A/N: Anybody still with me on this one? I apologize again for the long absence. I've now finished my Calzona story, so I am determined now to bring this one to some sort of close before starting any new stories. Hopefully that means more regular updates until the ending, whenever that will be.

Part 11- New Plans

Cradling her head in her hand, Lilly smiled down at her fiancé, watching her sleep peacefully. She knew every inch of Miley's face, having known her for so many years, but it was different now. It was like she couldn't get enough of that beautiful face. She didn't usually wake before the other girl, so she was enjoying this time to just look at her lover.

So much had happened in the last month or so. Their transition from friends to lovers and partners had happened at warp speed, but she wasn't scared of it. It felt so right to Lilly to be here with Miley like this. Besides, it wasn't like they needed to date to know each other. They already knew pretty much everything there was to know about the other.

Smiling, she placed a feather light kiss on Miley's lips, and when that garnered no response, she placed a second, a third, and more. A strong hand finally made its way through her hair, holding her in place for a much deeper kiss.

"Why are you watching me sleep?" Miley asked with a smile when they finally pulled apart.

"Like you don't ever do it when you wake up before me," Lilly responded. She knew Miley had a tendency to just lay there watching her sleep. After their argument that led to Miley admitting how afraid she was to lose Lilly, she also admitted that sometimes she just liked to watch Lilly, trying to make herself believe it wasn't all a dream.

"True," Miley agreed. She was trying to be more honest with her fiancé these days, not wanting to start another argument. And if she shared her fears then Lilly could help her ease some of them.

"I was thinking, though," Lilly started, waiting for Miley to focus completely on her. "I think maybe we can come to some sort of compromise. About the wedding I mean," she added the last part. She'd been thinking a lot about it, trying to see if there was some way of easing Miley's fears without having to rush through a wedding. Not to say she didn't want to marry Miley and soon, but she wanted it to be because it was right for both of them.

"Go on," Miley encouraged.

"What if we did get married in the summer, but not until next year? I know it'll be hard with school and everything to plan, but that will give us a whole year to pull it together slowly. It's a day that should be special for both of us, and if we rush through it, we might miss something that we would have liked."

Miley nodded her head in agreement. To her the ceremony itself didn't really matter, she didn't care if they did it in an Elvis chapel in Las Vegas so long as the outcome was the same. She just wanted to be Lilly's wife.

However, she had already made it her job in life to make sure Lilly was happy, and give her everything she could possibly want. She wanted Lilly to have the wedding day she wanted. But could she handle living a whole year in fear? She knew it wasn't rational, but it was there none the less.

"Where's the compromise?" she asked. Compromise was about sacrifice, typically from both people involved. She would be giving up the idea of getting married this year, so what was Lilly willing to do?

"You know how badly I wanted to live in the dorms our freshman year? So that we could have the complete college experience?" she asked, getting a nod from Miley. "What if we got an apartment off campus instead? I know either way we'll be living together and it won't change much from how we live now. Except it will be, because we'll have our own place that we are responsible for."

"You'd give up the dorms?" Miley still couldn't believe it. Lilly had been talking about how much she wanted to have the 'true' college experience for over a year. She couldn't believe she'd give up on the idea just like that.

"I would," Lilly smiled, looking deeply into Miley's eyes so she would know how serious she was. "Truthfully, I wanted that before you and I got together anyway. Now, I'd much rather be able to make love to you in the safety of our own home. And anywhere I want to, like the shower," she said, running a hand across Miley's body, settling on her hip. "We can't do that in the dorms that have co-ed bathrooms."

She placed a kiss first on Miley's nose, then her lips, and then her chin, climbing on top of her at time same time. "It would be much harder to do this in the dorms," she smirked, before closing her lips over the other girl's left nipple.

As her mouth moved to show Miley's other breast the same attention, her hand wandered down the brunette's body, stopping to feel the heat already pooled at her center. "Mmm, doesn't take much to get you worked up, does it?" Lilly teased.

"Just looking at you can cause that," Miley responded, back arching to try and get more contact. "Please Lilly," she begged. Smiling, knowing she had Miley right where she wanted her, she pulled her hand away. "No, go back."

"I will, but first one more thing," she told Miley. Lilly couldn't help the grin that came over her at the pout on her lover's face. "Now that I'm on your account, and all the cards have arrived. I was thinking sometime today we should go close my account, merge it with yours."

"Really?" Miley panted, she was extremely turned on by the little Lilly had done, and wanted more, but she wanted this conversation too. Combining their money was one way for them to really feel like they were partners.

"Yes, really," Lilly responded. "I know it'll never be close to what you have…"

"That doesn't matter to me," Miley quickly interrupted. She didn't care if Lilly wanted to stay home all day and do nothing. She had more than enough to support them both.

"I know, but this way I'll really be able to feel like it's our money."

"You should know by now that I have no problem with that. We can totally do that later today, but not until you finish what you started," Miley responded, trying to grab Lilly's hand and put it back where she wanted it.

Moving her hand before Miley could grab it, Lilly smiled down at Miley. "Nope, I got a better idea," she smirked.

Before Miley knew what was happening, she felt Lilly's tongue on her. No matter how many times they'd made love, she'd never get used to that feeling. The first time Lilly had tried it, she'd been so hesitant, but now she couldn't seem to get enough of it. Miley had no such hesitation the first time. She always knew it was something she wanted to do to bring Lilly pleasure.

"More, please," she begged. Fingers slid inside of her while that glorious tongue worked her clit. "More," she repeated. Their conversation had made Miley so turned on, knowing Lilly was trying to make them partners in all the way that matter. It maybe didn't make sense to most, but knowing Lilly wanted that, made her so happy she couldn't help but want her more.

Lilly worked a third finger into Miley, more than she'd ever used before, feeling the tightness around her fingers. She loved this feeling, being able to do this to her fiancé. She'd never contemplated she was gay before, or even thought about sex with a woman before it had happened with Miley. Now that it had, she couldn't think of it being any other way.

Making love to Miley was as natural as breathing. Knowing that it was her hands, and her mouth that brought the other girl such pleasure made her incredibly happy. She only hoped it would always be like this between the two of them.

It was more than an hour later before the two of them finally made their way into the main house to get some breakfast. While Miley cooked them something to eat, Lilly opened her laptop that she had left on the table to night before, and began looking for available apartments near their chosen school.

"Look at this one," Lilly called out several minutes later.

"Look at what?" Miley asked, having no clue what Lilly had been doing. Wandering over to look at the screen, she saw the website the other girl was on. "Man, when you get an idea in your head, you go for it," she teased.

"Hush, you," Lilly told her. "This one seems fairly decent for not a lot of money. It's two bedrooms so we could have a separate study space and it's only about a mile from campus." She knew they didn't really need to worry about sticking to any sort of price range, but she didn't think they needed to go overboard either.

The apartment they chose needed to suit their needs and not much else. It wasn't someplace they'd be staying permanently, so there really wasn't a reason to get more than they needed. Between classes and Miley's obligations as Hannah, they likely wouldn't be home much.

"That could work. I need someplace to keep some Hannah stuff though too. Probably not all of it, but enough to get by when I need it," Miley pointed out.

"That's true, I'll keep looking," Lilly said, while Miley went back to cooking the pancakes.

"I found another one that might work," Lilly told her a little while later, once they were both seated together with plates in front of them. "This one has three bedrooms, but two of the rooms have walk in closets. We could use the one for Hannah and Lola stuff, and the extra as an office of sorts."

"Sounds good to me," Miley agreed. "We would probably have to put a lock on the one room, just to ensure no one wandered in there if we have people over."

"Agreed."

After finished their breakfast, they called the landlord and made an appointment to see the apartment they were looking at. They really hoped it would be as good as it appeared on paper, so to speak. Appointment set, they headed to the bank to first take care of their other little chore for the day.

With her own account closed, Lilly took the receipt from the banker on the new balance of their now joint account. She knew Miley had money, and she had a general idea of how much, but actually seeing it there in black and white was a startling reality.

Watching Lilly's face as she looked down at the paper in her hands, Miley knew exactly where her head was. Taking the paper from between Lilly's hands, she shoved it down into the bottom of her purse. "It doesn't matter," she whispered to her.

Lilly nodded her head, knowing Miley was right. She wouldn't care if they didn't have two times between them so long as they were together. And she knew Miley felt the same way. What they had together was more precious than any monetary value. "I love you, you know that?"

"I love you, too," Miley smiled. "Now let's go see what could become our home for the next four years." And that's exactly what they did.