Miley was given the option by the school nurse to go home, but realizing how boring it would be at her house all alone, she decided to stick the rest of the day out. Since she had spent all of the morning in the nurse's office lying down with ice on her head, there were only four more periods left, one of them being lunch. She left the nurse and headed for her locker.

"Hey champ how ya feeling?" Lacey greeted her with a hug and a gentle rub of the head.

"Better now." Miley dragged the words out as she tried to think of a proper way to describe just how exactly she was feeling. The throbbing of her head from the collision was nothing compared to how much her head hurt trying to figure out what exactly was going on with Lilly. She was trying to play it off as nothing, but clearly there was something.

Lacey closed their locker, knowing very well that Miley wouldn't be taking any books out, and started walking towards the lunchroom. Miley followed aimlessly, still racking her brain.

"So… That was really nice of Lilly to walk you to the nurse." Lacey broke the silence that had fallen between them. The mentioning of the girls name brought Miley out of her daze.

"Yeah, sure. If you completely ignore the fact that she's the reason I had to go there," Miley snapped back.

"Come on Miles, cut the girl a break. It was entirely an accident." Lacey eyed her friend, but got no response.

With Lacey's words, Miley wondered if the flirting was an accident, too. They arrived inside of the lunchroom and took their seats at their usual table. Lacey decided to let the previous conversation go knowing that Miley's head was somewhere else. She did, after all, run into a door.

As soon as Miley sat down, her phone began to vibrate. She checked to see who it was. Miley froze.

"Umm Lacey… Leighton is calling me. What do I do?"

"Do you want to speak to her?"

It wasn't of much help, but it was a good question. Did Miley want to talk to the girl who had crushed her heart and soul? Okay maybe that sounded a bit dramatic but first girlfriends are a big deal. Leighton was the first person she loved… The first girl she kissed… The first person she made love with… The first person to break her heart… She searched around the lunchroom for some sort of answer, and she found it – in Lilly's eyes.

'Leighton who?' Miley thought, and closed the phone ignoring the call.

She had caught Lilly staring at her, and to say she was thrilled was an understatement. Her heart was, well, pretty much fluttering right out of her chest. With the immense pressure the feeling was causing in her throat, she was worried she would need to be split wide open in order to release it and breathe again. Lilly realized she was caught, as their eyes connected, but she did not turn away like Miley expected she would. See, the expression on Miley's face did not go unnoticed by Lilly, and she decided to have a little fun. She stared intently, never breaking eye contact. Not even to blink. The intensity almost made Miley herself look away, but just like everything else, she thought of this as a game. Unlike this morning, she was not prepared to lose.

Oh, if only she knew what she was getting herself into.

Lilly got up from her table very nonchalantly, still not breaking the powerful stare the two had going on. At this point, Miley started freaking out, not quite sure what the blonde was up to. Lilly ever so slowly made her way in the direction of Miley's table. Miley grabbed Lacey's leg, who was sitting next to her the whole time eating and pretty oblivious to what was going on. Lacey freaked out when she looked up at Miley's face, which looked so fearful she thought Freddy Krueger was about to attack.

"What the…" Lacey started to speak, but as she followed Miley's eyes and saw Lilly coming forth, she just let out a snicker.

Miley felt as if her entire world was moving in slow motion. The beating of her heart was the only thing she could hear, and Lilly's striking eyes were the only thing she was able to focus on. The girl casually made her way and was within feet of them when, to Miley's disappointment, she continued walking right past them, however, not forgetting to give such a sexy smirk that was impossible to overlook. The simple gesture sent such strong shivers down Miley's spine and left the poor hopeless girl looking like putty. Miley's eyes never left the girl though as she continued walking and exited the lunchroom.

"So," Lacey broke the moment as she spoke, "What's your plan?"

Miley didn't answer, so Lacey opened up a devil dog and stuck it in front of her friends face, right underneath her nose. Still no movement. This freaked Lacy out even more than the whole Freddy Krueger idea. There has never been a day, in all of the many years that the two have been friends, which Miley Stewart has turned down a devil dog.

"Oh, dear Lord," Lacey softly whispered to herself. Not that Miley would have heard it any way. She spoke louder, yet slowly for easy comprehension this time. "You know, she – I mean LILLY, might have gone to the bathroom." Lacey put emphasis on the girls name as she spoke, seeing as she knew it would be the only way to get Miley's attention.

"I'm, uh, going to the bathroom." Was all she had to say. Miley got up, took two steps, but then stopped and backed up slowly. She turned around, smiled at Lacey, took the devil dog from her best friend's hand, and then continued walking towards the exit.

"Now that's my girl," Lacey stated as she smiled and continued on with her lunch.

Note: No excuses for how long it's been. I just wasn't all that into it. I never really had a good idea what I wanted to do with this story then, but I've recently been inspired and hope to finally take this somewhere. So I hope some of its readers are still out there, maybe some new ones, and if anyone thinks it's worth continuing, say the word and it shall be done.