(Lilly's POV)

Moms. Such a simple word yet such complex things. My mom's not only complex, she's a life-ruiner. Your probably wondering what the heck I'm talking about, but don't worry, I'll tell you.

Okay, so it was Tuesday night. Oliver and I hadn't spoken to each other in two days. Things were extremely uncomfortable between us ever since the…kiss. It was his stinkin' fault. He's the one who just had to go all romance movie and kiss me out of the blue. So anyway, I was just laying on my bed watching Zombie High when my mom calls up to my room and shouts,

"Lilly, come down here! Someone's here to see you!" Naturally, I did as I was told. However, I soon learned I shouldn't have.

(Oliver's POV)

So it was like 5:00 or something and I decided to go for a nice walk. Things had been so messed up lately; I just needed to get some things off my mind. Between having Lilly see me kissing Becca and me kissing Lilly, I don't know what else could go wrong. I just can't build up the courage to talk to her. I mean, what am I supposed to say? You had a bug on your lips and I didn't want you to swallow it. Yea, okay. I feel bad about not talking to her, but in all honesty, I'm scared of rejection. Lilly is such an amazing girl and I don't know what I would do if she turned me down. Maybe kill myself? Haha, no I don't have any suicidal thoughts but it would suck to know that I would have to go through life comparing every girl I meet to Lilly. What sucks even more is to know is that none of them even can come close to compare. But I know Lilly had to feel something when we kissed. Or maybe that's what I just keep telling myself.

Well, back to what I was saying, I was walking around the neighborhood and I went everywhere from the beach to the nearest mall. Anyway, eventually I got back to my street and just as I reached Lilly's house, her mom was putting out the garbage. She then turned around right as I was about to pass.

"Hey Oliver. How are you sweetie?"

"Good. Thanks, Mrs. Truscott."

"I told you to call me Lori. You make me feel old when you say that," she then paused and added with a smile, "Don't even go there." I laughed but not only at the joke, at how similar she could be to her daughter.

"Hey, Lilly is upstairs if you want to talk to her. She's been acting pretty strange lately. Maybe you could get her back to normal." I don't think anything is going to get her back to normal.

"Um…that's okay. I don't want to bother her or anything."

"Oh, don't worry about it. She loves spending time with you." A light blush crept upon my face but it went unnoticed. "I'll go get her." Before I could protest Mrs. Truscott…I mean Lori…was inside the house and calling for Lilly to come. I could her shout a,

"Lilly, come down here! Someone's here to see you!" Within seconds Lilly appeared by the front door, her hair in a pony and wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Yup, she could be wearing baggy clothes and still look hot. There was what seemed like an eternity of silence until Lilly finally spoke up.

"Um…my mom said you wanted to see me," She said still not looking up from the cement.

"No," I said without even thinking.

"Oh…then why are you here?" I shrugged my shoulders but then realized Lilly wasn't looking at me so I replied,

"I don't know."

"Oh." Neither of us spoke for another couple minutes until Lilly was the first to speak yet again.

"Oliver, why have you been ignoring me?"

"Why have you been ignoring me?" I asked defiantly. She then lifted her eyes enough until they reached mine. One was still a little swollen but it was slowly but surely recovering.

"You're the one who…" Lilly then stopped herself and looked away.

"I'm the one who what?"

"Never mind."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Please tell me."

"It's not important." I then couldn't take it anymore and walked towards Lilly and gently placed my hand under her chin whilst lifting it up. You have no idea how badly I wanted to kiss her, but I knew I had to stay cool. I then looked straight into her eyes and was about to say something but when I tried nothing came out. I was trying to get some sort of word out but Lilly interrupted my struggle and asked the dreaded question,

"Oliver, why did you kiss me?" I then turned my head as I felt yet another, darker blush creep onto my previously pale face. It was soon moved back to where it was though and I could feel Lilly's smooth hands on my face. I thought for a split second she was going to kiss me, but that thought disappeared once she removed her hands.

"Please just tell me," she said softly.

"I-I'm sorry," I responded and was about to leave when Lilly pulled my wrist as well as myself back.

"Don't leave."

"Huh?"

"You keep on leaving and if you haven't noticed, I don't like it."

"What do you mean I keep on leaving?"

"I think you know what I am talking about." Of course I knew what she was talking about but I couldn't bring myself to tell her my true feelings. I can't tell her how much I want to wrap her up in my arms and never let go. I can't tell her how much I want to show her that she is the most gorgeous girl in the world. But most of all, I can't tell myself that we are friends and that is all we'll ever be.

Or so I thought.

A/N- I am sorry times a thousand for not updating in what, five days?.My life has been so hectic especially with the start of Chanukkah and all these stupid projects I have at school. But please accept my apology and show your forgiveness with a review! Thanks so much for all your support and everything and I am once again sorry for not updating as much as some of you would probably like. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It was a little rushed so it might not be too good but hopefully, it met your standards. Well thanks again, much love, Val.