Sister protection program

10 • move in

Third person

"You went surfing??!" Aubrey quickly sits up from her laying position on her friends bed and stares in disbelief.
"Yeah... it wasn't my idea." The girl adds.
"Yeah, you hate water." Aubrey scoffs then continues
"You stayed with them the whole weekend??"
She nods.
"And you didn't have sex with any of them?"
Her hand comes down and slaps the bed in disbelief.
Lilian laughs, "no Aubrey, I didn't have sex with any of them." And rolls her eyes.

"So you slept alone in a house full of very attractive guys?" Aubrey asks not believing her.
She nods again. Aubrey throws a pillow at her in frustration and Lillian throws it right back laughing. 

"I mean...Calum and I almost kissed the other week when he dropped me off" She trails off but instantly regrets it.
Aubrey shoots up and glares at her friend.
then smiles.
"Oh yeah. It's definitely happening." She states standing up doing a little dance.
Lilian rolls her eyes giving up.

"What else happened while I was gone?"
"Uh, I kinda drank your hidden liquor and passed out in the laundry mat." She says scratching the back of her neck, purposely leaving Benjamin out of it.
She wasn't sure why she was, but seeing she already slept over at the guys' house over the weekend, she thought that was more than enough of her personal life shared for today.

The ginger pouts. "You're having all this fun when I'm gone, I'm upset!" She stands up and starts gently spinning the chair her friend is in.

"Oh wait! Finals are next week! Are you going to move in with them?"
"Well I um-"
Aubrey stops spinning the chair and looks her in the eyes trying to act serious.
"It's a yes or no question, Lillian."
"I uh..."
She reaches behind her and hits Lilian with a pillow off her bed without hesitation. She continues to hit as Lilian laughs so much it's hard to get words out.

"Y-Yes! Yes okay?! Now stop hitting me!" Lillian grabs the pillow and Aubrey has on the biggest grin.
"Really?!"
She sighs. "Yes. I'm staying with them this summer. They guilt tripped me."
"HELL YES!" She yells lunging forward and hugging her.
"Why are you so happy?" Lilian asks breaking away from the hug.
"Because! you can hook me up with with one of your new super hot roommates!"
Of course that's why. Should've known.
"No Aubrey, you're not fucking them. no fucking way."
"But you can?"
"IM NOT FUCKING ANY OF THE GUYS AUBREY!" Lilian raises her voice out of patience.
"Yet" she mumbles and walks out into her room.
What am I going to do with her?

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"Is that it?" Calum asks taping up a box.
He doesn't know how many boxes he's taped up in the past hour, but he doesn't mind. He's just happy that they somehow convinced the girl to move in with them.
"Yeah I just got to clean off my desk area" Lillian mumbles walking toward her desk.
"I'll help!" Micheal comes over to the desk as well bringing a box. Micheal and Lilian gently put various things in the box while the other boys finish putting eveything in the Jeep. Michael sees the girl freeze when the only thing left is a picture of her and Sam.

His heart breaks. Michael couldn't feel more helpless. He wanted to pull her into a hug and have a good cry with her, but he knows that's probably the last thing she wants to do right now.

"Lillian-" he finally says putting his arm across her back. "No it's ok." She assures and reaches for the photo, She bends down to set it in the box gently then quickly close it up and walk away.

Michael smiles at her strength but knows she's putting on a front to seem strong.

Lillian loves Sam, of course she does. But deep down she realizes the boys are right. Her spending her whole life grieving isn't what he wanted.
Its going to be a good summer.

Lilian carried the last box to the stairs before Ashton came up behind her and took it, carrying it the rest of the way before she could protest.

'I only fell down once, geez'

They all go out into the parking lot and see all the other parents here to help pick up their kids.
Luke reaches over and honks the horn.
"We're coming!l Ashton yells as we walk toward Calum's Jeep.
This time Luke and Calum sit in the back with Lilian.

She opens the car door and sees Luke on one side Calum sitting on the side that was opened.
"Scoot over I got the middle last time" She whines.
"It's my Jeep!" Calum protests flustered.
She looks at him with big eyes and pouts her lip out.
Calum catches himself before he cursed under his breath.
He was always a sucker for big brown eyes, what hope did he have over hers?
Calum realized in that moment she could manipulate him into just about anything if she wanted to, but he'd rather not consider that reality.

He shakes his head and moves over to the middle in defeat.
Lilian flashes a smile in return and hops in. 

She can't help but to watch her dorm building fade out of view of the windows.
"You fuckers ready for summah?!" Ashton yells turning up the radio. This snaps her out of her mindset and makes her smile.
They take off and they're down the road.
Over the loud music and wind Lilian leans over to Calum "why aren't you driving?"
Calum shrugs. "Ashton wanted to drive"
In reality he just wanted to sit by her.

They finally arrive at the beach house and they help bring all the stuff inside. Lilian grabs the first box and leads everyone upstairs. She can't help but to stop in front of her new room. Sam's room.

Luke felt compassion for the girl. He only knew partially what it was like to lose someone, but not being reminded of them daily.
Luke comes up behind her and places a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you sure that you don't want us to move out the rest of his stuff?"
She nods quickly. "I'm sure." She says with confidence. Even though she said it confidently, she honestly wasn't sure. But it seemed like a good choice in the moment, so she went with it and opened the door.

I really can't believe I'm doing this.

"I think that's it!" Ashton claps his hands together sitting on the bed.
The room It looks pretty good, a lot better than she expected.
She got a brick wall roll on wallpaper that Michael put along the longest wall, and a few posters to put on the rest. And a strand of lights to go along the top of the room.
The rest of Sam's stuff stayed, like his small bookshelf with his things.

"I like the Blink-182 poster" Calum comments, he just bought a Blink 182 vinyl and wonders if he'll have someone to share his interest with when Luke cuts his thoughts
"Lillian I'm really glad you came. I know that-"
He's cut off by a loud phone ringing.
Lilian awkwardly pulls out her phone and answers.
The boys stop and stare.

"Hey Benjamin"