Chapter 11 (Wow)

After school, Miley went home and Lilly and Oliver went to the skate park. Lilly had a lot of fun. She loved skateboarding with Oliver. Oliver loved it too. It was one of the only things that he could do with just Lilly without Miley being along. He especially liked it now because he really loved Lilly. He just had to figure out how to tell her…

They skated around for a while. Then they saw Nick Andrews heading toward the park. They spotted him right away because they were the only ones at the park at the time being. Until now, at least.

Nick walked up to Oliver and, catching him off guard, pushed him down.

"Think you're so great just cuz you got one lucky punch the other day? Well, how about now? Come on Oken! Fight!" Nick demanded.

Lilly steamed with anger. Before she knew what has happening, she had grabbed him and punched him in the face. (Noticing a pattern here? Lol.) Nick fell to the ground, again. Who was this guy and why did he keep showing up in their lives?

Nick tried to get up but Lilly kicked him. You don't want to know where. He screamed out in pain, threatened Oliver that he was "going down", and limped off.

"Okay…" Lilly started. Oliver got up from where Nick pushed him, and gave her a high five.

"I gotta give you your props Lils. That was a pretty good punch."

Lilly smiled and they continued to skate. They walked home together and said their goodbyes.

"Thanks Oliver." Lilly said as she was about to go into her house.

"But I didn't do anything. You did."

"Well, yeah, but you would have if I hadn't." she then replied.

"Yeah, well, see you tomorrow." He said.

They walked into their houses and closed the doors.

The next morning, Lilly awoke with a smile. Things were going pretty well right now and she wasn't going to let anything bring her down. She got ready for school and ran out the door. This time her mother wasn't there to tell her to eat breakfast. She had already gone to work.

When she got outside, Oliver was waiting for her. He smiled, like he'd been doing a lot lately and said hello. She smiled back. I mean, she was in a good mood lately and just because it was a school day, didn't mean she had to have a bad attitude all the time. She said hi and they walked to school together.

"So, uh, thought about what you want to be for Halloween?" Oliver asked, with great interest.

"No, not really. How 'bout you?"

"Not sure." He replied. "Maybe that Dracula costume I wore before you got me a better disguise put together."

"Please, No."

"Fine, whatever. I'll think of something." He then said.

They got to school and as they walked down the hall, they saw Nick. He had two black eyes. Lilly suddenly couldn't control herself any longer and doubled over laughing. Oliver took one look at Nick and started laughing too. They did it quietly of course. They didn't want to start another fight when there were teachers around to suspend them.

After school they quickly got their things together and ran out the door. They had a ton of heavy stuff to carry so they decided to take the school bus home today and drop their stuff off at home. Once they did that, they met up again and walked to the costume shop.

It was a strange-looking place with an eerie feeling to it. They slowly walked inside and took a look around. There was stuff packed in there so tight in certain spots that you could barely move. There were lots of wigs, make-up and costume jewelry and of course they were tons and tons of costumes. There was so much to look at, that they were happy they decided to come right after school. Miley began skimming through costumes on hangers on huge rack. She was the kind of person who could glance at a piece of clothing, even just a part of it, and know instantly if she'd ever think about wearing it or not. She went so fast that Lilly got dizzy and had to look away. She started looking at costumes on another rack. She went very slow. She had to look at almost everything for a long time to decide whether she liked it or not. Except for poofy, ugly, floor-lengthed dresses of course. She knew she didn't want those right away.

Oliver left the part of the store they were in to go look at the guy costumes. Soon, Miley had finished looking at almost half the racks of girl's costumes and had decided to try on a 50s girl outfit with a poodle skirt, a Cleopatra costume, and a hippie outfit. She tried them all on and decided to go with Cleopatra because the 50s outfit was too boring and the hippie costume was too much like that dance they had last year when she realized she liked Jake and tried to steal him from Lilly. She bought a black wig and rented the costume. Then she turned and faced Lilly, her next mission.

Miley began searching through the racks of clothes so fast that dust was flying in Lilly's face and she had to close her eyes. When she had finished, she came up with a bride, a Renaissance dress, and a pioneer dress.

"You have got to be kidding me." Lilly said when she saw what Miley had picked out. "They're all dresses!"

"Oh, come on Lilly! You'd look so cute in these." Miley said. "At least try them on."

It took a lot of convincing but Miley finally got Lilly to try on the costumes. Lilly came out of the dressing room, wearing the puffy Renaissance dress and a big frown.

"I can barely move in this thing, Miley." Lilly said, still frowning.

"Fine. Go change…" She sighed. Just then, Oliver came out of the guy's side of the shop wearing a black ninja outfit and swinging a small sword in all directions.

"Oliver, what are you wearing…?" Miley asked with a confused look on her face.

"My Halloween costume." He said. "I'm going to be a ninja." Just then Lilly came out of the dressing room wearing the poofy wedding gown.

"Miley, what do you call this? I'm not getting married here! It's just a dance."

'Whoa. Lilly looks gorgeous. That's what she's gonna look like when we get married some day.' He thought, while plastering on a fake casual look, trying not to give his feelings away.

"Ok! Ok, Lilly! Just go pick something out yourself." Miley said, exasperated.

Lilly went through the costumes and came back with a black witch outfit.

"Oh Lilly, that classic Halloween. Where's your creativity?" Miley asked, getting more annoyed by the second…

I can't find anything else and this is fine with me." She said. "Besides, I don't want a date anyway so I don't have to worry about looking good."

Lilly went into the dressing room and came out wearing the outfit. Sure, it was a dress too, but it wasn't the same as the ones Miley had picked out. She then looked around and picked out a black witch's hat and a broom. She then strolled over to the wigs, thought for a while and came back with a black one. She tried it on and decided, to go ahead and get it. (A/N: I bet she'd look like she did it her new movie, the haunted hour, or whatever it's called. Lol.)

'Boy, she's looks hot.' Oliver thought to himself. He couldn't help it. She really did.

Lilly rented her costume and Oliver rented his. Then they slowly walked out the door and headed home.

"Bye guys!" Miley yelled as she walked away, "See you tomorrow!" They waved back and headed home in the opposite direction.

"So, you're going to be a ninja?" Lilly asked Oliver curiously.

"Yeah. I looked at tons of stuff and I liked that one the best."

"Sounds cool. I wish I could have found a better costume, but I'm just not like Miley." Lilly then said.

"You're costume is good and you shouldn't want to be like Miley all the time. You're great just the way you are."

'Uh oh.' He thought. 'You're getting too mushy again. She's gonna figure it out...'

"Thanks." She said and smiled. When she got to her house, she said goodbye to Oliver and walked up her front walk. Oliver smiled. Thank goodness she didn't notice. But he just had to tell her. But when…?

A/N: I thought this chapter was ok, I guess. Just kinda boring... idk what do you think? review please. they make me happy. ( :

XOXO

Andrea