Credit for the idea at the beginning to Skater xoxo Babe. And thanks to SVUlover for her awesome beta powers, seriously saved me because I can't even remember what's going on in my own story because I take so long between updates, so I understand if you guys can't.
Chapter 12: Forgive and Forget?
Jackson's POV
Walking away, I went into my bedroom, and changed out of my clothes into pajamas which consisted of boxers and a t-shirt. Realizing that my phone had fallen out of my pocket in Lilly's room, I re-entered through the bathroom and walked over near the bed to find it. I picked up the phone and looked at Lilly to see if I had woken her up. Since I hadn't, I kissed her forehead before I went to turn around and leave. However, before I was able to, Lilly made a quiet noise and wrapped her arms around my waist. She held tight and pulled me to her, and I couldn't help but fall back onto her bed, landing with my head on her chest very softly, so she still didn't wake up.
She shifted in her sleep, pulling me with her, so now we were lying side to side, facing each other, and close enough so that if I tilted my head a tiny bit forward, our lips would be touching. Not wanting to disturb her, and being so tired, I drifted off to sleep before getting out of Lilly's bed.
I woke up to the sound of my little sister's voice on the radio singing "We Got the Party with us", the Jonas Brother's edition. Instead of being able to roll over and sleep for extra minutes, I hit into something soft and immediately opened my eyes only to remember that I shared the bed with Lilly. I realized that we were millimeters apart, and her leg was wrapped around my body along with her arms that still hadn't moved from my waist.
Her eyes fluttered open and she almost screamed seeing me so close to her, but I quickly covered her mouth and put my finger to my lips to tell her to be quiet, not wanting to wake her mom, or let her know of our sleeping arrangements.
"What are you doing in here, Jackson?" She hissed.
"I carried you upstairs last night and when I came back to find my phone, you pulled me into bed with you. I didn't want to wake you up to move you, so I just shared."
"You carried me to bed? Wait, then how am I wearing my pajamas? Did you change my outfit, Jackson?"
"Guilty." He muttered.
"How could you?!"
"It's not like there was anything I hadn't seen before, Lils. Please don't be mad."
She scoffed, "You just expect me to forgive and forget that easily?"
"Yes."
She sighed. "Alright, but only because in return you have to promise to keep it a secret and not hold it against me that I pulled you into my bed."
"Deal." We shook on it and laid there for a few minutes before she broke the silence.
"I guess we should get ready for school now."
"Yeah, as soon as you move your leg and arms, releasing me from the trap." I smiled.
"Oh, right." She blushed and moved farther away from me, letting go. I couldn't help but feel a bit emptier, but I brushed it off as being colder from the lack of additional body heat.
I lifted the covers and got out of the bed, remembering to pick up my phone from the floor where I had dropped it again after Lilly pulled me onto the bed. She blushed, seeing my attire, and I returned the blush, but flashed a smile and strutted out of the room, again through the bathroom to attract less attention to myself and leaving Lilly's room.
I quickly got ready for school and went downstairs for breakfast, where Lilly met me minutes later, surprisingly wearing a pink Hollister t-shirt and short denim shorts with white sparkly flip-flops. I did a double-take before going back to my cereal as she sat down next to me and grabbed a zone bar.
When we were both done, I drove us to school, where Lilly parted to catch up with Oliver, and I went to find my friends.
Lilly's POV
"Hey Oliver!" I shouted, running up to him.
"Hi, Lils." He said, quietly.
"What's wrong?" I asked him. Being like a sister for so many years, I knew that something was bothering him.
"I'm an idiot." He simply replied, walking away. I was about to go after him, but the warning bell rang, so I shrugged and walked to my first class, figuring I'd talk to him during lunch. I ran into chemistry just as the bell rang.
Miley's POV
When lunch rolled around, I found Oliver and Lilly already sitting together. This wasn't good because that meant I'd have to face Lilly, since I didn't have other friends with the same lunch period. I walked over and put my stuff on the table. Lilly glared at me, and I glared back, but she didn't say anything, so I sat down.
They hadn't been talking when I arrived because Oliver looked very intent with his food, and I could tell that Lilly was suspicious of how little Oliver was talking, when usually he always is.
"Alright, guys, what's going on? Neither of you are ever this quiet. I guess I understand Miley's reasoning, but what's wrong with you, Oliver?" Good call on my part, huh?
I looked at Oliver and he looked at me and we silently agreed to tell her what happened.
"Well, it's about last night." We began at the same time. Lilly nodded, so I continued. "Oliver and I had to share a bed-"
-because she was being stubborn" Oliver added, and I glared at him.
"So, since we slept in the cot, we were really close together, Oliver had a dream about me, you know- one of those guy dreams." I winked. "And then I threw up this morning."
"Oh yeah, and I saw Miley topless and she saw me naked." Oliver threw in.
Lilly's POV
I gawked at them, instantly feeling bad for keeping my interactions with Jackson a secret, but we had both agreed to it, and so there wasn't much else I could do until I talked to him.
"Oh." Was all I could stammer before the bell rang, ending the awkwardness as I rushed out of the cafeteria. I caught Jackson at his locker on my way to English and I pulled him into a secluded corner of the hall.
"I want to tell Miley and Oliver what happened between us."
"Are you insane? What do you mean "tell them"? Tell what, exactly?"
"Everything."
I looked up at him and he looked really confused, so I explained how they had shared stuff with me and I felt bad and he said it was ultimately up to me what to do, but he wouldn't recommend telling Miley anything because she's going to take it the wrong way.
I nodded, thanked him, hugged him, and ran off to class before I could get in trouble for being late again.
Oliver's POV
After Lilly ran out, Miley and I hung around for a few minutes, staring at each other.
"So, umm, that was awkward." I started.
"Yeah, but it proves that Lilly is definitely hiding something."
"How?" I asked, being my donut self.
"Because she looked guilty and ran away after our confession, which proves that she wants to but is holding back from making her own confession." Miley pointed out. I formed an "O" with my mouth, thinking about the logic.
"Well, I guess we should go." She stated, getting up. "We're cool, okay? No more awkwardness." I agreed and we hugged before parting ways to our next classes.
AN: I used everyone's POV. Pretty cool, huh? I think that's a first of all time for me. Midterms are this week, so don't expect more updates until next weekend. Thanks for sticking by my prolonged intermissions between chapters. You guys don't know how much that means to me.
So, go ahead- make my day once again- review. XD
