OK, I was pretty pleased with myself in Chapter 1. And I've told myself not to go all out when I say this. The last review I've gotten was when Chapter 3 of iShuffle was posted. Do you realize that I've posted 3 stories since then? I am very upset, because I work HARD to write these stories and I don't get any reviews! If you guys could make sure each of my new stories {Best Days of Your Life, Girl in the Mirror, THIS!} has at least 1 review, then I'll post chapter 3. But until at least 1 {1!} story has 1 review, it's not being posted. I'll write it, but I won't post. So it's up to you. Now get to reading!!
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Miley looked at her friend. She called her dad into the living room, and he saw Lilly. Miley grabbed her friends hand, and sat her on the couch. "Lilly, what's wrong? Tell me and Dad, please?" Miley whispered.
Lilly put her head on Miley's shoulder and sobbed. Miley hugged her for a bit, and Lilly pulled away and began to talk between gaspy sobs.
"Asked...dad...mall...money...counter...rage...mom...here..." was all Lilly was able to say before breaking down in tears again on Miley's shoulder.
"So, you got home and you asked your dad if you could go to the mall. He was drinking when you asked him for money. He got mad, and you got against the counter, when he started punching about in a rage, screaming about your mom. Then you got away and ran here, bleeding. You poor thing!" Miley translated and then cried. Her dad was watching arms folded. As the two girls were hugging and were silent, he started speaking.
"Lilly, you know how terrible we all feel," he started. Lilly and Miley both turned to look at him. "Miley told me earlier y'all were going shopping for Lani, and if money's the deal, there's a little Hannah money we'd be glad to give to you." Robby Ray said. Lilly's eyes went wide, and Miley smiled.
"Th-there's no way I can take that Mr. Stewart!" Lilly stuttered. Robby Ray shook his head and smiled.
"Call me Robby Ray." he said, smiling.
"C'mon Lilly, let's go shopping.
Robby Ray's POV
Lilly, my daughter's best friend had been beaten by her own father. How sad! I had to offer that Hannah money; the poor girl got hit just because of it. Besides, Lani London's popularity is growing at an alarming rate, and Hannah Montana was going to collaborate with Lani so the duo would gain popularity together. I just handed a small portion of Hannah money [which was about 10,000 dollars] and Lilly took it shocked.
Regular POV
Lilly went up to Miley's bathroom to stop the cuts and cover up the bruises with some powder. Miley helped dab blood with a washcloth on Lilly's arm, and then bandaged it. "If anyone asks, we'll say Jackson was bringing us glass plates, dropped one, and some glass shattered your arm. Simple." Miley said, and they left the bathroom.
They hopped into Robby Ray's new convertible and drove to the mall [with the roof rolled up] where Hannah got all her clothes: The Garden Square Mall. It was a nice place, with the buildings scattered along a pavement that lead into many directions. It was a outdoor mall, and Lilly was enjoying it already.
They first went to Wig World, where Hannah Montana had gotten her "hair." Once they entered, a man in his late 60's greeted them, and led them to a backroom with a hair stylist chair with a countertop and mirror. Lilly hopped into the chair, and Miley came up behind her.
"OK popstar, my daddy's gonna put you in this wig cap. While he's doing that, start telling me what kind of wig you want and one that might match your features." Miley said. She pulled a wig catalog from the shelf nearest her, and laid it on the surface to where her and Lilly could see. Meanwhile, Robby Ray started putting the wig cap on Lilly.
Miley opened the book to the first page. "OK, first we need to decide do we want short hair, long hair, or medium lengthed hair?" Miley asked.
Lilly gave it a moments thought, then decided. "I like how Hannah's new hair is, so I'd consider that past the shoulders, so in simpler terms, let's try long." she said. Miley found the page number, and flipped there. A list of hair colours trailed down the page.
"OK princess, now's color time. You can get brunette, chesnut, honey auburn, red, and so much more in between. But start with one of these. No blondes now." Miley said. She was acting like a mom; probably trying to sound like her mother after she died.
"Um, can I add highlights?" Lilly asked. She felt Robby Ray pull tight on the cap, then released. He was done.
"Of course, hon." Miley said, getting her country accent back.
"I want to try brunette with blonde highlights, and then red with chesnut streaks." Lilly said firmly. Miley pulled a pad and a pen out, and jotted down a few words. Once she was done, she put the two back in her bag.
"OK, now, we've got to decide the texture. We can do straight, curly, wavy, braided, or whatever. But remember, we're buying more than one style, so don't freak. Just choose your favie." Miley said. Lilly nodded.
"OK, can we try JUST the wavy and curly?" Lilly asked. Miley nodded, jotted some stuff down, then sighed.
"Lils, everything you requested is on here. Now let's try!" Miley said.
For the next 45 minutes the girls tried wigs on Lilly. They decided that the red-chesnut combo was not good on Lilly's green eyes, and that the brunette look was the best. Lilly finally agreed on the curly look. Miley took the wig and had the man highlight blonde streaks and for a touch, Miley had him add a blue streak in the front.
"Lilly, close your eyes, and when I say 'open', open your eyes." Miley adjusted something on Lilly's head, then was done. "OKAY, OPEN!" Miley cried. Lilly opened her eyes, and immediatley LOVED it. She hugged Miley, and Miley left the room to fix up the final wigs.
They then paid the man his fee [a total of 350 dollars and 26 cents] and left. They carried the bags, and Miley drug her friend and father into a clothing store called, "Opster's Outfitters".
They stopped at the head of the store. It was huge; it was the size of the whole building.
"OK, Lani London needs a wardrobe. Lilly's going to cover dresses. Dad, you can cover pants. I'm doing shoes, and Oliver's supposed to meet us here. He's doing tops. In 45 minutes, we meet at the dressing room closest to the shoe department and Lilly'll try on her stuff. If something happens, everyone's got cell phone's on them, right?" Miley said, revising her plan. They all split.
Lilly had found up to 7 or 8 different dresses she liked. She grabbed them all, in case. She browsed through the jewelry since she was closest to it, and found some nice things.
Miley had found up to 11 pairs of shoes that she thought were stunning. 5 were heels, 2 boots, and 4 more shoes that were amazingly cool. She had also found a scarf and sunglasses that went with Lilly's things.
Robby Ray had found several shorts, jeans, skirts, leggings, and many other things, but he knew that Lilly and his daughter were close in size, and that they could share clothing instead of wiping 10,000 dollars down the drain in a day.
Oliver had eventually arrived, browsing through many kinds of tops. He grabbed all of his favourites, then he headed to the dressing room where everyone was waiting for him.
"Hey Lilly! Miley told me you were trying on Lola clothes and needed a little help. I've got some nice tops I think you'll like." Oliver said. Lilly, Miley, and Robby Ray glanced in the same direction, and then they all randomly said yeses. Miley saying we were doing LOLA?! Nice tops?! This is odd. were Lilly's thoughts.
They laid possible outfit combonations out and they finally had the first 5 Lani outfits for Lilly.
The first outfit was a dress. Lilly had the original Lani wig on, Oliver believing it was Lola's new one. She had a loose, summery white dress with gold heels and a single gold bangle. She had a beaded necklace that stopped around mid-chest. Her earrings were small gold studs that extended into a shower of golden stars. Everyone liked it and applauded. Miley jotted it down on the same pad as she had used for the wigs; using a new page this time.
The second outfit was a top and bottom. It was a black tank top with colourful paint blobs around the area and perimeter of the shirt. Then there was a short jean skirt and a pair of black leggings that reached mid-calf. Her shoes were a very cute sparly black ballet flats, and her jewelry was silver bangles running up the side of her left arm. She had on a similar pair of earrings, the same as the otheres but instead the were silver. Oliver and Robby Ray and Miley clapped, and Miley jotted down the outfit once more. It took longer this time though.
The third outfit was another dress. This was a floral-y pattern, and the straps were tied around her neck in a tiny clasp. It was similar to one of Hannah's dresses when she won Favourite Female Singer. She had on a pair of white heels with about a half inch heel. Her jewelry was a very sopisticated black bangle on either arm, and then her earrings were black hoops. She had a gold butterfly charm necklace, with the butterfly stopping at mid chest. Everyone clapped, and Miley jotted down the outfit once again.
The fourth outfit was a sky blue shirt, and the shoulders were lowered a bit. She had on a pair of white shorts that were capris, and her shoes were high-risen white flip-flops. She had white hoops in and had jelly white bangles going up each arm. They loved it, and applauded while Miley jotted down the outfit.
The fifth outfit was a pretty mild floral tank top with the straps going around to the back into a tiny clasp. She had on a pair of skinny jeans that displayed her curves. And she had heels, pale green, that were one-inch. Her jewelry was similar to the star shower, but it was in silver flowers this time. She had two thick bracelets: one on each arm. Everyone whistled as she struck a sexy pose except Miley, who was jotting things down.
They finally bought the outfits and another dress. It was pink and had little silver sparkles. And this gave Miley a reason to buy the cowboy boots. They spent a whole total of 560 dollars and 67 cents.
They left the store and as Miley and Lilly started walking in Hollister for themselves, Oliver stopped in his tracks. "Holy crow, my mom'll have a cow if I'm not back in 55 seconds! Bye!" he shouted, dashing off to his mom's car. He could drive, but his mom claimed he only needed to drive when he was in college and therefore. Robby Ray stopped the girls.
"Oh no. Not today bud. We gotta get home before Jackson throws a party." Robby Ray got Miley out of the store and Lilly followed. Her cuts and bruises weren't hurting, but she sure wasn't going home.
As they walked to the car, Lilly got the guts to ask Miley, "Hey Miles, do you mind if I spend the night at your place? I'm really scared of going home, and I can tell my mom about it." was all she could say before Miley was asking her dad.
"He said yes!" she said. They walked on, talking about nothing, until they reached the car. They climbed in the back, and suddenly they heard a song they all knew.
"Ohmigosh, I love this song of Mikayla's!" "It's the only good one!" Lilly and Miley said almost unisonly. They began singing loudly to annoy the drivers on the highway.
"Everybody
tells me that it's so hard to make it I hear it everyday Tell me,tell me,tell me something I don't
know,something I don't know,something I don't know (Repeat) Eveybody
tells me I don't know what i'm doing I hear it
every day Tell
me,tell me,tell me something I don't know,something I don't
know,something I don't know (Repeat) So
here's the track I'm
on my way Tell me,tell me,tell me
something I don't know,something I don't know,something I don't know Tell me,tell me,tell me something I don't know,something
I don't know,something I don't know!"
It's so hard to break yeah
There's no way to fake it
Everybody tells me that it's wrong
what i'm feeling
I shouldn't believe in
The dreams that i'm
dreaming
I hear it all the time
I'm never gonna melt it much but they're never gonna change my
mind
Oh
How
many inches in a mile
What it takes to make you smile
Betcha
not to treat me like,a child baby
Tell me,tell me,tell me
something i don't know,something I don't know,something i don't know
Tell me tell me some-thing I don't know (repeat)
This life i'm presuing
The
odds i'd be losing
Everybody tells me that it's one in a million
Like one in billion
One in a zillion
I hear it all the time
I'm never going to melt it
much but they're never going to change my mind,oh
How many inches in a mile
What it takes to make you smile
Betcha not to treat me like,a
child baby
Tell me,tell me,tell me something I don't
know,something i don't know,something I don't know
Like Catrina makes a
Wish Medina
Make em
say
Are you ready for it
Ya i'm ready for it
Really ready
for it
Ya i'm ready for it
Let's get ready for it
I know i'm gonna get there someday
It doesn't help
when you say
IT WON'T BE EASY
Tel me,tell me,tell me something I don't know,something I don't
know,something I don't know
How many inches in a mile
What it
takes to make you smile
Betcha not to treat me like,a child baby
Tell me,tell me,tell me something I don't know,something I don't
know,something I don't know
How many inches in a mile
What it
takes to make you smile
Betcha not to treat me like,a child baby
They pulled into the driveway of their home, finshing the song, and shouting random rockstar sayings, all the way to the door.
When they opened the door, however they got a surprise. The whole house was sparkling clean, and among it all was a smiling, clean, Jackson.
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