Best of You

"I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you"

"Lili, wake-y wake-y," Jane whispered into her friend's ear.

Lili moaned as she was being lifted up from her bed. But as soon as Jane let go of the body, sure that Lili would sit upright, Lili fell back onto her pillow.

"Lili," Jane cooed, "We have to go shopping."

"For what?" Lili mumbled.

"For prom, of course!" Jane made a sound that was almost inaudible.

Lili blocked her ears with her hands and immediately shouted for Jane to get out as quickly as possible. Lili slammed the door behind her friend and fell back onto bed. But she couldn't go back to sleep, because this guilty feeling had started to creep all over Lili's body. She always got that feeling whenever she was accidentally mean to Jane.

She grudginly picked herself up and walked out of her room to find Jane drinking a cup of green tea at the breakfast table. Lili's mom was out doing yoga while Lindsey (after having dump Anderson for the much hotter Kevin) was out with her boyfriend at the theater.

"Jane, I'm sorry if I was mean to you just now," Lili apologized, finally lifting that awful feeling off of her.

"It's fine, I did wake you up on a Saturday afternoon after all." Jane gave her best friend a smile, knowing that Lili liked to spend her Saturdays resting.

"So, what's this about prom again?"


"Should I go with the tie with the pigs on it or the penguins?" Charlie asked as he held up two ties that did indeed have either pigs or penguins on them. The boys were in Charlie's room, trying to finalize prom plans.

"That depends, who are you going with?" Chase asked his friend as he laughed at the ties.

"Oh, I don't know. I don't think it matters that I have a date, as long as I have somebody to dance with there, right?" Charlie was about to utter Jane's name when he suddenly remembered that he was no longer dating her. Plus, he knew that Chase wouldn't like hearing Charlie mentioned Jane anyhow.


"Are you sure this dress doesn't make me look like my butt and thighs inflated like a parachute?" Lili asked as she stared at herself in the mirror. Jane had picked out a big, bright green, and puffy ball gown for Lili. It had an almost see-through corset but fortunately there were sequenced flowers covering the strapless top.

"No, I think it looks nice." Jane tried to suppress a giggle, wishing that she had a camera right now.

"Right," Lili said, dragging out the 'ight'. "Now, would you go and pick out a better dress for me, please?"

Lili and Jane were out for the day to go shopping for their prom which was only two more weeks away. But by midday, it was only Lili who still needed to find her dress.

Jane bought the first dress that she tried on. To be honest, no other dress could've fit her better as this one. It was a light blue, strapless, floor-length dress. Its umpire-like bodice was only tightened with the corset-like strings in the back. It looked magnificent with Jane's blond hair and brought out her eyes.

Lili was so happy that her best friend was able to find the perfect dress. She knew that Jane didn't want to go—not without Charlie as her date. But she was obligated to go as the class president. She organized the prom; it was her responsibility to see her plans come to life.

The two girls ransacked their mall until Lili too found her dress. Lili didn't believe in the 'perfect dress' when it came to prom. She thought that the 'perfect dress' was only meant for weddings. But she did find a perfectly suitable dress for the signle-most important and exciting night of her high school career. It was a dark-colored, strapless dress. Red, to be in fact. The dress flared out of the bottom, coming down to her knees. And of course, there was a cute pick satin sash tied at the waist.

"Lili, you look amazing!" Jane exclaimed. Her best friend truly looked amazing in the stunning dress. It showed off her legs and made her look taller. It really was the perfect dress.


The actual prom dance went off that night without a hitch. Chase and Lili danced. Jane was crowned Prom Queen. Charlie flirted with some girl that didn't go to Northfield. And the food was great. A simple description of one of the most important nights of high school, yes, but seriously, nothing happened at the actual dance.

About two hours into the dance, Chase and Lili got bored. So they decided to just hang out in Chase's car. It was awkward at first. It was like the two of them had never been alone together before. They chatted about the dance itself for a moment. And then they got to talking about tennis.

"Are you watching the Wimbledon this summer?" Lili asked her boyfriend, knowing that that would send Chase into a rant.

"Of course, my dad's taking me to England to see the games live." Chase was really happy that he was going. It was the Wimbledon after all, possibly the most important of all tennis opens.

"Oh wow, that's so cool." Lili was in awe. She's never traveled out of the country before. In truth, she's never been out of the state.

"I'm going to play there one day. I'm going to work hard and play at Wimbledon and make it to the finals." That would be a dream come true. And Chase knew that he could do it too.

"I'm sure you will. And when you do, I will come and watch you win," Lili smiled.

"I'm holding you to that."

Out of habit (and maybe a little bit of exhaustion), Lili positioned herself so that her back and head were resting on her boyfriend's chest. The scent of sugary vanilla filled Chase's world and he was immediately intoxicated.

"You smell so good," Chase whispered as he started kissing Lili's neck. He would start from the top, near her earlobe, and trailed his lips down to her shoulders. He did it over and over and over again. It gave Lili a sensation that quickened her breath and made her heart beat faster.

"The bottle said "Warm Brown Sugar and Vanilla" so I thought I'd try it for tonight. It sounded edible enough," she smiled as she slowly closed her eyes, enjoying the pleasurable feeling. But Chase wasn't paying attention to what she was saying. He was just focused on kissing Lili.

As if on cue, Lili turned around to face Chase and thus they proceed to kiss. As the two were making out in the back seat of the car, Chase began to slowly unzip Lili's dress. Time froze for a moment for Lili. This was the point where Lili agreed or disagreed with what her boyfriend was doing. She was so caught up in the situation that she decided to just go along with whatever was happening. There was just too much passion in the air for either Chase or Lili to think straight.

What were they doing? They were having sex, you idiot. But they can't have sex! And why not? Because….because…it's just wrong for those two to sleep together now. Well, you did say that you wanted fluff. This isn't really fluff, you know. I know! But you will just have to live with this, won't you?


"Chase! Guess what?" Joann grinned as she jumped onto her brother's bed.

"What?" Chase moaned. He had been asleep when Joann made his body go up into the air a little.

"Your birthday's in two days!" Joann was so excited. She loved her brother's parties. They were so much fun and she loved watching the people who attended as their drama unfolded at the house.

"Whoot," her brother said dryly. He didn't particularly care about his birthday. He still had the other night on his mind. He had been with Lili Daniels. He knew Lili now—in the biblical sense. Hehe...That night occupied his thoughts for quite a while now. He couldn't get it out of his head. Was Lili like this now also? Or were boys just more occupied with sex more than girls. I vote the latter. How about you?

"You should be way more excited about this, Chase," his sister said. This brought Chase out of his dream world once more as he tried to concentrate on what was coming out of his sister's mouth. "I mean, after this, you won't have mom and dad to throw you any more parties."


"Hey, you guys," Chase said as he opened his front door. "You're early."

"Joann called. She wanted us to help set up for the party," Jane said, giving Chase a light hug. Jane was going through a phase nowadays. Lili figured that her best friend was now in a habit of hugging people ever since prom night where everybody was hugging Jane.

Chase invited them in. As Chase leaned forward to give his girlfriend a kiss, Lili stopped him. "Hold on," she said, examining his face. "There's something wrong with your face."

She examined it closely and then asked him if he had always worn glasses. "Oh, these, I ran out of contacts this morning."

"You look nice with glasses on. You should wear them more often." She gave Chase quick pecks on the lips and turned to close the door.

"Take your own advice," Chase smiled, glad that Lili liked him in glasses. Chase was talking about Lili not wearing her own specks. She had switched to contacts days before prom. It took some days to get used to at first. (Poking your eyeball or sticking something into your eye was not something that Lili considered fun or comfortable.)

"Change is sometimes good. Contacts are a change for me and glasses are a change for you. We should stick to them."


Music blared throughout the Meade household as people gathered around the stereo, bumping and grinding with each other.

Chase's birthday party was the highlight of every year. He threw the best parties in Northfield. What was even better—to parents at least—was that there was never alcohol served. Joann was always at his parties, of course, so Chase only had one rule for everyone and that was for them to not have alcohol while she was in the vicinity. Instead of alcohol, people went wild with sugar and caffeine instead.

There were fireworks going off in the back year. A giant chocolate fountain in the kitchen and even a sushi chef, preparing all the delicious sushi your heart could ever hope for.

Joann watched with pleasure how her planning had turned to reality. And already, the party had become quite the soap opera—one that she was enjoying quite immensely. She had already witnessed two hook-ups and two break-ups, each with an interesting story behind it and/or an argument. All she had to do was sit back with a soda in her hand and relax.

It was five minutes until it was time for Chase to cut cake. Lili was in the kitchen, watching the sushi chef carefully cutting a piece of salmon, when she saw Jane running to a bathroom and slamming the door behind her. Her best friend was crying.

"Jane, are you okay? Why are you crying?" Lili asked, knocking on the bathroom door. She heard Jane make a sound inside but she couldn't hear. The music was too loud. "Jane, just let me in."

The doorknob clinked, telling Lili that the she could come in. The bathroom was nicely soundproof as the music outside could only be softly heard.

Lili knelt down to her best friend and asked her what was wrong. But Jane only shook her head and kept on crying. "Jane, I'm your best friend. You know that you could tell me anything. Now, what's the matter?"

Jane broke down even more but she did end up telling Lili the story.

Jane was enjoying the party. There were good music playing and the food was good. She had gotten a lot of hugs that day. People chewed on straws to quit smoking; Jane hugged people to make being around and forgetting Charlie easier.

Sure, it's been six months since they broke up. But it was still hard for her to see him so happy. She still had feelings for him. She probably always will.

Anyway, Jane grew tried of standing so she found a seat. Unfortunately, she was within earshot of two people talking.

"Charlie, have you seen anybody you liked yet?" It was Chase who had said that.

"Not yet. But you know, I don't think I should start dating right before graduation." Charlie seemed a little hesitant to tell his best friend his feelings.

But Chase caught the hesitation in Charlie's voice. "You're not thinking about Jane Sanders again, are you?"

"How could I not think about her, Chase? After the way that I broke up with her…"

"Charlie, you made your decision."

"If you hadn't talked me into it, I would still be with her," Charlie said firmly.

"She was messing up your game, Charlie. I had to save you somehow."

"Save me? What made you think that I needed saving? I'm not like you, Chase. I don't put tennis before everything else—even people that I love."

"You and Jane would've never worked out. I was just trying to be a good friend. I was doing you a favor."

Lili couldn't believe what she was hearing. But she didn't spend time to think about it, to process it. She could already hear people singing the "Happy Birthday" song. She got up and walked out of that bathroom.

"Lili," Jane said through her tears. "Where are you going?" But Lili didn't hear her.

One minute, everything was fine and dandy. The next moment, Chase Meade's face was unwillingly pressed down onto his birthday cake.

He looked up, wiping the icing from his glasses, to see a very angry Lili Daniels standing behind him.

"That's what you get for thinking that you are so much better than everybody else." Lili said angrily, turning around to walk out of the house.


A/N: So, I suck at writing fluff. I just don't know how. Sorry. :( But I've made the loop back to the beginning of the story. So that's good, right?

Anyway, YAY for new update. And even better, YAY for reviews. So, leave me one, would you?