I'm Still Here:
By; AlittlebitomagicpleaseOLIVER'S PV:
She had called him just a few minutes ago, wanting him to meet her down at Rico's for a smoothie and to surf. This wasn't the first time they'd ever talked to each other, or had called one another to met down at Rico's. No, they have been the best of friends since the day the met back in preschool.
Yes, the little shaggy, brown haired boy who had the sixty-four pack of crayons with the sharpener, had managed to become best friends, with the little blonde, blue-eyed, pigtailed girl, whom he thought was the most beautiful of the girls in his class, of course.
He hadn't expected her to come over, but she wasn't really coming over for him, he soon found out after watching her come over to his little small, round table, eyeing the crayons the whole time when she blurted out, "No way!"
He looked at her, pretending to not know what she was talking about.
"What?"
She looked at him, then back at the crayons.
"You have the sixty-four pack with the sharpener?"
He smiled and nodded. She immediately sat down beside him. He smiled to himself, but stopped when she looked at him and said,
"Can I use them?"
He was just going to say yes, but he decided to make this a little fun game. He smiled slyly and said,
"Only if you hold my hand."
She looked down at his open hand, shrugged and tugged onto it, while using her other free hand to start coloring with the crayons. She smiled and sharpened the green crayon, even though it didn't need it, giggled to herself, and said,
"Thank you."
He smiled and looked at her, coloring away with his crayons and sharpening them with his sharpener and said,
"Your welcome."
After that, they went outside and told each other their names, played in the sand box for a while, and after that, they were inseparable.
Yes, Oliver Oken and Lilly Truscott have been best friends since that day. They did meet a new girl, Miley Stewart, who was now another one of their best friends, and had bonded with them easily.
Oliver thought Miley was a nice girl, southern, very beautiful, but a feeling inside of him told him that he shouldn't be more than a friend to Miley. He didn't know quite what the feeling was, but it had been there the day he had met Lilly.
A little tiny feeling that just wouldn't go away.
And sure, sometimes he'd ignore it, and start thinking about possibly dating Miley, but it never happened. He did go out with Sarah, the girl whose locker was only three down from his, and he did like her. But after a while, he just didn't seem to have the same feelings for her then the ones he had when he first went out with her, so he broke up with her gently, and things went back to normal.
He got up from off of his bed, went and changed into his dark green swim trunks and a light t-shirt, and sprinted down to Rico's to meet up with Lilly.
He arrived at there a little early, so he sat on one of the chairs and ordered two banana strawberry smoothies, which happened to be both Oliver and Lilly's favorite kind.
He started to sip his slowly, and then saw Lilly calmly walking towards him, smiling down at him.
He just watched it awe, until she sat down and started sipping her smoothie. Then suddenly, she tugged on his arm, pulled him forward and said,
"Oh my gosh, I heard the waves were incredible today! It's the perfect day to surf! Eeep!"
He laughed at her, and she laughed at herself and continued to sip her smoothie.
"Well, I guess it's a good thing we decided to come out and surf today, huh?"
"Yeah…it was."
She laughed a little and then looked over at him, carefully so he wouldn't notice.
He turned back and instantly she was sipping on her smoothie. He patted his stomach and said,
"Well, I'm not all that thirsty anymore, and I wanna hit the waves before they die down. You can wait here while I-"
She pushed passed him and shouted,
"No way Oken! I'm first at the waves!"
He laughed and jogged up the hill, where she was already in the ocean, surf board in hand, trying to tackle the waves.
She was wearing a light green speckled bikini top and light green swimming shorts. Her surfboard was light green, so she matched perfectly.
Oliver looked over at her and smiled. She could even be beautiful all wet and a mess, trying to surf.
He continued to watch for a minute, when she shouted,
"Come on Oliver!"
He shook his head and then took his shirt off and dived into the water. He wasn't "Mr. Buff" or anything, but he wasn't fat. He'd been trying to reach at least a four-pack, but he wasn't quite there yet. His arms were the strongest part of him, so he paddled past the waves easily and caught up to Lilly.
She was standing on her surfboard, trying to reach the perfect balance. She got it and held onto it for a while, but the fell off her board into the water.
He laughed and said,
"Oh, you missed that one!"
She got back up from the water and automatically said,
"Oh shut up!"
She lightly hit him by the arm. He clutched his arm dramatically and went down a little lower into the water.
"Owww!"
She laughed and said,
"Come on Oliver it couldn't have hurt that badly. But, you are a sensitive man…"
With that, he lightly tackled her into the water, throwing his arms at her waist. She screamed as the feel into the water. He pushed up after a while, still holding her, and then releasing her, as she went up a little in the air and landed in the water.
She came back strong and gripped onto his backed and screamed,
"Oliver you don't tackle me, I tackle you!"
She used all of her might, although he was clearly stronger, tried to rumble him into the water.
He loosened up on his strength, letting her tackle him in.
She raised her hands in the air and breathed,
"Oh yeah, that's right!"
He laughed and commented back,
"You know I let you tackle me, right?'
She came over to him gently, put her arms around him and whispered,
"I know."
He put his arms around her tiny waist, and they were elapsed into a hug. It lasted a little while, before Oliver pulled back and said,
"Man, its getting dark."
She mumbled a light, "Yeah it is" while they got out of the water and dried themselves off, and then Oliver putting on his shirt.
He walked her home, even though they lived right next door to each other.
They walked up her driveway, passed her older brother Austin's car [Yes, he is made up ) until they got to the front door of her house.
They stood a little bit between each other. Oliver looked at her.
"Well, I had a good time."
"I did too. It was fun. We haven't gotten to hang out…alone for a while so this was…nice."
He smiled and her and she smiled back at her. He fumbled with his hands as he said quietly,
"Well, I'd better get going. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?"
She nodded and said almost in a whisper,
"Sounds good. Goodnight Ollie."
He smiled at the childish nickname she had given him on the day the met. Even though it was childish, it was comforting to here her say it to him. He looked one more time at her bright, shinning blue eyes and said,
"Goodnight Lils."
She smiled and walked into the house, shutting the door quietly behind her. He walked to his house and laid down on his bed, thinking about their fun day, and how he wished everyday he could hang out with her; just the two of them; Lilly and Oliver.