Hey guys', thank you so much for reading and reviewing also for understanding (about what happened to my old account, and yes boy does it stink). Well, not much left to say but thank you. Enjoy.
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The three friends went back to their old ways…kind of. They hung out, went to the beach, mall, everything that they used to do. Miley did her best to put on a happy face and keep her optimistic, upbeat attitude, but it still killed her inside. Lilly also had trouble. The kiss she had with Miley would not leave her mind, or Miley would not leave her thoughts at all; the blonde started to notice she would think and stare more at Miley, which left her uncomfortable when around Oliver and her. Oliver, however, was the same. He did not notice Miley's act or Lilly's uneasiness; he was just the same old Oliver.
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The three were at the beach, near Rico's, sitting at one of the tables. Lilly and Oliver were together, where Oliver was playing with Lilly's fingers, and Miley sat at the opposite side, watching. The flirty banter with the two made Miley feel like she got punched in the stomach, repeatedly.
Miley tried, did her best to move on. Guys would check her out, flirt with her, ask her out, but she never took interest. She would try and flirt back with a guy, but always ended up turning him away. She could not do it, for some odd reason when she did she always felt that she was cheating on Lilly, in some weird way, even though they were never together. She could not put herself to do it.
Miley started to feel like the third wheel, yet again, and made an excuse to leave the table for awhile. "Y-you guys' want something to drink?" Lilly and Oliver looked up at her, while she stood. Lilly and Miley locked eyes, and held the gaze, both feeling the electrical current passing through them. Lilly held her breath; she was taken away by Miley's vibrant blue eyes, much different then Oliver's soft brown, and turned away blushing and growing goose bumps.
Miley's throat constricted and she bit on her lower lip. She had been noticing Lilly acting differently around her. Could she be disgusted? And is only still her friend out of pity? Or is she starting to feel the same way? Both theories made Miley's heart race, one was totally good, the other totally bad. She did not want to lose Lilly, but she didn't think it was right if she was still her friend out of pity. But how could that be? They were both great friends. Either would go to the ends of the Earth for the other, but was it all one-sided? Did Miley care more for Lilly, then Lilly did for her?
Miley shook her head. Bad or good her and Lilly would always be neutral. Nothing more, and hopefully nothing less. "No thanks Miles, we're good." Lilly turned to look at Oliver, who answered for her. How did he know that she did not want something? Lilly opened her mouth to say something, but that something never came, so she let it go. Miley nodded her head and went off to Rico's to get something for herself.
Lilly sighed and drew her hands from Oliver's. He always had a tendency to be overprotective and show too much chivalry. "Oliver…" Oliver knew something was wrong the second Lilly let go of his hands and leaned back in her chair. Lilly always appreciated Oliver for everything he had done for her, but she liked being independent, she liked thinking for herself, running wild not on a leash. Oliver looked at her with nothing but concern in his eyes. "I-I think that…err…maybe we should lay off all the flirtatious stuff we have been doing around Miley. I mean it has to be uncomfortable for her, to readjust in all, with her having feelings for me, I think maybe it will be easier."
She changed her mind at the last second. She always knew Oliver meant well and that's what should count, right? Oliver smiled. "Yeah, sure Lilly, of course. Wow, I guess I never really thought about it I'm sorry," Oliver stretched out his arm and having one drape it across Lilly's shoulders, causing the blonde to smile slightly. "But since she is not here at the moment…"
"Shut up." Lilly leaned forward and kissed Oliver on his lips. They kissed for a few seconds before she pulled away, ignoring Oliver, and looking over at Rico's to where Miley was.
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"So you like surfers?" Miley rolled her eyes as she waited for her strawberry banana smoothie. This guy has been trying to pick her up for the last five minuets and for some odd reason he could not tell she was not interested.
"No." Her answer was plain and flat. She wanted as far away from this guy as she possibly could. He looked around for second trying to come up with another way to impress Miley. "Before you say another word," Miley turned to face him and pointed a finger at his chest. "I am and will never be interested in you, you...Mr. Person. I don't care what you are, who you are, what you lie about to impress me, it will never work, I just don't care okay?"
"O-okay well how about-"
Miley rolled her eyes and let out a frustrated moan. "No! Go away, I don't like you." This time attention was brought to them from everyone eating around at Rico's, making the boy's face turn red from embarrassment. He looked around and left a little while backing up, laughing slightly, then walking away all together. The worker was just finished making Miley's smoothie and handed it to her. "Finally."
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Across way Lilly noticed Miley and the other boy talking. She maneuvered awkwardly in her seat, as she kept her focus straight on Miley and that guy. Her jaw clenched and she gripped the sides of her chair tightly, causing her knuckles to turn white. She swallowed hard and noticed the burning sensation in her stomach and the dizziness in head.
"Lils?" Oliver sat forward in his seat and raised a hand in front of Lilly's face to get her attention. "Lils, you okay?" Oliver retrieved his hand before placing it on her shoulder, snapping Lilly from her thoughts. "You okay?"
"Wha-oh, yeah fine, great." Lilly swallowed again as her cheeks turned crimson. "I'm fine, thanks Oliver." Lilly kept her head down away from Oliver. She did not want him asking what was wrong with her; basically she did not know herself. What just happened? When she saw Miley and that guy her body went into a completely different mode. Was she possibly jealous? Jealous? What did she have to be jealous of? Guys hit on Miley all the time, what would make this one any different? When Lilly was sure her color turned back to normal she looked up to find Miley making her way back to the table, annoyed. "Everything alright Miles? What did that guy want?"
It was happening again. All the same feelings that Lilly had before were coming back. She gripped the side of the chair, this time for control, of whatever might happen. "Nothing, he just wanted to ask me out."
Miley said it as if it was nothing. "Oh…did you say yes?" Lilly suddenly grew incredibly shy. Did she want to know the answer? Why did she want to know the answer? Why did she care?
Miley laughed at Lilly's question and took at sip from her smoothie. "I would never." Lilly smiled and all her organs and nerves in her body calmed down. Lilly's attention turned back to Oliver as he started to play with her hand again, playing with her fingers, kissing them, and whispering things into Lilly's ear. Lilly shut her eyes. What did she just tell him? It was like he was doing this on purpose, like shoving it in Miley's face. Miley bit on her straw and looked away. Why did Oliver have to torture her? "I uh…um…gotta go; I'll see you guys' tomorrow."
Lilly snapped her eyes open and saw Miley heading for the rode. "Miley wait!" Lilly moved and accidentally took Oliver with her. Oliver not being prepared for that, left him a dead weight, and caused him and Lilly to fall in the sand. "Oh sorry Oliver." She stood up and took Oliver's hand in her own helping him up.
"It's okay Lils." Oliver let go of her hands and started to brush himself off. "Y-you want to go talk to her?"
Lilly nodded her head and already started to walk towards Miley, backwards. "Yeah I really do. Sorry Oliver, I'll see you later." Lilly ran forward and placed a kiss on Oliver's cheek before running off to find Miley.
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Hmmm…I guess I'll leave it there. Kind of boring I know, but I don't want it to get to long. I'll save that for the next chapter. :). So what do you think? Could Lilly actually like Miley? Was she jealous? What are they going to talk about? Till then. :).