Full Summary: Miley's life was perfect. Perfect friends. "I'll always be there for you, Miley. Just like you've always been there for me." - Lilly. She had perfect fans. "Hannah, Hannah, Hannah!" She had a loving family. "I love you so much babygirl." - Robby. Then one fateful night, all of that changed. "Momma, did you see what happened to Hannah Montana?" - Noah, a fan. "She just has a nasty case of strep throat, she'll be fine." - Doctor. Just when things were beginning to look like they were back to normal once again, "Hey, I'm Nick. I was just wondering if you'd like to share a dance with me?" her life came crashing down around her. "I'm terribly sorry Miss Stewart, but you don't have strep throat at all. We misdiagnosed. What you have, is far worse my dear." - Doctor. It was utterly shocking how she could lose everything she ever gained within a blink of an eye. "I'm sorry Miles, but I just can't handle this anymore. Our friendship is over." - Lilly. "I heard that she was pregnant and that's why she's hiding, what a whore!" - The hateful assumptions that were extremely far from the truth. Of course her true fans stuck by her every step of the way. "I hope Hannah gets better soon!". "What's with you're attitude? I'm so sick of it!" - Jackson. Then what about her love life taking flight at the most worst possible time? "Miles, it's so much deeper than that. I think I love you Smiley." - Nick. She knew that she couldn't have that either. "Miley, you know it's not safe, there's no way you can see him." Robby. So many unanswered questions were whirling about. Would she ever be able to be her normal self once again? Was it really that hard to accomplish? Would she ever have her chance at true love? Read on to find out.
The Beginning of The End
Chapter One: Startled
It was the second night the Stewart family had spent in their new house. It was hard to settle down in a house that you just moved into not that long ago, but Miley was managing just fine. She actually had her room completely unpacked and realized shortly after what time it was. Since it was rather late, she had to get to bed right that very moment since she had school in the morning. After fluffing her pillows up just so, she settled down and after several minutes had finally drifted to sleep.
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The sun's rays shone right in Miley's eyes that fateful Monday morning. She let out a groggy moan and rolled out of bed to get up. Of course she had to be awoken by her noisy alarm clock, which she had smashed the snooze button on to make it stop going off as it did ever so loudly. Miley slowly grabbed some clothes out of her closet to start her day off, then she trudged towards her bathroom, deciding that she would get ready for what the day had to offer in there. Today marked the first day that she and Lilly would be seniors! Finally the day had come for them. No more getting looked down on by those higher up on the high school ladder. Nope. Now they were at the top. Miley lazily grabbed her hair brush and the bristles began stroking her long, curly brown hair.
She took out her bag of make-up or as Jackson called it, her war-paint, and she started to dab on some foundation. Just then, Miley began to notice that blood was trickling down from her nose. Oh boy, this wasn't good. Her eyes widened in shock and she quickly gathered up some tissue paper and placed it over her nose as she rapidly tried to think of what could be causing this. Nothing came to mind exactly, but nosebleeds were harmless, right? I've heard once before that bleeding, no matter where it happens could be signs of something really serious, can't remember what it was though. Nothing like that can happen to me, right? I mean, I've got a big concert coming up soon to kick off Hannah Montana's European Tour... this can't be happening! Not now. Miley shook those thoughts away. It was silly how she was panicking over a small, silly little nosebleed. She glanced back into the mirror one more time and tried to peel the tissue away from her nose, only to reveal more blood than before. Oh man, this really couldn't be happening to her. She changed the messy bunch of tissue she used for her nose and replaced it with a new gathering of tissue, throwing the bloddy one away. Miley began to work around holding her hand to her nose. She swiftly applied the rest of her make-up on, with some difficulty but she did it nonetheless. By the time she went to grab her top of choice, she pulled the tissue away to find that her nose finally stopped oozing. Thank goodness, now she could get back to getting ready for school. Miley cleaned up her nose, which appeared to look normal even after that episode of bleeding, and she put on her outfit and even had time to accessorize accordingly.
After cleaning up her traces of untidiness within her bathroom, Miley then made sure she had her backpack, filled with all her brand-new school supplies and made her way downstairs. She remembered to remain her normal self, as if nothing had happened upstairs. "Hey Miles!" Lilly greeted her excitedly as she hugged her best friend. "Can you believe that today, we'll be seniors?" Miley covered up her nervousness with a chuckle, actually no. She couldn't believe that time had gone by that quickly. It seemed like yesterday that Hannah Montana's career was kicking off and that she was just a freshman in high school. Wow. How time really does fly. Not all of it was necessarily having fun though.
"No, I really can't. But, we'd best get going if we don't want to be late." She stated casually as she passed Lilly, putting on her shoes of choice. Today, they were a sweet, elegantly designed pair of flats. Lilly had a sickening feeling that there was something up with Miley, but she just couldn't put her finger on it. Not wanting to upset her friend, she made her way over to the front door, leaving the topic alone. Robby Ray following behind the girls.
"I was just on my way out, may I offer you ladies a lift to school?" Miley nodded enthusiastically, she would much rather have her father drive them to school today instead of walking. It was something that she just had to be in the mood for. She watched as Lilly eagerly bounced out the door and off the front porch. She was like a massive unlimited supply of energy. Miley only wished that she had that same kind of energy. Oddly enough, she felt rather tired today. She tried to think of the proper word to describe her decline of energy. Oh what was it? It was sitting on the tip of her tongue. Fatigue! That was it, the word she was looking for. She felt rather fatigued. They piled into the Stewart vehicle one by one. Getting ready for what this first day as seniors of their high school would have in store for them. "Hey Miles, you alright?" Robby asked his daughter, noting how exhausted she looked. He figured that she was probably up half the night unpacking or deciding what outfit she'd wear for her first day of school.
"Yeah dad, I'm fine." He had a bad feeling that Miley wasn't as alright as she said she was. But then again, he was known to be a slight bit overprotective. Still, if there was something wrong with his little girl, he should know about it.
"You look exhausted Bud, you sure you're alright?" Lilly thought to herself for a moment, Miley did look awfully tired. She normally wasn't. Meh, she was probably just coming down with something. Lilly was positive that it wasn't that serious.
"Yes Daddy, I'm fine. Now can we just get to school please?" Robby sighed, he made a note to himself to find out what was wrong with Miley later. He had to. It was all part of parenting.
"Alright darlin'." Miley had a feeling that it wouldn't be the last time this topic would be mentioned today. She'd probably hear it from everyone and anyone who knew her. Great, just great.
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"Welcome all to another exciting school year at Seaview High. We have a new bunch of grade nines and a great set of seniors this year. Lots of things will happen around here but more of that will be explained in an assembly at the end of the week. This has been your morning announcements, thank you and have a wonderful first day." Who knew that the PA system could be so darn loud? Well, all of Seaview high knew now. Miley sat up straight in her classroom seat. She had Math first thing in the morning this year with Lilly. Nothing could go wrong now.
"Hey, it's the losers! Are you all ready for another year of being banished to the loser's table at lunch? Oh, and we can't forget about you being the last resort on our 'Cool List', now can we?" Amber Addison stated bitterly as she flipped her long, silky black hair over her right shoulder, looking as snobby as ever today. With a special dash of annoying today too. Wonderful. She and Ashley Dewitt shared a laughed and made their famous gesture with one another.
"Ooooohh, tsssssss!" Miley swore that if they didn't leave right at that moment, she'd tear the perfect little expensive pair of earings right out of both their ears. Ashley snickered when she saw that they were actually annoying Miley really well today. Amber glanced down at Miley sitting in her seat, she actually didn't look great today, and that wasn't meant in an insult either. Miley looked rather sickly to be honest.
"Actually, c'mon Ashley. Let's go sit down and leave them be." Lilly's eyes widened in shock as she turned around to look at Miley. She was just as puzzled. Did Amber actually suggest that they leave? Well, maybe this year was starting to look a lot better already! She most certainly hoped so. Lilly's mouth had dropped as well, it was clear that she couldn't believe it either.
"But Amber, why are - " Amber glared at Ashley intensely. Ashley felt scared for a moment, Amber never ever glared at her like that before.
"Don't. Question. Me. Let's go." Ashley just obeyed promptly, like the little lost puppy she appeared to always be. Hmm, perhaps things were majorly looking up for them? It was indeed possible. Especially at the rate things were going at now. Miley actually smiled in hopes of having a peaceful senior year. It certainly sounded like a good plan. Until Miley noticed that Ashley covered her mouth and looked horrified. Oh no, Miley hoped that Ashley wasn't freaking out over what she thought she was.
"Eww, Miley you're bleeding!" Ashley shrieked out loud, causing most of the class to stare at her. Oh great. Perfect timing actually! Miley softly cursed and brought her hand up to her nose. Yep. It was bleeding again. Oh wonderful. Miley glanced over at the other students, then over at Amber and Ashley as Lilly got up to try and assist Miley.
"If the teacher asks, I'm here today, just dealing with a nosebleed, okay?" Amber nodded solemnly, completely speechless. Since when did Miley ever have nosebleeds? Miley left the classroom right away, Lilly trailing behind her. This senior year was starting off with many, many surprises.
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