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The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh furrowed his brows when she had began with his rate, how he wished he was a 1 but wasn’t. He wanted to be both to be completely honest, he was confused with what he wanted. But she was most certainly a 1, there was no doubt in his mind, or hers. He could try and say she hasn’t quite hit that mark of complete disaster child herself. But he’d have to sell it really well to get her to believe him, especially when it seemed no one else but her own opinion mattered to her. But at the same time, that couldn’t be completely true or she never would have asked him why he called her a clone.

"I’m a 4?" He finally spoke aloud with a chuckle, he shook his head as if she was clearly wrong. keeping up the confident and cocky attitude he had perfected so. "Think you got it all wrong, hun. I’m at least a 3, 4 is a bit too high if you ask me." Josh declared. He examined Lily, they had so many differences, they were far from alike. But yet, they both had done terrible things in their past. It made no sense to Josh, none whatsoever.

What do I have to do to be like you? What do you possibly do differently than I do that makes you better?

Silence filled the room for a moment, the two not breaking from the closeness. But finally, a small whisper left Lily’s lips. A mere whisper, but it filled the room, and when Josh heard it he folded his arms and took two dramatic steps back so he could fully examine Lily. The way she moved, the faces she made, everything she did when saying such words to get something out of someone. Information, entertainment, perhaps both. But never mind the reason, he studied her regardless of it.

"I should have killed him?" He repeated, his expression curious. Of course she would believe so, it didn’t surprise him. But what made him so curious was, if she seemed so okay with death, how come she had none on her hands? Or perhaps she did, and it’s kept secret. But she didn’t seem like the kind of person to keep it a secret, she seemed like the person who would want to tell people, to strike fear in their hearts. Not keep it to herself. "There was no point, I got my point across without the need for death. I can promise that kid will never come back for more, and all his friends will know the traumatizing time someone tried to choke him to death. I’ll be talked about for the rest of his life, I’ll be the highlight of it. I should have killed him, have you ever killed anyone then? Since you’re so okay with it."

#joshua #au #son meets daughter

Shrugging, Lily vaguely nodded her head, as if to say, "Sure, if thats what you want to believe." Lilith didn't think Joshua was below a 4. He had potential... but someone who who still loved people could never be truly bad. A disaster. There would always be hope with those people. And even if Josh didn't want anyone to know, he had love. Lily could smell it, and she hated it.

Has he had his heart broken yet? If only I had the time, or energy. Ah, well. He'll learn.

Lilith lived to destroy things. People. Anything. Strip them of happiness and reveal just how truly shitty the world was. She was angry and the girl didn't think anyone else shouldn't feel that way. Misery loves company, right? "Fine, we can say you're a 3. Whatever, I really don't care about your delusions," Lily chuckled, tilting her head.

Joshua stepped back after Lily's whisper, and she let herself relax again. Finally, her personal space bubble had been restored. She let out an easy sigh, clearly at utmost ease. She was impenetrable and her level gaze at Joshua was tense, harsh. He was being judged, cruelly judged. Lily only hoped that he knew how disapproving she was of him, her body language was clear.

He asked something then, something that made Lily laugh. Had she killed, was she a killer? In her dreams and thoughts and desires -- yes. But in reality, no. In fact, rarely would Lilith harm any living thing. Not out of moral conviction, obviously. She was a Wiccan, and did everything she could to keep spiritual peace. Lily's one and only fear -- demons, and anything supernatural. Because of her weakness, she committed intensely to her religious dedication, prohibiting her to harm others. But that didn't keep her tongue from lashing out, or being obsessed with those who could preform violence.

Okay, Joshy. I will let you in on a few secrets of mine. You'll repay me, eventually.

"Not physically," Lily answered, leaning back on his bed and crossing her ankles. Her boots clumped off a bit of dirt onto his sheets, and she grinned. Another taunt. It came automatically to her, pissing people off. But she wasn't wanting to do that right now. She was speaking. "Emotionally, I have a list of people who are dead inside. Foster parents, pathetic kids with crushes believe it or not," She scoffed then, rolling her eyes as if she too found it hard to believe -- despite that confidence she exuded.

I never said at group how my mother died. He doesn't know her demise, or he shares the surname of the killer. Huh.

Clunking her boots together again to let of a bit more dirt, Lilith sighed, still grinning her Cheshire smile."I haven't killed anyone, Joshua. But my mother was killed. Murdered, actually. The people who found her thought she just offed herself, no big deal. She was... mentally ill, we will say. She didn't though, I have a letter. Someone slit her throat for her. So, no, whilst I haven't done the deed, I am very attracted to those who have. Its an..." She paused, giving a long, hard look up and down Joshua's legnth, giving a ghost of a smile. "... admirable trait."

I wonder if he even has it in him to kill someone?

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh rolled his eyes at Lily’s growled comment. Though he was innerly pleased that something he said finally angered her like she had him. “I didn’t call you crazy.” He defended. “I called you twisted, and some other things. But not crazy.” Which was true, but also false. Though he never said it to her directly, he did call his father crazy, and he called her a clone of him. So, indirectly, he did call her crazy.

I don’t hate him. I just don’t really like him right now… Do I hate him?

Josh had wanted to correct Lily the moment she said about him hating his father, but it soon turned into him questioning if that were actually the case. If he actually did hate the man. But he couldn’t have, how could you hate someone you look up to? It doesn’t make any sense, it’s not normal. Then again, neither his family. How many people could say they grew up with a man like his father and a woman like his aunt, both trying to raise Josh right. Or what was right through their eyes. It was a mess of a family, and he wasn’t really sure where to start to answer her question.

"I don’t have daddy issues." Josh decided to correct her instead of giving a real answer. He couldn’t say aloud that he looked up to the man as much as he actually did. "Mine is just a lunatic, that’s all. He’s a lunatic who tried to raise a child. And suddenly thinks he has a right to punish that child when the child also acts like a lunatic."

Suddenly an idea came to Josh’s mind, he smirked and pushed off the door taking a step towards Lily. “How well do you think he did? Come on, rate me? 1 through 10, 10 being an honor child every home could be proud of. And 1 being a delinquent that every family would feel disgraced of sharing a last name with.”

The questions was intially just to change the subject, or get out of answering the questions and having to dig deep and give some heartfelt and meaningful answers. But then he got curious, he actually wanted to know what she was going to rate him as. She has seen and knew enough about him to give an honest rate. And he didn’t doubt she would, brutal honesty seemed to be something she would enjoy.

#joshua #au #son meets daughter

Lilith shrunk back as he got closer -- not in fear of being struck, just not wanting his closeness. If asked of her, she wouldn't really be able to give a reason why she cringed at contact, unless it was harmful. She enjoyed pain, but rejected soft touch. It disgusted her, and she'd rather be beat to a bloody pulp than let someone lay a gentle hand on her.

But Josh's sudden questions stole her away from her thoughts, her discomfort to his closeness. She pulled her top lip back in a snarl, revealing her teeth. They weren't very white, it was clear she didn't take much care of herself.

Rate you? What is this, a game? Fine, I'll play.

"You're not a 10, nor are you a 1," She started, changing her cringe into a thoughtful expression. If Lily knew what answer he wanted, she would give him the opposite on default, just to mess with him. But she was, quite honestly, stumped. Joshua talked tough, talked like he wanted to be the worst kid ever to his so-called lunatic father. But other times, he seemed... defensive, almost. He wanted to be good, for someone.

Oh jeez. Please don't want to be good for a girl, please. How boring.

Lily laughed, wondering why she got that sense/ He wanted to be a good kid? Hah, as if. Shaking her head, Lily finally decided to answer, and stop fucking over-thinking it all so damn much.

"You wish you were a 1," She scoffed, rolling her eyes. Lily tapped a finger, nail broken and dirty, against her lip. "But you are a 4. Somethings holding you back, Joshua. You're not a total disaster yet. Not quite like me."

Lily's eyes glittered and her lips extended into that slightly demented smile of hers, and she laughed again. She sat up straighter, leaning forward on her knees, getting closer to him by her own will this time, still grinning.

"You should have killed that guy," She whispered, searching his face with her dark eyes. The thought of death, murder in particular, consummed Lily. The act of taking someones life, claiming it. Their blood on your hands, oh, she craved it. She wanted to kill someone, just as someone had killed her mother.

Why didn't you kill him?

I know exactly what I want and who I wanna be. I know exactly why I walk talk and like a machine. I am now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy.

Marina and the Diamonds (source __ XX )

#headcanon

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

"You’re the one who crawled in through my window. I’m just saying, I don’t do friends, but I’ll do friends.” He teased more, it seemed she squirmed a lot when he made his gross comments. He didn’t actually want to sleep with her, he just enjoyed saying he did. Though, if she tried to come at him thinking he’d back off, he wouldn’t.

Josh’s eyes followed Lily as she stood up as well, he wasn’t sure why she felt the need to do so just because he did. But he simply shrugged and backed up until he was leaning against his door, it seemed as if he was just relaxing against the wall. But really, it was his way of keeping anyone in or out of his room.

He smiled when she finally agreed, he knew she would. She had no other choice. She could have just made a bunch of noise, but waking up his father surely would not get an answer from him. “Glad we could come to an agreement.” He grinned.

His grin grew even more when she had said Josh, finally not calling him Joshua. And he did indeed listen close to her words, and though he didn’t want to explain his reason for his words he knew he had to.

"Alright, you wanna know why I called you a clone? Well, you’re twisted like him. You want to get under people’s skin, into their mind, find out what makes them crawl and used it against them merely for your own amusement. But you have these moments, to throw people off, where you act normal but really there is a deeper reason behind these moments. But in the end, it’s all always to please and entertain yourself, to keep you from getting bored."

Josh paused, to let all that he said sink in before he was ready to add one last and final comment. “Oh, and you both always call me Joshua. And refuse to call me Josh or anything else. So, that’s why I left early, not just because you called me Joshua but because If I wanted to talk with my father I would have just stayed home.” He gave as his last comment, nearly hissing when having to say his own name.

Even though Lilith had gotten her way, she wasn't happy with the answer. Joshua made her sound cruel, and demented. That wasn't what she was going for, as true as it was. She was supposed to be kind and sweet -- She was a Wiccan, afterall. So Lily grit her teeth, irritated at everything At Josh, at the stupid counselor, at his dumb old dad. Mad at everyone but herself.

"I'm not crazy," Lily growled, her usual smile gone, and her anger showing through. But she stayed quiet, keeping her voice soft. Right now, she actually didn't want his dad waking up. Lily didn't care what people thought of her. She never had -- but she was tired of being called crazy. Because she wasn't, she knew what she was doing, and why, and what it meant. She also knew what crazy felt like it. It felt like how she'd acted after her and Bella fucked. Out of control, seething rage, blinded. That wasn't Lily.

Still sitting on the bed, Lilith didn't try to hide her anger like Joshua. She didn't care if he knew, hell, he could know whatever he wanted. To distract herself, Lily started picking at loose threads on his sheets. "So, you must be a great kid then. You obviously hate your dad, so much you can't stand to hear your name the way he says it. What did he ever do to you, huh? We both have daddy issues, whats your deal with yours?"

He clearly didn't abandon you, and I dunno what weird incesty shit is happening with your aunt, but I doubt he is gay. So what gives, Joshua?

Normally, Lily really wouldn't give two fucks about his dad, or anything related. She was self-centered, and proudly so. But she also kinda felt for the guy, and was curious. Honestly, no one had compared her to anyone before. It was interesting, and she was curious. Wanted to know more.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

When Josh heard the loud thud of Lily’s combat boots he sat up quick again. Wanting to silence her, but also knowing doing so would probably just make her want to do it more. So he instead crossed his legs with sigh, indicating he wasn’t going to lay back down and attempt to ignore her. Hoping it was enough to keep her quiet, for now.

Josh blinked it clear surprise when she mentioned they were friends. He looked around the room, to make sure he was the only Josh in his bedroom she could be calling a friend. Clearly she didn’t mean he was her friend. Did she?

You’re crazy if this is what you see a friendship as. Or perhaps never had a friend to know, but either way… You’re still crazy.

"I think your definition of friendship is wrong or outdated." He answered bluntly. Josh began to slide off his bed so he could stand, if he wasn’t going to be sleeping he didn’t want to be so relaxed on his bed, relaxed is not a way to keep your guard up. "Besides, I only go all the way or not at all, there is no friend zone in my world." He added with a wink and a smirk.

And then she called him by his name again, of course he was used to hearing it. But it didn’t mean he enjoyed hearing it, and she had already previously seen how much it gets under his skin. “Stop calling me by my name for the rest of the night and I’ll answer whatever questions you have. You don’t even need to tell my anything about yourself, just call me Josh or nothing at all.”

Those were his terms, and he would stand by them if she did so as well. It was simple, and no matter how much she liked to annoy him she would have to follow them if she wanted him to answer any kind of question she had.

"If we have a deal, I can start with answering why I called you a clone. And then why I hate being called Joshua. But if we don’t, you’ll remain forever curious."

You’ll agree to my terms, after all, curiosity killed the cat dear Lily.

Blinking with confusion for a moment, Lily caught onto what Joshua meant by all the way. "Ewwwww," She whined, wrinkling her nose up, and shaking her head. Friends was an impossible goal -- anything more was just hilarious. "No. No. No, don't even -- ugh. Disgusting. Ew."

But since Josh was standing, Lilith stood as well, goaning as she unfolded her body and came to her feet. LHer ankles ached, her shoulders hurt. been awhile since she'd slept in a bed, but no signs of that showed on her face. For once, however, her grin was gone. She almost looked... normal.

Nothing? Nothing at all? I'd rather die than to have no name to call my own. What the fuck?

Lily wasn't a huge fan on having to obey him, in a way. She liked calling him Joshua, making him sqiurm. His unhappiness pleased her, but she supposed she was willing to let go of that for the night. Just until she got any answers. "Fine, Josh. Or nothing. Whatever you damn well please."

Going along physcially hurt Lily, and her face hardened. Looking evil. Hateful, cold, deranged. But she forced the feelings away, shoulders giving an odd little quiver, and she stepped behind him to sit on his bed, looking up into his dark face. It was hard to see in the dim room.

"Listen up, Josh."

....ua. Joshua. JOSHUA. JoshuaJoshuaJoshuaJoshua.

"I don't give two shits what your name deal is, or anything about you. I give a shit why you dared call me a clone. I don't... I'm not a fucking copy of anyone. So, spill it. How am I a clone, huh? What makes me like your little Pops of yours?"

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh understood that she didn’t want to go home, but he still wondered why she chose to come to his house of all places. And how did she even find out where he lived, did she like follow him home or something. She had to of been here a while if that were the case though, and he doubted she’d leave him alone this long if she followed him home. Or be considerate enough to wait until his father went to sleep to bother Josh.

He simply shrugged at the question, why he called her a clone. “It really matters to you at all why I said what I said?” He asked, finding it hard to believe a simple comment like that could bother her. “If you really need to know, you should try saying please. I might wanna give you an answer then.” He chuckled dancing around the question so he didn’t need to answer just yet.

Like I’m really going to say aloud that it’s because you’re more like him than I am. That I’ve only known you for half a day and I already feel jealous of you.

Josh laid back on the bed again with a sigh, but still looking over at Lily. She hadn’t tried to leave his room yet, so he supposed that was a good thing. She seemed unpredictable, she did what she wanted, and no one ever controlled her actions. In fact, being looked down on seemed to only fuel her. So in his eyes, there was plenty reason to be jealous of the girl that laid on the floor.

"What’s up with all the questions? Why the random interest?" Josh countered, furrowing his brows at her. "I told you why I left, weren’t you listening? You should really clean out those ears." He answered, referring to what he said as he was walking out.

Displeased with his answers, Lily gave another irritated groan, this time clunking her combat boot against the floor, making a satisfying thunk. Maybe his dad would wake up and Lily could just ask him her questions. Getting anywhere with Joshua was seemingly impossible.

Wish I could smack the so-called fighting king. That would be a sight... and maybe a death penalty

Instead of acting on her violent urges, Lily instead tried to soften her smile. The balance of nature was getting dangerously close to tipping, so she'd better start treating him a little better, or her bad luck might make the whole endevour impossible.

"I don't say please," Lilith retorted, refusing to let him have that, or any other form of begging. Even if she did need to be nice, that was not something she'd resort to. Scoffing, she rolled her eyes. "And I don't need to clean my ears. As if you actually beat the poor woman! I'm not stupid. I was just teasing you. Lighten up, we're supposed to be friends."

Lilith grinned at him, wondering how he'd react to the word friend. He didn't seem like the guy to have many of them. Obviously, Lily didn't have any, either. But it would be fun to call him one, for the sake of her desires. And, really, he wasn't a bad ally to have. Fight club king seemed a pretty high title. Maybe Lilith would be a friend to him eventually, even if she had no such feelings towards him.

Come on, Joshua, you're a pal. Be a sport. Give me some answers.

Still relaxed, still calm -- Lilith looked at him, waiting. He was nervous about something. A twitch here, a fidget there. It bothered Lily, not knowing. She hated not knowing. t was almost scary -- but nothing truly scared her. Nearly nothing, at least.

"Joshua," Lily whispered in a sing-song voice, baiting his own name against him. "Oh, Joshua... C'mon. I'll tell you something of myself if you be a good friend?"

I won't say please, but I will barter with you.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh couldn’t even hold back his laughter as Lily flew from the bed, he didn’t expect her to be so against the action. And it was entertaining to finally find something, she didn’t like. It confused Josh why she didn’t like closeness though, he knew it could be another way to mess with people. And as far as he was concerned that was her favorite thing to do.

Now I have something over you, keep calling me Joshua and I’ll just cuddle up next to you.

Josh looked down at Lily with a grin on his face, feeling triumphant. “There is a free spot on the bed.” He teased when she said she was going to sleep on the floor. She laid down though on the floor, reluctant to join the bed again and deciding the floor was her new bed.

You are not going to offer her a pillow. You are not, you do not care if she’s uncomfortable.

Josh was attempting to coach himself out of doing the right thing. Sure he was good at being a dick, but in all honesty he was kind and was used to dealing with the feeling of guilt from how he treated people all the time.

He decided to close his eyes, shut tight. He couldn’t feel bad if he couldn’t see her. But then she started making noise, these loud groans of annoyance. Each one louder and he knew he wasn’t going to be getting anymore sleep tonight.

Sighing before he finally sat up and glared down at Lily. “Fine, I give. What the hell do you want?” He asked.

Grinning as Josh sat back up, Lily tossed her hair triumphantly. The rebellious always get their way, and in the case of two rebels... Well, lets just say it was obvious who was winning. Lilith wanted to push him more, get more and more under his skin. But she held back, deciding he could use a break for a minute or two.

"Well, mostly, I don't wanna go home," Lily started, knowing he'd connect with that. It was the truth, and not really a trick. The girl hated going home. "But more than that, I'm cuious how I'm a clone. Why the fuck would you say that?"

And I am also sorta curious if you're related to the person who killed my mother, but hey, we'll get back to that.

Lilith leaned back on her elbows on the floor, crossing her legs over each other in those ripped, slutty tights. They looked out of place on her, ridiculous. Those hard, cold eyes. Crazy grin. And obvious aversion to physical touch -- Lilith was a walking complexity.

But in reality, she liked the looks she got. Somehow, she enjoyed the judgmental glares, the sneers. The fact that without even speaking, she got people mad.

And I'm cuious what the deal is with you. I hate you, Joshua.

Smiling more at her thoughts, Lilith tossed her matted hair from her face. When was the last time she'd washed it? It looked like it hadn't been cleaned for weeks. "And why did you leave earlier? Why were you so mad? Does being called Joshua really make you that mad?"

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh moved out of the way when Lily forced her way inside, he threw his hands in the air, wanting to ask what the hell she was doing but also not wanting to make any kind of noise to wake his father. The man was a rather light sleeper unless he went to sleep drunk. And unfortunately, tonight was not a drinking night for him. Thought honestly, Josh himself missed drinking as well.

Josh pointed to the window as Lily made herself clearly comfortable on the bed. “That is not a door, it’s a window. People don’t get let in through windows unless it’s we’re in some chick flick.” He instructed her.

Lily got seemingly more comfortable, sprawling out over his bed, as if she were the owner and he the guest. He blinked at her, questioningly. He wanted to just go back to sleep, but he was curious about what made her come all the way to his home, so he opted to remain standing for now.

Stop saying my name. Don’t call me anything, not anything at all.

He sighed at his thoughts, not being able to speak word of them. Knowing if he did so it would just be giving into what she wanted. Again. Leaning against his wall he waited. When the question finally left her, shook his head back and forth.

"That’s what you came here to ask? That’s it?" Josh questioned in surprise. "Nah, not gonna answer that. Goodnight." He crawled into the spot she had left for him. Even though he was sure she didn’t expect him to. He didn’t really know the boundaries of personal space, he never really got that awkward feeling most people experience from a person being too close or too touchy. So to him, he was laying in his bed, ready to go to sleep despite the fact of his dad walked in right now he’d probably murder both of them.

"Sorry if you expected something more… dramatic." He grinned with his eyes shut. He wasn’t sure what Lily would do, and was actually curious. He was sure anything it was, it would have been good. But that thought wasn’t enough to make him sit up right now.

A moment went by and Lily sat back up, hair a mess. She groaned, not really trying to be quiet. Didn't bother her much if this fabled father woke up. If he was anything like Josh, it'd end up being less than fun, probably. So, she smirked -- and groaned louder, eyebrow raised. If anything, surely the threat of her loudness waking up Josh's dad would make him give her his way.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

The day had gone south, Joshua returned from his group therapy in a foul mood. Attempting to sneak, he got as far as the door shutting. But as soon as it clicked shut there was a voice calling for him. Joshua. He had heard enough of his name today. He wished he had no name in all honesty, to not be known as anything. Or anyone. It was something he thought about quite often.

But sadly, he did have a name, and when called by it he stopped and turned to face his dad. “Yeah?” He groaned, his hands shoved into his pockets and he leaned against the side of the wall waiting for the man to speak.

"You’re back sooner than I expected." He observed. Josh opted for a lie, to not tell his father he stormed out in a fit of rage.

"Yeah, well, there was only two of us." He decided, he wasn’t lying technically. He just wasn’t going into full detail to reveal the parts that were actually important. Like his awful behavior and constant use of foul language. "Long bike ride, so I’m just going to go to my room." He slipped past his dad, quick as he could and to his room. He fell into his bed, and before he knew his night was officially at it’s end. Or so he thought.

What is that tapping sound?

He had thought, eyes still closed attempting to not have to leave his peaceful sleep. But the noise had continued, disturbing his slumber, getting louder. Making it impossible to keep his eyes close.

Silence. Silence. Si—

Throwing his head up finally at sound of another and much louder noise. He leaned towards the window seeing a figure standing outside, his eyes narrowed when he saw who it was.

No… This has to be some kind of dream. What the fuck is she doing here?

Josh had to talk himself out of pinching himself and looking like a complete idiot. He hadn’t planned on opening it, but he was extremely curious. So the window was unlocked, and slid opened just a crack so he could speak.

"Appreciate the whole stalker vibe, but that is no way to get a guy to like you. Just saying. Can’t you see I’m sleeping, if you wanna see more chairs tossed around come back tomorrow. Hell, if you’re a good girl I’ll even throw a TV for you."

#that isnt a beach nope #its a bed duh #joshua #AU #son meets daughter

The moment Joshua opened the window, even just that tiny little bit, Lily was ready. She leaned forward, still smiling -- honestly, a little surprised that he wasn't more surprised to see her there. I guess in a fight club, you never know who could show up at your house all hours of the night, Lilith figured, and gave a shrug to her own thoughts.

"Yeah, that sounds great," Lily rolled her eyes, putting her hands under the opened slit and pushed the window up, allowing enough space for her malnourished body to wiggle through, using her elbow to knock away -- careful not to hurt him. She didn't want to cause physical pain, no. Once her feet were safely on the floor of his bedroom, she looked around, taking it in. Seemed normal enough, if not a little plain.

God, even his room is boring. Please. This is probably just going to be a bust, unless he gets all pissy again.

Walking over to his bed, lily laid down, stretching out her body and wriggling to get comfortable, taunting him with her eyes. "So, hey, I have a question, Joshua," Lily drawled, hands behind her head as she looked at him. The girl didn't care of he got violent, or loud. That would probably just mean more trouble for them both -- but unlike Josh, it didn't phase her. Usually people would take pity on the female; 'Oh, poor girl, her mother died when she was a baby, and her father abandoned her. Shes just acting out, give her a break.'

Sickening.

"Oh, shit, sorry, Joshua. I totally forgot I was taking up the whole the bed," Lily smirked, inching closer to the wall, though she was pretty sure even with her making space, the kid would stay away from her. People typically did, no one wanted to be around Lilith most of the time. "Anyway, about my question. What did you mean, I was just a clone?"

Please get mad. I want you to be mad.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh allowed her to push his head back, he sat up straight eyes guarded and narrowed on Lily. His complete attention on her, not leaving for a moment to register anything else in the room. She was twisted, devious, and was getting oh so much joy from all of this. It reminded him so much of his father, he saw more of him in her than he did in himself. And she had never even met the man, how the hell did she accomplish what he has strived for for so long?

A clear tension was in the air, the two eyes were on each other. Gaze hard into one another, but not in the romantic way. No. Far from that actually, it was as if they were trying to see past what was on the outside. The walls, they wanted to get in the other’s mind. Study their expressions and reactions to certain things. But of course, that was a talent Josh lacked. He was good at studying reaction, but not at getting into people’s heads.

Josh was ready to come back at what she said, but then there was a pause. Although. That one word was enough to freeze time, he hung onto her words. Curious what she could possibly think of to say next. But he prepared himself, at least tried to, biting on his lip telling himself not react irrationally to whatever came from her mouth next.

But he wouldn’t have ever guess she would strike at Jemma. His sweet and innocent Aunt, who had taken care of and looked out for him his whole life. Who protected him from even his father when he needed it. And to accuse he would do such a thing to her, without even thinking, instinctively he stood. His hand clenched the silver around his neck and he took a small breath, look from Lily to the Counselor.

"You don’t need to meet my father, you’re exactly like him. You’re a clone." Joshed hissed, his eyes dark and filled with hate. But not just hate, behind that hate, he secretly envied this girl. What she was able to do, how she was able to get whatever reaction she wanted from others.

Josh turned around kicking the chair out of his way and across the floor. Waving his hand over his head as he began walking towards the door. “Excuse me, I apparently got an Aunt to go beat. Sorry I couldn’t stay longer, but it’s my day and I don’t want my dad to take my turn.” He shouted over his shoulder, annoyed and pissed off but he made sure his tone didn’t portray that.

#gosh Lily you creep #joshua #AU #son meets daughter

Chuckling as Joshua stormed out with an attempt to rile Lily, she just shook her head. In her opinion, she was a clone of nobody. She was different, one of a kind. And nothing could change tat fact -- if anything, the father of that teen boy resembled her, not the other way around.

Leaning in to the counselor with a girly grin, as if the two were buds, Lily giggled again, pushing the wild strands of hair from her face. "I think I like him," Lily told the woman gleefully, and the older lady just stared at her as if she were truly crazy.

Maybe Lily was. Who knew?

The teen glanced down, and saw a name printed neatly on the paper, as the counseler slowly wrote a note under it. Joshua. Joshua Fisher. A chill went down Lilith's spine, causing the hair on the back of her neck to stand straight. It couldn't be the same Fisher family, that would be crazy. But still -- the name had a crazy reaction inside of her. Lily's eyes scanned the page quickly, noting his address in her mind. Joshua hadn't gotten rid of her just yet, nah. No one gets rid of Lily until she leaves by choice.

Buckle Up, Josh. You just opened a really, really bad can of worms.

It was several hours later when Lilith found herself rapping on Joshua's window

-- Tap-a-rap-rap.

It hadn't been hard to find his window -- actually it happened to be the first peeked into. The teen was fast asleep, passed out in his bed from the clothes he'd worn to the session. It wasn't like Lily had changed, either. She hadn't even gone home, and her foster parents were likely beside themselves with worry.

Maybe they'd call the cops -- again. Lilith really did not care.

Groaning, Lily risked banging harder, turning her soft taps into obvious thunking

-- ka-clunk, bam-ram.

Goddamn he sure is a heavy sleeper!

At that moment, just as the thought passed through Lily's mind -- Joshua shot up from the bed, and she grinned.

Finally. Now to get him to open the fucking window and let me in, its colder than Alaksa out here.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

"You trying to say you’re a demon in disguise?" Josh sat up narrowing his eyes on her because of her sudden extreme annoyance with him, it was about time if you asked him. Annoyed he was used to, though he was enjoying their little cuss game, he wasn’t entirely used to being liked by others when he acted like… Like such a conceited asshole.

But no matter how perfect his act was, he could not stop his anger. It was one trait he hated so badly that he inherited from his father, the only thing about that man he didn’t want anything to do with. But he got it, and it controlled him, he always wished he would have gotten Jemma’s kind and loving nature. And he did to a point, but it something he found easy to bury over the many bad habits he had.

Lily continued, she went on, playing Josh at a game he was all to familiar of. The game she had been playing reminded him of his father, his anger was boiling over as she wanted it too. Why? Because she was bored, she needed to be entertained. And she knew how to get what she wanted, it was clear as day to him. But he still sat there gritting his teeth glaring at her. After the sixth and final time she said his name he flew out of his chair spinning it around so it was forward and much closer to her. He sat down in it correctly, leaning forward so the two were just several inches apart from each other.

"I wasn’t raised not to hit a girl, so excuse me if I get a little too physical for you.” He growled, his posture was relaxed though his attitude and expression said he was anything but. And in all actuality, he was very tense, but he was good at not letting it show unless he wanted it too. He had to talk himself out of this, how was he going to get out of it. She knew how to play him like a violin.

Then, after a long deadly silence, it took everything in Josh to grin wide and begin to chuckle. “Feel bad, all I did was win a fight. The only thing I feel is anger for the rat who call the cops on me. You know, a feisty chick is kind of a turn on.”

Make one wrong move, say one wrong word, and I swear to fucking god I’ll flip your chair out from under you.

That was all Josh was really thinking, he couldn’t let the anger show anymore though, and he felt he did a fairly good job and covering for himself. “I forgot to answer one question of yours, about my dad, he’s the kind of man you gotta meet to really understand.”

When Josh spun the chair around, scooting closer until their faces got real close together -- Lily couldn't wipe the wild grin off of her. And despite the counselor's sounds of protests, she let their faces remain close for a minute. Happiness, a cruel delight at what she'd done, boiled through Lily's veins, and she reveled in the feeling as for several moments, the flashing rage in the guys eyes, and hover-controlled voice. The teenager was like a ticking time bomb, and Lily wanted to see him explode.

Hah, I'd be offended more if you told me you didn't hit girls.

"Ooooookay, you really need a breath mint," Lily stated slowly, still grinning that insane smile, and she put up one finger, nail chipped with peeling black nail polish -- pressing it into the tip of Hosh's nose to move his head further away from hers, simutainously scooting her own chair back. No fear, not even a hint, showed in Lily eyes.

She scared of him. She wasn't scared of anything.... nearly.

Once she'd scooted a suitable distance away from him, Lily was suddenly hit with yet another way to crawl under his skin. It was a long-shot, but the brunette had to try. Her skin crawled when he talked about his turn on, and Lily made a disgusted face.

"Oh, ew, disgusting," Lily spat out, but her grin didn't waver. This was all too much fun to stop, and she shook her oil hair out, licking her lips like a snake would.

And now to bate the trap. Take the bate, Jaw-shu-ah. Go on, boy! Go on!

Tilting her head as if thinking, Lily's gaze on him changed. It intensified, as if HJoshua were the only thing in the room, in the world room. As if he were the only thing she would ever care about, ever. The expression worked on so many others before, lured them in. Sucked them right into her. Lilith was fairly sure it wouldn't have that strong a reaction on Josh, but she hoped it would do something, to be gazed at in such an important way -- even if they both knew it was meaningless.

"I wouldn't want to meet him, dads are such a bore, and I was never much of a meet the parents kinda girl.... although," Lily paused then, and the room froze. Even the moronic counselor knew something was about to be said that probably shouldn't.

"Although, I do wonder about this Aunt of yours. I bet you've had a grand little time batting her around, you and your dad both, even, maybe. You weren't raised to not hit girls, and she seems to be a very prominent woman in your life -- and you already told us that your dad was self-centered. You basically already confessed to beating the poor lady, I really think I should tell the cops about this. I hate seeing fellow woman in danger from men.... especially your kind."

Lilith ended talking, and slowly let the maniacal grin slide back onto her face.

Three? Two? One? Kaboom?

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh, though smirking, gave a clear eye roll at Lily’s reaction to his threat, he wouldn’t actually go as far as doing such a thing to her. There were more factors to why it had happened than just hearing someone say his full name. His name aside, he also didn’t want to look like the under dog in front of everyone in the group, and the adrenaline from fighting, she’d probably have to physically harm him to drive him as far as choking her to death or near death.

When Lily obeyed the counselor and apologized, even if it was extremely sarcastic, his smirk turned into a wide grin when she said Josh. Taking it as a clear victory, he leaned forward resting his chin rest on the chair once again. He didn’t even need to say anything for his egotistical aroma to seep forth from him.

"Lily it is, suites you much better than Lilth. Lily screams rebel, and Lilith says I’m a mature teenager you can trust. See the difference there?" He explained, but it was more that he just preferred nicknames over using someone’s real name. It was too personal for him.

Things had calmed down down for a moment, and there was a small silence before the counselor worked her foot back into the loop. Which Josh questioned if she should even bother with, by this point they both seemed pretty hopeless and she just shouldn’t bother.

"So much for ladies first, I’ve been doing the honors this whole time. You’re lucky I like talking about myself, Lil." Josh winked at Lily, of course he wasn’t actually going to delve into how he truly felt. If it were that easy he wouldn’t have to come this this dumb group therapy. He took a moment to realize, if his Aunt Jemma were here watching him give no effort whatsoever, she’d be very upset. It was nearly enough to make him sigh at what he knew he was going to say, but sighing would be showing some kind of real emotion, so it was withheld.

"Do you need to ask why I came here? I live with an self absorbed psycho 60% of the time, and an childish over-worried Aunt the other 40%. I was just looking for a way to get them off my back and be allow to get the hell out of the house." He laughed. "And what makes us act out? It’s fucking fun, that’s why. Do I need a better reason?"

Josh waved his hand towards Lily. “You were just looking for a way to get out of the house too, right? You don’t give a shit about getting better. You’re already too far gone.”

#joshua #au #son meets daughter #wow rude Lilith.

Raising her eyebrows, Lily realized the novelty of Joshua was very quickly wearing off, and she wading him increasingly irritating. The brunette had a very limited attention span at best, and it was nearly completely exhausted by this point in the conversation. In Josh. In everything that was happening currently.

Actually, you uncultured swine, Lilith says mother of all demons and most powerful of them all, but whatever, have it your way, Jaw-shu-ah.

Smiling to herself about her thoughts, but choosing not voice them out loud, Lily rolled her eyes right back at the guy. Her mean side was itching to be let out, but Lily's fingers went to the pouch of amber around her neck, reminding herself about karma. Lily was used to incompetent rebels, and worthless adults. She was used to this whole scene, she'd lived it a hundred times before.

"Lilith was actually a very powerful demon, and I highly doubt she was ever compared to a mature adult," Lily couldn't help but explain, never having been good at shutting up about anything, ever, at all. Though she didn't mind the usage of "Lil", it bothered her that Josh seemed to think he could decide what names could or couldn't be used for everyone in the room.

Flipping her hair back pompously, Lily widened her eyes at Joshua, sitting taller. It usually made people fear her more. "Oh, Joshua, I already am better. I'm the best, I am not too far gone for anything. Although, Joshua, it tells me a lot that you think you have something to recover from. Are you guilty about beating people up? Joshua, Joshua, Jaw-shu-ah," Lily hesitated, giving it a moment to sink into the boy. Oh, she was playing with him. And she loved it.

"I'm here because I hate people crying for dumb reasons. And because I'm plain bored. I act out, per say, because I'm fucking pissed off as fucking shit -- " Meanignful glance at counseler was given at this point. " -- and I hate happy people. So yeah, fuck you all. Anyway, your turn again, Joshua. Why do you hate your dad, at least you have one."

Come at me, boyfriend.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

A grin slipped onto Josh’s face the moment she began talking. He sat up, no longer resting his chin on the chair. She seemed like just another rebellious teen when quiet but as soon as her mouth opened it was clear to anyone she was much more than that. It didn’t seem just like rebellion with her, it was so much more. It wasn’t mere disdain for her elders she had. It seemed she had a hatred, a fire in her for for anyone her eyes gazed upon. Whether it be Josh, or the Counselor. But she was also full of life, the fire was burning like a red hot flame and it grew in her eyes.

There was a silence after she finished, and Josh couldn’t help but just chuckle. “Damn, chika I think you have me beat for worse soppy sad life story.” He snickered. The counselor seemed more than upset with both of their attitudes. And there constant use of foul language, which Josh caught on she had used an excessive amount and seemed to emphasize each cuss word to draw it out more.

"My turn?" He repeated, rubbing his chin. But it wasn’t long before she spoke again, and he instantly bit down on his lip hard when she said his full name. "I gotta better fucking story for you.” He spoke forcing his grin not to fade. Though in his mind he was already prepared for a battle, though he wasn’t as talented at mental warfare as his father was. Or as it seemed like she was. “Wanna know how I got caught? I was fighting some asshole, and he called me Joshua to piss me off and I nearly choked him to death.” He glanced from her to the counselor as he finished his grin still strong and true.

He was completely ashamed of the story, that he had let his temper sky rocket that high over something that stupid. And he replayed what had happened after he got home in his head, all he felt was shame. But, you wouldn’t be able to tell. No, by the look on his face it seemed he was proud as ever. Hell, it even seemed like he wished he had killed the other teen.

"Oh, and the king don’t share his secret, toots. You wanna know how I got my title, you’re gonna have to work a little damn harder.” He was starting to forget the counselor was even in the room with them. His attention was more focused on Lilth.

"You got a name? And don’t even give me that Lilith shit."

Lilith couldn't even contain her laughter until Joshua finished, giggling hysterically at his attitude, at his confession, at everything about him. She loved it. "Damn, can you say sensitive?" Lily taunted -- but not meanly. His casual threat had gotten through to her, and she decided that for the time being... she would refrain from using the full name. For now. Doubtful it would last long, but hey -- its the thought that counts.

"Lilith Gray, we do not say hurtful comments to the other members!" The counseler spoke up once more, but she sounded lost between these two strong, very confident teens. The pair had clearly dismissed the lady, and the woman realized this. Lily now shot a look over to her, considering her options. Obey for the hell of it, or continue being a wild animal?

Time to try something new.

"Aw, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Josh," Lily pouted, her whole face changing to give a fake look of sympathy. Only moments after pulling Lily laughed again. She was like a crazy woman, expressions changing from one to another. But something about her conveyed that she was still perfectly calm, collected. Lily, though strange, knew exactly what she was doing. "And you can call me Lily."

The room was quiet for a moment, and the counselor took that moment to pull in the reigns and propose a new question -- though having the teens converse was seeming like more of a bad idea as each second slipped past. "Ahem, well, good. Now that we have introduced each other, why don't we talk a little about why we decided to come and what we hope to draw from this little chat. And maybe talk a little bit about what it is that make us act out in such.... physical, or verbal, way."

I wonder if I told Joshua to attack, if he would... Nah, probably not. Hah, sic 'em, Josh!

Heaving a large, bored sigh, Lily rolled her neck back, groaning. It was clear that the more the woman talked, the more irritated she became. The brunette wasn't fond of talking about herself in such a personal sense, so instead she locked her eyes onto Joshua.

"Ooh, yeah, tell us. You already admitted to loving the topic of you, so please, please. Tell us the little juicy bits.""

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh took notice that there had only been some old woman which he assumed was the lady running the show here. And luckily, a girl, though she didn’t dress like most. No, she didn’t have that snobby prep look to her, she had the completely opposite. Her face screamed attitude and her outfit matched that look. She clearly didn’t care whatsoever what anyone thought of her, or she would be dressed much more appropriately.

He nodded at what he had to deal with, wasn’t too bad. Though he hoped for more people. But of course there would be no one else, who actually attends these things? “This is so lame.” He mumbled under his breath before approaching them. Turning a chair around he sat on it backwards resting his chin on the metal.

He looked over at the counselor who was suggesting he start things out by talking about himself. Josh narrowed his eyes, cringing inward when she called him Joshua.

Don’t call me that!

It’s what he wanted to tell her, in a cold and angry tone. But he wouldn’t, he had to remain with his carefree, nothing really phases me attitude. He couldn’t break that now. He was good at keeping up with it, but at the same time, he did have his father’s temper.

"I’d love to kick this thing off. Besides, I’m one of my favorite topics." He grinned at the girl across from him as he spoke. "But I’m curious about you, sweetheart. As you already know, I’m Josh, I live with my insane Dad. And sometimes kinda of Aunt. And I use to be the mother fucking king of a fight club. That’s about all you need to know, for now.”

The Counselor quickly cleared her throat when Josh had dropped the F bomb. “Well. That was very nice of you to share with us, Josh. And what about you, hmm, do you want to tell us a little about yourself?”

#joshua #AU #son meets daughter #LOOK AT THAT ISAAC EXPRESSION ON HER FACE #LOOK AT THAT #IS THAT NOT LIKE 100% ISAAC IN THIS GIF

Though the side of Lily's cheek was still clamped in her teeth to keep her laughter held back, she let her eyes trail up the teenage boy slowly, resting on his face as he spoke. Her interest visibly peaked at the mention of a fight club -- that was something Lily found herself very interested in. She gave a slight smile, letting a laugh leave her lips again -- she didn't look at him so condescendingly now. The correction of his name didn't slide by Lily, and she tucked the information away to use against him later, if she chose.

Damn, confidence is strong with this one. Confidence and aggression.

Josh's speech came to an end, and Lily turned her dark eyes to the counselor, quiet before speaking. "Goddamn, where do I begin?" She smirked, sounding just as confident as Josh had sounded, giving a mischievous look at the teen boy when she cursed -- hoping he'd catch on that she wanted the two of them to use as much foul language as they could get away with.

Please don't be boring, Joshua dude. I beg of you.

"My mom died, my dad decided he was gay and wanted to chase the cock all day because he didn't want me, because I look just like my dead mom or some shit. So from there I decided to be a little pain in the ass to everyone I meet, and lets just say I have enough broken foster parents under my belt to build a fucking army with," She stated, all the while glancing between to other two the room gauging their reactions to her brash and flat confession.

The counselor, feeling obviously awkward, opened her mouth to speak -- but Lilith hadn't finished yet, and cut the woman off before the first word was completely uttered.

Shut up, lady, no one likes your kind.

"Your turn," Lily decided, grinning at Josh.She mimicked the tone of the counselor, mocking her thin voice, and pursing her lips as she pretended to speak for the counselor. "So, Jaw-shu-ah, tell me. What got you into the, eh, mother-fuckin' fight clubs, hmm? How'd did someone like you become king?" Lily asked, drawing out his full name with a glint in her eyes -- she wanted him mad. She wanted the whole world mad.

"Lilith, I really do not think --" The counselor tried to speak up, hoping to gain control over the group once more. Lily simply put up a hand and bared her teeth at woman and hissed, like an animal about to kill. She laughed then, turning back to Joshua. Curiosity was written all over her face as she looked at him.

Taken aback by Lily's sudden animalistic behavior, the woman supposed to be referring the session stayed silent, also looking at Josh with a hint of wonder.

The Son Meets The Daughter /// Lily X Josh AU

Josh had group therapy today, he had been moping about all day because of it. He didn’t want to go, in a group of people talking about his feelings? It sounded so lame to him, it was ridiculous in his mind. But he had no other choice but to go, he had to show both his Aunt and his Father he was trying to get better. He had about a half hour until he was suppose to leave, and he had yet to actually get ready. He instead had his door locked, and music blaring as loud as his speakers could go.

He was still getting used to this whole change he recently had to make, he never went out, and he saw very little of his best friend because his parents thought Josh was a bad influence and Josh’s own father hated the boy. So he was bound to his room most days, going to a group therapy was starting to sound not so bad. He didn’t have to actually talk about anything, but it would be social interaction with people his age. He was slowly starting to get convinced, he jumped up from his bed stripping from his dirty clothing he was wearing from the night before and tossing them in the laundry basket. He began to look through his drawer for something clean to wear. Something with as little holes as possible.

With all the fighting he had been doing, most all his clothes that he usually kept in perfect condition were worn or torn in some way. So after searching for a few minutes he had finally went with one of the only pair of jeans that had no hole on them whatsoever. The jeans were black and not as faded as most of his other ones. He then went over to his closet and grabbed a plain grey t-shirt. It didn’t take long for him to be ready, after slicking his hair back and putting on the sterling sliver necklace that Jemma had given him for his birthday one year he was nearly finished. He stepped over to his closet one last time and grabbed his leather jacket, even though it wasn’t even that cold outside.

Rushing down the stairs after turning his music off Josh didn’t give his father so much as a second look as she shouted over his shoulder. “Gotta run, or I’ll be late to talk with all the other delinquents who screwed up their life.” As the door clicked shut Josh sighed, knowing he’d be riding a bike there when probably everyone else was getting dropped off in a vehicle.

After a long bike ride, Josh found the building, he was both dreading having to go in but also excited though he wouldn’t dare let that show. He wasn’t sure what to do, just go in and look for a bunch of rebel teens gathered in a circle. He gave a sigh, but throwing the door open and taking a large step in as to announce his arrival.

"The name’s Josh and I don’t like any of you, feel free to worship me now." He chuckled, his expression and attitude just seemed cockiness.

#joshua #son meets daughter #AU

Scowling, Lilith Gray was seated at the kitchen table of her foster home, ignoring the droning of her foster mom on yet another lecture about recovery and that mental health shit. Apparently there was another group therapy starting in town -- and oh, what a great idea everyone thought it would be to force Lily into going!

NOT.

"Yeah, I'm not going," Lily sighed, monotone, staring at the table with an annoyed expression. She wasn't refusing because she didn't want to, no, she didn't reall care. She was refusing just for the fun of it. Her foster mom sighed, eyes drooping, and plopped into the chair -- defeated. Lily snickered, always surprised at how much of a push-over the frail woman was. The woman gave a sad sigh, and with a start....

Lily realized she was crying. Again.

Oh, fuck. Fuck, no. Nope.

Giving a pissed off growl, Lilith stood from the table so hard the chair flew back, falling over, and making the foster mom jump a foot into the air. Lily was so annoyed already, she couldn't even smile at the fact she'd bothered the woman. The foster parents were always doing this, crying and moping about. Lily found them pathetic, and literally would jump at any chance to escape the house, whenever she could.

"You can lay off the waterworks now, I'm going," Lily told the pathetic slump of a woman, rolling her eyes as she headed for the door. It wasn't a long walk, and she'd be an hour early even if she dawdled. But it was better than sitting around the hell-hole she had to call home.

Several minutes after she'd arrived, and several awkward silences with the counselor between even more awkward small talk, the gymnasium door finally burst open to reveal another teen her age. Overjoyed to see another person her age, Lily offered up a smile -- one that vanished within moments of the guy opening his mouth.

Oh, great, just great. Its one of those guys, should have known. Ick.

Giving a little amused laugh, Lily said nothing in response, instead just looked down to the ground, biting her cheek to keep from laughing at him further. From the beck down, Lily looked, quite honestly, like a whore. Fishnet tights were what covered her legs instead of pants, and her ass was only just barely covered by her over sized shirt, and clunky combat boots a size too large hung from her feet. Her face, however, was void of any make-up, and her dark brown hair hung in greasy strings around her face. It radiated a "I don't give a fuck" vibe, and she kept her eyes down until the counselor spoke once more.

"Josh, so nice to have you, take a seat. Seems as if it is just you and this young lady tonight, so what do you two say, hmm? Why don't we tell each other a little about us, would you like to start, Joshua?" The counselor asked, a bit too afraid of Lily to suggest she begin.

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"So you’ve dealt with this whole ‘all you need to do is try’ and ‘things will always get better’ bullshit before?" Mini asked doing her best impression of the doctor she had seen in the hospital before laying back on the floor, staring aimlessly at the ceiling. "It should be interesting at least, you’ve got a lot of different people here for a lot of different reasons. It’s a mixing pot of crazy."