Wow. Thank ya guys so much. This chap is really short but I needed to fit this part in somehow. Enjoy!
Miley and Lilly both huddled up under a blanket in front of the cackling fire. All of the other girls were sound asleep in the bunk rooms. Except for them. Around two am they both trudged out of their bunks and relaxed on the couch.
Lilly sighed. "Miles, I just wish I knew what was going on. I'm glad they're both okay, but what if this happens again? Since nobody knows what the fight was about, there's no way anyone can stop it."
Miley took a deep breath. She was playing with the corner of the blanket. She had been avoiding this converstaion all day. All through lunch and supper, and all through free time. "Lilly, I know. Nathan told me what happened. But I don't think you're gonna like it."
Lilly looked a little scared. Her brows furrowed together and she bit her lip. "What?" She said softly, almost like she was afraid to ask.
"They were fighting over you." Miley said quickly before she could change her mind. "Jake called you something that made Oliver mad, so he punched him."
"What did he say?" The worry had left Lilly's eyes, but it was replaced by hurt. Miley could just see the tears welling up behind those pale blue eyes.
"Lil, it's not important." Miley insisted. She shook her head back and forth to try to prove it. "The important thing is that everyone is fine and no one was seriously hurt."
"It must be bad then, if even my best friend can't tell me." Lilly let a tear roll down her cheek. "You know I'd tell you, no matter how mean or nasty or hurtful it was."
The old guilt trip. Lilly was a master at using guilt to get something out of anyone. Miley had to smile a little in spite of everything she just said.
"If I tell you, you just have to know that it isn't true. I mean, look at who said it. Jake, of all people." Miley somehow knew that something would happen if she told Lilly. But that's not what she was afraid of. She was afraid of what might happen if she didn't.
Lilly nodded, her eyes glazing over a little as she stared into the fire. She was bracing herself for the worst.
"Jake was talking to Nathan about who he was going to 'go for' now that I broke up with him. Jake told Nathan that he would try you next. He said you were just the way he liked girls." Miley couldn't bring herself to finish. She started twiddle her thumbs.
"Miles. It's not like I'll get mad at you for it so just tell me." Lilly prodded, though by the sound of her voice Miley knew that Lilly was unsure of what she had just said.
"He called you a slut."
Lilly shook her head a little. She cracked a little smile. "Oliver, Oliver..."
Miley scrunched up her nose, her signature 'confused' look. "Huh?"
Lilly laughed. "Oliver punched Jake because of that? What an idiot."
Now Miley laughed. "Yeah, I guess its kinda strange. But still, Jake had no right to say that. It's so not true and just plain mean."
The two sat in silence for a few minutes, each re-living the past few days' events over in their heads. Miley couldn't believe that Oliver had gotten in a fight, with, of all people, Jake. Lilly, on the other hand, was just replaying the time in the hospital. They weren't allowed to see Oliver, so she and Miley just had to sit there anxciously awaiting news about his condition.
"Do you hear that?" Lilly asked, sitting up on the couch a little straighter.
"Hear what?" Miley said, though she sat up too.
"Somebody's whispering. And the're not very good at it," she added. She got up and crossed the room on her tiptoes. Miley pulled the blanket up farther around herself. When Lilly got up she had let cold air into her little blanket-cacoon.
Lilly stuck her head into the bunk room. She heard the whispering was coming from Amber and Ashley's bunk. Perfect.
"...Believe we did that?" Amber whispered.
"I know. Did you hear they broke up?" Ashley answered.
"No way! Well now that he's in the hospital and done with that geek maybe we can get him." Amber said.
"Uhh we? Don't you mean ME?" Ashley giggled.
Lilly couldn't listen anymore. So they were the reason everybody knew what Jake asked her. And now they were gonna try and get him for themselves... Great.
"Who was it?" Miley asked when Lilly sat back down.
"Um, it was nobody. Well, it was somebody, but they were just talking in their sleep." Lilly lied.
Miley shrugged. "Kay. Well I'm gonna go to bed now. Are ya coming?"
"Yeah just a minute." Lilly answered. She watched Miley go back to their bunk. Wow, how the tables have turned, Lilly thought. First Miley knew something she was keeping from Lilly, now Lilly has something she is keeping from Miley. Lilly sighed and collapsed onto the couch. Oh the drama.