Hey sorry this took so long. I was away then my internet wouldn't work then when it would for some reason fanfiction wouldn't work.
So hope you like the new chapter
Chapter 2- Secrets
Heather stopped in the middle of chopping a carrot at the loud knock on the door. She put down the sharp knife and walked out of the kitchen. She passed the living room as she went through the hall, the door was open and two small children were playing inside. She continued to the front door and opened to see Susan Stewart."Hey, Susan." She said cheerfully then seen Susan's expression. "Is something wrong?" She added now looking more concerned.
"Oh, no everything's fine." Susan answered quickly. Things didn't look fine. "I just came over to tell you that were moving." Heather looked surprised at this and stared at her friend as she continued to keep talking. "I got a promotion... in new York. I'd love to stay here but I can't pass up the opportunity."
"Em..., well I'm happy for you. When do you leave?" Heather asked still completely shocked by the news.
"Today, right now actually. They want me to start right away." Susan said she looked a little jumpy, like she didn't get much sleep. Heather was worried at her sudden rush to get to New York.
"Well before you go, let me get Lilly. She'll want to say goodbye to Miley." Heather said and was about to go back inside to get her four year old but Susan stopped her.
"No, no. That's okay. Miley's already in the car, we need go now but we'll keep in touch. Maybe we can meet up..." And with that Susan was gone running back to her house. Heather stood shocked; she knew that staying in touch was unlikely. They were going to New York and they were in California. Now she would have to go tell Lilly...
Heather opened the door to see, Susan standing there with what looked like store bought brownies. Heather remembered Susan wasn't much of a cook. 14 year old Miley was standing there beside her. She welcomed them both in and Lilly came down to greet them.
"Dinner's almost done, come, make yourselves at home." Heather said bring them into the kitchen. Inside there was a big table set for four places. Miley and Lilly sat down while Heather served dinner and Susan tried to help but Heather wouldn't let her saying she was a guest. They all talked a lot during dinner, mostly about what's been going on since they left and other such gossip.
"So, Susan what was New York like? I always wanted to go there." Heather said quite casually. Susan looked taken back and confused.
"Yeah that didn't work out really..." Susan said after gathering her thoughts. Miley who had been quiet mostly through dinner looked confused as well.
"When were we in New York?" She asked quietly to her mother. Heather grew more suspicious and wondered why Susan was looking nervous.
"Lilly, why don't you and Miley; go and watch TV or something. So you guys can catch up." Heather said to daughter and both Lilly and Miley agreed and left to go to the next room. Heather turned back to Susan who still looked a little uneasy.
Miley walked down the hallway and followed Lilly into the sitting room. Lilly seem to be acting quieter that earlier and Miley didn't really know what to stay. She also had no idea what her mom and Lilly's mom were talking about as far as she knew they never went to New York.
"Hey, so do you wanna watch TV or something?" Lilly asked as she switched the TV on and flicked through some channels then she flopped down beside Miley on the couch and handed her the remote. "Here you can pick." Miley smiled as she took the remote still feeling weird being in her supposed best friend's house.
"So do you know what our moms' were talking about?" Lilly asked curiously as Miley went through the TV channels.
"I don't know probably about my dad." Miley said as she stopped on a channel as she talked.
"Oh" Lilly said she looked like she wished she didn't say anything. Miley's mom had told her Lilly's dad had left a few years ago, Miley knew what it was like not to have a dad.
"Yeah my mom doesn't talk about him; she makes up things like New York to try and stop me from asking questions." Miley said.
"So you don't see your dad or anything." Lilly asked somewhat shocked. Miley knew Lilly must still see her dad but Miley never got the chance.
"No, my mom doesn't tell me much." Miley said trying to hide the fact that she would really like to meet him.
"Well why don't you ask her" Lilly said really determined and a little hyper. "... I mean like if you want to..." Lilly added seeming shyer like she didn't want to make Miley angry or upset but Miley laughed at Lilly. Thinking she was really strong and wished she had nerve to actually bring up the subject to her mom.
"Yeah I just might." Miley smiled then the two turned to TV noticing what was on. They both started laughing at something funny. Then Lilly turned to Miley.
"You like One Tree Hill?" She asked as Miley kept laughing at the TV she nodded.
"Yeah it's good but I prefer The OC."Miley answer but Lilly looked angry at this but in a good way.
"Oh, hell no, The OC's good but One Tree Hill is So much better." Lilly agued with Miley. They continued watching and laughing for the next hour while talking about different things they liked. Lilly liked most of the same things Miley did except for sports which Miley was pretty bad at but she liked skateboarding even if she wasn't much good. Lilly loved skateboarding and told Miley that Oliver was really into it to. Then Miley had to go, they said goodbye and Miley felt like her and Lilly were getting on really well maybe they really did used to be best friends.
'We tried so hard to understand
But we can't
We held the world out in our hands,
And you ran,
Away.'
The loud music came from Miley's computer sitting in the corner of the room that she didn't hear Lilly come in. Miley was still unpacking, she had shelves put up on the walls and she was sorting out her music. Carefully placing her CDs and records in order.
"Hey." Lilly said and Miley turned noticing her for the first time.
"Hey, What's up?" Miley asked happy to see her.
"Nothing much, your mom said you were in your room?" Lilly asked looking around the room. "Your room is down the hall? Why are you in this one?" Miley looked at her confused her mom told her this was her old room, what did Lilly mean.
"This my room." Miley answer.
"No, the other room is yours or was yours when you used to live here. You don't remember do you?" Lilly said as Miley continued to look at her strangely.
"But, my mom said this was my room. Are you sure?" Miley asked Lilly nodded. Miley didn't know what to think. She was told this was her old room, the other room has been locked since they moved here. Her mom used it for storage.
'...This isn't what you wanted. This isn't what you wanted...'
"Hey, who that playing?" Lilly asked abruptly bring Miley out of her thoughts. Lilly was standing near her computer now listening to the music.
"Oh, that a new band I found, they're called Paramore." Miley answered.
''...'cause all we know is falling,'
"I've never heard of them before; there're good though." Lilly seemed interested.
"Yeah they're not that big, I found them on MySpace." Miley answered.
'...Remember her 'cause I know that we won't forget at all...'
"You're really into music." Lilly said as she looked around the untidy room filled with CDs and records. Then Lilly picked up a record. "Woah, you have records, I did didn't know you could still get these my granddad has loads." Lilly said in a giddy excited voice.
"Yeah I like them, there harder to find though." Miley said looking over Lilly's shoulder to see what she was looking at.
"So, do you play any instruments?" Lilly asked simply but Miley looked sad, she always wanted to play guitar.
"No, my mom would never let me. She doesn't approve with music." Miley said bitterly.
"Why?" Lilly sound surprised.
"Don't know I think it has something to do with my dad. I don't think he liked music or something." Miley answered.
Oliver stopped and jumped off his old bike. He locked it to the gate outside the police station. 'The sooner I get my driving license, the better.' He thought to himself, he didn't have long to wait before his test but that meant he needed to keep practising. He all ready got an old piece of junk car for his 15th birthday a few months ago. Now he just had to get the license.
He walked up the steps into the police station with a bag of lunch; he had to drop this off to his mom. She called asking for him to bring over her lunch that she forgot again. Then he could go to the beach to meet Miley and Lilly. He love having Miley back, it was liked the old days even if Miley didn't remember she was divinity getting used to being around them. He was happy for Lilly to have a girl friend to hang out with.
Oliver walked into the office. A middle aged policeman sat reading the paper quietly when Oliver's mom came in.
"Hi, Hon. Did you bring lunch?" She asked walking over to him.
"Yeah, here." Oliver handed the bag over. "I'm going to meet Lilly and Miley." Oliver's mom looked at him weird.
"Who's Miley?" she asked like she never knew Miley or maybe she just didn't remember.
"Miley, Miley Stewart, the little girl that used live across from Lilly, she moved back a few days ago." Oliver said and his mom seemed to understand.
"Oh yeah now I remember, they moved back?" She asked Oliver nodded.
Oliver left and headed to the beach. When he got there he seen Miley and Lilly sunbathing and chatting. He sunk up behind them, he went very quietly. Lilly didn't seem to notice she usually did. He reached out and touched Lilly's arm making her jump. Oliver couldn't help but laugh as she yelled at him angrily. He never usually was able to scare her; this was too good to just leave.
"Ohurr! Oliver!" she screamed at him and Miley sat up while laughing at them. "It's not funny."
"Hey I was only joking." Oliver said but Lilly still looked at him bitterly then she continued talking to Miley until Oliver noticed her looks soften. She couldn't stay mad at him long.
"So, Miles do you know what school you're going to?" Oliver asked after Lilly moaned about having to go back to school in a few days. They had two weeks off for the Christmas holidays.
"I'm not sure. My mom put me in one, the local one I think." Miley answered not too sure.
"Seaview?" Lilly asked excited.
"Yeah I think that's the name." Miley answer as Lilly high fived Oliver.
"Yes! You're in our school!" Lilly said to Miley.
"I wonder if we'll be in the same classes, all three of us." Oliver said thinking that would be great. Lilly and Miley looked hopeful well Lilly looked really excited.
"I hope so, that would be fun" Miley answered.
Miley spent next few days with Lilly and Oliver; she couldn't believe how quickly she was growing attached to them. She also was starting to feel really excited about going to school with them. She was used to new schools and always dreaded them but this time she hoped things would be different.
She was walking down the road from her house to go meet Lilly when one of the neighbours stopped her.
"Miley Stewart, well haven't you grown." A large African-American woman was standing in her garden smiling at Miley. She looked like the type of person you shouldn't mess with. Miley smiled back, clearly not remembering her like everyone else she left behind here.
"Hi." Miley said somewhat nervously. The woman continued looking happy.
"I'm Roxy. We used to be neighbours; you were very small when you lived here last. How's your mom?" Roxy talked fast but seemed friendly enough.
"She's good. It nice to see you again I'll tell mom you were asking for her."
"Okay, I'd love to catch up with her." Roxy said leaning on fence in-between her and Miley. She was looking at Miley. "Child, you sure have grown. I remember when you and the other rug rats were running around on skateboards."
"Yeah, we still do sometimes." Miley said joking and Roxy laughed.
"You guys would make so much noisy. I use to always be giving out to your dad about it." Roxy said casually still laughing at old times but Miley froze.
"y-you knew my dad?" Miley chocked out surprised. Roxy nodded looking a little confused at Miley sudden change. "He left when I was a baby."
"No, he was around sometimes. I don't think your mom liked it much after the divorce-." Roxy quickly stopped seeing the confusion on Miley's face. She seemed to be studying Miley's face for a moment like she was looking at her for the first time, then suddenly like she realised something she added. "I have to put out the washing. See you later." She said neighbourly and ran off back into her house. Miley stood motionless for a moment utterly confused.
"So she just ran off?" Lilly asked after Miley told her the whole story. Miley nodded. Miley didn't get it Roxy seemed nice but she wondered was there something she wasn't telling her. Why did she look so... so like she had an epiphany. And why would she have one about her. What was going on in this town?
"I mean Roxy's always been cool, but you don't mess with her, she's a security guard. I even heard she was offered to protect the president before." Lilly said, so if that means Roxy can be trusted with those people that means her mom has been hiding something from her.
"She said my dad used to be around. My mom said he left when I was a baby." Miley said still confused. Lilly looked guilty or nervous to say something.
"Well, I remember him." Lilly flinched as if Miley was going to hit her but Miley just sat there quiet. "I-I remember him being around. Not much though he was just there sometimes."
"Oh..." Miley thought everything going around her head; she knew her mom didn't tell her everything especially about her dad. "Lilly, I have an idea."
"Oh this isn't going to be anything illegal?" Lilly asked nervously making Miley laugh. Lilly's phone went off suddenly. She grabbed it and replied to a text. Miley looked at her suspiciously.
"Who's texting you?" Miley asked curiously, Lilly blushed. "Oh, I see." Miley said teasing her while Lilly continued to look embarrassed. "Is it Oliver?" Miley presumed but Lilly's cheeks grew pale.
"No." She said as if Miley had said the worst thing ever. Miley looked taken aback by Lilly's reaction.
"I thought... I thought you and him were... you know." Miley stammered embarrassed now for thinking it.
"No, geez he's like a brother to me. He's my best friend. I love him to bits but no way would he be my boyfriend or anything." Lilly said laughing it off. "Why? Do you like him?" Lilly added turning the tables on Miley.
"No, I just thought. Hey if he's not- then who is texting you?" Miley quickly changed it back on her, growing now in more curiosity and excitement.
"No one, just a guy I'm talking to." Lilly blushed again even more.
Miley and Lilly walked through the park still talking a lot about different things. Miley stopped sort of suddenly, and Lilly noticed. She turned to look at her friend who was standing as if listening carefully to something.
"Eh, Miley? What are you doing?" Lilly asked still staring at her.
Miley stood forgetting Lilly was even there. She heard sounds like music, she was instantly drawn to it. "Can you hear?" Miley asked but Miley knew she couldn't by the look on her face. "Listen, can you hear? The wind blowing the trees, the rusty noise. It's like music." Miley tried to explain how she felt but knew Lilly didn't understand. Miley always felt a strange connection to music, like she could feel it, hear it, it was everywhere.
"Emm, no what do you mean the wind, it just noise." Lilly sounded confused but she was trying to get it? Then it started to rain lightly. Lilly had her hand over her head to cover herself but Miley stood there letting rain fall on her, like she was breathing it in. "What are you doing you idiot. You'll get a cold." But Miley wasn't listening she was singing softly to herself. Feeling the rain on her skin she could hear the music inside her and the lyrics just flowed out.
"Do do do do do do...
It's been in the past for awhile ..."
Lilly stood watching her friend. Miley could feel everything around her, the weather, the atmosphere, the mood. Lilly had to blink it was almost like Miley was controlling the rain. She kept singing to herself.
"...I get a flash...
Where does the love go?
I don't know..."
Lilly didn't know Miley had such a good voice.
"Do do do do do...
I don't know why I had to lose you..."
"Miley? Are you okay?" Lilly asked Miley turned back to face her, she smiled and nodded. "Cool, whoa that was amazing! You were all like... I don't know but man you have a great voice." Lilly said all excited. Miley blushed embarrassed.
"Really I don't think so." Miley said.
"Yeah and the song was good too, I didn't know you wrote songs." Lilly said.
"I don't. I mean I never did I don't know how." Miley said as the two of them walked through the rain.
"Really? Well your good at it." Lilly said smiling.
"Okay she's gone."
"How long do we have?"
"I don't know, just hurry!" Miley said as they stood outside her bedroom door, the one according to Lilly was her old room. Lilly picked at the lock with hair clip of some sort. "Where did you learn stuff like this?" Miley asked.
"You pick up things from Oliver." Lilly said casually. "Yes! Got it!" she exclaimed as the door opened. They stepped into the room. It was filled with boxes. It was a storage room. Lilly started look through some boxes as Miley looked around the room for anything else that could be of use. This was Miley's plan. She wanted to know more about her dad and Lilly's thought that there could be something in here that would be about him. Miley's mom was gone over to see Lilly's mom. Susan thought both Miley and Lilly were watching movies together. They spent the next hour or so looking through stuff.
"Here I think I found something." Lilly said and Miley went over to look. It was a picture, her mom was in it only about ten years younger and a small child she guessed was her. Then there was a man standing beside them smiling with his arm around Miley.
Miley took the photo and stared at it with amazement. She never knew what he looked like. Before she could say something a shadow came across her.
Her mom stood at the doorway with cold eyes. Miley didn't hear her come in.
"Hi mom, I didn't hear you come in how was your visit?" Miley said trying to distract her. It didn't work.
"Very nice, Lilly your mom wants you home to clear up." Lilly looked a little scared. She stood up and looked at Miley before leaving. After Lilly left Susan made Miley leave the room too. She locked it after Miley left. She gave out to Miley but Miley stormed off to her room angry.
Thanks for reading.