Sorry about the long delay in the posting of this chapter everyone. I had somethings going on that had to get taken care of. I've going back over the story and cleaned up all the mistakes. I hope this chapter was worth the wait and sorry again. And Thank You to all of yous that have review this story so far. I have started another story too if you haven't notice yet. The Tale of Two Girls.

Chapter 16

Fallout

"…and that was Hannah Montana finishing out this thirty minute slot of music with her new release, We've Got The Party. I hear the word around the music circles are saying that Hannah is going to have more then one song this year nominated for a Grammy."

Oliver reached over and turned off his radio. Resisting the urge to hit the snooze button, Oliver threw off his covers, turned and sat up on the edge of the bed. Sighing deeply with his eyes closed and his hands on his knees, he seriously thought about lying down again. His mom had other ideas.

"Lets go Oliver. Up. Up." His mom called from the kitchen. Well so much for going back, to sleep Oliver thought. With another sigh, Oliver got up and went to the bathroom to start his day.

Oliver got to their spot right on time and waited for Miley and Lilly. He didn't have to wait long. He saw Miley strolling up the street.

"Hiya Miley." Oliver greeted her.

"Hi Oliver. Here are the passes you asked for." Miley greeted Oliver and gave him the backstage passes he had asked for when she joined him on the corner. Oliver took the passes and put them in his backpack. When he looked up, Miley had started down the street for school.

"Miley! Lilly isn't here yet!" Oliver spoke loudly.

"I don't have time to wait for her." Miley snapped and went back to walking.

"Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed today." Oliver said looking at Miley's back.

"Who got up on the wrong side of the bed today Oliver?" Lilly asked as she came up behind Oliver. Lilly had missed seeing Miley because Miley had turned the corner by the time Lilly caught up to Oliver.

"Don't do that to me Lilly!" Oliver exclaimed as he caught his breath again. Lilly laughed as she realized that she had scared Oliver.

"Sorry Oliver. What has your attention so much that you didn't hear me skateboarding up behind you?"

"Oh, it's Miley." Oliver said sighing.

"Why? What's wrong with Miley?" Lilly asked with a little concern in her voice as she and Oliver started for school.

"I don't know. She give me the passes I asked for and then just left without saying anything. Then when I said that you weren't here, she said she didn't have time to wait for you." Oliver explained.

"Well, she may have something at school she needs to do." Lilly suggested.

"It's only the third day Lilly and she didn't sound to happy when she answered me."

"Well what did you do then Oliver?"

"Me? Why does it have to be me? Why can't it be you?"

"ME? Come on Oliver be serious. I'm her best friend after all." Lilly scuffed.

"Well she had no problem with me when she give me the backstage passes."

Oliver answered defensibly.

"Well it can't be me. I haven't seen her since I left school yesterday." Lilly answered thoughtfully.

"And just how did you leave her at school yesterday?"

"Me? What about you Oliver?"

"I had my doctor's appointment. Remember?" Oliver drew out the last word.

"Well, if it isn't you or me who could it be?" Lilly asked in general.

Oliver looked at Lilly. Lilly looked at Oliver. Then together they both nodded their heads.

"Jackson." They said together.

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After Miley had gotten to school, she went and talked to Mr. Aaron about the backstage passes for Brian. Mr. Aaron had given her an idea that she hadn't thought about and decided that it was a great one. After all, why couldn't she take advantage of the bad situation that this whole experience was. Miley dropped her books off at her locker and hurried to the center court garden.

Having left before everyone else left for school, Miley was able to avoid everyone that she didn't want to talk to and was enjoying that fact right now on the garden bench. However, that thought didn't last very long. There was movement off to one side of her that caught her eye.

"Hello? Who's there?"

"Oh. It's you bubble Brian." Rico responded as he came out of hiding.

"What are you doing over there Rico?" Miley asked.

"Nothing. You by yourself?" Rico asked looking around nervously.

"Do I look like I'm with someone?" Miley snapped.

"It was just a question. There's no need to snap at me."

"I wasn't trying to be snappy, but what type of question is, am I by myself?" Miley asked as she was trying to figure out what Rico was hiding.

"I was just wondering if we are the only ones here is all. That's okay isn't it?" Rico asked trying not to sound like he was hiding the fact that he was hiding from the bullies from yesterday.

"Your acting just like Jackson when he's trying to hide something Rico." Miley said while giving him a closer look.

"Well, what are you doing in here? What are you hiding from?" Rico tried to redirect the questioning.

"Me? Hiding! I'm not hiding. What makes you think I have anything to hide from?" Miley asked to quickly.

"So, you are hiding!" Rico accused Miley.

"No, I just don't want to talk to anyone right now is all." Miley said more slowly as she tried to gather her thoughts so she wouldn't spill anything to Rico.

"Then what are you doing here?" Rico asked like a lawyer on the way to a conviction.

"Well, I was just…wait a minute! I don't have to tell you anything. This is a free courtyard and anyone can come here. Besides, I'm not the one hiding here." Miley said as she turned the tables on Rico.

"Who me? Hiding? What do I have to hide from?" A nervous Rico asked.

"Well the scuttle butt that I've heard is you have a bunch of bullies chasing you." Miley crossed her arms and looked at Rico. Rico looked around.

"Alright. Maybe, just maybe, I might just be trying to not be seen to much."

"What did you do this time?" Miley asked stressing the words this time.

"Well, it might be I tricked you into kissing me." Rico mumbled. Miley heard what he had said but decided to string him along a little.

"What did you say?"

"I said it might be that I tricked you into kissing me."

"What?"

"They're after me because I tricked you yesterday." Rico said loudly looking at the ground. Miley knew how he felt with the way Amber and Ashley had treated her and took pity on Rico.

"Come on Rico. I'll walk with you." Miley and Rico left the courtyard.

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Miley and Rico walked down the hallway on the way to Rico's locker when they came across Jackson.

"Hey Rico, I need to talk to Jackson for a second. Do you want to go to your locker or wait here for me?" Miley asked.

"I'll wait." Rico answered looking around. Miley walked over to her brother.

"Okay, lets hear your side of this." Miley asked impatiently. She had plans of her own to put into motion.

"Look Miles, I just said that because Thor was crushing all over Hannah Montana, and it gets hard not to tell your male fans to stop because of the secret and me being your brother. Do you have any idea what that is like?" Jackson asked looking for understanding from Miley. Miley thought about what it was like now that Jackson was getting famous being on the Olympic team and having girls asking her embarrassing questions about Jackson.

"Hey, I guess I do now that you're getting famous now." Miley said in a soft thoughtful voice.

"So you forgive me?"

"Yes, only if you do me a favor." Miley set your plans into motion.

"Sure anything."

"Well you remember Jacksannah, right?" Miley asked.

"Yeah. How can I forget that?" Jackson said remember when the fringe benefits of being famous had gone to his head.

"Do you know who Brian Weaver is?" Miley asked.

"Well, I know of him, but I can't say I know him. Why?"

Miley pulled the envelope out of her backpack and showed it to Jackson.

"I have four backstage passes here that I'm going to give to him and I'm going to tell him that I got them through you because of your little Jacksannah fling. I just need you to back it up if your asked. Okay?"

"Sure anything for you Miles." Jackson smiled.

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Rico was just standing there watching Miley and Jackson talk when I hand fall on his shoulder and he heard a voice he was hoping not to hear.

"So if it isn't our little Romeo guys." Rico was slowly turned around to face the some group of boys that he face yesterday.

"I think his hair is looking a little dirty guys. What do you think?" The leader asked.

"Yeah, I think you're right." One of them agreed.

"I think he needs to have it washed." Another added.

"I think we should help him. Yes?" The leader asked again as he started to lead Rico away.

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"Hey Miles, I think Rico needs our help." Jackson said as he notice what was happening to Rico.

"Sweet Niblets!" Miley said as she looked to see what was happening. Miley turn and started at a quick pace to catch up to Rico. Jackson followed at his own pace. Miley pushed her way through the small group that was around Rico and grabbed the free hand of the person on the right side of Rico, the hand that just happen to belong to the group leader. Once Miley had grabbed the hand the way Frank had taught her, she bent the hand the wrong way on the wrist and turned the hand backwards towards the ground. The results were quick and painful.

"YEAH! What do you think you're doing?"

"The question is what do you think you are doing with Rico." Miley asked with contempt in her voice.

"Nothing. We were just going to hang out together. Right?"

"That's right man." Someone answered.

"No it's not Miley. They were going to give me a swirlly!" Rico countered, as he broke free.

"A swirlly? What's a swirlly?" Miley asked confused.

"A swirlly is when you put someone's head in the toilet and flush it." Jackson explained to Miley was he caught up. Miley twisted a little hard on hearing this.

"Get off me you witch!"

"That is my best friend's sister your calling names." Cooper added as he join the crowd that was forming with a few friends of his and Jackson.

"And we don't take kindly to your lot picking on Rico." Jackson added.

"What you going to do about it cripple?" Someone in the other group asked.

"I don't know about them, but I know what I'm going to do about it." Mr. Aaron added as he worked his way into the center of the crowd.

"You can let go of him Miley and I want you and your friends in my office NOW!"

"US? What about her? She nearly ripped my arm off!"

"Then I guess you have something to think about the next time to go after one of her friends then don't you. Now go." Mr. Aaron pointed.

"What did they try to do Miley?"

"Rico said that they were going to give him a swirlly."

"Is that true Rico?"

"Yes." Rico answered in a small shaky voice.

"If they bother you again, just let me know. Okay?"

Rico just nodded his head. Mr. Aaron turned back to Miley.

"Try not to rip to many arms off this year Miley. Okay?"

"Okay Mr. Aaron." Miley ducked her head as she answered.

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It was lunchtime and instead of waiting for Lilly and Oliver, Miley headed straight for the courtyard after dropping off her books at her locker. Once there, Miley looked around for Brian. To her disappointment, he wasn't there yet. So, Miley walked over to the bench she was sitting on yesterday and seat down on it again and started to wait.

While she was sitting there, Miley started to hum to her self. As she hum, Miley laid her head on the top of the back of the bench and looked up at the sky through the trees. Miley was very intrigued by Brian. She had never really met anyone that has been really touched by her music before. It was kind of scary and empowering at the same time. Well, okay, it was her voice and emotion that brought the music to life, but it was her dad that really created the music. At times like this, Miley would admit that she still had a long way to go before her song writing ability could be even compared with her dad's. Her dad just had something magical when it came to writing songs. Hopefully someday, she would get close to his level.

Miley stopped humming and looked at the entrance to see if Brian had come in yet. However, not seeing him, Miley laid her head back down and started to lip the words to One In A Million. As the music flowed through her mind, Miley thought about all the guys she was interested in. Well, all two of them really. There was Cody Martin. Their relationship was more about discovering how to have feelings for someone. Yes, she had discovered what it was like when you felt for someone and what those feelings feel like. Then on the other hand there was Jake Ryan. Yes, they kissed, but he left for around five months and they never had a chance to find out what might happen. Now that he was back, and she was back from touring, Miley wasn't sure just where they stood or if there was anything at all. This brought her to where she was sitting right now. Just what was she doing here. Well, okay, she was about to give Brian backstage passes to her up coming concert. But why was she doing that? Didn't she just meet Brian yesterday? And now she was going to give him backstage passes with the hopes he would believe her story. What if he thinks something is funny? Could he figure out her secret? Miley needed to calm her self down before she 'what if' her self out of the court yard. The only thing to do was her breathing excises. The excises started to work and she started to mouth Make Some Noise. It was one of her songs that gave her personal strength.

"WOW! I thought you sounded like Hannah Montana in choir yesterday, but know just by yourself, you really sound just like her." Brian exclaimed.

"OH MY GOSH!" Miley jumped at the sound of Brian's voice. "You need to say something when you walk up on someone with their eyes closed. That's twice now that you have scared me to death."

"Sorry Miley." Brian said through his laughter.

"And stop laughing." Miley demanded.

"Well if the rumors are true, I better stop before you pull my arm off." Brian laughed lightly.

"And don't you forget it too bud." Miley said as she pushed Brian's shoulder.

"Been waiting long Miley?"

"Yes I have come to think of it. We never agreed to a time and so, I just came out at the start of lunch." Miley answered as she thought about her empty tummy.

"OH, I'm so sorry Miley. I guess I should have check to see if you were out here first before getting lunch." Brian dropped to one knee and took one of Miley's hands.

"Could you ever forgive me?" Brian looked at Miley with puppy dog eyes.

"Yes. Now get up here." Miley answered pulling her hand back feeling a slight blush coloring her cheeks.

"So you really did twist Dean's arm off then?" Brian asked.

"Yes. I have some martial arts training." Miley sighed.

"Then I guess I know who I'm going to call."

"Oh come on. You're telling me that a big strong football player like your self gets picked on in school."

"Well, no." Brian smiled as he answered.

"That's what I thought." Miley smiled back.

"So…what's up?" Brian asked as he leaned back on the bench.

"Tell me, what are you doing Saturday?" Miley asked not looking at Brian.

"I'm not doing anything, but if I recall right, you said that you have something to do Saturday." Brian looked at Miley.

"Well, I do, but I pulled some strings with my brother and I was able to get something for you." Miley started to get nervous.

"You didn't have to do that Miley. We just met and everything. We barely know each other."

"That's okay. Jackson owed me a BIG one for this one." Miley started thinking back over the whole Jacksannah mess.

"Okay, what is it then?" Brian asked turning his attention to Miley with his curiosity starting to grow.

"Here." Miley reached into her back pocket, pulled out the envelope, and handed it to Brian.

"What's this?" Brian asked looking at the envelope.

"You just have to open it." Miley answered coyly. Brian turn the envelope so that the short side was on top and tap the bottom to settle the contents of the envelop to the bottom. Next, he tore the very top of the envelope off and blew into the open end. With the envelope opened, he dumped the contents into his hand. Miley held her breath. Brian started to sort through the contents, put them in order and start to look at them.

"Are these real backstage passes?" Brian asked looking at Miley.

"Yes." Miley answered slowly not sure of Brian's reaction yet.

"Well I can't take these. That is way to much money to spend on someone you just met Miley." Brian said as he started to hand back the passes.

"No. Wait. You don't understand Brian. Don't you remember the whole Jacksannah thing a year ago?" Miley asked quickly.

"Yeah. Who could forget?"

"Tell me about it." Miley said under her breath.

"What?"

"I was saying Jackson owes me a big one so I had him call Hannah and ask for the passes." Miley explained.

"So you guys know Hannah?" Brian asked with some curiosity in his voice.

"Well, I don't but Jackson does. He met her at some retreat he went to that she went to also."

"So Jackson never has introduced you to her?"

"No. Can you believe that? Won't even introduce his own sister to her." Miley said with mock shock and grief.

"Yes and no." Brian answered laughing a little.

"Thanks. Thanks a lot."

"Well he's probably afraid that you would bug her for things. Like backstage passes." Brian teased as he held the passes in front of Miley.

"Well, maybe. But he really owed me big time for this and now we're even."

"Remind me to never owe you big then." Brian smiled at Miley.

"I'll think about it. So does that mean you'll keep the passes." Miley asked.

"As long as you didn't pay for them and they were a gift from Hannah." Brian conditioned.

"I can diffidently tell you that they do come from Hannah Montana her self." Miley smile a small secret smile to her self.

"Well, I think my parents can except that then when I tell them about the passes." Brian reached over and pulled Miley into a hug that she did not fight in the less bit. Besides that, Brian smelled nice as she took a deep breath.