Ch. 4

Miley was shocked for a minute, but she knew that Jackson had those feelings long after Lilly left. "Well wow, I can't really believe it. But you should talk to him."

"I know. I want to but I'm nervous and I don't really know what to say." Lilly got out of the car and Miley followed her into the house.

"Lilly, it will be fine I can promise you that."

Lilly looked at Miley, she was still a little doubtful. They sat at the kitchen table. "I hope so, it's just all so fast and everything. I mean I haven't seen him in years and it just feels weird that everything is just sliding back into how it was. I mean don't get me wrong I'm happy it's just that I wish I knew how things were going to turn out."

"Look, I shouldn't be telling you this but when you left Jackson was devastated. He dropped out of college and went back and stayed with dad. He hardly left the house for six months or so. It was sad to see." Miley paused. "Earlier I overheard Jackson and Jake talking upstairs and he was telling Jake how he hoped things would work out and that he really did love you. And I know it's true. I don't think he ever stopped."

"Thanks, Miley." They hugged. "I'll call him tomorrow." There was still something Lilly had to bring up. "I'm really sorry about when I left."

"Lilly, you don't need to do this. We're still best friends. I understand you had to go. You had school and it was your way of healing."

"Well thanks, again, for everything."

"Anytime." Miley smiled. Then she looked at her watch. "Oh I should probably go, it's getting late. I have to be at the studio early tomorrow."

"Alright, 'night, Miley. I'll see you...tomorrow?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah totally, I'll give you a call." Miley said as she got up and went over to the front door.

"Bye!" Miley left and Lilly locked the door behind her.

Lilly went and got in the shower and then put on her pajamas. She went and got her phone to turn up the volume and she had one new text message. She opened her phone and it was from Jackson. "Hey, you still up?"

She hit reply and texted, "Yeah, whats up?" She went into her room and turned on the TV and layed on her bed waiting for her phone to beep again.

Soon it did and Jackson had sent her a message back. "Not much, can I call you?"

At that point Jackson was waiting for a reply. Lilly texted him back, "Sure, you don't have to ask."

Lilly's phone rang, it was Jackson. She answered it. "Helloo?"

"Hey, Lilly, what are you up to?"

"Oh, not much, I just got out of the shower and now I'm just laying here watching some TV. What are you up to?"

"Well I tried going to sleep but that didn't work so I texted you and now I'm talking to you." Jackson rambled on.

"Oh, ok." Lilly giggled and then got serious. "Jackson can we talk about earlier?"

"Uh yeah I've wanted to talk to you about it too. Do you think we should talk about it in person instead?"

"Well would you want to come over?" She asked.

"I don't want to bother you if you don't really want me there."

"Jackson, I wouldn't have invited you over if I didn't want you here." Lilly sighed in a joking way. "So when will you be here?"

"It's 11 now so I'll probably be there around quarter or twenty after."

"Ok well I'll see you then." Lilly said.

"See ya." Jackson replied. Then they hung up.

Lilly layed in bed waiting for Jackson. She started thinking about what she should say. She decided to just not think about it and wait for him to arrive. It didn't take long, it felt like about ten minutes had gone by when she heard a knock at the door. She got up and went out into the living room and opened it.

"Hey, Jackson."

"Hey!" Lilly let him in and locked the door behind him.

"You can come in my room so we can talk." Lilly said. Jackson followed her to her room and they both sat down on the bed. Lilly started to think it might not have been the greatest idea.

"Jackson? I need to know how you feel about me..."

"I love you, Lilly. I'm in love with you." Jackson stated.

"Ok, but what is this...us? If it is an us, I mean what is this between us?" Lilly was trying to make sense but she couldn't find the words.

"Well, do you want to be my girlfriend?" Jackson asked, hopeful.

"I would love to, Jackson." Lilly kissed him. She felt like she didn't have to worry anymore, about anything. She broke away. "Do you want to stay over?"

"Yeah, that would be great." Jackson smiled. Lilly went and layed up on her pillow and covered up. "So do you want me to go sleep on the couch?" He asked, already knowing the answer but still trying to get a reaction.

Lilly just gave him a look. "Come on." Jackson laughed.

"I just wanted to see what you would say." She shook her head.

Jackson took off his pants and tee shirt so he could sleep in his boxers. Then he climbed under the covers and cuddled up to Lilly.

"Goodnight, honey." Jackson whispered.

"Goodnight, I love you."

"I love you, too."

They both closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Lilly woke up at 6:30 to her alarm. She shut it off quickly so it wouldn't wake Jackson. She got dressed and did her hair and makeup. She went into the kitchen and pulled out a piece of paper, to write a note to Jackson who wasn't up yet.

"Jackson,

I went to work. Well obviously but I didn't want to wake you so here's my spare key so you can lock up when you leave. Not that you have to leave, I'm just saying if you have to go somewhere. You can keep the key too. Yeah so thats all. I'll probably call you later during lunch or something.

Love,

Lilly"

She left the note and the key on the kitchen table and then slipped out the door. She got to the school and started her day. The school day sort of dragged on but soon the kids were in music and on their way to lunch.

Meanwhile, Jackson woke up and looked around. It took a minute to realize where he was and then he got up and got dressed and then walked into the kitchen. He saw the note right away and read it. He smiled and put the key in his pocket and put the note in his other pocket. It was 10. He wanted to do something nice for Lilly but he had to go change clothes before he did anything.

Jackson left Lilly's and went back to Jake and Miley's. He walked in and saw Jake sitting in the living room reading some sort of script.

"Hey, man, whats up?" Jake said, looking up.

Jackson sort of hoped he was too engrossed in his reading to notice. "Oh hey, uh just got home."

"Yeah I noticed." Jake laughed. "So you stayed at Lilly's?"

Jackson thought about asking how he knew but it was all obvious so he just nodded and went upstairs to change. He came back downstairs.

Then he left again and started driving around town. He stopped when he saw a Chinese buffet place. He ran in and got a box from them and filled it with egg rolls and sushi and a few other things. He paid and then left.

Jackson pulled up to the school and ran in and walked to Lilly's classroom. He knocked on the door. "It's open." He heard.

Lilly sat at her desk and looked up as the door opened. "Jackson! What are you doing here?"

"Hey, I just thought I'd bring you some lunch." He held out a bag of containing the box from the restaurant.

Lilly got up and gave him a hug and a kiss. "Thank you for thinking of me. You got my note right?"

"Yes." Jackson and Lilly sat down at a table in the back of the room. "So it's Friday. Do you have any plans for tonight?"

"Nope, why?" She asked, then she started eating.

"Well, do you want to come over to my dad's place for dinner? I usually go there to eat on Fridays."

"Yeah, sure, what time?"

"Probably around 6 and then we can either hang out there or go see a movie or something."

"Ok, that sounds good." Lilly said. They talked a little bit before Jackson had to leave.

"I better be going. I have to be at a house today at one. Some family wants me to go in there and look around before they buy the place." He got up and kissed the top of Lilly's head. "I'll call you later."

"Ok, I'll see you later." Lilly said to Jackson as he left. Lilly finished eating then decided to call her mom to tell her about Jackson.

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In the next chapter I think I'll get more into Jake and Miley and what's going on with them. I'll be in less of a hurry if I don't get many reviews so please review and tell me what you think.