Chapter 17

Liar Liar

Lilly sat with Miley at Rico's and talked about the bonfire and what they were doing for the rest of Spring Break. Miley wants to hang out more, have a girls night out since Lilly is finally legal, and go partying, but Lilly was too unsure. She didn't really like partying and yet she always gets dragged into going.

It was just stupid to her, drinking, smoking, partying, it wasn't her thing at all. Plus, to top it all off, she wanted to keep her cousin as far away from Matt as possible. Even Miley actually, she's at the point where she desperately needed to tell Miley about her past relationship with Oliver.

"Miley, what if my cousin comes? I don't want her hanging out with us." Lilly sighed as she crossed her arms.

"Well, who cares. We can party hardcore. Is there something your cousin would do if we hung out?" Miley asked as she looked through her schedule through her phone.

"Drinking until she throws up." Lilly sighed under her breath. "She's just not that cool. She's too much of a partier and if she goes off and hooks up with some guy in the night, my parents would blame me if-" Lilly started when Miley put down her phone and gaped at her.

"She hooks up with random guys?"

Lilly sat there, confused and shook her head. "Look, the point is, I don't want her having AIDS or something." Lilly sighed.

It wasn't true, she didn't care if Trisha caught something or was loose in any matter. It just made her afraid that Trisha would blackmail her and tell Miley she dated Oliver. She'd rather tell Miley Trisha dated Oliver than anything else.

"Since when did you care?" Miley said as she reached for Lilly's phone on the table.

"Since Seattle. We got close and when I found out she used to date Oliver-" Lilly started as she looked at her lap.

"She dated Oliver? I thought you never met Oliver in Seattle?" Miley sounded suspicious as she looked through Lilly's phone log, seeing multiple blocked calls and from Oliver, and only two from Matt.

Lilly sighed. She forgot she told Miley she never met with Oliver in Seattle. What to say about that? Lilly thought for a bit, searching for something to say, and thought about how they really did meet. She nodded and answered.

"Trisha… made m go to a party and we accidentally met. I never thought he'd come back and so yeah…"

She never really lied through. She never thought he'd come back to California and she did accidentally met with him outside.

"Ah, well, anyway, if she tries to get close to Oliver, I'll kill her, please?" Miley asked and closed Lilly phone. "By the way, you always talk to Oliver now huh?"

Lilly nodded. "Well, we are catching up about what we used to talk about." Lilly smiled. "He used to be my best friend since preschool."

Miley furrowed her eyebrows. "Is that why you and Matt hardly hang out?"

Lilly's eyes widened and looked at Miley. She looked curious and a bit angry, but why? It was none of her business for what Lilly and Oliver did on their own.

"Well, I've been cleaning the house." Lilly answered and reached for her phone.

"But before that, all those times, in December, when you two ran off alone, when you went missing on New Years…" Miley pieced together.

Lilly bit her lip hard and shook her head. Miley was not finding out now. She can not find out now. It wasn't time and she didn't want Miley to not trust her.

"No!" Lilly exclaimed. "Miley, I was busy during New Years and he wanted to give me a present on Christmas. All those times I'm at home, I really am alone, but I'm busy. Look Miley, school, and last quarter of school starts and when we go back, we're going through senior projects. Don't assume anything." Lilly defended herself as she got up from her seat and put her cell phone in her pocket.

"Okay, sorry." Miley shook my head. "Must be a coincidence because Oliver doesn't hang out with me much. Even if we're somewhat dating, I just have to wonder. I never met a dude who brings you on so many dates yet hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend. It's been months." Miley pursed her lips and crossed her arms.

She stared at Lilly, pleading for some answer to why Oliver hadn't asked her out but Lilly shook her head.

"Not everyone gets what they want." Lilly whispered and forced a smile. "Hey, I have to go, Trisha should be over soon. Come tonight for dinner?" Lilly asked.

Even if she wants Trisha to stay away from Miley, her mom invited Miley and Matt over when they all were over her house a few days ago so there had to be a way to keep Trisha from talking about the relationship with Oliver.

"Yeah, see you later." Miley smiled.

Lilly walked off toward her car. She shook her head in annoyance and sighed deeply. She has to organize her thoughts. Organize everything and just find a way to stop lying for once. She hated lying, it amazed her that she stopped sweating and hiccupping when she lied, but as she grew older, it stopped.

"I'm a liar now." She shook her head in disappointment and unlocked her car.

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When Lilly got home, she found Oliver waiting on her doorstep and eating chocolate. He sat on the steps but as Lilly approached him, stood and smiled.

"Hey Lilly." He opened his arms for a hug but Lilly brushed pass him and went inside.

Oliver was stunned and followed her in just as she closed the door.

"What's wrong?" Oliver asked.

Lilly shook her head and glanced at him. "I'm a horrible friend." Lilly frowned and crossed her arms.

She bit her lip, it made her feel horrible, she never realized how much she lied until Miley pointed it out and it sucks. She just felt like telling Miley everything now and it's so stupid.

"Come on Lilly, don't-" Oliver started but Lilly shook her head and headed upstairs to her room.

"I want to tell her soon. I want to tell Matt soon too, even if it will tear everything apart, I'm sick and tired of keeping this whole thing a freaking secret." Lilly snapped as she went inside her room.

"Lilly." Oliver went in after her and stopped at the door. "Look, it may be hard." Oliver started as he watched Lilly walk to her balcony, clearly ignoring him. He walked to her balcony and stood a few feet behind her. "Listen to me."

Lilly sighed and turned around to look at him. "What? What could possibly make this better? I'm sick of lying Oliver, what can I do to make it better?" Tears started welling as she frowned deeply.

"We'll tell them after the ball… at least you could give that bit to Matt and I could have time with Miley. She seems really happy at the moment and I don't want to ruin it." Oliver sighed and watched Lilly closely as she wiped a few tears that managed to escape.

Lilly nodded and hugged her self as she moved to Oliver. "Fine, just, okay I need to relax a bit. Miley almost found out because she looked through my phone. If she can read things that easily, then we should really watch out the next few weeks. The ball's two weeks away." She forced a smile and nodded.

"Okay." he took a hold of her upper arm and pulled her into the room, only to wrap his arms around her, tightly, and kiss her cheek.

Lilly wrapped her arms around Oliver's waist and buried her face into his shoulder. She needed this hug badly. That's the only thing that would make her happy at the moment.

Lilly let go of him and went to sit on her bed. She took out her phone and saw she got a text from Matt. She sighed, turned off her phone, and threw it on the side. She didn't feel like thinking about Matt at the moment.

"Relax Lilly. Trish is coming soon dear." Oliver said as he went to her table to sit down.

Even he didn't know what to do. All he did was date Miley, not get a girlfriend, and Lilly's upset about dating him. If she really didn't want to hurt Matt, then maybe she should break up with him. But it wouldn't be fair, he knew she cared about himself. He just had to go as planned. After the senior ball. After it all, they'll be open about it.

"Okay. I have to stop talking about it now." He muttered under his breath and looked on her desk.

He reached for an eraser on the table and threw it on the side. He got a compact from the table and held it with his middle finger and forefinger. He threw it in the air and caught it. As he threw it again, with his eyes transfixed on it, it fell as it hit his hand and on the ground. It opened a bit and something fell from it so he went to pick it up. As he reached to get it, he was confused to see pills, so he brought it to his face and saw little blue pills.

"Little blue pill…" He said.

Lilly looked up to see what Oliver was talking about and when she saw her pills in his hands, she panicked. She ran to Oliver and plucked it from his hands. She didn't want Oliver seeing her pills. She didn't tell anyone she took birth control in the first place.

"What is that?" He asked as his eyebrows rose. He never knew Lilly was sick, why did she have to take medicine?

"It's for my pimples." She blushed and looked away.

Oliver's brows furrowed. He reached for her face and stroked her cheek. "Your face is flawless, what do you need medicine for pimples? The only type of medicine I hear girls take for pimples is…" He trailed off and his eyes widened

Her cheeks burned more and she bit her lip. She shrugged and backed up a bit.

"Why do you have birth control? You didn't get, you know, when we…" He started and thought of his first time with Lilly.

"No! No, no." Lilly blushed. "If I had, then I would've kept it." She licked her lips and looked down. "My mom gave me it, just in case, on my birthday. She didn't want any surprises."

Oliver's brows rose and he reached for Lilly's free hand and pulled her close. "Why didn't you tell me?" He put his finger on her chin and pushed it up so she looked directly in his eyes.

"I was embarrassed. When she gave it to me, it kind of freaked me out. Then, when we were going to hook up in my room after my party… you know." She blushed, only for Oliver to lightly peck her.

"I'm not going to let you take advantage of the fact that I have birth control." Lilly said and Oliver laughed.

"I know, don't worry, when we're ready." He said and hugged her.

"Lilly! Oliver! We're home!" Lilly's dad called from downstairs and Lilly unwrapped herself from Oliver.

"Trisha's here." Lilly sighed and pulled Oliver from the table. She set the pills on the table and the two of them walked downstairs to meet with Trisha.

"Lilly!" Trisha said as Lilly hit the bottom step. She threw her arms around Lilly's neck in a tight hug.

"Trisha." Lilly smiled.

She stepped back and looked at Trisha. Dressed in tight blue jeans, a tank top, and shoes. Something different than her sluttish getup from when she last saw her.

"Hey Trish." Oliver said from behind Lilly.

Trisha looked past Lilly and winked at him. "I see you're still with my cousin. Everyone back home misses you. I told them they could come during your graduation." She smiled.

"Ah, I see." He said, sounding a bit bored.

Lilly rolled her eyes. "Look, Trisha, I don't think you should bring up our past relationship…" Lilly started when Lilly's dad interrupted the two.

"You two are dating again?" He said and Lilly sighed.

"Just get dinner ready." She snapped and her dad shook his head.

"What? Not even your dad knows?" She asked Lilly.

"Shut up. Lilly sighed. Don't bring that up when my friends come either-" Lilly started and Trisha scoffed.

"You're keeping secrets." She smirked and soon, the doorbell rang.

Oliver rolled his eyes and walked past Lilly and Trisha to get to the door. When he opened it, there, Miley and Matt stood.

"And now it begins." Lilly sighed and waved for Miley and Matt to come in.

A/N SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE. Hope you liked this chapter. What do you think will happen now that Trisha's there Lol.