A short A/N & Disclaimer: I apologize for all the mistakes and stuff, but this hasn't been beta edited.

Me own Z E R O!

Chapter 2 – Sick

It had been going on along time before he even started noticing it. The first sign was when she didn't allow him to hug her anymore. He remembered that she sort of had winched and moved herself further away from him. She had never back away from him like that. It was like she was afraid of him, like she thought he was about to hit her. She backed away like a scared dog. He though she was mad at him.

How wrong he had been.

Oliver was sitting on the coach in front of the TV. It might have looked like he was watching, but he wasn't really. He just couldn't concentrate. Lilly had been acting strangely. What was going on with her?

When the doorbell rang he almost fell out of the coach because he was so involved with his thoughts. He looked at his watch to check the time, it read 23.30. Who could it be at this hour? He wasn't expecting anyone…

"Lilly?" As he had opened the door Oliver felt sick "Oh my god! Lils, what happened? Are you okay?" Because before him stood not the Lilly he knew, but a small and fragile girl who was covered in bruises from head to tow.

"Oliver…" as soon as she had spoken his name she broke down into tears. He rushed her into his arms and held her close.

"Shh…It's gonna be okay. Everything is gonna be just fine..." What the hell had happened to her?

He brought her inside and led her up to his room. He thanked who ever was responsible for his parents not being home.

Once upstairs, Oliver led a shaking Lilly to his bed where he lay down with her and held her. She continued to snob her heart out on his chest while he carefully stroked her hair. His mind was full of questions, but he would save them for later because now all that mattered was letting the girl in his arms know that she was safe.

The next morning Oliver woke up early. For an hour he just lay there looking at the beautiful girl in his arms wishing she had been lying there for a different reason. What had happened the night before? And who was responsible for hurting his girl? He almost couldn't wait to get the "soon-to-be-dead" person's name so that he could hunt that very person down and beat the living daylight out of them.

Suddenly a snore escaped Lilly and snapped Oliver out of his train of thoughts. He looked at her and couldn't help but to let a little laughter escape his lips. He was possibly the only person in the world who found snoring cute, but he couldn't help it. She snored cutely.

Perhaps he should wake her? No, she needed her sleep after what ever had happened last night.

"Hey you. Glad to see you awake. How are you, eh, feeling?"

"A bit sore…" there was a pause. "I guess you wanna know what happened?" Her eyes were anywhere but at his.

"I do, but not now cus I think breakfast is in order." Lilly gave him a grateful smile before getting out of the bed.
He made them pancakes and served them with syrup. He was kinda surprised that his parents hadn't come home yet but then again, why dwell on it when he had more important things to think about?
The breakfast went by quietly and all Lilly did was look down on her plate. After finishing her last pancake, she put her plait in the sink and went over to the coach.

"I'm ready." Her voice wasn't as confident as she would have liked it to be, he could tell. He sat down beside her and signalled that he was listening.

"It was my dad… He, he's been under a lot of stress lately and…God I can't believe I'm one of them. I swore I never would be." Confusion ran thro Oliver.

"Be what?"

"One of those who make all these excuses…You know like he's been under a lot of stress and he didn't mean it, I was just getting on his nerves so badly… What he did was wrong and I hate him for it. Ihate him!" She started to snob again and Oliver brought her into a tight hug.

"How…How long has this been going on?" He almost dreaded the answer because he knew he would blame himself for not noticing it.

"A year."

"A year?!" This had been going on for a year and he didn't notice it? His eyes were starting to well and soon the tears were rolling down his cheeks. "Why didn't you tell me? I would have done something! I could have…" How could he not have noticed? The answer were obvious, it was because he was a self-centred jackass who was way too cough up in his own "troubles". None one could hate themselves more then he hated himself now.

That's why…" Now it was Lilly's turn to look confused.

"Huh?"

"The hug…" He could see the sadness filling her eyes and immediately regretted mentioning it.

"I know! And I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, but I was scared and it all just came flashing back to me when you did that motion. And it hurt so badly because I saw how hurt you felt and you thought I hated you! God! He destroyed the one thing that made me feel safe!"

"No, no, no! Don't think about me! I'm the one who should have know something was going on! I'm your best friend for Christ sake! I always said I would look after you, but I failed…I failed…" It was like a realisation came over him. He had failed. He had failed to protect his best friend when she needed it the most. He felt sick and felt the sudden urge to run to the bathroom.

After locking himself in, he thro up a few times.

"Oliver, are you okay?"

No he wasn't okay and neither should she be. He wanted to scream, to kill, to throw up…

He thro up a few more times before looking at his own reflection in the mirror. He looked like hell. His eyes were bloodshot, his cheeks had tearstains on them and some of the puke had landed on his shirt. He took of his shirt and opened the door. "No, I'm not okay, but as long as your safe…" He didn't finish is sentence. There was so need to. Lilly walked towards him and gave him a hug.
"I love you Oliver, I really do."
"I love you too Lil's."

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End of Flashback

When he arrived at the hospital he ran up to the front deck.

"My friend! My friend was in a car accident, where is she?"

"Name?" Could he talk any slower?!

"eh…Lilly. Lilly Truscott." For a second he actually forgot her name!

"Are you family?" She looked at him suspiciously.

"No, she's my best friend! I need to see her! Where is she? Is she okay?" He was desperate. He needed to see her this very instant!

"I am sorry sir, but we can only give out that information to the family." Oliver's blood started to boil and he couldn't help but to let his anger and hurt show in his voice.

"My friend was brought in here half dead, and now your not gonna let me see her?!"

"Like I said, only family." His voice was sickingly sweet and smug.

"But, but I m practically family! I've known her since pre-school god damnit!" He slammed his fists down at the desk in frustration. Why wouldn't they let him see her or even just know what was happening?

"I'm sorry sir, but I have to ask you to step away from the desk."

"I will not fucking move away from this fucking desk until I get to know what's happening to my friend! I did not run out in the middle of the street to stop a car so that I could get here just to be told nothing!" The last part he practically yelled out throughout the hospital.

"Oliver?" Wait, was that…

"Heather?"

"What is going on?" Thank god! Lilly's mom!

"They won't let me see Lilly!"
"Whey won't…What?!" Heather or Mrs. Truscott if you like, turned around with so much fury in her eyes that Oliver himself felt a bit scared. He sure wouldn't want to be the nurse behind the desk.

"Why in the world would you deny this boy to see his best friend?"

"Madam, we are only aloud to let family members get information-" The nurse tried to hold his ground but when it came to Mrs. Truscott, no one could.

"I specifically told you when a guy named Oliver Oken arrive you could just send him straight to us."

"I didn't know-" the nurse tried again.

"Oliver, come with me."

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So what do y'all think? I'm not that fond of this chapter's hospital scène, so for that I'm sorry. But it is what it is and I worked hard on it. Also, I know that this story is mainly in flashbacks, but it's a way of explaining Lilly and Oliver's relationship in this story.

I know I'm a really slow updater, but I unfortunately have loads of homework! Especially in French, which I by the way suck at! Bloody teachers!

I apologise for the shortness of this chapter, I will try to make the next one longer.

I have a question for you guys though…You see, I'm also writing this other Loliver fic, but I kinda need a band that would be a typical Lilly band. Do y'all have any ideas?

And if you have any ideas toward this fic I welcome them with open arms!