AN: Miley just had to break her friend's heart when Michael (the friend in question here) told her that he loved her. Now Miley has to find out what she is going to do to make this right with him, and his family.

Chapter Six: How To Deal With Heartbreak

Miley ran straight into her room, and shut the door. She sank to the floor in front of the door, and huddled her knees to her chest, and began to cry softly. She hated herself for what she did to someone who obviously cares a lot about her, and because she is scared of commitment or scared that this was going to be another Jake Ryan, she didn't want to put her feelings out there in fear of being hurt again.

But someone was hurt, alright. Two people were hurting, and badly. Miley felt terrible about hurting someone that has been through so much already. Michael was in his room probably, absolutely destroyed. Here she was, feeling terrible and heartbroken because she said that she did not love him, and return his affections.

Miley was only lying to herself, though, because she knew from the way that she was crying and the fact that she was really hurting emotionally, she lied to Michael when she told him that she loved him.

She did love him.

Across the street, Michael laid in his room, crying silently. He never felt worse in his entire life. After being shot, he thought that he would never get over it, and now he has to deal with heartbreak as well. As he laid there, a lot of questions came to mind. Why did Miley do that to him? Did she not feel the same way about him that he felt about her? Why would she do that to him? Did he do something wrong?

All Michael could do was lay there, and pity himself. Soon enough, he cried himself to sleep.

Melody woke up the next morning, and walked downstairs to talk to Michael before she got ready for school. She quietly walked down the steps, and entered his room, careful not to wake him up if he was still sleep. She walked over to the bedroom window that over looked his face, and pulled it away. He didn't stir, but Melody got a look at his face, and it was his expression that really shocked her.

Michael's face had some wet streaks on it as if he was crying all night. He still had tears in his eyes as if he was crying while he was still asleep. Melody didn't want to wake Michael up, so she walked away, quietly closing the door behind her. She knew that Miley did this and caused him to be like this, so what better way than to confront the little bitch?

Miley was standing at her locker, getting ready to go to her first class when she felt Melody behind her. She could tell without looking at her the exact reason that she was there, and it was not for a friendly chat. Miley stood in her locker trying to contemplate what she was going to say to her. She slammed her locker shut, and turned to face her friend, and that term is used very loosely now.

"Melody, what brings you my way?" Miley asked, playing dumb for the time being.

"Miley, I found Michael crying in his sleep. I know you talked to him yesterday, so what happened when you talked to him?" Melody asked in a more curious tone than an angry one.

"Well, we talked about nothing really, but that was it." Miley lied. Melody could tell that she was being taken for a ride.

"Miley, don't bullshit me, what did you tell him?" Melody said. At this point, she was now getting really angry.

"Melody, look. What happened between me and Michael is our business, not yours okay?" Miley said in a nasty tone of voice. While she stomped off, Melody looked at her, trying to keep herself from chasing after her and beating the pulp out of her. As the first bell rang, she shrugged off that feeling and went to her first class.

When the afternoon rolled around, Michael was still in bed, staring at the ceiling. Charles has taken Rachel and Lori Ann to the nearby mall, leaving Michael here with his big sister. Marie wanted to get some time alone with her little brother after not seeing him for such a long time.

"Michael. You have been cooped up in this room for such a long time. What's wrong?" Marie asked, standing at his door way.

"I am not feeling good right now, and I don't want to talk to anyone right now." Michael said, turning over in his bed. Marie didn't want to leave, because Michael was in a mood that Marie was in a few times growing up, and Marie knew what that mood was.

"Let me guess, Michael. You told Miley how you really felt about her, and she shot you down, didn't she?" Marie asked, hitting the nail right on the head.

"I did, and she shot me down, badly sis." Michael said, fighting back painful memories of when Miley stomped on his heart. "After all of the bullshit I have been through in my life, and the fact that I am not going to walk again, I figured that at least I could get someone to love me, but I was wrong about that, too."

Marie never seen her brother break down the way that she was witnessing it right now. She and Charles knew that he was the strongest of the three of them, but Miley rejecting him was the last straw apparently. Marie just crossed the room, and hugged her brother as he cried into her shoulder. He was not going to be the same after this.

AN: The last two chapters are next after this. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!