I'm so sorry that had to happen, but it's just the way the story goes. Don't kill me. There's a lot of Loliver in this chapter even if it doesn't seem like it at first. Enjoy.
Chapter 9
Oliver spit his milk out of his mouth and all over Miley.
"You've got a what?" he asked, rising from his seat.
"Ew! Oliver, look what you did!" Miley yelled.
"A date Oliver. He asked me to hang out with him after school today!" Lilly joyfully replied.
Miley squealed and hugged her getting Lilly wet with milk as well. "I'm so happy for you." She said while wringing out her wet hair.
"But Lilly, we were supposed to go skateboarding together after school today." Oliver replied with a sad look on his face. 'Oh no." he thought. 'I'm acting like I like her too much. Tone it down a bit Oken.'
"Oh my gosh. I completely forgot, Oliver! I could go cancel…" she started, but was interrupted by Miley, who said, "No Lilly! This is your one big chance! You can go skateboarding with Oliver any time. Right Oliver?"
How could he possibly say yes to that? Lilly was his girl, well not officially, but she was going to be and he didn't want any stupid jerks taking her away from him. But he wanted to make Lilly happy, so with all the strength he had he replied, "Yeah. Go ahead."
"Are you sure?" Lilly asked with a worried look on her face.
'Don't make me say it again.' He thought.
"Yeah Lilly, you can go." He said, trying not to show his pain.
"Ok… thanks." She replied quietly. She had no idea how much her skateboarding with Oliver meant to him, and she didn't even know the half of it. For the rest of the day Oliver wanted to strangle Miley. Lilly was going to cancel to go skateboarding with him, but no! Miley had to medal, again, and screw everything up. His stomach hurt all day and his heart was pounding. What if Lilly really liked this guy? What if they started going out? He'd die. He'd absolutely die. It'd kill him. It was as simple as that.
After school Lilly walked to the beach with her stupid date. His name was Nick Andrews and he was one of the most popular guys in school. Oliver quickly walked home in the other direction. There was no way he could look at them.
He finally reached the sanctuary of his home and quietly walked in. He didn't feel like being interrogated by his mother today. He was lucky. He could hear his mom in the other room typing on the computer. He quietly walked up the stairs, into his room and flopped down on his bed. 'Why? Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?!' he wanted to yell. He couldn't stand it. He just couldn't stand it. He sat there awhile and finally decided to go to the beach. It always made him feel better. Little did he know, that's where Lilly and Nick were going…
Meanwhile, Lilly walked to the beach with Nick. She really liked him. Almost every girl in the 9th grade had a crush on him. So why couldn't she? When they reached the beach, they sat down at Rico's and ordered two smoothies from Jackson, who was at the counter. They sat there for a while and talked about things. He was pretty nice and she was having a nice time.
Suddenly a stuck-up-looking girl with a very angry look on her face appeared and said, "Nick! What are you doing here with her?" she yelled as she made a disgusted face and pointed to Lilly.
Nick turned around and said, "Oh, hi Samantha. I'm on a date with Lilly."
"O-Oh yeah?" she stuttered. "Well, I have a date too." She said as she grabbed a random guy walking by. "And he's so much better than you!"
Nick stood up. "Oh do you now? Well, then what's his name?" he asked with a smirk on his face.
"It's, um, Greg. Greg Brady." She replied with a smile. She really was as stupid as she looked.
"That's a character on The Brady Bunch!" he shouted. "I knew it! You're trying to make me jealous!" he then said with a smile.
"I am not."
"Are to."
"Am not."
"Are to."
"Fine, I am!" she yelled. "I really like you. I always have. I wish we hadn't broken up!" Just then Oliver walked up the beach.
"Yeah, well, I've always liked you too. I just asked Lilly out to make you jealous." Said Nick. Lilly's mouth opened wide and she started to tear up.
Nick suddenly grabbed Samantha and kissed her passionately. Lilly wanted to smack him across the face, but she was too upset. Oliver heard and saw all he needed to see. Before he knew what was happening, he'd grabbed Nick and punched him right in the face. Nick fell to the ground and Samantha screamed. Oliver grabbed Lilly's hand and quickly led her down the beach. People stopped and stared at the pathetic loser lying on the ground with his soon to be girlfriend kneeling next to him and the kid that punched him leading the loser's previous date away by the hand. (A/N: sorry, that was kind of confusing.)
When he finally stopped walking he turned to Lilly and said, "Are you ok?" She nodded but started to cry. He hugged her and she hugged him back.
"Thank you." She said in between tears.
"You're welcome." He said and continued hugging her. When they finally let go, he said, "That guy's a jerk. You shouldn't feel bad when you're too good for him."
"Y-You think I'm too good for him?" she asked, while tears ran down her soft cheeks.
Oliver didn't want to take any chance in letting her know that he loved her but he had to let her know how wonderful she was. "Yeah, of course you are. You're wonderful and any guy who doesn't see that is just plain stupid."
Lilly looked up at Oliver and smiled. "You think I'm wonderful?"
"Of course I do." He assured her. Lilly smiled and hugged him again.
"Oliver, you're the best friend in the whole, entire world," She said as she embraced his warm body. "and you're pretty wonderful too."
Oliver beamed.
"You ready to go home now?" he asked.
"Yeah, I guess so." she said quietly.
They quietly walked home together, side by side.
"Thanks again for everything, Oliver." She said as she reached her house. "You really had my back."
Oliver smiled. "Anytime Lils. So, want to go skateboarding after school tomorrow?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, and this time I'll be there." She replied with a smile.
They said their goodbyes and Oliver walked quietly down the sidewalk 'till he reached his house. He walked inside, said hi to his mom and flopped down on his bed for the second time that day. He wanted to jump for joy. Lilly liked him. Maybe not romantically but she said he was the greatest best friend in the world and that had to count for something. He went to sleep happy that night for the first time in what seemed like forever, and instantly fell to sleep.
Lilly slowly walked up the stairs to her room. She was still trying to take it all in. It was a lot to take in. 'I love Oliver.' She thought, as she got ready for bed. 'Whoa! Did I just say what I think I did? I do not like Oliver like that! He's my best friend and nothing more! (A/N: Noticing a pattern here? Lol.) I love him as a best friend and that's all.' She thought.Did she like him as more than a friend? No, it couldn't be. But it was.
A/N: I thought it'd be cute to end it the same way chapter three ended about oliver. Lol. I really like this chapter. Now does everyone see why I had to make lilly go on a stupid with a stupid guy? It was to make her realize that she loved oliver. Just like her being hypnotized made him realize he loved her. ( : I love Loliver. Review please and thanks for reading. I can't believe my first fanfic ever already has like 40 reviews! Thanks again.
Love,
Andrea ( :
