Hopefully this chapter will be better than the last one. I'm actually going to try and not rush through this one so much as I did some of the others. Miley's point of view for a little change.
I heard a knock at the door and I ran over to answer it. I saw Oliver standing at the door.
"Lilly's not here Oliver." I told him.
"Oh." His smile turned to a frown. "Then why are you here?"
I smiled. "If you think I'm lying, just come inside. I'm having a little quality girl bonding time with Mrs. Truscott."
"Hey Oliver! Lilly's actually on a date right now but you're welcome to join us!" Mrs. Truscott called from the kitchen.
"Hey Mrs. T! I don't want to disturb your "girl time" so I'll just come back another time. Have fun!"
I tugged on Oliver's sleeve. "Don't go Oliver. Come on stay! It'll be fun."
"I'm kind of afraid you're going to paint my nails or something."
"Come on." I said pulling Oliver into the kitchen.
Mrs. Truscott turned around and beamed at Oliver. "Glad to see you'll be joining us tonight Oliver."
I saw Oliver's eyes avert around the room. He probably felt quite awkward being part of our little girls night out.
"Mrs. Truscott?"
"Yeah Miley?" She replied.
"How about we watch a movie. I'm almost out of nail polish anyways."
"Sure dear. And it's alright. My nails already look beautiful. Too bad Lilly's missing this. She's in desperate need of a pedicure."
"Oh I'm sure Matt's taking good care of her." I laughed.
"Did you say Matt?" Oliver asked me.
"Um, yeah why Oliver? I told you Lilly was on a date."
"Oh right." Oliver shifted uncomfortably. What the heck was wrong with him? I had never seen him this way before.
"What would you two like to watch?" Mrs. Truscott asked us.
"I personally don't care. Whatever you have although I'm sure Oliver won't want to watch a chick flick."
Oliver looked up at me. "Actually Miley, I wouldn't too much mind a chick flick."
I stared at him. Oliver wanted to watch a chick flick? What was happening to him? He usually thought Lilly and I were weird when we would watch them.
"You sure about that Oliver? You always said you hated them."
"I'm a guy what do you expect?"
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather watch Transformers?"
"Ugh. I've only seen that movie 20 billion times. Let's just watch whatever you want to watch. Chick Flick? I don't care."
"Okay then." I stared Oliver down trying to read what was going through his mind.
"What do you have Mrs. Truscott?"
"I'll go look in the basement. Be right back you two!"
There was silence between us for a minute until Oliver spoke.
"Hey Miley? Did Lilly say why she went on a date with Matt?"
"I don't know Oliver. She probably just wanted to go out on a date. Every girl does. Why do you care so much?" I looked at him questioningly awaiting his response.
He changed the subject instead. "I wonder what movie we're going to watch."
"Oliver would you stop trying to change the subject? Geez. You always seem to be so interested in what Lilly's doing. I don't really see why it matters. Are you jealous or something?"
I saw Olive blush. "No, of course not. She's my friend and she should go out with whoever she wants."
"You can say what you want, but I know that's not how you feel."
Oliver was silent.
"Besides Oliver, I heard that you went on a date with Tracy?"
"Yeah, but it didn't go so well. I left her."
"Mhm. Well I'm just surprised you had the nerve to go back out with her after what you did to Lilly."
"Actually…I wasn't going to you see but-"
"But what?" I asked. "You just couldn't resist the princess?"
"Uh no. Lilly suggested I go out with her."
I was shocked. Why would she suggest to Oliver that he go out with Tracy? Lilly told me she loved Oliver, was that over? She had gone on a date with Matt, but I thought it meant nothing. Did she really move on?
"Oh I see. It's just that's surprising. I wouldn't expect her to say that."
"Why not?" Oliver asked me.
"Cause she doesn't like Tracy that much."
I wanted to scream at him. Because she loves you! But I knew I couldn't do that to Lilly. She would kill me if she knew I told Oliver her feelings. And I wasn't even sure if that's how she felt anymore.
Mrs. Truscott appeared back in the room.
"Okay! I got the perfect movie!"
I took it from her hands. "Forbidden Love? What is this about? I've never heard of it."
"Oh well it's a great movie. It makes me cry every time. It's about these two people who have been friends practically forever, and they start to realize that they like each other. They're not sure how other people will react though since they're friends so they try to pretend that they don't like each other and say things like "friends is the best thing for us" and all that junk. But long story short they end up together and live happily ever after."
"Thanks for ruining the movie Mrs. Truscott!" I said.
"Oh I'm sorry. I just get so caught up in it."
I laughed. "Just kidding."
"Sounds kind of corny to me." I looked over at Oliver. He seemed tense. What was with him?
"You okay Oliver?" I scooted closer to him.
"Yeah Miley I'm fine. Can we just watch?" "Sure." I popped in the movie and we all sat down and watched on the couch together.
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Once the movie had ended I looked over to Mrs. Truscott. Tears were running down her face.
"Oh Mrs. Truscott!" I sobbed. Even I was crying; and I didn't cry often. The movie was very touching. "Thanks so much for sharing that movie. I loved it so much! If only that was real life…"
"Yeah if only…" Oliver mumbled.
"What was that Oliver?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said.
He looked unaffected by the movie at all. No tears, nothing. Boys were so unemotional.
"Well thanks for having me over Mrs. Truscott, Miley. The movie was really great."
Hmm, maybe he did like the movie.
"Alright, well have a nice evening Oliver." Mrs. Truscott said to him.
"Before I leave, may I talk to Miley in private for a moment?" Oliver asked her.
"Sure. You can use Lilly's room. Make sure just not to go through anything."
"Don't worry Mrs. Truscott. I'll control him." I smiled.
"Good girl Miley." She giggled.
"What makes you think I would go through Lilly's stuff Miley?" Oliver questioned me.
"Oh I don't know. Guys can be such perverts you know?"
"Wow. Thanks for accusing me of being a pervert." Oliver laughed.
"No problem. But I know you would love to go through her stuff huh?" I eyed him.
"You caught me. You're right. I am a sick and perverted freak." Oliver and I laughed.
"Okay Oliver. What do you need to talk to me about?"
"Well, this is a little embarrassing since I'm a guy and all…but you know that movie that we watched?"
"Yeah." I leaned in anxious to hear what he had to say.
"Well you know how the girl really liked the guy?"
"Oliver that's in practically every movie. Wow, you really don't watch that many chick flicks." I laughed. " And you're talking about Angela and Sam."
"'Alright. Whatever. Angela and Sam were in love but each other didn't know the other loved them. So, how did each find out without actually saying it to each other? How did they just know?"
'"Well." I began. "I guess you just know when it's the right time. They didn't want to say anything out of fear of hurting each other but in the end they knew they liked each other."
"Oh." Oliver sounded depressed.
"Hey Oliver. Don't be so down on yourself. I know the problem." "What are you talking about Miley?"
"Oh please Oliver. Stop hiding it. I know it. Her Mom knows it. We all know. Except you and her. Stop being so stubborn. Don't pretend like nobody knows, cause we do. Things don't just happen like in the movies. If you don't do something, there is no happy ending. Real life isn't a freaking movie Oliver. You want something, you have to make that happen. Now go before it's too late."
"But Miley! I don't even know what you're talk-"
"Go Oliver."
I smiled at him. I hoped he got my message loud and clear.
I liked that chapter a little bit better. Expect a little Loliver action in the next chapter. I want to extend the story a little more so instead of something I was originally planning to happen in the next chapter I'm changing it a little bit. So more drama?
