&&:: Chapter Two ::&&

She's cold and she's cruel but she knows what she's doing

Lilly Truscott, a.k.a my little sister's best friend, a.k.a Seaview High's newest junior varsity cheerleader, a.k.a Lola, a.k.a the girl of my dreams.

She beams as she sits beside Miley, her arms warped around her newest boo as she sits in his lap. Her blue eyes stand out today because of the blue and white face paint she has applied to her round face, the words GO PIRATES and little stars decorate her skin. Her blue, black, and white cheerleading uniform fits snug on her body-And I think back to a time when she had no curves, and definitely had no beaus.

"That was a great game" is all I can say, because if I would have let myself continue to talk I'm sure the green eyed monster would have told Lilly to stop whispering things in whats-his-face's ear.

"Dude, I know!" Oliver jumps in, saving my tail, as he sits beside my little sister-He and whats-his-face are still in their Seaview Pirate's football jerseys, "I was running and when Jake caught the ball I know we had won. Those tigers didn't stand a chance in hel-"

"Oliver!" Miley cut him off, "What did I tell you about usin' that type of language?""

Oken lowers his head, "Not to"

We all burst out laughing, including Oliver as his beet red cheeks are glow with humiliation. He's still the Miley-obessed-Oliver-Oken he once was, but in my words-She's got him in check.

She pushed me in the pool at our last school reunion

"I'm just glad we won. That last minute, when I caught the ball, I didn't know if I'd be able to make the touch down before the time was up" Jake Ryan said, drawing attention onto his pretty boy zombie slayer football star self. Lilly beamed as she whispered something in his ear again, and he laughed.

She now is looking at me-With that damned seductive look in her eyes-before she opens those bubble gum lip glossed lips to say,

"I think I'm going to go home," she paused to fake a yawn, "I am SO tired."

Jake offered a small smile to the rest of us, faking a yawn as well, "Me too. We'll see you guys this weekend right?"

Miley, and Oken nod. I just sit there, glaring at the voted best couple Lilly and Jake who were now getting heading towards the door. It made me sick.

Cheerleader with football player, how original? What about me though huh? What about the cheerleader's best friend's brother-How does he fit into the fairy tale cliché life?

She laughs at my dreams but I dream about her laughter

I wonder if she knows how much I love her, or if she just does hurtful things like going out with whats-his-face one week and then moving on to another the next.

"We're going to go too. Hannah has a concert tonight" Miley said as she stood up, waiting for Oliver to drop a twenty onto the table to pay for the massive amounts of pizza littering the table, "I'll see you at home later"

I nodded and watched as my sister and her boyfriend left to get ready for her show at the Convention center, leaving me with my pathetic thoughts of Lilly.

Damn Jake Ryan. Damn every other whats-his-face that Lilly has ever dated. Damn them all.

I put down a half eaten slice of pizza, and begin towards the exit-Thoughts of her haunting me. It's like I can't get her out of my head.

She laughs about the tad bit of my dreams I'll tell Miley-But if only she knew I dream about her laughter.

Strange as it seems she's the one I'm after

I've known her for nearly most of my life, since we moved to Malibu when I was thirteen and little Miley was ten.

Does that make me a pedophile to think of a girl that's nearly three years younger than me-A girl I've known since she lost her two front teeth right before Christmas and so innocently sang "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" caroling with dad and Miles, huh?

I just hope that punk Ryan keeps his filthy hands to his self.