Opening: Something More?
Disclaimer: I don't own Hannah Montana!(Wish I owned Mitchel Musso, however! ;)
A/N: Thanks to everyone who review my last chapter! And to anyone who reviews this chapter, hint hint, I must ask you; Have you ever heard any of Metro Station's songs? Cuz I gotta tell ya, they're awesome! My new fav band! ;And to top it off, Mason (Mitchel's older brother) is one of the lead singers along with Trace, Miley's brother!! I'm finished with my little spill so on with the story!
Previously...
"What the crap?" Lily asked..
"Looks to me that Jake walked in on Miles while she was in the nude."
"Well he told me where the bathroom was! He didn't say anything about there being any naked pop princesses in there!" Jake said defending himself.
"I told you where she was, Oliver! You have the attention span of a freaking goldfish!" Lily said, flailing her arms in the air.
"Sorry, dude." Oliver said patting Jake on the back the way guys do at times like these.
"It's okay. I didn't exactly hate it, if ya know what I mean!" Jake said hi-fiving Oliver.
"UGG!" Lily said, hitting Oliver in the shoulder. Lily walked off to go console Miley as Oliver and Jake harmonized,
"Girls." while they rolled their eyes.
Lily's POV
The shower incident was yesterday, so today was Saturday and I figured I'd take Oliver up on his offer to hang out-just the two of us. I pulled out my cell phone, deciding to text him.
What's up, Ollie? Wanna do somethin l8r?
Not a minute later, he responded.
I'm out with Joanie tryin to fin a tie and stiff 2 match her dress for prom. After that her parents wanna take us out to dinner, sry Lils. :(
'Eek!' I inwardly vomited. Once I was thinking clearly, I thought 'I wish he was out doing that with me!' 'Suck it up, Truscott! You can handle this!'
It's ok. I've got tons of homework anyway.
Okay, that was such a lie! It's like my last week of high school for crying out loud! We're doing practically nothing except practicing for graduation and stuff. 'But Oliver's not exactly the brightest crayon in the 64 pack with the sharpener...' I brought myself out of my reverie in time to not break out in tears.
Ok well ttyl then
L8r Smokin' Oken! lol!
I sighed to myself with a smile and picked up my acoustic guitar. What Miley had said really got to me, so I was up until 3 am this morning writing a song. I had finished about 2/3 of it. That little text conversation was enough momentum for me to finish it right now. It seems like the smallest things Oliver does, count just as much as the big things. I look round my room for inspiration. Noticing a shadow of a tree branch from outside my window, I pondered the meaning. How deep of me! Ha! If I hadn't been looking, I wouldn't have seen it. And no matter how small, it was beautiful in simplicity. This is definitely going in the song. Whenever I have a moment of intense philosophy, like I did just then, it need to be recorded or I won't remember later!
'Like shadows in a faded light,
Oh, we're invisible...'
Next! What small things about Oliver do I notice that Joanie probably doesn't even know exists? One thing that sticks out are his deep, yet soft eyes. I could look in them for days and just get lost in their simple beauty-the warm chocolate color with flecks of dark brown. Now I wish I could look inside those eyes and make him realize that Joanie doesn't really like him for him.
'I just wanna look in your eyes and make you realize...'
I wish I could telecommunicate the fact that Joanie doesn't fell for Oliver the way I do. She can't. I can see it in her eyes in the way she looks at him. Something along the lines of a piece of meat or something. But don't get me wrong, Oken is smokin' but that's not the reason I fell for him in the first place. I wish he'd get that through his head before he falls in love with her. They'd only been dating for a month when she asked him to prom! Unbelievable! Un-freakin-believable! I was going stag myself, but Miley was hoping Jake would ask her. Honestly, I wish I didn't have to go and see Oliver so nauseatingly happy with a girl that wasn't...ME! I put the palms of my hands over my eyes and laid back on my bed. I stayed in that position for what seemed like an hour, but was only twenty minutes.
"I'VE GOT IT!" I exclaim in triumph, hopping up and finishing the song. I played through it once to make sure it would flow and surprisingly it did! Yay for me! I picked up my phone to text Miley the good news.
What's up? Can I come over? I have to show you something!
Nothin much. Sure Lils. Come on over! :D
I hopped on my skate board and rolled over to Miley's. I walked in the door without knocking because, let's face it, I practically live here anyway. Miley was in the living room, watching TV. She turned it off when she heard me waltz in.
"So. What did ya want to show me?" Miley asked, truly excited.
"I wrote a song!" I replied happily.
"Really?! That was fast!"
"Yeah, but I had a sudden burst of inspiration and bam! There it was!"
"Well, what are you waiting for?! Play it!"
I walked over to one of her many guitars and picked one up along with a guitar pick. I sat down at the piano bench and played/sung the song for her. (A/N: Thought you'd get to see the lyrics, didn't you! Muahaha!) When I was finished, she just stared at me with her mouth slightly ajar.
"Uhh...Miley? Ya there?" I say, waving a hand in front of her face.
"Yeah, Lils! It's just, that was...AWESOME! And you wrote that in like 24 hours?!"
"Well when I have the right inspiration, it just kinda flows."
"He's gonna love it, ya know." Miley said, nonchalantly.
"Wait...what? I'm not playing this for him!"
"Yeah, you are! At my concert! You can both perform, and if this works out, you can both open for Hannah on my summer tour!"
"Woah, Miles! Isn't this a bit rash?"
"No! It's perfect!" Lily just sat in silent contemplation for a minute.
"Fine, I'll do it. I need something to do with my summer anyway."
"Yes!" Miley said and hugged Lily.
"Wait, what would your mom say?" Miley asked, with a sudden chance of mood.
"She's never home anymore anyway. She probably wouldn't notice that I was gone."
"Come on, Lils. Cut her some slack. She bou8ght you that fabulous and very expensive prom dress!"
"That's just it, Miles. She tries to buy me into loving her. She thinks that if she buys me expensive gifts, it'll make up for her never being there."
"I'm sorry, Lily."
"It's okay, Miley. I'm already pretty much grown up anyway. I can handle myself."
"What's Oliver think about all this?"
"He's really helped a lot, like when you're off on some out-of-town concert thing and I'm home alone on the weekends. He always comes over with a movie or something and keeps me company..."
"Aww! That's really sweet! What happened about tonight?"
"He out with, her. He's having dinner with her and her parents!"
"I'm sorry, Lils."
"Yeah..." I sighed.
"Actually, he hasn't done that since he started dating...Joanie!" I strained.
"I swear, she's got him wrapped around her frickin finger or something! I hardly ever see him anymore!"
"Well maybe you should talk to him about it."
"Oh, I don't know. But I can tell you that he's been acting different lately. He's not all happy and glowy. I really hat to see him like this and I just wanna make him happy again."
"Tell him that, not me."
"I probably would if she would ever let him out of her trap long enough! She lets you and a bunch of other girls talk to him , but with me she's like, protecting the kill or whatever!"
"Hey, Lils? I hate to interrupt you animal planet moment, but this is actually a good sign." Lily scrunched up her face in confusion.
"Huh?"
"She feels threatened. She knows how long you've know him and he probably talks about you non-stop when he' with her. So yeah, this is a very good sign!"
"Well if he talks about me non-stop, then why isn't he with me, instead of Phony Joanie?"
"He's a guy. Guys mature slower than girls and this means he's probably lacking the ability to differentiate physical attraction from true love."
"Have you been reading the dictionary again, Miles? I think I've lost you over to the genius side." Miley just rolled her eyes. She did have a point.
"But seriously. You're a genius with the whole boy trouble thing!" I say.
"I am aren't I!" Miley said and smiled cockily.
"I just wish it would work it's magic on Jake."
"He'll come around, Miles. I can see he's always trying to impress you." 'Duh!'
"Yeah..." Lily looked at her phone. 11:30.
"Crap!" Somewhere between singing my song, watching a re-run of Grey's Anatomy, and our little talk, hours had passed. My mom was sure to be pissed ninja style.
"Thanks for the advice, Miles. But I gotta go. Curfew was like, forever ago!" I say, hopping up and running out the door. In the process, I jumped on my skateboard and increased in speed.; When I reached my house I noticed my mom's car wasn't in the drive way. I breathed a sigh of relief and jogged up the steps, unlocked the door, then walked inside. I headed up to my room for some much needed rest. When I opened the door I almost screamed...Before I realized it was just Oliver sitting on my window bench. Her outburst caught his attention and he looked around.
"What's up, Lil-ay?"
"Just came back from Miley's. I thought my mom would be home, but I guess not..." I say, downcast.
"Well Ollie's here to take care of the loneliness factor." Oliver said with a smile. I smiled back.
"It sound kinda stupid when you call yourself Ollie. But thanks anyway. Haven't done this in...awhile..."
"About that, Lils. I'm sorry I've been so caught up with Joanie lately."
"It's okay, Oliver. I understand. Girlfriend comes before best friend." I said looking down at my feet.
"But she shouldn't..." Oliver replied almost in a whisper.
"Lily, you're my best friend! I've known you forever and she's just my girlfriend that I'm just starting to get to know."
"Just your girlfriend? Doesn't she mean more to you than that?"
"Well, in case you haven't noticed. that leash she has around my neck is starting to leave a rash. You wouldn't happen to have any baby powder I could borrow?" Oliver asked jokingly and I just had to laugh. 'At least he realizes it!'
"That isn't some kind of sick sexual innuendo is it?" I said, laughing harder.
"Eww! No!" Oliver said, putting his hand over his chest in mock offense. He hopped up from the seat and walked over to me. When he gets close enough, I whisper,
"In that case, you've got whip burn, too! Cuz' lets face it Oken, you're whipped! W-H-I-P-P-E-D, WHIPPED!"
"Yeah?!" Oliver replied mocking anger.
"Yeah!" I said in an equal tone.
"Well how's this for whipped?!" Oliver said before starting to tickle my mid-section. 'Gah! He gets me every time!' I immediately cried out in laughter. I fell back on the bed and Oliver didn't miss a beat. He just wouldn't stop! I put both my hand above my head.
"I give! I give!" I said in breathless surrender.
"Thank you!" Oliver said, rolling over onto his back next to me, and putting his hands behind his head. 'Time for more serious conversation. Oh joy!' I thought sarcastically.
"Why do you let her walk all over you like that? It's not fair how she treats you."
"Yeah...but...When you're a guy like me...you don't exactly have much luck with the ladies. When one comes along who actually give a crap to look your way, you go for it. You may not get another chance..."
"Oh, Ollie! Don't say that! There's tons of girls who'd die to be with you!" I tell him, sitting up on my elbow to face him.
"Ton as in number or a small number who weigh a ton?" Oliver said almost hopelessly.
When I didn't reply, Oliver just sighed.
"See. I'm hopeless." I bit my bottom lip.
"Don't be. The right girl's out there for you. You just have to look." 'Right in front of your face!' Oliver smiled and closed his eyes. I turned over and switched out the bedside light. I scooted up and crawled under the covers. All the while, Oliver didn't move once. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Aren't you gonna get under the covers?" He opened his eyes suddenly and looked over at me.
"That eager to get in my pants are we, Truscott? Tisk tisk!" I just rolled my eyes but noticed a small blush creep up his cheeks. he obliged her offer and crawled under the sheets. What happened nest surprised her. They make hott, steamy love! NOT! (A/N:HA!) Actually, he rolled over and put his arm around my mid-section. Completely ignoring the clichéd she-became-all-nervous-phase, Lily felt completely...comfortable. It was like I was on cloud 9. My heartbeat didn't sky rocket to the point of suffering a stroke, not did I tense up. I'd almost fallen asleep until I remembered something,
"Oliver?" I whispered.
"Hmm?" He replied, barely awake.
"Miley asked me to open for her concert, too." He looked over at me for this one.
"That's awesome, Lils! I didn't know you wrote songs!"
"Well I don't really. Miley just gave me an idea and I just wrote one."
"So will you play it for me?"
"Now?" I asked as if he was the craziest person in the world. He just laughed his all-knowing laugh.
"No, I mean just in general."
"Oh. Nope, sorry! You're gonna have to wait until the concert!"
"Not fair!"
"Yes fair! You didn't let me hear your's!"
"Okay, fine. We're even." He said.
"Oh, and one more thing." I continued.
"Yeah?"
"She said if this worked out, we could go on tour with her this summer. Just around the US and Canada, but still!" This made he nearly jump up.
"Yes! This is gonna be awesome!" He exclaimed and hugged me. When he was finally done celebrating, we settled down with my head resting on his, well-toned might I add, chest. Hmm...quite a compromising position for a guy with a girlfriend... 'Try and stop me now, Joanie!' I thought as a sly smile spread across my face. Not long later, I was in Dreamland...
A/N: Please review this chapter! I worked really hard on it, not to mention preparing the plotline for this entire story! Do you know how many dang songs I had to listen to to pick out the right ones?? Do ya?! lol! It was fun, though! But let me know if you have any songs in mind that I may not have thought of, kk! I'd love to have your input! Okay, now that I've clicked word count, it says this chappy's 2,616 words! Gahh! lol! Hope I didn't bore you to death!
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