I woke up the next morning with a stiff neck and back that was aching. Guess I deserved it for not taking up that offer to sleep on Miley's bed. I slowly rose to find Miley wasn't in her bed, I rubbed my eyes, and headed downstairs. I found Miley cooking… wow I didn't even know she could cook. "Oh, morning," Miley smiled at me.
I swear she goes through the weirdest mood swings, but I guess loving another girl could do that… "Good morning," I smiled back; I already was failing at my plan.
"I was making us some pancakes, you like chocolate chip, right?"
"Yeah, they're my favorite," I can't believe she remembered, I told her around when we first met that my favorite breakfast meal was chocolate chip pancakes.
"Here," she said serving me three large pancakes; syrup was already on the table.
We were both eating in silence, until I looked up to see Jackson. His hair was a mess; his eyes were red and puffy, with tear streaks on his face. He walked slowly towards us, with his back slumped over… I guess the breakup hit him harder than I thought it did… He probably didn't want to show how much he really did like me…
"Jackson?" Miley's voice was full of concern. She walked in front of him, placing her hands on his shoulders, "what happened to you?"
Jackson shook his head, and kept walking past Miley to grab a plate. "Jackson?" Miley asked again. Jackson completely ignored her, so Miley turned her attention to me, "Lilly, do you know what happened?"
I didn't really want to tell her that we broke up, because of that whole conversation/fight we had last night, but I knew I had to… to be truthful. "We broke up last night," I started biting my bottom lip, like I do all the time I get nervous.
"Oh," Miley's facial expression was confusion, "why?"
I stared at my pancakes, and tried to ignore that question. I stabbed my pancakes with a fork, pushing it around on the plate. Miley stood right next to me, "Lilly, why did you break up with Jackson?" she sounded a little angry.
"I just don't love him," I finally responded. I got off the chair and gathered my stuff that was around Miley's house. Miley wasn't talking to me. I don't really know why she's angry with me. I mean it's I who chooses who I love or not. She can't decide for me that I love Jackson. I walked outside, and started heading home, not taking one look back.
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I found myself at the beach later that day. I was strolling around, looking at the people around me. I looked at the sand I was walking in, watching it go through my toes with every step I took. I stopped; something glinted in the corner of my eye. I bent down and picked up what seemed to be a diamond earring. "Is that an earring?" I heard a voice behind me.
I turned around to see a girl about my age standing there. She wore a bikini, and her body was just simply amazing. I noticed blue streaks of color through her light brown hair. "Uh, yeah, I just found it," I was finally able to respond, I was too stunned by her beauty.
"I lost a diamond earring, and I've been looking for it, can I see if it's mine?" She got closer to me, and I just nodded my head. I felt her fingers brush against mine, and I felt chills run through my whole body. She looked up at me after inspecting the earring; she had these piercing green eyes. "It is mine, oh thank you for finding it!" she hugged me, even though I didn't really know her.
I liked the feeling of her body against mine, so I returned the hug. When she pulled back, she introduced herself, "Oh, where are my manners? My name's Kim!" she held out her hand.
"Lilly," I smiled at her.
"Are you on vacation here?" What a strange question… oh wait, well it is summer.
"No, I live here," I was still smiling; I bet I looked like a fool right now.
"Oh, well I'm from New York, this is my first time in California, I'm here with my brother," she pointed to a guy who was trying to flirt with multiple girls at once, "he makes me go everywhere with him," she sighed. It was weird how she was telling me her problems, and we just met.
"That is so awesome that you're from New York though! How long are staying in Malibu?"
"For another month, my brother has friends here that he wanted to visit," she seemed to dislike her brother a bit.
"So you just came along with him?" I asked confused.
"Well, he has custody of me," she replied sadly. It was at this point; I decided to drop the matter.
"Well do you want to come the mall with me? My mom could probably give you a ride back to your hotel," I was really hoping she'd say yes. Since Miley and me would probably never be, I might as well get someone else, and Kim seemed like the perfect person.
"I would love that! Wait right here, I'll go ask Stan if I can!" I loved how excited she was to hang out with me.
"Hey Lilly," I adverted my eyes from Kim to see Oliver standing next to me.
"Oh, hey Oliver, what's up?" I was grinning from ear to ear, because of Kim.
"Nothing, decided to come here 'cause Jake bailed on me to hang out with Miley. I swear they are the most annoying couple I have ever seen. They're always all over each other," he made this face of disgust, sticking his tongue out.
"I know," I agreed. Kim approached us, "Hey," she said with her eyes going back and forth between Oliver and me.
"Kim, this is Oliver, and Oliver this is Kim," I introduced them. I noticed Kim put on a shirt and shorts. Oliver's eyes couldn't get off Kim's boobs, so I smacked him in the back of his head, "stop being a doughnut! Anyways, we're going to the mall now, I'll catch you later Oliver," I smirked leaving him there dumbfounded. He obviously was highly attracted to Kim just like I was.
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The whole time we were at the mall, I noticed Kim kept flirting with me, and I flirted back. "Mmm, I think this will look absolutely sexy on you," she said holding up a shirt.
"Well of course!" I replied, "Everything looks sexy on me," I was smirking.
"I bet," she said coming closer, "so try it on?" She held it against me, one hand on the hanger and her other hand placed on my hip.
"Anything for you," I took the shirt and went into the dressing room. I loved how we felt so comfortable around each other already. I slipped the shirt on, and walked out to model for Kim.
"You look amazing," she said, and then took a step closer to me, and I saw her face coming closer to mine, so I just closed my eyes, waiting to feel her lips against mine. The second her lips touched mine, I felt a shock, but kissed her back. When we pulled apart I saw Miley looking right at me, with Oliver and Jake. "Shit," I breathed out.
