AN: Well, Mamaw met Rachel, and she also met Rachel's fist. Now as if things can't get any more interesting, Miley gets into a one on one meeting with Rachel, and that reveals some things that Miley didn't know about Michael. Just what is it that Rachel knows about him...

Chapter Four: Things My Grandmother Knows

Well, this was turning out to be a very interesting visit, isn't it ladies and gentlemen? Miley sat in her room, hearing the entire commotion going on downstairs. It seems that Rachel hit Mamaw in her face, and from what Miley experienced from her brief meeting with Michael's grandmother Rachel, it didn't take much to set her off. Miley sighed, and she really had enough of this whole episode. She didn't want to talk to anyone right now, all she wanted was some peace and quiet. As she walked past her bickering family and out the front door, she realized where she was going. She figured that seeing Michael was going to give her some peace and quiet at least.

Miley walked into the hospital, and straight towards Michael's room. She walked the short way there, and straight towards his hospital room. Once she rounded the corner, she saw a familiar head of aging off color hair. It seems that Rachel had beat Miley there. Miley slowly turned to leave, but Rachel knew that she was there.

"Don't leave. Come in, I have to talk to you any way." Rachel said, her eyes not leaving her grandson. Miley sighed, and entered the hospital room, but sitting on the opposite side of the room from Rachel, knowing that she could reach out and attack Miley as well.

"How's he doing?" Miley asked, both out of concern for Michael's well being, and the fact that she wanted to break the uncomfortable silence that was in the home.

"No real change." Rachel said, wiping Michael's face. Miley sighed, and took a seat right next to Michael's bed, opposite of Rachel.

"Why did you cheat on Michael? What did he do that was so bad that you slept with someone else?" Rachel asked her. Miley was taken aback at this question, she knew that question was going to come up, but she didn't expect it to be from her. When Miley opened her mouth to answer her, Rachel stopped her.

"And let me tell you right now. 'I don't know' as an answer isn't going to cut it." Rachel said. Miley nodded, and looked at her right in the eyes.

"There isn't a good reason as to why I did what I did." Miley answered. "I drove him into this coma, and he might never come out of it. He might not ever know how sorry I am, or that I love him so much."

"Let me tell you something." Rachel said. "About a few days after he moved out here, he called me and told me that he hated it here. I told him to not worry, and something might happen that will make him want to stay out there, and it did. He met you. The way that he talked about you, how I could feel and hear the happiness in his voice whenever he talked about you. The reason that you two got along so well was that you two could relate to each other.

"What else did Michael tell you about me?" Miley asked the grandmother.

"You both lost your mothers when you were young." Rachel said. "The thing about Michael was that he had a different father from Charles and Marie. He was loved the same way, though. I remember the day that Lora died. Michael was sitting in the hospital, his head bandaged from the gunshot he got there, and he was crying, asking where his mom was. We knew what happened to her, and Charles and Marie was the one who told him that she was not coming back. That was the hardest thing they had to do, and it was the most traumatic moment of his life."

"Michael never told me how he got over that." Miley said.

"He didn't." Rachel answered. "After what happened that day, anyone who is human would never get over that, and I don't blame him one bit, but when the day comes, I can say that he was the greatest grandson that I have ever had."

"Rachel, when will he come to?" Miley asked, looking over him.

"I haven't the slightest clue as to when that will be." Rachel told her. She got up, and went to the door. Right when she got in the door frame, she stopped walking and looked back at Miley.

"This is fair warning. The fact that you cheated on Michael after you said that you loved him was a spit in the face of all of us." Rachel began. "Don't think for a minute that crying and saying you are sorry will make up for all of the bullshit that you put him through. Your family might be able to stick by your side and forget what you did and they might not confront you about it, but we can't let that go and never will let that go. Remember, you still have Michael to face about what you did to him."

Miley just stood there as Rachel left the hospital room. Miley looked back at the blonde teen sleeping in the bed. He looked at peace, ironically enough, after everything that happened to him.

"I love you." Miley whispered into Michael's ear. She leaned over, and gave Michael a soft kiss. She went over to the window sill, and took a seat on it, watching the street below the room. Miley gave a teary smile, before she fell asleep.

AN: The final chapter is next. Thanks for reading!