I realize just when I was about to start writing this chapter that Miley and Lilly hadn't talked yet (despite her talking to Oliver the night before) so I had to get that cleared up. :) Loving the reviews keep 'em comin'. :)
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The next morning before school, just as I was about to head out, I remembered that I hadn't called Lilly yet. I whipped out my cell phone, my thumb dashing over the key pad [A.N.:I don't know what it's really called. I don't even have a cell phone] as I put in her number and held the phone up to my ear. I rang seven times, and just as I was about to give up and hang up I heard, "Yello."
"Lilly! I'm glad I caught you before school."
"Oh, it's you. I forgot to check the caller ID."
I sighed. "Listen, about yesterday. I'm really sorry that I went off on you like that. You were right...ish. I know that I can trust you and everything and that you're always there for me. This is just something that I have to do on my own. Not because you aren't a good friend, but because.... I just have too. And I'm really super sorry."
I didn't hear any thing on the other end for almost a minute which felt like an hour, before I heard her say, "You're terrible, you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I know," I said, wobbling my way to Jackson's car, just as he got in.
"No, not for this. It's that we're such good friends that we can't be angry at each other for too long before we cave. It's terrible," she said and I could hear the hidden smile in her voice.
"Nice, well, this truly terrible friend has too go. Jackson's driving me to school and I want to be prepared for anything," I joked and she laughed before saying that she would see me at school and that she'd be praying for me to make it there in one piece. I smiled, saying good-bye and, with all of the coordination of a fowl, slipped into the car.
Surprisingly, Jackson didn't make me fear for my life even once when we were on the drive too school. And I made sure to tell him just as much.
"Hey, don't get used to it; I've got stuff on my mind this morning." It was in that moment that I realized that Lilly really must have been praying. Seriously. 'Stuff on his mind'? I was surprised that the hallelujah chorus didn't start playing or something. But, I wasn't about to give him grief about it. On any other day, yes. But he did seem like he did genuinely have something on his mind so I simply said 'Thanks' for the ride and limped my way up into the school.
When I finally got to my locker I found Lilly and Oliver standing there, talking to each other in hushed tones and loving looks. It was as if the rest of the world wasn't there and it was just the two of them.
I almost puked at the sight. I seriously thought that I would.
Thankfully, my cast/bracer (I don't know what you really call it so I'm just going to go between those two options for the rest of the story so that 'cast' doesn't get too repetitive) was just loud enough to shake them a bit from their little bubble.
"Miley! Oh my god, I'm so sorry that I started going off yesterday too. And now I feel bad 'cause I didn't tell you on the phone and-"
"Lilly, it's cool now. I'm just glad that we're not fighting," and as I finished saying that she pulled me into a tight hug. I looked over her shoulder at Oliver and caught his eye, he looked at me and smiled, as if thanking me for calling. And I smiled back. And that was all there was too it. That was all it took to break and mend my heart a little at the same time.
"Come on, let's get your stuff and head to home room," Lilly said, drawing me back from my moment, and pulling back from the hug. I nodded and spun in my combination. Opening up my locker and taking out my books and stuff for first and second and together we headed off to homeroom.
"Most boring day ever," I said and the final bell went off and we exited seventh. "I think that I forgot just how truly suckish school is."
"Well, it was great to finally have you back. It made things seem less boring," Oliver said and I smiled. Lilly walked on Oliver's other side as I walked on his right.
"Well, school isn't that bad. I mean, I like school. Except for the learning part, that has to go," she said and Oliver and I laughed a bit.
"Please tell me you didn't that from a piece of flair," I said and she laughed.
"Maybe."
I was glad that things were at least partially back to normal... or at least to the way they were before the fight.
Well, that was the chapter. Not my longest. Certainly not my best. But it's a chapter and it's all I could pull out of me.
But, yes, I hope you guys liked it and don't forget, REVIEW!
~Lilly Rae~