A/NI would like to say SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE!
Chapter 4
Projects
Lilly sat in her Physics class waiting for class to start. She was tired; she couldn't sleep last night because all she could think of was that kiss that happened right after Oliver left.
It was a kiss on the cheek, but even that has made her forget about Matt and think of Oliver more. Gosh, it was just a stupid kiss on the cheek and it's as if it was something more, but it wasn't.
She sighed and dropped her head to the table. She tried so hard to imagine herself with Matt, but then the only thing that came to her mind was the fact that Oliver kissed her last night. She had a decent conversation with him, she tried so hard to make it like she only cared for Matt, but now, and even that tiny peck is attacking her as if it was like some kind of sign or something. She didn't even ride with Matt in the morning because she felt guilty. She came to school only
"This is stupid." She grumbled and pushed herself up from the table to look at the board.
Just as she looked at the board, she saw someone that caught her eye, and there was Oliver, talking to the teacher.
"Hmm?" She asked and concentrated on the two, trying to void whoever in the class was talking other than Oliver and the teacher.
"You do realize that it is late in the year, in just a few weeks, school ends and it's the end of the semester?" Mr. Phen said as he crossed his arms, staring at Oliver.
"Yes I do, but all my teachers are giving me a chance. Even if I enrolled late into the year, can't you just put me in some random group and I can just help them there? I was taking physics before I left school an-" Oliver started and Mr. Phen shook his head.
"We're already doing final projects. Maybe you can join a group and catch up with them." He sighed and scratched his brown hair. Mr. Phen put a hand on his hip as he took his glasses from his table. He turned around and looked at his desk for something. When he took out a piece of paper, he looked back at Oliver and gave him the sheet.
Oliver took the paper and scanned it before he grinned, seeing quite a familiar name. "Can I join any group I want?" He asked and Mr. Phen nodded.
"Yes, I just need proof that you did work and I'll give you credit. I'll show you the group when we start class. Take a seat, the bell wont ring for another 10 minutes." Mr. Phen replied and sent Oliver off.
Lilly dropped her head and prayed that Oliver wouldn't sit by her. She didn't ant to make it obvious that she was thinking about the kiss. Gosh, it was just a simple kiss on the cheek and here she is, worried that she'll have a guilty expression, practically saying that she was thinking about it.
Please don't sit by me, oh, gosh. Lilly sighed and waited for a bit. She was about to lift her head up when she felt the chair next to her move and the table shake a bit.
"Hello beautiful, have a nice night last night?"
Lilly's breath caught her throat. She pursed her lips and lifted her head, glancing at Oliver and grinned.
"Morning Ollie and what brings you here in my economics class?" Lilly asked as casually as she could, but you can obviously tell she didn't know what to say.
"I'm here now and I plan on staying with you and your group." He replied and Lilly sighed.
"You know, my partner is Eric." Lilly said assuming Oliver knew who Eric was.
"And? What does this have to do with me?" Oliver asked as he turned his chair so that it was facing Lilly.
"He liked to do all the work and he thinks he's so smart. He's such a dick." Lilly sighed and glanced at Oliver.
Oliver smiled and reached forward for her hand. "Well, maybe he's just playing with you. It is easy to play around with you." He said as he rotated his thumb against the back of her hand.
Lilly rolled her eyes and pulled her hand away. "Well, I'm not that easy." Lilly leaned back into the chair and the bell rang.
Students started piling into the class and Lilly waited for class to start. She kept her eyes away from Oliver and tried hard to think about something else, but all she could think about was Oliver… again. A few minutes later, the second bell rang and the teacher started class.
Mr. Phen started writing on the board and Lilly watched as the teacher wrote:
'All students have 45 minutes to do your final project, will go to the library, and go to the computer laboratory for information'
"Hello class." Mr. Phen said and turned to the class. "We have a new student here, boy, where are you?" Mr. Phen said, using the term boy for Oliver since he didn't remember Oliver's name.
Oliver rolled his eyes and stood up at his chair for Mr. Phen. "That's Oliver Oken, thanks." Oliver replied and walked in front of the class.
"Okay fine," Mr. Phen said. "This is Mr. Oken; he'll be here until the end of the year, apparently. He'll be joining one of the groups for the final project. So, is anyone willing to let him in your group?" Mr. Phen asked as he took Oliver by his arm and pulled him toward the center of the classroom.
Oliver eyed Lilly and she kept her head down. Oliver sighed and looked around the room and noticed a few people raising their hands. Oliver sighed and shook his head.
"Um, Mr. Phen, you know, I was talking to that person over there and she said she was willing to let me join her group." Oliver said as he pointed at Lilly.
Lilly froze and slowly moved her head up to look at Mr. Phen. He stared expectantly at her and Lilly blushed.
"Is this true Miss Truscott?" Mr. Phen said as he tilted his head.
"Yeah, Mr. Phen, but-"
"Does your partner mind if he joins your group?" Mr. Phen looked over to Eric who was patiently sitting at his seat, looking over some notes for their project.
Oliver eyed Eric and noticed he had long dark hair, a polo shirt, dark jeans, and a black leather jacket on. He didn't even look the type who would be so smart, but he was, apparently. He looked more of the dangerous type, but maybe he was different.
"Eric?" Mr. Phen started and Eric nodded and glanced at Oliver before looking down at his work.
Oliver grinned and glanced at Lilly. "Guess I'm going to be with them." Oliver said and started toward Lilly when Mr. Phen took a hold of the back of his shirt.
"Eric is a good student and he will tell me the truth whether or not you did any work or not. You have until the end of the semester to finish this project, so don't mess up." Mr. Phen said in a warning voice and let him off.
Oliver shrugged and walked toward Lilly and sat down. Lilly eyed him and rolled her eyes.
"What?" Oliver asked and Lilly shook her head.
"You're an ass." She sighed and got up as Mr. Phen sat at his table.
Oliver raised his eyebrows and got up from his seat as well. "What?" He said, but Lilly shook her head and took her books with her.
Lilly walked over toward Eric, who was getting his things together and into his binder, the only thing he carried. When he got his things, both Lilly and Eric started off and toward the door of the room. Oliver followed behind them, a little confused to where they were going. He followed them and they walked to a few rooms down the hall and to the Library.
Lilly and Eric took a table in the center of the library and set their things down on the table. Eric went straight to his work as Lilly went toward the bookshelves. Oliver sighed and set his things down the table and sat down. He glanced at Lilly as she looked through a few books and set them back in the bookshelves.
He looked at Eric and studied his features. He looked like some gothic dude, someone that wouldn't even do their work, but he does work. Oliver leaned forward; glancing at the work he was doing and noticed that he was already starting on the essay for the project.
"What's the project on?" Oliver asked and Eric eyed him.
"You don't need to do any work at all." Eric's voice sounded dull and boring, but serious at the same time. "I'll tell Mr. Phen what you did. Now, if you bother me anymore, I'm going to tell Mr. Phen the truth, just go by Lilly. She'll tell you about the project."
Oliver nodded and got up from his table. It was only his second day of school and already he was making enemies. He sighed and walked over to the hall Lilly was, but couldn't find her.
"Huh?" He started and walked until the end of the hall.
He took a right and walked until the end of the hall, at an area where it seemed so secretive and quiet. There, he found Lilly looking at a few books, something that wouldn't be needed for economics at all. The area was secluded and slightly closed. The opening to this end of the library was only at the place where he stood. It seemed to be more of a place where some people would do things in secret.
"What you looking at?" He asked and Lilly jumped a bit, dropping her book as she glanced in Oliver's way.
"I'm just looking at this book." She shook her head.
Her hair was in a high pony tail today, showed off her nice soft face, like how he liked her hair. Oliver grinned and walked over to her, picking up the book and handing it to her. He glanced at the title of the book. 'This Lullaby.'
"Is that a good book?" Oliver asked and Lilly shrugged.
"I guess? It's mainly about a girl not wanting to fall in love and ends up falling in love. You wouldn't get it." Lilly shrugged and stuffed the book back into its place in the bookshelf.
Oliver frowned and walked behind Lilly, reaching over Lilly's shoulder to the book. He glanced at the cover and quickly put it back into the spot in the shelf.
"You think I wouldn't be into those kinds of books?" Oliver asked and Lilly shook her head, but kept her face away from Oliver.
She looked down and crossed her arms over her chest. She stared at a random book in the shelf and took it. She pretended to be occupied by it until Oliver took the book from her hands.
"Twilight." He read the title and Lilly rolled her eyes.
"Look, you're not into romantic types of books. It's not your thing." Lilly exclaimed and Oliver took a hold of her hand as she tried to reach for the book.
"What makes you say that?" He asked and glanced at the book. "I could be a romantic person, romantic person plus book, put it together... you should know!"
"Okay sure!" Lilly exclaimed.
He read the back and over the summary when Lilly picked the book out with her other hand. She placed it back in the bookshelf and Oliver put his free hand on Lilly's shoulder.
"Why don't you want me to read the books you pick out?" Oliver then asked and Lilly grew annoyed.
"Gosh, can't you just go back to Eric and do your work?" She asked and turned around, only to catch Oliver's eye.
Oliver smiled and let go of her. He put his hands on her waist and stepped forward.
"You know, seeing you angry is pretty hot. Why didn't you show much of your anger toward the end of our relationship?" He asked and raised an eyebrow.
Lilly blushed and looked down to the ground. "Shut up." She replied and pushed him off, but he only held her tighter.
He took another step forward and she took a step back, until her back hit the bookshelf. They were in a closed area, where only the people who were to walk into the space would see them. If she screamed, they both would get in trouble, so the only thing that she could do was wait.
"Look, I just want you to be nice to me. I thought we did the whole forgiving thing in Seattle? We care for each other so just relax okay? We're friends now, so let's act like it and stop trying to ignore me." Oliver calmly said and dropped his hands from her waist.
Lilly glanced up at Oliver and caught his gaze. She stared for a moment, seeing his eyes soften, and her heart clenched. She suddenly felt a little distant and she didn't want to feel this way. It was something in her that wanted to reach out to him and hug him, but she had to stop herself from doing anything at all.
"Fine, I'm sorry." She softly said and Oliver nodded.
"Okay, so we're okay… again?" He asked and Lilly nodded.
"Sorry, I'm just a little reserved I guess. My feelings are all jumbled up and I don't know what to do with them." She openly expressed and Oliver understood straight away what she meant.
"Well, maybe it's telling you to do something but you don't want to admit it. Okay, I'm going back to Eric and try to help him with whatever the assignment is. I'll see you back there, but just be comfortable with me. The awkwardness between us is affecting me too you know?" He said and kissed Lilly's cheek before he left.
Lilly sighed deeply and closed her eyes. She moved down the shelf until she sat down on the ground. She hugged her legs and opened them while looking at the ground.
Kiss number two. He always has that affect on me, but how to let it go when I still have feelings for him? I don't want to think about the past, I need to think about my future with Matt, but is it worth it? Oliver has to keep his distance or I wont forget him at all. Lilly thought to herself and took a few deep breaths before standing up once again.
She looked back at the bookshelf and took the book she was looking at when Oliver rudely interrupted her and walked out of the small space. She headed back for the desk, where she saw Eric and Oliver engrossed in a conversation, talking about the project.
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Throughout the day, it seemed rather normal. The only class he had with Lilly was his first period and that was it. He didn't even have Miley in any of his classes, which was fine; he just wished it was sort of like the past, when he practically had all his classes with Lilly and Miley.
Oliver walked down the hall, going to the bathroom, when he passed by an empty class with just Lilly inside of it. She was singing, with her iPod on, and putting papers away on the desk. Oliver smirked and walked into the class. Lilly now had her back to Oliver and Oliver crept up behind her, then placing both his hands on her shoulders.
Lilly squealed and whipped around, with the tail of her hair hitting Oliver in the eye. She pulled her earphones off and took her iPod from her pocket, placing it on the table she was next to. She walked over to Oliver while shaking her head.
"Ouch!" Oliver exclaimed and Lilly calmed down as she patted her chest.
Oliver rubbed his right eye, which was hit by Lilly hair, and groaned in pain.
Lilly put a hand on Oliver's shoulder. "Gosh, Oliver, you dumb ass, what the hell was that for?" She said and pushed Oliver back until his back hit a table.
Oliver closed one eye and climbed up on the table, sitting on it and shrugged. "I was going to go to the bathroom and I saw you and decided to say hi." He sheepishly grinned, making Lilly roll her eyes.
Lilly pulled Oliver's hand from his eye, cupped his face. With her thumb, she rubbed his closed eye and gently put her thumb over his eyelid. She slowly pushed it up and noticed his eye slightly turning red.
"You'll survive." She said and retracted her hands from his face, feeling a little flustered.
She almost forgot for him and got close to him. Now that she remembered, she just wanted him to get away.
She turned around and went back to the teacher's desk, taking a stack of papers, and then putting it in a folder. She could feel Oliver's eyes boring into her as she did this and it made her feel uncomfortable.
"What are you doing here?" She quietly said while putting the folder inside the teacher's desk.
Oliver shook his head. "No, the question is, what are you doing here? A student shouldn't be in a teacher's class alone." Oliver jumped off the table to move next to Lilly.
Lilly shrugged. "I'm a teacher's aid. School service, you know?" Lilly asked and Oliver nodded.
"Okay, I get it, but still. Shouldn't your teacher look over you?" Oliver asked and Lilly spun around, putting her hands to her hips.
"Remember, this is Mr. Corelli we're talking about. He has a free last period, he rather spend it at home eating than with me. Plus, I like the quietness." Lilly said and leaned back against the table.
Oliver squinted his eyes and looked around the class room. His eyes widened and dropped his jaw. "Oh wow." He said. The class was Mr. Coreli's class. He hadn't changed it since his freshman year at Seaview. Figures.
"Shows how much you pay attention." Lilly sarcastically said and went to the desk where she left her iPod. She took it and slipped it into her pocket. Oliver eyed her and sighed.
She was beautiful, perfect, but he couldn't show any affection to her at all. He wanted to, so bad, but her heart was set with someone else. He knew that she still had feelings for him. If she didn't, then she wouldn't just randomly sleep with him that one night.
"So, when will we ever talk about Seattle?" Oliver asked and Lilly froze.
She didn't want to bring it up. She thought that they had enough to talk about the night before. It just hurt her. She couldn't bring it up, she couldn't do a whole bunch of things she would want to do with him because she was already set with Matt.
"One day, just not today." Lilly quietly spoke and glanced at the clock. "Maybe you should go back to class. Your teacher should be looking for you." Lilly sighed and pulled a chair out from under the desk to sit.
Oliver nodded and gave Lilly one look before heading toward the door. He knew when he was needed and when he wasn't needed. He noticed she started getting jumpy, only when he was there. There was something about Lilly that made him want to ask about her feelings, if she really did care for Matt, like she says, but it wasn't his business.
He froze and looked back at Lilly.
"I'll always be here when you want to talk about it. I still have feelings; I'm not going to lie." He replied and walked out, finally heading toward his destination to the bathroom.
Lilly bit her lip and closed her eyes. With that, she dropped her head on the table and groaned.
"I need to get over it! Ah, I'm just confusing myself more. This is his second day here and he's giving me that effect." She sighed and put her fists on the table, pounding it softly against the table.
Nothing is going right.
This is supposed to be a fun year and yet with Oliver, it's making it all more complicated. Even if she's over thinking it, being mean to him, trying to show him that she has no interest for him at all, she knew he could see right through her. It was always like that with Oliver. He knew her well enough to see that she was lying or if she didn't like to talk about anything.
A/N Hope you liked this chapter! I am so sorry!
Well, excuse for my long absence. I was busy with homework and projects and such. School just started last week? And I already got a lot of homework. This semester is my busiest of the year with my harder classes and I'm so sorry! Plus, I sort got a job now so I'm busier. Forgive me?
BTW I was talking to Silly Lilly and she pointed out that the readers won't be reading if I don't update long and I'm really sorry it's just my schedule. If you're still reading this, I'm sorry, but if you're not / sorry for not updating fast enough lol. I'll try to update sooner next. Maybe in the next few days. I'll be working on my fics during all the free time I have in school Lol. I don't want to let anyone else down.
What do you want me to do for your forgiveness? Longer chapter next, what? Lol. I'll take a request and we'll see what will happen :D