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A.N. 21 reviews for chapter one. You guys rock, thank you. This is all dialogue, something I haven't really done before. Hope you like it.
The Back Up Plan Chapter Two
Two Years Later
"Chris, get out of my house! I don't need to tell you again!" Miley said heatedly, and Lilly could see the veins popping out in her neck.
Ten minutes ago, Miley rushed into the house with an angry brunette male hot on her heels. It took Lilly a nanosecond to jump up when she sensed something was wrong.
"Miley, please, I can explain!"
"Explain what? That you're an asshole?"
"It's not what it looks like!"
"Oh really? I caught you in bed with my lab partner! Your dick was in her mouth! What, was she looking for something? Was she checking you for lice?"
"Please, I'm sorry!"
"Get the fuck out of my house!" Miley screamed.
"Fine! You're a tease! I only did it because you wouldn't! You're too wrapped up in Blondie over there! I should have known something was going on with the two of you!"
HEY! Lilly screamed. "Listen to me you asswipe! You went on four dates! FOUR! That's it! Miley is NOT the type of girl to just hop in the sack with some random guy! If you took the time to know her on those FOUR dates, you'd know that!"
"Fine." Chris seethed. "I'm so outta here."
Miley slammed and locked the door behind him.
"Wow, what a prick, can you believe that?" Miley said, walking over to Lilly and hugging her.
"You ok?" Lilly asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I didn't even really like the guy, he was too full of himself, but I hate the fact that he cheated on me."
"Yeah, asshole. So, what happened?"
Miley untangled herself from Lilly and went to pour two tall glasses of iced-t. "I'll tell you, but not here. Let's go in the hot tub."
"Ok, I'll go get changed."
Lilly came out ten minutes later carrying two towels and hair bands. She put the towels within reach and handed Miley her hair tie.
"Thanks Lils."
Both girls put their hair up and got in the tub. Miley took a long sip of her drink and set it aside. She closed her eyes and rubbed them before looking at Lilly who was looking at her with concern.
"What?"
"Are you sure you're ok Miley?"
"Yeah, I'm fine…" Miley said, not sounding convincing at all. Lilly raised her eyebrows in silent question. Miley sighed. "Really, I'm ok, I'm just angry. I feel like I should have seen this coming but I didn't."
"How could you have? You barely knew the guy. So, what happened, besides the obvious?"
"He called last night, you remember, and asked if I wanted to work out and go for a swim today, and I said yeah. He told me to meet him at his dorm and we'd walk over to the gym together. So I get there and go up to his room and I went to knock, but the door wasn't shut properly so I pushed it slightly and it opened. He didn't even see me at first and I was too shocked to say anything. I didn't even realize it was Kristie with him because her back was to me, obviously. He was just sitting there, holding her head in place while she sucked him like you would a tootsie pop."
Lilly couldn't help it and she let out a giggle at her friend's choice of words. "What, was she looking for the creamy filling or something?"
"Ew Lil!"
"I'm sorry, I had to." Lilly reached behind her for her iced-t and took a sip. "So, what happened next?"
"Well, when my brain was finished processing what was going on, I screamed 'Oh, Hell no!' pretty loud. Let's just say it not only got their attention, but the three people walking by in the hall. Chris jumped up and then screamed, apparently I scared the shit out of them and it caused Kristie to bite down pretty hard…"
"No! Really? She actually bit him?" Lilly asked.
Miley laughed pretty hard. "Oh yeah, I think he probably has to go get it looked at. Asshole. So, he was all like, 'Miley! I can explain!' and then Kristie turned around and she was beet red. She said that she didn't know we were exclusive and if she had she never would have done it."
"But you weren't exclusive, were you?"
"That's just the thing –" Miley shifted in her seat to lower the water jets. "We never spoke about that, I guess I just assumed since I wasn't seeing anyone else, he wasn't. I mean, we were only dating and we went out what, four times? I know we had no title, he wasn't my boyfriend or anything, and I didn't even really like the guy, but catching him like that…"
"Hey, be glad that it was now and not later on, after more dates or even a commitment." Lilly said.
"Aint' that the truth. I ran out of the building and back to my car as fast as I could. He ran after me, followed me home like a madman, and well you saw the rest. I'm so glad Daddy wasn't home to see it. I don't know how I'd explain that one to him. And to think, that was the first guy I dated in college and my freshman year is almost over."
Lilly was quiet as she took in all that was said. Miley did NOT deserve to be treated like that. "Hey, Miley? Before he left, he said that you were too wrapped up in 'Blondie' and he pointed to me. What did he mean by that?"
"Oh, I forgot about that. When he stopped in front of the house he started listing things off on his fingers like how whenever we were together I was constantly texting you, or how I would bring you up and how he didn't understand how we declined to live in the dorms and opted to stay at home. I mean, we have an awesome, brand new room, complete privacy, a pool, and campus is only twenty minutes away, so why would we wanna live in some stinky dorm?"
"Wow, has he never known girls before? We talk, we text, it's in our DNA!"
Both girls laughed at that. Miley thought back to the party two weeks ago where she met Chris. He came over to her and he seemed nice enough. He commented on how Miley's eyes kept straying to a certain blonde girl who was across the room talking to another guy.
"Who's that over there?" he asked.
"My best friend."
"Oh yeah? Who's that guy with her?"
"I don't know, why?"
"Because you're scowling at him. You can't take your eyes off of her"
Miley was brought out of her thoughts as Lilly's hand waved in front of her face. "You ok? What are you thinking?"
Miley considered telling Lilly what was going through her mind but she decided against it for now. "I'm thinking I'm hungry and starting to prune. Wanna get out and make pasta for dinner tonight?"
Lilly's eyes widened in approval and she licked her lips. "Mmm, sounds good. I love it when it's just us and we have the house to ourselves."
Miley laughed and stood up grabbing their towels. "Yeah, me too. I practically pushed Daddy and Jackson out the door to go fishing this weekend."
Both girls dried off and went to get cover-ups from their room before going to the kitchen. It always amazed Miley how easy everything was for her and Lilly. They worked so well in the kitchen, as well as cleaning their bathroom and bedroom, and they didn't hesitate to take turns with the laundry.
Miley watched as Lilly rinsed some mushrooms while she chopped an onion, throwing it into the sauté pan. When liquid started to come out of the onions, Lilly threw in the mushrooms along with some whole garlic cloves and put the flame on simmer.
"So, I didn't get a chance to tell you, but I got an email from Oliver…" Lilly said.
"Seriously? That's… pretty random."
"Yeah. He sent it to you if you want to read it, but the gist of it is, is that he's sorry for being a dick and he wants to make amends. He's done touring for a few months and he's coming home, but… He got married and he's expecting a baby at the end of the summer."
Miley dropped the spoon she was holding and turned to give Lilly her full attention.
"Oliver? A daddy?"
Shock was written all over both their faces. "Yeah, can you believe it?" Lilly said.
"No. I don't really know what to think, or say except… well, I'm glad that it isn't you."
Lilly looked completely relieved. "I'm glad that it isn't me. God, Miley when I read that… the first thought that went through my head was relief; relief that it wasn't my life that's messed up, and relief that we broke up when we did…"
Miley wrapped Lilly up into a warm hug. "Hey, it's ok to feel relieved that it isn't you."
"I know, I just never expected his life to change so drastically so fast – it's only been two years since we broke up."
Miley pulled back to look in Lilly's eyes. "Were you in love with him?"
"I thought I was at the time, but now I know that I wasn't. It's good that we broke up when we did. I just know that we wouldn't have made it, long term or whatever."
Miley nodded and turned back to the stove. She poured the pasta into the now boiling water and added some sun dried tomatoes to her mushroom mixture, stirring it all together before covering it to finish cooking.
Lilly set the table in silence, complete with a table cloth and candles. She went to the wine rack and opened a bottle of white. When the food was ready, Miley dished it out and they sat down to eat.
"This is nice, just the two of us." Miley said, smiling at Lilly.
"Do you think your dad will mind that we're drinking the wine?"
"No." Miley said. "We're not driving or anything so it's all good."
Miley held up her glass along with Lilly's and they clinked them together before taking a sip and digging in.
When dinner was finished, Lilly got up and started washing the dishes and Miley got up to dry everything and put it away. When that was done, Miley grabbed their glasses and the wine bottle and they settled on the couch. Miley couldn't seem to get Chris' words from a few weeks ago out of her head.
"Because you're scowling at him. You can't take your eyes off of her."
Miley grabbed the bottle and topped off their glasses.
"Lilly, do you think we're different than other best friends? Are we closer than normal?" Miley asked.
"Everyone's different Miles, and you and I are super close and that's normal to me. Why do you ask?"
The brunette creased her brow choosing her words carefully. "When I met Chris at that party two weeks ago, we were talking and I kept looking at you and that guy you were talking to, what was his name?"
"Trevor."
"Right. I guess my gaze kept settling on you and Trevor and well, Chris noticed. He said I was scowling at him. I didn't like seeing you with him, but I didn't know why. I guess with him saying today that we're so wrapped up in each other it got me thinking."
"Trevor never called. He's just another guy that was looking for a one night stand, and I'm not a one night stand kind of girl, like you. You know, I kept looking at you and Chris also. I didn't like him with you either."
Miley downed the rest of her wine and set the glass down on the table. "Lilly, do you remember two years ago we made that pact?"
"The night that I broke up with Oliver? The one where that we're both not married by the time we're 23 then we'll marry each other? How could I forget that? I, um, well I think about that all the time actually."
"So do I. Chris, asshole that he is, got me thinking." Miley scooted closer to Lilly and turned to fully face her. "We're always together, we finish each other's sentences and we both can't stand to see each other with other guys. Everything I would look for or need in a mate is you Lilly, and the fact that we're both girls doesn't bother me at all. I know we said that if we didn't find anyone else then we'd get married, but why would I want to look for anyone else when the perfect girl is sitting right in front of me?"
Miley, suddenly shy, reached out and laced her fingers with Lilly's, running her thumb over the top of her hand. "I don't want to wait four more years and however many more failed relationships, so Lilly, would you go on a date with me tomorrow?"
Lilly leaned forward and chastely kissed Miley's lips, just like she had two years ago.
"Yes Miley, I'll go on a date with you."
Lilly Truscott was going on a date with her. Miley smiled wide and blushed furiously.
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