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"Whoa! Nice one, Miles!" Mikayla yelled as Miley rode out of the wave on her board. She peddled over to her two best friends. It was Friday, and after a day of boring classes at school, they'd settled for some surfing.

"Damn, that wave was huge," Miley panted slightly.

"Yeah, definitely the biggest wave we've had so far," Joannie agreed.

"Hey, is that Oliver?" Mikayla suddenly said, looking at the beach.

Miley narrowed her eyes and used her hand to shield her eyes from the sun. Yes, it was Oliver. And he was not alone. "Who's that girl with him?" she asked, watching the black-haired girl standing next to Oliver.

"I don't know. His sister, or something?" Joannie said, also looking at them.

"No, that's Stacie Andrews," Mikayla spoke up.

"Stacie?" Miley asked disbelievingly. She thought about what Lilly had said to her. She lowered her hand. "That son of a bitch," she muttered angrily. She lay down on her board and started peddling toward shore.

"Where are you going?" Joannie yelled after her.

"I'm gonna tell Lilly about that jerk of a boyfriend. He has done enough damage to her already."

Miley knocked on the door of the Truscott-household. After a few long seconds, a good-looking blonde woman opened the door. Miley figured that she had to be Lilly's mother.

"Hi," the woman said nicely. "Can I help you?"

"I'm here to see Lilly. Is she home?"

"Yeah, she is. She's taking a shower right now, but you can wait inside," she said while she stepped aside to let Miley enter.

Miley sat down on the couch and Lilly's mother took a seat next to her. "So are you a friend of Lilly?"

"Oh, yes. I'm sorry, Ms. Truscott, I'm Miley Stewart," Miley said while she extended her hand which Lilly's mother gladly shook.

"Please call me Heather. Otherwise I feel old." Miley grinned.

"So how have you two met? I haven't heard Lilly mention you very often," Heather asked.

"Well, I met your daughter a few weeks ago at a party."

"Oh, you're the girl who brought her home?" Heather asked pleasantly.

"That would be me," Miley grinned.

"How nice of you. And also thank you; I wouldn't want my daughter walking alone on the streets at night."

"Me neither. And it was no problem."

Their conversation ended as they heard someone walking down the stairs. "Mom, have you seen my- -," Lilly stopped when she saw her mother sitting on the couch with Miley.

"Miley?"

"Hey," Miley smiled.

"What are you doing here?" Lilly asked with a smile.

Miley's face grew serious. "I…ehm…kinda need to talk to you about something."

"Well, you can talk in here if you want. I'm gonna run some errands," Heather said as she walked to the frontdoor. "Bye Miley, it was nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too, Heather."

As the door closed, indicating that they were alone, Lilly descended the stairs and walked over to where Miley was standing. Lilly figured that she had come straight from the beach, since she was wearing her black surfing shorts and a simple white t-shirt. Her long curly hair was still slightly wet. Lilly's mind again surprised herself when she thought how sexy she looked.

"You wanted to tell me something?" Lilly hesitantly asked.

"Yeah, ehm, I saw something when I was at the beach with Joannie and Mikayla," she said, looking at Lilly. Her curious and concerned gaze were making it only harder for Miley to tell her the cold, hard truth. She swallowed. "I saw Oliver with a girl by his side. Stacie."

Lilly just kept looking at her, not saying anything. When she still hadn't reacted after about a minute, Miley quickly asked, "Lilly, are you okay?"

Lilly blinked several times, as if she was waking out of her daydream, and shook her head disbelievingly.

"N-No…he wouldn't….that's not true."

"Lilly, I'm telling you the truth. I saw them."

"He promised me….he swore…he wouldn't do that to me," Lilly said, looking at Miley. Miley saw how she desperately tried to blink the tears away. She stepped closer to her.

"Lilly, you have to believe me. I'm not lying. I wouldn't do that to you," she said gently as she wiped a tear away with her thumb that was rolling down Lilly's cheek. "Lilly?"

After a few minutes, Lilly softly whispered, "C-Can you please go? I kinda want to be alone right now…"

Miley slowly nodded. "yeah, sure." She stepped forward once again and softly kissed Lilly on the cheek, tasting her salty tears. Lilly's eyes closed for a second and her heart fluttered at the feeling of Miley's mouth on her cheek. After Miley had pulled back, she made her way to the door. Before she left, she turned around to look at Lilly. "Y'know, if you need someone, you can call me anytime."

Lilly nodded and let her tears flow freely as she heard the door closing.

Miley entered her house and closed the door. She saw her father talking on the phone with his back facing her. He hadn't heard her coming in. Miley looked around and frowned when she noticed a single suitcase lying on the couch. She listened to what her father was saying on the phone.

"I'm glad I can come over, son. Now we can have a real family weekend again." He paused for a few seconds. "Yeah, you know what I mean………Okay then, I'll see you soon." He put the phone back on the counter and turned around, surprised to see his daughter standing there with a sad expression on her face.

"A family weekend, dad?" she softly asked.

Robbie Ray scratched the back of his head. "I didn't exactly mean a 'family weekend'. Just some father-son bonding time."

"No, you did mean it. Why didn't you say you were going to pay Jackson a visit? He's also my brother, y'know." When her father didn't answer, she continued, this time anger more evident in her voice. "You wanted to write down a note for me again, didn't you? You wanted to disappear again for a couple of days without even bothering to tell me."

Robbie Ray shook his head. "I don't have time for this. I have to catch a plane." He grabbed his suitcase and walked to the door. "I've already put some money down on the counter for you." Without saying anything more, he walked past Miley, not looking back once.

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