Title: The Video Project
Author: TakeMeToLove (formally LittleMissPoison)
Pairing: Loliver (Lilly and Oliver)
Author's Note: This is my second fan fiction, which is hopefully better then my first. But the only way I can find that out is if you REVIEW. I'm trying the best I can to keep the characters in character (if that makes sense).
Disclaimer: I don't own Hannah Montana. They wouldn't allow an amateur writer, like myself, to write their plots or scripts. Besides, Lilly and Oliver would have been together by the second season and living happily ever after….
Dedication: This story is dedicated to all you LOLIVER supporters, especially princess cutie, o0LoliverRox0o, Nosanity1, and mad-sugar-but-sweet for all your support from my first story 'Just Another Dance Fiasco.'
Oliver's PoV
Chapter One: Luckiness and Assignments
I woke up early this morning for no particular reason. It was a Monday and I approximately had one hour and fifteen minutes before I meet my long-time best friend since pre-school, Lilly Truscott outside. Everyday we would skate to school together; it was apart of our day-to-day routine. And I loved every second of it.
Ok, ok… maybe I do have a reason for waking up early this morning……and every morning for the past ten years. And I am not completely sure but there is a huge possibility that I have possibly…….fallen in love with Lilly. It's so wrong that I love her considering she's my best friend and probably doesn't return the same affections towards me, but I can't control it, both the way I felt for her and the way she felt for me. But otherwise I HAD to look good for her.
After having a shower, straightening my perfectly messing hair and putting on my best clothes, I rushed downstairs with 5 minutes to spare before Lilly came, and waited patiently on my porch. Soon enough Lilly came with a huge smile on her face.
"Hey Oliver," she said while smiling. I love her smile………concentrate Oken….keep it together and try to act cool this time. I've learned to listen to what my brain tells me to do. It doesn't function during dreaded topic tests and exams; instead it falls asleep, or goes on vacation to Lillytania and is no use to me.
"Hey Lil-ay, what's cracka-lackin?" Every time I was around Lilly I always found the need to act cool and impress her, but instead I sound like a huge dork.
"I'm good, besides the fact that we're going to school today. And I told you a jillion times Oliver to stop using the gangster lingo. When you say it, it's kinda dorky." She said while looking around to make sure no-one was watching or listening to our conversation.
"Ok, sorry" I muttered quickly. We began walking to school while talking about the skating competition that took place last Saturday. After 5 minutes of walking we reached the school yard, where Lilly suddenly turned to me with a worried expression.
"Oliver, do I look ok?"
"You look beautiful……….I mean nice. Why?" Was she trying to impress me too, 'because she always does without even knowing it? (A/N: Trust me if you haven't tried it, it is real awkward writing in a male perspective).
"I want to look good for Josh Fawkes." Ouch. Damn, I'm in love with her and she wants to impress another guy in our year. I better act casual and try to restrain myself from punching Josh in his perfect, shiny, white teeth.
Josh Fawkes was a new student at our school. He was your typical high school jock/ skater that had all the girls crawling all over him. It didn't help me that he instantly became best buddies with Jake Ryan and therefore being instantly popular.
"Do you like him?" I muttered with my head towards the ground, terrified to lift it up and look at her.
"Nah, Oliver," She said sarcastically. "I mean he's really hot and athletic and a good skater and REALLY HOT!!" She said happily while beginning to drool all over her long-sleeved top.
I opened my mouth to warn her about her apparent hottie drooling, but Miley came towards us with her usual perky smile.
"Hey guys, ooh Lilly you're drooling." She said this while wiping Lilly's face, while she was is in the 'really hot' Josh's land. I thought this while mimicking what all the girls do when they see him. I loathed him, no I hated him with a passion.
"LILLY, come back to us……I think she needs CPR, Dr. Oliver Oken. Will you do the honours of performing this?" She said this while wiggling her eyebrows in my direction. Does she know? I haven't told anyone, except for Jackson, how I felt about Lilly. "Earth to Lilly," Miley continued.
Lilly jerked her head so suddenly and stared at me and Miley blankly. It looked as if she were sleeping beauty and had just woken up after a hundred years of dreaming about that try-hard jock, Josh.
"I'm on Gorgeous Josh land, preparing to sail into a land I like to call love." Lilly said dreamily while drifting her way over to Josh and join the crowd of girls that appeared to be swarming him. It must be great to be him. I thought. He doesn't realise how lucky he is to have someone as beautiful as Lilly, both inside and out, care so much about him. As I stated before, I loathed him with a passion.
I let out an inaudible sigh that no-one could possibly hear. "Why don't you just tell her, Oliver?" Damn. Miley heard me. I guess from spending all that time near amplifiers and micro phones has given her some sort of sonic hearing powers. But otherwise, I better play dumb.
"Who? Lilly? I've said it to you a gazillion times Miley……. LILLY AND I AREN'T GETTING TOGETHER ANYTIME SOON?"
"Maybe not right now, but eventually you guys will." She was smiling mischievously. She continued. "And if you don't realise you love her, then… then….. I'm not Hannah Montana." She stopped suddenly waiting for a reply.
"But you are Hannah Montana." I whispered.
"That's the point." She said this while rolling her eyes and muttering something under her breath. I'm fairly sure it had something to do with my boy brain, that's vacationing in Lillytania.
"Fine, I confess. I really REALLY like Lilly, and maybe even love her. But I think she has made it pretty clear that she is not in love or even like-like me at all." I waved my hand towards Lilly's direction. She seemed to be hopelessly flirting with Josh, while he looked uninterested in her. He was very lucky to have Lilly drool all over him.
"Was that so hard to confess? And OF COURSE she loves you. She is obviously using Josh as a distraction to make YOU jealous. HELLO!"
"How do you know? Has she ever told you that she loves me?" I asked hopefully.
"Well…not exactly directly to me." She looked down. "You know after the situation with Lucas and Matt, she barely expresses her feelings to me anymore. But if it helps, she always talks about you." She looked up and was staring directly at me with a smile on her face. Miley knew a lot about romance, so it was a safe bet to trust her. She managed to keep her popular boyfriend, Jake, for almost a year. Maybe if Lilly feels the same way, we'll last for that long or even longer.
"She does? Well….we're getting a video project today, so I can use that to help me express my feelings to her, if we're paired up?"
"Sounds sweet, Oliver. I gotta meet Jake, so I'll see ya'll later in Social Studies." She walked off and began making out with Jake as soon as she met him at his locker.
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Soon enough we had Social Studies with Mr. Fields. (A/N: This is a casual teacher at my school, all the girls in my class are in love with him, especially my best friends :D It's really funny, 'cause he's clueless to all this) He came in with large textbooks and video cameras in his arms and placed them on his desk.
"Good Morning Class" He said while quietly marking the roll. "Are you ready for your first video assignment?"
There were many groans and wails going around the class. Video projects were fairly fun to do, but you had to know how to operate the camera well and how to edit the images and scenes used. Thankfully I've had experience with cameras and editing by taping the Principal's farewell and Jackson's, Miley's brother's, jungle warrior survival video.
"I'll pick the partner's……" Mr. Fields continued. "….by drawing names out of this bowler hat."
I crossed my fingers. PLEASE be Lilly!! Please be Lilly. I thought.
"The first partner's are…….. Amber and ……. Josh" Yes. Now, I can have Lilly. I looked at Lilly and she went immediately sulky. I feel guilty for being so happy when she's so miserable, but Josh is a jerk anyway.
"Next is Miley and Jake." Miley and Jake, who were evidentially sitting next to each other, kissed and Jake whispered 'Fate' in Miley's ear.
After several people were paired up for the project, the only remaining people were me, Lilly, Ashley and Brooke.
"Ashley, you'll be paired with Brooke," said Mr. Fields while pulling out the final two names. "So that means that Oliver and Lilly will be our final pair."
Lilly didn't seem to be upset, despite the fact she wasn't paired with Josh, but then again she knew that I know how to operate a camera. Any person would be happy with an easy A in Social Studies.
"You'll have until, this Monday coming to finish it. Don't stress too much class. It's just a minor project to see how well you can operate a camera. It has to be a three-five minute short presentation on something you really care about. This will also give you the opportunity to bond and get to know your partners better."
I don't know how I can possibly know Lilly more than I already do. We've been best friends since we were four. I can read her like a book. And she could read me, except for what's underneath the book, which holds the secret written text that is obvious to Miley and everybody else in the class, surely Lilly had an idea so I might as well tattoo across my face saying 'LILLY, I LOVE YOU.'
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After class ended I went to my locker to put my books away. It was now recess. So this was my chance to talk to Lilly about our video project.
"Hey Oliver," she said while approaching our usual lunch bench. "So….do you have any ideas about our video project?"
"Well….I was thinking about doing it on the surfing competition this afternoon at 5pm. It gives us a lot of time to edit the movie too, as we only have a week to do it and gives me a chance to add my video bling-bling. Lil-lay, I'm telling you this video will be freaky-freaky-fresh."
"OLIVER!! Not again with the dorky gangster-ness."
"Sowwy Wiwwy." The bell rang for third period.
"I'll see you after school, Oliver." She smiled. "And when we do meet up……cut the cutie-wootie act too, ok Owwie? She pinched my cheeks and made her way to maths.
Quality time with Lilly could only have either a positive impact on our friendship or blossom out a new love between the two of us. Either way both of those options meant that Lilly and I would be together.
I may not be the lucky, chick-magnet Josh Fawkes, but I must not be too unlucky to be given the chance to spend time and bond further with Lilly.
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Much Love,
Natalie xxx