A/N: Okay since you guys have all been so awesome reviewing the trailer I decided to go ahead and give you the first chapter. I hope you all did what I said and saw the movie first. If not PLEASE (begs) see it soon. It's definitely better than what I've written here lol.

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Disney and all plot and dialog belong to Katherine Brooks. (Check out her myspace she's awesome haha)

Side Note: For the most part the dialog will remain intact from the movie. I've had to change some lines here and there to fit in with the Liley theme, but I love the dialog in this movie and chose to keep as much as possible.

Now that I've rambled on, ON WITH THE STORY!

Chapter 1

Miley Stewart rolled down the window next to her and watches as the trees fly by them one by one, the sun shining faintly through the leaves. Expressionless she rolls the window of the limo back up and stares straight ahead, her mind numb. Her hands working their way around the necklace she is holding.

On the other side of the vehicle, one of her father's aids is reading today's newspaper where she notices her face has once again made the front cover. The caption reading, "Senator's Daughter Causes Trouble Again."

She didn't think what she did was so bad. So she got into a fight with a girl at the last school her father sent her to. "So What!" It was that stupid bitch's fault anyway. She should have just kept her damn mouth shut and none of it would have happened. Instead she got expelled and is being sent to the middle of nowhere to some Catholic school. She wasn't even Catholic. She still couldn't figure out what her father was thinking on this one.

Looking around at everyone else in the limo, she realizes that even though they were all in here for her, they were once again to busy with their lives to even take notice of her. Her own father doesn't even seem to know she was alive, much less sitting right next to her. His career has always come before his own daughter.

The limo along, with its two escorts, pull up to a large, light colored brick building. Everyone exits the car leaving Miley sitting there alone refusing to move just yet. She studies the building through the window for a moment, wondering what her father has got her into this time.

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Lilly Truscott leaned up against the front of her desk, listening as one of her students, Amber Addison, reads a poem she had written, to the class. The assignment was to take a real life experience and put it into a poem. She felt that Amber hadn't put a lot of effort into it and simply bullshitted her way through it.

"Cigarette burns like a flame, my lungs will never be the same. I puff and I puff, I can't get enough. Oh well I'll die just the same." Amber reads and then takes her seat again, proud of herself.

"That was interesting Amber, but remember the beauty of poetry is in the details so next time you might want to be more specific about which brand you smoke," Lilly assessed getting a chuckle out of the students and a scowl from Amber.

Lilly had been Amber's teacher for several years now and she knew how the other girl worked. She also knew that while she'd get a momentary rise out of Amber, the girl would soon forget what she said, never taking anything too seriously.

--

Robby Ray excited the building followed by his aids and headed towards his daughter. "You're all set, someone will be out to get ya soon. Remember what I said." Miley just stared at her father coolly while taking another drag on her cigarette. Robbie Ray just ignores her behavior and climbs back into the limo, leaving her standing there alone.

Miley gives the building in front of her a once over before sitting down on the steps, watching as once again her father has passed her off to someone else to handle. He'd been doing the since the day her mother died. Instead of being there for her, he'd just tossed her off. By now she was used to it.

The bell rings above her and soon girls are wandering all over campus. To her right, Miley notices a small brunette approaching her. "Hey you're the new girl right?"

Miley gives her a cocky smile, "Yeah."

"Hi I'm Ashley," the brunette says holding out her hand. Miley stands up and shakes it lightly. "It's nice to meet you."

Miley smiles, checking the girl out and liking what she sees, "Miley and you too."

Ashley pauses as recognition hits her. "Oh my gosh, you're Senator Stewart's daughter. That is so cool." Looking down bored now, Miley takes out another cigarette and lights it. The other girl doesn't seem to take the hint though and goes on about how her dad is such an inspiration and her own political aspirations.

Amber walks up to them breaking into the conversation. "Who the hell are you?" After introductions were swiftly made she takes notice of Miley's guitar. "You in a band?"

Miley simply ignores her question as they soon go on about their own lives, liking it better that she doesn't have to talk about herself. She'd much rather just observe and get the lay of land. She looks past the girls to see a beautiful blonde woman around her late twenty's talking to a few other adults. She's definitely found something nice to look at.

Amber notices that Miley is no longer playing attention to them and looks back to see what Miley is looking at to find several teachers chatting. "You better not let them catch you smoking." Miley just takes another drag and not really too worried. They tell her bye and take off as the blonde starts to approach her.

"You must be Miley, I'm Miss Truscott. Follow me please."

Miley walks a few steps behind Miss Truscott as the two make their way down the halls of the administrative building of the school. Miley's eyes wander around the building and more specifically at the woman in front of her.

"This is our Administrative Hall. Cafeteria and offices are here, senior dorm rooms are upstairs, and your classes are up the hill in the other building." Stopping outside one of the office doors, "you might want to hide those underneath your shirt." Miley looks down at the Buddhist Prayer Beads hanging around her neck just above her jean jacket.

Miley smirks, "Why?"

Lilly just ignores her, "And the nose ring, you might want to take that out." Miley just gives her a look that says- 'ain't gonna happen.' "Don't say I didn't warn you," Lilly tells her before lightly knocking on the door. Lilly can already tell this girl was going to cause her problems but wishes her luck as she walks through the door into Mother Kunkle's office. Miley gives a look back, smiling, before closing the door behind her.

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Later that night at dinner after most everyone has their plates, the entire school stands while Mother Kunkle leads them all in a quick prayer. Miley just looks around wondering if these people have all lost their minds. It's over quickly and Miley watches as every sits back down before hesitantly sitting down herself.

A few minutes later a mousy brunette makes her way towards Miley and starts to sit down across from her. She introduces herself as Sarah and asks her if she's in dorm room 5.

Playing with her food, "Looks that way," she tells her without much enthusiasm.

"You're lucky, the Sisters don't let us do anything, but Miss Truscott lets us order pizza sometimes, and stay up late on weekends," Sarah, almost shyly tears her roll in half.

Miley gives her an honest smile, "Sounds great." She's still unsure about this school, but with her father's other threats she's decided maybe it's about time to make an honest effort to try and make it work, especially if she was gonna have a such a hot teacher to look at everyday.

The first thing on her list of changing her ways was to try and get along with everyone better. She'd always been surrounded by other kids from backgrounds similar to hers. Here she was a fish out of water and she'd have to try harder to get along with people.

Amber comes and sits her tray down beside Miley, giving Sarah a look that scares the other girl away from the table. Ashley follows her down a minute later, freaking out, "Where did you put your chem notes?" she asks Amber.

"Why are you wigging out?" Amber retorts back.

"I'm wigging out cause if I don't pass chem. I'm going to fail again."

Amber turns to Miley, "It's her second go around as a senior."

Angry now, "Just announce it to the whole freaking world Amber."

"I'm sorry but it is," Amber states while chewing her food not really caring that she's being rude.

Miley watches the exchange between the two not really sure what to think. They seem like they are friends but the way Amber talks to and about Ashley doesn't make her seem so nice. She starts to wonder if Amber is someone she wants to associate with, especially since she's trying to turn herself around.

After dinner, Miley stands outside her dorm room smoking a cigarette listening as the other students express disbelief that she would do such a thing. She turns the bottom of her foot up placing it on her other knee and putts the cigarette out on the bottom of her shoe. Entering her the dorm, she begins to put her stuff away and make herself a little more at home while the rest of her roommates are busy doing their own thing.

Sarah takes a sheet down from across a desk revealing a cage hidden beneath. Miley notices this and asks, "What's in the cage?"

"It's a porcupine, her name's Prissy. I found her in the woods. I think her mother died." She watches how scared Sarah is acting with the other girls in the room. She seems very hesitant to say anything in from of Amber especially.

"Careful Miley that thing has wicked gas." Amber replies barely giving them a glance from the painting she was currently working on.

"She doesn't have gas," Sarah almost whispers not really wanting Amber to hear her, but she does anyway and continues to taunt the other girl.

--

Her first day in class Miley sits in the middle of the room and listens as Lilly reads a passage from a book. She can't seem to take her eyes off the blonde teacher. Her eyes follow her as the teacher paces back and forth across the room. Everything about the young teacher seems to intrigue her.

Lilly closes the books, "Now we've already spent a lot of time talking about Song of Myself from a stylistic perspective, but what about content?"

"Wasn't Walt Whitman gay?" Amber shouts across the classroom.

Lilly simply replies, "yes," not really wanting to go any further into that. She knew Amber was just trying to draw the attention to herself as she usually does. She wasn't really trying to open up a serious conversation but joke about the material and Lilly wouldn't allow that in her classroom.

Amber has other ideas and doesn't give up, contemplating that for a second, "So he's writing this about another man?"

Lilly ignores her comment and moves on with the class. "What does he mean when he writes 'I celebrate myself, for every atom belonging to me belongs to you.'?" Looking at a student in the front row, "Martha?"

Unsurely she answers, "We're all connected."

Lilly smiles and gives her an approving nod. "Anyone else?" Not taking her eyes off Mrs. Truscott, Miley slowly raises her arm, the pen she had been chewing on still in her grasp. "Yes Miley?"

Now was her chance to impress the young teacher and get herself noticed. "Because through love we feel the intensity of our connection to everything and everyone and at the core we're all the same. We're all one."

"So I'm the same as Sarah?" Amber breaks in laughing.

Timidly staring at her desk, "Why don't you expand your mind?" Sarah asks.

"Why don't you stop cutting yourself," Amber quips back.

Amber having now pushed Lilly buttons for the day, points to the door, "out of my class." Smirking she gathers her stuff and the rest of the class moves on once she is gone.

--

The next couple of weeks seemed to fly by as Miley got adjusted easily enough. One of the biggest adjustments was the requirement that every student was required to attend church on Sunday as well as an additional session on Saturdays. She didn't mind so much though because Father Corelli was already proving himself to be easy to listen too. He could even been downright funny at times.

This week's sermon included a story about a couple of frogs that were playing leap frog. "But by mistake they jumped into a large vat of fresh cream. Finding no footing they started swimming to avoid drowning. But one of the frogs was just too tired he couldn't keep going and croaked to his friend that he was finished. And sure enough he sank to the bottom of that vat and died a miserable death. He really croaked."

All four girls start giggling at this earning a glare from the Sisters. Miley not really caring ignored them, but noticing Miss Truscott was one of them, quickly stopped and began staring at her hands as once again the teacher filled her thoughts. She couldn't help it. Something about the older woman just inspires every thought to be consumed by her.

Father Corelli continued on with the story but start stumbling over his words causing even Lilly to laugh, who gets a glare out of Mother Kunkle and some of the Sisters. Still laughing Miley slowly slides her eyes to watch Miss Truscott, enjoying the smile on the other woman's face.

--

Sunday night found Lilly out with her boyfriend Oliver. He was a teacher at the neighboring Boy's School and the two had been together for a long time. They discuss their class schedules not really have anything more serious to discuss as they peruse the menu.

Oliver quickly changes the subject, "So have you given any thought to our conversation?" he asks her. He had been trying to get her to move in with him for awhile now and the conversation seemed to keep coming up during every date.

Lilly doesn't respond for a minute trying to find a way to let him down once again. She can't explain it but something is holding her back from taking that step in their relationship. She can't tell him that though so instead she tells him simply that she's not ready to leave the school. He argues that she can still teach and live off campus but secretly knowing that isn't the real reason.

Changing the subject she asks him if they can just have a nice evening out without arguing and he agrees.

--

"…Now you feel how nothing clings to you. Your vast shell reaches into endless space and there the rich think fluids rise and flow. Illuminated in your infinite piece. A billion stars go spinning through the night, blazing high above your head. But in you is the presence that will be when all the stars are dead." Lilly quotes the passage for today's discussion, as she wanders through the classroom, finally resting against the front of her desk.

Miley sits in the middle of the classroom as Mrs. Truscott walks up the isle next to her. She can't help but take the opportunity to check out the beautiful teacher from behind. With a pen placed between her teeth she appreciates what she sees.

"When Rilke says, 'Your vast shell reaches into endless space and there the rich think fluids rise and flow.' What was he talking about?" Lilly looks around the classroom, no one really wanting to answer.

Noticing that no one is going to answer anytime soon Miley thinks over her options. Now could be a good time to get the young teacher's attention and maybe even flirt a little. Her interest is definitely peaked and she's ready to make that known. She raises her hand slightly and after getting the nod from Miss Truscott gives her own smart ass take on the subject. "I think he's talking about sex."

"What would make you think that?" Lilly asks not really deterred just yet, letting the young girl have her say.

"'Your vast shell reaches into endless space.' Sounds like a metaphor for the body is at orgasms." Everyone laughs but Miley's not done yet. "And endless space could represent the infinite possibilities that open for you when you climax." Laughing herself now, "And thick fluids, well that's kind of obvious." The smile on her face is unmistakable as to what she was trying to do. "I think Rilke is implying sex and love can merge together, especially good sex." Her sly smile let's Lilly know exactly who she is talking about even if she doesn't acknowledge it.

The bell rings and the class begins gathering their stuff. "Miley, I would like to speak with you."

Gathering her stuff up slower than everyone else she heads up towards the front of the class to stand in front of Miss Truscott, leaning back against the desk behind her.

Lilly starts off slowly, "Look, I respect my students and I encourage you all to have your own opinions."

"But…?" Miley asks, knowing she was nowhere near done with that statement.

"But I can't help thinking your trying to get a rise out of me," she answers honestly, still trying to figure this girl out.

Miley stands up straight, moving closer, "why would I want to do that?"

"Perhaps to get attention," Lilly replies hoping that maybe that's all it is.

"Or perhaps I'm intrigued," Miley smiles at her.

"Intrigued by what?" Lilly asks honestly. She really can't seem to figure Miley out. Just when she thinks she does, the brunette goes and surprises her again.

Miley gives her the once over and smiles at Miss Truscott with a smirk that clearly shows exactly what she is talking about, "By you."

That gives Lilly pause, unsure of how to proceed. She wasn't expecting Miley to flirt with her. While a part of her is enjoying the attention she should probably stop this right now. Thinking however that it would be best to leave the flirting alone so maybe Miley would just drop it, she decides to address just the classroom issue instead. "I'd appreciate it if you'd be more appropriate with your comments in my class."

Miley gives her another smile, knowing that she's accomplished what she wanted to do. She's got the teachers attention now.

After Miley is gone, Lilly sits there for a minute wondering if she'd done the right thing. She was really just hoping that nothing more would come of what had just transpired.

--

"Hey it's Miley is my father there?" Miley speaks into her cell phone as she walks across campus. "Well tell him it's me." Still getting a negative answer she hangs up on the person on the other end of the line and shoves it in her pocket.

She'd been at this school for over a month now and she still hadn't heard a word from her father. It was almost Christmas break and he hadn't even made any plans to have her home for the holidays. Why she should expect anything more she wasn't sure.

--

Walking into the administrative building, Lilly is caught by the receptionist at the front desk currently speaking to someone on the phone. "Oh Miss Truscott, Mother Kunkle wants to see you." Not really sure why, Lilly changes directions and starts heading towards Mother Kunkle's office.

She walks through the door to the office, but then hesitates when she notices the other woman on the phone. Kunkle notices her however and waves her in. She makes her way over to sit in the chair in front of the older woman desk and waits as she hears Mother Kunkle assure the person on the end of the line that everything was fine before hanging up.

Sitting down she turns to face Lilly. "We need to have a serious talk about Miley Stewart."