Saddie Hawkins' Dance

Plot: What is the result when Oliver overhears a comment Lilly made about him? Anger? Hurt? A Date for the Saddie Hawkins' Dance? Find out!! And don't worry; it doesn't have a sad ending.

Author's Note: The idea came to me when I was napping at my grandma's house. I think it could make a possible plot for the producers of Hannah Montana to use… maybe *grins* Loliver has to happen one day….

Point of View: Lilly's

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"Come on, Lilly," Miley, my best friend, who is also secretly teen pop-sensation, Hannah Montana, called as we were exiting out of Room 102, our roll-call room. After roll-call we had 20 minutes free-time before the class bell rings, and then we had mathematics with Mr Marsden. "It sounds like fun and you never know; we might even get dates this time. Oh my gosh! We'll have a double date!" Of course, Miley and I were having a discussion about this semester's dance, which happened to be a Saddie Hawkins' Dance.

"Hold your horses, Miley. Double dating does sound like loads of fun, but I'm not even sure I want to go to this dance. Remember the last time, I waited for two hours for Matt to pick me up, and he ended up going to the dance alone, while I cried on your porch for hours on end," I replied. Suddenly, not going to this dance seemed very enticing.

"Lilly, this time will be different. Trust me." Miley hugged me for reassurance.

"Well…okay." I smiled. Miley and I were best friends for a reason; we helped each other out. "Let's scope for possible date candidates," I laughed. This was a Saddie Hawkins' Dance! Ring any bells? It means girls ask the guys. Nerve-racking, isn't it? But I'm sure guys feel the same way when it comes to them asking us out on dates, or to school dances.

"Ooohhh, I take Toby. He's totally cute," Miley squealed.

"That's perfect. He just broke up with Becca Weller, after they got back together last week. And he's made it fairly obvious that he has a secret crush on you; which incidentally isn't much of a secret anymore." I smiled. "Okay, do you still have my lucky bracelet?" She raised her hand showing my bracelet. "Go get him." Miley bit her bottom lip and began to walk over to Toby, who was standing by his locker with his closest friends.

Miley looked confident. She knew that he wouldn't turn her down. As I was watching her speaking to Toby from a distance I couldn't help but be a little envious of Miley. She has loads of confidence, unlike me. Sure, I talk to everybody and I have opinions on almost everything, but when it comes to boys, dating and school dances… I turn into a self-conscious coward. It's just my personality, my mother would say.

My train of thought was destroyed as Miley came running towards me squealing. "Lilly! He said yes! I'm going to the dance with Toby, the hottie." As if she didn't know that he'd say yes in the first place. I thought to myself silently.

"Miley, that's great." We started happy-dancing, screaming 'yay' repetitively. Our peers looked at us as if we are total dorks. And maybe we are, but we were happy that way, and know person could ever change that.

"Now, Lilly it's your turn," Miley said while wriggling her eyebrows at me. I always found that creepy. She continued speaking "Any Candidates?"

"Actually, I can't think of anybody to go with. I mean, the guys are good-looking and everything; but underneath all that they are all egotistical jerks." I yelled.

"Come on, Lilly, don't be so harsh. They are not all that bad." She put emphasis on the word not. "What about Sam? He's cute and smart." Miley said as she pointed me towards his direction.

"Nah, I heard he picks his nose at the back of the classroom in biology." We both shuddered.

"Okay. Ummm… how about Oliver? Ya'll have been best friends with him since pre-school. You know each other well enough…. it could work out for the both of you." I forgot to mention Oliver. He has always been there for me. We both have similar interests such as skateboarding, eating, surfing, eating… the list continues. But I have never thought about him as more than a friend. Not once. And I'm sure he feels the same way towards me.

"Oliver?" I turned to face Miley. "Are you insane? Oliver is JUST my best guy friend. Sure, we hang out, but that's as far as it goes. To me, he's not boyfriend material. I have never thought of him as anything more than a friend and I NEVER will…"

"Lilly, I-" Miley interrupted while pointing at something behind me hysterically, but I continued ranting.

"Come on, look at him!" I finished speaking and as soon as I was done, I felt a black hole forming in my heart; as if I was slowly dying inside.

I heard a deep cough from behind me. Oh boy! I thought. Miley was gesturing for me to turn around, and as I did so, I came to meet the face of my very glum-looking best guy friend, Oliver.

He began to speak. "Wow. Lilly, is it really that hard to think of me as anything more than a best friend?" I could tell he was upset. He just looked at me with sadness in his eyes. His hands were behind his back, it looked like he was holding something. He noticed I was looking at his arms and pulled out a bundle of roses. "Here. They're for you anyway." He handed me the flowers and strode off to mathematics.

"Oliver…" I tried yelling out to him, but he just kept on walking through the crowded corridor. What had just happened?

Again, my train of thought was interrupted again. But this time it wasn't Miley who disrupted me, it was the loud ringing of the school bell. I didn't want to go to class; I truly wanted to speak to Oliver and sort out this whole situation.

A/N: What will happen next? Have a guess!

Sorry for the short chapter, but I wanted to create an introduction/cliff-hanger.

Please Review! It means a lot to me…! And constructed criticism is permitted, but please don't be too critical or harsh.

Also, here in Australia, we don't have Saddie Hawkins' Dances, so I envy all those living in America Even though I know that I'd be nervous to ask a guy, it sounds like loads of fun.

~Natalie D.