Fifty Shades Deeper

Chapter Twelve

 

I woke up, feeling colder than I was last night, and no weight on me, which gave me the instant knowledge that Lily was not lying with me.

I opened my eyes, squinting in the sunlight streaming through the now open curtains.
Sitting up a little in bed I see Lily sitting at her desk, running a pencil over paper.

“Lily?” My voice makes her jump and she spins round in her chair, the hand holding her pencil jumps to her heart, which is now covered in a light blue sweater, which goes well with the black skinny jeans she has on.
“Oh, morning.” She says, calming down over the mini fright I gave her.
“When did you wake up?” I ask, sitting up straighter in her bed.
“An hour ago, I didn’t want to wake you.” She smiles.
“You could have, I wouldn’t have minded.” I say, grinning at her.
She giggles and puts the pencil down on her desk then gets up and comes to sit beside me on her bed, resting her head on my shoulder and wrapping one arm around my chest.
“Last night was…” I started, but struggled finding the words. “It was-“
Lily interrupted me with a kiss, soft and simple.
“Shh, you’re welcome.” She says, kissing me again.
You’re welcome.
I kiss her back, losing track of my thoughts as she kisses harder, gripping my chest with her fingers and swinging up to straddle me.
“I like paying you back.” She says through a wicked grin.
“Is that what this is?” I ask, hiding the hurt from my voice completely, masking it with amusement.
“I still feel like I owe you more.” She says between kisses, her voice low and seductive.
“All I did was give you a ride home and got rid of Mason.” I say, gripping her hips, lifting her sweater slightly.
“You have no idea how persistent Mason was before, now he doesn’t even speak to me, so you did me a very big favour.”
She slipped her sweater off over her head. “A big favour deserves a big thank you.” She winks.

“What are you doing today?” Lily asks when I’m finished getting dressed.
I go over and stand behind her at her desk, where she is sat, continuing sketching.
I look down at the picture and see it is of a woman, she looked very pretty, with long wavy hair.
“That’s really good.” I comment, Lily looks up at me and smiles.
“Thank you.” She replies.
“Who is it?” I ask, rubbing her shoulders gently.
“My mother.” She says, and her voice cracks.
“She’s pretty.” I say.
“Yeah.” She sighs. “She was pretty.”
“Was?” I ask.
“She died when she was thirty eight.” She gulps. “I was nine.”
I wrapped my arms around her, not saying anything.
After a short moment of silence Lily giggled a little. “You didn’t answer my question.” She says.
“Hmm?” I had forgotten the question.
“What are you doing today?” She repeats.
“Oh, right.” I laugh, “I’m hanging out with Ted today, we’re getting lunch I think.” I say. “I would invite you but-“
“But I’m not the biggest fan of Ted.” She laughs, standing up and turning to face me.
“Can I see you later tonight?” I ask.
“Sure.” She smiles, and kisses me on the corner of my mouth.
She follows me to the door and smiles warmly at me when I open it.
“See you later, I’ll call you.” I say, heading out.
“Bye.” She says, closing the door.
What a night.

“So you stayed in her dorm, and nothing happened?” Ted asked me, surprise written all over his face.
I decided not to tell him the whole truth, things like that were best kept to yourself.
“Of course not, I told you, we’re just friends.” I laugh.
“I’m even surprised by that, when she met me she didn’t even give me a chance.” He chuckles.
“I’m more persistent than you are Ted.” I say.
“No doubt.” He laughs, and then a serious look comes over his features. “I meant what I said when she was something else, Jay. She’s been through a lot; that I know of.” He says.
“What do you mean?” I ask.
“It’s not my place to say, but do you know about her mother?” He asks.
“About her, not being…” I didn’t want to say it.
“Dead.” He adds for me.
I nod.
“Well, when she died, Lily was left with her step dad, because her real father had moved to New Zealand and couldn’t afford to have her, so her step dad became her guardian.” He says gravely. “Dad worked with him, years ago, and knew he was a… forceful man. He hated things not going his way.”
I shouldn’t be listening to this, Lily should tell me all this herself.
“Well, four years on, her step dad was charged with her mom’s murder.”
Murder?
Holy shit!
“No one believed it was him, but he was the only person they could point the finger at, only he and Lily were with her mom the night she died.”
Stop listening!
“So why does Lily hate the Greys?” I ask, not wanting to know the answer.
“Because dad was on the defendant team, he gave a statement for her step dad.” Ted says with no emotion.
Fuck, my dad stood up for him?
No wonder Lily hates him.
“Don’t take it the wrong way, dad had no idea about Lily. She was kept in the shadows the whole time, people forgot about her over those four years, and her step dad never mentioned her to dad at work.” He says, reading my expression.
“He probably doesn’t even know Lily is the step daughter of the man he defended.”
“Did he lose?” I ask.
“Yes, he’s in prison.” Ted says.
I nod, not knowing what to say.