A/N: It's me again. This little bugger took me a while but as I thought it out more, I decided to turn it into a two-shot, possibly a chapter or two more. Not only that, I have some Lackson for my other mates. I've noticed there are fewer and fewer Moliver stories out here, yet plenty of 'JoBro' stories... I decided to act fast! So I have this, and I have another story planned out so I plan on helping save the boards with a few of my own Moliver stories. As always, let me know how this is, what you liked, what you didn't like, constructive criticism, etc. WARNING- this story was not written with a real plot, more an attempt for some 'aww' moments, some nice Moliver and Lackson, and another 'feel good' story. Cheers!
Disclaimer: I own nothing and am making nothing off of the following. All following characters are retained by Disney.
Speeding Up The Process
Chapter One
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
Miley Stewart angrily opened her eyes to see her best friend Lilly Truscott bouncing on her bed. They had slept over the night before at the Stewart house to celebrate the end of school and the start of vacation. Despite not falling asleep until the wee hours of the morning Lilly was wide awake and her typical hyper self. Looking over to her clock, she realised it was 9.17 am.
"Lilly how can you be this hyper on that little amount of sleep?" she asked bitterly, pulling her pillow over to cover her head in a poor attempt to stifle the sounds of Lilly.
"I'm just naturally a perky person," Lilly replied as she bounced again on Miley's bed for effect. "Now get up. Your dad has pancakes!"
Groaning, Miley pulled the pillow off her head and slowly rolled out of bed. Grabbing a robe and a pair of slippers she slowly trudged to the door. Leaping from the bed to the door, Lilly followed.
Once downstairs, they each took a seat at the kitchen counter. As Miley moved to sit down next to Jackson, Lilly made a move to step in front of her. Yawning, Miley managed to roll her eyes and sat in the remaining seat and took the plate her father handed her.
"So what are we doing today?" Lilly asked happily.
Looking up and smiling now, Miley replied, "The beach of course! We need to tan and check out the cute boys of course."
Next to them, Jackson scoffed and pretended to vomit. Turning to him, Lilly put on a face of mock concern.
"Aww Jackson you don't have to feel left out. You can come check out the cute guys with us if you want."
Miley and Lilly both laughed, doing their usual hand thing, as Jackson pushed his empty plate forward and stood up.
"Thank the Good Lord I'll be working. I'd rather clean out the piddle box Uncle Earl has for Snuggles than listen to you to discuss the cute boys at the beach," he said before turning around to head upstairs. "Later."
Rolling her eyes, Miley turned to finish her pancakes as Lilly sat tapping her fingers impatiently. Looking up, clearly annoyed, she sighed.
"I'll be finished when I'm good and ready. Tapping your fingers will just make me eat slower," she said.
Sighing loudly, Lilly pulled out her cell phone and looked at the time.
"Well once you're done, we're going to have to go grab Oliver at his house."
Looking up from her nearly finished pancakes, she stared bewildered at Lilly.
"By the time we get there, it'll be nearly 10.30," she said questionably. "He won't be up by then?"
Giving her a look, she responded, "That doughnut? You kidding?"
They both laughed as Miley finished her pancakes before heading upstairs to get dressed for the day.
About an hour later, Lilly and Miley arrived at the Oken house and knocked on the door. Answering the door was a kind, yet slightly temperamental woman who smiled at her visitors.
"Lilly! Miley! Come in, come in..." Ms. Oken said, opening the door to let them in.
Walking back into the kitchen where some food was sitting on the stove, she dumped it into a bowl and set it on the table. As Lilly and Miley sat down, Ms. Oken grabbed her purse from the kitchen table and turned to walk back out to the door.
"Sorry, can't chat girls, I'm on my way out for the day," she called over her shoulder as she reached for the door. Turning around before she pulled the door shut behind her, she added, "Oliver of course is still sleeping so I'll let you handle him."
Turning to look at Miley, Lilly rolled her eyes. Looking around the house, Miley turned to face Lilly.
"You know, I've been here a couple times, but I don't think I've ever come to wake Oliver up," she said.
"It's actually quite easy," Lilly said with a smile. She turned to face the stairs that were visible from the kitchen table and called, "OLIVER! GET YOUR LAZY BUTT DOWN HERE!"
As no response was heard, Lilly turned to Miley again and said, "He's still asleep then. This always works though."
Turning back to the stairs, Lilly called, "FOOD!"
Immediately, slow, but evident shuffling and other movements from an upstairs bedroom could be heard. A minute later, Oliver Oken's head could be seen trudging from the upstairs hallway.
Turning back to face the stairs, having looked away when Lilly shouted, Miley smiled as she said with a hint of her Southern accent, "What's wrong with you boy? It's nearly 10.30!"
Oliver appeared to be unresponsive as he walked slowly down the stairs, clad in only pyjama bottoms.
Miley's eyes widened slightly, glancing up and down at him as next to her, sighing in disgust, Lilly asked, "Do you ever wear a shirt to bed? Especially if you don't plan on getting up until noon and possibly have visitors?"
Oliver again appeared unresponsive as he pulled out a chair and pulled the bowl his mum had set down earlier in front of him, spooning large amounts onto his plate. He immediately began shovelling down food.
"Good morning to you too," Miley said sarcastically. Receiving no response, she rapped her knuckles on his head jokingly and asked, "Anyone there? Or does Ollie not respond before 11.00 a.m.?"
Turning slightly, Oliver blearily gave Miley a look before turning back to his food. Miley rolled her eyes but laughed slightly, glancing up and down at him again quickly. Next to her, Lilly eyed Miley with amusement. Unaware of her look, Miley turned happily to Lilly.
"So the beach today?" she asked with a smile.
A bemused smile still on her face, Lilly replied, "Of course. Tans, cute boys, and surfing!"
Oliver groaned, but continued to eat. Miley eyed him before turning to Lilly and laughing.
"He probably only wants to do the first two, right Ollie?" she said, wrapping an arm around and laughing again.
Oliver paused again and gave her another look.
"Yeah, I really want to spend all my time at the beach listening to you two discuss who has the better eyes, nicer hair, best bod," he said rolling his eyes, unaware of Miley glancing quickly at the latter. "But I guess I could get a tan and surf some."
Rolling her eyes, Lilly said, "There's the spirit! Now hurry up ya' doughnut! We need to go during the prime tan time. We can't sit around here and watch you eat!"
Miley laughed, adding, "Yeah, we get enough of that down at Rico's." Grabbing his plate from him to take it to the sink and ignoring his indignant scoff, she said, "You can grab something to eat at the beach. Go get dressed!"
Sighing bitterly and mumbling, he stood up obediently and turned to head back upstairs. From the sink, Miley watched him leave. As he made it to the landing, Lilly turned to Miley.
"What was all that?!" she hissed.
"What do ya' mean?" Miley asked confusedly.
Staring at her with a slightly bemused look, she responded, "Were you checking him out?"
Eyes widening in amusement, Miley asked, "What?"
Mouth slightly agape, Lilly pointed back to the stairs and replied, "You were totally ogling him!"
Miley rolled her eyes and laughed slightly.
"Please, it's Oliver. I ogle him about as much as you ogle Jackson."
Lilly raised her eyebrows slightly as Miley shook her head in silent laughter.
Turning back to face her, Miley asked, "Should we go hurry him up? What are the odds he'll go back to sleep?"
Checking her watch, Lilly laughed, responding, "Well since it's now nearly eleven o'clock that is a pretty good assumption. We should probably go check."
Laughing they stood up and started to head up the stairs. Arriving on the landing, Miley headed to a slightly ajar door at the end of the hall and knocked. Receiving no response, Miley turned to Lilly who shrugged and together the two walked inside. The sight made each roll their eyes.
Oliver lay face down on his bed, arms spread wide, fast asleep again. Looking at each other with knowing looks, they nodded. Together they both ran and jumped onto Oliver's bed, snapping him awake immediately.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed before looking around and frowning slightly as his two friends. "What are you two doing?"
"What are you doing? It's 11.00 and I believe I told you to head upstairs and get ready, not to go back to sleep," Miley said with her hands on her hips, emphasising her words to him.
"We are going to the beach today and by 'we' I do mean you too," Lilly said bouncing on his bed. "Now get up!"
Stepping off his bed, Miley grabbed Oliver's hand and pulled him with her to his closet. Opening it, she looked through a few of his clothes before taking out a shirt and a pair of shorts. Turning around she handed them to him and pointed back into the hallway.
"Now take these and go take a shower," she said with a smile.
Oliver nodded silently and turned obediently to go take a shower, Miley watching him leave. Lilly continued to bounce on Oliver's bed, yet another bemused smile on her face.
Half an hour later, Miley, Lilly, and Oliver were finally at the beach, currently all sitting around Rico's. Oliver had insisted they stop for food first since he was starving.
"What'll you have Oken?" Jackson asked as he approached Oliver.
"Hot dog and a smoothie," he said hungrily. Turning to Lilly and Miley, he asked, "What can I get you two?"
Lilly raised an eyebrow, asking in mock amazement, "You're actually offering to buy? This is an historic day..."
Oliver rolled his eyes and turned to Miley.
"Raspberry, orange, strawberry, banana smoothie right?" he asked with a smile.
Smiling back, she replied, "Of course."
"Make it two of those," he said to Jackson.
Now turning to Lilly, he annoyingly asked, "So what are ya' havin'?"
Rolling her eyes, she said, "Just get me a hot dog or something." Turning to Miley and grabbing her arm, she said, "Let's go start working on our tan. Since Ollie is buying, he can bring it to us."
Miley rolled her eyes as well but laughed as Oliver scowled again at his hated nickname and allowed herself to be dragged over to the beach by Lilly. Grabbing two chairs, she set them up, sitting herself in the middle as Lilly grabbed her own chair. As she went to set it next to the open chair Miley brought, Miley pointed next to herself instead.
"No, put your chair right here."
Giving her a look, Lilly shrugged her shoulders and sat down anyway, kicking back and pulling her shades down and enjoying the sun.
Miley pulled her shades down a little as she looked behind her for a moment. Looking at her out of the side of her own shades, Lilly rolled her eyes as Oliver approached carrying two hot dogs and two smoothies. Smiling, he handed a hot dog to Lilly and a smoothie to Miley. Turning to go grab a chair, he was stopped by Miley.
"I already got you a chair if you would've looked ya' doughnut," she said patting the chair next to her.
"Well sorry Ms. Stewart, I didn't see it," he said sticking his tongue out, his gesture being returned by Miley.
Walking around to the chair, Oliver set his hot dog and smoothie down in order to pull off his shirt. Miley's head turned slightly and her shades fell forward some, allowing her to see over the top. Taking a bite of her hot dog, Lilly rolled her eyes again, and firmly elbowed Miley in the ribs.
"Stop ogling him," she hissed. "There are plenty of cute boys around this beach and you're ogling Ollie?"
Snapping her head around, she hissed back, "I am not ogling him."
"You're drooling," she stated quietly.
"I am not–" she hissed but paused as she wiped away a little drool from her mouth. She looked away from Lilly and pushed her shades back up.
Rolling her eyes, Lilly hissed again, "You're totally checking him out!"
"Who is Miley checking out?" asked Oliver as he tuned into the conversation, half of his hot dog in his mouth.
Miley and Lilly both froze. Miley immediately turned to glare at Lilly and shook her head pointedly. Lilly smirked, but remained silent and instead rolled her eyes as Oliver confusedly looked between the two.
"Seriously, who's Miles checking out?" he asked, a sly smile forming on his face.
Miley glanced at Lilly who still had a smirk on her face. Sensing the look, Lilly turned to Miley, then to Oliver, then back to Miley and wiggled her eyebrows. Miley glared even more at Lilly.
Watching the looks exchanged with a confused expression on his face, Oliver turned to look out at the beach.
"Seriously, who are you checking out Miles?" he asked as he scanned the beach. "Normally you're not quiet about it."
Turning back to look at her, Oliver again looked confused.
"You can't even see anyone clearly from where we are anyway," he said in a slightly hesitant voice, scanning the beach again.
A slightly cocky smile came to his face as he turned back to Miley and Lilly.
"Maybe you were checkin' out Smokin' Oken, eh? Checking out my guns?" he asked as he lifted his arm and flexed his bicep for them.
Looking sideways, Lilly watched as Miley's eyes widened out of the side of her shades.
"Smokin' Oken has been doin' some heavy liftin' this year," he said cockily, flexing now to show off his triceps.
Lilly rolled her eyes as she watched Miley's eyes widen even further. Nudging Miley hard in her ribs again, Lilly hissed, "You're drooling again."
Miley didn't respond, however, her eyes watching Oliver flex from behind her shades. Oliver laughed after flexing his biceps again and then turned to look at Miley and Lilly. He paused again seeing Lilly rolling her eyes and Miley apparently looking at him from behind her shades.
Cocking his head and looking between the two of them, he removed Miley's shades to indeed reveal her staring at him. He cocked an eyebrow.
"Err... Miley? You all right there?" he asked hesitantly.
Her eyes widening with the removal of her shades, she responded quickly, "Yep! I'm doing great! Just fantastic!"
Slightly scared now, Oliver stood up and backed away slowly.
"I'm just going to be getting another hot dog," he said pointing over his shoulder and turning to leave.
Turning to Lilly, Miley pulled off her shades and scowled.
"You're loving this aren't you?" she asked bitterly.
Lowering her own shades, she replied with a large smile, "Yes, very much."
Poking her in the shoulder, Miley said, "You know, I've seen you checking out guys before and you aren't exactly subtle."
Shrugging, Lilly replied, "That's true." With a smirk, she added, "I am, however, able to keep my self-respect by not drooling."
Miley's face fell and she hesitantly moved a hand up to her mouth and wiped away the drool. Folding her arms with a sigh, she looked around behind her, watching Oliver talk with her brother as he ordered.
"This is weird Lilly. I mean obviously I made a fool of myself in front of Josh but I really never had anything with him. Dex I never had a chance with due to a certain doughnut,but then again, I doubt we would've had anything either. Jake was nothing but drama and complications. What's with me and boys I like?"
After taking another bite of her hot dog to think, she swallowed and replied, "Well maybe this time you realise that this crush might be more than a crush."
Miley stared at her in shock as Lilly continued.
"Not to mention this crush is much more than superficial and based off of true feelings."
Miley stared at Lilly for a moment before saying in shock, "Girl when did you get so smart?"
Putting her hand up nonchalantly, she replied, "Girl I read Cosmopolitan and Seventeen." Smiling lightly, she added with a serious tone, "I also have watched you and Oliver since day one."
Watching Oliver argue with Jackson after receiving a hot dog bun with no hot dog, she laughed lightly. Sighing and resting her head on her hand, she said quietly, "My relationships never last. There was always something wrong."
"Yeah, the guy," Lilly said with a smile.
Smiling as well, she nodded, saying, "It always was, always is, and always will be." Rolling her eyes as she watched Oliver and Jackson squirt ketchup and mustard at each other, she added, "And he is such a doughnut."
As Jackson held his hands up in surrender and retreated to fetch a hot dog, Lilly said, "Of all the guys to fall for, you fall for Oliver..."
Laughing quietly as Oliver started to walk back with a proud smile on his face and ketchup all over the rest of him, Miley sighed again.
"He is a doughnut, but he's a very sweet, very loyal, and very cute doughnut."
Sitting down again, Oliver smiled happily as he went to take a bite of his hot dog. Pausing, he frowned for a moment before hitting himself in the head in realisation.
"Forgot the ketchup!"
Lilly and Miley both turned to face each other for a moment before both of them started laughing, leaving Oliver to watch the two of them with a confused expression on his face.
"What?"
"Look at yourself ya' doughnut!" Miley said in between giggles.
Still confused, Oliver looked down at himself before smiling in comprehension and saying, "Right, I forgot."
Taking a hand and wiping some ketchup off of himself, he proceeded to wipe it onto his hot dog, causing Lilly to pull a face and Miley to laugh even harder. Smiling happily, he took a large bite, managing to get ketchup on his lip and nose in the process.
Lilly rolled her eyes and leaned over to Miley, whispering, "Again, of all the guys to fall for..."
Miley rolled her eyes as well but whispered back, "He's too cute." Looking at Oliver again, she indicated her own lip and said, "Oliver? You have a little something here."
"Where?" he asked as he rubbed his face and managed to move the ketchup from his nose down to his lip. "Did I get it?"
Rolling her eyes yet again, Miley leaned closer to him and licked her thumb.
"Nearly," she said as she leaned into him and then wiped the ketchup from his lip with her thumb. They both froze at the movement, but Miley managed to add quietly, "There, it's gone."
They both sat there frozen for a moment as Lilly looked between the two with mild interest and finished her hot dog. After another moment of the staring contest, she sighed and let out a rather loud, fake cough, startling the two and causing both to jump apart slightly, but the eye contact continued.
"Thanks..." Oliver said quietly.
"No problem..." Miley replied just as quiet.
Sighing again, Lilly stood up and muttered, "I'm going to get something else to eat..."
As she walked over to Rico's, she noticed the starting contest continue. Sitting down at a vacant stool, she rolled her eyes as the silence continued between the two. Behind her, Jackson stepped closer and rested his arms on the counter to look over where she was watching.
"What's up with Miles and Oliver?"
Rolling her eyes yet again, Lilly replied, "Miley started ogling Oliver and Oliver is clueless."
"Just the usual then?" Jackson asked as he rolled his eyes as well.
"Yep, pretty much. I was able though to get Miley to admit it to me."
Jackson turned to look at Lilly in shock.
"You're kidding? I mean while it was obvious, I didn't think she had or ever would admit it to anyone."
As Lilly turned to face Jackson and respond, she paused, looking him up and down and seeing slowly-drying mustard all over him. She decided, however, to ignore it.
"Yeah me either. She finally admitted to me that she was checking him out and I even got her to admit she's been pining for years."
Raising his eyebrows clearly impressed, Jackson responded, "That is pretty cool. Oh and 'pining'? Nice."
Nodding with a cocky smile on her face, she pretended to brush some invisible dirt off her shoulder. Turning around in her seat to face Miley and Oliver, she sighed and rested her head against Jackson's shoulder as he continued to lean on the counter.
"You think they'll ever get together? I mean we did..." she asked, leaning back more to look at Jackson upside-down.
Leaning down to kiss her on her forehead, Jackson paused for a moment to watch them as well.
"Well to be fair, we were both on sugar highs at the time and just kind of spit out our feelings while we were going on and on about our love for candy."
Lilly nodded in fair agreement, looking back at Jackson to continue.
"They both clearly really care about each other though, but they might be slow at admitting it. I've heard Miley say before that she's worried about making the friendship awkward and all and I assume Oliver probably feels the same."
Lilly sighed, saying, "Yeah and it's so sad. They both clearly like each other and I can tell it's slowly tearing them apart trying to display 'just friends' feelings to each other. They both pretend to not like each other like that." Rolling her eyes now, she added, "Kind of like when Miley says 'eww' when it's suggested she kiss Oliver. She gives herself away when she overreacts like that. Mr. Corelli knew she'd freak about that since everyone knows how she feels about him."
They both remained silent as they observed Miley and Oliver sit next to each other in silence. Looking at each other, they both smirked.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Jackson asked.
"Speed up the process?" Lilly suggested.
Jackson nodded, turning back to look over at his little sister and her crush.
"Speed up the process," he said with a grin.
A/N: Again, let me know what you liked, didn't like, constructive criticism, etc. Oh and let me know how I did with attempting to write in American English, rather than my own Queen's English. Changed some words with help from the Moliverfans board but still let me know. Other than spelling and 'mum' anyway coz' I won't change that.
I'd like at least 5 reviews before chapter two all right? Compared with my other stories, that shouldn't be too hard, eh mates? Cheers!