CHAPTER FOUR

Torn Between Two Best Friends

Lilly's Point of View

"What about Oliver?" I heard Miley say on the other line.

I had called her some time that afternoon and I told her that I wanted to tell her something about Oliver. I'd been dead jealous when I found out that they ended up kissing each other at the contest.

So, yeah, you can now conclude that I'm in love with Oliver. My best friend. It's been pretty long since I first found out for myself that I like like him.

I didn't answer in a long time. Finally, Miley gasped. "Oh, my gosh," she breathed. "You like him, don't you?"

I sighed. "Yes."

"I knew it!" I heard Miley snap her fingers. "That's why you were so bummed out when you found out that Oliver and I kissed in that contest."

"Right," I replied. "But I can't tell if he likes me or not."

"I can ask him for you, if you want," Miley offered.

"You would?"

"Yeah, why not?" Miley replied.

"Thanks, Miles! I owe you!" I told her.

With that, we hung up.

Miley's Point of View

I was standing nervously in front of Oliver's house. I adjusted the strap of my tank top for the millionth time. Finally, I rang the doorbell.

Someone opened the door to a crack. "Miley?" It was Oliver. "What're you doing here?"

In my telephone conversation with Lilly, she'd told me that she liked Oliver. But I didn't get the chance to tell her how electrifying my kiss with Oliver was. How it almost made me fall for him. But I can't let that happen. I'm supposed to be in love with Jake, and Jake only.

"I came here to talk about...some things," I finally replied.

Oliver let me in and led me up to his room. "Well, what are those things?"

I shifted uncomfortably on his bed. "One's about Lilly," I began. "The other's about the contest. Which do you want to hear first?"

"The one about the contest," Oliver finally replied after some time of thinking.

Darn.

I was hoping he'd pick the one about Lilly, since this one would be majorly awkward for the both of us.

"Well, uh, I, uh, it's..." I trailed off, eventually tired of stammering. So I chose to get it out as fast as I could. "Well, you know how we had to kiss, and stuff? That kiss was really good and it almost made me fall for you, but I had control over myself so I didn't, so I'm just hoping that we'd stay the best of friends, because, you know, I like Jake and I'm on a mission to kiss him before he goes away..." I gasped and took in a breath.

I looked up at Oliver. He was looking at me like I had two heads. "Uh," he said. "You lost me at kiss."

I sighed, rolled my eyes and repeated the whole thing. When I looked up at Oliver, his face held a blank expression. "Well?" I prodded.

Finally, Oliver burst out laughing.

"Oliver!" I yelled. "This is no laughing matter! Stop it!" I wasn't able to control my giggles so I started laughing with him. And then the worst thing that could possibly happen, happened.

Oliver fell on top of me.

Lilly entered through the door.

She saw us.

"Miley, I can't believe you," she said, her voice breaking, unable to hold back tears.

She left.

I pushed Oliver and sat up. "No, Lilly, wait, it's not what you think!"

But it was too late.

I turned to Oliver. He was looking down awkwardly at his Vans. "Could you still tell me the one about Lilly?" he asked.

I just sighed, lied down on the bed, pulled a pillow over my head, and screamed, long and loud.

Oliver's Point of View

"Miley?" I said, her scream still ringing in my ears. "Are you...are you okay?"
She finally put the pillow back. "No," she snapped. "My best friend, who is hopelessly, head-over-heels in love with you, I might add, is angry with me, and that's all because of your stupid accident!" With a groan, she added, "And, I can't even have a single kiss with the only guy I'd fallen in love with!"

"Exactly," I told her. "It was an accident!" I paused, thinking about what Miley had just said. "Whoa, whoa, wait," I said. "Are you telling me that Lilly is in love with me?"

Miley rolled her eyes and nodded.

"Our best friend? Lilly? Lillian Truscott?" I asked, getting a roll of an eye and a nod for each question. "Since when?"

"Do you like her back?" Miley asked.

I was caught off-guard, so I couldn't help but to say the truth. "Yes." As soon as that came out of my mouth, I bit my lip and planned on kicking my sorry ass. But I quickly recovered. "So that was why she got mad at you," I quipped.

Miley gave me a light shove. "Correction," she replied. "That was why she got mad at me and you. So, you have a little thing for Lilly, eh?" She faked this accent that immediately annoyed me.

"Help me win her back, Miley, please?" I took her hands in mine.

Miley pulled her hands away. "What's in it for me? And besides, Lilly won't even talk to me."

"I'll help you with your little mission of finding a way to kiss Jake," I offered. "And I'll help you explain to Lilly. What do you say?" I held out my hand for her to shake.

Miley thought for a moment. Then, a smile crept up to her face. We shook hands. "You've got a deal."

(A/N: With the year 3000 - oops, sorry, I'm so obsessed with the Jonas Brothers that I make a mistake of writing the title of their song in one of my stories, LoL. What I meant to say was, with the year 2007 fast approaching, you guys might think that I've got some things coming your way. And, well, right you are! To start, I'm going to try to finally write the first chapter to the much-awaited sequel of Happy Campers, called Island Getaway. And there's this new Jiley - or Make, as many of you like to call it - oneshot entitled Carwash. It starts with Miley's sixteenth birthday party, where her dad gives her a red convertible. And she washes the car with Jake, and, well, some romance happens. Then, to make up for Maddie and Trevor, which was discontinued, I'm planning on writing a story where the Tipton is turned into an all-boys' boarding school. Trevor starts his junior year at the boarding school, and he and Maddie meet once again, and, well, let's leave it at that. That will be all. Sorry if the Christmas special wasn't posted! Maybe next year... I'm also planning on other stories. I may also start writing Life With Derek stories, since the show will premiere in January in the Philippines. I'm excited to watch the show. Maybe it'll give me some ideas for My Stepbrother the Zombie Slayer. In the meantime, enjoy this one!)