I am really messing with the space time continual right now, but just deal. And here is the last chapter of Goodbye Lilly?
She could see him in the moonlight. He was absentmindedly swinging back and forth on a swing meant for a child half his size. She smiled as she quietly walked toward him.
He had no idea what she was here to do. Hell, he didn't know she was here at all.
His headphones were in his ears, his new favorite song coming through the earpiece.
There's a whisper in the air you breathe underneath the sky tonight there's a piece of you inside my
Heart that runs to deep to describe
And your so much more than wonderful so much more than I can see and I could spend forever hoping you'd
Be here with me
When the world leaves me so winded and with nothing left to say there's an Angel in your voice that tells
Me everything's okay
She had a whole monologue prepared for this moment, but she chose to do something else.
"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out…"
His back went rigid at the sound of her voice. Slowly he turned around.
"Lilly…"
She continued to move closer to him. He stood up, but he was frozen in his tracks.
"… I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your cologne on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
He walked up to her and slowly reached a hand toward her face to wipe a tear from her cheek. She giggled at his touch.
"If I ever say anything that stupid ever again, please don't listen to me."
"If I ever try to leave again, please, don't let me go."
"Believe me; I'm never making that mistake again."
They both smiled before falling into each other's arms. He let stray kisses fall on her cheeks, her jawbone, and her lips. Her face was burning at the slight touch of his lips on her face. She had never enjoyed a feeling so much.
Soon, she took his face in her hands and forced him to kiss her on the lips. He did excitedly, made even more passionate by their separation.
After a few moments, he pulled away, and much to her amusement, started pinching himself. After a few seconds she took his hand to force him to stop.
"What are you doing?" She said as she ran her finger along the marks he had made.
"I don't want to fool myself into thinking this is real if it's only a dream. I don't want to lose you again", he said, watching her finger move up and down his arm.
Her hand reached up to stroke his cheek.
"Oliver, I love you. I'm never leaving you. Never again, Ollie."
"Say that again", he said, smiling.
"I love you, Oliver. I am completely heels over head for you."
He smiled and spun her around. She started giggling uncontrollably. He set her back on the ground but couldn't stop smiling.
"You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that!" he said, giving her another quick kiss.
She looked up into his eyes.
"Why did it take me so long to realize…?"
"Maybe I was just a frog in a sea of princes."
"No maybe you were the only frog prince in a sea of regular, formaldehyde grade frogs from Biology class. Maybe I just wasn't ready to try and kiss you."
She went up on her toes and pecked his lips.
"Now I am."
They stared dreamily into each other's eyes before Oliver hit himself on the forehead.
"Oh, I almost forgot something. I need to call Miley and Scott. I need to tell them about…us"
He stared at her another moment with his hand hovering over the send button. Then he smiled.
"Or maybe we could surprise them."
He pushed the button and held the phone to his ear, hold his free hand over her mouth so she couldn't laugh. She licked his hand in amusement and he wiped it on his pants, smiling, before recovering her mouth.
"Hey, Scott?...Yeah…Can you and Miley get down to the beach?...Oh, she is?...The Princess Bride?...Oh, well, Lilly hasn't called me back and I don't think I can drive home…No, I'm not drunk…Can you just get here?...Okay, see you in a few."
Scott hung up the phone and turned back to his companion.
"I think our plan backfired."
"Was that him?"
He stood up and turned off the T.V.
"Yeah, we need to go get him. He's at the beach. I think he's having another nervous breakdown."
"Maybe we should have just left him in his fantasy."
"I guess we'll find out", Scott said, taking the keys to the truck and calling to his dad that he was taking the car.
They drove along the beach, trying to find his lone figure. Scott parked after seeing him sitting, facing the dark ocean, near the old playground they had used when they were kids.
They slowly walked toward him, bracing themselves for a similar sight to the one they witnessed almost two weeks ago. But they came upon a completely different sight.
Oliver was sitting, facing the ocean, holding Lilly in his arms. They were both smiling.
"Hey guys", Lilly said, looking up at them.
"Yeah, what are you guys doing here?"
"Oliver Oscar Oken, you failed to mention this over the phone."
"Must've slipped my mind. We've been a little occupied", he said, bending down and kissing Lilly on the forehead.
"Please tell me you guys are together now?" they both nodded without looking up.
"Oh good, then I can concentrate on something else", Scott turned around to face Miley, who had managed to stay quiet the entire time. She looked up at him, wondering what he was about to say.
"Miley, for the past two weeks, you and I have been attached at the hip. Between trying to get these two chuckleheads together, and hiding from them, somewhere in the last two weeks…" he paused and took her hand "…I fell for you."
Miley stood there speechless so Scott continued.
"I know that I'm leaving for college at the end of the year, and I know that maybe the last two weeks were just an adventure for you. I know that you may think of me the same way that you think of Oliver, just a plain donut. But, I'm saying this, just because there's that chance that you may see my cream filling, maybe you can see what's inside of me and see that you like me too."
Miley was still speechless, but decided to do something before he walked away, most likely heartbroken. She kissed him.
After a few moments, they heard a soft chorus of 'Awwwww….' from a certain shaggy haired demon. Scott kicked him, refusing to be interrupted.
After a few more moments, they broke apart.
"Oliver, I hope you can drive, because I'm gonna drive Miley home. See you later."
He didn't wait for an answer before walking away, his arm around her waist.
"Wow, didn't see that coming", Oliver said as he kissed Lilly's hair. It smelled like strawberries.
"Should I take you to your dad's?" he asked, letting his arm graze her side.
She laughed, both from his statement and the way he was tickling her.
"Actually I don't know where I'm staying. My dad still doesn't know that I'm back in Malibu."
"That could cause a problem"
"Adam gave me $500. I guess I could check into a hotel."
"No", he said, holding onto her tighter. "I don't trust you alone in a hotel. You're coming home with me."
"Will your parent's really let me stay overnight?"
"They always have, haven't they?"
"I guess, but everything just feels so different now. It's all so new."
"I know. But I wouldn't change it for the world."
"Me neither", she said, pulling him to his feet. They shared another long kiss before walking back toward the Jeep.
He picked up her duffel bag, which had been placed under the rusty slide hours ago, and slung it over his shoulder.
They drove home in a comfortable silence; each thinking about the other. When they got home, they quietly snuck up to Oliver's room.
They changed in the dark, Oliver into pajama pants and Lilly into one of his shirts and a pair of his boxers. The fact that she had been in such a rush that she forgot to pack pajamas contributed to her clothing choice.
Oliver smiled. He could get used to her wearing his clothes.
They both crawled into bed and clung to each other, never wanting to be apart again.
The sun shone through the window and across his face. Lilly watched as his chest rose and fell.
It had taken her a few seconds when she woke up to remember where she was. But then she felt his strong arms around her waist and relaxed. She had been like this for almost twenty minutes, just lying here, watching him sleep.
"Hey there beautiful", he said, his eyes slowly opening.
"Hey there yourself", she answered, pinching his butt to wake him up.
He playfully kissed her nose before softly kissing her lips.
"Do you still love me?" he asked.
"Only if you still love me"
"That's good, because I'm going to love you forever."
"Then forever it is."
K, guys, that was it. I hope you liked it.The song is by Eleventyseven, it's called 'Here with Me'. The quote is from When Harry Met Sally, and there is a link on my profile. The next part of the story is going to be a sequel called 'Teaching Me to Fly'. It's a lyric from another song by Eleventyseven. I kind of wanted to be able to totally break away from the Zoey 101 storyline, and this is my way of doing it. So watch out for it in the next couple of days!
