A Love Like This

Chapter 2

Okay, so I lied. The whole story isn't just going to be in Lilly's point of view. Every even numbered chapter is going to be written in Oliver's Point of View.

So, this is the first Oliver chapter. Its set later in the day, the same day Lilly and Max started going out.

Humming. That's what should have tipped me off first. Max was freakin' humming.

As soon as he got home from wherever he was, some Michael Jackson song was all that could be heard from him. Yes, friggin MICHAEL JACKSON.

"Mom, I'm going out really quick." Max called from the front door. This was his second time going out in two hours. What. The. Hell. Not even he's that sociable.

"But we're about to eat dinner." My mom whined.

"I know, but I have to meet my girlfriend somewhere really fast."

That was when all hell broke loose. Anyssa, who's ten and kinda stupid, started choking on her own spit. My dad spit his diet coke all over the new tablecloth. My mom dropped the pan of potatoes and started yelling…um…choice words loud enough for the neighbors to hear. Then my youngest sister, Cicely, who's five, said "Someone wants to date Max? Ewwy!!!"

Max was too stupid to understand what everyone was making a big deal about. "What?" He turned his head to the side, like a confused dog.

"You have a girlfriend? I thought you ruled out girls since Diana Olsen stood you up." Anyssa had managed to swallow her saliva and talk again.

"Hey, she didn't stand me up, she just didn't show. And anyway, this girl is way hotter than Diana." He looked smug. I wanted to grab something totally repulsive and stuff it in his stupid-ass face.

"Well are you going to tell us her name son?" My dad asked while slowly mopping up the diet coke mess.

Max smiled, looked at me for a quarter of a second, and answered "Lilly Truscott."

If I thought it was hell before, this was something far worse. It wasn't loud though. The opposite actually.

Then, with a quivering voice, I asked "You're going out with Lilly?"

Max smiled and nodded.

"But I thought she was dating Oliver." My dad blubbered.

"For the last freakin' time dad, no." I wanted to yell.

"Well maybe if you weren't such a wuss you would have asked her out by now." Anyssa muttered

"I'm not a wuss." I argued.

"Well if you guys don't mind, I have to meet Lilly at the beach." Max tried to sneak away.

"No, sit." Max was older than me and taller, but I was stronger and he knew it. He obeyed.

"Why would you ask Lilly out? She's my best friend and if you two break up then it'll make things awkward between us." I stood above him, looking down.

"Well you said I could. And things are already awkward between you two." He insisted.

"No they aren't. And when did I say that?" I asked, sure that Max was lying.

"When I told you I liked her." Max said.

I thought back to that day a few months ago and vaguely remembered saying something similar. "Damn." I muttered

"So, can I go?" He asked. I nodded. He walked, but turned before he left. "Oliver, don't be jealous, kay?" He asked.

I knew he was teasing, but for some weird reason it made me even angrier than I already was. "Just friggin leave." I said. He, once again, obeyed and left.

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The clock next to my bed read 9:30 pm, nearly four hours since Max left.

"Oliver?" Anyssa's voice came from behind me.

"What Nyss?" I knew I was grouchy but didn't care at that point.

"Max wants to talk to you." She held the house phone out to me.

"What?" I barked into the phone.

"Will you cover for me?" Was all I heard.

"What?" I asked again, but softer than before.

"Will you cover for me?" He repeated.

"What do you mean?" He was making me mad. I'm not nice when I'm mad, just like Hulk.

"I'll be home after curfew so will you trick mom and dad that I'm home?"

"Tell me why I should." I growled into the phone.

"Because I'm dating your best friend and I can dump her anytime I want." Damn him.

"Fine." I hung up, hating my brother at the moment.

I'm not sure why he was being such an ass-hole, but I knew Lilly deserved someone better than him. He was using her as a threat to make me do stuff that I really don't wanna do.

"Honey, would you go check if Max is home?" I heard my mom ask my dad. I was half relieved, half nervous. Relieved because my mom was the brains of the family and my dad might not notice that I was filling in for Max, but worried that I might still get caught.

I ran down the hall to Max's room with just enough time to hop in the bed, face away from the door, and pretend to be asleep.

My dad walked into the messy room, quietly stepping over the crap on the floor. I could feel a little bit of the hallway light being blocked by his figure. "Aww, little Maxwell." I almost made a face, but remembered I was supposed to be sleeping. I could choose my name any day over Maxwell.

He kissed my, er, Max's head and left the room. I jumped up and raced to my room, skillfully avoiding my father's kinda sorta fat figure walking down the stairs.

I sighed in relief and walked to my room, not ready to fall asleep but more ready to just lay there.

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"Oliver, I need for you to run these over to the new neighbor's house." It was 8 AM on a Saturday morning and my mom was not happy.

"Why can't Max do it?" I whined like a three year old.

My mom gave me her signature Look and answered "Because he's off with Lilly again. Now go!" She handed me a plate of something brown that didn't look very appetizing and almost pushed me out the front door.

I stumbled down the walkway until I regained my footing and walked to the house on our left side. Lilly and her family used to live there until her parents got a divorce and neither could afford the house anymore. For about a year it was empty. Dusty and empty.

I walked up the driveway to the front door. I pulled a piece of dark hair out of my eye and rang the doorbell. I looked down at the doormat. It was one of those cheesy ones that said "The Martin's"

Not too long after, a girl about my age answered. She smiled and said "Hi."

"Um, hi. We're your new neighbors and my mom wanted to give you these." Damn, I was never good at these introduction things.

"Thanks." She said and took the plate. She looked down at the unidentifiable substance.

"You don't have to eat it. My mom's cooking sucks so I'd warn you not to eat anything she brings over." I decided to give a little bit of advice. She was pretty hot and I don't want her to die at the hands of my moms cooking.

"I'll keep that in mind." She laughed. "I'm Alexia, but everyone calls my Lexie."

"I'm Oliver but most people call me Oliver."

She laughed again. I liked her laugh. It was like a cross between a bell and a piano, as weird as that sounds.

"Do you go to the high school up the road?" She asked and pointed in the (completely wrong) direction.

"Yep. Ninth grade." I nodded knowing my hair was flying everywhere at the same time.

"Oh! Me too!" Lexie clapped once excitedly.

"Well, I have to get back home and help my mom with some chores, but I'll see you around?" I asked.

"I hope so." She said and closed the door as I walked away.

In a weird kinda way, she reminded me of Lilly. Well, a Lilly with brown hair and hazel eyes. Then I remembered I couldn't really be friends with Lilly anymore because of Max and his ass-hole-ish ways.

Before I disappeared into my own house, I took a look at the Martin's residence. Something about Alexia Martin made me miss Lilly so much, I wanted to cry. SO that's what I did, run up to my room and cry.

SO, that's the second chapter. I worked a week on these 5 pages!!! I know, I'm pretty pathetic, but whatever.

Anyway, as much as I hope everyone enjoyed it, I would LOVE some more reviewers. So, could everyone do me a favor and tell people or something that would make this story more popular? I would love you all forever if you did.

Anyway, reviews are much appreciated.

Love ya lots,

LoliverJileyTroyellaFan