Lollipops are for Kids
Ch 7
Lilly and Oliver were both feeling as though the weight of the world was sitting on their shoulders and slowly crushing them as the tour flew by and time became short for them to figure out what to say to Lilly's mother. Oliver's parents checked in every day, wanting to know how Lilly was feeling and if Oliver was eating his greens. It was as though they expected the parents-to-be to stay children while coming into their own as adults.
The night before the Hannah Montana tour bus was due to arrive in Malibu again Oliver took his girlfriend aside to talk about the future. "I want you to know that I really do love you, Lilly," he told her.
"I love you too, Oliver."
"I know. But I don't know if I'll survive tomorrow…no offense, but you know how your mom is…"
"I know what you mean…I might not survive either," she replied with a grin.
"Look, I just want to…well make sure that you really want to be with me and that you won't resent me for…well for helping you conceive a child at 17."
"I told you, I love you!" she said indignantly. "And I mean it…I don't even tell most of my family that I love them…"
"OK…I just wanted to make sure…" he told her. He kissed her gently and slipped his hand into his pocket. When they broke apart he was holding a small box out to her.
"What's this?" she asked him.
"Open it." She complied with his wishes and found herself staring at a beautiful ring.
"Oliver!" she was astonished. "Where did you get this?"
"The store," he replied. "I think the blonde hair is getting to you…"
She smacked his arm. "How did you afford it, is what I mean."
"My best friend is Hannah Montana," he replied. "I know it's not exactly 'grown up' to let someone else buy you a ring, but I'm broke. And she wanted to do it. I've been talking to her about it for a few weeks now and yesterday while you were taking a nap we went to that jewelry store in Santa Fe."
"Oh, God. I don't know what to say about this…"
"Yes would be acceptable," he told her.
She swatted him again, this time more playfully. "Ok. Yes."
"Great!" His face lit up as he removed the ring from the box and placed it on her hand. "I don't know when we're gonna do this thing, but at least we know we're actually going to do it," he told her happily. "Your mom should be a little happier about the situation now."
"That had better not be the only reason you're doing this," she said suspiciously.
"No…Lilly, I love you. Don't you ever listen?"
"About as much as you do," she countered, kissing him again. When they emerged from their private corner, Miley, Jackson and Robbie Ray were waiting for the news.
"She said 'yes,'" Oliver informed them happily. The Stewarts broke into congratulations.
"I told you she would!" Miley told Oliver with a smirk. "He was worried," she added to Lilly.
"This calls for a celebration," Robbie announced. "I don't guess you kids have had a real celebration about this."
"Well it was a little…untimely," Lilly pointed out.
"We're going to order ice cream and pay per view until y'all can't stand it anymore!" Robbie told them.
"Sweet! The monster truck rally is on tonight!" Jackson cheered.
"Not so fast, Trailer Park Teddy," Miley told him. "This is Oliver and Lilly's night. They control the remote!"
"Aww, man!" Jackson sighed.
"We're not watching the Spice Girls' comeback tour either," Oliver told Miley.
"Aww, man!" Miley adopted the annoyed look Jackson had adopted.
"Get over yourselves, you two. It's their celebration," Robbie told his kids. "You guys will let me watch all the shampoo commercials, though, right?" he asked the newly engaged couple.
Several hours later everyone had fallen asleep except Lilly. She was thinking about the night's events and the things that would happen the next day. Her mother would certainly not be happy about the revelation that her teenage daughter was pregnant and engaged, but Lilly hoped her mom would understand her love for Oliver. She fell asleep between Miley and Oliver an hour after her friends had finally passed out, still worrying about what would happen when the morning came around.