Hey, sorry to leave you hangin' like that It was just a perfect spot to end the chapter. But here's the next one:-) Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 4-

Jackson wrestled Jake to the ground as Miley fell out of Jake's hands, "Leave my sister alone!"

"Get off me!" Jake yelled with tears building up in his eyes from being so mad.

Oliver, who was with Jackson at the time, rushed over to Miley, "Miley??" He knelt down next to her. She wasn't responding; he continued to shake her, "Jackson, she's not responding!" his heart was racing.

That made Jackson's grip on Jake weaken, causing him to break loose. Which didn't matter to him at the moment; he'd get him later. As Jake ran off, Jackson knelt down beside Oliver and quickly checked his sister's pulse. A feeling of relief took over him, "She's still alive."

"Oh thank God," Oliver rubbed his moised eyes.

"She's still not breathing very well though, scootch over," he started giving Miley CPR; hoping that it would work.

"Wake up, Miley. Please wake up," Oliver said quietly. His hands were shaking and his heart was pounding.

A few minutes later, Miley started coughing. Jackson quickly helped her sit up and rubbed her back. "Miles, are you okay??" he panicked.

She couldn't talk, to her it felt like her chest was on fire; she couldn't stop coughing.

Jackson helped her up and picked her up, "I'm going to bring her home. Go get Lilly," he calmly said to Oliver.

He nodded and ran off towards Lilly's house.

As Jackson was walking up their driveway, Miley's eyes opened a little, "Jackson…" she said faintly.

"It's okay, Miley, we're home now," he stopped at the door and kicked at it.

Robbie Ray opened the door and panic soon took over him, "What happened??" he took his daughter from his sons arms.

"I'm not exactly sure how it started, but Jake was choking her…"

Anger took over Robbie Ray's face as he carried his baby girl up to her room, "Is she okay?"

"I had to give her CPR," he followed his Dad into Miley's room. He was very worried about his little sister.

After he tucked his daughter into her bed, he turned to his son and gave him a big hug, "You saved her life son."

Jackson hugged back as tears escaped from his eyes.

Meanwhile—

Oliver finally reached Lilly's house and rapidly knocked on their door. Mr. Truscott opened it, "Hey, Oliver. What's wrong?"

"Miley…" he was out of breath. "Need…to tell…Lilly…"

"She's right upstairs," he quickly moved out of the doorway so Oliver could get through. And in a flash, he was up the stairs.

Lilly was lying on her bed listening to her all time favorite CD that Miley made her. She all of a sudden heard loud knocking at her door, "Come in!" she turned off her CD player.

Oliver barged in, "We need to get to Miley's, now!"

That was enough to make Lilly's heart stop, "Why??..."

"Jake, he…he was choking her. Jackson gave CPR…she was coughing…let's go!"

Tears built up in her eyes as she quickly followed Oliver. Once they got downstairs, both of Lilly's parents were sitting in the living room rather worried.

"What's going on?" Mrs. Truscott asked.

"Miley got hurt," Lilly cried.

"We need to get to her house now," Oliver added.

Mr. Truscott grabbed his car keys, "I'll drive you there, come on."

In no time at all, they were at the Stewarts' house. The two kids quickly got out of the car and rushed inside. Since nobody was downstairs, they made a beeline up the stairs towards Miley's room. When they got into Miley's room, Robbie Ray and Jackson were both sitting on the bed with Miley; she was still coughing.

Lilly froze; seeing Miley like this was killing her. The three boys took this as their cue to let the two girls be alone with each other for a while. As they walked by her, Robbie Ray put his hand on her shoulder, "She'll be okay, Lilly."

Lilly didn't take her eyes off Miley as she nodded her head in agreement. Once they were out of the room, she sat down on the bed next to Miley. Lilly gently stroked Miley's cheek with her hand, "Hey sweetie…"

By now, Miley could keep her eyes open. She gave Lilly a small smile, "Hey…" her voice cracked.

Lilly lay sideways next to her and gave her a soft kiss, and then she laid her head on Miley's shoulder as she wrapped her arm around her waist. Miley took Lilly's hand in hers and held it tight.

"…He threatened both of us…" she said softly, due to her throat still being sore.

Lilly lifted her head from her shoulders and looked at her, "…What'd he say?"

"He said something about how if I know what's good for me, and…and…" tears started falling from Miley's eyes.

Lilly brushed her tears away with her thumb as she, herself, started to get a lump in her throat, "And?.."

"And…if I didn't want you d-dead…then I should break up with you…" she held Lilly's hand tighter.

"…That's…that's not gonna happen though…right?..." Lilly allowed her tears to fall at this point.

"No, I'm not gonna break up with you…but I'm really scared, Lilly…I don't want anything bad to happen to you…" Miley buried her face into Lilly's chest as more tears flowed from her eyes.

Lilly wrapped her arms around her and cried herself, "Nothing will, okay?"

Miley couldn't speak, she was crying too hard. Her cries were muffled against Lilly as she held her close.

Lilly lay back down; keeping Miley in place. She hated Jake for making Miley feel like this…and hurting her. He could've even killed her. She made a mental note to herself to give Jackson the biggest hug ever for saving her. She was completely lost in thought and didn't realize, right away, that Miley had eventually fallen asleep in her arms. That whole time, Lilly was softly running her hand through Miley's hair. Once she noticed she was asleep, she gave her a kiss on the top of her head and leaned her own head on Miley's. Then, she heard a light knock at the door, "Come in," she said loud enough for them to hear, but not to wake Miley.

The door opened and Jackson peeked his head in, "Hey…how's she doing?"

Lilly glanced up at him as he made his way into the room and shut the door. "She's asleep now…but, she was pretty shaken up about what Jake said to her as he was choking her…"

Jackson looked concerned, "What'd he say?"

"I guess he said something like if she knew what was good for her, and didn't want me dead, she'd have to break up with me…"

His eyes widened, "What?!" he said not very loudly, "Did she?"

"No. She said she's not going to do that…"

"…Aren't you scared?"

"For Miley, yea. I don't care if he throws some punches at me or whatever; as long as he leaves her alone."

Jackson smiled, "That's how she feels about you, ya know."

"How do you know?" she smiled.

"She told me pretty much the same thing you just told me a few days ago."

Lilly smiled as she looked down at Miley, "I guess we got each other's backs."

"No doubt. Oh yea, your Dad said that you could stay here tonight if you wanted. And if no, to just give him a call."

'Thanks," she gently put her head back down on top of Miley's.

Jackson walked over to the door and turned back around before leaving, "My Dad's making supper, so if she wakes up soon and you guys are hungry, there'll be some."

"Sounds good," she rubbed the top of Miley's hand softly with her thumb. When Jackson left, Lilly went back to getting lost in her own thoughts. They only frightened her because she had a gut feeling that this wasn't going to be the worst thing to happen.

Meanwhile—

Jake was now far away on the other side of the beach. He collapsed on his knees after running so far; he needed to catch his breath. 'What have I done?' he sadly thought to himself. He looked at his shaky hands, 'Why do I keep hurting her? She's not the one I want to hurt…' He still couldn't believe that Miley was actually dating Lilly…his worst enemy. His mind was swimming in thoughts, he couldn't think straight. He did the first thing that came to mind; he pulled out his cell phone. He waited 'till the person picked up, "Hello, Amber?...Yea, I was wondering if you could do me a favor and help me with something…" he rolled his eyes, "No, not THAT!...I just need some help with a plan…Thanks. Mind if I come over?...Okay, thanks, bye…" He hung up his phone and started walking towards Amber's house. Needless to say, he already felt a little better.

Back at Miley's—

Miley started tossing and turning in her bed; sweat pouring all over her, "No…Lilly…Lilly!" she yelled in fear in her sleep.

Lilly ran out of Miley's bathroom and rushed over to her, "Miley! Miley, wake up!" she panicked a little.

Miley jumped and her eyes shot open. Her breathing was fast and heavy, and she looked terrified.

"Miles, I'm right here, it's okay," she said as she put her hand on Miley's head.

Miley jolted up and wrapped her arms around Lilly, "Oh Lilly, it…it was so real…" she was on the verge of tears.

"It's okay…" she rubbed her back to comfort her. "It was just a dream. Tell me what happened."

"He…he was about to kill you…that's all I remember…" she buried her face into Lilly's neck.

"Like I said before, Miles. It was just a dream."

She sighed, "I know…" Then she thought to herself, 'But what if it's not?...'

"Let's get you something to eat. You slept through dinner," Lilly said as she stood up, holding out her hand for Miley.

"Okay…" she took Lilly's hand and got up. Maybe food would calm her nerves. Then, they headed downstairs.

Robbie Ray, Jackson, and Oliver were sitting on the couch watching T.V. Jackson turned his attention towards the stairs as Miley and Lilly came down. "You're up!" he said with excitement. He rushed over and gave his sister a hug.

Miley was shocked by his show of affection, but she hugged him back.

Her Dad and Oliver were up by this point. "You sure gave us a scare at the beach, Miley," Oliver said.

"The last thing I remember was Jake choking me…then waking up here."

"You lost consciousness and almost stopped breathing. But, Jackson gave you CPR and saved you."

Miley's eyes widened and she looked at her brother, "You really did that?"

"Well, yea. I had to do something," he smiled.

Miley hugged Jackson tighter as she felt light tears form in her eyes, "Thank you…"

"No problem…"

Robbie Ray smiled, "You hungry, Miles?"

"Yea," she released Jackson to go sit at the table; Lilly sat next to her.

Robbie Ray reheated the meal and set it out on the table, "And Lilly, if you want some more, you can have more."

"Thanks," she smiled, "I'm good." She turned back to look at her girlfriend. Miley was diving into the food; it was really cute. Lilly smiled, "I'm so glad you're okay."

Miley returned a smile, "As long as you're okay, then I'm okay."

"Aww!" She leaned in and kissed Miley on the cheek.

Miley quickly finished eating and put her dishes in the sink. Lilly stood next to her and Miley turned to look at her, "Let's go to my room…" she said softly with a sexy grin on her face.

Lilly's mouth hung open slightly and her mouth became dry. She tried to talk but only a squeak came out.

Miley giggled, leaning in to give Lilly a deep, passionate kiss. She moved down to Lilly's neck, slowly licking it.

Lilly gasped and gripped onto Miley's waist. Her knees buckled when Miley started sucking on her neck, "M…M…Miley…"

Miley smiled and pulled her face away from her neck. "We're going to bed, Dad!" she hollered towards the living room.

"Alright! Night bud; night Lilly!" he hollered over the noise of the T.V.

"Night!" both girls said as they ran upstairs to Miley's room.

Miley locked her door as Lilly pounced onto the bed. "Hurry up, Miles," she said eagerly.

She turned around, shut off her light, and practically pounced on Lilly. "I love you, Lilly," she pressed her lips onto hers.

Lilly broke the kiss after several seconds, "I love you too…so much…I was so scared when I heard about what Jake did to you. I didn't know how serious it was, and I thought I was going to lose you," she said as tears formed in her eyes.

Tears fell from Miley's eyes, "I'll always be with you, Lilly. Nothing could ever take me away from you- not completely," she stroked Lilly's cheek softly with her hand. "Even if something were to happen to me, I'd always be with you at heart," her voice cracked from crying.

More tears fell from Lilly's eyes; she pulled Miley closer to her and kissed her deeper than she ever has before. From that point on, they just shared their love for each other. Just to be that close to each other made them feel safer. Because to them, it felt like they were to only two people on Earth.

This was like the most emotional thing I've ever written, lol. Like I always say, hope you liked it:-) R&R