Aloha everyone! As always, I'd like to say thank you for such great reviews :-) They do keep me goin'. And this has been a great week for me, cos on thursday (Jan. 3rd) I saw the episode "Smells Like Teen Sellout" for the first time. I loved it! And I was so thrilled cos for some reason Disney channel just wouldnt show it. But I'm happy now, I got to see it. And this sunday there's a new episode.. ah life is good, lol :-) Anways, enough with my rambling, here's the next chapter, enjoy:-)
Chapter 7- Oliver's Suspicions
Miley sat in class trying very hard to pay attention to what the teacher was talking about. Her mind kept drifting away, thinking about the blonde that sat in front of her. She's known Lilly for pretty much a whole month now; three weeks to be exact. The best three weeks of her life. Miley has hung out with Lilly pretty much every day since they've met at school, and each day they've gotten closer with each other. Heck, she's even hung out with both Lilly and Oliver quite a bit. He was a bit of a dork, or a doughnut as Lilly called him, but he seemed like a nice guy. He'd be much better if he stopped hitting on her, but oh well. All of a sudden, the blonde haired angel turned around.
"Hey, Miley? Do you want to come over today to work on our assignment?"
Miley gave her a confused look, "What assignment?"
Lilly laughed, "The one we just got," she picked up the paper from Miley's desk. "The teacher just handed it out."
"Oh," she smiled and blushed a little. "I guess I just wasn't paying attention."
"Obviously." The bell rang and all the students were excused from class. "So, do you want to come over?"
"Absolutely," she grinned. "Hey, this will be the first time I go over to your house."
Lilly grinned, "Yea, you're right. It's kind of funny that you haven't been there yet," she opened her locker, rummaging for her things for next period.
"I know," Miley blushed a little as she opened her own locker. She smiled when she glanced at Lilly's locker, which still had pinups of her on the locker door.
"Hey, ladies," Oliver said as he walked over to them.
"Hey, Oliver," Lilly replied as she tried to gather all her things.
Oliver glanced at Miley, smiled, and winked at her, "Sup, Miley?"
"Uh…not much…" she closed her locker and stood closer to Lilly.
Lilly noticed that Miley seemed uncomfortable and glared at him. "Oliver…" she said sternly.
His eyes peeled off from Miley and he looked at his best friend, "What?" he asked, playing dumb.
"Cut it out," she replied through clenched teeth.
Oliver rolled his eyes as he opened his locker.
Lilly's grip on her books loosened as she and Miley started walking, and they fell from her arms onto the floor. She groaned in frustration, "Ah, man!" She started kneeling down but stopped when Miley practically threw her own books aside as she knelt down.
"I'll get them!" Miley said cheerfully.
Oliver looked over at her with a puzzled look on his face, 'What the heck?...'
Miley stood up and shyly handed Lilly her books, "Here you go."
Lilly didn't even try to hide her grin, and she was sure that she was blushing, "Thanks…"
Miley smiled back, and then knelt down to retrieve her own books. "No problem," she stood up once again and the two girls headed off to class.
Oliver watched as they walked off, "O-kay, that was weird," he said to himself. He shut his locker and quickly ran to catch up with them.
All through class he kept a close eye on Miley. He found the hallway incident rather weird, but he wasn't quite sure what to make out of it. Miley seemed to be concentrating rather hard on the homework assignment they were given, and she sat two seats ahead of him, which to her left was Lilly. Since he could only see her back, he couldn't tell if anything was going on. He wanted to ask Miley about it, but, he got this feeling she wasn't very comfortable around him; only if Lilly was around. Oliver also noticed that Lilly was really the only person she talked to and hung out with. It was rather odd to him since she was a famous pop star. One would think that she would be more sociable with the other students. He jumped when his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the bell. All his classmates gathered their things and headed out; except for Lilly and Miley. Miley seemed to be asking her a question about the homework, which Lilly gladly gave her help with. He cleared his throat and they looked over at him, "You two comin'?" he asked.
Lilly took a quick glance at Miley and back at Oliver, "You go on without us. We'll see you later, 'kay?"
"…Okay," he turned and left. He was slightly hurt that his best friend pretty much ditched him for Miley Stewart. Plus, he was slightly jealous, because he wanted to date Miley Stewart. But, he probably didn't have a chance anyways…if his suspicions were correct. He wouldn't jump to any conclusions, but he was curious. Oliver shrugged off the thought as he drove home.
Both Miley and Lilly laughed as they raced each other to their lockers. Miley got there first and pumped her arm in the air in victory, "Woo-hoo! I win!" she smiled.
Lilly grinned, "That's because I, uh…tripped a little."
"Mhmm, sure," she opened her locker, still smiling.
"Alright, fine, you won fair and square." They gathered up their homework and headed out.
"Thank you," Miley smiled proudly.
Just then, Amber rushed over to them. "Miley! Wait up!" she said preppily.
Miley rolled her eyes and turned around, "What?"
"I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and a couple of my friends. We're going to the mall and we'd love it if you, a celebrity, came with us."
A sad look overtook Miley's face, "Is that all you see me as? Just a celebrity?"
"Uh, yea. You're an international pop star, and that's all you're going to be. Which makes me wonder one thing…why do you always hang out with the biggest loser in school?"
Miley glared at her, "Okay, first of all, she's not biggest loser in school. From the way I see it, you are. Second of all, I happen to like her because she treats me like a normal person, which is all I've been looking for. You are the kind of person I'm trying to avoid, so just back off and leave me and Lilly alone." She turned to face Lilly and smiled, "Come on, Lilly. Let's go." They started walking away.
"You're making a big mistake, Miley!" Amber shouted out after her. "She's probably just using you!"
Miley froze as memories of her old friends flooded her mind.
Lilly noticed the hurt look on Miley's face, "Miley?...You know that's not true, right?" she asked with concern.
"Y-yea…let's just go…" she took Lilly by the hand and they left the school.
The walk to Lilly's house was relatively quiet and Lilly was getting worried, "Something wrong?"
Miley snapped out of her thoughts, then looked at Lilly, "Huh? Oh, uh…no. Nothing's wrong…"
"…Is it about what Amber said?"
She looked down a little, "Maybe…"
They got to Lilly's house and she stopped on the deck, "Look, don't listen to her. You've known me long enough to know that I wouldn't do that. And I hope I didn't do anything to make you think that…"
"You didn't," Miley interrupted with a smile.
Lilly smiled back, "Good." She opened the door, letting Miley in first. "Besides, you're my friend, Miley. I could never use you."
Miley followed Lilly upstairs to her room, "So…you don't think of me as just a famous rock star?"
Lilly placed her hand on the doorknob to her bedroom door, then faced her, "Heck no. I mean, I know you are one, but that's not all you are to me. In fact…I can prove it," she opened her door and they entered her room.
Miley glanced around and smiled, "Wow, nice room."
"Thanks. And take notice on how blank my walls are," she grinned.
"Yea," she smiled, "What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing. It's just, uh…well…This is kind of embarrassing, but…" she sat down on her bed; Miley sat next to her. "I used to have posters of you all over the place…" Lilly blushed as she looked down at her hands.
Miley smiled, "Why'd you take them down?"
"Because…like I said before, you're not just some famous celebrity to me. I mean, I am thrilled that I got to meet you and hang out with you pretty much every day, but, it goes much deeper than that."
Miley's heart skipped a beat as she grinned, "Really?" she said dreamily.
"Yea," Lilly smiled back. "I know we've only known each other for, like, a month, but…you're like, my best friend. I've never had a friend that was a girl since probably kindergarten. And…I like it."
Miley grinned, "I do too," she leaned in and hugged Lilly.
Lilly's heart sped up as she wrapped her arms around her, hugging her in return. 'I wish I could tell her the main reason…'
Miley closed her eyes, "Thanks, Lilly…" 'I am so falling for her…'
"No problem," they released the hug and smiled at each other. "Well, I guess we should start our homework, huh."
"I guess so," they pulled out their work and got right to it. As they worked on their homework, they chatted about random things and the subject of the concert came up.
"It seriously was the greatest concert I've ever been to," Lilly smiled.
"Seriously?" Miley laughed. "You don't have to suck up, ya know," she smiled.
"I'm not!" Lilly laughed. "You put on one heck of a show."
Miley looked up from her book, "You know, I don't think I've ever asked you this…What's your favorite song of mine?"
Lilly's face scrunched up as she thought about that question. "I donno, that's a tough question. I think it would have to be a tie between 'Let's Dance,' 'See You Again,' 'Good and Broken,' and 'I Got Nerve.'"
"A four way tie, huh?" she beamed.
"Yup. That's how good you are," she said as she wrote down an answer.
"Yea right," Miley replied. She glanced around and noticed two posters of her hung up on the wall. "Ah, I see you still have some posters of me up," she smiled at Lilly.
Lilly didn't look up, but she did blush a little. "Yea…they're my favorite ones…"
She examined them better, "The concert poster isn't so bad, but I look so stupid in the other one."
This caused Lilly to look up at her, "No you don't. You always say that about yourself."
"Cos it's true. Look," she pointed to the poster, "my smile's dorky."
Lilly gave her a funny glare, "I will smack you."
"I'm just sayin'."
"Well, don't, cos you look goreou—I mean, fine," she turned a deep shade of red from her slip.
Miley smiled as she laughed to herself, "Thanks." She finished up her homework as she thought about the first time she ever saw Lilly. After closing her book, she looked over at Lilly. "Huh, uh…do you have pictures from the concert?"
Lilly closed her book, for she too was done with her assignments. "That's a silly question, of course I do," she smiled.
"Can I see them?"
"Sure," Lilly hopped off her bed, walked over to her computer, and turned it on. "Just a fair warning, I have tons."
"I don't mind," she stood behind Lilly.
"I could go grab another chair if you want to sit down," Lilly offered.
"That's okay," she grinned. "I'll just sit right here," she quickly plopped down on Lilly's lap.
"Oof!" Lilly laughed. "You're blocking my view, Stewart." 'Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, she's on my lap! Eeep!' She felt Miley lean back to squish her a little, "Can't breath," she eventually said.
Miley giggled and moved slightly so Lilly could see the computer screen, "My bad." She reached her arm behind Lilly's back to rest it on the chair.
Lilly froze when she realized how close Miley's chest was to her face. She gulped, "Y-you're just a brat, you know that?" she smiled nervously.
"Yup, now on with the pictures," she smiled back.
They spent the next several minutes looking at the pictures. They came across the photo Oliver took of Miley shaking Lilly's hand during one of her songs.
"Wow," Miley smiled, "That's a good picture. Did Oliver take it?"
"Yup, and I'm glad he did. I, uh…actually have it framed," she pointed over to her desk.
"Sweet," Miley looked back at the computer screen. "I want a copy," she smiled sweetly at Lilly.
"Okay," she grinned. "You can have the one in my frame, cos I'm out of photo paper…and ink."
"Are you sure?"
"Yea, I can print another one later. It's no biggie." They both got up and walked over to her desk. Lilly took the picture out of the frame and handed it to Miley, "Here you go."
"Thank you so much," she hugged her again, and Lilly happily hugged back. After they hugged, Miley glanced at her watch. "Shoot. I have to leave soon, my Dad wants me home for supper."
"Dang…Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yup. I'll text you when I get home."
"Alright," she watched as Miley walked to the door, stopped, and turned back around.
"What?" Lilly asked in amusement.
"I want to do something. Do you have a sharpie marker?" she smiled.
"Yea," she retrieved one from her desk drawer; Miley walked over to her. "Here," Lilly handed it to her.
"Thanks, now turn around," she placed her hands on Lilly's shoulders to turn her around.
"What are you doing?" she laughed.
"You'll see," Miley walked over to Lilly's favorite poster of her and she started writing something on it. When she finished, she clipped the cap back on the pen, "Okay, I'm done," she ran over to Lilly. "Here's your pen. Now, I have to go, see you tomorrow," she hugged her again, then walked over to the door.
"What did you do?" Lilly asked, curious at her friend's actions.
"Look at the poster," she smiled. "Bye," she shut the door behind her.
Lilly walked over to the poster and noticed Miley wrote her an autographed message. She smiled as she read it—
"Lilly, thanks for being such a great friend. I'm so glad I met you. Your friend, Miley Stewart."
Lilly plopped down on her bed with the biggest smile on her face. Lilly closed her eyes and kept thinking about Miley and how great she was.
Nearly fifteen minutes later, she got a text from Miley. She flipped her phone open and read—
'I finally got home. People kept following me and asking for pictures and autographs : ( '
Lilly frowned, 'I'm sorry. I wish I could make them all go away for U : ('
'Me 2. I just want to go somewhere where nobody can bug me and I can just hang out with U in peace.'
Right then, a great idea popped into Lilly's head. She smiled, 'We'll find a way. Don't worry.'
'Thanks Lil. G2G. TTYL!'
'Cya. : )' She closed her phone and ran downstairs. She had to ask her Mom for a big favor that she knew Miley would love.
Hope that wasn't too boring, lol. Anywho, thanks for reading and reviews are always appriciated :-)
