One hour left. That was it. One hour and we were out of here.

But something inside me told me that in this final hour, we shouldn't be just sitting here waiting. I had this feeling, like.. I don't know, we were supposed to do something before we got out of here. Something that would make this detention memorial.

I turned to Oliver and ripped the headphones out of his ears. I couldn't help but be smiling right now. And in all honestly, I couldn't tell you why.

He scrunched up his face, grabbing his ears.

"Why'd you do that!? It hurt!"

I rolled my eyes, "Oh, don't be such a baby. Let's go!"

He furrowed his eyebrows, looked around at all the people stationed in their seats, then to the clock. "Uh, Lilly. We still have another hour."

I sighed, "I know that! But lets go.. and, explore."

"Explore?"

"Exactly! Now, lets go!"

I grabbed his hands, pulling him out of his seat and onto his feet. He looked a bit skeptical at first, but then his face softened and he gave me that 'only because you made me do it' look.

I ran over to Jake and Stephanie,

"Guys! Come on!"

They looked at eachother, then shrugged and got out of their seats.

"Wait," Stephanie said, "Where exactly are we going?"

I should be asking myself the same question, Steph.

I shrugged, "I don't know. Where ever we end up, I guess."

She smiled, "Sounds good enough for me."

"If Steph's in, I'm in." Jake said, smiling at the pretty brunette.

Me and Oliver exchanged knowing glances, then started bursting out laughing. It was funny how we could just read each other's minds like that. How we both knew that Jake was completely crushing on Stephanie, or just really liked her.. or just thought she was hot. Either way, he wanted her. Ha. They would make a cute couple, though..

I stopped laughing, only to see Stephanie's cheeks no longer white but a nice shade of crimson.

It only made me laugh harder.

I was only broken from this raging fit when we heard,

"Wait!"

Our heads all whipped around to find the source of the noise. It was Billy Colins, running towards and looking oddly eager. He smiled,

"You can't go off without me!"

Stephanie rolled her eyes, "I'm pretty sure we were just about to."

"You're sexy when you're angry." He replied, giving her a little wink.

Stephanie made a gag noise, me and Oliver laughed, and Jake shot daggers at Billy.

Oh man, this group of people was just straight out comedy. Seriously, it was like watching Dane Cook. I'm going a little overboard, but it was good entertainment.

I took a deep breath, finally being able to contain my laughter.

"Alright, lets get out of here before Jake attacks Billy."

Everyone laughed, even Jake himself until he realized the meaning of my little statement. He stopped short, "Hey! That's not true.. I wouldn't! Oh, shut up, Lilly."

He looked at me, smiling playfully and shaking his head. I stuck my tounge out at him as we continued towards the door.

"I'm glad I was invited," Billy said, causing Steph to make 'psh' sound. "I would have been stuck here alone with Ice Princess over there."

I stopped dead in my tracks. How could I be so heartless? I mean, I know Amber has done a lot of shitty things to me and the others, but I'm not at her level. And besides, I'm pretty sure we're on good terms now. Either way, it's cruel to just leave one person behind without even inviting them to come along.

"Hey guys, I'll meet up with you. I .. uh, forget something."

Oliver groaned, "But we don't even know where we're going!"

I sighed, "Just, I don't know, find someplace! I'll be right there!"

Oliver groaned once more, mumbling a 'fine' and leading the rest of them out the door.

I walked over to Amber, who was still sitting at her desk listening to her iPod. I tapped her shoulder, and in all seriousness, I was afraid she might attack me.

But she didn't. She smiled, pausing her iPod and taking out her headphones. Man, this girl is just full of surprises.

"Yeah?"

"Hi .. again. Um, well. Everyone's kind of gone." I said, pointing to the empty desks surrounding us. "We're going exploring. Wanna come?"

I put on a cheesy smile that made her laugh. She shook her head,

"Nah. I doubt they even want me there."

"Sure they do!"

Hope that didn't sound too fake.

She laughed, raising her eyebrows. "Come on, Lilly."

I sighed, "Alright, fine. Maybe if you just try being nice to them. Like you were with me. They'd like you then, I know they would."

She shook her head once more,

"I don't know.."

"Come on, it'll be fun! Let's just break the rules and get in trouble while we can. We're only young once."

She looked at me curiously, taking in what I just said. After a few hesitant moments a smile grew on her face, "I'm in."

I smiled, "Great." I reached my hand out, which she gratefully took while standing up.

"We kind of have to find everyone." I laughed, "Lets go!"

We ran towards the door, laughing as we went along. We stopped when we reached the way-too-quiet hallway. It was weird seeing it so deserted and empty. Usually, it was full of bustling students and teachers yelling at us to 'get to class!'.

We tip-toed our way along, running into corners everytime we heard the slightest noise. We stifled our giggles. It was like I was in the second grade again, playing a game of James Bond. Or as Seth Cohen would say, we were being 'stealth.'

We continued tip-toeing down the hallway, until we heard a familiar sound,

"Shut up, Billy!"

Me and Amber glanced at each other, then ran to the source of the sound. Oliver, Stephanie, Jake, and Billy were all located outside of Mr. Donahue's office, everyone glaring at Billy. If that was a surprise..

They all looked at us, their eyes wandering to Amber in confusion. I beamed at them, giving them that 'don't say anything and just be nice' look.

"So," Oliver began, a wide smile spreading across her face "We got the key."

"..The key?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.

"Yeah! To the roof!" He exclaimed, dangling them in front of my face.

I snatched them out of his hands, grinning. He gave me a puppy dog face and I stuck my tounge out at him.

I laughed, shaking the keys in front of everybody. "What are we waiting for?"

--HM--

The roof was surprisingly satisfying. It wasn't grungy, or dirty. It was fairly big, and I'm definitely not gonna complain about the breeze that was hitting my face. It was hitting everyone's, actually. Everyone's hair was whipping their faces, Stephanie and Amber's getting stuck to their lip gloss.

"I wonder what Mr. Donahue is gonna say."

Jake asked, wandering over to the side of the roof. He started kicking small rocks off the edge.

Good question, Zombie Slayer.

I shrugged, "Who cares."

Everyone laughed.

"Well.. this turned out to be extremely boring."

Oliver pointed out, shoving his hands into his pockets.

I sighed, "It's better then being stuck in that classroom."

Oliver shrugged, "Yeah, I – Holy shit!" He yelled, peering out over the edge of the roof. He's eyes looked as if they were about to bulge out of his head. We all ran over to the where Oliver was standing, as he erupted with laughter.

"What? What is it?" Billy asked frantically, looking out over the edge carefully. The big wimp was afraid he'd fall. Ha.

"OhMyGod!" Stephanie exclaimed, erupting into a fit of laughter, joining Oliver. The rest of looked at each other skeptically. I peered out over the ledge to see the horrifying image of Mr. Donahue and Ms. Kent sucking face.

I joined in Stephanie and Oliver's laughter, soon followed by Billy. Amber just stared, wide-eyed.

"Gross!" She said, shaking her head. "I never, ever, want to see something that disgusting again."

"Isn't he married?" Jake asked, finally being able to contain his laughter.

I nodded, "Yeah. I'm pretty sure he is. I feel sorry for Mrs. Donahue. Men suck."

"Hey!" Oliver protested, "Not all men suck. Look at me and Jake."

"And me!" Billy chimed in, going in next to the two boys, barely reaching their stomachs.

Oliver shoved Billy a little bit out of the way, "Not you, Bill."

Billy groaned, and me and rest of the girls starting laughing.

It was only a few minutes later when Jake and Stephanie decided to sneak off by themselves, trying to make it so none of us noticed. We all noticed.

We all tried stifling our laughter, which caused us to receive vicious glares from the duo.

I sighed, then looked to Oliver who was staring at me intently. I raised my eyebrows at him, then he motioned for me to follow. This boy sure as hell confuses me, but I'll go along with it anyways.

"Today's been pretty interesting, huh?" He asked me, placing himself onto the gravel and laying backwards. He put his hands behind his head, supporting it.

I followed his lead, laying down onto the ground beside him. I sighed, "Definitely."

"What are we gonna do, Lil?"

There was something about the way he asked that.. it was like he was afraid.

"What do you mean?"

He sighed, "About Miley."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

I looked up into the clear blue sky, pondering. What am I going to do about that? I mean, I'll be spending the next two years with her in school. It's not like I can avoid her. Well, I can. But it would be extremely difficult. And knowing Miley, she'll try to apologize. But should I accept? I know our friendship would never be the same, we'd have to work on it. But is it really worth all the work?

"I don't know." I answered truthfully, "I think I could forgive her in time.. but, I don't think we could ever be friends again.. you know, like the way we were before."

I heard Oliver's light breathing, he stayed hesitant for a moment before answering.

"I don't think I even want to forgive her."

Honestly, that answer kind of shocked me. Miley did it to me, not him. And I'm the one willing to forgive?

"Why not?"

"Because I wouldn't be able to trust her. And trust is the biggest part about a friendship."

He's so completely right. And I hated him for it. Because no matter how angry I am at Miley, I'm sure as hell gonna miss her.

I turned on my side, facing him. I brushed some hair out of his eyes and smiled, "Thanks, Oliver."

He turned on his side also, returning my smile with his own, "You know I'd do anything for you, Lilly."

"Yeah, I know. You're amazing."

He laughed, "Well, what can I say? I was just born that way."

From that statement I gave him a well-deserved smack on the arm, "And you're also an idiot." I laughed, as we both stood up from the ground.

--HM--

Meanwhile, Jake and Stephanie were off on the other side of the roof, Stephanie giggling madly about something Jake had just recently said.

When they came close to the edge, they stopped walking. Jake looked at Stephanie, right into her piercing blue eyes – and kissed her. Square on the mouth.

Stephanie was confused, was Jake Ryan, famous Jake Ryan actually kissing her?

Before she knew it, she was kissing back. It was out of her control, it was like her lips had a mind their own – and right now, Stephanie thought that mind was pretty damn smart.

Desperate for air, they separated, both grinning like idiots.

Stephanie took a breath, "What was that for?"

Jake smiled one his infamous smiles and shrugged, "Because earlier you kissed Billy Colins. And I thought you need a little upgrade."

Stephanie rolled her eyes, giggling. "You really are an ego-maniac, aren't you?"

Jake laughed, swinging his arm over her shoulders.

"You have no idea."

--HM--

"Guys! Guys!" Billy shouted, running towards me, Oliver, and Amber (who were getting along, surprisingly)

"What?" We all asked in unison, looking at the panting boy in front of us.

He caught his breath, "It's Mr. Donahue. He just went into the building. Our building. Towards our classroom. Where were supposed to be right now!"

We all got wide-eyed, exchanging fearful glances. "Shit!" I screamed, "Stephanie! Jake! Lets go, now!"

Before I knew it we were running down the stairs that led to the roof at the speed of light, Jake and Stephanie finally catching up. We got to the hallway, only to see Mr. Donahue standing, back towards us, searching his pockets for the key to his office.

We all remained perfectly still, moving slowly and then finally out of sight. I looked at the keys in my hand, and not only was it the key to the roof but the key to his office as well. "Shit." I mumbled to myself, turning around to face the group.

"Guys, these are his office keys!"

"What!?" They all said, eyes widening. Amber snatched them out of my hand, and threw them across the hall. Mr. Donahue's head snapped around to the sound the keys clashing with the floor.

"Amber! What the -"

"RUN!"

We all followed Amber, running in the direction of our classroom.

We finally saw the door, all of us running faster then ever to get in to it sooner. We pushed it open, closed it shut and returned back to our seats in the blink of an eye.

Oliver and Jake put their head down into their arms, Amber took out her iPod and played a song on random, Stephanie got a piece of paper to doodle on, and Billy looked off into space.

Everyone, still out of breath tried their best to look bored and like we've been there the entire time.

I tried containing my heavy breathing as I drummed my fingers on the desk. I kept glancing at the door, just waiting for Mr. Donahue, the two-faced, cheating, nasty man who I now have absolutely no respect for. That got me. When I saw that. I mean, I had all the sympathy in the world for Mrs. Donahue, I had to go through the same exact thing.

Snapping me out of my thoughts, Mr. Donahue walked through the door, looking flustered.

He turned to all of us in our seats, his eyes blazing.

"Alright, who did it?"

Jake looked at all of us, giving us the 'let-me-handle-this' look.

"Did what, sir?"

Mr. Donahue glared at Jake, "I know all of you brats were out of this room."

Jake laughed, "We've been in here the entire. Don't you think you would of heard us?"

"I did hear you! You took my keys, and then threw them!"

At this, Amber's eyes widened and her checks flushed red. She directed her gaze back to her iPod, avoiding any eye-contact with Mr. Donahue.

"Are you sure about that? Maybe you just dropped them."

Ding.

"Oh! There's the clock, were done. Lets go, guys!" Jake said, standing up, all of us following behind.

"No!" Mr. Donahue yelled, all of ignoring and walking out anyways.

He sighed, "I hate kids." He mumbled, returning to his office.

Once outside, we all burst in laughter. We seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

"OhMyGod, Jake. That was awesome." Stephanie praised, dangling off Jake's arm.

I nodded, "It was."

He bowed, smiling profoundly.

Beep! Beep!

"Oh, theres my ride, guys!" Amber said, running off to her Daddy's Escalade.

We all waved good-bye, she turned her head around, waving back. "Bye, Lilly!" She smiled, getting into the car.

Everyone looked at me. I wish they would stop doing that. I just shrugged, as Billy left into his mom's car. His mom seemed to be screaming at him once he got inside. Poor kid.

Jake and Stephanie decided to go home together, Jake giving Steph a ride home in his Porsche.

If I said I wasn't jealous, I'd be lying.

"Come on, Lil. We should get going."

Oliver said. We starting walking until we got to his white, beat down truck that he worked on all last summer. I remember the day he got it running, I've never seen him so happy.

I hopped in the front seat, and we starting driving off.

I gained more then I thought I would today. I gained new friends, lost old enemies, laughed more then I cried, and created new memories. Jake even got a new special someone, and it seems he really liked Stephanie. He's not over Miley, I can tell. But atleast he's trying to move on.

Maybe I'm not over that incident, over Connor, over losing my bestfriend. But I'm over crying. I'm over feeling sorry for myself, because today I realized something; I still have people who care about me, who love me. Who want to be there for me.

And looking at Oliver in the driving seat right now, thinking of everything he's done for me in the past week, the past thirteen years, thats really all I need.

--HM--

Author's Note: Ta-Dah! Hope the ending wasn't too cheesy or anything. I really didn't know how to end it. But don't worry, it's not completely the end. The epilogue is still to come! So keep checking for the update :) I'll have it finished as soon as possible, but I hope you guys enjoyed this story because I definitely enjoyed writing it! And lastly, I want to thank all the reviewers and all the people who added this story to their alerts/favorites. That means a lot to me. Thanks guys, I love you all! Haha.

xoxo!

Cassidy