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Have you ever thought just maybe you belong with me? You belong with me.
"Dammit! Can you go back and turn off the radio while I wash my hands?" Miley asked Lilly as she opened the door to the bathroom.
Lilly nodded as she made a 180 towards Miley's bedroom. She could faintly hear the music playing behind the closed door and she could already tell that she liked whatever was playing.
"Dreaming about the day when you'll wake up and find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time"
The words throw her off guard as they play on a loop in her mind. She felt this way once, about a boy who just couldn't seem to see what he had in front of him…
"She's revolting!" Lilly hisses to her best friend.
"Who is?" Miley asks worriedly looking around for whoever this she is. Her eyes land on the girl who is currently hanging all over their other best friend. "Oh Joanie; yeah I second that. I thought you guys were friends now though?"
"I tolerate her for Oliver, there is a difference." Lilly retorted.
"What happened to "P-Bo and T-Cott?"?"
"That was before she completely changed him and herself!" Look at what she's wearing! She reminds me of the time you gave me that make-over freshman year. Don't even get me started on Oliver." Lilly answered miserably.
Miley looked over at Joanie. She was wearing a dangerously short denim skirt and a very revealing tank top. Miley took notice of the many male eyes ogling Joanie's chest and even Oliver's wandering eye down her shirt.
"Guys are pigs" Miley spat.
"Hey!" Jake interjected.
"Don't act like that's not true," Miley warned "besides you're my pig."
Miley huddled closer for a hug. He hugged her back accepting his defeat. Miley and Jake became invested in their lovey-dovey world leaving Lilly to glare daggers at Joanie by herself.
Lilly watched as the couple made their way from Rico's stand to their picnic blanket farther down the beach. Joanie led the way empty handed while Oliver trailed behind carrying both trays of food. Lilly caught his eyes travel downward to his girlfriends butt and while she felt disgusted at how much of a hormonal pig her best guy friend was she was ashamed at how strong her disappointment was that her butt wasn't the one being eyed by him.
She was beyond denying the feeling these days, she had come to terms with the fact she's fallen in love with her best friend since preschool. She's also come to terms with the fact that Oliver was stupid and she'd have to be happy with just dreaming about being with him.
"I'm going home," She said getting up suddenly.
"Wait, why?" Miley asked detangling herself from Jake's arms.
"I can't handle it anymore Miley, I just can't." Lilly said crossing her arms. "I can't just stand by and not do something that could be considered stupid."
"What are you talking about?" Miley asked worried again.
"I can't even look in their direction without wanting to do something. Just look at them and put yourself in my shoes, would you just stand by idly?" she cried.
Lilly walked away furiously wiping at her eyes to keep any tears from touching her cheek. She hurried by all the curious eyes who had never seen Lilly Truscott cry. She ran by Amber and Ashley in the parking lot before they could even think up of ways to make fun of her.
Miley watched as her friend who'd always been strong break in front of her. Anger swelled up inside her and soon she was up and crossing the length of the beach to where Oliver and Joanie were located. Jake followed behind her instantly.
"Oliver we need to talk," Miley demanded.
"I'm kind of busy Miley can it wait until later," Oliver responded not even bothering to face her.
"No now," Jake demanded grabbing Oliver by the arm and forcibly pulling him up and dragging him across the beach to their table.
"Whoa dude! What's your deal?" Oliver yelled as he pulled himself from Jake's grip.
Miley caught up and immediately punched Oliver in the shoulder. "You're a first class jerk you know that!" she yelled.
"Excuse me?" Oliver asked offended.
"No you're more than that! You're an idiot, a moron, a…DONUT!" Miley yelled aggravated at the boy.
"A donut Miley? Seriously?" Jake almost laughed at his girlfriend's trash talking skills until she turned her glare to him.
"Yeah Miley; what the hell are you talking about?" Oliver questioned.
"Lilly just left in tears, and you're too busy staring at your girlfriend to even notice," Miley lectured.
Oliver just stared at her not knowing how to respond. "What do you want me to do about that?" was what he settled on.
Miley almost tackled him for such a response. She settled on gesturing with her hands what she felt like doing to him.
"I can't believe you just said that," Jake spoke taking the words right out of Miley's mouth. "Lilly is your best friend am I right?" He didn't wait for Oliver to respond before continuing "If this had been 3 months ago we wouldn't have even had to drag you away from someone to get you to notice. You've changed man and to be honest I'm surprised you haven't caught on sooner."
Jake sat down shaking his head in his hands. Miley stood behind him rubbing her hand up and down his back.
"I've never been sorrier to say this but damn Oliver, you're stupid." Miley said turning her head away from him.
Oliver just stood there dumbfounded. He didn't know what to do anymore. He looked at his best friends who wouldn't even look at him; he glanced down the beach to where he expected to see Joanie waiting for him curiously. Instead he saw his girlfriend sitting on his blanket and talking to a couple of surfers. She didn't even bother looking for him before discarding her clothes to reveal her skimpy black bikini and heading down to the water with the two guys.
He made a choice and quickly ran to the parking lot dodging the new arrivals and tourists that swarmed the entrance. He reached into his pocket only to remember he'd left his cell on the blanket along with his wallet and keys. He didn't care though as he set off on foot towards the Truscott's house.
He stopped short though when he came across Lilly's car parked in the far corner. He was at a loss for what to do until he heard the faint sounds of one of Malibu's ice cream trucks. He got an idea and took off for the beach again. He ran past a confused Miley and Jake; he stopped at his blanket and grabbed his stuff before continuing on his journey.
He knew exactly where Lilly had gone and was determined to make it right. He spotted the old playground where Lilly and he used to play in elementary school before it was condemned. Oliver jumped the fence not even bother to slow down until he found her.
She wasn't on the swings as they were all broken, she wasn't on the slide either, or on top of the jungle gym.
"Lilly! Where are you? I know you're here" He called out desperately. "Lilly!"
He caught movement in his peripheral and went to investigate. He found her behind the climbing wall, her head buried in her knees.
"What do you want?" She asked before lifting her head to look at him.
He was taken aback by her puffy red eyes. It was a rare sight to see Lilly cry never mind to have her let you catch her in the act. His first instinct was to hold her tight until her eyes were dry. He lunged forward to do so but didn't expect her reaction. She slapped him hard. He tried a second time and she reacted the same way pushing him away. This went on for a while until he won and was able to squeeze her tightly.
"Why are you here?" the question muffled against his chest.
"You're upset and I want to know why," He answered.
"You don't know already!" She screamed at him finally pushing him away long enough to stand up.
"Should I?"
"I HATE you!" She yelled and tried running for the gate.
He didn't let her win and quickly pulled her back to him by her right wrist. She whipped around at the contact.
"Don't touch me!" She said yanking herself away from him.
He let go reluctantly and she stayed there staring at him.
"Why do you hate me?" He whispered hurt.
Lilly's eyed bugged out and he feared she'd just run away again.
"You've changed Oliver, and I don't like what you changed into. You used to be my best friend; we'd spend almost every waking minute together since we met. Then some girl comes along flaunting herself in front of you and you just turned into some drooling puppy dog that would do anything it took to keep her around, and frankly I thought you were better than that."
"Lilly I'm sorry,"
"I'm not done yet Oken!" She screeched. "You say you're sorry but do you even realize what you're apologizing for? Because I haven't even scratched the surface. Yes I do realize that people change when they're in a relationship and that's not what I'm angry about. I also realize that the whole hormonal drooling guy thing happens and I'm not mad about that either. The thing angers me the most is that you're settling for this girl because you don't even realize what you already had."
Oliver looked confused which prompted an exasperated Lilly to throw her hands up in the air and groan.
"Do you need me to spell it out for you?" Lilly asked half angry half nervous.
Oliver nodded yes and let her continue.
"You remember those night you used to come over to my house whenever Joanie was busy? We listened to music and just talked like old times, and every time a Hannah Montana song came you'd mention the fact that Joanie won't let you listen to it and that you even hid your CD's when she came over. You remember always complaining about how she'd get mad at you because would joke about that time she was checked into the boards at that pick up hockey game Miley tried to play in?"
"She wouldn't really get mad," Oliver began
"She threatened to break up with you because of them!" This shut him up again as he motioned for her to continue. "She got you to change up your wardrobe and your schedule. When was the last time we were able to even have a movie night since you began dating her? You don't even have time to practice your DJ skills anymore. You've changed your diet around her. When was the last time you had a good piece of red meat? What did you even have to eat today on the beach?"
"We had salads made with left over burger toppings from Rico's" He answered in a small voice.
"Exactly. Don't you think you deserve someone who is going to let you be you? Someone who knows that you hate lettuce on your burgers as well as your salads and that the apple is the only fruit or vegetable that you like, someone who knows that DJ AM is your idol and that you cried when he almost died in that plane crash or that you made plans to attend his funeral but your mom stopped you when she found out you stole her uniform again. Or what about a girl who knows that your all time favorite Hannah Song is "Let's Do This" and that your least favorite is "Pumping Up the Party"
His head was hung low and therefore he couldn't see that with each sentence in Lilly's speech she had closed the distance between them.
"Don't you think you deserve that kind of a girl?" Lilly asked.
He looked up to see her looking in his eyes intently. Her eyes were still glistening from her tears and looked like there could be fresh tears at any moment. He was still processing this information before he could mutter an answer.
"Don't you think you deserve me?" She whispered.
With these words it clicked for him. He looked down into her eyes to see her searching for the answer he already knew.
"No" He answered before pulling her in and kissing her.
His answer was no which caught her off guard, but the kiss was yes which caught her off guard even further. She pushed him away and demanded an explanation.
"I've been a first class jerk as Miley and Jake put it earlier so I definitely don't deserve someone as incredible as you."
She silenced him with a kiss so powerful that it sent them towards the climbing wall. Oliver held Lilly in a spot that didn't have any climbing pegs and they kissed until they were dizzy and then found a space behind the climbing wall where they could hide away.
"Remind me to thank Miley and Jake later," Lilly breathed before Oliver could land another kiss.
"Lilly? Lilly? You still in here?" Miley's voice came before the door opened.
"Huh? Oh yeah, sorry I kind of spaced out," Lilly shrugged.
"Did you have a Taylor Swift induced flashback as well?" Miley joked.
"Yeah, I guess I did…wow" Lilly mused.
"Happy or sad?"
"…Happy," Lilly answered finally "I'll tell you about it after dinner but right now I'm starving."
Lilly said stopping the CD and pulling her best friend out of her room and down the stairs.
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