Lilly's POV
It was April and as you guessed my dad moved. I haven't talked to him since he flew to Chicago. My bruises are gone. I'm still mad at him for just leaving us, but I'm moving on.
Miley's POV
Lilly has been doing better since her and her dad had that fight. If you're wondering how I'm doing about the whole Jake deal, I'm doing fine. I started dating Dex remember him? Oliver told him to 'plant one' on me when we were freshman and I couldn't talk. Anyways we have been going strong since we started dating, which started when he asked me to homecoming.
Ok enough about my love life. The thing that really bothers me that I miss Jackson. I know we fight, but he is my brother. I haven't seen him since Christmas break. So there I sat watching TV with Lilly with a smile on my face pretending nothing is wrong.
Lilly's phone started ringing.
"Our you going to answer it?" I asked.
"You can." she told me.
I read the caller id. Dad
"Hello, Lilly's best friend and step-sister Miley speaking."
"Hi Miley. Is Lilly there?"
Lilly made a sign to say that she was sleeping.
"Ummm...she's in the bathroom. She REALLY had to go, if you know what I mean."
"Ya I do. She's my daughter!"
"Ok so I'll tell her you called."
"Yes. Tell her I'm sorry and that I miss talking to her."
"Ok, bye."
I hung up.
"What the hell were you thinking? In the bathroom?" Lilly asked.
"You could of talked to him." I reminded her.
"Whatever what did he say?" she asked.
"That he is sorry and he misses talking to you." I told her.
Before Lilly could say anything some walked into the house.
"Jackson!" I said as I jumped up and ran over to him and gave me a hug.
"What are you doing here?" Lilly asked.
"I'm on spring break!" Jackson told us.
"I missed you Jackson!" I screamed.
"I missed you too Miles! And I want you to meet someone." Jackson told me.
A brunette girl with blonde highlights walked in.
"This is Stacy. My girlfriend. She goes to UCLA, but she lives in Utah. So I invited her to stay with me during spring break." Jackson told us.
"Hi I'm Miley his sister and this is Lilly his step-sister. Jackson how long have you two been dating?" I asked.
"Well we met the first week of classes. We went on a date and well we became boyfriend and girlfriend." Jackson told me.
There goes spending a week with my brother.
"I'm going to my room." I said.
I went into my room and shut the door. I laid down on my bed and grabbed Teddy. I started crying. Jackson came in.
"Shouldn't you be spending time with Stacy?" I asked.
"Not when my little sister is upset." he told me.
I dug my head into Teddy.
"What's wrong?" Jackson asked as he sat down next to me.
"When you came home I was planning to spend time with you! But now that your girlfriend is here you'll want to spend time with her!" I cried.
"That's not true Miles." He told me.
"Yes it is! When you were in high school and you had a girlfriend all you would do was hang out with the girl!" I reminded him.
"I changed Miles. I want to hang out with my sister. Just you." he told me.
"You do?" I asked.
"Yes. College made me realize how much I miss you." he said.
I let go of Teddy and gave Jackson a hug.
"So how's life?" he asked.
"Good. I got over Jake months ago when Dex asked me to homecoming. Since then we been girlfriend and boyfriend." I told him.
"That's good. I'm glad you're happy." he told me.
I smiled at him.
"We should do a double date!" he suggested.
"Why? I'm a high school junior and you're a college freshman!" I reminded him.
"Miles I change! And you're older now. Come on please!" he begged.
"Alright. We could do a triple date with Lilly and Oliver!" I said.
"Ok whatever you want! We should stay here and watch a movie." he told me.
"Ok! Let's tell everybody now!" I exclaimed.
We told everybody about our triple date. Oliver and Dex came over an hour later.
"What movie?" I asked.
"Mean Girls!" Stacy shouted.
"The Notebook!" Lilly exclaimed.
"Billy Madison!" Jackson yelled.
"We don't care what we watch." Dex and Oliver said in unison.
So we decided on The Notebook. I put the movie and we made popcorn. We sat on the floor and watched the movie.
All the boys put their arm around their girlfriend.
"I love this movie." Lilly and I both said.
During the movie, Dex asked me.
"Miley, I'm going to 'plant one' on you." he told me.
We started making out.
Half way through the movie, I saw Lilly and Oliver making out.
Lilly's POV
I sat there watching the movie. Well making out with Oliver. When suddenly the door swung opened and he walked in.
"Dad?" I asked.
Miley paused the movie and told everyone to watch the rest in her room. They all walked up except Oliver.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked.
"I wanted to talk to you. I miss you!" he told me.
"Well I don't. Now that I'm older I realized how horrible father you were when you were married to mom." I told him.
"You don't mean that!" he yelled.
"Yes I do! You came home drunk, when you took me to school you had a hang over, and you didn't come to one play I was in when I was little!" I screamed.
"Lillian Anne Truscott, you will not talk to me like that!" he screamed.
"I can talk to you how ever I want. I'm older and realized I'm not afraid to yell at you!" I yelled.
"Lillian stop it! I know you don't mean it! You are probably just PMSing!" he yelled.
I got quiet. He had no right to say that.
"I am not! You're an asshole!" I yelled.
"Don't call me that!" he said as he held his hand up to hit me.
Oliver grabbed his arm.
"Don't hurt her!" Oliver said.
"Who are you? Her lover? Do you two have sex?" he mocked.
"No! We're virgins!" Oliver yelled.
"Dad you're drunk! Just leave!" I shouted.
"No! I'm staying as long as I want!" he yelled.
Just then mom and Robbie Ray came in.
"How was your triple date----" Robbie Ray started.
"Eric just leave." Mom said calmly.
"No!" he yelled.
"Leave or I'll call the cops!" she yelled.
"You wouldn't! You know about my history." Dad told her.
"I would." she said as she picked up the phone.
"Bye!" dad said as he left quickly.
"Thanks." Oliver and I both said.
Mom smiled.
"What did dad mean by history?" I asked.
"Lilly let's talk alone in your room." mom told me.
We went to my room.
"You know your dad got drunk a lot?" she asked.
I nodded.
"Well, one time he got drunk and robbed a bank. Another time he got drunk he mugged a guy." she told me.
I covered my mouth. Mom gave me a hug. I had a faint memory of one time the police brought him home.
I heard police sirens. My 7 year old self tiptoed out of my bed and sat on the balcony that looked over the living room quietly.
"Do you know this man?" a police officer asked mommy.
He was holding daddy. Daddy was in handcuffs.
"Yes." mom said.
Daddy walked in. The police officer whispered to mommy.
When the police were gone, mommy and daddy began to talk.
"Another time drunk Eric? And you mugged a man?" mommy asked.
"Yes." dad slurred.
"Alright I let is slide again, but if it happens again we're getting a divorce." mommy told him.
Daddy nodded.
"Now get to bed." Mommy told him.
I ran quietly back to my bed hoping they didn't see me.
I fell back asleep, not knowing what any of it meant.
After I talked to mom, Oliver and I watched the rest of the movie. When it was over, Oliver and Dex left. Everybody went to bed afterwards.
