Yay Spring Break is here. I'm probably gonna spend it relaxing and writing. Minus going to Six Flags on Monday but other than that. Yeah I'll have alot of free writing time.

Miley awoke, looking around she saw everyone was already out of the dorms. She rolled her eyes. 'It'd be nice if maybe someone would bother to wake me up once in a while' Miley got out of bed, and dressed. Making sure she looked extra nice today, she tried to tell herself it was because all the parents were showing up for a special group session. Deep down though, Miley knew it was because she was trying to look nice for Lilly. Smiling in the mirror, she headed down to breakfast.

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When she reached the cafeteria, Miley noticed Oliver was the only one left besides her, who hadn't eaten yet. As she walked up to the table, he looked up and gave a slight nod since his mouth was full of food.

"You mind if I sit with you?" Miley asked.

Oliver gestured for her to sit down, his mouth still full.

Miley sat down across from him.

Finally swallowing his food, he said "She talks." smiling at Miley.

Laughing, Miley added "Yeah I guess I have been ignoring all of y'all. Nothing personal, just had to kinda get used to all of this." She motioned her hand to the camp house.

"I bet, but I realized and accepted that I was gay at a very young age. I kinda forgot how the motions go." He gave her a sympathetic look.

"So.. have you had like boyfriends and stuff?" Miley was curious.

Oliver smiled "Yeah a few. I got caught by my parents with one of them. That's how I ended up here."

Miley gave him a look "Caught doing what?"

Oliver looked at her like she was dumb.

And that's how she felt "Oh.."

Oliver just laughed at her, "It's ok you're new. So speaking of parents, who's pumped up for family time today?" Sarcastically raising his hand up.

"Tell me about it." Miley finishing the rest of her breakfast "I just hope things get better with Daddy and I. We were just so, close, we had a great bond. Then all this happened and he's trying to change me. I know he's trying to do what's best for me, but what if what's best for me is not what I want?"

Oliver looked at her "Deep. So is there a girl or something?"

Miley thought about it, she'd never admitted to liking a girl out loud and she didn't want to in front of someone she barely knew. "Not really. It's just something I'd like to look into, ya know?"

"Uh huh, sure." Oliver grinned at her, then looked at his watch "Man we should probably get up to the main house. The parents are gonna be showing up soon."

Miley smiled at him as they walked towards the house 'Lilly was right, Oliver wasn't all that bad' Her smile turned into a frown. Lilly. She wondered how long this avoiding business was going to go on.

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When Oliver and Miley got to the house, the parents and soldiers were already there.

"It's about time you two showed up." Mary said to them, with a hopeful look in her eyes.

Miley knew what she was thinking, and she for sure wasn't interested in Oliver like that. She spotted her father over by the window at the far end of the room. As she approached him, he stood up to give her a hug.

"I've missed ya around the house." He smiled.

"I've missed you too daddy." and she actually meant it, regardless of everything.

They sat down when Mary began to speak. "Ok, I've gather everyone here today so we could share with our families what may have been the starting point of the homosexual tendencies. The… root if you will."

Miley smiled at this, they discussed it in a group session about two weeks ago. Lilly had debated her on the topic. When Lilly was talking to her. At this point, Miley wouldn't care if Lilly was debating her on something, as long as she was talking to her. Miley finally realized Lilly wasn't even in the room, and no signs of her parents either. She wondered what that was all about.

Becca was first, she told her parents about her thing for Hannah Montana. Robbie Ray gave Miley a look, sulking down in her chair, she wanted nothing to do with Becca. Mikayla's was something about being around too many girls. Oliver's best friend growing up was a girl. As they all said their roots to their parents, Miley realized how normal all of them actually were. They weren't "freaks", and for once, she wasn't ashamed of what she was.

When it was Miley's turn, she got nervous. She wasn't sure how her father would react to it, but it's what she believed. Miley faced him, "Daddy, you know how when mom died, you had to take over both roles as a parent? Well, I'd never had an actual woman figure in my life. I guess growing up with two boys kinda, may have given me the wrong idea about things. You know?"

Robbie Ray looked down, No Miley wasn't trying to blame him, that's not what she wanted to do. She told him that, but something told her he still blamed himself.

Miley looked out the window, as Danny talked about his root. Lilly was sitting at "Miley's Tree", listening to her music like always. Noticing that she was crying, Miley was going to get to the bottom of this.

Waiting impatiently for the session to be over, what seemed like hours later, parents were heading off to their cars. Miley gave her father a kiss, waited until he left, then headed for the tree.

Miley saw luckily that Lilly was still there. She noticed Miley and quickly wiped away her tears, looking away.

"What do you want?" Lilly said taking off her headphones.

"I wanted to talk to you, to make sure everything was okay. You've been avoiding me and I just want to know why." Miley trying to read her reaction.

At this, Lilly broke down completely, she was now crying uncontrollably. Miley quickly by her side, pulled her into a hug. Lilly placing her face on Miley's shoulder, let her emotions come all out.

After about five minutes, Lilly had calmed down and she pulled away.

She looked at Miley sadly "I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to avoid you… well I mean I was but I didn't want to. I just… it's the reason why I'm here."

Miley looked confused

Lilly continued "I just didn't want to talk about it."

Miley understood "Well you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. It's your business."

"But I want to tell you." Lilly looked away.

Miley just nodded, trying to prepare herself for anything.

Lilly sighed, still looking away "Freshman year, I got my first girlfriend. Her name was Michelle. We decided to keep it a secret until we were ready to tell our parents. About 3 months into the relationship, we decided it was time to tell them. My mom freaked, but my dad supported me… of course they argued about it constantly. One evening I was supposed to go to a rock concert with Michelle, but my mom had grounded me to try and stop me from going. My mom went out with her friends that night and dad was watching me. I told him about the concert, and he told me he'd take me. He even said he'd take the heat for it all. I gave him a hug, went upstairs to get ready, and then we were off. On the way to the concert, we were singing to our favorite songs and just joking around. Well, a drunk driver came out from no where and crashed into our car before dad could avoid it. The next thing I remember, I was laying in a hospital bed, alone. A little while later, my mom came into my room telling me my dad had died in the accident. She blamed me for it, if me and my 'gay little self' didn't have to go out that night, maybe he'd still be alive." new tears started to fall from Lilly's face. Miley grabbed Lilly's hand for support. Lilly continued "So she sent me here, I think just to get rid of me mostly. She told me she'd wish I had died because it was my fault."

Miley wiped the tears from Lilly's face. "You shouldn't listen to your mom, it wasn't your fault. Who's to predict that something like that could ever happen? Never blame yourself for something that's out of your hands." Miley hesitated but continued "I lost my mom when I was younger, so I know how it feels."

Lilly looked up at Miley "Do you miss her?"

She paused for a bit, it's been awhile since she talked about her mom likethisout loud. Her dad and Jackson don't really like to talk about her much. "Every day of my life." LillygaveMiley's handa little squeeze. Her touch made everything feel better.

"So is that why your mom didn't show up today?" Miley said disappointed when Lilly pulled her hand away.

"Yeah, she doesn't want anything to do with me." Lilly showed a hint of anger.

Miley smiled at Lilly "Her loss"

Lilly gave a small smile back.

In the distance, Mary could be heard calling everyone in for dinner.

Lilly gave a gesture to the direction Mary was calling from that made Miley giggle.

They walked together to the house.

Halfway there, Lilly stopped "Hey Miley?"

Miley turned back to her "What's up?"

Lilly ran up to Miley and pulled her into a deep hug "Thank you"

Miley smiled as she returned the hug "Your welcome."