Chapter 4:
Miley woke with a start the next morning. The sound of glass shattering downstairs startled her and she shot out of bed.
She rushed down the steps of their apartment and ran into the kitchen.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Miley shouted groggily, hair going in all directions and pajamas wrinkled.
Lily and Oliver were both there. Lily was rushing around and Oliver was cleaning up the broken coffee mug that was scattered around the kitchen floor.
"Oh, Miley, sorry. We didn't mean to wake you." Oliver said.
"What happened down here?" Miley asked impatiently.
"Oh, that, uh Oliver—uh—Oliver scarred me. Yeah, that's right. He came up behind me while I was drinking my coffee, causing me to drop my mug." Lily confessed.
"What? That's not—"Oliver began confused as Lily shoved her elbow into his gut.
"He grabbed at his stomach and Lily saw an 'O' that began to form on his lips and she shook her head and gave him the death glare.
"Ooh, yeah. That is what happened. Sorry we woke you Miles." Oliver said instead.
Miley looked back and forth between the two of them with raised eyebrows.
"You guys are being so weird." Miley yawned. "I'm going back to bed, could you guys please not break anything else until after I wake up."
"Yeah, sure Miles. Not a problem. You just go back on up to bed. We'll stay quiet down here." Lily yelled up the stairs after her until she heard Miley's bedroom door close.
Lily turned around and smacked Oliver in the back of the head.
"Ow! Stop hitting me. I told you that you're freakishly strong." Oliver whined and held his stomach and the back of his head.
"You doughnut! I don't want her to know yet and you almost blew it."
"Why? She's going to find out anyway. I mean it's not like you could hide something like this from her."
"Shh! Keep your voice down. I know this cant be kept from her. But she just found out about the movie role! I don't want her to quit just because a certain someone might be playing her love interest." Lily scolded Oliver in a hushed tone.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean if she found out who might be playing her love interest, she would quit for sure." Oliver agreed.
"Maybe we should wait until after she signs the contracts to tell her." Lily suggested.
"Can we do that?"
"Sure we can! Were only looking out for her best interest. Besides, we don't even know if he got the part yet or not." Lily reasoned.
Oliver shook his head in agreement. He knew it wouldn't be a wise idea to crush Miley's dream so early in the game.
'We're doing the right thing.' He thought to himself.
But somehow he knew this would blow up in their faces.