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Summary: They all knew somewhere in the back of their minds that the story wasn't suitable for an 8 year old to tell his classmates. But they couldn't resist hearing it themselves. LOE.

How They Met

April 9th, 2017

"Alright kids, put away your work for now. It's time for Joey to share his story with us." Ms. Barlett, the tall blonde third grade teacher instructed her class. Every Thursday, someone else in the class had to share a short story with the rest of the students. Whether it be made up, or real.

A particularly cute child with longish, brownish hair smiled and hopped down from his seat, moving quickly to the front of the large classroom.

"Whenever you're ready please, Joey." The teacher said with a warm smile. The child named Joey ended his walk at a large chair, which was known as 'Story Time Chair' around those parts. "Thank you Ms. Barlett," said his small but confident voice

Joey cleared his throat and stared out into his audience, all of which were listening attentively. "My story is about two people, a boy and a girl, named Lillian and Joseph. It all started back in May of 2007, that's about 10, 11 years ago…"

May 16th, 2007

It was Lillian's 15th birthday, and she was excited as ever. She had the perfect life, the perfect friends, the perfect boyfriend, and she was preparing to have the perfect birthday…that is until she met him.

"Mom, hurry up! We have to be there before anyone else AND we have to pick up Miley still!" came the voice of the frustrated 15 year old. She was no taller than 5'4, skinny with an amazing body, bright electric blue eyes, and had beautiful blonde hair. She was dressed in her best apparel, but they were still skater clothes nonetheless. She was a skater, and kind of a tomboy. "Calm down Lillian! Be happy were even doing this for you," her mother said annoyed as she walked down the stairs, cigarette in her mouth. Lillian looked at her mother confused, "Since when do you smoke?" Her mother quickly put the cigarette out in a small, black ash tray lying near by. "Don't you worry about it, now come on lets go, lets go, lets go!" her mother responded with a small grin on her face. Lillian let the smoking go for now and let excitement overcome her confusion. "Alright! I'm driving!" she exclaimed happily before grabbing the keys out of her mothers hands and running out the door to the car. Her mother smiled and followed her teenage daughter out the door.

"Okay now slow to a stop, and turn right at the light," Mrs. Truscott instructed her daughter nervously. "I know the way to Miley's house mother! And I think I know how to stop at a red light, I passed drivers training, remember?" Lilly retorted. "Lilly it's my car and if I want to give you instructions on things that will prevent you from ruining it, then I will. Drivers training or not," she laughed. Lilly let out a frustrated groan but couldn't help but smile. Lilly and her mother had a very good relationship. A few minutes later they pulled up into Miley Stewarts driveway. Miley was Lilly's best friend, and had been ever since she moved there from Tennessee. They were basically inseparable. "Does she know were here?" Mrs. Truscott asked her daughter. "Duh mother, text messages?" Lilly answer back, rolling her eyes. Her mother gave back the same gesture. A minute later, a brunette girl about the same height as Lillian came happily bouncing out of her house with a blonde boy. "Hey Lils, Jake came by early and I knew you wouldn't mind if I brought him," Miley said, sort of asking her best friends permission at the same time. "Hey Jake, and yeah Miles you know that's cool," Lilly answered. Miley smiled and her as her and Jake climbed into the backseat of the car. "LILLIAN! MAILBOX!" Her mother yelled. "I SAW IT MOTHER!" Lilly yelled back. The passengers couldn't help but laugh.

10 minutes later, and about 10 arguments later, the gang of four pulled into a semi-fancy, semi-casual club's parking lot and parked. "You're a little crooked there Lilly," Jake said smiling. He received a frightening scowl in return. Mrs. Truscott led the way into the building and the three teenagers followed. "Hello, we reserved the dance floor and the restaurant party room for today, that's under Heather Truscott," Lilly's mother said to a man at the front desk. "Ah yes, the party room is right back through that hall and down the left, first door and the dance floor should be ready in about a half an hour. Do you have a list of requested songs for the DJ to play?" The man asked Lillian. "Oh yeah," Lilly said as she pulled a piece of paper out of her purse, "Here you go." The man accepted the list from the teenager and smiled. "Whenever you're ready the party room is. Feel free to explore."

"Alright I'll set up, and you guys can go do whatever until the rest of the guests get here," Mrs. Truscott told the three teenagers. They all gave their appreciation and set off in an exploration of the place. "Whoa check out the DJ's booth guys," Jake said, peering into a room with tinted windows. They all pressed their faces to the glass. "Damn, I'm going to try to get myself hooked up in there!" he exclaimed. Miley hit him on his arm, "We're here for Lilly's birthday jackass." Jake smiled and leaned in to kiss his girlfriend. "I love you too," he said with a smile. "Hey Lilly we'll be right back…going to go get something to drink alright?" Miley asked her best friend. Lilly nodded and smiled as she watched them quickly walk off, hand in hand. "Kiss has her hypnotized…" she said to herself. She knew where they were really going. All of the sudden a pair of hands came out of the blue and covered Lilly's eyes. "What the hell!?" Lilly said, shocked. The mysterious figure softly kissed her neck, earning a small moan that escaped her lips. "Hey baby," the figure said, "Happy birthday." She pulled away from the grasp and turned to face her "attacker". "Adam! You came early!" Lilly exclaimed happily to her boyfriend with a hug. "Yeah Miley mentioned meeting you up here early with her and Jake, so I did," Adam said back to his girlfriend.

Pause. Adam Parker, the 16 year old gorgeous quarterback of Seaview high school's varsity football. He had brown hair, crystal blue eyes, was about 5'10 and every girl in the school wanted him. But he was Lillian's, and she was his.

"We'll I'm glad you could make it," Lilly responded and gave him a soft kiss on his lips. He gave her one back. "You're so beautiful," was his only response. She smiled and they both leaned in to a full-blown make out session. "Well, well I see Adam made it," Miley said as she interrupted their kiss and scared them both. "Fuck Miley, you scared me," Lilly said, kind of annoyed that her kiss was broken. Miley laughed and said in a singsong voice, "Sorry!" Jake came soon after with two drinks in his hand. "Wow Miles, you ACTUALLY went and did what you said you were going to?" Lilly teased her best friend. Miley smiled, "For the second half of it." Lilly and Adam laughed, but Jake looked kind of embarrassed.

Lilly, Adam, Miley, and Jake all walked back to the party room, to find a majority of the guests arriving. They all greeted Lilly the same. A huge hug, a happy birthday, a 'thanks for inviting me', and handed her a gift. She thanked them all, and graciously accepted her gifts. When all of the 25 guests showed up, the part enjoyed a nice meal and delicious desert, and then all of them shuffled out to the dance floor. "I'll be right there everyone, I have to pee!" Lilly said, and laughed. Everyone nodded and continued on their way to the dance floor. "Nice turn out, eh?" Lillian's mother said to her. "Yes thank you so much mom, hey where's dad by the way? He was supposed to be here…" Lilly asked her mom, realizing her dad was nowhere to be seen. Heather's smile turned into a slight frown. "Oh, he wanted me to let you know that he's very sorry, but he won't be able to make it." Lilly frowned. "Oh, okay. Well I'm going to go to the bathroom and then get back to the party." Her mother nodded and watched her daughters eyes flicker with disappointment as she walked away. She sighed.

Lilly stepped out of the room and let out a big sigh. Her dad let her down again. He'd been doing that a lot lately, but she just re-convinced herself every time that he was just busy. The song playing, "Low by Flo Rida" changed as she started walking down the hall to "Every Time We Touch by Cascada" It was a slower song, but Lilly picked it for a slow dance with the couples. "Shit!" She muttered to herself, she was missing the perfect time to dance with Adam. So she broke out into a sprint to the bathroom. Before she knew it, Lilly had collided with another person carrying a large tray. She opened her eyes and sat up. "Oh my God I am so sorry," she groaned, "Are you okay?" Lilly asked the person she collided with, her gaze still directed towards her now bleeding knee. "It's okay, and I'm fine. Are you alright?" The voice answered back. It was a boy, a deeper voice, and there was something about it that made Lilly's head snap up and stare right into his eyes. His beautiful brown eyes. "I…I'm fine. Sorry, it's my fault," she whispered as she continued to stare at the boy. He was no more than eighteen years old. He laughed, "Yeah it was, but don't even worry about it." The boy was staring back, beautiful brown locking gaze with electric blue. She looked away quickly as her cheeks flushed pink, breaking the connection, and started tending to her scraped knee once again. "That's going to leave a huge bruise," she sighed, half amused. "Here, let me look at it," the boy said and grabbed a napkin that lay askew on the floor. He gently blotted at her wound and collected all of the blood on her leg. She winced and exhaled sharply. "Ouch." The boy softened his already gentle touch and said, "Just a little bit more." She examined him as he took care of her knee. He had longish black hair, which hung messily all over the place, but it was cute, she had already taken note to his mesmerizing brown eyes, she noticed he obviously worked out because she saw his muscles working from the inside of his uniform, and he had the most amazing scent she had ever smelled. "There!" The boy exclaimed, seemingly proud of his work. Lilly snapped out of a daze she did not even realize she was in and looked down at her knee. The bleeding had stopped. 

"Thank you so much, that feels a lot better, and once again I'm sorry," she said sheepishly. He smiled. "It's my pleasure, and once again it's okay." Lilly smiled, "Well thank you again…" and she started to walk off. "Wait!" She turned around again. "Yeah?" The boy took a step towards her. "Well can I get you name?" Lilly felt her cheeks turn hot again. "Oh well, I'm Lillian but everyone calls me Lilly, and my best friend Miley usually calls me Lils." Her hand flew up to her mouth and she groaned. He wore a big smile. "Well I'm Joseph, better known as Joe. But my best friend doesn't have another cool nickname for me," the boy said in mock jealousy. He stuck out his hand. She giggled, and accepted the gesture. "Well very nice to meet you Joseph, do you like work here or something?" she asked. "Yeah, yeah I'm a waiter," he said, mocking misery now. She giggled again. "Oh how terrible you must feel," she said, playing into his little drama skit. He put on a large frown, "I can barely feel your sympathy Lillian, that hurts," he said, hitting his heart. "I'm sorry Joseph, I do care, really. But I have a party to get back to," Lilly said, her mind finally formed the words telling him she had to go, but something still protested. His smile turned into that of a real frown. "Oh, well who's party?" She smiled, "Mine! I'm fifteen today," she told him. "Really?! Well happy birthday Lillian," Joe said with a smile plastered onto his face again. "Thank you Joseph," she said back. "Well I probably should get back to work anyways, so you have a nice birthday, and come back around sometime eh?" Joe invited her. Lilly smiled. "Just maybe I will." He awkwardly opened his arms for a hug and she awkwardly accepted. By now the song had changed to another slow one, "You and Me by Lifehouse." They pulled away from their long hug, and looked into each others eyes again, rekindling the connecting. Joe leaned in as did Lilly, their lips connecting. She felt her whole body go numb with tingles. She pulled away fast. "Did you feel it too?" He whispered to her. Reality hit her. "Joseph this cant happen, I can't do this, I have a boyfriend!" Joe scrunched his face up and frowned, but said nothing. She turned and started running away, but she screamed one last thing behind her. "I felt it too!" Joe smirked and watched the beautiful blonde stumble away. "I think I just fell in love," he muttered to himself as he bent down to pick up the scattered tray, his heart still beating fast. And as soon as Lilly turned the corner she threw herself on the floor, back up against a wall, and head in her hands. "Shit." She still felt his lips on hers, and all the tingling and numbness that came with it.

"…and that's how they met; the day of her fifteenth birthday. As much as she didn't want to admit she had definitely felt something for Joseph, and Joseph definitely felt it for her too," Joey explained to his classmates. "You're such a loser," a voice from the back of the room rang out and interrupted. Joey stared back there. "And why is that?" he asked his classmate. "You named the main character after you, hah you couldn't get something like that if you tried," the bully retorted. "Tyler, that's enough. Joey, you're doing wonderful," Ms. Barlett said as she scolded the bully called Tyler. "I think it's a wonderful story Joey," a little girl classmate said. "Thank you Katie," Joey answered, as his face turned pink, "now should I continue?" A smile was visible on his cute little face. "Well hold on a second Joey," Ms. Barlett said took aside her student teacher, Miss Boulden, and whispered to her, "I really don't think this is an appropriate story for an 8 year old to tell to other 8 year olds." Miss Boulden smiled, "He's quite an amazing story-teller. I think we should get the principal down here to check him out." They were both hooked on the story. Everyone in the classroom was, even Tyler. Joey had them hooked; everyone wanted to know the story of Joseph and Lillian now.

Yes well in case you didnt catch on yet, if its italisized during the flashback story then its Joey telling that part to the class.
oh yeah, and the whole class including the teachers think hes making it up on the spot. It will all come into play.

If you guys review i think you'll really like the next chapter! Ive got it all worked out. Thank you so much :D