Miley woke up just before 9:00. Yawning, she stretched out her legs in bed and then realized, to her displeasure, that Lilly was not in the bed with her. She shot up in a panic as she remembered the circumstances from yesterday; David was here. Before she panicked too much, she began calming herself, telling herself that Lilly was fine, and just out of the room. Still, Miley knew she had better get up and investigate.

No sooner did she place her feet upon the ground from the bed did Lilly walk into the room, already dressed. Miley looked up at her and blinked, she was still waking up.

"Morning, Miles," Lilly greeted with a brief smile as she made her way into the room.

"Morning," Miley yawned again before eying Lilly. "Where were you?"

Lilly stopped at her desk and grabbed her phone and wallet, and put them in her pockets. "I got up early and got breakfast started so we'd have enough time to eat before we meet Oliver."

Miley noticed the smell of something delicious. "Is David awake?" She asked cautiously as she stood up.

Lilly shook her head. "No, he's still sleeping. I was going to wait for you to wake up before I went to check on him,"

"Oh, that's good," Miley relaxed. "It smells good, whatever you cooked. I'm starving,"

Lilly laughed and met eyes with Miley. "It's nothing special. Just some pancakes and bacon."

Miley smiled, "Still smells good. I'm so ready to eat,"

"Well, why don't you get dressed and I'll go wake David up so we can eat," Lilly was trying to come off as confident, but Miley could still sense a hint of anxiety coming from her.

Arching her brow, Miley gave Lilly a concerned look. "You think you'll be okay waking him up by yourself?"

Lilly cleared her throat nervously. "I should be. I don't think he'll do anything, I'll just let him know breakfast is ready."

"Okay. If you say so," Miley nodded, but still wasn't convinced. She grabbed some of her clothes, which were conveniently located in a drawer that Lilly had designated for her. Miley was always leaving clothes at Lilly's house. As she was about to change, she felt a sudden nervousness. She glanced at Lilly, who was texting on her phone, probably to Oliver. Either way, Lilly wasn't looking at her at that moment, but she couldn't figure out why she felt so embarrassed to change her clothes with Lilly in the room. It wasn't something abnormal for her to do, but now for some reason she felt hesitant.

Lilly shut her phone and pocketed it again. "Ollie's gunna meet us at Rico's in 2 hours. That should give us enough time to eat, get our stuff together, and get there just in time."

"Sounds good," Miley shyly removed her shirt to change into her new one. She caught Lilly's eyes as reached for her top, and quickly looked away instinctively.

Lilly hesitated for a brief moment and then moved for the door. "I'll see you in the kitchen when you're done?" Lilly seemed flustered too, though Miley didn't know if it was for the same reason, or because she was going to go wake David up.

"Yeah, I'll be right out,"

Lilly shut the door behind her, and Miley got dressed as fast as she could. She put on some make up in record time. She could hear Lilly knock on David's door from down the hall just as she was finishing applying her eyeliner.

"David?" She heard Lilly ask timidly. "Are you awake?"

There was no answer. Lilly knocked again, but had no different results. She took a deep breath and sighed before Miley heard her open the door. "David?"

Miley walked closer to the door and strained her ears. Finally, she heard David make a low mumbling sound and then yawn loudly. "Oh, hey, beautiful. Good morning." His voice sounded groggy.

"Morning. Hey, listen, breakfast is ready. We have 2 hours until we're meeting with Oliver, so we should leave around 10:30."

"You made me breakfast? You're so sweet." David stood up out of bed and walked to Lilly. Miley's stomach churned. "Do I have enough time to take a shower?"

Lilly's voice was scattered. "Y-yeah, as long as it's a quick one."

David lowered his voice, and Miley could imagine him getting closer and closer to Lilly. "Do you wanna take one with me? I'm sure your friend wont mind. She's still here, right?"

"Y-yeah, Miley's getting ready right now,"

"You should just tell her about us. I doubt she'll care," David placed a hand on Lilly's arm and Lilly froze again. "She'd understand, don't you think? I mean, she must know what it's like to... want to be 'with' some one. It shouldn't be a big deal,"

Before anything else could happen, Miley heard something that made her skin crawl. The sound of David's lips, noisily pressing against somewhere on Lilly's body. Part of Miley was dying to know where they had touched, but the other part wasn't sure she could restrain herself from beating David to a pulp if she had known.

"W-we don't have a lot of time this morning," Lilly stammered, finally able to take a step away from him. "L-let's just get ready and eat breakfast. There's a lot we have to fit in today,"

David sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. No reason to rush what doesn't have to be rushed." Miley pictured him winking. "I'll jump in the shower real quick, get dressed, and join you guys for breakfast." He shuffled around in his bag and pulled out new clothes to wear. He turned to Lilly again and smiled. "But tonight should be nice,"

Lilly didn't respond, or couldn't. Miley heard David exit the room and stomp down the hall into the bathroom. The door shut and the water turned on. Miley finally reached to turn the knob and opened the door, stepping out into the hall. She saw Lilly, standing in the hall, her back facing Miley. She didn't move.

Miley walked up next to Lilly and rested her hand on Lilly's shoulder. "Lil? Are you okay?"

Lilly blinked away the tears in her eyes and exhaled in a tremble. She refused to meet eyes with Miley. "Let's go eat," She didn't have much of an appetite anymore, but she began walking towards the kitchen. Miley knew she couldn't ask what had happened, or for that matter, where David had kissed her. She silently followed Lilly.

After eating in silence, Miley glanced up at Lilly, who hadn't really touched her food. "It's really good, Lil. You're such a good cook!"

Lilly looked up at Miley and smiled weakly. "Yeah, I sure know what's what when it comes to instant pancake mix." She laughed a little, and Miley was glad to see that she was at least trying to remain positive.

"You should eat some more. You'll need your energy today, and you know what they say about breakfast!"

Lilly raised and eyebrow playfully at Miley. "That it comes before lunch?"

Miley laughed and went to rinse her plate. "Yeah, something like that,"

As Miley was rinsing her plate, and as Lilly was obediently taking a few bites of her pancake, David walked into the kitchen. "Smells good!" He sat down next to Lilly, where Miley had just been and stacked a few pancakes onto his plate before he doused them in syrup and began shoveling them into his mouth. "So what's up first on the agenda?" He glanced at Miley briefly as she came to sit back down at the table, across from Lilly.

"We're meeting Oliver at Rico's. It's a little food shack by the beach. He suggested we try surfing a bit, to start off." Lilly put her fork down, unable to finish her food. "I've got two boards for Miley and me, and Oliver's got his own. We'll probably have to rent one for you when we get t the beach."

David perked up. "I could just share one with you,"

Miley glared, and Lilly once again laughed nervously. "It'll be too hard to keep two people up, you'll have more fun with your own board."

"I think it'd work. I'd hold on real tight so we wouldn't fall over,"

Lilly was trying desperately to remain calm. "I-it's just not safe,"

Miley coughed, and David dropped the idea.

"Okay. Well, cool, I've never been surfing, is it hard?" David was nearly done with his breakfast.

Lilly frowned in thought and stood up to wash her plate, disposing of the uneaten food. "It takes some practice to actually get up and catch a wave, but we can just body surf and play around in the water to get used to it."

"Awesome, sound like a blast! I can't wait to get right up there on the beach!" David finished his last bite and followed Lilly's lead as he walked his plate to the sink. "Well I'm ready!"

Lilly glanced at Miley, who stood up from the table to indicate she was ready as well. "Okay, let's get going then," They both followed her to the car. Miley made sure to snag the front seat again.

Much to Lilly's relief, Oliver was already waiting at Rico's when they arrived. Unbeknownst to her, it was a result of Miley's frantic texts to Oliver as soon as they had gotten into the car:

"U'd better b there! we r leavin now! help us!"

"Heyyy, guys!" Oliver stood up smoothly from his seat. "Right on time!"

The four of them huddled together awkwardly for a moment. David apparently was awestruck by his surroundings and kept glancing over his shoulder at the ocean.

"Hey Oliver!," Lilly greeted enthusiastically, once she realized no one else was going to talk. "This is David," Lillly had done her part with the introduction and even Oliver could tell she was desperately pleading for him to take over from there.

David's attention had been drawn back to the circle when Lilly said his name. He glanced at Oliver with a skeptical look. Oliver, in return, grinned and offered his knuckles in a fist bump.

"Nice to meet you, my privileged brotha! You ready for a day that's like no otha? Smokin Oaken is in on the scene, and there's a fire up in here, if you know what I mean!" He broke out into his rippidy-rap.

Miley could have rolled her eyes, had it not been for the fact that for the first time in her life, she was incredibly grateful for Oliver's ability to be so obnoxiously corny, that it was hard to focus on anything else. David dumbfounded, glanced at Lilly, as if to ask, "Are you serious?" and after a brief shrug in return, lifted his own fist to bump knuckles with Oliver.

"Uh... yeah, you too," David said slowly. "So, we're surfing?"

Oliver cleared his throat and patted the boards resting on the table beside him. "I already got your board situation figured out! A buddy of mine was nice enough to lend it to us for the day!"

Miley glance at the boards next to Oliver. "That looks like Jackson's,"

"He owed me one, from a while back," Oliver narrowed his eyes, making it obvious that Jackson was somehow very indebted to Oliver for some reason or another. "A wise man waits for the right moment to be payed back,"

Miley and Lilly laughed, and David did too, just to not seem so awkward.

"So, we ready? Where are your boards, ladies?" Oliver noticed neither Miley or Lilly had their surfboards.

"Oh!" Lilly exclaimed, "We left them on the car wrack, I'll go grab 'em real quick."

"You want help?" David jumped right in.

Miley glanced at Oliver pleadingly. Oliver took a quick breath. "David, my man, you and me can go get started. They may not look it, but these girls can beat most of the upperclassmen at our school in arm wrestling. You gotta get acquainted with your board before we get started anyways. Half of surfing is knowing your board!" He winked and flashed a thumbs up, accompanied by a toothy grin. Then he grabbed Jackson's board and shoved it in front of David to hold before he picked up his own. David took the board, still seeming out of his elements and looked at Lilly.

Lilly was frozen where she stood until Miley grabbed her arm and tugged her in the direction of the cars. She mouthed a humongous "thank you!" to Oliver. Oliver smiled and shrugged as he led David to the beach.

As Miley and Lilly walked, Lilly seemed to relax again. Though neither of them spoke, Miley didn't really let go of Lilly's arm until they arrived at the car.

Lilly immediately began unfastening the boards from the top of the car. Miley wanted to say something, but found herself unable to think of what to say.

"Here ya go," Lilly offered Miley her board before getting her own down.

"Oh, thanks," Miley smiled. "Uh, hey Lil?"

Lilly successfully lifted her board from the wrack and leaned it against the car to get a better hold. "Yeah, Miles?"

Miley sighed and rested her board in the crook of her arm. "I don't know. I'm just worried. I don't know what to say. I just hope nothing bad happens today,"

"It's okay, Miles. You and Oliver are helping out tremendously. I couldn't ask for better friends." Lilly smiled genuinely.

Miley nodded slowly. Something was still bothering her. "Yeah. We've got your back, through anything, you know that. Can I ask you something though?"

Lilly looked at Miley nervously. "Y-yeah, of course,"

"This morning..." Miley started, watching Lilly closely for her reaction, "When you went to wake David up... did he kiss you?"

Lilly immediately looked down at her feet, unable to keep eye contact with Miley. "U-uhm... So, you heard that, huh?"

Miley's expression cracked briefly. "I didn't mean to... I was just worried. So, he did?"

"Yeah," Lilly sighed, "I'm sorry, Miley, I'm so stupid. I shouldn't be letting him do stuff like that, it'll just give him the wrong idea and encourage him."

Miley was having trouble getting the mental image out of her mind. "I'm not gonna lie, Lilly, I've seen you put a guy in an headlock for looking up your skirt and I don't understand why it's different with him."

"You're right, I don't know why I freeze up every time he's around..." Lilly shuffled some sand around with her feet. "It's just..."

Lilly hesitated, and then seemed like she wasn't going to continue unless Miley pried.

"It's just what?"

Lilly exhaled and finally looked up at Miley. "That night, when I was staying at my dad's, you know, and it was just the two of us, and we..." Miley knew what was coming next and tried not look bothered. "s...slept together..."

Even more mental images came flooding in to aggravate Miley's mind, but she encouraged Lilly to go on. "Yeah?"

"Some of the things... he did and said... it wasn't horrible, but... I guess they really... left a negative impression on me. I'm terrified, Miley." Lilly had gone back to looking at the sand as she said this.

Miley wasn't going to be able to let this one go. "What did he do, Lilly?" Her tone was serious, almost demanding.

"Look, do we have to talk about this right now?" Lilly's voice was panicked and she looked like she was trying not to cry.

"Yes," Miley knew she wouldn't be able to get through the day without knowing. "You don't have to go into detail, but please don't leave me hanging like this,"

Taking a deep breath, Lilly swallowed and spoke, still looking away from Miley. "He had this idea to put some porn on to get us in the mood, or something. I don't think he had any better idea of what he was doing than I did." She glanced briefly up at Miley to see if she still had to continue.

Miley could tell there was more and raised her eyebrows expectantly to give Lillly her answer. "And?"

"He ended up putting on this bondage porn, and then tried to imitate what was going on in the video... When things got a little too riled up, I was already too scared to tell him to stop. He ended up doing and saying some pretty demeaning things," Lilly glanced up again, and Miley could tell that she was begging her not to make her go on. At least not right there at the beach.

Miley, who was already fuming, exhaled and closed her eyes momentarily to try and calm herself. She opened her eyes, and saw that Lilly was wiping away tears from the rims of her eyes. Miley heart lurched. "Okay. I'm glad you told me, we can talk about it later. Let's just go have some fun, okay? Oliver's waiting."

She made a move to start walking, but Lilly didn't follow. Miley sighed and set down her board before placing her hands on Lilly's shoulders. Her voice was soft and soothing. "Lil, it's okay. Neither Oliver or I are going to let anything happen, alright?"

Lilly looked at Miley and nodded timidly. "Y-yeah, I know. You're right, let's go,"

Miley smiled softly, and gently gave Lilly's shoulders a loving squeeze. She picked her board back up and they walked towards the ocean to meet up with the boys.

Oliver and David were already in the water, sitting up on their boards.

"Hey gals, perfect timing!" Oliver smiled at them as they approached and noticed the heavy atmosphere they brought with him. "We just finished going over the basics,"

"The water's colder than I expected." David shivered and looked over at Lilly.

Oliver laughed, "Yeah, you'll get used to it. The sun'll get hotter after a while too,"

"Yeah," David turned back to the girls. "So you guys getting in?" He splashed water at them.

"Watch it!" Miley glared, feeling no tolerance after what Lilly had just told her. Her mind was still racing.

David grinned playfully. "Oh come on, you're gonna get wet anyways."

Miley sighed and dropped it. She turned to Lilly. "You ready?"

Lilly nodded anxiously, and the two of them removed their clothes, exposing their swimsuits underneath. Of course, David was gawking at Lilly. Miley wished she had a conch shell to throw at his head. However, Miley was surprised to catch herself gawking at Lilly as well. She looked away casually, trying to hide her embarrassment.

They put their boards into the water and got on. David clumsily paddled over to them. "You look awesome in a swimsuit, Lil,"

"Oh," Lilly already looked completely drained. "Thanks,"

Miley shuttered and shot Oliver an aggravated glance. Oliver paddled over to them too. "We're missing all the waves! Let's swim out a bit," Luckily, they all followed his suggestion and began swimming out a little further from the shore.

Oliver coached David through catching a good wave for body surfing. Once David caught on, he was like a kid in a toy store, having the time of his life. Miley and Lilly hung back and watched for the most part. Miley could surf but it wasn't typically her passion, and Lilly just wasn't feeling up to exerting the energy. They sat on their boards closer to the shore and bobbed over the waves that past them. It was quiet for some time, neither of them spoke at first.

"How you doing?" Miley asked nervously after glancing at Lilly and seeing her blank expression.

Lilly hesitated and then paddled a little closer to Miley. "I'm okay. Being in the ocean kinda help take my mind off things. I'm just wondering what we'll end up doing next."

"Something that'll keep David busy," Miley said sternly. "The more distractions the better,"

Lilly laughed a little and there was a brief silence before she spoke again. "I'm more worried about tonight, though. Mom texted me that she was only coming home this afternoon for a short amount of time before she had to go back to the office."

Miley frowned as she remembered David hinting to Lilly that tonight would be nice. His idea of nice was the exact opposite of what Miley had in mind. "I'll just have to spend the night again,"

Lilly gave Miley a sad look. "I feel bad for making you arrange everything around me, Miles,"

"Don't even think like that!" Miley was surprised at the emotion in her voice. She lowered her tone. "I mean, I just want to make sure you're okay, and that's all I care about. I'm not gonna up and leave when you might be in trouble,"

"Thank you, Miley," Lilly looked back out to the ocean's horizon. "Maybe I can even manage to talk to him and tell him how I feel..."

Miley didn't think that was a great idea, solely for the fact that she didn't trust David one bit. "Maybe. But don't push yourself. And don't worry about me, Lil, it's not like spending time with my best friend is torture. I love you, I mean it."

Lilly looked at Miley, half surprised by Miley's tender words, and half touched. Miley realized what she had said after she had said it and blushed, looking down at her board.

Lilly smiled, seeing how embarrassed Miley was, it was cute. "I love you too Miles," Something about the way she said it made Miley perk up, but before she could speak, they both heard a gleeful cry coming in their direction. They turned to see David body surfing on a wave right towards them. It would be safe to assume his target was Lilly, but at the rate he was approaching, and the way the wave was growing, they would both be hit for sure.

Oliver was frantically swimming towards them, calling after David to stop. There was no way David could've heard him over his own excited yelling. He didn't even stop to think twice that aiming to crash into someone was definitely dangerous.

Just as he was about to reach them, Lilly acted quickly. She reached over to push Miley's board out of the way, getting her out of the direct line of fire. This, however pushed Lilly slightly more into David's way. Miley stared, wide eyed and startled as she drifted away from Lilly. Lilly smiled at her and shrugged, trying to calm Miley's obvious growing terror. Before Miley could even call out to her, David collided into Lilly. Miley watched, horrified as the tip of Jackson's board caught her by the shoulder and she was thrown off her board into the water.

David laughed, not realizing the severity of his actions before he lost his balance on his own board and rolled off into the water as well. He surfaced right away smiling and grinning and searching for Lilly, who had yet to come up. Miley was crying and screaming in her head, but no sound would come from her mouth.

"Lilly, where'd ya go?" David pulled himself back on his board and was starting to realize something wasn't quite right.

Luckily, Oliver appeared and immediately dove off his board and swam underwater to find Lilly. Miley's heart was pounding in her chest. She felt about ready to faint. Not long after, Oliver surfaced, pulling Lilly up with him. He dragged her towards the shore. Miley eagerly followed behind him and David brought up the rear, not quite sure how to react.

"Is she okay?" Miley frantically asked as she stepped onto the shore, quickly tossing her board onto the sand and practically running to where Oliver had dragged Lilly onto the beach.

Oliver, out of breath, couldn't speak right away, but Lilly coughed and sputtered, indicating she was at least breathing. Miley knelt down next to her and instinctively pulled Lilly's head into her lap. She saw a bright red abrasion where the board had hit her shoulder and tried to hold back tears.

Oliver inhaled deeply and stood up. "We'll go get an ice pack and some water. Keep an eye on her until we get back." He turned to David who stood speechless behind them. "You comin'?"

"Oh, uh, yeah," David obediently followed Oliver, not really knowing what else to do.

Miley was left alone with Lilly, who still hadn't really come to. Fear and panic set in as she hoped and prayed Lilly was okay. She kept Lilly's head propped up in her lap and gazed down at her. Lilly's faint breathing helped calm Miley and convince her that nothing was urgently wrong. Miley breathed a sigh of relief as Lilly stirred and opened her eyes.

"Guhh," Lilly squinted against the sun, and Miley leaned over closer to her. "Miley?"

"Thank god you're okay," Miley couldn't hide the tears in her voice. "I was so worried!"

It took Lilly a minute to remember what had happened, and then another to realize her surroundings and grasp the fact she was in Miley's lap. She tried to get up but pain shot to her shoulder causing her to wince.

"Take it easy, just sit still. Oliver's getting some ice," Miley absentmindedly stroked Lilly's head reassuringly.

Lilly closed her eyes and sighed, trying to compose herself. After a silence, she opened her eyes again and looked at Miley. Miley was trying desperately not to burst into tears. "Are you okay, Miles?" Lilly hadn't really been able to piece together everything how it had happened.

Miley sniffed and nodded weakly. "Yes, I'm fine. You pushed me out of the way,"

Lilly closed her eyes again. "Okay, good," A faint smiled crossed her lips, and Miley couldn't help but smiled to.

"You dummy... You shouldn't have been worrying about me," Though she was still shaken up by the entire situation, Miley was enjoying holding Lilly in her lap. As far as she could tell, Lilly seemed content too.

"It's okay, Miles, I'm alright. I didn't want you getting hit too. David didn't know any better," Lilly kept her eyes closed and rested, the soothing ocean breeze rushing around them.

Miley frowned, unhappy with the fact that Lilly wasn't upset with the stunt David had pulled. "He's an idiot,"

Lilly laughed and then moved her uninjured arm to rest on Miley's thigh. "He didn't mean to. I'm just happy to have a little break. It gives me an excuse from overexerting myself."

"Yeah. This is kind of nice," Miley momentarily let go of her frustration with David and simply enjoyed the serene moment they were sharing. Her heart was still pounding in her chest, but now it was for a different reason. She couldn't quite figure why but didn't question it. They sat there in a comfortable silence. It was almost too soon when the boys returned.

"Hey, we got some ice," Oliver handed Miley the ice. Miley felt Lilly panic and try to sit up again, but she gently held her down and placed the ice on Lilly's shoulder. Lilly inhaled and relaxed again.

David anxiously held up a bottle of water. "We got some water too... How are you feeling, Lilly?"

"I'm okay," Lilly smiled weakly and took the bottle from him. "Don't worry. I just need to rest a minute,"

David frowned. He looked like a scolded puppy. "I'm so sorry, I wasn't thinking. I got swept up in the moment."

"It's fine, really, don't worry, I'll be okay," Lilly reassured him as best she could.

"Good. I'll make it up to you, I promise," David smiled, and Miley rolled her eyes at how quickly he brightened up. She would have like him to feel more guilty for a while, and didn't even want to think of what it meant to him to make it up to her.

Oliver chimed in, sensing a rising tension. "I'm thinking we should think of something a little more chill to do for the rest of the day. Maybe we can see what's playing at the movies and then just grab a bite to eat before calling it a day. It's already 3:00."

"That sounds good," Lilly nodded in agreement, and neither Miley or David seemed to oppose the idea either.

While Lilly recovered, Oliver looked up movie times on his phone. Miley unscrewed the cap from the bottle of water and then helped Lilly sit up to take a sip. She made sure to let David know with her subtle glares that even though Lilly had forgiven him, Miley had no intention of forgiving him so easily. He got the hint and kept a distance.

"There's that basketball movie Jake's in playing at 4:15." Oliver glanced up from his phone to see if anyone had a preference. No one seemed to care exactly what they saw.

"Sure," David offered a response, trying to help the situation move forward. Miley and Lilly nodded too.

"Cool," Oliver put his phone away. "Well, how are you feelin Lil?"

Lilly sat up a little more, still having difficult with the pain in her shoulder, but Miley helped her stand. "I'm ready,"

They made their way to the cars and Oliver helped secure the boards on top of Lilly's car before puting the other two in his. "I think Lilly should wait a bit before trying to drive. We can all take my car and I can drop you back off later,"

Lilly nodded, "Thanks, Oliver,"

With that they walked to Oliver's car. Miley was all about getting in the back seat with Lilly now, and made it a point to help her in and then got in behind her. David took the front passenger seat. Oliver got in and started the car and they headed out. Miley glanced nervously over to Lilly the entire ride. Lilly gazed out the window and no one really said much.

They made it to the theater and bought their tickets. "You girls want anything to eat or drink?" Oliver offered.

"Maybe a drink," Miley spoke up, "If you get a big one, Lilly and I can share."

"Okay. I'll grab some popcorn too. You mind helping me carry stuff, David?"

David shook his head. "No problem,"

"Go ahead and snag some seats and we'll meet you in there," Oliver waved and he and David went to stand in line.

Miley and Lilly walked towards the theater in silence. Miley was still worried by how quiet Lilly was. They found some seats, there weren't too many people there.

"Here," Miley let Lilly sit next to the wall and then sat down beside her. "You doing okay?"

"Yeah" Lilly seemed out of it, "I'm okay,"

The boys came in right as the previews started. Oliver handed Miley their drink and then sat down next to her. David sat down on the end by Oliver. They all watched the screen in silence. Miley tried to act calm and not glance over at Lilly to check on her. Still she felt wound up and worried.

As the previews ended and the movie was beginning, Miley was surprised and relieved to feel Lilly's head rest on her shoulder. She looked at Lilly, her eyes were closed and she looked exhausted. Miley smiled softly to herself and then scooted closer to give Lilly more support. She reached and grasped Lilly's hand in hers and shyly kissed her forehead before relaxing and looking up at the screen, letting Lilly sleep. Miley could've care less about the movie.

After the movie, they got some burgers and sat down to eat. Oliver and David took over most of the conversation, critiquing the movie. Lilly was still silent for the most part, and Miley was keeping a watchful eye on her so she didn't say to much either.

When they had finished, Oliver drove them back to Lilly's car.

"You okay to drive, Lil?" Oliver asked as she shut his car door.

Lilly blinked and looked at him. "I should be able to make it. It's not that far,"

"I can drive," Miley offered.

"That's probably a good idea, just to be safe," Oliver turned to Lilly to see how she felt about it.

Lilly nodded, "Yeah, you're right. Thanks Miley,"

"So, depending on how you're feeling tomorrow, give me a call and we'll figure out what to do," Oliver walked back over to his car opened his door to get back in. "See you guys later!"

"Bye, Oliver!" Miley smiled at him, thanking him for all of his help, but also dreading the fact that he would be leaving. The three of them watched as he waved and started his car before driving away.

"Here, Miles," Lilly dug out her keys and handed them to Miley.

Miley unlocked the car and they all got in. Lilly, in the front seat, David in the back. The drive hope was silent as well.

They arrived back at Lilly's house just after 7:30. Miley helped Lilly out of the car and they made their way to the door. David was still keeping a distance from Miley. Once inside, Lilly sat down on the couch and tried to relax. Miley was about to offer her another ice pack, or some advil, but her phone rang. She glanced at Lilly, who nodded that she was fine, and then gave David a look before stepping out to answer.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Miles," It was her father again. "Jackson got a flat tire and I'm on out helpin' him fix it. I wasn't able to feed Blue Jeans before I left and he might get pretty grumpy if he doesn't get his food soon. We don't want him busting out and eating the neighbors garden again. Can you run home and feed him?"

Miley swallowed, suddenly panicking. "U-uhm... yeah... sure, I can run home real quick." She glanced in the direction of the other room.

"Are you planning on staying at Lilly's again tonight?"

"Yeah, we went surfing today and she got a little banged up so I wanna keep an eye on her,"

"Oh no!" Her father sounded worried, "She alright?"

Miley nodded to herself, "Yeah, she's just still really out of it. Her mom's gone tonight too, so I figured I should stay just to be safe."

"Okay, well tell her I hope she feels better. Thanks for takin' care of Blue Jeans too,"

"No problem, Daddy," Miley lied, "I'll see you later. Good luck with the tire,"

They said their goodbye's and hung up. Miley sighed, aggravated and walked back into the room. David sat in the recliner chair in the living room and Lilly hadn't moved from the couch. Miley was somewhat relieved that David was at least a little distanced, but was horrified by what she had to say next. The way Lilly looked at her as she entered made it even worse.

"So..." Miley began, "I have to run home real quick and feed Blue Jeans. I should be back in less than an hour." She watched Lilly's face for a reaction but Lilly looked away. "Will you be okay while I'm gone, Lil? Is there anything you need before I leave?" Miley suspected she looked and sounded more panicked than Lilly.

Lilly shook her head, trying to be brave. "I think I'm okay. I just wanna rest for a bit anyways."

"Take your time, she's got me here if anything happens," David spoke up, smiling. That was exactly what Miley was afraid of.

"I won't be long," Miley shot him a glare but his smile didn't falter. "Call me if you need anything, Lilly,"

Lilly nodded, and Miley hesitated for a moment before she left the room and headed towards the door. Her mind was racing. She had to get back as fast as she could, she couldn't trust David alone with Lilly. She hoped and prayed with all her as she got in her car and sped out of the driveway that everything would be alright until she got back.