CHAPTER 13

~LILY'S POV~

Monday mornings are always the hardest to get up in the morning.

After breakfast myself and joy made our way to our first class with in the castle and because it was a beautiful day, it was held outside and i wasn't complaining. It wasn't much to talk about except go through some routine rules check and we had to do a little maths while we all sat on the green grass in a group. I really enjoyed the part to be honest.

After an hour of maths filling my mind, we were aloud a break. I took the chance to walk further into the garden, following a very small, almost unnoticeable path way through the trees. joy decided to stay Mr. Roger since she was struggling with some of the work. Then there's Alice who barely speaks to me these days, but I try not to think about that too much.

Beyond the trees, following the path I found a beautiful site. Colorful flowers everywhere and even a little pond. It's even greener here then rest of the garden.

"It's beautiful, Isn't it?"

I flinched in fright at the voice whispering in my ear and turned to face with my hands over my heart.

"Oh my gosh! Ren you scared me!"

He giggles and reaches out for my hand to pull me further towards the pond.

"I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to surprise you." Ren

He giggles again when we come to a stop at the edge of the water, but still not letting go of my hand. I don't mind at all now. The more time I spend with any of them the more I feel comfortable with them, a more belonging with them.

"Do you look after this part of the garden too?"

He nods, now with his focus on scene around him.

"Yes. Its something to do around here. After spending 250 years together, you kind of start to find even the littlest of things to keep you busy in your free time."

That would make sense.

"So Ren, how old are you?"

I don't really know how old they actually are. Nobody really does except for the fact that they've been around for over 200 years.

He laughed at my question either way and now turned look at down at me.

"That's a very personal question Lily." Ren

"How about we make a deal. I ask you this one personal question and you ca ask me a personal question afterwards."

He paused for a moment, I watched how slightly he poured his lips, while his eyes wondered to the water just next to our feet.

"Okay, deal!" Ren

Our eyes met again and he gave me his handsome smile.

"Good. Now how old are you?"

"I'm 255 years old." Ren

My eyes widen at how old he was. Wow!

"Ren That's old!"

He gasps with both hands over his chest.

"How dare you! Its not that old for a vampire!" Ren

I could tell he was playing with me by the grin on his face and there was no sign of his eyes changing color so i knew it was all good.

"So how old is Jin?"

I knew he was the oldest and if Ren is 255 years old then how old was Jin?

But Ren shakes his head at me.

"Nah Ah ah! You now have to answer my question." Ren

I don't have a good feeling about this but still I waited for his question with of course a pout to which he picked at my nose.

"Are you starting to feel something for us?" Ren

Damn it!

I've only known them for three days now and it's true I can slowly feel that pull to be with them but I can't help but not want to betray my feelings like that. It's all I was thinking about last night.

"Yes. Next question."

"Oh come on! You can't say that and expect me not to say anything else!" Ren

He exclaimed but I just burst into laughter and shook my head at him and waved my punter finger side to side.

"No, like you told me one question. I answered yours now you answer my next."

"Fine." Ren

He huffed and rolled his eyes.

"How old is Jin?"

"He's only 4 years older than me so that would make him 259 years old. That's not actually much age difference between the seven of us. You are just the odd one out. We had to wait over 200 years for you to come along." Ren

He grabs my hand again gently and caresses the tip of my hand with his thumb softly. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment, almost lost in nothing but each other. Maybe this feeling is what my mom feels with my dad every time they see each other and if it is. I'm loving it.

"Well Ren you know what this makes you?"

I spoke softly and he hummed at me.

"It makes you an old man!"

I laughed and pulled my hand a way to start running for my life.

"Hey! Get back here! I'm not done with you!" Ren

He starts to run after me while I quickly try and make a break for it, running around the pond on the other side. Thankfully he wasn't using his normal speed otherwise I know he would of caught me by now.

When I turned around to see him, but I couldn't. I stopped running to start looking around. He wasn't there, where did he go?

"Ren!"

There was nothing. He wasn't in sight and I couldn't hear him either. I spun round in circles, looking around for even a glimpse of him but screamed out when someone grabbed me from behind in their strong arms and threw us both into the pond.

I thrashed in the person's arms, wriggling to get away under the water, but thus person was way too strong. This person pushed me up to the surface and revealed the face. He was laughing, it's not funny.

"Ren! I could of drowned!"

I splashed his face, but it didn't work too well since he had pressed me to his body, keeping the both of us to the surface. This is once deep pond, or it's just that I'm so small I can't reach the bottom.

"I wouldn't let that happen." Ren

He spoke very softly and again gazing into my eyes, the very same moment I broke moments before. There's no way to break it now since he held me so tight around the waist while I had my arms around his neck over his shoulders. He licked his lips as his his eyes moved to glance at my own. I couldn't help but stare back at his, this temptation was very much there and it was becoming more harder to resist.

Slowly he leaned closer, his eyes still on my lips. He stopped with our nose touching. He glanced at my eyes again, so close I could feel his breath on my lips, then back down to my lips again.

I waited with anticipation, I wanted him to do it, I wanted him to make the first move, since it's going to be my first kiss. Everything part of me was screaming for it.

Then he did it, he closed the gap between us, gently placing his lips on mine. His lips were soft and perfectly cushioned mine. He hummed into the kiss and squeezed me close to him. I didn't do anything because I didn't know how to reply back in kiss. It's my first kiss with my mate.

His lips parted from mine, for him to whisper.

"I will love you till the end of time." Ren

I melted at the warm words and I felt like he truly meant it. With my arm on the back of his neck I pulled him into another kiss, but this I took the lead just the way he did. My body was like moving on his own, but I was sure if one thing, I wanted him all to myself. I needed more from him, I craved it. Our tongues danced together smoothly and I was getting carried away myself.

"What's going on?! Oh!"

We pulled apart to see Luke now standing at the edge of the pond we're in. Luke had panic on his face but thrown quickly replaced it with shock, confusion and then back to his normal non expression face.

"Luke! what are you doing here?" Ren

He shrugged but Han now comes running over with Ruel and Damon.

"We heard Lily scream, but now we can see she's in good hands." Damon

He smirked at the both of us in the water. I gasped and tried to push away from Ren while he giggled and finally let me go to swim to the edge and have Ruel help me out. Now I was soaked and I have to back to my group, 'Just Great'.

"Now I'm all wet thanks a lot Ren!"

I huffed at him, pulling at my wet clothes that were sticking to my body. Ruel gave me his jacket to cover myself because my clothes were sticking way too much.

"Really?! Already and I'm not even hard yet!" Ren

He snickered. It took me a minute to process what he meant while the others laughed, even Luke. But then it hit me what he meant and my eyes grew twice the size.

"What?! No! That's not what I meant! I have a boyfriend that wou-"

I cut myself off and remembering about Aiden and I just had a make out session with one of the Kings, a vampire King at that.

Well let me tell you, the day when I explained Aiden about that fake boyfriend thing he told me about his feelings and proposed me to be his real girlfriend but stupid me and my heart at that time, I ran away from there and now I'm feeling bad I'm feeling like I just cheated on him even....

"Oh no. I'm so fucking stupid! I'm such a horrible person."

Ren managed to pull himself out the water but Ruel patted my back.

"You're not a horrible person princess." Ruel

I shrugged off his hand and started to walk backwards away from the five if them.

"Yes I am. I just cheated on my boyfriend! I'm sorry Ren I shouldn't....."

I couldn't complete my sentence, I just couldn't. I know I wanted thus but Aiden.....

He scoffs and rolled his eyes. He was much more sexier soaking wet and just clothes sticking to his body showing every curse of muscle he had. But I can't think about that, I've already betrayed my feelings for Aiden and now it's Aiden's feelings.

"Trust me that low life can't say anything about it." Ren

"Take that Ren! Don't speak about him like that!"

In a second Ren was inches from my face, staring me down and once again like before Ruel hold me from the back in a protective way.

"Ren, don't." Han

"You don't know anything about your boyfriend Lily!! He's an asshole and you deserve so much better, but if you simply want to be walked all over then be my guest!!!" Ren

His eyes red but after screaming in my face, he spun around and disappeared in a blink. Our moment in the pond, ruined. I felt gutted and not to mention bad that I made him angry but what does he know.

I didn't say anything more but look around at the remaining four left. I sighed and turned around to walk away, well more like run away. It was like I was running away from my problems. I didn't want to talk to them even after hearing Han and Damon shout my name but I ignored them. I just needed to get back to my room and get changed.

Walking down the hallway was quiet at least, there was harsh whispers down the hallway and around the corner but I couldn't hear what they were saying. I ignored it anyway since my room was just a couple doors away so I didn't need to go around the corner and plus it's not my business.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T!! GET RID OF IT!!"

"You know I can't! I love you! Be with me!"

"FUCK OFF SLUT! YOU WERE JUST A MISTAKE!!"

Woah, that's not a nice way to talk to someone. That guy needs to be calm down.

"Aiden, please! We can be a family. Please, you don't mean it!"

Wait a minute! Aiden!

I freeze in my steps when I came to my door. That's not my Aiden right? But there's only one Aiden in our class that's on the trip.

Slowly I took steps towards the end of the hallway to the corner. I stood with my back pressed against the wall and listened.

"I'm not leaving Lily? I don't want you! Never have never will! Get that through your thick head! You were just a way to get to to Lily!" Aiden

"But what about our baby?! and she didn't even said yes to you! You don't love her! It was just your bet!"

Is that Alice?

My heart drops. Thus can't be real, can it?

I step out from the corner to now met with Aiden's back and Alice facing my direction. She had tears in her eyes but I actually didn't care if she was upset. I felt betrayed by two people that I cared about.

Alice noticed me behind Aiden and gasped with wide eyes.

"What now?!" Aiden

He turned around with such a red face and angry expression I've never seen on him before. His eyes soften when he see me and tries to walk towards me with hands reaching out for me but I back away. I don't want him even touching me.

"Lily, it's not what you think." Aiden

I scoffed at his lying face. I felt tears threaten to fall but not out of being upset more like anger. I was betrayed by someone that I thought cared about me and here I was thinking I was a terrible person for kissing Ren.

"Don't lie to me. I heard everything."

Aiden stays stood still, watching my every move while I look at Alice trying to hide her face with her hair. Like that would make any difference.

"And you! I thought we were friends! And you lie to my face by sleeping with the guy I have loved all my time! YOU STUPID BITCH!!"

She flinched as I shouted, taking on step away.

"Lily I-I I'm sorry. We didn't plan t-this." Alice

"You better walk away right now and NEVER speak to me again you whore!"

She turned and ran away. How could she?She knew I loved Aiden.

My best friend had sex with my first love and now they're having a baby together. And Aiden he just just played with me. The bet. Oh yeah ! What can I expect from a fuck boy?

I started to laugh sarcastically when Aiden frowns at me.

"What's so funny?" Aiden

"I guess I should say congratulations to the both of you. You both deserve each other."

I went to walk away, not wanting to see his face again but he grabs my wrist and pulls me towards him hard.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Aiden

I pushed him with every but of strength I had and he stumbled back.

"My answer is no you fucker. Go, be with Alice. I don't give a fuck. What can I expect from a fuck boy!"

I waved off him and went to leave again but he grabs me again.

"No! You are my girlfriend. You have to be. You are mine. It's not a no until I say it is." Aiden

I scoffed at him again when he was trying to pull me back in by my arm. He was using more force thus time and I was thrown into his hairy when he yanked me in.

"Get off me!"

I tried pushing away but he held me close. What the is wrong with thus guy? Thus is not the sweet charming Aiden I know.

"No. You are my girlfriend now and forever." Aiden

He cupped my face while I still tried pushing him away with my hands on his chest..

"No get off me!"

He tried to place his lips on mine as I struggled to get away from him. Maybe telling him what I done will get him off me.

"I kissed Ren!"

He froze. His face inches away from mine and his hands still on either side of my face.

"What?" Aiden

He gritted through his teeth.

"I said I kissed Re-"

The next thing I knew something hard smacked me across the face. It hurts like hell and I stumbled backwards at the impact and burning left cheek. He just hit me!

"What the hell Aiden!"

"YOU STUPID SLUT, YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN OTHER SLUT!!" Aiden

Everyone was right about him. He is a lowlife. What the hell did I see in him?

I just wanted to get away from him so I tried to walk away but he pushed me to the floor.

"I'M NOT FINISHED!!" Aiden

He stood over me , fists balled up and chest heavily moving as he breathed.

"Yes you are!"

Then suddenly Aiden was pinned up against the wall by his neck.

"Newt don't kill him!" Jin

Someone helped me stand and I immediately cuddled into them. I knew who this was, it was Damon but I just needed comfort right now.

"I think we should take him to the basement for some fun."

Ren comes walking into view to now stand beside Newt and glare at Aiden. Ren was completely dry, he must of changed his clothes.

"Get off me!" Aiden

Newt tightened his grip around Aiden's neck. Usually I would stop them but I don't care anymore, he's not the same person anymore. I've seen him in a whole new light.

"Don't push your luck. The only reason you are still alive is because I don't want Lily to witness your death." Newt

"Princess are you okay?" Ruel

I felt his hand on my arm but I don't say anything I just rushed from Damon to him and hugged him tightly. I just nod into his chest with my arms wrapped around his waist. Ruel is just different for me. I'm more comfortable and close to him that's why I came to him.

"Ruel how about you take Lily to her room? While we chat with Aiden." Han

I felt Ruel's chin move up and down on my chest and he picks me up with his arm under my legs. I just let him pick me up and our of this whole situation.

"Wait!"

I shouted and Ruel paused.

"Can Jin come with me?"

"I'll come with you Lily ." Jin

I felt relief he says yes but I had one more thing to say.

"Also,please don't kill him."

"Argh fine." Luke

He may have cheated and now is a psycho that hit me but I don't want him dead. He'll have to do far more worse things for me to think. I knew they would want to kill him so I had to say something.

Ruel turned around so that everyone was now out of view and walked the few steps to my bedroom door.

"I'll get your friend. I'm sure you'd like to see her." Jin

I nod. I'm okay with that as long as I know he comes back. I feel like I could talk to him more since he did offer that one time.

Jin runs off with his vampire speed, disappearing and Ruel opened the door but before we walked in I could hear Newt chuckle darkly, his voice deep and dangerous.

"You are lucky she saved your life." Newt