a/n-annnd here is the long awaited chapter 13. and its a little longer then most of the chapters i put up, so i hope u guys dont mind. hehe enjoyy
Chapter 13: Say It
"How can you be suspended?" my mom yelled.
"I'm sorry! I had to punch the kid! He literally was asking for it!"
"That's no excuse. Now I know sitting home all day is boring, and plus you have detentions all week so I won't punish you. But no more fights, Ok?"
I nodded. "Ok."
The next day went by so extremely slow. My parents were off at work, my friends at school, and there was nothing on TV. I tried to fall asleep, but I just wasn't very tired. Fortunately, at exactly12:34, my cell phone rang. I smiled at the name on my called ID. It read 'Lil'.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Oliver," she answered, using her cell phone in the bathroom during lunch period. "How are you?"
"Extremely bored, how 'bout you?"
"I'm alright. It's boring without you here, though."
I smiled at this. "Anything dramatic or fun that I missed today?"
"Not really. Oh wait! Miley told off Amber and Ashley, and Jake backed her up! It was amazing to watch them get shut down. And also, Chad came to school with a bandage on his nose!"
I laughed. "I guess I hit him pretty good, huh?"
She giggled. "Yeah you did. But anyway I gotta go finish my lunch. You want me to stop by after school and bring you the all the work we did and the homework we have?"
"Yeah, thanks, that'd be great."
"K, I'll see you later."
"Oh, wait. Remember when you said you had to tell me something?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, is it something bad? 'Cause if you're in trouble or something I wanna know."
"Oh no, it's nothing like that, but thanks for caring."
"K, just checking. See you later."
"Bye," she said and hung up.
I don't know what time it was, but soon I fell asleep. I woke up to the doorbell ringing. I drowsily walked over to the door, stumbling over my feet. Before opening the door, I looked in the mirror right beside it and fixed my hair, knowing that Lilly was on the other side of the door.
"Hey, Lil," I greeted, opening it. "Come on in."
"Hey," she said. She plopped down on the couch right next to me and sighed. "What a long day!"
"Tell me about it." I replied, leaning back on the couch.
"But, we didn't get a lot of homework. Here ya go." she took my work out of her backpack and gave it to me.
"Thanks," I said, setting the work on the coffee table.
Lilly sighed. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Well, you know…you could stay…I mean if you want." I offered.
"Ok, thanks." she nodded and remained seated. Just then her cell phone rang.
"Ugh!" she groaned.
"What?"
"It's Chad! He asked me to be his girlfriend today! He's creeping me out, and I don't want him calling me!" she explained and ignored the call. I cringed at the thought of him liking her. In a minute, he called again.
"Here, I'll talk to him." I offered, taking the phone from her. "Hello?"
"Who's this?" Chad asked, confused.
"The guy who beat you up." I smiled.
"Oken!" he yelled into the phone. "What are you doing with Lilly's phone?"
"You're creeping her out! Why don't you just stay away from her?" I ignored his question.
"You don't own her; I can call her whenever I want."
"Yeah well she doesn't like you!" I told him.
"Oh and you think she likes you?"
"More than she likes you at least!"
"Shut-up and give the phone to Lilly."
"No, I don't want you talking to her." I ended it and hung up.
"Thank-you so much, Oliver. You're a life-saver.
"If he ever bothers you again, let me know, Ok?" Lilly looked down, like she was hiding something. "Lil? What is it?"
"It's nothing…today he just did something that I didn't like."
"Besides asking you out?" I asked. She nodded. "So what was it?"
"He…he grabbed my butt and tried to kiss me. And he won't stop following me around!"
"He what?" I asked, getting protective again.
"It's nothing, Oliver."
I stood up, on a mission, and walked out the door.
"Oliver! Oliver, stop!" Lilly ordered, following me. But I didn't stop. "Oliver, what are you gonna do?"
I walked to Chad's house, which wasn't that far away, and knocked hard on the door.
"Oliver, what are you doing?" Lilly asked, now standing next to me. "Please don't do anything you're gonna get in trouble for."
Chad came out a few seconds later, and immediately I punched him in the eye. "Oliver!" Lilly yelled, trying to hold me back.
I pinned Chad up against the brick wall of the house. "Listen, creep. Don't you ever touch Lilly ever again. Don't go near her, don't look at her, and don't even think about her, got it?" Chad shot death glares at me, but didn't answer. So I pushed him up harder against the wall, making him wince in pain. "I said, got it?"
"Yes," Chad got out and I let him go.
"Good. Now apologize."
"Whoa, Chad never apologizes." he said cockily.
"Now!" I pushed him.
"Sorry." he said flatly. I was about to leave when Chad gave a good punch to my own eye.
I swung my arm back to hit him back, but Lilly grabbed it. "Just walk away!" she hissed.
I wanted so badly to hit him just once more, but Lilly held my shoulders and turned me around. "You do it again and you're dead!" I yelled over my shoulder as I was walking away.
Chad just glared back at me. I really hated that kid.
"Oliver, I so appreciate what you did for me. It's probably the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me. So thanks. But you honestly didn't have to hit him."
"Yeah I did, Lil." I said simply. For some reason, she smiled at this. "What?"
"You're amazing, Oliver."
Whoa, where did that come from? "Really?" I smiled. "Cool. Thanks."
"I don't know what I'd do without you."
I shrugged. "I had to do it."
"Why? Any other guy would have just yelled at him."
I shrugged once more. "That wouldn't be enough. Plus, well…"
"Well what?" she seemed eager.
"Well…you're my best friend. I needed to."
"Yeah…well thanks. You're a great friend."
Too bad that's all I'll ever be. "Well you know, I do what I can." I smiled, and so did she.
"Oliver…" she started to say, her smiling fading a little.
"Yeah?" I asked curiously.
"I…I have to tell you something."
"You can tell me anything, Lil."
She sighed. "Then I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I…"