Hey y'all sorry it took so long to update! thanks so much for waiting! not my best chapter but it's been awhile since i've been able to write. So read it & let me know what you think! If you have any ideas you really want to be in the story feel free to tell me about them!

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Robby called his daughter's cell phone for the 47th time and got the answering machine again. "Fuck" he said once again. He tried Lily's house again and got involved in the familiar argument with Lily's mother.

"Look Robby she doesn't want to talk to you! Stop calling here!"

"She's my daughter, Heather!"

"And your daughter doesn't want to talk to you! Stop calling or I'll change the number!" She hung up on him….again. The front door opened and the two girls entered, Lily looking sympathetic and Miley looking solemn.

"Hey mom." Lily said as the girls ran upstairs to her bedroom, when they got there Lily flopped on the bed and watched as Miley paced up and down the room.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid." She said to herself. " Why the hell didn't I talk to him! After I was so pissed that my dad made him leave, I didn't even bother to talk to him or even see him. He probably thinks I'm pissed at him or something."

"He does not."

"How would you know?" she snapped at her

"You're his sister and he loves you and he knows you didn't want him to go."

"Yeah I guess so." They sat in silence for a while before Miley spoke again. "Do you think I should call my Dad?" Lily raised her head to look at her. "I mean, he keeps leaving messages saying he WAY overreacted and that neither I nor Jackson will take his calls and that he wants us back home." Lily still said nothing. "He said he was sorry." Miley finished quietly. She waited. "Say something!"

"What do you want me to say? I think you will eventually have to accept his apology and I can't tell you when that has to happen, it's up to you if you do it now or wait a while longer."

"But I don't even know if I am or not."

"Then I think you should wait, but you should call him and talk to him too." Miley nodded and placed a hand on her stomach. She looked out of the window at two birds on a limb. Lily looked down at her hands, uncomfortable in the silence. She heard Miley whisper from the bed;

"Will you come with me?"

"With you where?"

"The adoption meeting."

"Sure. When is it?"

"Around six o'clock"

"Today?" Miley nodded. Lily looked at the clock. 5:19.

"Well I guess we better get going then."

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The office smelled. It seemed a little too fancy for an adoption agency in Lily's opinion, then again she had never been in any others.

"Hello!" a shrill voice sounded from the doorway behind them. They turned around in their hard, uncomfortable seats to see a tall, bony-faced woman smiling at them. She made her way to the cushy seat behind the desk and stuck out a hand.

"I'm Dorothy Kreelin." Miley took the woman's hand in her own and shook it firmly. Lily did the same.

"I'm Miley Stewart and this is my friend Lily Truscott."

"Pleasure. So let's get started, do you have the necessary papers listed in the letter you received?"

"Yes, they're here." she took out a folder from inside her messenger bag and handed it over. Mrs. Kreelin looked the papers over quickly and looked up at Miley.

"There is no information in here about the father." Miley looked down, ashamed and thought up a quick lie.

"W-Well, he asked me if he could remain anonymous." The lady removed her glasses and said firmly;

"Miss Stewart, I'm sorry but our agency requires at least a full medical history from both parents."

"Please, I can't. N-nothing is wrong medically in his family, I promise. Can't you please just, just this once, let this go."

"Miss Stewart I-

"Mrs. Kreelin, please." Miley's eyes filled with tears and Mrs. Kreelin looked pityingly into them.

"I could lose my job."

"please." Kreelin pursed her lips together and cleared her throat.

"Very well, just this once! And don't breathe a word of this around my supervisors!"

"Thank you!" Miley smiled, relived she wouldn't have to revel her shameful secret to a stranger. The meeting went about just fine and when they left Miley had a meeting scheduled with a pair of adoptive parents on Tuesday.

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