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Chapter 16: First Talk
I pulled away as soon as I realized what I was doing. I can't even remember Lilly's reaction, it all happened so fast.
"Gotta go, bye!" We both said quickly, as she jumped inside and I ran home. Judging by that awkwardness, I'd say I just ruined my whole relationship with Lilly. That's 15 years down the drain.
Don't get me wrong, the kiss was great. But I just pounced on the poor girl. She was so innocent, just wanted to go inside after a long day, and I practically jumped on her! She probably hated it. Did I even do it right?
"Hey, the concert's over already?" my mom asked.
"Yeah." I said, bolting up the stairs.
"Wait, Oliver!"
"Yeah, Mom?"
"Is something wrong?"
"No, why would something be wrong? Everything's good. I didn't do anything wrong so why would anything be wrong? Everything's right. I'm gonna go to bed, night Mom!"
"Oliver, what did you do?"
"Nothing!"
"You didn't blow anything up, right?"
"Mom, I'm not Owen. Goodnight." I didn't hear her response 'cause I booked to my room and fell on the bed.
Oh am I an idiot. I can't believe I kissed Lilly Truscott. I wonder what she thought of it. Oh man! What was it gonna be like tomorrow? I'll just avoid her. Keep myself busy so I won't have to see her. Yeah. That'll work.
I tried to sleep, but I just couldn't stop thinking about the kiss. I grabbed my guitar and started playing it in the middle of the night. That is until Owen opened the door and through a book at me.
"Shut up!" he yelled. "Some people are trying to sleep!"
I was too tired to give him a comeback, so I just stopped playing and went to bed.
I woke up in the morning thinking that the night before was a dream. I couldn't remember if I actually kissed her or not. But judging by the circles under my eyes, I'd say that it really happened. I had a missed call from Miley on my cell phone, so I called her back.
"Hello?"
"Hey." I yawned.
"Heyy, did you tell her?"
"Uh…not exactly…"
"Well what do you mean by that?"
"I…kinda…kissed her." I mumbled the last part.
"You what?"
"Kissed her." I mumbled it again.
"Oliver, I can't understand you, speak clearly!"
"I kissed her, Ok!"
"YOU KISSED HER!" Miley screamed, both shocked and happy. "Did she kiss back?"
"I don't know! I…It…Ah! It all happened so fast!"
"Awe! Well what'd she say after it?"
"We both said we had to go and I booked out of there as fast as I could."
"I wonder why Lilly didn't tell me!"
"She's probably embarrassed by me! So don't mention it to her, Ok? Wait until she tells you. Until then, you don't know."
"Know what?"
"About the kiss!" Did she have short term memory loss or something?"
"No I mean I was pretending to not know."
"What?"
"Nevermind, I don't know about this kiss, Ok?"
"Thanks. And from what you know, I don't like her, alright?"
Miley sighed. "Alright." she agreed.
"Well I gotta go avoid Lilly. See ya!" I hung up before she could answer. I did the usual morning routine and came downstairs as my mom was about to go out the door.
"Hey, Oliver. I'm going to the store, do you need anything?"
"Can I come?"
"You want to come with me to the store?"
"Yeah, I'm bored."
"Alright, let's go." We were just going to get groceries, but at least I knew I wouldn't see Lilly there. She hated grocery shopping, just like I did.
And yet, there she was. With her mom. Shopping in the same exact store as my mom and I were.
I caught her eye and made my mom turn the other way, before she could see Mrs. T. But of course, Mrs. T. just had to see my mom, and had to call us over to talk to them.
"Hey, Laura!" Mrs. T. was coming toward us.
"Hey, Tori!" My mom was moving toward them too. What was I gonna do? I couldn't just not look at her…or maybe I could.
"Mom, I need to go get something!" Lilly dashed the other way. Phew, that was a close one. Good call on her part.
"I don't know what has gotten into her." Tori shook her head.
My mom laughed and said, "Oliver, will you go get me some bread?"
"Sure, Mom."
I got the bread for my mom, but decided to wander around for a while before I put it in the cart, just incase Lilly was there. Bad choice again, 'cause soon I came face to face with the girl I kissed last night.
"I gotta get this bread back to my mom." I started walking the other way.
"Wait, Oliver!" I was hoping she'd forgotten about the kiss. Apparently, she hadn't.
I winced and turned around. "Yeah?"
"About last night…"
"Listen, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. I guess I was just…caught up in the moment." That was a lie. I had wanted to kiss her for the longest time. Not because I was "in a moment."
"Yeah…" Lilly nodded. "Um…yeah. Me too."
"So we're still cool…right?"
"Yeah, definitely." she said quietly.
"Is something else wrong?" I asked, noticing she was kind of sad.
She shook her head. "No…let's just get back to our moms." And we did. In silence. We said we were cool, but I had a feeling we wouldn't ever be the same again.