It wasn't like Lilly didn't like Joe, she loved the way he looked at her and when they were onstage together it was almost like she loved him. But, the love for Joe would completely vanish when they went backstage and she's see Oliver sitting there waiting for her. She craved hm, she needed him, but she couldn't because of Joe. Miley would kill her if she did anything to hurt Joe.

Joe would take Lilly out for dinner every few cities, and the media loved them. They were pronounced the cutest couple since Bradgelina, and they were offered a few movie deals. Lilly couldn't help but feel shy in the spotlight, but she knew deep down that it wasn't nerves. It was guilt.

She tried to think of Oliver as nothing more than a friend. She tried to make things go back to how they were before. She tried to pretend like nothing had ever happened between them. They both knew that they could never forget.

It got harder and harder for Oliver everyday. It killed him to see Lilly happy with Joe, and it hurt him even more when she looked at him with pain in her eyes. He hated how nice Joe was to him and the fact that they had become friends.

Miley was never calm, even time alone with Nick didn't clear her brain. No, on the contrary, it made things worse. If she was alone with Nick she wasn't there to supervise Lilly. She was sort of relieved when nick started spending less time with her until the day of Joe's nineteenth birthday. That was the day that changed everything for everybody. And to make matters worse, an undercover paparazzi was there to see it all.

They stepped off the bus in front of a dance club. Lilly held onto Joe with both arms as they walked into the club. All eyes were on them.

"Hey Joe!" Jake Ryan waved and smiled as he stepped out of the crowd. "Happy Birthday!"

"Thanks man," Joe smiled, Jake had been a friend of his for years. And, Joe had been too busy to check the news lately, so he had no idea what Jake had been up to lately. "Have you met my girlfriend, Lilly?"

Lilly bit her lip and looked at Jake. He smiled politely. "Yes, we have once or twice." He stuck his arms out to give Lilly a hug, but Lilly held Joe tighter.

"Lilly," Joe said sharply, pushing her off of him. "Don't be rude."

Lilly sighed and gave Jake a quick hug. She let go of him, but he didn't let of her. Joe said nothing, thinking Lilly was just being rude.

Oliver walked up and snapped, "Jake!"

Jake let go of Lilly hearing the familiar and unexpected voice.

Lilly hugged Oliver and Oliver shot an evil look at Jake.

"Oliver," Jake replied disapprovingly with an equally evil look.

Joe looked at Jake, then at Oliver, then Lilly very confused. "Lils, what's wrong?"

Lilly buried her face in Oliver's shirt and Oliver held her tightly still glaring at Jake.

That's when Miley walked over, Nick right behind her. "Jake, what are you going here?" she snapped fiercely.

Jake took his eye off Oliver and smiled. "I'm here for my friend's birthday."

"Uh, no you're not," Miley said each word separately and with meaning. Lilly squeezed Oliver and didn't look up.

When Jake didn't leave, Miley screamed, "Get out of here! Now!"

Nick was shocked and slightly embarrassed by Miley's behaviour so he pulled her close to him. "Miley, what are you doing?"

Miley was furious that Jake had the nerve to act so casual. "Jake, get the fuck away!"

"No, I have every right to be here," Jake smiled smugly. He looked at Lilly and then winked at Miley with a smirk.

Miley tried to punch Jake, but Nick pulled her back. He dragged her to the other side of the room.

"Miley!" Nick said sternly, trying to get her to look at him. "Miley, what's the matter with you?"

Miley was trying to watch Jake, but Nick had brought her too far away. That annoyed her, and it showed when she looked into Nick's eyes and said, "Jake can't be here!"

"Why not?" Nick asked.

Miley took a deep breath and looked at Nick calmly. "Jake. Raped. Lilly."

Nick gasped and dropped his arms to the side. He was very careful to choose the right words, but he figured there were none. "Miley, that's terrible. Poor Lilly. But, that doesn't explain why you acted weirdly even before we ran into Jake. You are always staring at Lilly weirdly."

"Well that's because I have to keep her and Oliver from fucking each other again." The words left her mouth before she even realized. A second later, when she did realize, her eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth. She pleaded to Nick with her eyes.

"She . . . WHAT??" Nick yelled a little to loud. So, he lowered his voice a bit. "When?"

Miley bit her lip and looked at the ground. She lowered her hand away from her face slowly. "Many times, last time I knew was in Toronto," she replied defeated.

"SHE CHEATED ON JOE!!" Nick yelled this extremely loud. Everyone in the entire club heard, even over the blaring music. Joe and Lilly included.

Lilly held Oliver so tight he couldn't breath. Joe stared at Lilly with a blank expression, his mouth hanging slightly open.

Jake snickered, "I see there's enough drama her without me." And he took that as his cue to leave, gently passing his hand across Lilly's back.

Oliver spun Lilly around so she was behind him and took a deep breath, trying to not look at Joe.

Lilly looked out from behind Oliver, and immediately regretted it. She saw Joe's face go from expressionless to sadness to anger to pure fury.

"LILLY!! WHAT?!"

Lilly whimpered and hid behind Oliver again, burring her face in his back.

Oliver finally met Joe's eyes.

Joe could see the apology in Oliver's eyes, which just made him angrier.

"OLIVER?!" Joe screamed, showing his hurt from the betrayal for only a second then went back to fury. "HOW COULD YOU??"

"Joe," Oliver started weakly, but he was interrupted by Joe's fist.