Hey guys', sorry this would have been up sooner if we did not have two snow storms and then an ice storm causing half the town to lose power, twice. New England, gotta love it. Anywho, thank you all so much for reading and reviewing, glad to see some of you are still reading and enjoying the story. Please, enjoy.

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'What's up?' A lot is up, yet my life is turned upside down. I'm starting to feel like my Father abandoned me, my mother and brother are far away back home happy, people generally stay away from me given my reputation, I have a hard exterior but my interior is deteriorating, and I have a crush on you. But other than all that, I think I'm okay.

I stare at Lilly and she waits as for the answer to her question, while taking a sip of her water. I shrug my shoulder and shake my head. "Nothing."

She pulls the water bottle away from her mouth and gives me a soft warm smile. "I guess that's a good thing." She twists the cap back on the water bottle and drags her skateboard next to a bench and she sits down.

I follow suit and sit a good length away from her. My attention drawn to the other skaters' dong all these flip and tricks. Man I wish I could skateboard, considering Lilly skates as well.

"So?" My attention is back on Lilly. She has a lost and confused expression on her face. Probably wondering what I'm doing here. I obviously don't fit in and stick out like a sore thumb.

"Do you want to go for a walk on the beach?" Out of nowhere my mouth over powers my brain and I speak. I turn my face away and wonder where that came from. Lilly raises her eyebrows and lowers them, but says she would like that. I look back at her and give her a small smile. And we get up and go.

As I leave I turn to find Oliver and wave him off. He spots me and gives me thumbs up with a ridiculous face to match, wishing me to get lucky. I then stick my tongue out and flip him off. I don't want to push Lilly into anything yet. Considering we are not even best friends.

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We stopped by Lilly's house to drop her skate stuff of, but oddly she would not let me in, so I waited outside. But now we are side by side with are bare feet sliding through the sand. "Is something bothering you Miles?"

Yes. "No." I stuff my hands in my pocket and feel my iPod resting in there. I don't even remember grabbing it as I left. I take a headphone out and pop it in my right ear, turning it on and music fills the silence that falls upon us. "I just, y'know thought, that now especially you and Oliver are becoming friends, that we should-"

"Become friends by getting to know each other more?" I turn to look at her, she is smiling, is she ever sad?

"Yeah." Lilly nods her head and we keep walking.

"Okay…so, you are Miley Stewart, you are sixteen years old, have brown hair, with streaks of blue at the bangs, I think you have blue eyes, you don't follow the crowd, and your favorite color is blue." Lilly finishes off with pride in her face.

Don't ask me why but that just made me smile. "And you, Lilly Truscott, are also sixteen, but with a car, have blonde hair that sometimes looks golden in certain lighting, you do have blue eyes, you are different in your own way, and your favorite color is red." Lilly turns to me with a shine in her eye and they match the brightness in her now smile. "And you always smile."

Lilly laughs. "Hey you only live once might as well go through it with a sense of humor right? I mean who knows what could happen to you after you die?"

"True but if you do everything for the thrill and it's all bad you might end up as a next door neighbor to the devil, where if you are good, but enjoy never then you have a seat at God's table."

"A win-lose or lose-win situation." I look down at me feet sinking into the sand with every step that I take. For some odd reason I have the feeling that Lilly just gets me. "So…what else do I not know about the Miley Stewart."

"Many a things my friend many a things." I like this, just talking, and it gives me a chance to get to know Lilly.

"Like what?" I smile, the way Lilly said that sounded like a little kid learning something new.

"Well ummm…" What can I tell her? I look up towards the sky and wonder. Maybe I should play it safe. Just because one person knows everything about me, Oliver, does not mean everyone should know right away. So I decide just to go with the things I already told her Father. "I like to write, I play the guitar and piano. And I am a beast at video games."

Lilly laughs. And I reach into my pocket and turn my iPod off. Lilly's voice is more musical than any song. "Wow, maybe you could play something for me sometime?"

I panic. I haven't touched a piano or picked up a guitar in years, let alone written anything. "Y-yeah sure. Now how about you." Its just a little white lie, its not like she will remember or it will come up in the future.

"Let's see I love skateboarding, I am musically illiterate, and I could cook a mean spaghetti and meatball dish."

A slight smirk spreads across my face. "Total opposites then?"

"Well they do attract." I sure hope so Lilly. "But I doubt we are total opposites. Come on what is your favorite music?"

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Lilly and I walked and talked pretty much the rest of the afternoon. And we learned we are opposites. But according to Lilly that is perfectly fine. For where one of us is weak the other is strong. Our differences balance each other out to make it completely balanced. We started to head back to our house and we are not outside Lilly's front door. She pulls out her keys and unlocks her door open it then stepping inside.

I stay on the outside staring back at her as she leans against the door, one hand on the knob on the inside, and the other resting on the outside. I catch her looking me up and down and her eyes catch a gleam in them, I would never know what. "So," I guess it's time for one last question. "What is the greatest thing to ever happen to you?"

I look at Lilly, but avoid her eyes. It felt so great to be with her. She made me feel comfortable, accepted, I jumped out of my old element and entered a new I love completely. So much has happened in such a little time I just want to skip the friendship thing and dive right into a relationship. But I can't. I still don't know if she swings my way. I look at her and smile. "When I became friends with Lillian Elizabeth Truscott," Shock comes across her face, we may start off as being friends but that does not mean I can not drop hints. "Goodnight Lilly."

I turn to walk away, my spirits high. "'Night Miles." I hear faintly Lilly's voice then the close of her door, and I smile.

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I open the door to my house and go straight to my room. My Father is still not back yet. It still to early to go to bed so I decide to pray. I kneel at the end of my bed and make the sign of the cross. Then I look up towards the sky, or in this case my ceiling and talk. "God? Hi, let me just tell you about this girl Lilly Truscott…"

"…so if there is anything that…I don't know you could do, a sign, anything. I would really appreciate at, I mean I don't ask you for much, probably because I lost my way but I want something good in my life." I look straight ahead and blink my eyes rapidly feeling tears ready to fall. "God, I-I don't want to hurt anymore." I close my eyes and tears fall. "I want to be happy; I want to know what that feels like." I swallow the lump in my throat but it returns all too quickly. "I guess I just want something I could believe in, considering everything that I loved and trusted was pretty much taken away from me. So please God, do me this one favor? I mean You created us right? You love us, so how could You ban someone from loving? Please forgive for all that I have done. Amen."

I make the sign of the cross and sit up from the floor. I head over to my dresser ready to change into my pajamas when I stumble upon a notebook. I pull it out, and look through the pages, its blank. Confused I place the notebook on top of my desk and head over to my closet, considering my pajamas were not in my dresser I probably hung them up in my closet.

I open my closet doors, but I find nothing. I step inside and walked around until something hard fell on me. "Fuck!" I pick up the source of my pain and realize it is my old Fender Starcaster acoustic. God has a ridiculous sense of humor. I pull the guitar out and brush off all the dust. I walk over to my bed and strum the guitar with my thumb. It's out of tune, but I should be able to tune it. I then look up at the notebook I put on desk and smile. I did say to Lilly I write and play something for her some day. Why not start?

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Okay. Well…there it is then. Now we begin the world of friendship as Miley tries her best to win Lilly's heart. Till then :).