Authors Note: Thanks for continuing to read and do continue to review they keep me sane (insert evil maniacal laugh here) yeah I don't know why I did that…it's Friday that's my excuse…what yours? Anyway here's the next chapter, 10 chapters!
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Chapter 10 – Easier to Lie
I wake up early, 9.00am, still wrapped around Lilly; I gently kiss her neck again and again, trailing kisses up and down the skin.
"Mmh" Lilly moans, eyes still shut
I continue my assault on her neck; I reach her pulse point and kiss there
"MMH!" moaning louder, Oh she likes that, how about if I do this?
I lick over the same spot slowly then kiss it again "oh god" she awakes "and good morning to you too!"
"Morning Lilly" I whisper slowly into her ear
She quickly turns to face me and plants a kiss on my lips, she pulls back "If you continue this we will never get out of bed and for future reference that is how you wake me in the morning from now on"
"Good" I scoot closer, nose to nose "I expect you will be unable to walk when I'm through with you as your legs will turn to jelly"
"Is that a promise?" with a smile
"No, it's a guarantee" I gently press my nose to hers as if it's a pinky swear
I run my hands up her body, giving her chills, reaching her hair, I pull her towards me for another slow kiss, I gently brush my tongue against her bottom lip asking for access, she instantly grants it and we slam our tongues together, we both moan into the kiss, her hands tangled in my hair pulling me closer to deepen the kiss, I never want it to end but the need for air and the slam of a door broke our steamy kiss.
"What was that?" Lilly asked panting
"It was a kiss, Lilly"
She shakes her head "No I mean the slam"
"Oh I didn't hear anything"
"I bet you didn't but I did" she looks around
"What does that mean?" I ask confused
"Well I have a big affect on someone when I kiss them" she states jokingly
"Oh really" I raise an eyebrow "it seems I do too based on how you woke up this morning"
"S-shut up"
"See"
Thud-thud-thud-thud, the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs, we quickly jump out of bed, searching for clothes other than the PJ"s we had on, I quickly put on my dressing gown and throw Lilly a spare one.
Knock-Knock on the door
"You girls decent?" the voice on the other side asked
I look at Lilly, she nods, "Y-yeah" I stutter a bit
The door opens and in steps my Dad "Hey, we got back early as Jackson fell in the river and he stunk, he wanted to stay but I couldn't stand it, he smelt worse than your Uncle Earl does after coming off a trampoline in the summer."
"Ew! I don't know if I have said this before, but I don't ever want to meet Uncle Earl" Lilly states
"Duly noted, now why are you up here? Your sleeping bags look as though they haven't been opened" He asks
I quickly think on my feet "We got up early this morning so we could hang out, we put our sleeping bags away and we are up here cos…"
"I forgot to bring a change of clothes so Miley is helping pick out an outfit" Lilly brilliantly helps out
"Yeah! Good one! I mean that's er one good memory there" I pat Lilly on the head
"Okay, well hurry up and change so we can have breakfast" he turns and heads downstairs
"Yeah! Good one! I mean that's one good memory!" Lilly mocks "Miley you need to learn how to lie"
"I don't like lying, especially to my dad, I never lied to him before" I turn to Lilly
She looks me in the eyes "Well sometimes it's better to lie than tell the truth as the truth can hurt or upset people"
"You can't really think that can you? I mean how can you lie to your loved ones and not feel guilt"
"I never said it was easy to deal with the lie but it's easier to lie than explain what really happened, who knows how he would react"
"Lilly I don't think my dad is a narrow minded person" Anger taking hold in my voice
"Miley don't get angry with me, you know that's not what I meant, I know your dad and think he would be okay with it but we can never be certain" she tries to quickly explain
"It's hard not to get angry when someone insults my dad"
"I did not insult him; I'm just saying we can never be sure, same with my m-mom" I notice the stumble on the last word and it hits me I'm not the only one dealing with this, Lilly is too.
"I'm sorry Lilly I got too caught up in what you were saying not what you were feeling, I understand what you meant." I look at her, she looks sad hating that she had upset me. I quickly pull her into a tight hug "Shh Lilly, we will keep it our secret and we will only tell when we are ready, ok?"
"Ok" she mumbles into my shoulder
After picking out clothes for Lilly and getting changed we head downstairs, I stop halfway down the stairs, Lilly stops as well "What's wrong" she asks, I quickly look around seeing no-one I pull her in for a quick kiss
"Oh nothing" I continue down the stairs and sit in a chair at the kitchen table, Lilly arrives down the stairs a couple of minutes later.
"What took you so long?" My dad asks towards Lilly
"Mmh? Er I-I was startled by something on the stairs" He turns back to the cooker, Lilly walks towards me and whispers quietly in my ear "Something gorgeous" I choke on my orange juice and begin coughing, she sits smugly next to me.
My dad turns around "You alright, bud? You've gone all red"
"Yeah I'm fine, wrong pipe" tapping my chest, he turns back to the frying pan; I glare at Lilly who just smiles.
"Right, here you go Miles" dad slips a pancake onto my plate and hands me the syrup, as soon as he turns around Lilly quickly plants a kiss on my cheek, I yelp
"What's wrong this time?" he turns again
"Er…hot pancake" I point to the food, he turns back to the cooker
"I'm a hot pancake am I?" Lilly whispers low and soft into my ear her breath tickling me causing my cheeks to turn pink
"Lilly yours will be up in a minute, I'm sure you can do something while you wait" my dad states over his shoulder
Lilly takes her head back from my ear "Oh sure Mr.S no problem" she turns her head to look at me "I'm sure I can find something to do" she winks at me and my cheeks turn from pink to red, I close my eyes and try to think of something disgusting
Er…er dead kittens, a nun, a really old nun…er…Jackson! That did it, I feel my cheeks start to cool down but Lilly seems to have other ideas as she starts to softly blow on my cheeks turning them turn red again, I shut my eyes tighter.
Through clenched teeth I demand "Lilly! Stop it!"
"But I'm trying to cool you down, silly" her voice deliberately innocent and quiet enough for only me to hear
"You know exactly what you're doing, please stop" my nails dig into the chair, eyes still shut tight, she relents and stops.
My dad turns "Miley you alright you look flushed" he hands Lilly her breakfast
"Yeah dad, I'm fine now" he turns back to make his breakfast.
Okay Truscott, two can play at this game
Lilly goes to grab the syrup but I get there first, I place some on my pancake and deliberately get some on my hands, I bring my finger up to my mouth and slowly lick the syrup off then take a slow suck of the entire finger, I turn to see Lilly wide eyed and mouth open getting redder by the second, I take my hand to her chin and close her mouth, I turn back to my pancakes smiling.
"Lilly? You alright?" my dad asks as he sits down on the opposite side of the table
She coughs "Yeah fine…great food Mr.S"
He looks at her plate "You haven't eaten any of it yet"
"Oh yeah but I know they are going to taste great anyway" she quickly eats a bite "See I was right! Mmh yummy!" rubbing her stomach
"Okay what's going on with you two? You've been acting weird all morning"
"It's nothing dad, it's just" a light goes off in my head "girl stuff"
"Oh! Okay" he quickly goes back to his breakfast.
Why didn't I think of that before? It always stops a man from asking anymore questions. I am not finished yet, Lilly.
I drop from hand from the table to my side and slowly reach over placing it on Lilly's lap, she splutters but dad doesn't look up, I then graze her thigh slowly going upwards then backwards towards her knee, she slaps my hand away which causes my dad to look up, Lilly shoots a smile and a wave at him, he picks up his newspaper off the table and begins to read, I bring my hand back to where it was on Lilly's thigh knowing she won't be able to slap it away again without causing suspicion, I decide to be really evil and move my hand to her inner thigh, she lets out a very quiet groan, I retract my hand quickly knowing I had accomplished what I set out to do, leave her wanting more.
When breakfast was finished, we ran upstairs to my room and as I shut the door, Lilly grabs me from behind, turns me and pushes me against the back of the door, crashing our lips together, tongues entwined and gentle moans escaping. We pull apart to breathe.
"Easier to lie you said" wrapping my arms around her waist
"Well it would be easier if you didn't grope me under the table" her arms around my neck
"Oh you're a fine one to talk Truscott, openly flirty, blowing on me and kissing me making feel hotter than the sun" I look into her eyes and kiss her lips
"O-ok we need to set some ground rules" she goes to walk away but I pull her back and push her against the door and kiss her again
"M-huh mi" she mumbles my name into the kiss; she moves her hands to my head and pulls me from her lips looking into my eyes
"Miley I'm serious" she removes her hands and I kiss her again
"Hey-" she brings her hands to my cheeks pulls me away again "Miley! Stop it or no more kisses. Miley focus" I take my gaze from her lips to her eyes
"Okay" I defeat
"Right then, so if I remove my hands what are you going to do?" raising a eyebrow "Nothing" I sigh
Lilly pats my head "Thanks right, good girl!"
She removes hands and I go to kiss her again but she is knocked forward by the opening of the door hitting the back of her head and she flies into me, knocking us both onto the floor, her lying on top of me, I look up to see my brother.
"Jackson you idiot! Knock!" I nudge Lilly to get off me
"Sorry I didn't think both of you would be standing next to the door"
"That's the problem you don't think, you should knock anyway who knows what we- I could have been doin- I mean just knock in the future" I nudge Lilly again
He raises both eyebrows at my statement "We? Doing? Hold on Miley, are you and-"
"Lilly? Would you mind getting off me? Lilly?" I nudge her again more urgently
"Hey is she alright?" Jackson asks concerned
"Help me!" I look at him worried
He rushes over and picks Lilly up off me, I jump up "Put her on the bed" he carries her over to the bed and gently puts her down, her head on the pillow.
I sit beside her on the bed; my hand goes to her cheek "Lilly? Wake up" nothing
"Jackson, why won't she wake u-up?" my voice begins to break
"I don't know miles, has she had any other bumps lately?" he put his hand on my shoulder
"Well yeah but that was a month ago"
"Doesn't matter, if it hit her in the exact same place, it could hurt a lot more and may take a bit longer to wake up."
"How much longer?"
"A minute or two, I don't know"
Lilly stirs and groans "Ow! That hurt" sitting up, I give her a tight hug "W-who are you?" she asks
"What? I'm Miley" I pull back and give her a confused look
"Okay and who am I?" she's asks confused
"Y-your…" I begin to feel tears forming "Lilly"
"Lilly? What a strange name so is Miley by the way" her eyes gaze to Jackson who's hand is covering his mouth in shock
"What's wrong with Jackson?" pointing to him
"Well he's- Wait a minute! How do you know his name?" I quickly ask
"Er…er…selective amnesia?" she quickly shifts her gaze from side to side avoiding eye contact with me
"Lilly Truscott! How dare you!" I grab a pillow
"Hey! Hey! You sure you want to do that, I have a headache" she points to her head
"Oh!? You're gonna have more than a headache when I'm through with you missy" I whack her with the pillow "I….CANT…BELIEVE….YOU….WOULD….DO….THAT…TO…ME.....YOU…EVIL….WOMEN!" Hitting her with the pillow after every word
"Alright! Alright! I'm sorry!" I hear her calls for mercy but I don't stop my punishment
"TOUGH…YOU…ARE…GONNA…PAY"
Her hands cover her face to try and stop her laughing, Jackson had long gone closing the door on the way out, and I stop.
Taking her hands from her face "You satisfied?" I whack her on the face "Oof"
"Now I am" I throw the pillow away "Were you at all knocked out?
"No"
I look at her "Then why didn't you move the first time I nudged you?"
"Well I was going to but I was too comfortable with my face buried in your neck, you smell awesome by the way" looking me in the eyes
"Oh t-thanks"
"Also I thought Jackson would forget about asking why we were standing behind the door if he thought something was wrong"
"Lilly that wasn't the right way to go about it but I suppose it was kind of cute you not wanting to get up because you were comfortable"
"See all is forgiven" opening her arms for a hug
"Oh I don't know about that" restraining myself from jumping into her arms
"What? I said I was sorry and you said it was cute" her fingers motioning me to come closer
"No I said you not wanting to get up was cute not the amnesia bit" crossing my arms
"Oh, I'm sorry about that as well; I thought it would be funny"
I look her dead in the eyes "Lilly it wasn't funny I thought I had lost you and I would have to start all over again"
She quickly pulls me down into a hug "I'm sorry Miley, I didn't think of it like that… I'm really sorry" I can tell she understands now and I kiss her cheek
"I forgive you, I can't stay mad at you for long" I pull back
"Good to know" she says sitting up
"Now let me see the back of your head" I ask motioning her to lean forward
"Be careful! I don't like pain that much" she mumbles, I inspect the back of her head and notice a bump near where the last one had happened but that one had gone back to normal by now, I smile and gently kiss the bump
"Mmh…if that's your medicine for pain then I should tell you" she lifts her head and looks at me "I hurt my lip when I slammed into you" pointing to her bottom lip
"Oh really? We'll have to apply some pain medication to that as well then" I lean forward and gently kiss her bottom lip "Better?" I ask
"No still a lot of pain" I kiss her bottom lip again lingering a bit longer
"How's that?"
"Almost but let's try some rough therapy" she quickly grabs my cheeks and pulls me towards her melding our lips together, lick her bottom lip
"Mmh" she grants access and our tongues explore, we separate for air
"You better now?"
She nods quickly "Much"
I lie next to her and she rolls me onto her, half of me on half of her, her arms around my waist, this is rapidly becoming my favourite sleeping position.
After half an hour of snuggling, Lilly speaks up "So the ground rules" I bury my face into her neck at the re-emergence of the topic
"Aw Lilly!" I grumble into her
"I know, I know, I'm a drag but we are doing this, so get off my neck"
"No, you talk I'll listen" speaking against her neck my breath causing little goosebumps to appear I smile at the discovery.
"Alright then, so first things first, no kissing, flirting, petting, touching, groping, licking, stroking, footsie, whispering sweet nothings, breathing-
"Breathing! Lilly I have to breathe" I interrupt
"I know you do but could you maybe not do it in front of me as it gets me all worked up"
I breathe in deliberately slow and let out a low raspy breath "I breathe like this all the time"
"Mmh ugh yo-" she lets out a slow breath to calm herself "Stop it, right where was I? Oh yeah no winking or wiggling of your eyebrows"
"What?! How does that affect you?"
"Well when you wink its highly suggestive and the wiggling of your eyebrows falls under the same category but it's also super cute"
"Lilly you're making it very difficult for me to be around you without something setting you off"
"Well whose fault is that? Yours that's whose! For being too pretty" she tightens her hug
"Well I'm sorry and I have some rules for you" I reveal
"Really, What?" her interest peaked
"Forget your rules"
"No. Any serious rules?"
"Alright then, you mustn't be yourself around me or I will jump you, that's my only rule"
"Really, you can't find everything I do a turn on"
"Yes I can and I do" I lift my head and look at her
"What if I did this" she crosses her eyes
"Turn on"
"Ok what about this" she crosses her eyes, sticks out her tongue and scrunches her nose
"Turn on"
"Really? Ok get ready for this one" she brings her hands to her eyelids and turns them over
"T-turn…off okay stop it! You're freaking me out" she turns them back and returns her arms around my waist "Don't do that Lilly, your eyes are one my favourite things about you"
"My eyes huh?" she questions and I decide to explain to her why I think her eyes are the greatest in the world
"Yeah, there really blue and I love it when you suddenly think of a great idea as your eyes twinkle with a innocence or when get you get paranoid like that day with the cuffs walking to the fire station and your eyes would flicker from side to side you looked really adorable. I could get lost in them and I have many times before." Never breaking eye contact
"Wow, I didn't know I had that affect on you. You say you've got lost in them before, when?"
I know exactly what she's asking "I don't know exactly when I started feeling like this for you, but I think the feelings have always been there hiding and building until one day they exploded, to reveal you, the one I've been looking for, someone to make me feel happy, safe and lo-liked"
"I've just thought of another thing to add to the rules, no staring at me with lust in your eyes or watching me walk away, I know you stare at my butt and its exactly the type of thing to cause suspicion" quickly changing the subject
"What? I do not stare at your butt" defending myself
"Yes you do I've seen it, you can't help yourself, hey I don't blame you it's a magnificent object" she boasts
"Don't be so cocky, and when have you seen me?" curiosity getting the better of me
"Well when I stayed over a month ago, I was going out with Oliver at the time so I didn't notice but now as I think back you were ogling me…wait what are we going to do about Oliver?" I can feel her tense up
"It's up to you since he was your boy-"
She cuts me off "Don't say it"
"Okay well it's up to you if you want to tell him" I continue
She thinks for a bit "Will keep it between us for now, so are you ok with the rules?"
"Well I did have one question, when you say no kissing, what type? Like this?" I kiss her forehead, "or this?" I kiss her cheek, "this?" I kiss her on the lips, "or like this?" I grab her cheeks and plant a slow wet kiss, tongues and all on her, "Well?" I ask as I pull back
"Mmh ugh mmh y-you c-can't…do any of them" her eyes closed
"Oh you're no fun" I pout
Her eyes fly open "I meant in front of people…I didn't say stop"
I quickly kiss her again just like before until…the door opens quickly.
"Agh!" Lilly yelps and pushes me off her,
I land on the floor "Ow!"
Jackson walks in "You alright?" looking at me while Lilly peers over the side of the bed to look at me lying on the floor "Sorry" she mouths
"Yeah I'm fine Jackson" getting up to dust myself off "What are you doing here?" I ask in a slightly annoyed tone
"I just came to apologize to Lilly for knocking the door on her head, I would have apologized before but it seems she was busy with an onslaught of pillows" raising an eyebrow
"Well you've been, you've apologized and you're forgiven, bye-bye now" giving him a slight wave and eyes that say "Go Now!"
"Anything you want to tell me?" he asks
"No bye-bye now" I turn and push him towards the door, I close the door and walk back to Lilly who's now sitting up on the bed.
"Lilly do you not want to lie back down?"
"Er better not" her head nodding towards the door Damn it Jackson! Should I tell?
"Erm there's something I should tell you" sitting down next to Lilly "Jackson sort of knows"
"WHAT! You told him!?" her face changing to a worried expression
"No I mean he knows that I like you but he doesn't know we are actually together even though he can probably tell now" I explain trying to get the worried expression off her face
"You told him you liked me? When?"
"What does it matter when I told him?"
She shrugs
"Well I told him after I found out you and Oliver broke up, I was worried that- doesn't matter" I didn't want to tell Lilly why I didn't think this relationship might not work as she will over think it, I continue "and he told me to tell you what I've been feeling"
"Wait so he was ok with it?" she asks generally surprised
"Yeah, he was so supportive it was really weird hearing him sound all wise and everything, so are you alright?" I look at her worried what her reaction will be
"Er yeah I suppose, as long as he keeps quiet"
"Yeah don't worry I'll have a word with him" relief overcomes me "So do you think this way is easier?" I ask
"Yeah I do, don't get me wrong I'm not ashamed of you, me or us. It's just if and I'm only saying if we did tell them and everything went wrong, I would hate the fact that we didn't get to spend more time around each other…as a couple, but this way we can" she looks at me "I need more Miley/Lilly time" she places a soft kiss on my lips.
To fill the space
the space you made for me
try to be the one you want
try to be the way you want
And maybe I
could be the one you need
if you'd only
show me
Show me how to live and
how to bear the weight
And push into the sky
it's easier to lie
easier to lie
Authors Note: The song is "Easier to Lie" by Aqualung. I was in two minds I could have either got them to tell or sneak around, in the end I decided to do the sneaking around as it's more fun to write but how long will it last? You'll have to continue to find out. Thanks for reading and review!
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