Lilly Fuller laughed, reaching up and ruffling her boyfriend's short, black hair from her perch on his back, his arms wrapped under her legs. Jacob Black laughed with her, trying to duck his head out of her reach and failing. Sea water fell from his hair and dribbled down his face.

Lilly relented, relaxing her weight against Jake's back and resting her cheek against his warm neck. She loved the feeling of his smooth, bare skin against her exposed arms more than she probably should.

The first week of summer had so far been spent hanging out, either just the two of them or the whole pack. Whenever Jake had patrol, which wasn't often now that the redhead was destroyed, Lilly hung out at Emily's and helped her and Kim cook, or they just hung out. The girls had already made plans to have a girly sleepover soon. Lilly had invited Leah, since the she-wolf wasn't quite as volatile anymore, but she declined because, while she liked Lilly well enough that didn't mean she wanted to play nice with her cousin yet.

Now, Lilly and Jake were headed to his house after a day at Second Beach with plans to chill at his place, eat, talk, and watch movies. Jake slowly let Lilly slide to the ground once he was standing on the front porch, opening the door and gesturing her in ahead of him. Lilly smiled at him as she entered the living room.

"Jake? That you?" Billy's voice called from the kitchen.

"Yeah. Me and Lilly." Jake answered, planning on heading to the living room to pick a movie.

"Could you come in here, please?" Billy called, interrupting Jake's plan. He frowned, glancing at Lilly before entering the kitchen to see his dad sitting his wheel chair at the kitchen table, a small pile of mail spread across the table in front of him.

"What's up, dad?" Jake asked carefully, his hand resting on the top of the doorway just an inch or so above his head. If he grew anymore he'd have to duck to fit through any of the doors in his home.

Billy looked warily up at him. "You've got a letter." he announced, holding up a small envelope.

Lilly's brow furrowed worriedly from her spot just behind Jake's shoulder, not liking the way Billy was acting.

Jake stepped further into the kitchen, hesitantly taking the letter from his dad. He looked down at the return address and his whole body stiffened. A low growl rumbled deep in his chest and Lilly stood to attention, wanting to know what made Her Wolf so agitated.

"Jake." Billy warned quietly. Jake ignored him and ripped the envelope open, pulling the contents out.

"What is it?" Lilly asked nervously, wringing her hands together. She didn't like being left out of whatever was making both Billy and Jake so upset.

Jake snarled loudly, making a shiver run up Lilly's spine.

"A wedding invitation."

Lilly froze, her blood running cold. It couldn't be. It was impossible. It couldn't be from who she thought it was. They wouldn't be stupid enough to send Jacob an invitation.

"It's a damn wedding invitation." Jake snarled, slamming the paper down on the kitchen table with a loud bang.

Lilly flinched, but not because of the sound. She flinched because of Jake's reaction. He'd claimed weeks ago he had no romantic feelings for Bella Swan, and after all the trouble she caused he claimed he didn't even like her as a friend anymore. As far as he was concerned, she was as good as the Cullens; a leech, the enemy. Yet here he was, growling, muscles tense and trembling in rage at receiving a wedding invitation with the names Isabella Swan and Edward Anthony Masen Cullen printed in clear view from her spot in the doorway.

Lilly struggled to swallow, pain lashing at her chest. Silently backing out of the room, she turned and walked down the short hallway to Jake's bedroom, where she left her bag of dry clothes when they left for the beach. It wasn't like she needed a towel when the weather was so warm and she was with a walking space heater.

She quickly brushed her hair before putting her clothes in her bag and zipping it up, preparing to head home.

There was a creak behind her and she paused.

"Lilly?"

The pain and confusion in his voice made her eyes fall shut. Hesitating for a moment, she slowly peaked over her shoulder to see Jake in the door, his hands braced on either side of the wooden doorway.

"You're-you're not leaving, are you?" he asked worriedly. "I thought we were going to watch a movie or something."

Lilly looked down at the floor. "You just seemed a bit distracted….so I thought I'd just leave you to it."

Jake struggled to swallow, his gut tightening as he stepped into the room. "You're hurt." It wasn't a question. He'd felt her pain lash at his own chest as soon as she left the kitchen.

Lilly sighed, her shoulders drooping as she turned completely away from him. Before he could step closer to her and offer some comfort, she spoke. "I thought you didn't love her anymore." she whispered. "You said you had no romantic feelings for her anymore and yet here you are freaking out over a wedding invitation. Why else would it have made you so mad if you didn't still love her?" Lilly demanded, frustrated and confused tears burning her eyes.

Jake rushed forward, shushing her as he took her into his arms, turning her around and pressing her to his chest. He pressed his face into her hair, shaking his head against her.

"No, no, no, no, no. Sweetie, I promise you've got it all wrong." he swore quietly.

"How? How could I have it wrong? Why else would you be so upset?" she demanded, muffling her cries into his bare chest.

Jake sighed, glancing around his room. He wanted her to be able to look into his eyes when he answered that question, otherwise she'd probably doubt him. Her breathing hitched when he lifted her up, his arms under her butt. He turned and sat on the edge of his bed, her legs on either side of his waist as she straddled his lap. She glanced down at their position, her brows furrowed in confusion before he forced her eyes up with his knuckle under her chin. Her glistening brown eyes met his, the green flecks blended into the brown like a watercolor painting. He wiped a tear from her cheek with his thumb before speaking.

"I didn't get upset because of any feelings for Bella. I promised you I didn't feel anything for her and I meant it." he started seriously, "I got upset because she doesn't seem to realize how much her decisions affect the people around her. It's not the marriage that upsets me, it's what comes afterwards. He's going to change her, Lilly. She's going to become a vampire soon."

"But why do you care?" she asked quietly, her voice hoarse.

"I care because of how it affects everyone else. Think about it. He bites her and the Treaty's broken. Normally, I wouldn't care about that. Heck, I'm sorta happy about that part. It means the leeches have to leave or risk a war, because we will attack them. But that also proves how selfish she is. If any of the Cullens actually like Forks they can't come back ever again because the future packs will have to attack them. A war that either side could lose.

"Another thing is how this'll affect Charlie. When Bella gets changed they'll have to fake her death. She's Charlie's only daughter. He was so excited for her to live with him, he loves her. He'll be heartbroken when they tell him she died. He's like another father to me, I don't want to see him go through that."

Lilly nodded, looking down at their laps. Now she felt foolish for doubting Jake's sincerity, even for a second.

"I'm sorry." she whispered, leaning forward and resting her forehead against his chest.

Jake kissed the top of her head, tightening his arms around her and pressing her into his front. "Don't be. It was a fair assumption. Completely incorrect, but still a fair assumption."

Lilly smiled, leaning back as much as his arms would allow to look up at him. "So, does that mean you're not planning to attend the wedding?" she asked teasingly.

Jake snorted, his nose scrunching up like he smelled rotten cheese. "I wouldn't be caught dead at that wedding. Though, I'll probably have to tell Sam about it." he added thoughtfully, "Chances are the Cullens may invite a couple friends or something. Sam may want someone to keep an eye on it just in case."

"Well, if you do end up going, either with your dad or as a guard dog, don't expect me to go with you. The idea of dressing up for a vampire's wedding doesn't really hold any sort of appeal for me. And Bella seems to bring out the worst in me." Lilly responded, only partially joking. There was no way in heaven, hell, and Earth that she was going to that wedding.

Jake smirked. "I beg to differ. You telling her off in my room the day after the battle was probably my favorite part of that day."

Lilly rolled her eyes, trying not to smile. "Whatever."

Jake laughed, kissing her cheek. "Come on, I'm hungry. Dad left just before I followed you in here, he wanted to go check how Charlie's handling everything. How about we eat some lunch?"

Lilly nodded, scooting back to get off his lap. "Okay."

They found a few TV Dinners in the freezer, which they popped in the oven. Jake flipped on the TV as they lounged on the couch to wait for the food to be ready. Lilly turned and leaned her back against the arm of the couch, resting her feet on his lap. Jake distractedly rubbed one of her feet with his thumb while flipping through the channels. On one pass of his thumb down the arch of her foot she twitched. Jake noticed and smirked over at her.

"Are you ticklish?" he asked mischievously.

"No." Lilly denied, cautiously trying to pull her feet from his lap.

"I think you are." he grinned, holding her feet in place and putting the remote on the arm of the couch next to him so both hands were free.

"Jake." Lilly warned, trying to tug her feet free.

Jake smirked, looking her right in the eye as he ran one finger down the arch of her foot.

Lilly shrieked, trying to yank her feet free and scoot away from him.

"Ah! Jake, no!" she screamed, laughing as she tried to get away, but Jake continued tickling her feet, laughing at her reaction. "Jake, stop!" she laughed.

Jake pulled her foot so that her butt was practically dragged into his lap. He let his fingers explore to try and find other places she was ticklish, like the backs of her knees and her ribs. She laughed every time, trying to push his hands away with her own.

"Okay, yes! Obviously I'm ticklish!" she shouted, hoping he'd stop if she confessed, "Now STOP IT!"

Jake simply laughed and continued his assault until the timer on the oven went off.

"There! The food's ready! Now stop!" Lilly pleaded through her laughter, tears trickling down her cheeks. Jake finally relented, gripping her forearm to yank her upright on his lap. He peppered kisses across her cheeks, his lips brushing the tears away.

Lilly gasped for breath, her cheeks flushed and sore from smiling so wide. "Don't you dare tell the pack I'm ticklish." she warned in between deep breaths.

Jake grinned, trying not to laugh at her. "Wouldn't dream of it. It's my job to tickle you, and I don't like sharing."

Lilly laughed, shoving at his chest. "Lets go get our food. I'm hungry."

XXX

There's the first chapter of The Flower's Nightmare. Even though nothing of extreme significance has happened yet, I hope everyone likes it so far.

I apologize to those of you who were hoping we wouldn't be seeing Bella anymore, but I promise she won't be in this story nearly as much as Silence of the Flower. She will cause some drama in a few chapters, but nothing too bad. Also, I won't be following Breaking Dawn hardly at all. There will be no Nessie or Volturi issues. This story is purely Lilly's issues.

** One last thing, I will be creating a new character, who you won't be seeing for about 14 or 15 chapters, however I have no idea what to name him. So, I have created a Poll on my profile with a list of possible names for him for you guys to vote on. I have never created a poll before, so we'll see how this goes. Feel free to vote for the name(s) you like!