Chapter 7 – It's Her Third Nature
Note: Omg, I updated before next year! Lol. Well this is a short chapter anyways. Enjoy :D Can I thank acoldsky enough for updating these for me? So a big WOOT to her! :P
"Dude Oliver, I can't say it enough times but your new Vans are amazing!" Lilly exclaimed for the 25th time today. And I wasn't even exaggerating. He had new black slip-up Vans which had a yellow skateboarder on the front and random symbols all over the shoe. It was nice, but not worth the praise Lilly gave it. That is, in my opinion. We were walking home after a long Wednesday—well, I was going to Lilly's house.
"Talking about shoes…," I started.
"Oh, please no," Oliver said.
I told him to shut up and continued on. "So I was thinking about shoes to go with your birthday dress," I said, "And I saw these adorable ones. They're not flats, but they're not exactly heel heels either…." Lilly raised her eyebrows. "They're wedges."
"Bah." She rejected the idea.
"But Lils, they're SO cute! And they're totally not too high, you'll love them!" I tried to convince her.
"You're wearing a dress for your birthday?" Oliver asked. He didn't sound disgusted, just surprised—and slightly amused.
"Don't even get me started," Lily said, "but at least I have a hoodie to wear with it. And Miley, I guess I can at least check them out." I exclaimed a small shriek of happiness.
"Okay back to tonight. Lots of people say it's a really good movie so I'm excited," Lilly said happily.
I nodded but Oliver looked confused, "What?"
"Remember? The movies…? Tonight." She reminded him.
"That's tonight? As in this night? Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I completely forgot! Oh goodness I can't believe I forgot!" He was freaking out.
I laughed, "It's okay. Your mom will be fine with it anyways."
"Uh, actually, I'm kind of busy tonight."
"No way. What with?" If I didn't know what was going on with Oliver, it made sense. If Lilly didn't know what was going on with him, something was up.
"I'm going to be…going to Starbucks." We could both tell he was either lying or hiding something. Or both.
Lilly played with it anyway. "Okay. Then we'll stop by Starbucks and then go to the movies."
Oliver rubbed his arm; he was trapped, "Uh…."
"Just tell us what's up!" I yelled. Lilly nodded smiling at my impatience.
He sighed, "Carmen and Bee asked me to hang at Starbucks with them later today." I could tell he now wanted to run to a corner and hide. He should.
"With both of them?" I asked more curious than mad.
He shrugged, "I guess. Carmen's the one that asked and then Bee wanted to tag along so…" He looked at Lilly, as much as he wanted to run and hide, he (and I) wanted to know what she was thinking that made her glare at him so.
"Who the heck is Bee?" She wasn't yelling, but even her calm tone was scary right now.
"B-Bridget." I was going to burst out laughing; I've never seen Oliver this afraid.
She intensified her glare, "Why do you call her Bee?" Her voice came out almost monotonous.
Not only was he afraid, but Oliver was extremely confused with the questions Lilly asked. I must say I was too. "Well, I called her Bridget until she said 'You can call me Bee', so I do, but don't worry about it I'll call Carmen and tell her I'm hanging out with you guys."
Lilly's body twitched so she clinched her fists, "No. Just go." I frowned at her but she kept her eyes on Oliver's. I decided to keep quiet.
"No, really, I do wanna go with you g—"
"WELL THEN YOU SHOULD OF THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE—," Lilly realized she was yelling and gulped, "before you made plans with those--," she took another breath, "Those twins."
"Lilly…" Oliver started.
"WHAT?!" Lilly spat. She'd officially lost her grip. "You know Oliver you really piss me off sometimes, you know that? Like for what reason would Carmen and Bridget go out with you?? And to top it off, you completely blow off OUR plans? Well, then FINE, like I care!" A tear rolled down her eye, she angrily wiped it off. I put my hand on her shoulder but she shrugged it off. She wasn't crying out of sadness, she just couldn't handle her emotions.
Oliver wasn't completely frightened anymore; his anger was surfacing, "Lilly what is it and your jealousy these days? I just forgot, I'd totally cancel it. Well at least I was going to…forget that now."
My mouth dropped, now he was just being horrible, "Oliver! Cut the crap!"
"Forget it Miles," Lilly sighed, "You just go to your double date. I don't even feel like going to the movies anymore. I might talk to you whenever you get back." She turned and headed home.
Oliver's anger disappeared, he was now confused. Again. "Did she just decide to stop being mad at me?"
My anger was still present though, "Well someone between you guys had to mature up!" I caught up to Lilly, leaving Oliver stranded and still confused.
"Are you okay?" I asked her.
She chuckled, "Yeah. Oliver just has a specialty in driving me nuts. But this time he really got the best of me, huh?"
I laughed along, "Yup, tears and jealousy."
"Well, you know, that's just my third nature," she winked, and skipped up her driveway.
After a second, I called out, "Wait. What's your second nature?" She giggled, and got into her house. "Lilly?! Tell me, tell me, tell me!" And I followed in after her.
Hope ya liked it! XoX Camy
