A/N Okay everyone, this is the last chapter for sure :D aww :'(
Chapter 20
Forgiven Hearts
Throughout the weekend, Jackson stayed at my house, but told Mr. Stewart that he slept over at Cooper's. Cooper did cover for Jackson whenever Mr. Stewart would call his house occasionally just to make sure that Jackson was out of trouble.
He had to go to work a few times, which led me for a few hours alone, but after work, he would come right to my house and we'd just talk. We told Cooper about us and he was actually happy to hear that Jackson finally found someone he really cared for.
As for Miley, she avoided calling me or even talking to me. I saw her walking at the beach when I was there with Jackson so that Jackson could pick up his paycheck and she ignored me. She pretended that she didn't see me and started to talk to Sarah. Shows how much she wants to talk to me. Gosh, I would do anything to talk to her.
It was Monday and I was at my locker putting my skateboard in it. Jackson went home last night so I went to school alone and I took my skateboard with me. It had been forever since I rode it and I really did miss riding it. The last time I rode it was the day Jackson and I shared our first kiss.
I closed my locker as soon as I took my Spanish tablet out of it. I leaned against it and saw Stephen walk pass. He smiled and waved at me and I did the same. I felt happy that now he knows that we could be only be friends.
Then my thoughts went back to Friday night. I sighed. Today I was going to face Miley and talk to her, finally. I was afraid that she'll snap and swear at me in school, but it was worth the risk, and I told Jackson that I was going to do it.
I leaned against my locker waiting for Jackson. He said that he was going to meet me here once he reaches school. We're actually going to go public with our relationship, so it's not a secret anymore. It felt great, but scary at the same time. Who knows what else is going to happen next. Other people might judge us, like they might say, "Ew a senior and a sophomore" and what not. They just have to get over it.
I wasn't paying much attention, but I could hear Miley voice. I lifted my gaze from the ground to the entrance and saw Miley and Oliver talking and walking. She looked forward and saw me and then snapped her head back at Oliver, pretending she didn't see me.
They were getting closer to me and she looked down right as she passed by.
"Miley." I said, but she ignored me and continued to look down.
I frowned. Why can't she just forgive and forget? I just can't do this anymore. I threw my head back, making me hit my locker with my head.
"Ow." I rubbed the back of my head and sighed. I'm so stupid.
"You okay?"
I turned my head to the direction of the voice and saw Jackson.
"Jackson, she doesn't want to talk to me." I frowned and he pulled me into a hug.
"It's okay Lilly, I talked to her on the ride here she's still confused." He said and kissed my forehead.
I buried my head into his chest. "Yeah, but how hard is it just to stop and listen for a second? I really want to make peace with her, but I can't. She hasn't said a thing to me for the rest of the weekend. How long do I hate to wait until she finally wants to listen to me?" I asked ask as I shook my head into his shirt.
"It's okay Lilly; something tells me that it's going to happen real soon."
I looked up at him and he smiled.
"Really?" I asked and he nodded.
"Yes really." The warning bell signaling for us to get to our first period rang and he let go of me. "We should go to class, unless you want to go ditch again." He chuckled.
"No way, I don't want to get caught." I smiled and he bent down to kiss me.
"Well, you did it before and you didn't get caught then." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.
"That was a one time thing; I'm just not in the mood. Miley already saw me, and if she notices that I'm not in school by the time 4th period came, she'll know I ditched to go with you."
"Fine, I'll see you later then. We'll meet up here at lunch?" He asked and I nodded.
"Bye Jackson." I said and we both parted and went into the direction of our classes. Oh boy was this was going to be a long day.
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It was after school when I was at my locker with Jackson. We, Miley and I, still didn't talk to each other. I just can't handle it, I'm too afraid that she's going to make a scene in school. She didn't even try and make eye contact with me during our career class, the only class I had with her. I sit just a seat away from her and she avoided every contact I tried to make with her.
"Lilly, don't worry it takes time, just relax." He ran wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"Thanks Jackson, I don't know how you can put up with me being like this." I leaned against him.
"Well, you're my girlfriend and a boyfriend always has to deal with this and a girl's mood swings haha." He joked and I hit him across the shoulder.
"Weirdo." I rolled my eyes and he let go of me.
"Do you think you can wait a bit? I forgot something in my auto class." He said as he reached into his bag looking for something.
"How can you forget something in auto?" I asked and he smiled.
"I was just showing someone something. Hopefully no one took it." He started to run off as he dropped his bag beside me.
What was so important that he had to get it now? He could always get it tomorrow or something. I shrugged and went back into my locker.
"Spanish, History, Math, and Career." I said to myself, thinking if I had anything to bring home for those classes. I took my Spanish notes and slipped them into my bag.
"What else do I need?" I started to think, but was interrupted by someone calling my name.
I turned around and saw Miley.
"Hey." She said as she kept her head down.
"Hi." I turned back to my locker and started to get my own things.
"How was your weekend?" She asked, sounding as if she cared.
"It was okay." I replied nonchalantly and I felt her hand on my shoulder.
"Look, don't be like that." She started.
'Why did she want to talk now? Did she want to pick a fight at me or something?' I closed my locker, I dropped my bag next to Jackson's, and I looked at her.
"Don't be like what?" I asked. "You're the one who hates me, Miley. I don't know how to react to you when you talk to me." I crossed my arms over my chest and stared at her. She bit her lip and kept her gaze down.
"I don't hate you Lilly." She said as she crossed her own arms around her chest. She sighed deeply and shook her head.
"You sure about that? On Friday, I vaguely remember you calling me a slut and all those other things. You even assumed that your brother was going to… you know." I looked around hoping that no one was there, but there was a few bystanders at their lockers.
"Yes, I'm sure." Miley said, not caring about the people around us. She rolled her eyes and finally looked at me. "I was being stupid and taking this too seriously. I should've known from all the signs. Heck, I even caught you two being all cuddly when you were sick, or when you didn't go to school that day. I just thought I was being wrong and believed that Jackson really was trying to be nice and help you."
"Yeah." I replied and shrugged. "I'm sorry." I felt myself frown.
Miley put her hand on my arm and shook her head. "No, I'm sorry. Jackson finally explained to me on why you didn't want me knowing about you two."
"And you're okay with it?" My eyes lit up and she nodded.
"Yeah, of course I'm okay with it! It would probably take me a while to get used to it, but it's definitely worth it. It's not good that just because of that one incident that we don't become friends anymore, you're my best friend and even if… you're having a sexual relationship with my brother, I'll just have to accept it." She blushed and I bit my lip.
I felt my cheeks heat up. "Miley, shush." I looked around hoping no one heard her say that. "Someone might've heard you."
"Sorry, but I understand now, I just can't believe you kept it a secret from me for a week, or two. And the dreams…"
I started to blush. "He told you about those." I bit my lip even harder and she laughed.
"Don't worry about it, I get it. At least he didn't go in detail, thank God, I guess if you told me earlier, I wouldn't have been grossed out catching you two…" She slightly shivered with her face turning red and it was my turn to laugh.
"So friends?" I asked and she nodded.
"Friends." She hugged me tightly and repeatedly said sorry. I guess she felt so bad for me after swearing and calling me those names, but I don't care anymore. We're friends again and it feel's good that she finally accepts me and Jackson.
"Aw, how cute! This is so a Kodak moment."
I looked at the people standing next to us seeing Jackson and Oliver grinning at the both of us.
I let go from the tight embrace and put both my hands on my hips and laughed.
"What, are you jealous that I'm hugging someone else other than you?" I asked and he looked offended.
"You think I would get jealous just because you hugged my sister? I could easily get yo-" He started.
"Jackson." I said in a firm voice, knowing that he would probably say something personal about me. "Don't you dare."
"Sorry." He mumbled and pulled me into a hug. I held on to him and he leaned forward for a small peck on the lips.
"Ew, haven't you heard about PDA?" Miley said, which made Jackson kiss me once again.
"Come on Jackson, I just made peace with your sister, I don't want her to hate me again." I laughed as I pushed Jackson away.
"Yes, please, make the nastiness stop!" Miley looked away from us and Oliver laughed.
"Sorry. Now that Lilly and I are open to this whole thing, I could do anything to her whenever I want." Jackson pulled me against him and kissed my cheek.
I felt myself blush. "Jackson, please." I said and he sighed.
"Fine." He slid one arm around my waist, not completely letting go from the hug.
"Thank you, now, I still need time to get over the fact that my best friend is with my brother, ew." She shook her head and started to gag.
"Haha, yeah. Now that we're all friends again, sort of, let's go." Jackson said, lacing his fingers with mine.
"Finally!" Oliver exclaimed and we looked at him. "What? I need a ride and I've been waiting forever." His brows furrowed and he crossed his arms.
"Okay Oliver, you idiot, let's go." Miley said and hooked his arm with hers and we followed behind them as we walked out of the school.
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After we dropped both Miley and Oliver home, Jackson drove me to my house for a little "alone time." He said that he had something important to talk to me about and it's been bothering me on what it's about.
We were parked in front of my house in my drive way where we just sat in the car. We were quiet for a long time until I decided to talk.
"So…" I started and he reached for my hand.
"Lilly, I wanted to…" He hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "I wanted to say thank you."
I looked at him with a questionable look on my face and raised my eyebrows. "For what?" I asked.
"For teaching me a lot of things, for making me see things differently, just about everything." He grinned. I felt my face heat up. "You made me feel something all the other girls I've dated haven't and I really appreciate it."
"It's not like I did it on purpose." I blushed even harder. "I do care for you, you know? I have-" I stopped as I watched Jackson reach into his pocket to get something and pulled out a small velvet box.
"I wanted to give you something." He said and handed the box to me.
I ran my fingers along the boxed and asked, "What is it?"
"Just open it." He grinned and I stared at the box.
"I'm afraid to." I said and he laughed.
"Come on, just open it, please?" He asked and pouted.
"Fine." I sighed and slowly opened the box. I held my breath and once it snapped open, my eyes widened. It was a necklace, a silver heart shaped pendant necklace with a single diamond in the middle of it. It was the same necklace I was looking at with Stephen when we went on a date on valentines.
"Ohmygosh! Jackson how did you get this? It must've cost a fortune!" I exclaimed as I took it out of the box. I lifted it up in the air and smiled. This was about the sweetest thing someone has ever gotten me.
"Here, let me put it on you." He said. I handed him the necklace and lifted my hair up. He hooked it on and I looked at myself in the mirror. "I got it for you yesterday, after I left your house." I turned to look at him and he smiled.
"How?" I asked.
"I used my money from my paycheck for it and it did cost a lot, but you're totally worth it." His smile grew. "Anyway, Stephen came by early on Sunday while I was working and I told him that I wanted to get you something nice. He said he might know the right place and brought me to that jewelry store and-" I cut him off as I put both of my hands on his cheeks, bringing him down for a kiss.
I wrapped my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss and felt him reply to the kiss.
'I can't believe Jackson actually went this far to get me something.' I thought to myself. Soon I pulled away seeing Jackson blush.
"Aww, you're so cute when you blush." I giggled, making his face turn even redder. This is probably the first time I've ever seen him blush.
"I'd only blush for you." He smiled and leaned forward for another kiss.
A/N Aww! LOL just kidding. I know the last part wasn't necessary, but it was just something extra I had to add in. :D
I'm so sad that it's the end. I had so much fun writing this, seriously.
I'm thinking of writing a sequel. Haven't really thought of it, but you'll know when I have a sequel up… because I'm thinking of naming it Nightmares XP. It's going to be about Jackson turning 18 and graduation and all other stuff. I'm still thinking about it, I'm not completely sure. It might still be in Lilly's POV or it might be in Jackson's, it might be in 3rd person. I don't know yet, although I did start it I'm not completely sure if I would continue it.
Well, I was thinking that I should end this fic on my birthday, and look, today is my birthday :D.
Anyway, I really appreciate all of you guys for reading and reviewing. It means so much and I really loved that you enjoyed it. I never thought that that many people would like it, and apparently a lot of you did and it's super cool that you all liked it :D.
Mari
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