Chapter 18

Life Lesson

"So you've dated Oliver in Washington?" Miley brought up once they all sat quietly in the living room.

Miley, Oliver and Matt sat on the couch and Lilly on the armchair. Trisha sat on the coffee table, staring at the TV, looking for something to watch as if she was bored. It was completely awkward for all of them being there, especially since Miley seemed a bit, well, protective over Oliver.

"Dated, sure." Trisha glanced at Lilly who dropped her head. "But we never did anything serious. You should ask his last girlfriend."

Lilly pursed her lips and looked at Miley. She felt utterly nervous; of course she didn't know what to do. She just wanted dinner to happen and Trisha to lock herself up in her room.

"His last girlfriend, the one he fell for and changed him or something?" Miley bluntly replied, as if Oliver wasn't in the room.

"Yep. You know this pers-" Trisha started, only for Oliver to interrupt her.

"How about we get some snacks or something?" He brought up.

Trisha laughed at Oliver, trying to cover up the mess she was trying to start, and shook her head. She just knew what the two were hiding, but what made her more interested was this dude that was there. She kept staring at Matt, trying to figure him out, but all he did was glance at Lilly and back to the TV.

"What kind of job are you looking for?" Miley finally said, trying to make all the weirdness goes away.

Trisha shrugged. "Secretary? Something interesting, I don't know yet." She sighed. "Although I would kill for a job with someone famous. I need money and fast." She looked down to her lap and rolled her eyes.

"How do you mean fast?" Matt asked curiously.

"Just personal reason." She shrugged. "It's not really important."

After a few awkward pauses, Matt thought of something to talk about. It wasn't much but it made him curious.

"I hear you like to party." He smiled.

"Yeah, I guess. Not much anymore. Partying is kind of stupid now that I think of it." Trisha shrugged and glanced at Lilly. "Although, Lilly certainly knows how to cause a riot in a party." She giggled. "And of course our manwhore Oliver. He could easily get girls in Seattle yet he managed to stay clean."

News like this made Miley shocked. Oliver and Lilly do not go out to parties and she knew it. They suck at parties, especially parties for Hannah.

"Will you shut up Trisha? I thought you wanted a new beginning." Oliver snapped.

Trisha rolled her eyes. "Sorry." She crossed her legs and turned to Matt. "So how are you involved with this crowd?"

Matt furrowed his brows and glanced at Lilly once more. "I'm her boyfriend." He said and smiled. "Dating for about 5 months or so."

Trisha was taken aback at what he said. "How can-" She started, but soon Lilly's dad called them for dinner.

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After an awkward silent dinner, Miley and Matt decided to leave because of the awkwardness; also Miley had some other party, which brought Lilly, Trisha, and Oliver alone in the living room. They were watching a movie, but it felt weird. Not normal at all.

Lilly glanced at Oliver, who stared intently at the TV while Trisha ate popcorn. The quietness drove her mad almost.

With Trisha living there, she didn't even know why she moved in. It was more or less out of random, just one call and bam, Trisha's moving here and Lilly had no say in it. She just wanted to know why, that's all, but she didn't even know if her parents knew why Trisha was there.

"Maybe I should leave." Oliver suddenly said, only for Lilly to hold on his arm.

"Not yet. Just a bit longer please." Lilly asked.

Trisha scoffed. "How can you do that Lilly? I never knew you'd cheat." Trisha finally said.

Lilly gaped and turned her body. With Oliver between she and Trisha, she moved forward so she could see her.

"It was an accident okay, plus it's not like you know the story. You wouldn't care." Lilly narrowed her eyes, but Trisha looked at her and set the popcorn down.

"Try me. I changed. When you left, you made me realized how much of a bitch I was and things happened but it doesn't matter. It's just like, ever since you left Seattle, you're more uptight, secretive, unlike you. I get a different vibe; you're not so pure anymore." Trisha said all together and shook her head.

Lilly sighed. "I don't want to be with Matt. that's it."

Trisha rolled her eyes. "He's a pretty nice guy. Why don't you just dump him if Oliver's here for you?"

Oliver leaned back and felt like rolling his eyes to the back of his head. He didn't want to be involved in this. It's stupid, girls fighting just because Lilly's dating two guys and he's dating two girls as well. When was Trisha so loyal and not into cheating?

"He really cares for me." Lilly leaned back. "Just relax, you just came here. It doesn't matter. Plus, Oliver's sort of with Miley."

"Wow. You two are both cheating. I thought I'd never seen the day."

Lilly felt her blood boil. It wasn't a good time to fight. Not now. Not ever.

"Look Trisha, if we're going to live in the same house, just shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down." Lilly snapped. "What can you say? You're like the queen of cheating!"

Lilly's eyes bugged as she breathed heavily through her mouth. She clenched her hands. She had enough drama for the day. Trisha practically made her friends run away.

She shook her head. "Unless you've been dropped just because you're stuck with a mistake they've done, cheated on you continuously even after the person asked for your marriage, then I don't think you should be talking." Trisha softly said.

"Huh?" Lilly asked.

"What?" Oliver looked at Trisha and she started shaking.

"My boyfriend, the guy who hit on you at the party, he asked me to marry him on Christmas and that's when I realized how much commitment was going to be in the relationship." She shook her head. "But soon after, he got me knocked up, we were going to keep it, but I found him cheating on me, and I broke it off for good, lost the child, and now I'm here." She said all together in one straight voice.

Lilly gasped and covered her mouth. "Not even." She whispered.

"What a dick." Oliver shook his head, sounding very pissed off.

"It's okay. I don't care." She hugged herself and looked down. "It was never meant to be. May he catch some social disease and die." She leaned forward and knocked on wood.

"I'm sorry Trish. I never meant to snap at you." Lilly said.

It came to her fast. Trisha was pregnant, was engaged, and lost it all. That's why she wanted a new move. That's why she came here.

"It's okay." She got up and shrugged. "I'm going in my room to unpack." She left the two in awe and Oliver shook his head.

"Wow." Oliver said.

"Yeah." Lilly replied.

She was still in shock. It was so fast; she just said it and left. It was normal for Trisha to get up and leave, that's what she always did, but still. The fact that she went through so much in just a few months really freaked her out. What if she and Oliver will be like that? Even if they're somewhat committed, there is a chance that maybe Oliver would leave her.

"Lilly." Oliver snapped his fingers in front of Lilly's face and she shook her head.

"What?" She asked and Oliver put his hands on her knees.

"You, Trisha, and Miley shopping for your dresses tomorrow. Make Trisha welcomed into the group." He said.

"Welcomed? I think she wants to be left alone." Lilly pointed out, only for Oliver to grow annoyance.

"She went through a lot. At least you could give her a shopping spree."

Lilly frowned. "I already bought my dress though. The day Miley took me shopping for my birthday. Might as well get it for free was all I thought of that day."

Oliver half smiled and wrapped his arm around Lilly's shoulder. He kissed her temple and held her close.

"Fine. Just try to make her happy. I know I may care too much but I was kind of cool with her boyfriend before I left. I never realized he'd cheat on her. He even told me he was going to propose but I never believed it."

Lilly pushed his arm off his shoulder and moved to lie down on the couch with her head on his lap. She closed her eyes and pursed her lips. Her mind was flooded with what Trisha talked to her about. She was definitely having a bad day.

Oliver put his left hand on the top of her head, stroking her hair ever so lightly with his left hand just below her neck and above her chest. He could feel her heart beat, it was a bit fast and it worried him.

"Lil." Oliver said.

"Mhmm?" She opened her eyes and Oliver stuck his tongue at her and dipped down, trying to hit her nose, but instead hit her cheek. "What are you doing?"

"Remember when we were kids, we saw people 'tonguing' each other and we practically slobbered at each other's faces?" He asked.

Lilly smiled. "That was the past. It was weird though. I never thought about it until now. Licking or trying to hit each others face with our tongues. I think that's gross." She wiped her cheek with the back of her hand.

"And this." Oliver put his hand right above Lilly's breast. "For a guy, it would be gross to touch or accidentally be brushed against it because you'll die or turn into a 'heshe' or whatever?"

Lilly shook her head and pushed Oliver's hand off her chest. "What are you getting at?" She sat up and looked at him.

"I'm just trying to make you not think about your problems. Look at me. I'm fine." He put his hands in the air and shook them.

"And weird." she got up from the couch and stood in front of him. "Although I do recall you groping at me when people said you'd die if you touch boobs and the boys said I didn't count because I might as well be called a boy."

Lilly rolled her eyes at the term and moved over Oliver, sitting on his lap with her front facing him and her knees on either side of him. She sat on his thighs and put her hands on his shoulders.

Oliver's ears grew warm. She never sat on him like this before and it excited him way too much than he should be.

"They were wrong." Oliver gulped as he leaned back and stared up at Lilly's face. "You're very much a girl."

Lilly laughed and moved her hands on his chest. She rubbed it and tugged at the shirt. "What would happen if I was straightforward like this? Do I match" She scooted closer to Oliver, making him feel a bit nervous.

"I think you're better off passive than aggressive." He nodded.

His throat grew dry as Lilly kissed his cheek. He never really felt nervous around Lilly like this before. Maybe he shouldn't have made her want to forget her problems.

Lilly was just inches from his mouth when she smiled. "I'm just kidding. I wanted to see how you'll react. And from your face, it was hot." She stuck her tongue out and accidentally hit his lips.

"Uhuh." His eyes moved down and noticed that her shirt exposed more than what he should've seen. "Maybe its best if you want to get off me so it wouldn't be tense in here, I have to go home." He said.

Lilly giggled and got off him. "Your fault." She climbed off him and headed out of the living room and to the door hall. "You tried to change the subject."

"And you were hitting on me!" He got up quickly and followed Lilly.

"We are dating, it's not illegal." She went to the door and opened it.

"In a way it is." He said and kissed her cheek. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Lilly smiled and watched him walk toward his car. She closed the door and shook her head. What she was doing was unlike her, but it was fun. So much sexual tension around Oliver and it's annoying, but she could handle not having sex. It's not like she needed it.

Lilly climbed the stairs and to her room, but as she passed Trisha's room, she noticed her lying down and staring at the wall. She stopped by and watched Trisha.

"What do you want?" Trisha asked.

Lilly stepped in. "Do you want to talk?" She asked. She was being nice to Trisha. Might as well be, she is her cousin.

"I don't need you to pity me." She said and sat up.

"I don't want to. I just wondered if you wanted to talk. It was wrong for me to be pissed off." Lilly went inside and sat down next to Trisha.

"Well, first of all, I went down a few seconds ago and saw your little thing with Oliver." She said and shook her head. "You might have made him too excited if you know what I mean." She smiled.

Lilly blushed. "Well, he wanted me to forget all the things I'm going through and finding out about you just overwhelmed me."

Lilly softly smiled and Trisha moved to lie down once again.

"Sorry. Anyway, I'm good at reading relationships, so of course I knew you and Oliver were dating, although, Matt. He's hard. It seems like he's keeping a lot in."

Lilly rolled her eyes. "I need to find a way to break up with him. He's nice but not what I want now."

"Then break it off." Trisha simply replied. "Better than cheating. You're so innocent yet you're fooling with two hearts."

"When did you become so nice? It's so weird." Lilly randomly said, making Trisha laugh.

"Am I usually not likable? I still am, but times like this, its better being nice. Plus I was jealous. You're hot."

Lilly laughed. "I'm not. I am so not."

"Whatever you say." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, so you and Oken, fucking?"

Lilly almost spat as Trisha said that. That is the most unappealing way to say 'sexual intercourse'. Seriously.

"In what way." Lilly asked as if she didn't know what Trisha meant.

"Are you two having sex?"

Lilly blushed. "What makes you think I'm not a virgin?"

Trisha shook her head in frustration and pulled Lilly down so she lay on the bed.

"Last day in Seattle, it was clear you two did it, but what I want to know, are you two still-"

"No. We haven't after." Lilly blushed and turned her head away from Trisha. "I'm embarrassed and whenever we try to, we get interrupted. First time Matt walked in, second time, I had my period." Lilly shook her head. "I want to know when the right time is, but each of those times isn't good."

Trisha laughed. "Sex is sex. It can be romantic or it doesn't need to. You don't need to do it because you feel love, although you should which is good that you did considering you lost it to some guy you love, but anyway, just do it. But not in the car, it's so uncomfortable." Trisha advised, only for Lilly to burst into laughter.

"I'm not that desperate."

"Good." Trisha slapped her hand.

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After a talk with Trisha, Lilly went into her room, only to find Oliver laying on her bed and playing on his cell phone. Lilly closed and locked the door, only for Oliver to stare at her in confusion.

"What are you doing here?" Lilly asked ad Oliver smiled.

"I decided that I don't want to go home yet." He said and turned on the bed.

"Well you can't make that decision. You know when my dads home I cant have a guy in here late." She shook her head and kicked off her shoes. "And I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted and really do need to sleep."

She went to her drawers and took out a set of pajamas and held them in an arm as she went into her closet to change. She glanced at Oliver who sat up and watched her get her things.

"He won't notice. He's asleep, I can her him snoring, and also I could hear your sex lesson with Trisha."

Lilly blushed, feeling quite embarrassed that Oliver said that. She never wanted anyone to hear their talk. It made her wonder if her dad heard the talk they had. If he did, Oliver wouldn't be alive.

As she pushed the door to close, but not all the way. She turned on the light and set her clothes on the side as she pulled her shirt over her head. She threw it aside and unbuttoned her pants. She took them off and suddenly felt arms wrap around her bare stomach.

"Oliver." She warned but he didn't let go.

He pulled her close and reached for the light to turn it off.

"Hey, it's not like I've not seen you underdressed before." He let go of her and leaned against the wall beside him.

"Still, it's embarrassing for me." Lilly said, standing there in the dark.

"Don't worry Lilly."

She turned her back completely from Oliver's view and reached for her shorts to put it on. When she got them on, she unhooked her bra, letting it drop to the floor and took her shirt. She hugged the shirt first and looked behind her, seeing Oliver still staring at her change. She sighed and pulled the shirt over her head and turned around.

"See that wasn't bad."

"And it makes me think you're a pervert." She happily said and pushed the door opened.

"I'm not a pervert." He followed her out and watched her get in bed.

"True."

Oliver slipped under the sheets and lay on his side so he could look at Lilly. He reached for her hand and held it between them. He studied her face and smiled. Lilly's eyes stared back at him and smiled.

"You're quite the demanding boy you know." She mentioned as Oliver pulled on her hand to kiss it.

"Demanding, that's weird. I never considered myself demanding. Just different." He whispered as he neared Lilly. He put his arm over her stomach and smiled.

"In the past you were different now you're demanding." Lilly whispered and slowly shut her eyes. "You're no where near how you were in the past."

"We always talk about the past now." Oliver smiled and kissed her cheek. "How about think what's coming ahead."

"When I think ahead, I think of Matt." She frowned.

"Sorry. I should leave now." Oliver said, noticing Lilly get a little weak.

He was about to slip out of the bed when Lilly reached for his shirt. He looked down at her and she stared weakly at him.

"Stay. Tonight just sleep over." She said.

"Fine." He happily replied and went back down to lay closely with Lilly. He put his arm around her and kissed her forehead.

"By the way, no taking advantage of me." Lilly randomly said as she nestled herself in his arms.

Oliver chuckled. "Don't worry."

He put his hand to Lilly's back and rubbed it as he watched her fall asleep. He just couldn't be there at the moment, he just needed to think. He smiled and after a few minutes, kissed her forehead and slowly got out form under the sheets.

"Sorry Lilly." He said under his breath and slipped from the room and out the balcony.

A/N I know this is somewhat of the filler but I wanted to write it like this :P hope you liked this chapter. It's getting pretty intense soon.