Author Notes: Well, hello to you all. This is an interesting story that I wrote over a year ago. I just wanted to share it with the world.
Warning: Language, Slash, and Violence
Summary: What happens when Miley comes back to school completely different. Lilly, Miley and Oliver have some secrets they keep safe from each other.
Disclaimer: If I owned the amazing Hannah Montana, I'd do this. Hehe...
Reminders: PLEASE REVIEW!

Chapter 1 - Hidden SecretsA "Miley, is that you?" Lilly sat down at the table next to her best bud and looked at her. She had definitely changed that summer. The tech trendoid with designer clothes had suddenly thrown out all of her stylish clothes and bought a wardrobe full of beanies, combat boots, chained pants, fingerless gloves, and tons of dark colored t-shirts.

"Yeah Lil, it's me," she responded, pulling down her beanie to her hair from view. Lilly reached up and gently tugged the beanie off of her friend's head, revealing the now short and choppy multicolored hair.

"What happened to you? You've completely changed. Does this have something to do with you and Jake Ryan?" Miley shook her head, pulling out her new cell phone. She sent a text message to Oliver and closed the phone.

"Nothing happened to me Lilly, I just…changed. That's all." she took her beanie back from Lilly and stood up. "I'm outta here," she muttered, grabbing her bag and heading out the school doors. When she got outside, the mellow October air hit her, leaving her with wind blown hair, and leaves stuck to her clothing. "I haven't changed Lils, you have."

She remembered the day school started. Hoping on shocking the entire student body, she got dressed in her black and baggy chain pants, a Lost Boys T-shirt, bright red suspenders and her black and white Converse sneakers. As she walked to school, she heard Lilly calling Oliver's name behind her and wondered if her best friend would even recognize her.

"Oliver, where's Miley?" She heard Lilly ask behind her, causing her to smile. So she didn't know who she was. At least not yet. Oliver, however, knew how the 'new Miley' dressed, so he knew who she was, although he didn't tell Lilly.

Once they were all inside their new English classroom, the teacher started taking role. "Lilly Truscott?" Lilly raised her hand and smiled. "Oliver Okens?" Oliver raised his hand as well. "Miley Stewart?"

"Oh she's not-" Lilly started, but she was cut off when Miley slowly raised her hand and muttered, "here." The entire class started muttering things to their nearby friends as Lilly stood up and shockingly replied, "What?" Miley put her hand back down as the teacher ordered for silence.

As soon as English class was over, Lilly confronted Miley about the new style. When asked why she had changed so much that summer, Miley simply shrugged and said, "I basically just needed a change." She walked away, heading to her enxt class. Since they only had English and Gym together, Lilly didn't get to see Miley that often.

"Miley Miley Miley!" Lilly squealed, " I have the best news!" Miley turned to look at her as she pulled on her gym shorts. It was the very beginning of October now, and Miley was starting to act friendly and sort of revert back to her normal state. Jake Ryan had come too town again to shoot a romance film and he asked Miley out again, though she had turned him down in front of the whole world on public tv.

"Miley Miley guess what!" Lilly exclaimed, jumping up and down. Miley stared at her, waiting for her to go on. "You're supposed to say 'what' Miles." Miley opened her mouth to protest but Lilly shrugged and spilled her 'guess what' anyway. "So, even though you didn't say 'what', I'll tell you anyway. Lucas and I got back together!"

Miley, who had een taking a drink of water at the time, spat it back out in a rush. "Lil, please tell me you're not serious." Lilly nodded happily, but when she saw Miley's sad face, she stopped. "Lilly, he cheated on you," she muttered, looking at her bf.

"Yeah Miley, I know, but he promised that he wouldn't do it again. Look." She stopped to show her her hand, on which a shining silver band rested on the ring finger. "See, he even bought me a promise ring to show that we'll be together forever." Miley looked at the ring for a moment and then left foor the gym.

"Miley!" Lilly called behind her. She just ignoed her and started running around the track. Unable to catch up to her, Lilly stopped and twisted the band on her finger, absentmindedly staring at it. "Miley, what did I do?"

That day, Miley ran home from school and threw out all of the 'normal' clothes that she had bought since the start of school with Lilly. She walked into her bathroom and pulled out a pair of scissors and vials of dark liquid.

A week later, Miley returned to school and sat in the back of all her classrooms. When she reached her last period English class, she sighed softly. Lilly and Oliver ran up to her and hugged her tightly. She nodded softly and pulled away, adjusting her beanie to assue that her hair was covered.

"Miley, are you okay?" Lilly asked, stepping back a bit. "I came over your house loads of times, but your dad kept telling me tht you were sick."

"I was sick," she responded groggily, trying her best to fake it. "But now I'm better." She looked at Oliver, who shook his head and sighed. Lilly seemed convinced, but Oliver wasn't, and she knew why. That day, she had called Oliver and told him she'd be back at school next week and begged him not to tell Lilly. He agreed to it as long as Miley promised to tell him what was going on.

"I will Oliver, in due time." She went to hang up, but stopped and returned the phone to her ear. "And Oliver...thanks." He responded with a sweet and gentle, 'no problem', and then hung up.

It was basically two days after Miley returned that her best friends figured out what she had done that week. When Lilly accidentally knocked off Miley's hat at lunch, everyone found out. "Miley, what the heck?!"

Lilly gently touched the now short and choppy auburn hair streaked about with blue, scarlet and purple streaks. A chill went through Miley, causing her to smile for a split second. "Miley, when'd you do this?"

"Umm...last Monday I think." Lilly stared at her, twirling the shining silver band around her finger again. Miley looked at the band again, resisting the urge to run and hide under the covers again.

Lilly realized that her friend was staring at the band, so she flushed and said something about having to meet Lucas and disappeared. Miley stood up to leave as well, but Oliver grabbed onto her wrist and held her so that she couldn't leave.

"Miley, the time is now. Please tell me what's going on," he asked gently, leading her out of the cafeteria and into an empty classroom. Miley siilently nodded and stared out the window, listening to the soft rainfall outside. When she finally turned around, she had tears in her eyes. Oliver walked over to her and hugged her tightly. Miley wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his neck.

By a quite unfortunate incident, Lilly had been unable to find Lucas, so she was slowly making her way back to the cafeteria when she saw them through the window in the door. She was quite shocked to see her two best friends standing there, hugging each other for what seemed like forever.

Miley looked up and through her blurred vision, she saw her best friend's shocked face and she bit her lip. "So this is why you changed so much Miley? Because you two were secretly dating behind my back?! Some friends you guys are!" She stormed down the hallway.

"No, Lilly wait!" Quickly she pulled out of Oliver's grasp and went to chase after her friend, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Lilly, what you said isn't true," she whispered softly, twisting her hat around in her hands. "I don't love Oliver... I love...you..."