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Miley's POV
"Miley…" Mrs. Tate breathed out
I didn't say anything; I just kept my mouth shut.
"What happened?" She asked
"Nothing happened" I answered
"Miley, this is serious, bruises like this don't just show up out of nowhere. I need to know." She explained
"Don't worry about it Mrs. Tate." I said standing up
"Is someone hurting you Miley?" She questioned.
I looked over at her. I was scared right now. I can't let on, but I don't know how to get out of this one.
"No one is hurting me, I'm just…clumsy" I tried
"Is it your parents, do they hurt you Miley?" she accused
I looked up at her. I felt my body heating up with anger. She did not just accuse my parents of hurting me. I glared hard at her, trying to control my temper before I lost it.
"How dare you" I said through gritted teeth
"Excuse me?"
"How dare you try to blame my parents? They would never in a million years hurt me." I snapped
"I'm sorry Miley, just calm down" She said cautiously.
I couldn't calm down; I was pissed off beyond belief. Angry tears were pooling in my eyes and I was shaking out of anger. I wanted to hit her so bad for thinking my parents would do this to me.
Mrs. Tate's POV
I'm really worried right now. She's having a hard time controlling herself. I can't ignore this. It's literally against the law for me to ignore this. As a nurse, and a worker in a school, I have a responsibility to inform officials if a student has a bad home life.
"Miley, please, if you're being hurt, it's important that you tell me." I tried to explain
This only seemed to make her angrier. Her face was boiling red, and her eyes were squeezed shut. She had her hands balled into fists.
"Mr. Scott, could you please come in here?" I called out loudly; I was a little scared being alone with her. Besides, the principal has to know anyway.
Mr. Scott's POV
I heard Mrs. Tate call my name, so I entered the room. Mrs. Kunkle stayed outside. I immediately was met with a seething Miley, and a scared looking nurse.
"What's going on in here" I asked Mrs. Tate.
"I think I upset her" Mrs. Tate replied nervously.
"What happened" I asked again
"Look at her stomach" she answered.
I walked over to Miley. I put a hand on her shoulder. She opened her eyes, but was still incredibly angry.
"Can I see your stomach?" I asked nicely
She didn't respond. She was too busy sending a death glare at Mrs. Tate.
I reached down and I brought her shirt upwards. While doing so, I revealed a black and blue stomach. I lifted the back of her shirt also, and I could see the bruises wrapped around her torso and onto her back. My heart instantly broke. Now I know for sure that someone is hurting her.
"Who did this to you Miley?" I asked firmly. I was upset at whoever hurt her.
"No one did this to me" she answered clearly angry, her voice still in a whisper.
"Miley, you tricked us last time, you need to tell us now, or else it won't stop" I pleaded with her.
"Nothing is wrong, I'm fine" she said
"Can I ask what got you so upset?" I calmly changed subjects.
"She accused my parents of hurting me" she said still angry, but more in a sad tone.
I understand now.
"Miley, she didn't' know any better. It's not her fault" I tried to reason
Miley's POV
I can't take this anymore. It is her fault. I need to get out of here. I need to be alone. I need to be away from Jordan, I need to be away from the teachers, I need to be away from my friends. I can't do this anymore. I'm done.
With that thought in mind, I started walking away. I used everything in me to start running. I don't care how hard it was for me to do in my condition, but I had to leave.
"Miley, wait!" Mr. Scott yelled out.
I opened the door and ran out into the hallway. I whipped passed Ms. Kunkle. She couldn't even try to go after me. She was confused beyond belief. I didn't care, I was getting out of this school if it was the last thing I did.
I kept running. I left the school, and I didn't even notice where I was going. I just kept running and running. I had tears running down my face, and my body was arguing with me in so many ways. Finally, I just collapsed. My body couldn't hold me up anymore. I looked around through my blurry eyes; and I had no idea where I was. I didn't care. I noticed I was in some sort of park. I crawled over to a tree, and I sat my back against it. I was breathing deeply, I was crying hard, and harshly. My chest was burning, and I was really dizzy. I think my exhaustion was finally catching up to me. I felt sick to my stomach. I suddenly leaned over and started throwing up. I'm not sure why I was throwing up, but it hurt badly. I couldn't help my sobbing anymore. I finally got up and decided to find out where I was so I started walking.
Mr. Scott's POV
I don't know what to do. She just ran out. I feel really bad that she is going through all this. No one deserves this. I realize that legally, I need to call the police. Not only is there a student that is being abused, but, that same student is also currently missing.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset her, I just asked about her parents, they're always the first assumption for child abuse." Mrs. Tate worried
"No, it's fine, it's just that…her parents are both dead. Her dad died just a few months ago, and she took it really hard. She also has a brother, but he abandoned her so he could go to college" I explained.
"Oh no…I feel horrible, I had no idea. I just saw those bruises and I got worried. I'm sorry," she said almost in tears.
Mrs. Kunkle walked in and was completely confused.
"What happened" she asked
I explained the story to her, and she looked very upset and worried.
"We'll find her, don't worry" I told them
I called Nick Jonas to the office. I knew that he has been staying with her, maybe he would know something about Miley, or where she would be.
Nick's POV
I was in my World History class when I heard the phone ring. I heard the teacher hang up the phone.
"Mr. Jonas?" Mr. Corelli asked
I looked up at him questioningly.
"You're wanted in the office" he said
"Ok" I responded.
I got up and I walked out of the class. The last time I got called up to the office, it had to do with Miley. I couldn't shake the feeling that this had to do with Miley. I finally got to the office, and I knocked on Mr. Scott's door.
I heard a 'come in' so I opened the door.
As soon as I saw Mr. Scott's face, I knew something was wrong.
"Mr. Jonas…" Mr. Scott started.
"What happened?" I asked already feeling worried.
"I'm afraid it's Miley again" he started.
I felt my heart drop. Why must everything keep happening to Miley.
"What's wrong with her"
"Mr. Jonas, do you know why Miley's body was covered in bruises?" He asked ignoring my question.
"Bruises?" I asked completely surprised to hear this
"Yes, we found she had bruises on her stomach and back, they looked new. Do you know anything about it?" he asked kindly seeing I was upset already.
"I had no idea. But you already know my suspicion" I said
"Her boyfriend?" Mr. Scott clarified.
Just then Mrs. Kunkle came in the office.
"We still can't find her?" She stated
"She's missing!? Where did she go, how could you let her go?!" I panicked.
"You have to let me go look for her. I have to make sure she is ok" I practically begged.
"Nick, normally I wouldn't agree to this, but I think you can really help, so I'm going to allow you to help. You just have to call your Mom or Dad and make sure their ok with it" He explained.
"Thank you so much Mr. Scott"
I went into the main office and I talked to my mom. She of course agreed that I should help look for Miley. She loves Miley like her own daughter, and she quickly got ready to help us look for her.
I left the school in search for Miley. We all decided to split up, so we could have a better chance at finding her. I decided to call Joe and Kevin to help look also.
Joe's POV
I was hanging out with Heidi when my phone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and saw that Nick was calling. That's weird, he should be in school.
"Nick?" I asked into the phone.
"Joe, it's Miley, she's gone" He said, I could tell he was upset
"What do you mean gone?" I asked
"She got upset and ran out of the school, we can't find her anywhere, please come help" He begged
"Of course, we'll start looking right now." I assured him
"Thank you Joe" he sounded so hurt
"I'll call Kevin too, we'll find her Nick, don't worry" I promised
And with that we hung up the phone. I looked over at Heidi who had a confused expression on her face.
"What's going on?" she asked
"Miley got upset and ran out of school today and now no one can find her" I explained.
"What?! Why was she in school, she's still supposed to be on bed rest" she glared at me.
"She refused to stay home, we couldn't stop her. You should have seen her this morning, she has an awful cold and she still refused to stay home" I defended
"She's never going to get better, she'll probably reinjure herself" she muttered
"Come on, let's go look for her" I prompted
While we were looking I called Kevin and filled him in. He said he would start looking immediately. Heidi and I had no idea where to start looking, so we started at the school.
Mr. Scott's POV
I just got off the phone with the police. They can't really search for her until it's been a full 24 hours, but they can keep their eyes open for any reports. Once she is found they'll confront her about the bruises and as to who is abusing her. I think I'm with Nick this time, it has to be her boyfriend that's doing this to her. I just can't imagine what she must be going through at the moment. She's out in the Malibu winter air, scared, sick, and upset. I just don't know what to do.
Nick's POV
The whole time I was searching for Miley I was ready to kill Jordan. This time, I knew for a fact that it was him who did this. When I see him again, they're going to have to hold me down from beating the living daylights out of him, or at least trying to. I'm currently walking around aimlessly looking for some sort of clue as to where Miley is. I seriously have no idea, especially since Miley can be so random at times. I just want to find her and make sure she is safe.
Miley's POV (2 hours after running away)
I still have no idea as to where I am. I am so tired and sore and achy. I don't know what to do. I soon see a gas station/truck stop in my view. I slowly make my way towards it. About halfway there my legs give out on me and I fall to the ground. I just lay there for a minute on the pavement before I tried standing up again. I'm basically going on two nights without sleep and I can definitely feel the effects it has on my body. I started standing again and I thought I was going to lose my balance again I was so dizzy. I slowly but surely made my way to my destination.
I walked in the door and a woman probably in her sixties smiled warmly at me from behind the counter. I tried to smile back but I doubt if it came out right. I saw a look of concern on her face as I walked by. I walked in the place a little more and I took a seat at a little table where you could eat their 1-dollar hotdogs. I then proceeded to lay my head in my arms on the table. While doing so I started coughing. This is basically hell. I lifted my head up to cough harder and my head instantly felt like it was pounding out of my skull. I gripped my head with both hands in an attempt to relieve the pain.
Cashier Lady's POV
So I just saw this young girl walk in and she looked horrible. I tried to smile at her, and I could tell she tried to return it but instead it came out pretty pathetic. I instantly felt bad for this girl. She looked like she was about 15 or 16. I watched her as she took a seat at one of the tables. I could tell she was sick when she started coughing harshly. It was the kind of cough that sounds like you're wheezing, sort of like bronchitis, except I don't think she has that, but I couldn't tell for sure. I saw her grab her head, with a look of extreme pain on her face. I instantly felt my motherly role come in when I was that. I slowly walked over to her.
"Sweetie, are you ok?" I asked cautiously
"She looked up at me confused and nodded her head.
"Can I get you anything, on me?" I tried again
"No thank you" she responded. I was shocked by her voice, it was almost in a whisper but it still had a bit of a rasp to it. She sounded so sad and broken too.
"Darling, please let me do something, I can't just sit here and watch you in such pain" I proceeded.
She looked up shyly, "Maybe a bottle of water?" she asked embarrassed.
"Of course, you just wait here" I was glad I could finally get her something
She just nodded her head again while laying it back down on the tabletop. I couldn't help but notice how out of it she looked. I grabbed her a water bottle and brought it back to her.
"Here you go honey" I handed her the bottle
"Thank you" she replied weakly.
"Are you in any trouble sweetheart?" I asked, I still had to make sure she wasn't dangerous at all
She looked up at me and looked like she was thinking about it.
"I'm not sure" she responded
"What do you mean?"
"I got upset an ran out of school" she explained
"I understand. Can I have someone come pick you up?" I asked
She shook her head no.
"I just want to be away from everyone for awhile, is it ok if I stay here? If not I can…"
"You can stay here as long as you like darling, well at least until my shift is over" I joked
"Thank you, it really means a lot to me" she said sincerely
"May I ask how old you are and what your name is?"
She hesitated for a few seconds. "My name is Miley and I'm 16, what's your name?" she asked kindly
"My name is Hannah" I smiled at her
She nodded her head.
"Well I'll leave you alone for awhile, just let me know if you need anything." I turned to leave.
"Thanks again" she answered back
Joe's POV (4 1/2 hours later)
We have been searching for almost 4 1/2 hours and no one has found her yet. I'm really worried now, what if something happened to her. I can't even think about it. We all met back at the high school to talk about what to do. I looked over at Nick, and he looked like he was about to start crying he was so worried.
"What do we do now?" I asked out
"We need to keep looking" Nick urged
"Nick man, we've been looking for almost 5 hours" Kevin stated.
"So what, Miley's out there and we need to find her. What if she's hurt, I don't know about you, but I wouldn't forgive myself if something happened to her" Nick yelled
I walked over to him and I put a hand on his shoulder. "Nick, it's ok, calm down, we'll keep looking" I assured him.
And with that we all went our separate ways again, looking for Miley.
Hannah's POV (Cashier lady) (3 hours after they decided to keep looking)
I looked over at Miley and I could see her basically passed out on the table. She was breathing through her mouth since I'm assuming her nose is stuffed. I walked over to her, and I indeed saw that she was sleeping. Usually when people are sleeping they look peaceful, but in Miley's case…she looked so drained and obviously ill. I kept wondering if there was anyone who must be looking for her. I've realized that she's been here for about 9 hours now, and so I'm sure someone must be worried about her. I had to do something; besides, my shift was ending in about 30 minutes.
It hurts me to see a young girl like this so unhappy. Don't get me wrong, she's a very nice and polite young lady, but you can tell she isn't happy. We talked several times throughout the day. Despite her being sort of quiet, she asked me lots of questions about myself. She didn't pry or anything, more like she just wanted to get to know me. I offered her some lunch, which basically consisted of a 1-dollar hotdog and day old donuts. She was happy to get that, and she wouldn't stop thanking me. Every so often I would peek at her when she was alone, and she was just staring out the window deep in thought. I could've sworn I saw some tears but I'm not positive. And now she's currently sleeping. She's probably been out for about 45 minutes.
I noticed she had her cell phone sitting beside her on the table. I decided to take matters into my own hands. I really hope she wouldn't mind. I pressed send and I saw her recent calls. Her last call was from someone named Joe, I decided to take the risk, and I pressed send again.
Amber's POV
Ok, so this is weird, but Miley hasn't been in any of my classes today except Ms. Kunkle's. School was over and so I went back to her house, since that's where I'm staying now. I noticed that no one was here. This is weird, first she's missing this morning leaving me a note saying she'll see me at school, and then she wasn't at school, and now she isn't home. Where is she, and where is Nick? I'm so confused.
Nick's POV
I think I'm starting to lose my mind. I've looked everywhere I could think of, she's not anywhere. I'm so close to breaking down right now its unbelievable, I'm so scared.
Joe's POV
I looked down when I saw my phone ringing. I saw the caller ID said 'Milerz' and I thought I was hallucinating, and then I realized I wasn't. I quickly answered the phone.
"Hello, Miles, is that you?" I asked hurriedly
"Umm, no, but I do have a girl here named Miley" she stated
My heart swelled knowing that someone found her.
"Oh my gosh, thank you, can you tell me where she is"
She told me the address and I thanked her repeatedly and told her I would see her soon. I hung up and turned towards Heidi.
"Someone found her, come on let's go get her" I was overwhelmed with joy.
She looked overjoyed also, and we made our way towards the gas station she was at. I decided to call my mom and maybe she could come too. I'm figuring that Miley is still sick and probably still upset so maybe she could help calm her and take care of her. She told me that she would meet me there.
I couldn't help the smile that was on my face as we drove a little bit out of town.
We finally made it there.
"Here we go!!" I said excitedly as we entered the building.
We walked in the building and we were met with a nice looking old lady.
"Hi, are you Joe?" she smiled warmly
"Yes I am, thank you so much for calling me. Where's Miley?" I asked
She pointed over towards a table where I saw Miley's body hunched over and sleeping.
My good mood was instantly gone when I saw her. She didn't look too good, in fact she looked horrible.
"How long has she been here?" I asked the cashier lady
"She's been here for awhile. I fed her lunch and we talked. I would've called you sooner, but she wanted to be alone. She finally fell asleep and then I called you" she explained.
I went over to her and I just hugged her.
"Thank you so much for keeping her safe. We were so worried" I told her
"It's no problem, I was really worried about her though. She seems very sick" she stated.
"What's your name?" I asked her curious
"My name is Hannah" she replied
"Thank you so much Hannah, it means a lot to us."
I looked over at Heidi, and she had her hand on Miley's forehead.
"She's got a high fever Joe" she said
"Is she ok?" I asked her
"I don't know, we need to get her home and in a bed, and also some medicine. She isn't breathing to well" She stated
Just then my mom walked in.
"Mom" I said going over to her and hugging her. She looked like she was in tears she was so worried.
After hugging me, and thanking Hannah, she went over to Miley.
Denise's POV
When we couldn't find Miley I was so scared. Miley really truly is like a daughter to me. I find it my responsibility to try my best to take care of her since her parents died. To see her so hurt and broken hurts me deeply. I walked over to her and I sat next to her sleeping body. I gently rubbed the hair out of her face.
"Miley sweetie, wake up" I tried.
She stirred but didn't wake up.
"Come on honey, open your eyes sweetheart"
She slowly opened her eyes, confused at where she was. Then she remembered and got scared that Heidi, Joe and I were there.
"It's ok, you aren't in trouble" I said hugging her tightly to my body.
I could feel her start to tremble, and I could tell she was trying to fight off tears.
"You had us so worried Miley, we thought something happened to you" I told her
"I'm sorry" she choked
"It's ok, you needed to get away, we understand." I assured her.
She quickly turned her head the other way and started coughing. It was a really bad cough, it sounded fluid-ish.
Heidi quickly walked over to her, her nurse side kicking in, and she gave Miley some water. Miley gladly took it and swallowed it.
"Thanks" she said quietly.
Miley's POV
When Mrs. Jonas awakened me I was so confused. And then I saw Heidi and Joe and I realized that they found me. I thought I was in trouble, but Mrs. Jonas quickly took me in her arms and told me I wasn't. I had a short coughing spell and when I stopped, I looked over at Hannah.
I slowly and unsteadily stood up. I walked towards her and I gave her a quick hug as to not get her sick.
"Thank you" I said in the sincerest voice I had.
She quickly grabbed me again and pulled me close.
"I don't want to get you sick" I told her
"I'm not scared of your germs, and you're welcome. Make sure you visit me in the future, I liked talking with you"
"You will definitely see me again" I said
I turned around back to face the Joe, Heidi, and Mrs. Jonas. I noticed that Joe was on the phone.
Joe's POV
While Miley was thanking Hannah, I decided to call Nick and let him know that we found her.
"Hello?" Nick asked worriedly
"Hey man, we found her, she's safe" I informed him
"Where was she" he sounded so relieved
"We'll explain it later, can you just tell everyone that we found her?" I asked
"Yeah, sure. Thanks so much Joe" he said genuinely
"Not a problem lil' buddy" and with that we hung up.
I looked over at Miley and I quickly brought her into my arms.
"Please don't scare us like that again" I begged
She didn't answer, she just hugged me tighter, which still wasn't that tight. I could clearly see she was pretty weak.
We pulled away and we bid Hannah farewell. While we were walking out, I noticed Miley was dragging a little bit behind us. She looked like she barely had the strength to hold herself up. I went over to her and carefully picked her up in my arms. She started to protest, but I ignored her. I put her in the backseat of my car, while Heidi and I got in the front seats. We quickly drove off towards her house.
Nick's POV
When Joe told me that they found Miley I thought I was going to cry I was so happy. I'm glad that we didn't quit looking for her. I quickly ran back to the school, where Mr. Scott was waiting for any information on Miley. I gladly told him that she was found, and I could tell he was relieved also. I then called Kevin and told him, he too was overjoyed. I decided I would meet up with everyone over at Miley's house.
Mr. Scott's POV
Now that I know that Miley was safe, I felt a lot better, but that still doesn't take away the other factor at hand. I quickly called the police and informed them that Miley was found. They said that they were going to go to her house now to talk to her. I decided that I would stop by also, since I'm the one who called them. I looked up her address in the student directory and I made my way to her house.
Amber's POV
Ok, it's almost 9 at might and Miley still isn't back. I was starting to get worried, but if anyone ever asked I would deny it. I mean, it's kind of scary being in someone else's house when they are supposed to be there but they aren't. It makes me think that something bad happened.
I heard a knock at the door, so I quickly went over to answer it. I opened the door and I saw Jordan standing there.
"Oh, it's just you" I said
"Umm yeah, I see you're still here" he said snottily
"I will be for two weeks so get used to it" I retorted
He just scoffed an pushed past me into the house.
"Where's Miley at?" he asked
"I don't know, she was only at school for one period today, I haven't seen her since then" I explained
"What! Where is she?" he asked upset.
"Look, I have no idea where she is"
"What about Jonas, where's he at?" Jordan asked again
"I don't know, I haven't really seen him either" I told him
"You're useless" he said
"Thanks"
Jordan's POV
Where the heck is that girl. I swear if she's with Nick she's going to be in huge trouble, but I have this feeling that she isn't. I wonder if what I did to her last night has anything to do with why she's missing. I do feel bad about it, but she shouldn't be such a baby about it. She needs to get over it, I apologized so everything is fine.
I heard someone knock on the door, and I saw Amber go to answer it. She slowly opened the door and I saw two policemen standing there.
"Is this Miley Stewarts house?" One of them asked
"Yes it is, is Miley ok?" Amber asked
"I guess she isn't here yet, but she'll be here shortly. Now I'm going to need your guy's information" he said pointing at Amber and I
I started to get scare, what if she turned me in and they're here for me. I swear I'll kill her, I told her what would happen if she told anyone. I decided to just cooperate with them for now, I don't know what's going on yet.
Amber and I both told them who we are, and how we know Miley, along with our other information.
Miley's POV
I was sitting in the backseat of Joe's car getting lectured by Heidi why I shouldn't have been at school in the first place. My head was still pounding and my cough was definitely irritating me, along with my sore throat. Let's just say things haven't gotten any better, probably a little worse actually. We reached my neighborhood and I was anxious to get into bed and sleep, it's been a long day. Joe pulled into my driveway and I noticed two cop cars sitting in my driveway.
"What the heck?" I asked myself.
It looked like Joe and Heidi were just as surprised as I was. Joe helped me out of the car and led me to the house. We opened the door and there stood Amber, Jordan, and two policemen. I immediately knew what was happening. I looked over at Jordan and he gave me a look that asked if I knew about this. I shook my head scared and confused.
"Miley Stewart?" One of the officers asked me
I forgot to add a Miley question.
So I've been a Perez Hilton reader for awhile and i can't get over the fact that he hates Miley so much. I think that he can be such an idiot some times and the fact that he needs to pick on a 16 year old girl to make him feel better is just plain annoying. Also i was watching a video with the paparazzi and Miley and they were being super jerks to her. I don't know how she stands to not freak out on one of them, i for sure would.
So we already know that the media is tough on her, but do you guys think that people are mean to her just because she is Miley Cyrus, and that they can get away with being mean to her, or am I just over-reacting. Please remember that there are more examples of people being to her, but i chose to not mention them.