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Chapter 6: Orange Smoothie
"Lilly…" Oliver started.
"What?" I snapped. Why was I being so cranky? Does lack of food do that to you? "I mean what?" I said calmer.
"You want me to buy you a smoothie?" Oliver asked. I could just refuse, but that would make him even more suspicious. Maybe I could drink the smoothie…and then throw it up when I got home. Then he wouldn't be so suspicious.
"Sure...but a small one." I said, making him smile.
"Really?" he brightened up.
"Yes, I told you there's nothing wrong with me."
"Sweet. Sorry about questioning you before. I was just overreacting."
"I forgive you. Just lay off next time, Ok? I'd tell you if I needed help."
"Ok, Ok. I'm sorry."
"You should be." I smiled as we neared Rico's. "And now for my smoothie…"
"Orange?" he asked, also smiling.
"Of course." I gratefully took the smoothie that Jackson handed me and started drinking it. It was amazingly delicious.
"So, what happened to Miley?" Oliver asked Jackson.
"Well, my dad sent me out to get her because it was 2:00 and she still wasn't back. So I went to go find her…and boy did I find her. She was making out with some guy on the beach."
"Johnny." Oliver and I said.
"Yeah, so, now she's grounded for a week. She told me to tell you she's sorry if she kind of ditched you guys."
"Tell her it's fine and we had a good night anyway." I told him.
"What'd you guys do without your leader?" Jackson asked.
"What do you mean?" Oliver asked, giving Jackson money to get him a sandwich.
"Miley, she practically runs your lives." He handed the sandwich to Oliver.
"She does not!" I defended her.
"Yeah she does! I bet you she's the one who wanted to go the party, am I right?"
"Well yeah but-" Oliver started but Jackson cut him off.
"And she always picks where you guys go, what movies you see, and you only hang out at our house."
"But, Jackson, just because we agree with her doesn't mean she bosses us around."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. So what'd you guys do the whole time? 'Cause I'll yell at her if she dragged you there and then left you to be bored."
"I wasn't bored." Oliver smiled.
"Me neither. We played football, we danced, we-"
"With who?"
"What?"
"Who'd you dance with?" Jackson smiled, probably knowing what was coming. He always accused me of liking Oliver too.
"Well I don't know about Oliver, but I danced with a really sweet guy who is a pretty good friend of mine." I looked at Oliver who was grinning.
"What about you, Oken?"
"Oh, just some girl who has great best friend," Oliver joked, and I hit him playfully.
"You guys are weird." Jackson said, walking into the back of Rico's. We just laughed and walked away with our smoothie and sandwich.
"So, what do you wanna do?" Oliver asked.
"I don't know. What do you wanna do?
"I don't care." he said as we sat down. Thankfully my cell phone rang, breaking the silence.
"Hello?"
"Lilly!"
"Miley! Hey!"
"Lilly, I can't talk for long 'cause I'm not supposed to be on the phone, but I just need to ask you a huge favor."
"What is it?"
"Ok, there's a part two of Johnny's party tonight. Can you tell him that I'm grounded, and I'll try to sneak out but I don't know if I can?"
A part two? Wow that's crazy! "Yeah, I'll tell him."
"Thanks, Lil, you're a lifesaver. And B.T.W., don't think I didn't see you and Oliver dancing, you little whore!" she said laughing. Miley was just kidding about the whore part; don't think she really meant it.
I laughed. "Anyway! Are you and Johnny going out?"
"Yes!" she squealed.
"I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks, and I'm equally as happy for you and Oliver bye!" she hung up before I could defend myself.
"What'd she say?" Oliver asked.
"She said Johnny's party continued is tonight, and she wanted me to tell him that she's grounded, but she might sneak out."
Oliver laughed. "Typical Miley."
"Yeah, and at least we'll have something to do tonight."
"True," Oliver said. "But I wish we had something to do now."
"Me too."
"Lil?"
"Yeah?"
"You have a bug on you."
"Where!" I squealed, but I realized he was lying when he started laughing. "You're a little jerk." I laughed and slightly pushed him.
"Hey! You push me again, and I'll tickle you!"
"Oh, is that a threat?"
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." he smiled, and I pushed him again. He started tickling me and I was lying down now.
"Oliver!" I laughed, trying to get him off of me. I caught a glimpse of Amber and Ashley out of the corner of my eye. They looked at me angrily. Oliver turned to see what I was looking at, and glared at them when he saw. They immediately walked away. Just seeing them made me feel self-conscious, but I didn't bring a shirt to cover up my tankini.
"Oliver, give me your shirt!" I yelled, worried that everyone would see me.
"What? Why?"
"Please! I uh…don't wanna get sunburn."
"But it's cloudy, and you don't get sunburn…"
"Oliver, please!" He obeyed and took off his shirt. I put it on thanking him. I can't believe I talked myself into wearing something so revealing! I shouldn't even be wearing bathing suits at all! Oh, I'm an idiot. I can't wait to go home and throw up that smoothie.
"Lil, what's goin' on? You look scared."
"I-I need to go home. I need to run home."
"Why?"
"I just do." I said, too worried that everyone was staring at me to make up an excuse.
"Alright, well I'll run with you then, I guess. I have nothing better to do."
"K, let's go." I said and we began to run.
"So you wanna tell me what's going on?" he asked as we ran.
"I uh….I think I left the stove on at my house while I was making pancakes this morning." Wow, that was a good lie.
"Oh, Ok then." Oliver said as we ran.
I was so tired from running so much that morning, so I had to slow down. I had my hands on my knees, and I was breathing hard.
"Lil, why don't you just call home and tell someone to turn it off?"
Why did he have to be so sensible? "They're all gone by now." That was true. My house was empty most of the day.
"Oh, well, don't tire yourself out. I'm sure you turned it off. We can walk there."
No, running burned more calories. But I just couldn't run anymore. "Alright, let's walk." I gave in. We arrived at my house before long and went straight to the kitchen.
"See, it's not on." Oliver said.
"Guess I was worried for nothing." I shrugged and he chuckled.
"So now that we're shielded from the sun, can I get my shirt back?"
"Umm…yeah…" I said. I took off his shirt and quickly threw it at his face and ran up the stairs before he got a chance to see me.
"Where are you going?"
"I need clothes!" I shouted from upstairs. I ran into the bathroom and left the sink running. I needed to make myself throw up…but man was I grossed out. "Come on, Lilly, Oliver's waiting." I whispered to myself. I just kept thinking of Amber and Ashley and finally, I made myself throw up. It was disgusting! But it's worth it. I flushed the toilet and brushed my teeth. Then I ran out of the bathroom and put on a shirt of my own.
"I'm back. Sorry I took so long, I couldn't find the shirt I was looking for." I was getting good at thinking on my toes.
"It's alright." Oliver yawned, lying on the couch with his arm dangling over the edge.
"Why you so tired?" I kneeled on the floor right next to him.
"I didn't get a lot of sleep last night."
"Why?"
"I was thinking too much."
"About what?"
"Just things…"
"Things like what?" I smiled at him.
Oliver shrugged, also smiling. "Well why are you tired? You have dark circles under your eyes."
"I do?"
"Yeah," he nodded. So I was tired, big deal.
I shrugged. "I'm always tired. So what do you wanna do?"
"Take a nap."
"Good idea." I agreed. "Except I'm not allowed to have boys over while no one's home."
"Good point." he laughed, getting up. "Wanna come over? And then take a nap?"
I laughed too. "Yes, I do."
"Sweet, let's go." Oliver and I walked next door. "Nap time." he stated, taking off his shirt and dropping onto the couch. I fell into a big comfy chair.
"Goodnight!" I said laughing.
"Night." he laughed.