone for two seconds, and the wolves descend." Jasper taunts as we start up the path, after posing for our picture, Jasper leads me into the gym where the dance is happening. Music pulses, lights bend and twine, people crowd the tables and the dance floor, there are roulette wheels, and poker tables full of people, drinks and snacks passing around by waitresses and waiters.
I spot Eric and Angela up at the DJ stand, Tyler is dancing with an unfamiliar brunette, and Jessica and Mike are laughing, posing for pictures on stage, all the people dancing and crowding into every corner makes the room unbearably hot, and I tell Jasper as such, so he leads me put the back to the courtyard with a gazebo wrapped in faerie lights. A violinist, cellist, and other musical instrument players are playing relaxing music off to the side, a few couples are dancing as Jasper turns to me, bowing with a hand stretched out, causing me to take it, he pulls me close as the song fades, a new one starting.
"A star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind" My arm winds around his neck as he places one on his waist, Jasper leads us around into big sweeping steps.
"The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat
I tried to find the sound
But then it stopped, and I was in the darkness,
So darkness I became" Jasper spins me out, pulling me back in, his hands going to my hips, where he lifts me, twirling around, before setting me down, sweeping low in a dip, before he brings me up once more.
"The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you" He spins me around, before I beam at him, wrapping myself in his arm, I grab his hand, spinning outward, before he twirls me inward, dipping me one more, before we both laugh, slowly sweeping across the floor in a circle.
"The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart
The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart" As the song ends, he dips me low, swinging me around as my arms wind around his neck, coming back up to press my forehead to his, he smiles at me, almost cheekily. Pulling back from our embrace, he leads back into the gym, where we wind through the crowd, passing Bella and Edward, Alice and Pandora, even Emmett and Rosalie, we stop outside in the parking lot.
"Wait here, we have one more place to go, so let me bring the car around." He pecks me on the lips, before disappearing at vampire speed. I feel someone watching me as I wait, looking up at the treeline, I find a large pair of eyes glaring right out me, causing me to place a quick enhancement spell on my eyes, looking into the woods to find a large black wolf, taller than an average human, even taller than Emmett, with bead brown eyes, watching me, causing my heartbeat to pick up speed, when Jasper pulls up in the car, causing me to school my features, banishing the spell as he rounds over to me, opening the passenger side door. "Your chariot, my lady." He taunts.
"Why thank you, kind sir." I joke back as I climb in, he closes the door, rounding to the driver's side, where he climbs in, driving off. After twenty minutes, he parks the car, taking my hand once we're out, and leads into the treeline, directing us the entire way, pausing as one place, where he pulls back a curtain of ivy, revealing a lantern lit path, which leads to an old oak tree with a blanket spread out, a picnic basket sitting upon it with two candles lit. "Wow!" I breathe, the two of us settling into the blanket, he pulls out a few Tupperware containers of warm food, that is obviously Esme's cooking, and Jasper smiles as he hands me a fork.
"You can eat whatever you like, Esme made it especially for you." He explains, causing me to grin as I spear a ravioli, popping it in my mouth, where I groan happily. Jasper chuckles as he pulls out a wine goblet, filling it with grape soda, setting it before me as I raise an eyebrow at him.
"Grape soda? You really know how to treat a girl, Jasper." I tease as I sip the soda, happily.
"You said it's your favorite." He chuckles.
"It is... Jazz, this whole night has been just perfect." I explain, causing him to smile, caressing my face as he presses his lips to mine, lovingly.
"That's because, you deserve everything to be perfect, because you re perfect." He starts, my skin flushes, causing him to beam smugly, looking away.
"You enjoy this, don't you?" I demand playfully.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" He smirks, telling me differently, by the end of the picnic, I have tried some of everything that Esme is made, the two of us tag team packing the picnic and lanterns away, before he carries everything to the car, and is back, sweeping me up in his arms, carrying me back the same way we came. By the time we've reached his house, my exhaustion has started to wear on me, so he carries me inside, down to his bedroom, only leaving when I change into my loose black and blue PJ shirt, and shorts, where he comes back in, laying me on the bed, gently removing my boot, before curling up next to me. His head is under my arm, he's changed into sweat pants, leaving himself shirtless as I place my hand to the cold plains of his chest, tracing the contours of his muscles as he is fiddling with the radio, the song we had danced to earlier comes on, causing me to beam.
"Leave it, please?" He looks at me in surprise, but I smile up at him. "I love it." He nods, setting his remote on the bedside table, resting his other hand on my waist.
"Have fun tonight?" He asks softly.
"I enjoyed myself thoroughly. I loved dancing with you." I look up at his ocher eyes. "Did you have fun tonight?"
"I had more fun, than I have in a long time." He admits, I pause, biting my bottom lip as he looks at me, frowning. "What?"
"It's nothing." I answer.
"No, it's something- I know that look." He caresses my cheek. "You know you can always talk to me, so what is it?" He asks.
"It's just... Alice can't see my future, still. Ever since James and Victoria, doesn't that mean that I am going to die? Or that I am still in danger, at least?" I ask softly.
"I swear to you, Lilith, nobody is going to hurt you, not with me here." He vows.
"And you're always going to be here, right?" I state, in disbelief.
"Darlin, I'll be here, for as long as you want me to be, I swear it to you." He answers.
"I have something, I want you to promise me." He looks at me I'm all seriousness. "Don't promise me something, you can't keep."
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