I have never been this relieved to get my friends back, Lilly thought joyfully to herself. Then, she corrected herself sadly. DidI say friends? I meant friend.
She did not feel as bad for not talking to Miley as she did for being mean to Oliver. Oliver never took insults to his heart. Sure, both of them bickered almost all the time, but they never had a serious squabble in their life. And to think, it all started because she got carried away with her imagination and uttered complete nonsense to him!
After school, she found her chance to apologize to Oliver. Miley had detention, so they had to walk home together.
There was an extremely awkward silence between them. This was unusual, as they usually chatted nineteen to dozen about anything and everything.
Lilly decided to break the ice, realizing it was high time she begged on her knees for forgiveness for her stupid remarks. "Um…Oliver? I…I'm sorry, I was stupid, I guess. Today morning, I mean. Yeah, you see- I was imagining some crazy stuff about me dying lonely. And…well…I was so angry with myself for not having any friends- apart from you two, of course- that, well…I guess I took out my anger on you, and…"Lilly did not know what she was blabbering away, none of what she said made any sense to her, but she continued saying senseless things like, "I'm a jerk, I know," and "I know, I'm not yet ninety- one!". Oliver did not interrupt, or say anything; he just listened, with a blank, expressionless face, walking along.
Lilly continued her jabbering, lost in it so much that she did not notice that she had accidentally stepped on to the road, with a truck speeding towards her. But Oliver did, and he pulled her away from the road and onto the pavement in the nick of time.
The force of his pull caused a scrape in Lilly's elbow. Shocked, she cringed in pain, sitting on a bench in the pavement. Oliver sat beside her.
Without a word, he plucked a leaf from a nearby plant and, after washing it with his water bottle, he pressed it onto Lilly's wound for a while, wiping off the excess blood. Then, he washed it lightly with water, and took out the packet of Band- Aids he kept in his bag for emergencies, and plastered the wound.
Although Oliver did not utter a word, Lilly could not help smiling from ear to ear. Oliver's way of showing that he forgived her sure was unexpected!
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