Sweet Girlfriend of Mine, Chapter 4
Lilly arrived early at school the next morning. She had to finish up her science project. It was cool to find the high school completely empty. She sat at a computer and turned it on. She looked around while waiting. It was still dark outside. She had a strange feeling. Some kind of excitement, mixing with apprehension.
Her eyes stopped on the table next to hers. Something was written on it: ''Miley Loves Lilly.''
''Oh my god!'' Lilly exclaimed. She looked for a tissue in her pocket and tried to wipe it away. If Miley found out someone knew about them, she was going to freak out. Of course, Lilly had no idea that, not even SOMEONE knew about them, but the ALL school did, and that Miley was already freaking out.
She finally erased everything.
''Hopefully, nobody will have seen that...''
She didn't really care that a person could know about them. She was actually cool with it. She was just afraid that Miley would leave her if the school was starting to look at them.
Lilly shrugged. No need to worry about it anymore. The evidence has been destroyed! She smiled to herself and started to work on her project.
''So, any idea who did it?'' Becca asked to Miley.
Oliver, Becca and Miley were at the Library. There, they were sure Lilly couldn't find them. They have never been there before, until today. Lilly would have no idea to look for them here...
''Nooo... They are so many students here! Anybody could have done it !''
''What about those who don't like you ?'' Oliver asked.
Becca and Miley stared at him.
''Come on Miley, you know you're not the popular kind of girl...''
''Yeah, I know. But thanks for reminding me...!''
''Come on guys, lunch's almost over. We should get back to class.'' Becca said, trying to ease everyone.
''What about Ashley or Amber?'' Oliver kept going.
''No... They can't be that vicious.''
''Rico?''
''No, he couldn't have attached the poster on my locker, he's too small...''
''What about Jake? You left him for Lilly.''
Miley thought for a second. Jake could be responsible, but she doubted it. He was a nice guy. He would never do something like that.
''Maybe it's someone we don't even know...'' Becca noticed.
''All I know is that we have to figure out quickly who that is, because this person has the original picture... Otherwise, this could keep going forever.''
''Hey! Where have you been? I've been looking for you all morning!'' Lilly exclaimed. Miley was at her locker, putting stuff in her bags.
''I was with Oliver and Becca. Just needed to work on something.''
Lilly was totally satisfied by Miley's explanation, but she didn't say anything.
''So, I gotta go to class. Do you wanna hang out after school?'' She asked casually.
''No, I can't.'' Miley answered.
Lilly was disappointed but not surprised by her girlfriend's answer. She already knew Miley would say no somehow.
''Kay... Busy?'' She asked, pretended to not be hurt by Miley's behavior.
''Yeah...'' Miley said without looking at her.
''Ok... Well, I'll see you... ?''
''Sure...'' Miley vaguely said.
Lilly stared at Miley for a while. Miley's head was buried in her locker, desperately trying to avoid eye contact with her.
''Wow, I bet even Gary the geek is not that close to his locker...'' She said before leaving.
Miley got her head out and watched Lilly walking away. She sighed. Why did she have to be this way?
Lilly was sitting outside the school, reading a book. Her next class was in an hour.
''Hey stranger...'' She heard someone say. Miley.
''Hey.'' Lilly answered continuing reading.
''Lilly, I want to apologize for what happened earlier.'' Miley said sitting down next to her.
''Kay.'' Lilly simply said, still holding on the her book.
''Are you gonna look at me?''
''Don't know. Are YOU gonna look at me? Unless you want my book to hide your face...'' Lilly said sarcastically.
Miley sighed. ''Ok, I deserve this.''
''Yeah, you do Miley.'' Lilly said, straightened up.
''I'm really sorry.''
Lilly sighed. ''I know you are... What's going on with you?''
''Still the same thing I guess.''
''The lesbian thing?''
''Sshhh'' Miley exclaimed, looking around them, checking for any indiscreet students.
''Relax Miley, there's no one around.''
This is what we thought in that classroom, and look what happened, Miley thought to herself.
''So, we're good?'' Miley asked.
''Well, I think that's up to you.''
''What do you mean?''
''I mean. You're the one having doubts. You're the one questioning everything we have...''
Miley didn't answer.
''I think we're good.'' she finally said. Did she mean it? She didn't know.
''Okay...'' Lilly said, but she could felt Miley's hesitation. She stood up, and put her book in her backpack. ''Come on, we have English now. We're gonna be late.''
Miley followed her inside the school. They had to walk pass their lockers. And this is when Miley saw it. There was something sticked on Lilly's locker. Even if she couldn't see exactly what it was because they were too far, she knew what was on it. Lilly and she, kissing. So much for keeping it a secret from Lilly, Miley thought to herself.
''What is that?'' Lilly asked pointing at her locker.
''I... I.. Don't know. But listen Lilly, I think we should take the stairs over there, because it's shorter.'' Miley said, panic stricken. She wanted to distract Lilly from seeing the picture.
''Miley, our class in on this floor... No need to take the stairs...''
Lilly kept walking to her locker, so that she could perfectly see what it was...
Miley stopped and watched the scene. What was Lilly going to do? How was she going to react? She stood still, holding her breath.