AN: This is a Liley story. Don't like, don't read. Rated M for safety.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hannah Montana or its characters.
This story was originally by Sophi20, I'm only proofreading it and making a few minor changes.
Chapter 10
After Lilly's relaxing bath, she went to Molly's room to check up on her baby girl. Just like she thought, Molly was fast asleep. Lilly bent down and kissed her little forehead. She ran her hand gently through her hair and caressed her little cheek. She kissed her forehead once more before leaving the room and heading to her room to read.
After completing her book, Lilly sighed, sad they didn't end up together, but thankful that at least he was alive. She also wondered why on earth her mother gave her this book as a present before coming here. It was just too depressing for her on so many levels.
Back at her own house, Miley Stewart was reading Lessons by Kim Pritekel. She wondered if, like Chase and Dagny, she had a chance with her teacher.
After both women finished reading for the night, they fell asleep only to dream about each other.
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Saturday came and Lilly decided to take Molly to the zoo. Molly was super excited. Once they arrived and purchased their tickets, they entered the zoo, Lilly pushing Molly along in her stroller.
Once inside, Molly saw bears, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, wolves, and lots more. They spent extra time watching the elephants, since they are Molly's favorite. There were two little lion cubs there that both Molly and Lilly thought were cute, and they saw two tigers, one orange with black stripes and the other white with blue eyes and black stripes. Lilly took pictures of all the animals. Then Lilly took Molly to the petting zoo, and, to her utter surprise, Miley was there with a boy she had never seen before.
"Mommy look… Miley!" Molly cried, exited to see the other girl, pointing at her.
Miley turned around upon hearing her name. When she saw Molly and Lilly, her smile grew considerably on her face. She walked over to the little girl, bent down to be at her level in the stroller, and said hello. Then she looked at Lilly and asked, "Can I take her out? I can take her in there and watch over her. I mean, I work here on the weekends as a volunteer."
This took Lilly by surprise but she nodded, indicating it was okay. Needless to say, Molly was thrilled by this.
"Yay! Miley take me to toch animals!" Molly said, giggling.
"Look Molly, this is a lamb, a baby sheep," she said to the girl, taking her little hand and guiding her to touch the animal. The lamb responded with a lamb noise, startling Molly a bit. She threw herself on Miley and buried her face in her chest. "Hey, it's okay Molly. Baba was just saying hello to you," Miley reassured, rubbing her hand in circular motions on the toddler's back to try to calm her down.
Molly looked up at Miley and asked in a very small voice, "You sure it's not scawy."
"Yes, I am sure she is not scary at all. Here, would you like to feed her?"
Molly nodded yes, still a little scared, but willing to try. Miley picked Molly up and placed her on her right hip, holding her tightly with her right arm and hand. She went to the feeding machine, put in two quarters, then held out her left hand to try to get as much food as possible.
Once they had the food, she took Molly back to where Baba was at and put Molly down. She gave a little bit of food to Molly to hold in her small hands. "Okay Molly, just get a little closer to her. Good. Now put your hand out for her to eat out of. Don't worry, she won't hurt you, but it might tickle you a bit."
Molly did as instructed by Miley. She laughed at the tickling sensation of Baba eating out of her hand.
"Can I feed moer?"
"Sure, here you go honey," Miley said, smiling and giving as much food as her hands could hold.
When Molly was done feeding Baba, Miley sat her on one of the ponies that was there. It was a whitish-grey pony named Lucy. The pony ride was short, but it made Molly extremely happy. In fact, she did not want to leave the pony behind. She wanted to take it home. Both young women laughed at that statement, and Miley said to Molly, "If you take her with you, the other little boys and girls can't play with her. You wouldn't want that, would you?" Miley looked up at Lilly as she put Molly back in her stroller.
"Noo. But, I wan her," Molly said, sticking her bottom lip out in a sad pout.
"Hey, look at it this way. Anytime you come to the zoo and I'm around, I can hitch you a ride with Lucy."
"Yay!" Molly said excitedly. After a second, she stopped and had a questioning look on her face. "Wait. What's hich a wide?"
"Hitch a ride, pumpkin, means that you can ride on the pony again," Lily said, smoothing her hair on top of her head. "Hey Miley, would you like to grab lunch with us? Or are you still on the job?"
"I'm still working, but I get off in about a half-hour. If you can wait until then, I'm completely free. If not, don't worry about it."
"Well then we'll wait," Lilly replied with a smile. "Or at least I will, since I have to feed Molly. But, I'll wait for you," Lilly said in a low tone of voice which made both Miley and her blush. Looking into each other's eyes, they both experienced a rush. Miley could not explain it, but Lilly sure could, and she didn't know whether she liked it or just plain loved it.
Once half an hour had passed, Miley clocked out, even though she did not get paid. They still needed to keep record of when she started and finished for legal reasons.
When she got out, she had on normal jeans and a pink shirt and her hair was up in a messy bun. She went straight to the bench in front of the petting zoo where Lilly and Molly were sitting.
"Hey Ms. Truscott," Miley whispered in Lilly's ear, causing her to shiver.
"Hey Miles. So what would you like for lunch? My treat."
"No, no. I'll pay for me, plus you and Molly."
"No Miley. Please let me? I invited you, and it's just lunch," Lilly said, putting her hand on top of Miley's briefly.
"Okay Ms. Truscott," Miley told the young mother, locking her eyes with the other woman.
Lilly smiled as they both stood up. They went to a Burger King near the zoo.
Molly just watched her mother and Miley interacting, not knowing exactly what to think. For some reason, her mom was acting like she acted when her daddy was around. She laughed and got red in the face, and a couple times she nudged Miley with her elbow. Sometimes she would touch her back or around the back of her ear, something she'd only seen her mom do with her dad.
Of course there was some truth to her observations. It was all basically innocent, but the underlying attraction between the two women was there if you looked close enough. But neither thought that a two year old would be sensitive enough to see these little acts as more than what they convey to the naked eye.
After lunch, Miley agreed to meet them at Lilly's house. They took different routes so people would not see them traveling together, especially to the teacher's house.
Once they arrived at home, Molly went to watch TV while Lilly drank some cool water to calm her nerves. She knew she was in way over her head, but she did not want to change it. The doorbell rang and she went to go answer, a smile playing at her lips. "Hey Mi... Susan. Um… how are you? What are you doing in here? Is something wrong?"
"I'm okay. I was just wondering if you could take Lizzie and Mary for the next few days. I need to go to Pasadena to visit my mom because she is not doing well. Joannie is going with me since I really need her help. So if you don't mind, could you? I don't want them to see her in the ICU with all those tubes in her and stuff. They're both still too little for that."
"Of course. Where are they?" Lilly asked just as Joannie came over with the little girls. She was holding Mary's hand while Mary held Lizzie's hand, and Joannie held both of their bags with her other hand. Susan had brought a bag of food with her when she first walked up.
"Hey Lizzie, Mary, how are you? Are you exited to stay here? Molly's here Lizzie," Lilly said, ticking Lizzie's tummy and making the girl squeal and giggle. Lilly got up and took the bags from Joannie as the two women took the girls inside.
Just then, Joannie remembered something she'd left in the car, so she excused herself and went to get it. As she was walking, she saw a car driving closer to the house. It almost appeared to be slowing down, but when it was about a house away it sped up and pulled away. It had slowed enough for her to see who was inside, however. She drew her eyebrows together, wondering why that girl would come around here. She remembered seeing her at the high school before, and she had been with Lilly this past week every time she went to pick up Molly. She put that in the back of her mind for now, telling herself to ask Lilly about it at some point when she came back from visiting Susan's mother in Pasadena.
When she walked back in, Joannie gave Lilly the girls' blankets, and then she gave both girls a hug and a kiss. Taking Susan's hand in hers, the women said goodbye again before walking out the door.
Lilly decided to play with the girls, but before that she went to Molly's room to drop off the girls' things. While in there, she quickly called Miley to apologize and tell her she couldn't come over.
Miley was understanding, and made sure to let the teacher know that if she needed her, she could call her at any time, day or night.
Lily thanked her, telling her she would remember that offer. Then she came back down to find the girls all playing with Molly's blocks, making a mess like usual. She thought they were very cute and took yet another picture. Oh Ollie, if only you could see our baby girl, Lilly thought to herself, a faint smile on her lips.
AN: I'm getting better, only a day late, lol. That's thanks to JustAnotherSlowGoodbye (the almost on time part, not the one day late part), since we made a deal and part of it was me getting this update done. Anyway, I'm going to try for an update next weekend, but I have a feeling there is too much going on for that to happen, so we'll see. Thanks for reading, and for all the reviews. Review if you feel like it.