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A/N: There's a slight time warp at the end of this chapter, also the end of this chapter is pretty dark.
(Miley's P.O.V.)
We stayed in the pool until dusk enjoying the great weather, summer is just around the corner so it's starting to heat up. We were also just enjoying each others company, we finished our game of basketball (of course Lilly won,) and we talked, Lilly was still having trouble putting together sentences so she stuttered allot, but I didn't mind, I've just missed hearing her speak, I love her voice. When we were done in the pool, we quickly made our way up stairs to get dried off and changed, we still haven't told anybody that Lilly can speak, so we hurried and got done as fast as possible, anxious to surprise everybody.
I've already called Oliver and ask him to come over, he said he was feeling better, so he'd be over in about twenty minutes, we couldn't wait, Lilly was so exited she was practically skipping around my room the whole time we were getting ready. After we were done, we hastily made our way down stairs, and went and sat at the table, where our dinners were already waiting. Dad was sitting at the end of the table, waiting for us, He'd called us about five minutes ago, telling us dinner was done.
" Hey Bud, hey kiddo." Dad smiled at us, as he got up to get us our drinks,(He always waits till everybody's seated before making the drinks, so there never watered down.)
" Hi Daddy. Thanks" He brought us our drinks, giving me a Root Beer and Lilly a Pepsi.
" Th-Thank y-you, M-Mister St-Stewart." Lilly smiled at my dad as he placed her drink down in front of her.
" Your Welcome Ki-." Dad stopped mid sentence and just stared at Lilly for a second, before leaning down and engulfing Lilly in a tight hug. Lilly smiled and returned the hug. When he pulled back he had tears in his eyes.
" You can speak, when?...How?... I mean when did this happen?" Dad was clearly puzzled. He went and sat back down at the end of the table, obviously overwhelmed with a combination of confusion and happiness.
" W-Well... M-Mi-Mil." I could see Lilly was struggling, she looked over to me with a pleading look, so I helped her out.
" She started talking a few hours ago when we were in the pool, we would of told you sooner, but we wanted it to be a surprise. As for the how." The rest of my sentence was cut short by the sound of the door bell ringing. " Oh that must be Oliver, I'll go get the door." Dad nodded, got up and headed for the kitchen to serve up a plate of food for Oliver, as I got up and headed for the door.
" Hey Ollie, come on in dinner's on the table."
" Sweet, thanks." Oliver stepped in side, and smiled as he rubbed his hands together in an exited manner. He loves my dad's cooking.
" Your welcome, but dad's the one that cooked it and served it up." I was chuckling as I spoke, Oliver could be such a goof ball sometimes, but that's what we loved about him.
" Hey Mister S. Hi Lils." Oliver spoke as he sat down at the table beside Lilly. Immediately spotting the extra plate of food my dad had prepared for him, he wasted no time in digging in.
" Hey Oliver. careful don't choke." Dad was laughing at my friends behavior. Nothing could come between Oliver and food. Oliver was the only other person I knew,who's appetite could rival Lilly's. Oliver Looked up from his dinner and gave my dad a thumbs up.
" H-Hi...O-Oliv-Oliver." Poor Oliver had just taken another bite when Lilly decided to speak. He paused for a second trying to swallow his food, then he took a quick drink of his pop, to keep from choking, before finally speaking.
" Lilly did you just speak?" Oliver was giving her a look that was a mix of confusion, curiosity and hope. Lilly nodded and stuttered out a shaky yes. After seeing and hearing Lilly speak again, Oliver jumped up, went over to where Lilly was sitting, and wrapped his arms around her in an enthusiastic hug. Lilly giggled a bit and hugged back.
" Wow this is great news, now I can see why were so insistent, that I come over." Oliver looked at me while he released Lilly from the hug, and got up to take his seat.
" Yup we really wanted to tell you tonight, and preferably in person."
" Well I'm glad you did thank you." Oliver had the biggest smile on his face.
" Your welcome. Well now there's only one more person to tell. Dad do you know when Jackson will be home?"
" Jackson works late tonight he's also got a date after he's off, so he won't be home for awhile, I'm thinking around midnight." Dad was talking as he picked up our dishes, well all except Oliver's, who still had a little food left on his plate. We sat at the table for another ten minutes, allowing Oliver enough time to finish his dinner, and simply enjoying talking to each other.
" Ok Dad were done, were going to head up to my room." I looked over to my dad, who was now sitting on the couch reading a news paper.
" K Bud have fun." Dad looked up from the paper just long enough to smile at us, then quickly went back to what he was reading.
" Actually Miles I can't stay, I'd love too, but Mom wants me to help her around the house, changing light bulbs, air filters and all that good stuff, so I'll see you later ok?" Oliver was puffing out his chest in a proud manner, he loves when he gets to be the man of the house.
" Sure Oliver no problem, see you later." I chuckled at him, and Lilly giggled, she loved teasing Oliver. He headed for the door waving a goodbye, as he walked out. After Oliver was out side, Lilly and I headed up stairs and got ready for bed.
Lilly was tired so she laid down the minute she was changed. When I got out of the bathroom Lilly was laying on her stomach with her eyes closed, so I figured she had fallen asleep. I wasn't tired so I was going to go back down stairs and hang out with my dad for awhile, but when I went to open the door, a soft shaky voice stopped me.
" M-Miles, wh-where... a-are... y-you... g-go-going?" Lilly leaned up a bit, to look at me.
" I was just going down stairs for a bit, but I'll stay if you want."
" P-Please?" She gave me a pleading look
" Sure, honey." I smiled at her, and she returned the smile. I heard her groan, as she laid back down, on her stomach.
" You alright Lil?" She nodded, as I headed over, and sat down on the side of the bed beside her. She looked up at me when I sat down, I gave her a skeptical look.
" Where does it hurt?" It looked like she was going to protest for a second, but when I shifted a little, it made the bed rock, causing her to groan again. She glanced up at me with a defeated look.
" B-Ba-Back." I thought it might be her back, it was giving her trouble earlier in the week.
" Awww Honey, here I'll make it feel better." I gently placed my hands on her back and rubbed. She gave a content sigh and closed her eyes. " There does that feel better?" She nodded in response. " Good."
I kept rubbing her back till I felt, as well as heard, her breathing deepen, indicating that she had fallen asleep. I got up and placed a careful kiss on her cheek, while brushing some loose hair out of her face. She snuggled deeper into the bed. " Good night honey, I love you. Sleep well." I decided to stay with her, instead of going down stairs,so I went around the bed and crawled in beside her, laying my arm across her back. I fell asleep that way.
The next few weeks went by really quick, We told Jackson about Lilly being able to speak again, He was just as shocked and surprised as my dad and Oliver had been. Lilly's speech had improved a little. She still stuttered, but putting together her sentences was a little easier. Everything was going great until that night. The nightmare returned only this time it was much worse, at least emotionally, she found out something none of us expected.
( Flashback Normal P.O.V.)
" Heather what are we having for dinner tonight?" Mr. Truscott was driving the car his wife was in the passenger seat and his daughter was sitting in the middle of the backseat.
" I was thinking pizza, I don't really feeling like cooking tonight." Mrs. Truscott Looked over at her husband.
" Yeah that's fine, pizza sounds good to me. What about you Lilly?" Lilly looked up from her I-pod and gave a thumbs up.
" Good then it's settled." Mr. Truscott had just finished speaking, when his phone started ringing, He quickly answered the annoying object.
" Hello?"
" Hello, Mr. Truscott?"
" Yes that's me." Mr. Truscott, sounded annoyed.
" My name's John, I'm calling from your work." John sounded Professional.
" Ok, how can I help you?" Mr. Truscott Looked worried.
" Well Sir I regret to inform you that you've been let go." The man didn't sound upset.
" WHAT? You've got to be kidding me, I'm one of your best employees." Mr. Truscott was panicky now.
" Correction,' Were ' one of the best employees. Your no longer an employee, we found somebody to replace you."
" Why?" Mr. Truscott's tone had changed from panic, to a depressed, defeated one.
" Because Sir, you were good at what you did, but frankly we were never sure about your mood, you were always so up and down, one minute you were happy and ready to work, and the next minute you were down, depressed and unwilling to do your job. It was very difficult to work with."
" Oh." With that the distraught man hung up the phone, not even saying good bye.
" Bill? Who was that?" Mrs. Truscott was very worried, she knew something was terribly wrong and she knew how her husband took tragedy.
" It's over Heather it's all over." Mr. Truscott had a crazed look in his eyes at this point.
" What are you talking about honey? Who was that?" Mrs. Truscott was trying to sound calm, but in her worried state that was difficult
" That was a man from my work. I was FIRED. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" The man was now screaming, scaring both his wife and Lilly.
" I'm sorry honey. I know it's hard but it's not the end of the world, you can always get a different job, and one you'll probably enjoy more. Mrs. Truscott gave her husband a reassuring smile.
" NO HEATHER I CAN"T. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I WORKED TO GET THAT JOB? I"M DONE I CAN"T TAKE ANY MORE."
" Bill don't talk like that, your scaring Lilly." Heather was trying to calm her husband down, she was afraid he'd do something drastic. Lilly was crying and holding her ears.
" WELL SHE SHOULD BE SCARED, I CAN"T LIVE ANYMORE, I CAN"T TAKE THIS.
" Bill Stop, please, everything will be fine you'll see."
"NO, I"M SERIOUS." Mrs. Truscott could see that her husband meant business, she didn't know what to do.
" Bill Lilly's in the car, please don't do anything that would endanger her, please." Heather was now in tears, looking back at her only child and praying she'd be spared.
" I DON"T CARE, IF ANYTHING IT WILL SPARE HER THE PAIN I"VE SUFFERED." Mr. Truscott took one more glance at his wife and daughter, before pulling the wheel sharply to the left, sending the car crashing into a Hummer. The last thing he heard was an ear splitting scream from the woman sat next to him, and a terrified " Daddy Please NOOOOOO" from his daughter.
Lilly sat bolt upright in bed, covered in a cold sweat, and breathing heavily.
(Miley's P.O.V.)
I awoke to Lilly screaming, '(Daddy please no.) She looked terrified. She was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. " It's Ok Lilly it was just a nightmare. Your alright." I rubbed my hand up and down her back, trying to sooth her.
" No M-Miley it wasn't j-just a n-n-nightmare, it w-was R-R-REAL. OH GOD M-MILEY I-IT WAS R-REAL." Lilly was screaming and sobbing. I didn't know what to do. Dad and Jackson had entered the room by now. Obviously they had heard Lilly scream.
" Ok Lilly, what was real? What happened?" I tried to use my best calming tone.
" He d-did it del-deliberately." Lilly's eye's were filled with fear and anger.
" Who did what?"
" D-Dad he cr-crashed the c-car delib-deliberately." I heard my dad and Jackson gasp simultaneously. I couldn't believe what I'd just heard.
" Suicide?" I ask this more to my self than anybody else, but Lilly answered me anyway.
" Y-Yes." Lilly was now shaking with the force of her tears. I immediately pulled her into a tight hug. Dad and Jackson had stayed in the door way, frozen in shock, and clearly unsure of what to do. I was shocked when Lilly pulled away from me forcefully, and backed her self up against the headboard.
I was even more shocked when I looked at her eyes and saw hate and fear. I wanted to comfort her, but it seemed, the hate was aimed at me as well. Every time I tried to come near her she backed up more, even though her back was already up against the headboard. She was making it quite clear she didn't want anybody near her. Dad and Jackson tried also, and they got the same reaction. I've never seen Lilly look so hateful, it scared me.