Thinking about Lily
Miley had been thinking about Lily a lot lately. It was coming up on four years since Lily had left. One day without telling Miley she, just, left. What had made it worse was she left only two weeks after Jackson had died. Miley walked along the beach a lot nowadays, it was something Lily and her had always done when they needed to think. This day however she was surprised at who she saw sitting on the beach; Lily. She was sitting next to a bucket and spade and watching a little girl looking for shells. Miley started walking over but stopped when the little girl, who looked about 3, spoke.
"Mummy, mummy, look what I found!" the girl said as she showed Lily a shell
"Honey, that's beautiful, you're good at finding shells" Lily replied smiling
"Bucket?" the little girl asked, holding the shell over the bucket.
"Ok, but you need to slow down; I think we have half the beach in here." Lily answered as she peered into the bucket. As the little girl re-started her search, Lily spoke.
"Heather?" the little girl stopped and stared at her mother
"You have an aunty and a grandfather living here in Malibu; would you like to meet them?"
"Yeah, can we, please?" Heather jumped up and down with excitement.
"Ok, ok, well finish up here, go back to grandmas and hop you in the shower and then we'll go and meet them." Lily smiled as the girl gave her a hug.
"What are they like?" Heather asked as she sat on her mothers lap.
"Well, you have an Aunty Miley…"
"That's my middle name." she interrupted
"Yes, you were named after her and your grandfather name is Robbie Ray." Lily smiled as she remembered Miley and Mr. Stewart.
"Mummy?"
"Yes?"
"Do I have a daddy?"
"Yes, you do, but he died before you were born, his name was Jackson."
"Did you love him?"
"Yes, I did, very much" Lily smiled weakly at her daughter.
"Do you miss him?" She asked smiling back
"Yes, all the time." She replied, wiping away a tear.
"Ok, let's go to grandmas and get you cleaned up." Lily said standing and collecting their things. Miley watched as they slowly made their way to Lily's mum's car.
"Mummy, when we get to grandmas can I have an ice cream?" Heather asked as she took her mothers hand.
"We'll see." Said Lily as Miley looked on, stunned.