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Irresistible Temptation
Oliver woke up the next morning and headed for the shower with clothes in hand. He peeled off his clothes, feeling like he was peeling back layers of vulnerability. He adjusted the warmth of the water then got him. He took a sharp intake of breath as the hot water scorched his bare skin. He stood still until he got use to the water then preceeded to get clean.
Once he was good and squeaky clean he got out and wrapped a towel around his waist.(A/N: Oliver lovers squee with joy!) He toweled off and put on his clothes(Jeans and a long sleeve black shirt with a gray Volcom t-shirt over). He finished getting ready and headed downstairs with his messenger type bag hanging at his side. He grabbed an apple and headed towards the door.
"Bye Mom! I'm leaveing!" He yelled before closing the door behind him. He grabbed his skateboard and helmet, which were laying outside by the front steps, and took off for school. As the high school came into veiw he slowed down and kicked the board into his hand. He unclipped the helmet and carried both things in his right hand. He walked inside and headed towards his locker, which was right next to Lilly's and Miley's. He paused for a moment when he saw both girls there. He walked towards his locker and put in the combination so the lock would open. He completely ignored the two staring girls as he got his things and put them into his bag. Then he closed the locker and locked it before walking away without so much as looking at Lilly and Miley. He headed towards his first period class room even though school didn't start for another 5 mintues.
One Week Later...
Oliver got out his house keys from his back pocket and opened the door. His mom was still at work and his dad was on a business trip. Oliver closed and locked the door behind him and headed towards his room. He threw his backpack on the bed and dropped his skateboard and helmet on the floor with a heavy thud. He had nothing better to do so he headed downstairs to watch tv. He had just clicked to his favorite channel when the doorbell rang. With a sigh he got up and went to answer the door. He opened it and was surprised, even though he didn't show it. Standing on the fron steps was Lilly.
"Oliver, we need to talk," She said. Instead of saying anything, he started to close the door. Lilly put her hand and pushed it back a bit. "Oliver, it's just a talk." Oliver attempted a polite smile. It was the kind of smile you would give to a stranger.
"Fine, come in then," He said as he stepped aside to let her in.
"Thanks..." Oliver nodded once at her and closed the door. They headed into the living room and sat down. They sat in an awkward silence for a moment.
"So..." Oliver said,"What did you want to tell me?" Lilly looked out throught the window to her right. Lilly was trying to think of what to say. She felt a bit scared. Why did she come in the first place?
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
"Umm...I'm not really sure how to start." Oliver raised his eyebrows.
"Then why'd you come?" Lilly flinched slightly. The way he said that sounded so cold.
"I just want to know if we could try to be friends again?" She asked. Oliver looked outside.
"I...don't know...I really don't..."
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"Can we at least try? We've been best friends since preschool. It sucks not talking to you or joking around or anything like that." Lilly said.
"Well, Lilly," The name felt strange and unfamiliar on his lips,"I just really don't know how to go about this. You really hurt me, you know." Lilly sighed.
"Yes, I know I did. I should've told you instead of having you find out in the way that you did." Oliver nodded in agreement. "But even so, I really want to be your friend again, nothing's the same without you."
Silence. Oliver looked outside once again.
"Come on Oliver, you know that a friendship that's lasted this long shouldn't end so soon or abruptly. It'd be best to just try and forget and be friends." She had to find a way to push through that wall of defense he had built up. No one had been able to talk to him for the past week. He would just push people away.
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
"Do you think it's that easy to forget about it? It's not. We were going out and then you go behind my back and cheat on me with Miley. Hello, reality: That's kind of harsh and it kind of hurts, duh!" Oliver said. He wasn't shouting but the words had an even worse effect then they would've if he had yelled.
"Like I said, I'm sorry, it was a low blow and I should've told you," Lilly said.
"Yeah, you should've told me," It was silent for a moment. "I didn't even know you liked girls..." Lilly looked up at him.
"I didn't even know I did." Oliver looked at her in confusion. "What? I didn't...it just sort of..happened..."
"Really? I mean, I would've thought you would just, know...you know?" Oliver said.
"Umm...sure...Oliver you know that if this hadn't happened, you know between me and Miley, that you would been the first to know when I realized it, right?" Oliver nodded. "I just really wished it hadn't happened."
"Are you saying you don't want to be with Miley?"
"No, I'm saying I wished the...senario(sp?) didn't happen." Lilly cleared up. She tried to think of what to say next. He didn't really seem to be understanding what she was trying to get across. God, please help me get through this, She thought to herself.
"Oh..."
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you
"So...can we continue to be friends?" Lilly pushed after a few moments of silence.
"Umm...let me think on it," Oliver said.
"O-ok." They sat in more silence. Lilly was going through the worse guilt trip imaginable while Oliver was battleing hisself. His mind told him not to forgive her while his heart told him to forgive and be friends again. His heart knew that nothing would be the same without Lilly, his friend since preschool, the one person that he's been through everything with. But his mind reminded him of the hurt she had put him through, it told him that she couldn't be trusted anymore. Again, his heart told him the opposite. He didn't know what to do.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
"Oliver? Please answer me, I need to know," Lilly said in a begging voice.
"Geez, Lilly, can you quit pushing?! I'm trying to think here!" He yelled. Both of them winced. He hadn't meant for it to come out like that, so snappish and irritated.
"I'm sorry Oliver but I just want to know!" Lilly said.
"Well, just give me sometime! I need to think this over. It's not like I'm going to forigve and forget in the blink of an eye!"
"I'm just trying to figure out if I can save a friendship that has lasted almost 13 years!" Lilly yelled back.
"So am I! It's harder for me than it is for you!"
"How?"
"Well, for one thing, I feel the most betrayed. I'm the one who lost my girlfriend. Oh, and how about the fact that I walked in on you and Miley about to...to..have sex on the living room floor!" He shouted. Lilly looked like she was about to yell something back. Then she slumped her shoulders and looked down.
"There's two things you can do Oliver. You can keep going the way you are and forget everything, forget the incident, forget you were ever friends with me or you can stop and try to repair this broken friendship because it's killing me not knowing if we can or cannot be friends anymore and every second that passes hurts me more and more," She said in a low voice in contrast to Oliver's previous shout.
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
Oliver stood still. He had fully expected Lilly to yell back at him. She stayed looking down. "Do you know how hard it is to see you every morning and have you walk by without even acknowledging that I even exist or how hard it is to go each day without hearing you tell a joke or call me Lils or even hear you laugh? It hurts more then you will ever know. Basically it feels like I dropped off of the face of the Earth to you."
Still Oliver stayed still. He didn't know how to respond to that. Like she said, he had two choices. The question was, which one would he choose? Lilly was desperatly hoping Oliver could just try and forgive her. She was starting to wonder if coming over to his house was a good idea after all.
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
"I'm sorry Lilly but I just don't know what to do," Oliver said. Lilly sighed and stood up.
"Fine, I'll just go. Obviously coming here was a mistake." She said and started walking towards the door. She walked out and closed it behind her. She wiped the tears from her eyes and she started to walk home. Inside the house Oliver sighed and headed upstairs. He went to the window in his room and looked out. He could see her walking home. He watched as the wind picked up and blew her long blonde hair around. He could remember laying down on his couch with her next to him watching a movie and just feeling happy that he had her. He could remember stroking her hair and whispering sweet nothings in her ear and her smiling and laughing with him. He sighed and shook his head. That part of his life was over and know he had to decide on a new way to life. Two choices...which would he take?
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life...
A/N: I feel proud that I updated!