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How Can I Not Love You

'Gosh! I feel so nervous! and what is up with the butterflies in my stomach? argh! this is so scary! I can't believe we are actually going to start highschool tomorrow! What if...' Lilly thought to herself. She had started pacing around and couldn't seem to stop. She had bitten on every nail she had on her hands and yet she still couldn't stop the shaky feeling inside.

"You know, if you pace anymore on that ground you're gonna dig a hole into it..." A familiar voice spoke out. Lilly gasped and turned around shocked. She came face to face with her all time bestfriend, Oliver. She hadn't expect someone to have been watching her, let alone even be at the playground at this time of the night.

Oliver chuckled at her reaction.

"What are you doing here? and how long have you been standing there?" Lilly questioned. Oliver took a few steps forward so he could actually step on the sand in the playground. He sat on a bench near the monkeybars where Lilly was pacing about.

"I'm here like you....trying to clear my thoughts on being in highschool tomorrow, and I've been here long enough to drive my head insane watching you pace about..." Oliver said.

"You're nervous too?" Lilly looked up at him. He gave her a slight nod.

"But you didn't seem nervous..." Oliver pointed out.

"What? what do you mean? I was and am nervous..." Lilly said back, unsure where the conversation was taking her.

"You seemed more afraid you know that?" Oliver looked straight into her eyes. "What were you afraid of?" he asked softly.

Lilly sighed and took a seat next to him. She rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, exhaling a deep breath. Oliver pushed her head against his lower neck with the side of his face and rested an arm around her shoulder. He gave her arm a slight rub.

"I was afraid of...us." Lilly said truthfully.

"Us?" Oliver asked confused.

"Yes, us. I'm scared we might drift apart, you know, knowing highschool is unpredictable and things might change. We might change. I don't want us to end up like that." Lilly said.

"I...don't...understand...Lilly what are you trying to say?" Oliver asked even more confused now.

"Oliver. I don't want us to lose our friendship." Lilly sighed.

"But we won't! and what makes you think we'll change and drift apart?" Oliver reassured.

"I don't know...I just have that feeling where you can just tell..."

Oliver sat there dumb in thought. She was right, but he was not about to admit it and lose out to it. Whatever 'IT' was...

"We won't. I won't. I Promise." Oliver whispered reassuringly, while hugging her at her sides.

"Really? Promise?" Lilly asked hopefully, looking up into his eyes. Oliver looked down at her and smiled at her widely.

"Promise!" he mouthed to her. "C'mon...we better go home and at least get some sleep." Oliver said to her. He stood up and pulled her to her feet. She giggled as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders. They walked off to Lilly's house where he bade her goodnight and walked across the street to his house.

He layed in bed thinking about what she said earlier on. About them changing and drifting apart. As much as he hated to admit it, she was right. Things change, people change, the future was unpredictable and then there was them. The friendship they took all their life to establish. It could be taken away just like that and he knew it. He just didn't want to show it to Lilly. He couldn't.

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