Chapter 11: The Next Step?

Disclaimer: As of right now, are Lilly and Oliver a couple on TV? ... Exactly. If I owned Hannah Montana, they would be. :)

Lilly jogged towards Miley's house pensively, wondering what Miley wanted so eagerly to talk about.

Ringing the doorbell once she arrived, she heard someone shout, "It's open!" She opened the door and saw Miley standing in the kitchen sipping from a cup.

"Hey Lilly. Thanks for coming over."

"No problemo. It feels weird actually ringing the doorbell, though and not skateboarding in."

"Sure does," Miley nodded, "So, why don't we go up to my room?" Lilly agreed and soon enough the two were in Miley's large, red bedroom, sitting on opposite sides of her bed.

"So, what's on your mind, honey child?" Lilly asked, smiling.

"Okay, well, lately Jake and I have been talking..." her voice began trailing off.

"Don't worry Miley, it's normal for two people to share conversations. Just an aspect of life," Lilly said causing Miley to roll her eyes.

"No duh, Sherlock. It's just that...we've been talking about," she paused, sighing, "taking our relationship to the, you know, next level." The blonde's eyes slightly widened as she asked curiously,

"Really?"

"Yeah, and I just wasn't really sure if we should or not," Miley said, lightly blushing.

"Well, do you think it's moving too fast?" Lilly questioned to which Miley shook her head emphatically,

"No, not at all. It's just I'm not sure if I want to wait until marriage. I mean I just really want my first time to special."

"Yeah," Lilly began quietly, looking down at the bedding's embroidery, "I, I know what you mean."

As soon as she finished speaking, Oliver raced up the carpeted stairs of Miley's house, Miley's pocketbook in hand. He paused as he heard voices on the other side of the half-closed door.

"Well, what do you think? I mean, are you a...a virgin?" Miley asked.

"Yes," Oliver said quietly to himself, expecting Lilly to repeat him. However, he saw through the crack between the door Lilly shake her head.

Immediately, Oliver felt infuriated. "What?" he asked, in disbelief. He managed to stay quiet, though and finish listening to the girls' conversation.

"You're not?" Miley asked. Lilly shook her head again. "So, did you sleep with Scott?"

Lilly sighed and said, "Yeah..."

Oliver was filled with rage and knew he had to leave before he did something he would regret. Mumbling to himself, he ran down the stairs after dropping Miley's bag in front of her door.

"Look Miley, if I were you, I wouldn't sleep with Jake yet."

"What? But you, you slept with Scott," she said, furrowing her brow.

"I know, but I've regretted it ever since," Lilly said, focusing her eyes back on the duvet cover.

"R-really? Why? I don't understand."

"I'm not in love with him," Lilly stated simply and Miley's eyes enlarged,

"You're not?"

"Wait, we're not supposed to be talking about me. This is about you," Lilly sighed, "It's just, when it comes to your, or anyone else's, first time, you can't have a redo. You'll be stuck with that decision, that action for the rest of your life. There's no doubt in my mind that you and Jake are a great couple, but if you just take things slow, you'll find that each day he'll become more and more special and then, when you two are truly ready, it'll be as special as it possibly can be. Besides if you were ready right now, you wouldn't need my input."

"Wow, I think you're right," Miley said, letting out a deep breath.

"Plus," Lilly said half-smiling, "You don't want to make the mistake if losing your innocence to someone other than your soul mate." Miley bit her lip but then reached over, taking Lilly in her embrace.

"But what if Jake is my soulmate? What if he is the one?"

"Then you'll know." Miley nodded at Lilly's response but then said,

"You know, for someone who's going out with someone they're not in love with, you sure know a lot about the subject."

"Yeah," Lilly laughed uncomfortably, "I guess I do."

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Oliver sauntered back to his house, rethinking the events the day had brought him and the moods that came with. He went from ecstatic to upset to mad to happy to angry. He felt as though he were a pregnant woman...minus the watermelon for a belly.

He just couldn't believe that Lilly lied to him. Sure, he knew that girls lied all the time; especially when dealing with their sex life. But when the lie escaped Lilly's lips, it pinched a nerve all too tightly.

He couldn't explain why for he didn't even know why. But he was approached by a new feeling of pure anger. Pure irritation. Pure disgust, almost. But most of all, pure jealousy.

After some time of contemplating, Oliver reached his abode and went down into the basement. While running a hand through his shaggy chocolate hair, he asked his friends,

"Look guys, can you just watch the game somewhere else?"

"What? Why, man?"

"I just need to be alone," he said angrily, his foul mood getting the best of him.

"I thought you and Lilly worked everything out," Mike said, confusion in his voice.

At the mention of her name, Oliver's mood worsened and he said hastily,

"Can you just get the hell out? All of you?" Mike held his hands up in front of him in defeat and said,

"Sure, whatever, dude. See ya later."

And with that said, Oliver was left to his lonesome and he retreated to his bedroom. He scratched the back of his neck and tilting his head up. Suddenly he paused, as if in slow motion a light bulb was being turned on inside his head.

"See ya later...," he said quietly, thinking about what Mike had said to him, "The dance club."

Oliver ran his finger over a picture of Lilly on his wall of photos and said, "Well, well, well, Lilly. If you wanna make me jealous as heck, I think I'll return the favor and do the same. Oh yeah, I'm gonna give you a taste of your own medicine tonight..."

A/N- Okay, before you start throwing tomatoes and other assorted fruits at me, I just wanna say I am SO frikkin' sorry for not updating in I don't even wanna check how long. I have been unbelievably busy lately especially with school winding down and not to mention, I also was suffering from a little case writer's block. Now I know, this chapter was...crap...but I really wanted to get something up for all of you (cough, sumer1994, cough XP) and I'm kinda pressed for time right now. I'm sorry it was so short and probably not even that entertaining, but just sit back and brace yourself, because I assure you drama is coming your way.

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