Miley's P.O.V.
It was a normal Friday evening, me, Lilly, Oliver, Sarah and Jackson were at a party. We decided to take a break from the dance floor and seated ourselves outside the house where the party was. Actually we didn't know whose house it was, we just crashed. We were drinking and chatting happily.
"So Jackson, what happened with the blonde you were dancing with?" Oliver asked my brother.
"She has a boyfriend" Jackson explained, really disappointed, "a boyfriend that is also a football player" he added, Oliver nodded and stretched his arm putting it behind Lilly's back, and started to rub her shoulder gently. In that moment I felt my stomach twist and the strange urge to cut Oliver's hand but I managed to restrain myself. I knew that he wasn't interested in Lilly that way, he was only being friendly. She turned her head to glance at Oliver's hand and then looked at him.
"Oliver you know that I don't like when you, or anyone else for that matter does this!" she stated pointing to his arm. He quickly removed it and I started to breathe again, I hadn't even noticed that I had held my breath since he put his hand on my best friend/secret crush's shoulder.
We quickly resumed our chatting but then a guy came near us.
Joe.
The guy Lilly had a crush on since forever and the one that everybody considered perfect for her, me included, well, not really, but I couldn't just say that I didn't like him because I thought I would be the one for her. He looked at Lilly with his cocky grin and he asked with his usual confidence "Do you want to go for a walk on the beach?"
"Yeah!" she answered happily, and the two walked away together, leaving us gossiping about what they will or won't do. It was normal that when a guy asked a girl to go for a walk on the beach they end up kissing each other or get together.
"So do you think they will get together?" an over excited Sarah asked Oliver.
"Yeah, I mean she's so into him and he's so perfect for her." He answered just as excited as her. And that was the point when I finally noticed that she was gone, she wasn't there with me anymore, I felt like I had missed something in my life, like I wasn't complete anymore and I stopped listening to the others. I was there but my mind was focused on the pain that had appeared in my heart. It hurt much more than anything I had ever felt before, it was like someone had ripped my heart from my chest and squeezed it tightly. The others were still talking about the new couple while I started to feel nauseous and it was becoming hard to breath. I felt like I was in hell, and the seconds became hours, everything was happening so slowly and she was with him for, I don't know, like an eternity? Finally after what felt like one, Lilly joined us again, she was alone and that really eased my pain, but I knew that I would have to listen to every detail of what had happened. She seated next to me and she didn't say anything, she only looked to the floor, she was so innocent and beautiful...Since she was silent Oliver asked "So? What happened? Did you kiss him?" She blushed deeply and I tried to get ready for her answer, but the reality was that I couldn't be, not that evening, not ever, but she had to answer.
"Nothing happened, we didn't kiss, we just talked a little." Everyone looked at her like she had two heads, everyone except me. I was relieved and all the pain I had felt before bubbled into happiness.
"What?! You always said that you liked him and he is obviously into you!" Jackson replied, still shocked.
"It was the perfect chance to get together or kiss him!" Sarah added.
"Yeah, but I didn't feel like doing it..." Lilly excused herself looking at me, I smiled looking back at her and I moved my arm like Oliver had done before, placing it on her shoulder protectively, only this time, no one complained, Lilly only continued to look in my eyes and I stared back, lost in those blue orbs.