Oliver and Lilly, now dressed as Lola and Mike, met in the hotel lobby. Lilly, 'Lola' was wearing a poofy red plaid skirt with black leggings underneath, a short-sleeved white tee with a tight black tank top over it, and a short red wig to top it all off. Oliver, on the other hand, being Mike was dressed completely opposite. With his baggy sweatshirt and jeans, and fake goatee, it's enough to make any passerby laugh.
Lilly smiled and waved, walking towards Oliver.
"Ready to go?" He asked when she approached him.
Lilly furrowed her eyebrows, "What? No rude remarks about how long it took for me to get ready?"
Oliver laughed, "No, it was coming. Even though you just ruined it."
Lilly rolled her eyes and giggled, "Shut up. Did you call Miley?"
Oliver laughed, "Yeah, I did. She's excited that we're coming."
"Eep!" Lilly squealed, "I'm so pumped for this!" She looked at Oliver curiously when he didn't respond, Lilly would expect him of all people to share her enjoyment. She expressed a small smile when a thought popped into her head, "Don't worry, Mike, I won't take drinks from strangers."
Oliver laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head.
Lilly bit her lip, "Too early to joke about it?"
Oliver shrugged, "No, it's fine. We should get going though, Miley sent a car."
Lilly smiled brightly, "And by car you mean limo, right?"
A grin spread across Oliver's face, "Of course."
"Eep!" Lilly squealed for the second time that night, grabbing Oliver's hand and tugging him outside.
"Do you have to do that for everything?" Oliver asked, rolling his eyes at his best friend.
"Anything this amazing!" Lilly exclaimed, her eyes scanning the huge decorated room. The entire room had an orange glow around it, complete with a mini bar that served non-alcholic drinks and the ceiling was covered in lights.
"We should go find Hannah." Oliver yelled over to Lilly, who was swaying back and fourth to the music.
She looked over at him and nodded, "Yeah, lets go."
Taking Lilly's hand, Oliver guided the both of them through an endless sea of people. "I can't find her!" Oliver yelled, popping his head above all the people, searching for a familiar blonde head.
"Ohmygod!" Lilly shouted, her eyes wide.
"What? Did you find her?" Oliver asked, averting his eyes to where Lilly was looking.
"No, but I did find Ryan Sheckler! I'll meet up with you later!" She called out, pushing through people to get to the famous skateboarder.
"Lola, wait!" Oliver called after her, grabbing her arm and turning her around to face him.
She raised her eyebrows at him, not even having to speak, Oliver knew she was annoyed.
"I think we should just stick together tonight."
"But," Lilly pointed to where Ryan was standing, "Ryan Sheckler!" She whined, stomping her foot.
"Lilly, please." Oliver whispered to her, his eyes pleading.
"Oliver, what the – Ohmygod!" Lilly's eyes widened and filled with anger, "I can't believe you! I can take care of myself! I don't need you protecting me!"
"Yeah and you sure as hell did a good job of showing that last night!"
Lilly's eyes started welling up with tears now. She ripped her arm out of Oliver's grasp and turned to walk away, wiping her eyes in the process. I will not cry! She kept telling herself, but she couldn't help. Why did Oliver have this affect on her?
"Lola! Stop! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!" Oliver cried through the crowd, pushing through the people to catch up with her. He finally saw her and grabbed her arm once more, leading her over to an excluded area of the party.
"Lilly, I'm sorry." He said sincerely, wiping a tear away from her eyes. "I didn't mean it."
She pushed his hand away from her face, "Yes you did." She whispered, "And you know what, I don't even care. It was one mistake, Oliver! God! Am I not entitled to make mistakes? I'm not perfect you know!"
"Lilly, I know I just -"
"You just what!? It's not fair! Believe it or not, Oliver, but I do have flaws and I do mess up. But I learn from my mistakes! I don't need you protecting me!"
"YES YOU DO!" Oliver screamed, startling Lilly who jumped back a foot. "I mean, you don't .. I'm sorry. I just.. I'm sorry.." He stumbled on his words, looking like he was even shocked at himself.
Lilly's eyes filled with more anger then Oliver had ever seen, "Why the hell do you even care so much!? Miley goes off to parties ever other day! You don't freak on her!"
"Because Lilly! I -"
"Because what? I'm less responsible?!"
"No -"
"I'm not smart enough!?"
"Lilly -"
"Because I'm easier?"
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!"
Lilly froze. Did Oliver just say what she think he said? Oliver, on the other hand, was panting heavily, he himself couldn't believe what he just shouted. And Lilly wasn't responding, thats not a good sign.
"I - I need some air." Lilly breathed out, stumbling over her feet and heading towards the door.
Oliver sighed. What did he just do?
A/N: OH MY GOD! Crazy, right? Haha. This was a fun chapter to write. Sorry for the cliffhanger. I did that on my other story too.. oops. Anyways, I'll be updating pretty soon. Ah, what will Lilly's reaction be!?
And please – Reveiw!
xoxo,
Stephanie