Here's chapter 3. I hope you like it!

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Next day, Oliver got in the classroom, becoming worried when he saw Miley. She had a pale face and dark rings around her eyes. He sat at a desk at her right side.

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"Yeah, I-I'm fine…" she said.

"You don't seem fine." He said, concerned.

"I just didn't sleep well last night, that's it." She said, giving him a weak smile.

"Miley…" he said, softly putting his hand on her cheek. "You're not telling me the truth."

Before she could speak, Amber and Ashley appeared.

"Hey, Stewart, did you screw up with your little boyfriend already?" asked Amber.

"He won't last three days." Both she and Ashley said. "Ohhh, Tsss!" Oliver angrily got up of his seat, while Lilly and Jake arrived at the scene.

"Leave her alone, would you?" he said.

"She never did anything to you!" said Lilly.

"I know, but she did with my ex." Said Amber. "And I didn't like that."

"You two go to hell!" yelled Oliver.

"Mr. Oken!" Mrs. Kunckle arrived just in time to hear Oliver curse. "We won't admit this kind of language here, am I understood?" Oliver looked at her and sat back at his desk, still angry.

"Yeah, you are." He said.

Oliver spent the rest of the class sending concerned looks at Miley and death glares at Amber and Ashley.

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School ended, the group walked home together.

"You guys wanna go to the beach?" asked Oliver.

"I can't." said Lilly. "I promised to go to the mall with my mom."

"I have a filming session." Said Jake.

"Ok, see you tomorrow, I guess." He said. The two left and Oliver and Miley headed to the beach. She sat on a rock near the ocean. Oliver sat beside her.

"Hey, did anything happen to you last night?" he asked, still worried.

"No, n-nothing happened…why would you think that?" she said nervously.

"Miley, I'm worried about you." He said. "You have to tell me what happened." She remained silent. He sighed.

"Why did you move here?" she asked.

"My parents had a huge fight and got divorced." He said. "I moved here with my mom."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She said.

"Yeah, it's really painful sometimes." He said. Her expression changed to a serious one and she got up.

"My dad died…and I was only twelve when my stepfather started to have sex with me. You don't know what pain is." She said before leaving.

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Oliver ran to Miley's house, he got in, mumbled a "hi" to Mrs. Stewart and ran upstairs. He found Miley sobbing into her pillow. He sat near her.

"Miles…I…I had no idea…" he said. "How could he…" She sat up, still sobbing. "I knew something was wrong about that guy." He said, looking at her and feeling sadness as well. He wrapped his arms around her and she sobbed into his chest.

"Why…why didn't your mom realize what he's doing to you?" he asked.

"She's always too busy with work." She said.

"What about your brother?" he asked.

"He knows, but Joe threatened to hurt him if he tells." She said.

"H-how often…?"

"Almost every night." She said. "Mostly when my mom isn't home."

"Oh, God…" he said. "That guy's sick." He stroked her hair softly with his hand.

"And he…he…w-won't s-stop, I j-just know…" she said nervously, shaking.

"Shhhh." He gently massaged her back to calm her down. Some time later, she fell asleep in his arms.

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I know, short chapter. But now you know why it's rated T.

Anyways, review, please!