Chapter 12

Full of Secrets

"Matt?" Lilly said, shocked, and got off her bed.

"Lillzzz." Matt's voice slurred as he rushed to Lilly and hugged her.

Lilly, still in shock, didn't know what to do. She wasn't expecting him home yet, especially when she was just getting close with Oliver.

"I mizzed you." Matt said and pecked Lilly's cheek.

Lilly was confused with why he sounded so weird. Slurred speech, it wasn't like Matt, he's usually so straight forward, unlike this.

Matt moved his face so that it was in front of her and blew out. Lilly took a whiff of the air and smelt alcohol.

Lilly shook her head. "You've been drinking."

Matt laughed and tried to kiss her but caught her cheek "I was at Joanie's hoping you'd be there, but you weren't. I was offered a bit too many drinks…" Matt said and leaned against Lilly, making her lose her balance and fall to the bed.

Lilly yelped and felt Matt's nose rub against her cheek. She lay still, just hoping he'd get off, but then felt his warm slick tongue against her bare neck. She cringed and closed her eyes and felt for his shoulder's to get him off her.

Just as she got ready to push him, a voice interrupted the two, making Matt roll off her.

"Oh wow, I didn't think a welcome could make two get intimate."

Lilly looked to the door and sighed. "Miley, did you bring him here?" Lilly asked as she sat up from her bed.

Miley nodded. "I never went to rehearsals. It was to pick Matt up, and now I see you two are getting along great." She smirked and Lilly shook her head.

'Damn, these two are here. If Oliver didn't hide, we'd both get in trouble. Damn it. How to get Oliver out?' Lilly thought to herself and sighed deeply.

"Honeyyy, I missed you so much, I'm sorry I forced myself on youuu." He said and hugged her from her side.

Lilly rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and umm," Lilly thought for a second and looked at Matt.

He was definitely drunk.

"Miley, can you bring him home? He's a bit… tipsy; I don't think he should be out like this." Lilly said as she unwrapped Matt's arms from her.

Miley smiled. "Yeah, I was bringing him home when I said, "Let's go see Lilly!" He seemed pretty happy since he thought you two were over for good when he left." Miley laughed and took Matt's arm.

Lilly's eyes widened. He thought they were already broken up? She could've felt better when she was seeing Oliver, but no, she felt guilty. What the hell, she could've felt good instead of guilty, but she wondered if he still thought they're broken up.

"Does he think we're not together?" Lilly asked with a hopeful look on her face.

"Of course, I told him when I picked him up that you missed him." Miley put Matt's arm around her shoulders and put an arm around Matt's stomach.

Lilly shook her head. 'Damn.' She got up from her seat and looked to the closet before putting another arm around Matt.

"Let's bring you to Miley's car. I have to wake up early tomorrow." Lilly said reassuringly to Matt.

"Why? I want to spend the nighttt." Matt whined and stopped a foot.

Lilly kissed Matt's forehead. "You cant, you know that."

Miley and Lilly dragged Matt down the stairs as he started dozing off. It was odd that Matt would drink so much, he wouldn't drink much at all actually, but maybe he was just excited to see Lilly.

When they got to the front door, Miley looked at Lilly and smiled. "He really does love you Lilly."

Lilly's heart fell. "I know." She muttered and opened the door.

They walked to the car and set Matt in the backseat. When Lilly closed the door, Miley waited patiently next to her, waiting to ask her a question. Lilly looked at Miley and noticed she had a frown on her face.

"What's wrong?" Lilly asked as she cupped Miley's cheek.

"Oliver wasn't at the party…" Miley said.

"Aw, I'm sorry, you'll see him next time." Lilly said and dropped her hand.

"That's not what I mean." Miley sighed. "I have a question, but you have to be honest." Miley dropped her gaze and bit her lip.

"What is it?" Lilly asked nervously. Did Miley find out?

"Joanie said something which made me confused. I mean, you're with Matt and you wouldn't hurt Matt. You wouldn't do something like that to Matt, you're better than that so when she told me, I didn't want to believe, but she said she saw it with her own eyes…" Miley trailed off.

Lilly knew what Miley was talking about right away. The day Joanie saw her and Oliver at the beach and holding hands. Damn.

"Whatever she said, she could be jealous you know." Lilly told her and Miley nodded.

"Yeah, I mean you said you hadn't seen Oliver in a long time so I was confused when she said that she saw you two holding hands at Rico's." Miley looked up at Lilly and waited for her reaction.

Lilly's throat became dry and she felt nervous. She was there, but she couldn't tell Miley that. If she told Miley know, then Miley will call her a liar, but she already is a liar.

"Why would I be holding hands with Oliver? Like I said, I hadn't seen him in a long time. Relax Miley, I know you really like Oliver and I wouldn't hurt Matt." Lilly looked down and slowly shook her head.

"Okay." Miley hugged her. "Sorry."

Lilly smiled. "It's okay. I'll see you later." Lilly said and left Miley on the spot.

She entered her house and as soon as she closed the door, she leaned against it and frowned.

"One of these days' I'll have to tell her the truth… damn it, I'm stupid." Lilly frowned and looked up the stairs.

She ran up the stairs tried to shake her head from the thought and went up to look for Oliver, but saw him sitting on the door with his elbows on his knees and hands cupping his face.

"Oliver." Lilly said as she stood at the front door.

"This isn't working." Oliver sighed.

"What are you talking about? We can still secretly be with each other, I just have to find a way to break-" Lilly started but Oliver shook his head.

"Lilly, don't you realize it? We had a chance to be together and Miley ruined it. She told him that you'd been thinking about his this whole break when you'd been with me! He thought you two were over, but she said you weren't." Oliver sighed in frustration.

Lilly was taken aback. She never saw him pissed off before and it made her feel afraid for a bit. She walked over to Oliver and sat behind him. She put her arms around him and placed her chin on his shoulder. She kissed his cheek and held tightly.

"Relax Oliver, this may be hard, but we can't do it… especially since Miley's in love with you." She sighed and felt her own heart breaking. "Look, just try to forget about it, that's what I'm trying to do. How do you think I feel?" She asked and felt Oliver grab her hands.

"Sorry. Just seeing him push you on the bed like that got me mad. I had to hold myself back from punching him." He sighed and turned to her. "I'm sorry Lilly." He lightly pecked her on the lips and they pulled apart.

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At school on Monday morning, Miley waited patiently at her locker when she saw Lilly heading her way.

"Lilly!" She threw her arms around Lilly once she got to the lockers.

"Miley." Lilly laughed. "We saw each other a few days ago." Lilly set her things on the ground and Miley laughed.

"Well, its better pretending we hadn't seen each other than make it like we did. It would be less exciting." She replied.

"And the longer you hadn't seen someone, the happier you get seeing them." Someone had said behind Miley and Miley turned around, seeing Oliver opening the lock to his locker.

"Oliver!" Miley exclaimed and threw her arms around Oliver. She pressed her face into his back and Oliver laughed.

"Now now Miley, I'm sorry for not seeing you this break. Been busy with my parents and brother." Oliver said before Miley asked what happened to him.

"Ah, well I hope you have more time for me." Miley said as she let go of Oliver.

She looked at Lilly who was engrossed to her locker, shoving new items in there for the new set of classes for second semester. Miley shrugged and started opening the lock to her locker. She heard a locker close and turned to see Lilly leaving.

"I'll see you two later; I'm going to the counselor's office." Lilly told Miley and Oliver and she waved at them.

"Bye." Miley and Oliver said together.

"How was your break?" Oliver asked Miley as he shut his locker this time.

"Tiring and boring." Miley sighed. "Jake's calling me again, to see if we can get together, but after what happened during the summer, I just want to stay on this break with him."

"What did he do?" Oliver asked as he leaned against his locker.

"He lied a lot of times to get his way. He was somewhat seeing other girls, not really, but taking them to premieres and such. It pissed me off." Miley shrugged. "So it doesn't matter."

Oliver nodded. "That sucks."

"I know." Miley forced a laugh. "But you know, I don't want him, I sort of want to have a different boyfriend or something, someone different." Miley told him and Oliver nodded.

"Maybe we should go on a date one day." He said and Miley looked hopeful.

"Yeah ma-" Just then the bell rang and Oliver lifted himself from his locker.

"We'll talk about this another day." He said and Miley nodded.

"Sure." She grinned to herself and they both parted their ways to their classes.

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Lilly walked down the hall. It was already third period and she was headed toward the bathroom. She sighed. She hadn't seen Oliver or Miley the whole day and it made her wonder if they were okay. She had been in the counselor's office talking about scholarships and her grades, which is different, but her mom was forcing her to talk to the counselors. Graduation is just in 4 months or so and her mom wanted her to go to a good college.

"What do I do?" She dropped her head.

She looked up and there, she saw Oliver walking toward her.

"Where you going?" She asked Oliver and he ignored her, just walking toward her.

Just as he approached her, he took a hold of her hand and started running.

"Oliver!" Lilly exclaimed, but Oliver kept on running, through the halls.

Once he stopped, it was because they stood in front of a door of the drama department. It was the dressing room for when they had plays, which were only occupied during plays or school dances. She had drama at her last period and third period was usually the drama teacher's free period. What was Oliver thinking?

Oliver opened the door and pulled Lilly in. Once they got in, Oliver hugged Lilly close.

"What is up with you?" Lilly asked and Oliver laughed.

"Wanted to spend some alone time with you okay? Relax. I just wanted to freak you." Oliver pulled back and cupped her face.

She looked around the room and realized what he meant. "So you found this place as a hiding space?" She asked and Oliver nodded.

"I have this during 2nd and when Mr. Corelli showed us this part of class, I knew what I could use it for." Oliver looked behind him which was only a table and a bunch of clothes. "And you can hide behind clothes if someone comes in here." Oliver grinned.

"You're such a weirdo." Lilly said and went on her tiptoes to kiss Oliver.

"And yet you love it." He said and smirked. "So, what do you think?"

"Good idea, but right now, I'm bursting. I was supposed to go to the bathroom and you and running makes me want to pee even more. I'll see you later." Lilly said and kissed him one last time before heading out of the door.

When she went out, Oliver pulled her back in and pinned her against the wall next to the door. He crashed his lips against hers, which stunned Lilly, but she didn't mind at all. She continued to kiss him just as he pulled back.

He looked deep in her eyes and sighed.

"I had to tell you. Whatever I do anytime soon, I still love you and you're the one I truly care for okay?" Oliver said reassuringly.

"But what is?" Lilly asked Oliver in confusion.

"You'll see, but if you ever get hurt, I'm going to stop it right away. I'm sorry, but I'm doing this for the both of us." Oliver said and pecked Lilly one last time before letting her go.

Lilly walked to a bathroom and thought of it.

What was Oliver talking about?

A/N What do you think Oliver was talking about? Lol hope you liked this chapter!