Author's Note :: Hey I'm back after my little hiatus, anyway here's chapter 10. It's a beast of a long one!! Chow for Now…..!

Disclaimer :: I do not own Hannah Montana or anything related to it.

The sound of knocking woke Miley from her peaceful yet troubling slumber; she yawned and sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She mumbled a come in, and her bedroom door opened.

"C'mon Bud, Lily's gonna be here in 15 minutes and you've still to take a shower and get dressed. So up you get and inta that shower you go." Robbie Ray smiled at his daughter.

"Yeah, Yeah" She groaned and yawned again, she had barely gotten much sleep from staying up worrying over the letter and its threat. He seemed to notice she had gone quiet because he walked over to her bed, sat down and put his arms around her. She slipped her arms around his stomach and leant her head against his chest, breathing in and sighing. He gently rubbed her back.

"Miles, I know that letter is worrying you, but, I don't want you getting upset over it. We'll sort it all out, it was only a threat, there wasn't any evidence that he actually knows you're the real Hannah Montana, so until we receive some concrete evidence from 'Frank' that you're really Hannah then we'll not worry about it and assume it's someone playing a trick, ok?

"Ok, Daddy, You're Right!" He smiled again, then got up and left her to get ready. 15 minutes later, Miley was washed, dressed, and downstairs waiting for Lily. Right on cue, the doorbell rang. She opened it to find her blonde girlfriend grinning at her.

"Hey"

"Hey" Miley replied, Lily began to lean in but Miley turned and shouted to her father,

"Bye Daddy!"

She closed the door and walked past a confused Lily. She walked down the path and realised Lily wasn't following her, she turned to see a puzzled Lily, she felt bad for rejecting Lily's affections. So she turned and tried to smile.

"You coming?" Lily just nodded and made her way over to Miley; then they set off for school, each of them lost in their own thoughts.

As soon as they arrived at school, they spotted Oliver and Rebecca straight away, Oliver was sitting on a bench with Rebecca on his knee, watching as Rebecca showed him something on her phone. They looked up as Miley and Lily slowly approached, however they noticed something was obviously wrong with the two girls, but they just stood up and smiled.

"Hey Guys" Oliver said smiling, receiving two "hi's" Rebecca decided to find out what was wrong and since she knew Oliver would probably put his foot in it, she got there first.

"So um Miley, I need help with some Maths homework and since you're in the same class, I wondered if you'd help me?" She smiled.

"Yeah, ok" Miley replied.

"Great, come with me to the bathroom?"

"Yeah, sure"

"Cool, Bye Oliver", she gave him a kiss, "Bye Lily" then she and Miley made their way into the school. As soon as the girls had disappeared, Oliver let out a huge sigh.

"Well that was……….awkward, sheesh, what's wrong with her? Did something bad happen last night with the folks? Or is it", he leaned in close to Lily and whispered, "PMT!" Lily rolled her eyes but she let a little smile appear on her face, BOYS!

"No Oliver, I don't think it's PMT. And it cant be last night because everything went great, the parents are fine with us, they are even supporting us and she was fine with me last night, but when I went to her house this morning, I don't know, she just kind of, avoided me and I don't know if I've done something wrong. We didn't talk on the way to school, I should have said something but I didn't want to upset her. I just don't know?!?!" Lily sighed flopping down on the bench. Oliver looked sympathetically at her.

"Lils, it's obvious something is bothering her, Rebecca might find out, but I wouldn't worry too much, she might just be feeling unwell" He sat next to her, and patted her knee gently. She smiled gratefully.

"You think?"

"Yeah, wait till they come back then talk to her. Anyway let's get inside, before the bell……….." The sound of the bell rang, they both laughed as they stood up.

"Never mind" and they made their way inside along with the other Highschool pupils.

"So, you wanna tell me what's wrong, Miley Stewart?" Rebecca said as she looked in the mirror of the girl's bathroom, Miley stood next to her, apparently in her own little world.

"What? Oh, nothing's wrong, I'm fine" Miley replied, directing a small smile in Rebecca's direction. Rebecca saw through Miley's lies however, and laughed.

"You're not fooling anyone Stewart, not yourself and certainly not me. Now come on and tell me what's gotten you upset." Miley sighed, she didn't usually let things get to her, but she was tired and stressed.

"Fine, ok, yes something is bothering me, but, it's….it……I shouldn't let it bother me. I'm just tired! And now I've managed to piss Lily off and it hasn't even been half a day, last night went great. Our parents accepted us, we were going to be fine, but now...I've only got myself to blame for it" Miley sighed, things were going from bad to worse.

The sound of the bell going alerted them to the time. Rebecca put a hand on Miley's shoulder and smiled.

"Well the best advice I can give you, is to talk to Lily, sort things out and tell her what's bothering you! Otherwise, things will just get awkward. It can't be that bad that you can't tell her, but I guess it must be pretty bad if it's bothering you this much. Anyway we better get to class before we have to spend an hour in detention with Ms Kunkle!" Rebecca shivered.

"Thanks Rebecca, Oliver's very lucky to have you"

"Better tell him that, if and when he ever pisses me off!" Both girls giggled and left the bathroom, heading towards their first class, Biology.

"You're both late. Why?" Ms Kunkle snapped as Miley and Rebecca tried to sneak into the classroom. They stopped and looked at each other, before turning to face her and the many students that were watching them.

"Um, Miley was feeling sick, so we had to go to the bathroom and then we didn't hear the bell go." Ms Kunkle eyed the girls suspiciously.

"Fine! But next time you feel sick, Miss Stewart, I suggest you don't bother coming to school. Now in your seats so we can get on with my lesson" The girls took their seat as Ms Kunkle turned back to the board, muttering to herself. As Miley sat down, she saw Lily looking at her with the cute facial expression Miley adored. The one that said, "Miles I'm here when you want me!" Miley smiled her first genuine smile all day and it grew wider as Lily smiled back. Half way through the lesson, Miley spotted a white piece of paper folded on her desk. She quietly and carefully opened it so Ms Kunkle couldn't see what she was doing.

Was it my fault? Miley immediately felt the wave of guilt hit her, the blonde thought she'd done something to upset Miley.

No! It's mine. I'm sorry for acting strange today, something happened. Miley scribbled it down and nudged Oliver; he turned around, took the note and passed it down to Lily.

Lily slowly read it. Ok it wasn't her fault but something big had obviously happened last night.

It's ok. But Miles I'm always here for you, you know that? The note was soon passed back to Miley.

I know, thanks Lils. Tell you after school ok.

Ok! We're ok now?

Yeah we're ok!

Lily finished reading with a grin, things were sorted. The bell rang 15 minutes later, signalling next period. School went quite quick for both of the girls with minor incidents, few confrontations with Amber and Ashley and little rows from their teachers. The only thing bad that happened was when Jake passed Miley in the hallway at lunch. Lily of course had been there, hackles raised and fists clenched and Oliver and Rebecca, having spotted Jake, came over to stand beside the two girls. However Jake had merely sneered at them and walked past. Finally the end of a long, hard day of school came; the girls met up and walked out of school with Oliver and Rebecca.

"Did you see his face? I'm sure we can all agree that he's still very much angry at you Miley" Rebecca stated shaking her head.

"I've seen many of Jake Ryan's facial expressions but never a sneer like the one he was wearing, it'd put Ms Kunkle to shame!" Oliver agreed.

"Never mind his facial expression, did you see his eye! Miles you must have really hit him hard to cause a bruise that big. Mind you if I'd have been there he'd have a lot more than one bruise on his face. Trying to hurt my girl and all" Lily angrily muttered. Miley felt her heart soar. Lily had just called her, "her girl!" She found those two words so cute and comforting. She had never known Lily to be so protective yet she found it very sweet and endearing.

"Thanks Lily!" Miley gently squeezed Lily's hand. Rebecca was the first to leave the group, she gave Oliver a small kiss goodbye and waved to Lily and Miley, next up was Oliver; he gave both girls a hug and told Lily to phone him later. 5 more minutes of walking and Lily and Miley arrived at Miley's. On entering the house, the girls found it to be empty, the TV was on but there was noone around.

"Daddy? Jackson?" No answer, Miley merely shrugged at Lily.

"Miles, it ok if I use your phone?" Lily said putting her bag and skateboard down. Receiving a nod she picked up the phone and dialled her house number.

"Hey Michael, is Mom there?"

"Eh, um, I'm at Oliver's"

"Ugh, ok fine! Yes I'm at Miley's"

"No Michael, of course not!"

"Michael!"

"You know what! Now shut up and give Mom the phone"

"God! You….you….just….fine! When she comes in tell her I'm at Miley's and I'll call her later"

"Thanks. Bye Moron!"

Lily put the phone down growling with frustration, she turned to see Miley sitting on the couch, her eyes fixed on the TV screen. Lily slowly walked over and plonked down next to Miley.

"So………you wanna talk about it? I'm all ears!" Miley took the remote and turned the volume down, sighing she turned to Lily keeping her head bowed.

"It's nothing really" Lily rolled her eyes smiling.

"Miles, this is me you're talking to, now spill" Miley looked up and smiled.

"Ok fine……" Miley reached over to the table next to her and picked up the envelope.

"Here" She handed it to the confused blonde beside her. Miley watched as Lily's eyes quickly scanned over the words, and then looked up at her with sad eyes.

"Miley, you should have told me!" Lily soothed as she took Miley in her arms.

"When did it come?"

"Last night. It was stuck to the door when we came home from yours" Miley replied, mumbling into Lily's neck. They sat together for several minutes, enjoying the comfort they were giving each other. Miley closed her eyes as she felt Lily gently stroke her hair.

"Do you know who this 'Frank' guy is?"

"Not a clue!"

"I'm sure it'll be alright Miles" Miley pulled back to look at a startled Lily.

"How do you know though Lily? How do you know it will be ok? What if they really do you know I'm Hannah? What if they have real proof? What if they plan to reveal my identity? What if they blackmail my dad into giving them money to keep them silent? I'm scared Lily, What if……….."

"Miley it's ok to be scared"

"But…." Lily stopped her before she freaked out again.

"Miles, what was the first thing I said to you when we became friends?"

"So do you really eat possum?" Miley giggled, Lily frowned.

"Damn….right ok after that?"

"If you ever need someone to lean on, my shoulder's always free!" Miley smiled at the memory as did Lily.

"I made that promise a long time ago, but I plan on keeping it. Miles, there's not much I can do but to tell you that if something bad does happen because of this stupid letter, that I'm going to be there for you. We do things together now, not on our own. I love you and I want to protect you, even if it means finding out who this Frank prick is and beating the stuffing right outta him! So we'll forget about his letter for the time being and see how things go, don't stress out about it, it's not good for you!" By the time Lily had finished Miley was wearing the biggest smile, her eyes were glistening.

"Thanks Lily. You always know how to make me feel better!" Lily grinned cheekily.

"Well I do try!" Miley laughed, and then her facial expression changed to that of a more sexy nature. She slowly moved her face towards Lily's.

"You'd really beat up some weirdo for me?" Lily closed her eyes, nodding; she could feel Miley's breath on her lips.

"Damn Right!" Miley barely made out the soft whisper; she smiled before she closed the distance between their lips. Lily tightened her hold on Miley as Miley gently cupped Lily's face pulling her closer and more into the kiss. Lily felt the sweep of Miley's tongue on her lips to which she parted them allowing Miley access, Miley slowly explored her love's mouth before their tongues met. They were both lost in each other, enjoying the closeness they were sharing, a fun way to express their love and also take comfort. However their moment was broken when Miley jumped back and squealed, Lily's hands had wandered, and she quickly retracted them from under Miley's t-shirt.

"Miles I'm really sorry, I just kinda got lost in the moment, and I didn't mean to scare you! I took it to far didn't I?"

"No Lily it's……"

"You're not ready for that and I pushed it too far, I should just chop my hands off before they do anything else stupid"

"Lily….."

"God I feel really bad now, I feel like some sort of sexual animal now! Like, like a Stan! Right Miles, rename me 'Stan the sex beast' and we'll call it a day!" Miley rolled her eyes and took hold of Lily's face, turning it towards her.

"Lily, you're hands are cold!" Lily turned from worried look to very confused.

"Huh?"

"The reason I jumped was not because you're going to fast, not because I was scared and certainly not because you're 'Stan the sex beast', it was because you're hands were cold, well freezing actually, and it gave me a fright!" Miley let go off Lily's face and smiled as Lily looked down sheepishly.

"Oh, well, in that case can we forget about the new name" Lily had the cheesiest smile on and Miley just couldn't help but laugh.

"Sure we can, STAN!" The brown haired beauty just smiled sweetly at the blonde who was currently shooting death glares at her.

"Stan who?" Both girls screamed.

"JACKSON!" Miley yelled, was he trying to scare them out of their wits!

"What? I only asked a question!" Jackson shrugged and raced up to his room, Miley let out an exasperated sigh.

"Ugh! Hey Daddy" She smiled as he walked in the door, carrying a bunch of shopping bags.

"Alright Bud! Hey Lily!" He replied walking towards the kitchen; putting down the bags he began to unpack them.

"Hey Mr Stewart" Lily grinned.

"How was school?"

"What's up with parents and asking how school was?" Miley thought giggling, she got a strange look from Lily but she took Lily's hand and went over to her father.

"Um…..." She peered at Lily; Lily knew why she hesitated so she helped out.

"Oh it was fine wasn't it Miles? Nothing happened that's worth mentioning" Miley smiled gratefully at Lily. Robbie Ray took in the sight before him, the two girls were still holding hands, he'd never seen Miley this happy since her Mom passed away, and it filled his heart with happiness seeing his daughter so happy. Thank god they moved to Malibu and met Lily.

"That's good, so are ya'll ready for the CD signing tonight?" He questioned taking a pizza out of the fridge.

"Yeah, it's going to be fun, I love seeing my fans! Anyway we need to go get everything sorted. Can Lily stay for tea?"

"Of course she can darlin. I'll shout you both down when it's ready!"

"Thanks Daddy" The two girls made their way upstairs to Miley's room. Lily phoned her mom letting her know that she was staying for tea; she didn't mention the CD signing because her Mom didn't know about Miley's other life just yet, and then she phoned Oliver telling him to get ready and that they would pick him up in an hour. The girls picked out their outfits to change into after their dinner, changing the items several times until they got it just right. Robbie Ray's shout signalled dinner so they made their way back down to the kitchen. Tonight was going to be……….can you say...interesting!

Author's Note :: So was it worth the wait? If not, I apologise on behalf of my absolutely appalling writing. Anyway that's it for the now, I'll try to get the next chapter up soon but I wouldn't hold your breaths, I'm a lazy sod!! ) Oh and thanks to all the reviewers, cant forget them now can we!

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