Liliana's POV

My hand is placed in Allie's hand in a tight grasp as she pulls me along down the road.
A small skip in her step kept me trying my hardest to keep up with my long legged best friend.
"Al, can you slow down a little?" I let out in a small pant as she spins around to narrow her eyes at me.

"You told me you've been keeping in shape. You're a liar." She sasses before she finally slows down her pace.

"Why exercise when I can lay in bed eating junk food and watch multiple episodes of The Vampire Diaries? Damon and Stefan have never betrayed me." I huff out as I push a strand of my hair behind my ear.
Allie rolls her eyes but smiles brightly at me.
"I can't wait for you to reunite with everyone."

By everyone she means the multiple neighbors that are always walking around. Allie lived a short 10 minute walk down the road but it was like a small community where she lived. Everyone grew up together and more people would move in from time to time. I always thought it was strange, but she always reassured me that it was just the way her family lived.

"Any new faces other than your future husband?" I joke with her as I bump her shoulder with mine.

She chuckles before thinking.
"Ashton and Isabella are new faces, both are nice. Isabella is a slight bitch at first but underneath her tough girl act she's a real sweetheart."
"And Ashton?" I look at her curiously.
She smirks and rolls her eyes.
"Don't make me tell Noah you're already talking about another guy." I gasp and hit her in the arm as she lets out a loud laugh.

"Ashton is kind. He's best friends with Andrew. He's had a hard life, if I went through the things he went through I would be an asshole but not him. He's this bundle of joy and positive energy, it can be very annoying." She grumbles the last sentence out. I laugh and look towards the houses that start to appear.

"Nothing's changed." My voice echoes through the air as I look around. It was a nice feeling, to know that my real home didn't change much at all.
The Cipriano's house was a nice 3 story with brown and red brick. I spent many weeks at a time when I was a kid here. I follow behind Allie as she leads us across her patio and through the big red front door.

I instantly am greeted with the smell of apples and cinnamon. I never understood how her whole house smelt like it, they never lit any candles or sprayed anything.

"Is that my little rose?" A deep voice calls out from the living room. I turn and smile at David Cipriano. Ever since I was a baby he called me his little rose because of my attraction to them when I was small. I'm also a midget when you stick me side by side to him. Hence the little part.
"David!" I fast walk towards him before finally standing on my tip toes and throwing my arms around his neck. His arms wrap around my waist in a protective manner.

"I'm so sorry about your father, Lil." His voice cracks in my ear. I pull away to see tears in his eyes. My father, Emmet, was David's best friend.
I smile sadly at him and pat his arm.
"You were his brother, maybe not by blood, but you get the point. He loved you." I whisper to him as he smiles and pulls me into another tight hug.

"I promised him I'd always protect you. I intend to keep that promise, as does this whole family." I lean up and kiss his cheek before stepping away and getting pulled into another hug. I instantly smelt the strong cinnamon smell and knew it was April, Allie and Noah's mom.
"I'm so happy to have you back home, baby girl!" She kisses my forehead as she pulls away from me and leans into David's awaiting arms.

I smile up at them before looking around curiously.
"Are you looking for Noah?" April looks at me with a knowing look.
I blush and nod my head as I look down towards the hardwood floor.
"He went out to do some stuff for me. He will be back soon." David mutters before kissing April and walking out the back door. I raise my eyebrows but shrug my shoulders and turn towards Allie.

"Let's take you to meet the others." She tugs my arm to her and I chuckle but follow her anyways. We walk back out the front door and towards the big center that the houses surrounded. It reminds me of Belles village in Beauty and the Beast. The whole place reminded me of a small village.

"Alllllieeeee!" A deep voice yells out before arms wrap around her. She yelps before yelling in joy and wrapping her arms around a very muscular man. I raise my eyebrows but stay silent as I watch the pair gush over each other.
She pulls away and turns towards me.
"This is Andrew! Andrew this is my very best friend Liliana."
He steps forward and smiles widely. My eyes widen at how white his teeth were. The dude looked like a model.

"It's amazing to finally meet the girl I never stop hearing about. I feel like I've known you since you were little." He rolls his eyes playfully at Allie.
I smile and giggle because I knew how my best friend was.

"It's nice to meet the guy who's stole my best friends heart." I reach out to pull him into a hug before I wrap my hand around the front of his neck and push him up against the front of the house.
My eyes narrow into a glare as he stares down at me with a shocked face.
"If you ever, and I mean EVER, hurt my sister I will find you and I will cut off your balls and shove them so far down your throat that your future kids will feel it." I whisper into his ear. Allies loud laugh is heard before she's clawing me off of him.

I smile innocently at Andrew, not saying anything. He brushes himself off before looking at me, still surprised.
"Holy shit." He mumbles out before laughing and pulling me into a friendly hug.
"I love you already!" I chuckle and hug him back while Allie is bouncing on her feet.
"Where is Ash? He needs to meet her!"
She leans into him and whispers something in his ear. All I could catch was "maybe" and "mate" which none of made any sense to me.

"Did someone say my name?" I turn towards the voice and am instantly greeted with a guy who looks like another model. He had bright blue eyes that you could probably see from a mile away. He smiled brightly, literally bright. His teeth were so white I was really tempted to ask what toothpaste he used.

"Ash! Meet my best friend Liliana, she just moved back."
He smiles charmingly at me and holds his hand out. I put mine out and rest it in his hand while he brings it up to his lips and places a gentle kiss on the back of my hand.

I pull it back with a blush rising to my cheeks. I put my head down, which causes me to miss the look Allie and Andrew shoot him. I also miss the way Ashton shakes his head back at them. Allie groans at this.
I look up at her with a confused look.
"What?" She quickly recovers and smiles at me.
"Oh nothing! I was just wondering where Isabella is."

"Right here, Al." I turn slightly to see a beautiful girl walking towards us.
God, were they all models?!

The girl puts her attention to me and looks me up and down. A slight frown makes its way onto her face.
"Who's this?"
"This is my best friend, Liliana. I told you about her. Lil this is Isabella."
Isabella nods her head to me before turning towards Ashton and whispering to him.

I cross my arms against my chest and bite my lip. I was feeling sort of left out. I knew Allie, but the others I didn't know. They seemed nice enough, but that didn't matter to me. I had a hard time opening up to people.

"I have to go, but it was nice to meet you."
Isabella stands in front of me with a small smile. I give her one back in return.
She reaches her hand out to touch me but once she makes contact with my skin she pulls back gasping. Her eyes glaze over and I take a few steps back from her not understanding what's going on.

Andrew, Ashton, and Allie surround her blocking me from seeing what was happening.
"Take her to the pack doctor." I make out Andrew saying this.
What the hell are they talking about?
Ashton guides Isabella away as Allie turns towards me and walks my way in long strides.
"Let's get you back home." She mumbles while grabbing my hand and pulling me along.

"Allie what's going on?" I ask worriedly.
"What happened to her?"
She doesn't respond to me, just continues walking forward. I rip my hand from her grasp and start breathing heavily.
"What the fuck was that?!" I ask angrily. She rubs her temples and looks at me.

"Isabella suffers from some medical stuff. She was just having a spell." She blurts out and tries to reach for me again.
I fold my hands across my chest and start walking towards my house. I don't miss the hurt look that passes across her face.

She follows behind me quietly as we make the walk back to my place. I'm deep in thought, not paying attention to anything. I didn't understand why Allie didn't just tell me what was wrong, things weren't adding up and I was more lost than ever. I was also hurt, I didn't understand why she was hiding something from me. We were best friends, practically sisters and she's been keeping something from me.

My house comes into view. I start walking faster as I hear Allie pick up her pace.
"Lil-" she starts to say but gets cut off.
"Allie!" A deep voice yells out. We both stop instantly in our tracks. My body tenses immediately. I knew that voice.

"Noah? What are you doing? I thought you were out doing..errands for dad?" She questions but I can feel her glancing at my back.

"They told me Liliana was back. You didn't tell me she was coming back today." He mutters in anger. I feel heat rush to my face. I thought Allie said he knew I was back?
I take a deep breath before turning to the pair of twins.
My breath catches in my throat as my eyes lay on Noah.
I thought Ashton and Andrew were models, but Noah was like a god. I don't remember him being this handsome and breathtaking when we were younger. I looked him up and down, noticing the multiple tattoos he has. He's wearing a tight black v neck top. I could see the muscles that he's built over the years. He pairs his look up with black jeans and combat boots.

Allie motions towards me with a nervous smile.
Noah turns and we lock eyes. It felt like time stopped right then and there, I forgot all about his twin being right there as I looked into his eyes. The whole world around us disappeared, the only thing that mattered was him.

"You have to be kidding me." Allie says as she looks back and forth between the both of us.

"Really Noah?! My best friend?! What the hell!"