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The next day found Lilly sitting in her last class of the day, idly staring out the window. Her mind was somewhere else, to say the least. She hadn't spotted Miley all day, not that she was looking or anything, but with the way they had been running into each other, it was odd not seeing her around. She'd grown used to their unusual encounters, and had to admit that without Miley, Walla Walla High School was awfully boring.

The bell signaling school was over had finally rang and broke Lilly from her daze. Lilly left the room and headed towards her locker. Along the way, she spotted Miley's friend, the one who was sitting with her during lunch. Well at least she assumed that was her friend.

Lilly approached the girl, silently hoping she knew where Miley was.

"Hello, um, you're Miley's friend right? I'm sorry I don't know your name."

Lacey looked up from her locker and smiled once she realized who it was.

"Why hello there Lilly. I'm Lacey by the way. What can I do for you?"

"Well I was actually wondering, if you might by any chance, happen to know-"

"-where Miley is?" Lacey cut her off smiling even bigger now.

"No. Is she not here? I didn't even notice. I was actually wondering if you could tell me where the, uh, guidance counselor's office is."

"Uh huh, sure," Lacey knew the girl was lying. "How about instead I guide you to Miley's house? That's where she is. She got suspended for a day."

"Suspended? Why?"

"Got caught skipping lunch."

After hearing Lacey's words, Lilly immediately felt guilty. She should be suspended too since she was with her. She hated to admit it, but what Miley did was actually very sweet. She remembered how the other girl didn't even hesitate in telling her to leave.

"That's my fault. I was there with her, but she told me to leave once the teacher came."

"Don't worry it's not your fault, Grisbol just has it out for Miles. I did speak to her though and she told me the story. You know, Miley doesn't do too many acts of kindness for people. You must be pretty darn special." Yeah, Lacey was definitely trying to butter her up for Miley.

And it was working.

Lilly thought about what Lacey said before. "You think she'd mind if I stopped by? Just to say thank you of course."

"Of course, I know she wouldn't mind that at all. Here, let me give ya some directions." Lacey wrote quickly on a piece of paper and handed it to the girl. "I put my phone number on there too, in case you get lost. And Miley's as well, just in case. But don't call her and let her know that you are coming." Lacey smiled a little mischievous crooked smile. She was not going to tell Miley Lilly was coming. She pictured Miley opening her front door, seeing Lilly standing there, and most likely collapsing from the shock of Lilly actually being in her presence at her house. Lacey figured since she just really helped Miley out, there's no reason why she couldn't have a little harmless fun while doing so.

Lilly drove along in her recently restored '69 Mustang with the windows down, carefully following Lacey's directions. It was such beautiful weather, and her day got much brighter at just the thought of seeing Miley. She got quite nervous though once she realized she was close.

Miley was sitting on the couch still in her pajamas pigging out on junk food all while watching TV. She had been in the same exact spot all day, only getting up to go to the bathroom or get more food of course. She was watching some scary movie but couldn't remember the name. It was really old and in black and white, but for some reason those always seemed to scare her more. Miley was just getting ready to take a bite of her devil dog when the door bell rang. It scared the shit out of her and she jumped in her seat, smearing the cake on her face a bit. She hastily wiped her face and stomped to the door, already angry at whoever was disturbing her. Miley opened the door and froze.

There was Lilly standing there – On her doorstep, at her house. Lilly saw Miley's disheveled appearance and could not help but laugh.

"Hi Miley, I'm real sorry to bother you. I thought that Lacey would warn you I was coming."

"Uh um one moment please…" Miley felt really stupid so she closed the door. Here she is, hair all messed up, still in her pajamas, and cake on her face – And there is Lilly, standing on her front doorstep, looking unbelievably gorgeous in her black boot cut jeans with a button down multi colored flannel shirt and her hair loosely tied up. Simple – but stunning.

Miley quickly sent Lacey a text telling her she was going to kill her, tried to fix herself up, failed, and gave up opening the door again, not wanting to keep Lilly waiting.

"Sorry I just had to, uh, yeah. Sup?" Miley stood leaning against the door frame with one arm up, the other in her pajama pants pocket. She was trying to be suave.

"Nice Scooby-doo PJ's," Lilly teased.

Miley blushed, embarrassed of her pajamas. "In my defense, I was not expecting any visitors."

"Hey its okay, I actually think they're really cute." Lilly was being completely honest. Miley looked pretty hot right about now. Her pants fit her nicely, falling just below her waist and with her tank top rising up; she couldn't help but admire the other girls fit stomach. Even sexier was Miley's tattoo. She has stars and a swirly design leading down her hip bone, past her pants line so you couldn't see it anymore.

Lilly was feeling bold. She reached forward and brought the tips of her fingers to trace the design. This took Miley by surprise and she lightly gasped at the touch, which did not go unnoticed by Lilly. She continued tracing it until Miley's pants prevented her from going any further. She held her hand there though. Lilly took her eyes off the girl's abdomen and brought her face up to meet Miley's eyes.

"It's a lovely design. May I see the rest?"

"S-sure."

Miley brought her thumb down next to Lilly's hand, very careful not to touch her, and hooked her pants and slowly brought the waistline down. Revealed was a dazzling design of more stars and swirls that meshed into Miley spelt in cursive, very swirly-like as well.

"Wow," was all Lilly could say as she continued to trace it. It went down pretty far, just above Miley's most private area. Very revealing… Very beautiful… Very hot.

Lilly suddenly became embarrassed. "I'm sorry," She apologized. "Here I am practically molesting you. I don't know what came over me."

Lilly removed her hand and the warm sensation Miley felt just seconds before disappeared.

"Do you want to come inside?" Miley asked, holding the door open for the other girl.

Lilly didn't answer; instead she walked past Miley and into the house. She took it as a good sign that Miley seemed to be okay with what she did. She usually focuses very well on Miley's reactions and can read what she is feeling, but this time she was too caught up to pay attention to anything besides Miley's body. She stopped once she was inside, waiting for Miley.

Miley closed the door very slowly. She kind of wished she had not invited Lilly inside. Being inside of her house with Lilly all alone was a nerve wracking thought. 'Just keep your cool' she tried telling herself. She took one, deep breath and turned. Lilly was standing there waiting for her.

"Here, have a seat," Miley offered, walking over to the couch to clear it off a bit.

Lilly laughed at the sight of all of the food scattered everywhere. How does she eat so much while remaining in such great shape!

"For a girl who eats this much, I must say, you manage to keep in very good shape."

"You ogling my goods Lilly?" Miley could not help but tease.

"'Goods?'" Lilly laughed. "It was just a compliment. People complement each other all of the time."

"Well then why are you getting so defensive hmmm?" Miley challenged back with a smirk.

"Look I just came over here to thank you. For yesterday. And I'm sorry you got suspended."

"It happens," Was all Miley said at first. "To me, a lot more than others, but it happens. Hey I'm sorry you had to suffer through school today while I got a day off," Miley grinned.

"It would not have been so bad…" Lilly dragged out her words, then continued softly, "…if you were there."

That one left Miley cheesy.

"Well in that case I promise to never leave you in that wretched place alone ever again. Deal?"

"Deal." Lilly smiled. She was happy with where this was going. She felt very comfortable right now, and turned her attention to Miley, who she found staring at her.

Now it was Lilly's turn to smirk. Here comes bold Lilly…

"You want to kiss me." She spoke on impulse.

"No, I don't," Miley quickly said back.

"Yeah, you do. Come on just admit it," Lilly said matter of factly.

Miley thought about this for a minute, leaving Lilly in suspense. "There's nothing to admit," she finally said.

Lilly was getting quite frustrated. The little games they played kept it interesting but enough was enough. Lilly wanted Miley. "Just kiss me already."

"Oh," Miley paused as a giant grin spread across her flushed face. "So you want to kiss me, eh?" Miley teased while wiggling her eyebrows.

Lilly took a second to adore Miley's goofy manner and ponder the question itself. She quickly decided that it was not a question at all. You have to think about questions and take them into consideration. Sometimes there may even be more than one possible response but for that question, Lilly was quite sure there was only one answer – Yes. Lilly wanted… No – needed to kiss Miley.

Very cautiously, Lilly slid on the couch closer to Miley. She smiled to herself as Miley's goofy grin and cocky confidence was immediately wiped from her face.

This was the real Miley, the one with no façade. At school, around other people, she was a different girl. But here, in her home, sitting there in her Scooby doo pajamas, well Lilly could get used to this.

Lilly brought her hand to Miley's face and gently pushed her loose, messy curls behind her ear and left her hand cupping the back of Miley's head, tangled in her hair. She then moved her lips to the other girl's ear and whispered, "I want to kiss you."

Miley closed her eyes and shivered at the touch of Lilly's hand, or was it from the hot breath tickling her ear? No, it had to be from the words she spoke.

Lilly then brought her lips to Miley's cheek and placed a light kiss there before moving back a bit, away from Miley. She moved her hand from her head very slowly down the other girls arm resting at her side and left it on her hip.

Miley was afraid to open her eyes for fear that she was only dreaming. She brought her hand to her hip, found Lilly's hand and followed it up her arm until she reached her shoulder, then neck, and then her face.

Lilly simply smiled and she sensed the other girls panic as she franticly felt around her face. Miley left both hands on Lilly's cheeks gently squeezing them, causing a fish face to form.

Lilly could not contain her laughter anymore and began giggling. "Miley, what are you doing?"

"Seeing if you're real," She answered simply, as if Lilly should have already known the answer.

"Miley, why wouldn't I be real?"

"Well, I could be dreaming."

"Oh, really? You dream of me often?"

Miley closed her eyes tighter in embarrassment, but smiled, not minding being caught

She opened her eyes to find Lilly's azure eyes fixated on her. Miley relaxed her hold on Lilly's face and started to stoke her cheek very tenderly with her thumb. She then brought her lips towards Lilly's, not quite all the way however, and let them linger. The room was silent. All that could be heard is the breathing of the two girls, high in anticipation of what might just happen.

Lilly could not take it anymore and made her move, bringing her lips forward, trying to find Miley's. Miley felt this however and went back with her, leaving Lilly's attempt unsuccessful and only wanting her more. Miley did not waste any time though and now it was she who moved forward, towards Lilly, but Lilly pulled back slightly just as Miley did. They were teasing each other, building the intensity and passion up even higher than it already was.

They sat there, in the same position, only millimeters between them, until finally neither one could take it anymore and they both moved forward, their lips finally connecting.