A/N Wow, those were some fast replies for the voting! Well within the first ten, I got 8 votes for Loliver and 2 votes for Lackson.

So it looks like Loliver is the winner!

Thanks for your participation everyone! And for the help too. Haha.

Oh and don't worry about the Jiley. I certainly won't forget about them. There will be just a little in this chapter and a lot more in the next chapter. So uh…yeah I guess you just got a little sneak peak there.

So here is the next chapter full of both Loliver and Jiley. Enjoy:

We'll Be Together...or Not

Miley's POV

Now why aren't I happy about this? Jake is signing back on with the show, so that makes him happy. Wait why would I care if he's happy?

Let's see…since Jake is back with the show that means you won't get to see him very much. So the real reason is that you like-

Nope! Stop right there! I do not like him ok?

Then why don't you answer your own question? Why are you sad about this?

What kind of conscious are you anyway?

Um…one who just gave an opinion that you didn't like. But to bad, that's what I do best

Ok fine, so that could be a possibility. I might still like him. I guess that's because of what Oliver said. I really shouldn't hold a grudge for so long.

Exactly. I'm glad you're doing so well on your own

Of course I'm on my own. I swear you are no help at all!

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When school was finally over, I met up with Lilly in Kunkles classroom. Then Lilly and I sat down next to each other in the front of the room. Then Kunkle gave us our instructions on what to do.

"Alright, for this next hour, you will sit here and do homework or something like that. If you don't have any then you will just sit here. Now I have to leave for a staff meeting for awhile. So while I'm gone, no talking."

Then with that, she quickly walked out of the room and shut the door.

"Yes she left this time. What?" Lilly asked as I looked at her confused

"Lilly, she said no talking."

"Oh come on Miles, do you really think she would expect us not to talk?"

"Yeah that's true. Well thanks again for doing this with me." I smiled.

"Sure, no problem."

"Ok, so do you wanna hear me out?"

"Of course I do. What do you think I'm here for?" She smiled.

"Yeah I know." Then I took a deep breath and prepared myself for her reaction. "Ok, remember the other day when I used Oliver to make Jake jealous?" she nodded her head. "Well I asked for his help of course, but he also agreed to help me because…well because he wanted to try and make you jealous too."

Lilly just sat there with a slightly shocked look on her face, but looked like she wasn't going to say anything. So I continued.

"He likes you Lilly, Oliver really likes you." I said quietly. "I don't think he wanted me to tell you this, but then things got all complicated with Jackson. So when I started helping you two, I started to feel guilty about Oliver since I know how he feels. So I just-"

"Whoa whoa whoa, Oliver likes me?" she asked in surprise.

"Uh yeah, but Lilly did you even get the rest of what I said?"

"Oh yeah I did, sorry but it's just…Oliver likes me?" she asked once again.

"Yeah, he does ok? And now that we've covered that can we move on please? So are you and Jackson together now or what? Because if you are then we may need to tell Oliver because I think he should-"

"No no wait, its ok he doesn't have to know 'cause…." Lilly said quickly, and then didn't finish her sentence apparently unable to think of something else to say.

I looked at her suspiciously. She had a guilty look on her face, mixed with a look of hopefulness that I wouldn't notice. But I did. "What do you mean Lilly?" I asked slowly. Then I suddenly realized what was going on in her head. "You don't like Jackson do you?" I smirked.

"Well like I said when I first told you he was just a, a crush. And we never really got a chance to have our first kiss, so now that I know someone else really likes me then I guess…"

Then she trailed off again and waited for me to say something. "So does that mean you like Oliver?!" I said a little excited.

"Well I just…I don't…" oh come on Lilly just say it. You do, you do. You know you do. "I don't know..…ok fine, so maybe I do since you told me now." She admitted quietly.

"Yes, yes! I knew it!" I got up from my seat and hugged her. "I'm so happy for you."

Then she pushed me away slowly and gave me a weird look. I couldn't blame her; I guess I did over react a little. "Whoa, whoa calm down Miles, nothing has happened yet. I mean I still haven't told him yet."

I took a step back over to my seat and scooted back onto it. "Yeah I know, I'm sorry I guess I just got a little excited." I said a little nervously. "Ok, how about you tell him at the beach today?"

"Wait, what about Jackson? He's gonna be there too. He'll be at Rico's."

"Oh yeah, well I could just talk to him about that while you and Oliver walk somewhere else."

"I don't know, shouldn't he hear it coming from me?"

"I think either way is fine really. I mean you never 'officially' got together."

"That's true. Well I guess it was just a little freshman's crush on an older junior boy. Yeah that's what it was. How about you tell him something like that."

"Ok and don't worry I'm sure he'll be fine."

"Great thanks, Miles." She smiled.

We talked about other stuff until the rest of the hour was up. As we heard Ms. Kunkle walking up to the door, we stopped talking and quickly went back to writing in our notebooks. These we had already gotten out earlier, so we were prepared to look like we were working incase anyone walked in the room.

"Alright, your hour is up and you may go now." She told us.

Then we packed up our things and walked out of the room. Just when we got to the front doors of the school I forgot something.

"Holy crap! Lilly I forgot to call my Dad and tell him about detention. Now I'm going to be in so much trouble." I said as I whipped out my phone and began to dial my home number. But stopped because Jackson walked by and stopped me by putting his hand over my phone. "Jackson? What are you still doing here?"

"Um, detention too. Mine was in the principal's office 'cause you two were takin up Kunkles room."

"Oh yeah, listen Jackson all I did-"

"No its ok you don't need to explain anything. And I kinda over heard you talking at lunch, so I called Dad at lunch and told him you'd be home around dinner because you're going to the beach. Is that ok?"

"Yeah that's great Jackson, thanks. But didn't you say anything about these detentions?"

"Oh right, I guess I must have forgot that part." He smiled at me.

Then I gave him a hug. "Thanks so much Jackson, I owe you big time."

"Whoa whoa…" he pushed me away and looked around. "…you also owe me for that hug too. We're still in school you know. Junior, freshman, remember? See ya." Then he walked out of the building. I just rolled my eyes and we both walked out too.

Then a thought suddenly occurred to me about Lilly's detention. "Hold on Lilly, what about your Mom? Does she know you got detention?" I asked as we were walking to Rico's.

"Oh sorry I forgot to tell you, don't worry about it. At lunch, while you were on the phone with Jake, I called my Mom and told her I would be home a little late. Oh and she even said I could stay for dinner again if that's ok with you." She said with excitement.

"Yeah that would be just fine, oh but would it be ok with you? You know with Jackson and all?"

"It's ok Miley, I'm sure that after you talk to him we'll still probably just be friends anyway. But remember what I said; I was just having the basic freshman on a junior boy crush, so no big deal."

"Ok, got it."

Then the rest of the few minutes we walked in silence.

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When we arrived at Rico's we saw that Oliver was already sitting on a stool at the bar. Jackson had also just walked into the shack and started his shift.

Just before we were within earshot of Oliver, I said a few more things to Lilly.

"Ok, just because you know about this now, don't go acting all weird around him like you would."

"What? I don't-"

"Yeah you can get that way sometimes." I smirked. "Oh and don't say anything about me, or else he'll figure out I told you."

"Got it. Ok, let's go." She said then we walked up to the shack and sat down.

Jake wasn't there yet, but I knew I wouldn't mind waiting. In fact if he didn't show up at all it wouldn't bother me

Oh yes it-

Oh no, I'm not listening anymore

It was basically you that's thinking all this, but now you're just denying

I am not…wait a minute, am I?

"Miley?" Lilly was nudging me on the shoulder a few times.

"Oliver and I are gonna sit down by the beach. Do you want to come?"

"No thanks I'd rather wait here for Ja- I mean I'll be there in a minute." I gave her a wide smile. Why did I say that? Oh well, nice save anyway.

"Oh ok, I'll see you in a minute then." Lilly said then nodded her head a little descretly, a few times at Jackson while giving me a look. I got the hint then they left.

"What's up with them?" Jackson asked as he whipped the counters.

"Listen Jackson, Lilly kinda wanted me to tell you this, so uh here it goes-"

"She doesn't really like me does she?"

"How'd you…" well I guess he can put some pieces together. "…ok, no she doesn't. It's uh; it was just a little freshman on a junior crush ya know? Sorry Jackson, you ok?"

"Of course, I'll be fine. I mean I already knew Oliver liked her, but I didn't realize how much. And I guess I just put that out of my head when she said she liked me. But now that I know it's just a crush, it's really not that hard to get over."

"Ok, are you sure?"

"Yeah and we'll still be friends. Now go ahead and catch up with them. Oh and don't forget about him." Then Jackson pointed behind me. I turned around and saw Jake walking up to the bar.

I turned back around to Jackson real quick. "Thanks Jackson, I'll see you at home." I smiled. Then got up and walked over to Jake. Why am I smiling at him? Well maybe because he's smiling back, but this isn't normal. This jerk broke my heart and I am not gonna break down now.

"Hey Jake, Lilly and Oliver are sitting just in front of the beach. Let's go sit with them." I said really fast, then walked off before he could walk with me.

Once I arrived near the shoreline, I spotted Lilly and Oliver just nearby, sitting next to each other on the sand. I walked over quickly and sat down next to Lilly. A few seconds later Jake sat right next to me. I was annoyed but still tried to let it go.

"Oh hey Jake, I heard you're signing back onto your show. Pretty exciting huh?"

"Yeah it is. I guess I'll have lots of crowds around me again. But I sure will miss this freedom you know? Like when I'm not working I can be normal and nobody knows me. Then when I film I will have fans. Sort of like a disguise I guess. Now that would be cool." He finished and looked out at the ocean while deep in thought.

Suddenly I felt a wave of guilt wash over me; just as if something he had just said was my fault. But nothing he said was my fault; it wasn't even my business, so why should I be feeling guilty? I turned to look at Lilly and she was already giving me a look. Apparently she had been reading my thoughts by the look on my face of guilt and confusion. So she was giving me a just-do-it look.

"No way!" I said a bit loudly

"What?" Oliver and Jake said together and looked at me. Uh oh, I didn't mean to say that out loud.

"Um nothing." Lilly said quickly to save me. "Listen Miles, Oliver and I were going to get some smoothies. We'll be right back." She added as she saw my mouth open partly to protest.

"No we wer-" Oliver began in his doughnut-like talk and not catching on to any hints. Then Lilly nudged him in the side. "Ow! Um I mean, no we were going to get chili dogs not smoothies." He said in a terrible acting voice

"Yeah ok bye." Lilly said to me and glared at Oliver.

As they left I could hear Lilly telling Oliver something about him being not allowed to order a chili dog for some reason. Then I also watched them walk away until I couldn't see them anymore. Because now it was just me and Jake alone; in an awkward silence.

Once Lilly and Oliver were out of view, the minute of silence was killing me. So I decided to turn my head back around to him and say something. Once I faced him he scared me to death. I don't know when or how fast he did it, but his face was now just an inch away from mine. What the hell?!

I wanted to jump back because of being frightened, but then again I didn't want to show fear. So now I decided to stay still. But wait, why am I staying still? Clearly his intention for moving this close was to kiss me. I could see it in his eyes. So staying where I was would basically be telling him that I wanted the same thing, but I don't. Do I?

"Miles please, I just…" he had whispered, but then didn't finish his sentence. Instead he put a hand on my cheek and leaned in to kiss me.

I began to feel his warm breath. My eyes closed as I began to feel his lips just graze mine.

No Miley stop! He broke my heart before, what makes you think he won't do it again?

It was a long time ago; Oliver said not to hold a grudge

Since when should I listen to Oliver?

You know he's not a doughnut all the time. He has his moments. He can be deep

True. But if I let Jake just go ahead and kiss me, then this will go against everything I've been about him. Why should he get a second chance?

Listen to Oliver. Jake has been gone long enough, so just forget about what he did because I'm sure he has too. Why do you think he wants you so much? Why do you think he has been trying so hard?

Yeah that's right…and I just keep pushing him away. But I'm just not ready. I can fix this later right?

Wrong

Oh just shut up. I'm sure something will work out in the end.

So then just as his lips began to graze mine, I couldn't help but stop and pull away. I know I'm going to regret this.

"Jake I don't….I-I'm sorry but I just can't. Look I've got to go home." I said as I was already getting up.

Then I took one last quick glance before I walked away. He went back to looking out at the ocean; this time he had a sad look in his eyes. But I couldn't go back; not now anyway.