a/n: I forgot to say, pardon my abilities at their last names I know how to say them but I don't know how to spell them. And if I ever call miley 'miley cyrus' instead of 'miley stewart' forgive me. I just think of her as miley cyrus. But I know her last name is stewart in the show. Just sayin' :)
& I like oliver as a character in Hannah Montana, buuut I think for this fic he's going to have to be kind of a jerk. Sorry if you're a fan of him. :o
Chapter six:
As it happens, I got to Rico's before Lily did some how; I suppose she went home first to shower before she decided to show up here and meet Oliver. So when I saw Oliver sitting at the Shack by himself I decided to grow a pair and join him in a little friendly "manly banter". "Sup?" I said to him, sitting down in the stool next to him.
"Huh?" He looked up at me.
"What's up?" I said again, probably coming off as a creeper.
"Oh, uh…nothing?" He gave me a weird look.
"S'cool, so uh…" I started before he cut me off.
"I'm waiting on my girlfriend…or friend, that is a girl…who I like." He corrected himself.
"Oh, that's chill." What the hell? I think he thought I was trying to hit on him. "So, you uh come here often? With your friend girl?"
He stared at me, "Yeah…"
"Cool. So, yeah I just moved here from Ohio. How about you?" I said trying not to seem like a was a gay guy trying to pick him up.
"I've been here awhile…" He said, still looking wary of me.
I never knew Oliver to be so weird towards people, he usually likes new people, I thought. "That's cool…"
"Hey! Buddy! Buy something, or beat it! No loitering in my stools, they're for the customers!" Rico yelled at me.
"Shut up Rico," I said.
"Don't use that tone with me! This here is Rico's Shack, me being Rico. So if I say beat it…then BEAT IT!" He through a plastic spork at me.
"Dang Rico, lighten up." I heard Lily say from behind me, and then to me she said, "Oh hey bird killer…what's with the sweater vest?"
"Uhh," I blushed…not sure if she could tell through the make up or not though. "I ran out of clothes to wear."
"You know this chump?" Oliver said looking over at Lily.
"Yeah he's cool, I met him yesterday. He killed birds back in Ohio." Lily jumped onto the stool on the other side of Oliver.
"I didn't kill birds…"I muttered, more to myself than them.
Oliver ignored me, "Where's Miley at?"
Lily got a strange look on her face then told him, "Uh…she uh, didn't feel good."
I raised my eyebrows, I didn't feel good huh? "Who's Miley?"
"Our friend. That probably wouldn't like you…" Oliver said, not bothering to look my way. "What's wrong with her?"
"Said her head hurt or something…" Lily muttered into the soda she had taken from Oliver a few seconds ago.
Then I thought, I wouldn't like Mike? I love Mike…he's great.
"We should go to a movie or something Lil." Oliver said, determine to ignore my presence completely.
"Dude, I feel like you're pissed at me and you don't even know me." I said to Oliver.
"Uhh, yeah…you're a pretty awkward guy, you know?"
Lily laughed, "Oliver! Don't be rude to Ohio; I don't think they know how to socialize there."
Oliver rolled his eyes, "Whatever can we just leave this chump? He was like trying to pick me up before you got here."
"Oh really?" Lily looked skeptical. "Funny, 'cause he tried to pick me up yesterday…so I'm pretty sure he isn't into you.
"He could be bi or some queer shit." Oliver muttered.
"What's wrong with being bi?" I recognized Lily's tone as the one she uses when trying to stay calm and not get pissed about something. Oliver didn't notice, he was too stupid to realize things like that.
"All that gay stuff if just gross," He said.
"Nothings wrong with being gay, Oliver." Lily got up off her stool glaring at him, then looking over at me, "Not saying you're gay Ohio, but even if you are it's fine with me."
"I'm not gay." I said, well…Mike isn't gay, but uh, Miley on the hand…that's a different story.
"And Oliver, no I don't want to go to a movie with you. You're being a jerk, I don't know what's with you lately but I don't like it! Don't get a big head just 'cause you think one girl like you!" She yelled at him, making people around the Shack look over her.
"You're causing a scene Lily."
"I don't care if I'm causing a scene Oliver!"
I got up quietly off my stool, "Maybe I should uh…get going." Wondering why Lily was suddenly so protective of gay people…she use to not care, it didn't bother her but she never was a big supporter either. And wasn't she just basically making sure I wasn't gay the other day?
"Wait up Ohio, I'm coming with you." Lily said following after me.
"What the hell Lily! You're going with that weirdo you just met instead of hanging out with me? I thought we had plans!" Oliver said sounding truly upset.
"Yeah well, you're being a jerk so we're postponing them." Lily continued to stomp off, passing me up.
I trailed doubtfully after her.
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Then we ended up at the beach after the big blow out with her and Oliver, I knew she was upset…and with information of her from dealing with her as Miley I knew she didn't like to be questioned a lot when she was upset. So I sat quietly beside her, then laid back in the sand as she just continued to stare in a very pissed off manner at the ocean, throw the occasional rock into it.
"Oliver really ticks me off sometimes," She said suddenly, "I know you don't know him…but usually he's a really sweet guy. Honestly I don't know what's been getting him lately. I think it's something to with Miley though. He says she looks at me different, in ways she shouldn't."
I held my breath, seriously? I didn't think he ever noticed anything…
"I don't notice it though, and I watch her out of the corner or my eyes a lot when she thinks I'm not. She does like to tease me a lot…and run around naked in front of me for some reason. But I think that's just Miley, she loves to joke around…Oliver says he like me, but if he keeps acting like a jerk to me and Miley and you Ohio, I don't think I'm going to like him too much any more…so it won't matter if he likes me even." She took a breath, "I don't know why I'm telling you…but I feel like I can trust you."
I watched as her hair got blown by the wind, she really was pretty…not just cute.
"You remind me of Miley actually, and despite what the jerk said at the Shack, I think Miley would like you a lot." She turned to smile at me, and I felt my stomach flip. I couldn't help but smile back at her. "Maybe you can meet her one day."
"Yeah…maybe." I said, wondering how she would take it when she knew I was Mike…I mean I had to tell her sometime, right? Just not right now. "I think this Miley girl sounds nice."
"She really is," Lily turned back to the ocean, adding softly "She's one of the nicest people I've met."
"Are you close with her?"
"Yeah…she has her weird moments, but you know…I think that just makes us closer. She's always there for me when my mom decides she doesn't want me in the house, or when something goes wrong at school…she's…made everything better since she's been here. I honestly don't know what I'd have done with out her. Sure Oliver is there for me too, but it's so much different with Miley…Miley is amazing." As she was talking her voice kept getting softer and softer, until I wasn't even sure if I was hearing everything right. "Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if…" Then she stopped, looking back at me suddenly.
"If what?" I asked, wanting her to continue.
"Oh nothing Ohio," She laughed trying to lighten the mood. "Enough about me, tell me about your self…and your bird killing state, what's it like there?"
I sat up beside her, running my hands through the sand in front of us. "Well," I tried to remember what it had been like the few times I had been there, "There's lots of grass…actually farms too. I just lived on a farm, in the rural part of Ohio. This whole city thing is new to me; I'm use to cows and chickens, with lots of grass everywhere. Not this sand stuff…or the city."
"Do you miss ever?" Lily said quietly, pushing the sand in front of her into a pile.
I sighed, "A little I guess…I miss our horses, we had to leave them there with my grandparents. I also miss the cool, it's a lot different here…humid, and hot."
"Yeah? It probably is a different here; it reminds me of what Miley said when she told me about Tennessee."
Oh crap, "Why's that?"
"She had horses too; she tells me she use to ride them all the time on the hills and pastures there. It sounds beautiful where she use to live, I don't know why anybody would leave that for this." She gestured around us to the beach.
Quietly I said to her, "Well there are some beautiful things here too I've noticed."
Lily turned to look at me, and saw I was looking at her when I said that.
I blushed and turned my face away from her, "Sorry…I don't mean to creep you out."
"Ohh, Ohio. You're sweet really."
I swallowed, god I wanted to tell her it was me, Miley, for some reason really bad right now. Instead I just turned and smiled softly at her.
