Lilly sighed, staring at her pink manicure she got just yesterday. It was already chipping. She huffed, and crossed her arms over her chest. A re-run of Sex and the City was playing on her plasma and her phone was sitting next to her on her bed. It was on, volume high so she could hear it. Still, no calls. All. Day. Long. She stared at the clock: 3:06 pm. She picked up her phone, and scanned through her many contacts. There were only about ten out of a hundred people in here she would even considering calling.

Still, Lilly Truscott doesn't call people. People call her. Pissed off, aggravated, and bored she did the last thing she wanted to do. She called someone.

"Hello?" The voice on the other line asked. She could hear voices in the background.. or maybe it was just her TV.

"Hey, Miles." Lilly said, sounding mono-toned and bored.

"Hey Lils!" Miley's happy-go-lucky attitude was present, even through a phone connection. "I'm with my dad right now.. but can we talk later?"

Reluctantly, Lilly agreed. "Yeah, whatever. Bye." She hung up quickly, and layed down on her bed. She groaned. Honestly, she was mostly pissed because Oliver said he'd call today. She most certainly wasn't going to call him like some clingy little girl with a creepy crush. She would be confident and classic. She would wait for his call. Not that she'd ever tell him that..

The obnoxious AT&T default ring tone went off, piercing her ears. Maybe full volume wasn't such a good idea. And maybe switching from Verizon to AT&T just for the stupid iPhone wasn't such a good idea, either. She reached over, grabbing her phone. It was Jake. She frowned, but picked it up anyways. "Hello?"

"Hey, babe!" He exclaimed. "What are you doing?"

She sighed. Should she hang out with Jake today? Oliver might call.. She mentally kicked herself. Jake was her boyfriend, not Oliver. She should want to hang out with him. "Nothing, just getting ready." She lied, making it sound like she was actually doing something productive.

"Where are you going?" He asked, and disappointed flooded his voice.

"I was going to go shopping, because Miley's busy. Unless you had something else in mind?" She played her cards right. Lilly Truscott did not sit at home on Saturday afternoons watching re-runs and waiting for calls.

"Oh." He sounded happier now. "I was thinking you could come over? My parents aren't home, and we can use the hot tub."

The idea actually sounded pretty inviting.. but also a bit frightening. Any other time, she would have jumped at the chance of a hot tub. She's been dying for one, and her dads keep putting it off. But with Jake? He's been pretty pushy lately.. and she's not sure she's okay with that.

She sighed. "Yeah, I'd love too. Give me like, a half hour, though."

"Alright. I'll see you then. Love you."

She bit her lip. "Love you too." She hung up, and stared at the phone for a minute before throwing it on her bed and picking out a bathing suit.

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Times like these she wishes Miley was there. Miley could always tell when Lilly was feeling awkward, pressured, or anything. She would always break something up or put a stop to whatever was bugging her at the moment. Miley was really the best friend anyone would want.

But Miley wasn't there, and Lilly was on her own.

"Jake, stop." Lilly said sternly. He took his lips away from her neck and stared her straight in the eyes. Her back was against a bubble jet, and it was making her feel numb.

He looked annoyed. "What is it?"

She sighed. "I just.." She inwardly groaned, throwing her skeptical thoughts into the back of her mind. She grabbed Jake by his shoulders and brought his lips to hers. They collided, and the warmth of his breath was now mingling with hers.

He didn't ask why she did it, he probably either forgot about it now or just didn't care. He pulled away slowly. He stared at her.

"What?" She asked, briefly wondering if she did something wrong.

His blond hair was longer then usually from the water, and it was almost covering his eyes. He looked thoughtful. "I love you." He blurted out. He didn't break eye-contact.

Lilly's mouth suddenly became very dry, and there was a hollow pit in the bottom of her stomach. Sure, they've said 'love you!' and 'love ya!' at the end of there conversations before, but they've never been thoughtful about, so surreal.. they've never stared into each others eyes and said it like they meant it. He was getting impatient, and his usual confident stance was slowly fading away.

"I love you too." She said softly, but loud enough for him to hear. She couldn't handle the guilt she felt when she saw his face fall, and saw all his insecurities turning inside-out. She knew she wasn't in love with Jake, no matter what she told Miley, or anyone else. She shouldn't have lied, especially about something like that. A small smile appeared on his face, and he attacked her mouth once again. He placed butterfly kissed along her jaw line, moving lower to her neck. He nibbled on it, and this time, she didn't stop him. He continued to move lower, now at her collar bone. His hands trailed down her back, stopping at the string that tied her bikini top together. He started to slowly pull at it.

Lilly's eyes went wide. She grabbed Jake by the shoulders and pushed him off of her ."What do you think you're doing?!" She shouted, motified by the entire thing.

He looked pissed off. "Oh, come on, Lilly!" He ran a hand through his wet hair. "We've been together for eight months! You still need time?!"

She was infuriated with him. The last thing she needed was more pressure, and that's exactly what he was doing. "You are such an ass! You don't tell someone you love them just so you can get with them!" She stood up, and stepped out of the hot tub.

He put his hands up in defense, "That's not why I said that!" He sighed, "Where are you going?"

She grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself, staring at him viciously. "I'm leaving!" She yelled.

He groaned. "Lilly!" She stormed away. "Lilly!" He called again. He ran out of the hot tub, almost falling more then once. He chased after her, leaving a trail of water behind. "Don't go. I'm sorry!"

"You should be!" She was still upset. She opened the door, her bag in hand. She didn't even bother to change. "And for the record, we've been together for nine months - not eight!" She slammed the door shut, Jake staring at her dumbfounded.

She stormed down the driveway and into her car. She didn't even mind that she was getting the interior wet. She needed to get away from Jake and his hormones. She needed her best friend, who was currently unavailable. She also needed a hair brush.. but, of course, none of those things were really accessible at the moment.

Now, breaking a new record, Lilly called two people in one day. The phone rang, and the person picked up only on the second ring.

"Oliver? It's Lilly. Are you busy?"

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"..So, then I left. Can you believe him?!"

Oliver sighed, and ran a hand through is hair. He looked uncomfortable. "I'm, uh, sorry about that." He cleared his throat. "That sucks."

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Um, yeah! It does." She shook her head, more to herself. "He sucks."

"Lilly, I don't mean to be rude or anything.." He bit his lip. "But shouldn't you be telling Miley about this?"

She sighed. "I would, but, she's not around." She shrugged. "You don't have to say anything.. I just needed someone to listen."

Oliver nodded, understanding. "I get it." He placed a hand on her shoulder, "Are you okay?"

She suppressed a small smile. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Thanks."

"Good." He grinned, standing up and clapping his hands together. "'Cause we're going out."

She stared at his, one eyebrow cocked. "We are?" She said, and sounded less then enthusiastic.

He nodded, still wearing that grin. "Yeah, I think you should get out of your house.. besides Jake's hot tub." He chuckled nervously.

Lilly just stared at him, unamused.

"Too soon?"

She nodded. "A little."

"Right.." He grabbed her wrist, breaking their awkward moment. "Come on, I'm driving. Call Miley, she can come."

Lilly didn't even have time to agree, for she was being dragged out of her room faster then she could even walk herself. She quickly grabbed her purse off of her dresser on the way, and they were out into her driveway before she got the chance to blink.

Oliver watched Lilly as she fumbled with her phone. "Are you calling her?" He asked.

Lilly raised her eyebrows at him. "Why do you want Miley do come so badly?" She asked playfully, but in her mind was feeling a little bitter to the idea of Oliver having any interest in her best friend.

He rolled his eyes. "Don't get any ideas. I'm bringing Kyle, and I didn't want him to end up being a third wheel."

Lilly nodded slowly. "Okay.. whatever you say."

"Lilly!" He protested. She giggled, as Miley picked up the phone. She talked to her for a bit, first saying how her and Oliver were going to pick her up from her house. Then went into discussion about how much she has to tell her and how much of an ass whole Jake Ryan is.

Oliver tapped his fingers on his car impatiently. Lilly noticed, and bid farewell to her friend. She grinned sheepishly. "Ready."

He suppressed a small smile, and opened the door for her. She smiled at him.

They drove for about fifteen minutes until they reached Miley's house, talking about nothing in particular. Mostly Lilly just complaining about her jerk of an boyfriend, and that she doesn't know what to do with him.

Miley walked out of her house, wearing her permanent smile. She entered the backseat. "Hey guys!" She greeted with her friendly attitude.

Lilly turned around in her seat. "I have so much to tell you!"

Oliver groaned. "This is gonna be a long night." He sighed.

Lilly gaped, and slapped his arm playfully. "Shut it!"

Miley laughed, reaching towards the front to change the station.

"Oh, no, you can't touch that. It's his car." Lilly mocked, staring at Oliver.

Oliver grinned. "That's right. My car, my music."

"You call this music?" Miley asked, staring at the radio like it was a deadly disease.

Oliver's mouth fell open. "I thought you were the nice one!"

Lilly and Miley both laughed. They arrived at Kyle's house, and he entered next to Miley. She smiled and waved. "Hey!"

His eyes widened once her saw her, and Oliver chuckled. "Um.. hi." He choked out, shooting daggers at Oliver.

"So, where are we going?" Lilly asked curiously.

Oliver shrugged. "Food?"

"McDonald's!" Kyle blurted out. Everyone stared at him.

He shrugged. "Or.. some fancy restaurant place.. Whatever."

Miley giggled. "McDonald's sounds good. And then we can watch a movie at Lilly's! She has that huge plasma.."

Oliver and Lilly exchanged glances, silently agreeing. "Yeah, sounds good."

Lilly laughed. "McDonald's run and then a movie. Sounds like a night."

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Well, I wasn't sure how to end this chapter. I think the whole thing with Jake is something that everyone in a relationship goes through. I know I had to, being pressured and whatnot. And then just hanging out with Oliver, Miley, and Kyle was to just make her feel better and show that they can be normal once in and a while. And don't worry about their night.. haha. It wasn't anything special, they just hung out like normal teenagers. I'm hoping that in the next chapter, they'll be some loliver moments : ) you'll probably hear Oliver's story soon.. and more drama is on the way.

Look out for it all : )

Love,

Steph.