A/N: Well this definitely took longer than I thought it would and I'll explain why at the end, but here it is sorry for the wait.
Chapter 11
It had been two hours since they had taken Lilly away and Miley had not been able to make herself leave the blonde's room. She knew eventually they would come looking for her but she was hoping to hide in there for as long as possible. Inside this room she could pretend like the last few hours never happen.
Sitting there on the bed she was able to let the memories surround her. For the first time in her life she had felt loved and cherished. She wanted to hold on to that feeling. More than that, she wanted Lilly. She wanted her in the forever kind of way.
"Knock, knock," Sarah called from the partially open doorway, alerting Miley to her presence. "I thought I'd find you in here. Mother Kunkle is looking for you. You probably better go to her before she finds you in here."
Miley sighs sadly knowing that she was right and the older woman would have a fit if she found her in Lilly's room. "Yeah just give me a minute."
Reminded of the time when she had been upset and what Miley had done for her, Sarah walked over to the older girl sitting beside her. "I'm sorry Miley, neither one of you deserved this. This is all Amber's fault you know. She told Kunkle where to find you two this morning."
Figuring that was what had happened Miley didn't respond. Instead letting Sarah have the chance to continue, "Now because of her you're miserable, and Miss Truscott is probably going to end up in jail."
Miley let what Sarah said roll over in her head for a minute feeling increasing more upset thinking about her Lilly being trapped behind bars. Thinking of her being surrounding by officers day in and day out and what she might have to endure. And that's when it hit her. The people that had taken Lilly away weren't police officers. They were her father's agents. If that was true she might just be able to get them out of this mess, but she needed a plan.
It only took her a few minutes but she was sure she knew what to do next. "Sarah, just give me another minute and I'll be out alright?" she asked her friend who just nodded.
As soon as she was out of the room Miley pulled out her cell phone. "Hey it's me. I need a favor."
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Miley rested herself against the wall finding the irony in the situation. This was the exact spot her father had left when he dropped her off and now here she sat waiting for another familiar car to pull up.
With nothing better to do, she let her mind wonder over her meeting with Kunkle earlier. It was pretty much everything she expected it to be. She gave her a lecture and expressed her disappointment and just about everything textbook thing she could spout off. You would think as Lilly's aunt she would have had a little more compassion and understanding but Miley didn't think she had a compassionate bone in her body.
Although it seemed like she was a little too scared of Miley's father to do anything to severe to her, which she was grateful of. What could she do really anyway? She had completed all her courses already and graduation was coming up. The only thing she could really do now was ban her from attending the ceremony. That wasn't a big deal to her anyway since she wasn't planning on attending now as it was.
A black Nissan Xterra pulls up in front of her breaking her out of her thoughts. A blond shaggy haired boy gets out from behind the wheel and walks over to Miley pulling her into the hug. "It's good to see ya in person Sis and not on the cover of the newspaper."
"Very funny Jackson," Miley smiles at him as they release each other from the embrace. The siblings hadn't seen each other for more than a year and a half with Jackson away at college and both wanting to avoid their father as much as possible. They weren't close but they tried to at least keep up on what was going on in the other's lives. She never even had to tell him about being gay, he just always seemed to kind of know. "Thanks for the ride too."
"No problem," he responds sincerely. "Are you sure you wanna do this?"
"I have to try, I love her Jackson." She had told him a few months ago about her crush on the teacher during one of their emails back and forth. This made it easier to catch him up during her earlier phone call.
"Alright then, let's go get your girl," Jackson states, patting her on the shoulder before the two climb into the vehicle and make their way off campus. Miley watches the scenes around her reminded of the drive in and so glad now that she came to this school.
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The ride seemed too short and far too long at the same time as they pulled up in front of the large Victorian style home. She still hadn't had enough time to figure out just what she was going to say to the man inside. The sooner she got it over with though the sooner she could hopefully be with Lilly again.
"Do you want to me to talk to him with you?" Jackson asked his sister as she made her way out of the vehicle.
Miley gave the idea some thought but decided it probably wasn't a good idea. "No this is probably something I should do on my own, but thanks for the offer."
Reaching the door first, Jackson held it open letting Miley go first. "Alright we'll I'll just stick around for awhile in case you need me."
As they reached the hall that led down to their father's office, Miley turned towards her brother and pulled him into a giant hug. "Thanks for everything bro. It means a lot." She didn't give him a chance to respond, instead leaving him standing there as she made her way down the long hallway.
Standing guard just outside the door was one of Miley's favorites of her father's detail. His name was Marty Cline. He had been with their family for as long as Miley could remember, she considered him more like an uncle than anything else. "Hey Marty, how's it going?"
"Well if it isn't Smiley. I figured you'd turn up sooner or later when I heard about what happened." Hearing the old nickname she knew he was at least on her side in this, he never used that name when he was disappointed in her.
"I need to talk to my dad."
"I wouldn't suggest that right now Miley's he's been on the phone for quite awhile," he tried to stop her verbally but she noticed he didn't even try to step in front of the doorway which meant he was going to keep her from going in there.
"Well that's too bad since I'm sure it's about me anyway."
With her hand on the doorknob she went to enter before being stopped by a hand on her own. Looking up into Marty's eyes, "just promise me one thing," he requested softly. "Please just talk to him calmly and be careful." Nodding her head in agreement he let her arm go and watched her as she entered until the door clicked closed behind her.
Her father stood a few feet away from her with his back turned, to busy on the phone to even noticed someone had entered his private office. "No, I want this done quickly," she heard him pause as the person on the other end started talking. "I don't know what to do with her yet, just keep this as quiet as possible until I handle the situation. M…" the sentence died on his lips as he turned around to find Miley standing there. "I uh, gotta go Matt. I'll call ya back later."
Hitting the end button, the elder Stewart sat the phone down on the desk as he took a seat behind it. Motioning for her to sit down on the other side and was surprised when she did immediately. "Well can't say I'm surprised to see ya, but I did think that school would be able to hold onto ya bit longer. How'd ya get here so fast?"
"I called Jackson," she shrugged it off.
"Hm, I'll have to have a talk with that boy."
"Leave him out of this, it's between you and me." She knew what he was trying to do. The siblings had always stuck up for each other, so he was trying to get out her angry side by bringing Jackson into it. Being angry only proved to him that she was a child and she needed to be adult about this if she had a chance at saving Lilly. "I want you to let Lilly go," she requested calmly.
"What makes you think I have that woman?"
"Because first off the car that took her away was one of yours and second because I know you. You're holding on to her until you can figure out how to keep this out of the newspapers so that your gay daughter doesn't embarrass you again." Locking her eyes with her father's, she could see the truth in his eyes, but she could also see something she hadn't seen in him in a long time and it gave her just a little bit of hope.
Robbie Ray sat there for a moment not sure what to say. It was true trouble seemed to follow his daughter where ever she went but her being gay had never been a problem with him. He had learned from his late wife that love simply was what it was and who you loved shouldn't matter. It was her actions that always disappointed him. "Mile I hope you know I was never embarrassed about you being gay. It was the fighting and the partying that always left me disappointed."
"Whatever Dad, just let her go please," she almost begged.
He let himself think about it for a minute, "I can't just do that, what she did was wrong. Not to mention illegal."
Inside Miley began seething with anger, it was taking everything in her not to let it out. Trying to calm herself down before responding, she took in a deep breath trying to recall the feelings Lilly gave her. "She didn't do anything wrong."
"The hell she didn't! That women seduced and slept with a minor. She deserves to go to jail."
"She didn't seduce me," Miley started but was quickly interrupted by her father. "What else would you call it?"
"She didn't seduce me!" Miley tried again raising her voice this time, "I seduced her!" Pausing to give that thought a minute to sink in. "I tried from the minute I stepped onto that campus to get her attention."
"Miley Ray…"
"No Dad this time I want you to listen to me and to really hear me out. The only thing Lilly is guilty of is of loving me. And I love her, more than anything."
"Even if that's true, she still slept with a seventeen year old girl and that is illegal."
"Come on, I'll be eighteen in less than a week. That's lame and you know it. Please just help me out. I know you can pull some strings and keep her out of jail. I promise you I'll never ask anything else from you ever again and I'll do whatever you want me to do. Just please let her go," she begged this time. "I love Lilly the same way you loved mom. Don't you remember what that was like?"
This gave Robbie Ray pause, letting his thoughts wonder back in time to another brunette. Susan meant the world to him, and when she was gone his world ended. He knew how much losing someone you loved could hurt. He knew what he had to do. He just hoped Miley was going to be okay with what he had to say next.
A/N: Now you all thought this was the end didn't ya? Unless you were of course observant and noticed I titled it chapter 11 instead of epilogue.
The ending started taking on a life of its own and was getting really long in my head. So I decided instead to split it up and make a few more chapters out of it, and maybe a more futuristic epilogue. As we speak I am still writing it though!
And I know in my little trailer I originally said I was gonna put Jackson somewhere else but I decided this was much better. Couldn't leave him out of all of the drama. Like the change?
One last thought (sorry this is so long) if you were following me before on twitter I had to get a new account cause my old one go hacked so the new link is up on my profile.
