Look For Me In The Lilies

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters.

Chapter Three

JFK said 'Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.'

Lily gradually became more sociable but only with her family. She was not ready to be with other people. Her cousins was trying their best to get her to go into the open world but she would rather be hidden behind her books or her computer. Her head was in the clouds trying to find the solution to her legs. The only time she went outside was to go to her doctor's appointment to check on her progress of her recovery.

Every night she dreamt that she could walk but was always disappointed when she woke up in the morning and could not even feel her legs. The days dragged by for Lily and the family. Sawyer had started school when summer vacation ended but Lily didn't want to go to school. She didn't want to be stared at by people she did not know. The only person she would know would be her cousin, Jamie.

"You have to go to school Lily. You can't stay hidden here all the time." Lucas urged her when the two were alone. "You don't have to go out into the world. Sit out on the porch. Catch a few sun rays. Don't make me get Brooke. She's been dying to see you but wants to give you more space."

"Aunt Brooke won't threaten me. She loves me because I have more fashion sense than you do." Giving him a genuine but rare smile which soon turned into a light laugh. "Luke, can you put my chair next to my bed? I want to go outside. Not anywhere just on the porch."

"Okay." He chuckled softly as he pushed her chair next to her bed. "Slowly getting there." He grinned as he watched his younger sister, pull herself into her wheelchair with ease. It had become easier for her to move herself from her chair to her bed and visa versa.

"Yeah, slowly getting there." Smiling at her older brother as she made herself comfortable in the chair. "Ready." Placing her hands in her lap as he wheeled her out of the side door and onto the porch. "Can I have my computer, please?"

"Sure." Returning back into the house and into her room. Her laptop was sitting on her bed, on and open. Glancing back at the door to see if Lily was looking but she had her back to him. Carefully, he sat on the edge of the bed and looked at what she was looking at. "Spinal injuries." He spoke to himself as he read the page. Lucas gave a heavy sigh as he half closed the laptop and took it out to her. "Here you go." Giving her a smile. "I've got to go out for a short while. But Peyton is inside if you need anything." Handing her the laptop. "Okay?"

"Yes Luke." She smiled up at him, placing the laptop on her lap. "I'll be fine. It's nice to see what the outside world looks like occasionally." Chuckling softly.

Lucas leant down and kissed her cheek. "It's nice to see you smiling and joking again. I won't be long." Leaving her alone as he left the porch.

Lily watched her brother walk away before returning to looking at the website on back injuries. She just wanted the slightest chance of being able to walk or even have feeling in her legs. She only wanted a little hope. Lucas hadn't been gone ten minutes when a visitor slowly walked up the path of their home. A man. Dark haired and familiar but Lily couldn't put a name to the face. "Umm... Can I help you?" Lily called to him, noticing that he was contemplating on walking up to the door or walking away from the house all together.

"Oh!" He said in shock when he saw Lily sitting next to the door. "Hello. I was wondering if Lucas was in. I had heard he had moved back to Tree Hill."

"Yes he has but he's out at the moment. He shouldn't be too long. I can get Peyton for you if you want me to." Hooking her thumb to the door, keeping her computer in one hand to keep it balanced on her lap. "She's in."

"No, I'll call back later." Just about to turn away but he turned back and looked at Lily. "You're not Sawyer." Frowning at her, trying to picture who she was.

Lily was also trying to figure out who the strange man was. "No. I'm Lily. Lucas' sister." Closing her laptop and placing it on the bench next to her. "Who are you?" She asked curiously but he was backing away from the house as soon as she said her name.

"I'll come back later." Starting to turn away. "Could you tell your brother that Dan came by?"

"Dan who?" She took the locks off her wheelchair and pushed herself for her to see him better. "There are probably quite a lot people called Dan in Tree Hill."

"Just tell him Dan. He will know who you are on about." Giving her a small smile especially when he saw her in the chair. "I'm sorry about your mother." Still giving her a small smile as he started to turn away from the house.

"What are you doing here?" Lucas stormed from the car and towards Dan. "You stay away from Lily!" Standing in front of him, blocking his view of Lily. "You are not to come anywhere near any of us! Not me! Not Sawyer! Most definitely not Lily!" His anger building up and he pushed his father away. "Just keep away."

"Luke?" Lily called his name, trying to get him away from the strange man. "Luke? What's going on?"

"Go inside Lily." Lucas looked behind him at Lily. "Go inside and stay there with Peyton." Lily didn't move as she watched her brother confront the man. "You know that you should never come anywhere near Lily. Mom said that were not allowed to be anywhere near her."

"Luke?" She called again, moving to the top of the stairs.

"Go inside Lily! Now!" His anger still building up as he glared at the man, who was not backing away from the angry 34 year old blonde. "You stay away from my family!"

"Luke! Who is he?" Lily shouted angrily and in frustration. With her brother ignoring her, she moved closer to the edge of the stairs. "Lucas!"

"This man killed your father!" He shouted at Dan, even though he was talking to his sister. "Something I will never forgive him for."

Lily gave a sharp gasp when Lucas shouted it out, in the middle of the garden. Silent tears began to fall down her cheeks. Her eyes wide with fear as she stared at the man before moving her gaze to her brother. "Get him away from here." Whispering sharply as she moved backwards, her hands tight on her chair, causing her knuckles to turn white from the tightness of her grip. "Get him away!" She kept her gaze on Lucas' back. "Lucas! Please!"

"Go away, Dan! It's obvious that you are not welcome here!" Lucas pushed him once again and turned away and walked to his sister. "Are you okay?"

"He's still there." Lily looked around him quickly to find Dan still standing on their front lawn. "I want to go back inside." Now she was not even looking at the murderer standing on their front lawn as Lucas helped her get back into the house, she picked up her laptop on the way inside. "I knew that going outside was a bad idea." She spoke in frustration as Lucas sat on her bed, watching her. "Why did we come back Luke?" Tears running down her cheeks. "I didn't want to come back. I hate it here!" Leaning forward and buried her face in her hands. "I want Mom back! I want her back so much!" Sobbing hard into her hands.

Lucas pulled her chair forward and wrapped an arm around his sister. "I do too. I do too, Lily. I will make sure that man stays away from us. I thought he had moved away from Tree Hill permanently which is why I thought it would be a good idea for us to come back here." Reaching forward and wiping her tears away with his thumb. "We can leave if you wish to."

"No. No. I want to stay." Lily spoke quietly, taking deep breaths to calm herself down. "I just don't want to have to go outside and see the man who murdered my father in cold blood."

Lucas pressed his forehead against his sister's. "I promise that he will never come anywhere near you. Ever again." Whispering softly as he ran his hand over her hair. "It's nearly time for dinner. Go and wash up." Moving away from her and standing up. "It will get easier Lily. I know it will." He smiled gently as he walked out of her bedroom and to the kitchen, where his wife was making dinner for 4 people.

Lily reopened her laptop and continued what she had been doing before Dan had disturbed her. She was writing. Even though her brother was a writer of books, Lily was different. She wrote blogs. The idea came from her sister-in-law, who was known for making voice and video blogs but Lily preferred to remain anonymous. She wrote about her experiences growing up without her real father but with her mother and stepfather. Recently, she only wrote for her own pleasure, to get rid of all her feelings into her computer but now she was putting her blog on the internet. Surprisingly it was very popular. People sympathised with her and told her to keep her hopes up about being able to walk again. There were no horrible messages from people. Despite the messages from total strangers, Lily still found it frustrating that she still couldn't feel her legs or even her toes but there was nothing.

"Dinner!" Peyton called from the kitchen, pulling Lily out of her train of thought and to leave her room to join her family for dinner.

A/N: Sorry for the really late updates as I am back in University and busy trying to sort out my timetable. Will try and update quicker.