A/N: Well thank you so much to all of my faithful reviewers. It's good to hear that you all want some Liley action. Yeah well me too and don't worry, it's coming up. A few Liley, added scenes in this chapter, but a heck of a lot more is in the next chapter. Like the heated, dancing scene...wow, bet you all can't wait for that...
The next weekend went great. Besides the caviare Collin fed me. We had a really fun picnic by a little stream. Then hopped over the rocks and back into the trees. Throughout the week, I met him for some coffee. One time Joy was with me and met him. As his back was turned to make some coffee at a shop. We both did a little happy dance and Joy was so excited to finally meet him. Then Collin turned around as we were just finishing and blushing just as well.
And one time during my work week, I got the biggest vase of flowers sent to me, that I had ever seen. It was a real glass vase and the flowers were really fresh. Joy and I looked at the card and quietly screamed, as we were so excited he would do something this sweet. Then did a small little jumping dance. Little did I know that Lilly was across the room, helping another girl with some make up. When she heard squealing she looked over and saw us doing a little happy dance, then she saw the flowers next to me as well. I caught her eye for just a second. Lilly had been smiling a little, because she had been doing something else. Then since she noticed me being gifted by Collin, her smile faded again. Mine started to, but our eyes stared through each others for several seconds. It was amazing how much you could see through a person from across such a big room like that. My guess was that we were half a gym court away. She obviously connected the little jumping to Collin, so she turned away. And then noticed she had gotten make up all over the other girls face. Her sudden turn away caused me to snap back into reality and think about work again.
That evening, Lilly and I had to get together and discuss some key business points and details, in upcoming events. Although from the stare out we had earlier and since it was just the two of us tonight; can I say awkward much? But I would try to make the best of it, forget about today and focus on what we needed to discuss.
We went to a small bar, got a few drinks and sat down at a little table.
"Alright, so we have the balloon festival coming up and I thought for sweeps, it might be nice to do a segment on how men are full of hot air." I said to Lilly and smiled sarcastically at her, from across the other side of the table. She just chuckled a little and ate a few peanuts. "Right, that's good?" I chuckled a bit too.
"No."
"We should still do some stuff on location, cause you're great when you're interacting with people." I said, looking down at some paper work I brought with me.
"I'm sorry, did you just say I'm great?"
"Yeah, kinda are." I admitted.
"Hm, back at ya babe."
At that little exchange of conversation, I knew she had to be smiling, so I looked up from my papers. She wasn't. Not even showing off a fake smile in a public bar. She was just sitting back in her chair and looking behind me, still slight sadness in her eyes. I couldn't help myself from just keeping it business.
"Lilly can I ask you something?"
"Sure, anything."
"I've noticed, and I'm pretty sure you have too, that you haven't been as happy as much as you used to be and you've just been putting on all these fake smiles...why?"
She leaned forward to look closer at me. "Ha, you have no idea why? Oh and yes, of course I've noticed."
"Well...no not really."
"Man you're thick. I didn't think this one was that hard to put the pieces together. I mean there's only a few to make it all click."
Now I leaned forward. "Would ya just tell me why?" I think I leaned in a little to close to her now, cause her eyes were more blazing blue then I had ever seen them before.
"Oh you'd like that wouldn't you?" Lilly argued.
"The hell I would. Just because I seem to be so oblivious, so yeah."
Lilly's POV
She stared into my eyes for a few more seconds longer. Lingering in that same position. Then I suddenly switched the topic with no warning. "So tell me this...why hasn't some, fancy New York show stolen you away?" I said while still snacking on peanuts and leaned back.
Miley put down her drink. "Oh huh, I much prefer Sacramento to New York." She spoke in her professional business voice now. Obviously she didn't want to push it since I changed the topic so fast.
"Ha, come on, you just like bein a big fish in a little pond huh?"
"No, no. And Sacramento isn't really a pond it's more of a lake, or even and estuary." She nodded her head, thinking carefully. I looked behind her as she spoke. "And it's a great place to raise a family...uh, really good school systems..." There were some dirty looking people at the bar. Especially some drinking women in short shirts and skirts. But I simply nodded as she talked. "...the parks are clean and well maintained and safe." Then a slutty looking girl, finished off a big glass real fast. "And there's a much lower divorce rate here, then there is in New York." I looked at that and then gave Miley a look. She took it as a look-behind-you look. Why we had that sort of connection? I don't know. But she still looked behind her at the weird looking girl and looked back in disgust. "Uh, yes well, thank god Collin would never be into a women like that." She simply said.
"Oh yeah I forgot, Collin only likes Women with quality huh?"
She looked a bit pissed. "That's a trait to be admired, not mocked woman whore."
"Woman whore? Why, why, why am I a woman whore?"
"I've seen you with the fun bag twins remember?" Oh how cute, now a different nickname for them. I glared at her.
"Saw me what? You saw me introduce them to some network executives? They wanna be actresses baby. I mean who am I to kill their dreams?" I tried to defend myself.
"Mhmhmhm..." Miley laughed through sipping her drink. "Such a generous woman. Now you're telling me you've never slept with them." She simply stated.
"Uh, well no I didn't say that."
"Ah well that's my point. Men or man whore's, prefer women in slutty clothes who suck lot's of cock." She smirked.
"Every man want's that...And for your information, I only slept with the one who could read. Wait a minute, did you just say...cock?" I was caught off guard that Miley of all people would say that word.
She was proud and smiled. "Yes, yes I did. I can say cock. You know the word; cock, cock, cock, cock."
"Ok, ok I got it. A week ago you were crying at the thought of a vibrator. And now you're cock this, cock that, cock, cock, cock...you slept with Collin didn't you?" With all that talk of hers, it seemed so.
"No! No, we didn't. We're saving that for this weekend. He's taking me to Lake Tahoe."
I sat back in my chair, my fake smile faded. "Wow, ha wow...wow." I was simply at a loss for words. I was better then I thought and helped her get this guy, just like I told her I would. Now she was about to get laid in a few days. Jealousy overwhelmed me once again, but I toned it down as much as I could and made a toast. I composed my self, found words and then raised my glass. "Here's to over turning assumptions huh?" I said as Miley picked up her glass. "I'm really a woman of discriminating taste and you're a foul mouth slut."
She just smiled. "Thank you." She told me. Then we put our cups together in a toast.
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Miley's POV-
I watched Lilly's show intensely this time. Studying her carefully. I don't know why, but there was just something about her that made me want to keep watching it.
"So, there you have it. Never assume a girl is easy, or assume she's approved. There are many layers in between and it's your job gentleman, to peel back those layers and think about exactly what type of woman you're dealing with." That was different and Joy agreed out loud.
"That sounded almost enlightened." Joy said to me.
"Because once you do peel back those layers my friends..." Lilly started smirking. "...her lady garden awaits."
"And she's back." Joy said sarcastically, smiling.
"And I'm pretty sure you're gonna wanna fertilize, that patch of petunias." Lilly said pointing and smiling at the camera.
Then Lary thanked Lilly for finishing her part of the show and said what's coming up next with the weather.
Right after Lilly was off the camera, suddenly, some guy I had never met before, came walking up to Lilly, just before she came over to me. I was a good distance away from the two, but still in earshot. So I watched their exchange of conversation.
"Hey, what's up?" She greeted him.
He put his hands on her shoulders. "You're not gonna believe this..."
"What?"
"I got you on the Late Late Show, with Craig Ferguson! They want you as his guest!" The guy said, over excited.
"Craig Ferguson wants me on his show?" Lilly was in awe.
"Yes!" The guy laughed.
"You're shitting me?" Lilly smiled.
"I am not shitting you." He said.
Lilly laughed along with the guy and they hugged. Of course it was something to be happy about, but not when I didn't know about it. I walked up to them and broke it up.
"Hi, who are you?" I asked the other guy, oddly shorter then Lilly.
"Oh this is Rick." Lilly answered for him.
"I'm his agent." He smiled proudly.
I was a bit pissed. Rick seemed rather annoying. "Since when do you have an agent? And since when is it ok to book Late Night, without the producers approval?" I smiled at him with annoyance.
"Actually it's 'Late Late', that's two late's. And since she became the hottest personality on morning TV! Have you seen this girls ratings?" Rick was way over hyperactive. And kept a hand on Lilly's shoulder. Lilly just smiled through the whole talk. Finally she was happy. Smiling at the fact of being a guest star though.
"Yes, yes I have." I told him. He settled for that and then turned his attention back to Lilly.
"Anyways it's all set, get ready to leave tonight." Rick smiled and then walked away.
"Haha, cool!" Lilly said and followed after him.
Not only but a few minutes later, John wanted to see me in his office. I already knew what this was going to be about.
I walked in. "Joy said you wanted to see me?"
"I just found out that Lilly's being offered a job, at a CBS affiliate in San Francisco, at twice the pay. Craig Ferguson is her audition." John spoke seriously.
I was caught off guard. "You can't be serious."
"Oh I'm serious. Now if Bob and Harold find out about this, we're dead. Now I need you to fly out there and talk her out of it."
What? No way! He can't cancel my plans. "I'm goin to Lake Tahoe this weekend." I told him.
"Just don't let her know that you know before hand. Just let her do the show, get us our publicity and then convince her that she needs to sign on with us for the next three years. It's all we can do." John smiled at me, completely ignoring what I said, that I had already planned.
The next thing I new, I was on a cab, heading straight for the hotel that Lilly was at. The plane ride just flashed before my eyes because I could hardly think and had my mind on what to say to Lilly. I had hardly thought of anything at all, because I was still thinking about what to say in the cab. Then as it pulled up to the really tall hotel, a man opened the door for me and my bags were being taken out of the trunk by the bellhop. I hardly noticed though, because by now I was thinking out loud and rather angry.
"Hello, little stupid, penis face. We would still be on cable access for one more day. We hear you wanna move to CBS..." I trailed of and snapped out of what I was saying as I looked at my surroundings once I got out of the car.
"Is everything ok miss?" The man who opened the door, asked me. I had a few other on lookers as well. I turned to him and thought of a quick recovery.
"Yes I'm just...I'm practicing my speech." I gave him a fake smile and then walked into the hotel, with a notebook and papers in one hand and a bigger purse of mine in the other.
As big as the lobby was, Lilly just had to see me right when I walked in. Could my day get any worse? "Miley? What are you doin here? I thought you were goin to Tahoe?" Lilly walked up to me, with a confused look on her face. Then she suddenly smirked. I knew what that one was, she was about to make a crack about something. "Ah, couldn't stand a day without me could ya?" She smiled.
"Ah yes, I just can't get enough of your sparkling wit and charm." I told her, sarcastically. "John thought you needed a producer, more then I needed to get laid. So come on, I've got to check in and we leave in five minutes." I spoke seriously, pushing my big purse in her arms and then started walking to the front desk. I caught a small whisper from her, something like, "Wow." I looked back at Lilly, who was just looking at me. Yeah, it was definitely her who said something, but I kept moving. "Five minutes! Tick-tock, tick-tock!" I said louder, looking back, as I walked faster and she kept her pace.
"Yes dear." Lilly said loudly after me, as she followed me to the front desk. Oh god I can't believe she just said that. It sounded kind of hot and I'm sure that's why she said it too. It was slightly embarrassing and I admit, a mutual feeling too, but I had to ignore her because of the hurry we were in.
Lilly's POV-
Soon enough, we were on our way to the studio. We got to take a nice rental car, with a private driver. We both sat in the back seat, then Miley spoke up.
"Ok, so let's go over the pre-interview questions." Miley started out.
I passed this off as boring for now and decided to joke with her. "I'm sorry you didn't get to spend time with little Collin this weekend." I whispered, moving closer to her and slowly faking sympathy. "And by little I don't mean undersized. Although...I highly suspect that's the case."
"Collins penis. That's what you wanna talk about right now?" I smirked with joy. Yes, I got a reaction out of her. "Cause I thought, maybe we should talk about what you're gonna say on the show..." She looked at me, and I gave her a side glance. I knew she could tell I would be bored with this part, but she didn't care. Although at least I had my fun. "...Yeah, ok. So tell me Lilly, how did The Ugly Truth start?" Miley asked, putting on a fake Irish accent. Craig Ferguson's Irish accent.
"Uh, well Mr. Irish, Craig Ferguson. I had a sales job, where I was driving around a lot, listening to talk radio. I started calling in and then I realized, I'm smarter then everybody else. Just ask my producer, Miley." I pointed at her and smiled. "She thinks I'm a genius, on days when she's not sexually frustrated." I smirked, happy to turn this back on her.
"Ah yes, thousands of lives have been enriched by your wisdom." Miley casually stated sarcastically. Apparently noticing that I was changing the subject.
"Excuse me lady, but you have a boyfriend right now because of me."
"Hey it may have started because of you, but its lasted because of me." She tried to defend. Ha, I was still getting a rise out of her now. I love my job.
"Great, so you're acting like your normal, control freak, psycho self again." I sighed.
"I am not a control freak." Miley said in such a strict tone. Which in itself, proved my point exactly. But of course she couldn't tell by that alone. I needed to give her an example.
"When you checked into the hotel, did you or did you not, insist on getting an eastern facing room, on a floor not below seven." Miley's eyes had gotten wider and wider at how much I knew about her.
"...Uh...I...I like rising with the sun...and a view." She stuttered, annoyed by the fact that I was right on.
I clapped my hands and had a huge smile. "Ahahaha! My point is, that Collin likes the Lilly version of Miley, not the Miley version of Miley. So don't go knocking my words of wisdom, when you're living proof that they work." I was happy, but she just simply glared at me and at that fact.
"I could be having sex right now." Miley spoke in a lower voice and clenched her jaw. Ha! I finally proved it to her. I was right. That the wisdom I have, works.
A/N: And there it is! Enough quick reviews and I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can. Sooner then last time of course...