A/N: Wow, thanks again for the reviews, guys. I'm pretty sure you're going to like the next chapters, they're a little more … fluffy ^^ But it won't be fluffy for the rest of the story, don't worry, I have things planned. Enjoy reading =)

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Bigger Than Us

A Hannah Montana Fanfiction. OOC, AU, Liley

Only she matters

I slowly wake up because the sun is shining right into my face. I crack my eyes open and blink a few times. Plus, something is tickling my face. I look down to find the source. Miley's hair. I think I haven't slept this good in years! Looks like I held her the whole night, wow …

The sight of her sleeping form is adorable. She looks like a sleeping angel, really. A troubled angel, but still an angel. It almost forces a smile onto my face, but I like to obey that force. She's so beautiful. I don't want to let go of her, but my growling stomach is winning the battle of staying here or making breakfast.

I sigh and carefully unwrap myself out of our hug. I don't want to wake her up. I sit up and rub my eyes. Feels good to sleep in. My mom's at work, already. I get up, use the bathroom and go downstairs to fix us some breakfast.

Hmm … I don't really know what Miley wants for breakfast. Just cornflakes? But she's a Tennessee-girl; does she want ham or bacon? I could cook up some ham-and-eggs? Maybe I should wait until she gets up and ask her? Why is making breakfast so hard? I scratch the back of my head and stare at the counter, thinking about what do prepare.

"Mornin' … " I hear a croaky voice behind me. I turn to see a sleepy Miley walking into the kitchen. I smile at her. "Hey, did I wake you?" I'm a bit worried about it, because I really tried to be quiet and everything.

"No, no … don't worry." she ensures me. I lean against the counter. "Sleep well?" I ask her. She nods. "Yeah … though … "

I raise an eyebrow. Though what? Was I too close? Didn't she feel comfortable? Did I do something?

"Lilly, I didn't tell you everything yesterday … there's still something on my mind I have to get out." she tells me. What possibly could there be? Is she pregnant??? Married?? Or is she suffering from cancer as well? No, she's so young, this can't be!

"Talk to me." I encourage her to speak. I'm so curious what it is! She looks nervous, but looks me directly into the eyes. "I think I like you, Lilly."

Is this a dream coming true? Did someone up there here my prayers? Or am I still dreaming? She likes me? She really, really likes me!!! This day is going to be the best day ever, after all. I smile happily, walk up to her and wrap her up in a hug. "I like you, too, Miley."

But she doesn't seem too pleased with that answer: "No, Lilly … I like you! Like-like! I have a crush on you!"

Thanks for confirm my thoughts, Miley. I think I pretty sure knew what she meant the first time. I reply: "Yeah, and I like you, too."

Her arms shoot around my upper body and she squeezes me. I must've been blind if she really liked me. Blind, stupid Lilly, that's me! But I guess waiting was worth it, right?

"What do you want for breakfast?" I ask her, she loosens her grip a bit. "I don't care, I'll have anything."

"Okay … are cornflake okay?" I ask, walking over to the cupboard. I hear her answer: "Cornflakes are perfect."

I take the box out, along with two bowls. I hear her sitting down at the table, and starting to talk again: "I was a bit scared of telling you, you know? I'm all new to this dating-girls thing."

"Yeah, I know, don't worry." I reply, taking the milk out of the fridge and pouring some into the bowls. She continues: "And um … do you mind if we take it slowly? I mean, it's not the only thing I have to deal with … "

Miley drifts off. I take the bowls and walk over to her, placing one down in front of her. She's thinking about her mom, I know. She has tears in her eyes again. I sit down on the chair beside her and take her hand in both of mine, which brings her attention back to me. I smile at her. "I won't rush you into anything, Miley. I promise. You set the pace."

I raise one hand up to her face and cup her cheek with it, stroking it with my thumb. Her skin there is very soft, I like it. She smiles at me now, which makes my heart skip a beat. "Now eat your breakfast."

"Thanks." she says and starts eating, almost stuffing the food into her mouth. Did she eat anything yesterday? I pick no, I mean, who could possibly eat at an occasion like that?

After we both finished our breakfast I ask her what she wants to do next.

"You know, we haven't finished watching Wall.E." she suggests, I grin. A cute little family-flick to start the day with? Why not? "Well then let's move it to the couch!"

I set up everything quickly, Miley just keeps watching me while I'm doing so, until I finally sit back down beside her and press the play-button. Um … she said she wants to take it slow … can I cuddle up with her? I mean, it's not like we didn't do that last night …

I scoot closer and my question is answered by her immediately cuddling up to my right side. Not too much, still enough for now. My put my right arm over her shoulders and I take her left hand into my left one, slowly intertwining our fingers; her right hand is lying on my stomach and her head is resting on my shoulder. I like this position, I could really get used to it whenever we're watching a movie.

I really love that movie, it makes me feel happy. And watching it with Miley makes me even happier. I smile I can feel Miley relaxing more and more as we continue watching the movie, I figure she was still really tense from everything that happened last night.

Oh, I remember this scene, it was the cutest! Wall.E's and Eve's first 'spark' together and then Wall.E floating around love struck. Right this moment Miley shifts a bit and I feel her watching me, I turn to face her and ask if everything's okay, but she catches me off guard as I feel her lips on mine lightly and just shortly, but I returned the kiss anyway. A warm feeling spreads in my whole body and my mind is shutting out completely right now. I'm floating somewhere between 7th Heaven and Paradise … okay, however that is possible, Miley just made it happen.

Oh … my … holy … wow … she kissed me, didn't she? I mean, it was a peck on the lips but … a kiss as well, right? Okay, I think I don't just feel but also must look like the little love struck robot in the movie now. Miley shifts back into our original sitting position and leaves me completely stunned. I have never felt like this before when I kissed somebody … actually I've never felt like this in my entire life!

I lick my lips unconsciously. I think I might start to like kissing her, and I mean really like it. I can't wait until she's ready for more. I wonder what it will be like. Maybe I'll faint of happiness. Is that possible? Overdose of endorphins? Well, I'll probably be the first to find out.

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I watch the credits roll over the screen. I don't really want to move right now; holding Miley is such a great feeling. But at the same time, I want to go get out of the house; it's such a beautiful day today.

"Miley?" I ask carefully, she turns to look at me, letting me know that I have her attention. I also face her, then continue: "You know what? Let's go take a drive … see where we'll end up, what 'cha say?"

She thinks about it for a few seconds. "To get our minds off of things? Sounds great! But let's get dressed first … "

I smile and get up from the cozy position we were in, taking Miley's hand in mine and leading her upstairs. She takes her clothes from yesterday, but before she can escape into the bathroom I ask her: "I can lend you a T-Shirt or something. You don't want to wear that one."

I mean, I'm not the kind of person to wear a T-Shirt two days in a row, would you? I think it's a bit gross. She turns toward me and replies: "That'd be nice."

I open my closet and pick out a T-Shirt that might fit her and her style, it's a tight one, basically white with black imprints, so I actually also take my advantage of it. I toss it to her and then she completely disappears in the bathroom. I get dressed in my room at the same time – denim capris, a white long-sleeved T-Shirt and over it a light-yellow, short one.

Miley comes out of the bathroom, I take a good look at her in my T-Shirt. It fits her perfectly, along with her rather tight jeans. I take a mental picture, it looks really cute. We both finish off getting ready by brushing our teeth and doing our hair. Miley lets her curls fall lose over her shoulders, I decide for a ponytail.

"Ready to go?" I ask, she nods her head enthusiastically. She starts heading downstairs, I follow her. We go out of the house, I lock the door and we hop into the car.

"Do you actually know where you want to go?" Miley asks me, I smirk. "Nope, no plan. Just … somewhere out of town. I mean, we do have the whole day, right?"

Miley nods shortly and I even get a little smile out of her. "Yeah, right."

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Okay, so I drove us out of town to some beach; I've never been here before but it looks as cozy as my sofa. I park the car and hop out, breathing in the fresh air. Ah, so much better than in the city.

"So … what is this place?" Miley asks me. I shrug. I really have no idea. "Don't know … it just looked nice. Let's check it out!"

"You really are something, Lilly. Kidnapping me here, not knowing what could be behind the next corner." Miley states. I grin. "Yeah … that's me when I'm happy, Miley … and you're my source of happiness."

Miley blushes politely and we start walking. It's not too hot today, but still a beautiful day, almost no cloud is visible and the sky has a fresh blue color today. I love it.

I remember the last time we were at the beach together, only a few days ago. Miley's mom was still alive and I even had the honor to meet her. I wonder if I can make Miley feel better by being there for her all the time. I want to take care of her every minute of every day; I want her to be happy. I wonder if I can do that. She means so much to me.

I have my eyes on a spot, a shady spot beside a little cliff and I walk straight towards this place; Miley just follows me. As we arrive there I say: "Yep, I like this spot. Wanna sit down for a while?"

She looks around for a bit, I do the same. I haven't noticed yet, there are absolutely no people around. It's mostly quiet; you can hear the waves crashing on the shore and some birds singing. Every now and then there's a car driving by on the near-by road. It is beautiful, and we're all alone here.

"Sure, let's stay here." she says and we both sit down beside each other. The shade is cool but not cold, so it's just perfect. I take Miley's hand in mine and examine it a bit. It's slim and delicate, soft skin, quite long fingers. I start tracing my own fingers along it and I'm immediately lost in my thoughts as I do so.

She really is the best thing that ever happened to me, it just feels like it. I know I have Oliver, but he's more like a brother, you know? He still is also someone who I can lean on when I'm down, but Miley … she's someone new and exciting and it seems like she's sucking all of my worries out of me and throws them away.

I wrap my arms around her and pull her into a hug, lying down on my back and pulling her with me, her arm is draped over my stomach and her face is lying close to mine. I smile at her; pushing back some hair. "You're cute." I add.

Miley blushes again and buries her face into my shoulder. "Thanks." she replies. I breathe in deeply. Yeah, this is what life should be all the time. Lying around with Miley, free of all worries. She's the only thing that matters right now.

There's a long silence now. I feel like lying here all day, I wouldn't mind. I wouldn't have to talk or anything, just lie here. I smile and close my eyes.

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I can't really remember how long we were lying here now, it feels like ages but I'm really hungry. I sit up slowly and Miley does the same. I straighten my hair a bit and then stretch a good long stretch. "You hungry as well?" I ask her.

"A bit." she replies, I smile at her. I really don't feel like completely getting up but we have to, right? Okay, just one thing I want to do before I end this little trip here. I smile and lean in close to Miley, but let her close the distance at her own pace. To my luck it doesn't take long and we kiss for the second time. A little bit longer than before, still, it's nothing more than our lips pressed together tenderly. Mmm … how I love to do that.

She pulls back and we both get up. I wipe the sand off my clothes and stretch my hand out; waiting for Miley to take it … she hesitates. What's wrong? Did I do something wrong? My look must've been worried or something, because she starts explaining: "Don't worry, Lilly … I'm just not used to being 'out' yet, since you're the first girl ever I really had a crush on … "

"Right … sorry." I say, pulling my hand back. Maybe that was a bit too much for taking it slowly … though it's turtle-pace. Oh, who cares, she likes me and that's what counts.

"Don't be. I'll get used to it." she tells and I smile at her. "Alright … let's go grab something to eat and then go back home, okay?"

" 'kay." she replies and we start walking. I really don't want this day to end. It's so perfect. I mean, maybe not entirely for Miley, since the thing with her mom happened, but she looks a lot more relaxed than yesterday and that's not a bad sign, is it?

A/N: Too much fluff? I just thought it Miley and Lilly needed the happiness after all the drama xD Please leave your thoughts!