I am a horrible person and SO sorry for the constant wait. And this chapter doesn't even make up for it. I feel so bad. Hope you enjoy anyway.
Chapter 7: Early Mornings
Jackson's POV
I woke up purposely before everyone else the next morning to get out of the house before they could yell at me for how I reacted to Miley's news. But the next thing I knew, I was at Lilly's door, tapping on it lightly so that nobody else would wake up. When she didn't answer, I walked in and stood at the foot of her bed, and lightly shook it.
Lilly rolled over in her bed and I waved. She grunted and rolled her eyes, but got up anyway.
"What the hell do you want Jackson? It's 5 in the morning and I don't wake up for school until 7!"
"Sorry, Lilly, but I didn't want to be in the house when my family woke up so that they'd have a reason to kill me."
"You can't avoid them forever."
"I know, but I can try for a little while."
And then, as if in slow motion, it dawned on her why they'd be mad at me and she realized that she should be too. After all, Miley is her best friend and I'm just her best friend's older brother.
"Well I refuse to take part in it. You were a jerk to Miley and I'm mad at you for that." She said stubbornly, as she crossed her arms, looking cute as ever- I mean mad!
"Look, I'm sorry Lilly, but you have to understand my point of view! Miley's my baby sister and she's growing up so fast and I just can't believe that she's pregnant and I can't help her!! I don't know what to do. I love her so much, you know? But I can't let her know that because she'd never let me live it down. And to think that she's going to be a mom and had sex before I even went that far with a girl, being 2 years older is so hard to accept! Seriously, Lilly. You have an older brother. How would he react if you were in Miley's shoes?"
"Fine, I guess I can accept that Jackson. My brother would freak out the same way." She replied with a chuckle. "But it might be harder to convince that to Miley and your aunt and grandma."
"You're right, and that's why I have to get out of here before they notice!"
"Fine, I'll come. That's what you came in here for, right? Company?"
"Yes. Thanks Lilly. Do you need to shower first?"
"No, I did last night."
"Okay, good. So get dressed and let's go."
"Kay, that involved you leaving."
"Right." I answered, walking to the door, but just as I was about to turn the knob, I heard footsteps, and knew that if I walked out, it'd ruin what I was hoping to accomplish. "Uh, Lilly…" I whispered.
"It's okay. I hear it too. Just turn around while I change, okay?"
"Sure!" I replied, probably too eagerly considering the look she gave me. I smiled sheepishly and she rolled her eyes. I turned around, though I didn't see the point- it wasn't like I hadn't seen everything anyway.
"Okay, I'm done." She whispered after about five minutes. I turned around and saw her with a brush in one hand and lip gloss in the other and soon she was all ready.
"So how do we get out without anyone noticing?" I asked.
"The window." She replied simply, opening it up and going onto the roof.
"Huh?" I asked, following her.
She pointed to a rope ladder hanging off the side, and I nodded, going down first to catch her if she fell. She came down right after me, and looking up to watch her, just in case. Lucky for her, she didn't wear a skirt.
When we were both safely down, we made our way to the beach, since we had about 2 hours to kill before school started.
"So, Lilly, we've had a crazy past few days together, huh?"
"Yeah, you can definitely say that."
We stood there, smiling at each other for a really long time.
Miley's POV
This morning I woke up and puked right away. I usually only do once a day, so I found this to be a good thing- it wouldn't happen at school. Of course, all of my teachers had to be notified of my pregnancy, so that makes things a lot more embarrassing, but at least they might give me a little better treatment, as long as they don't squeal to my classmates.
It was about 6 am and I decided to take a shower before getting ready for school. When I was all set to go downstairs for breakfast, I knocked on Lilly's door and was surprised when she didn't answer, and even more surprised when I saw neither she or Jackson were in the house. How could she take his side?!
I grumbled down the stairs, very agitated that my best friend would choose my brother's side in this argument, and I huffed into my seat at the table where Aunt Dolly served me a blueberry muffin. Oliver would like this breakfast. Oliver… I haven't seen him since school yesterday.
Just as I was about to call him, Oliver came through the door- talk about perfect timing.
"Miley! Hey! Are you feeling better?" He asked, coming over to hug me. I outstretched my arms, but his eyes widened and he ran behind me, "Ooh! Muffins!! And they're blueberry- my favorite!" Same old donut Oliver, I thought, giggling.
"So now muffins are better than me?" I feigned hurt. He dropped the muffin and ran over to me.
"No, I'm sorry Miley! I just love food!" He exclaimed hugging me.
"Geez, Oliver. I was just kidding. Are you sure you're not the pregnant one? I don't even have such drastic mood swings."
"Very funny, Miley, I'm just concerned." He replied, putting his hand on my stomach.
"What are you doing?"
"Waiting for the baby to kick to see if he or she is as interested in getting a muffin as I am."
"Oliver, the baby won't kick yet, I'm not pregnant enough."
"Oh," He responded, looking almost disappointed for a second, but maybe it was just a trick of light because almost immediately he pulled his hand away, blushing, and grabbed his muffin, sitting down next to me.
Lilly's POV
I stared into Jackson's eyes smiling for what felt like three hours. Turns out, that was a pretty good guess because it had been two and a half when I looked at my watch. I showed Jackson and we both looked at each other, panicked that we were going to be late, especially after waking up so early. With no time to go home and get Jackson's car, we ran all the way to school. Good thing it wasn't too hot, or we'd both be very sweaty.
We ran through the doors at the exact same time as Miley and Oliver as the warning bell rang. We all looked at each other with blank expressions before going our separate ways to our first classes. I had a feeling that this was going to be a very long day.
AN: I'll accept like 2 reviews for this because that's about how many people I think actually still read this. I'm SO SO SO sorry that I take so long to update. I just get no freakin time with my crazy homework schedule. In fact, yell at me for not updating in your review, maybe that will make me write faster.
I hope I can update more or at least write over the break. Ideas are always accepted.
And Happy Holidays- I have to say that instead of Merry Christmas because Merry Christmas is no longer politcally acceptable. stupid in my opinion...
