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-Jen

The rest of the day went by mostly uneventfully. When their last class finally ended, Aria wanted to see Ezra again, and told Miley she could go to the student lot with the girls and that she'd meet them there. After talking and stealing few kisses with Ezra, Aria headed out to the lot, ten minutes late.

Almost everyone was gone, but the girls were in a semi circle near Miley's car, and Spencer saw her, waving her over. She hurried over and saw why. Jake Ryan himself stood there, Miley wrapped in his arms. "What are you doing here." Aria said when she got closer.

"He said he was sorry." Miley said, not moving away from him, smiling at Aria.

"I am," Jake said again, kissing her forehead. "You know I love you Miley." He said gently.

"I love you, too." She said happily, but Aria was suspicious. This didn't feel right. She was proven correct when Jake gently pushed Miley back a little, hands on her shoulders. She looked up at him, questioning him.

"Baby, you know this is a bad idea. We can't do this. That baby has to go." He said in a sickly sweet, condescending voice. She then understood, stiffening. He was trying to guilt her into it, trying to make her feel secure so it would be easier to get her to give in when he pulled the rug out from under her.

"Get away from me." She said quietly.

"Huh?" He asked, confused. She angrily shoved him away, taking a step back.

"Get away!" She shouted. "I don't believe you, Jacob Ryan, I honestly don't!"

"You don't understand!" He said, exasperated. "Do you know what this is doing to me, Miley?"

"To you?" She said slowly, voice low, filled with hate. "What this is doing to you? Tell me, Jake, are you pregnant? Are you going to have to carry a baby for nine months, then push it out of you? Do you want to puke every morning, do you have heartburn so bad you wanna rip your esophagus out? Do you have an achy back, swollen feet, and have to pee every five minutes?" She shouted at him. "Did you have to tell your father that you were pregnant and then loose him? Did you have to find out your best friend was dead, that you had to move across the country, and that your parents lied to you for sixteen years? No! No, that's all me!" She screamed. "I've lost my mother, my father, my best friend, my home, my career, and the nice ability I had to fit into a size 1. I'm the one that's gone through all of that, but I'm the one that can still see this as a good thing!"

"Because you have stupid little fantasies of this suddenly all becoming ok!" He snapped, "Well that thing isn't a miracle, it's a curse!"

She lunged at him, Emily and Spencer grabbing her arms just in time so she couldn't lay a finger on him. "Don't you dare call my children a curse, you bastard!" She shouted, "Yea, that's right, Jake, children! I'm having twins!"

"Oh, even better!" He shouted. "I can't do this, Miley, I can't be a father at sixteen, I can't give up everything because I don't want to, and I don't have to!"

"I don't think this is going to make everything ok, Jake. I know that these babies are going to complicate things, but the difference between me and you is I don't care! They're a part of us, Jake. They're my babies, I can't just kill them, or just give them away." She said. "I've loved them since the moment I knew I was pregnant. I may have been terrified, you remember that. You held me and said you'd take care of us, that it would all be ok. And I realized you were right because this may be hard, but that doesn't make these children any less of a beautiful blessing that I love with ever part of me, every ounce of love I have."

"Well you may be ready to give up everything to be a mother at sixteen, but I'm not, Miley." Jake said, shaking his head.

"You said you were when we found out, Jake. That's what gets to me." Miley said, voice breaking finally. "I know this isn't you, this is your parents. This is mommy and daddy using you, because they want you to make them more money!" She said, trying to make him see. "Are you really going to let them take you away from your children, Jake?" She asked. "Because I won't play these games, not anymore." She whispered, through her tears.

"What do you mean, games?" He sneered.

"If you can't grow a pair and stand up to your parents who see you as nothing but money and a way to fame for your own children, for the girl you claimed to love, then fine. So be it." She said slowly. "But that's the choice you're making for the rest of your life, Jake. If you turn around and walk away, then it will be for the last time! I'm not playing games anymore, if you leave then it's over! We're done. You will never see me again, and when you decide six months, one year, five years from now that you want to know your kids, you won't have a chance because I won't let you!" She shouted. "I won't let you do this to them, because they deserve so much better!"

"You just made the biggest mistake of your life, Miley, I hope you know that. You'll regret this day, telling me it's over." He hissed. "You'll come crawling back."

"I'm not making any mistake, Jake." She shook her head, the tears coming. "You are. And I'm crying because when my children ask about daddy, I won't be able to tell them anything, because I don't want to tell them he was nothing but a scared little coward who wouldn't step up."

Jake's eyes flashed, and this time, he lunged forward, screaming, "Don't call me a coward you little bitch!"

Then, Mike came out of nowhere, his body slamming into Jake's, pushing him away, the teen star sprawling to the pavement.

"What the hell is going on here?" Byron said angrily, getting out of the drivers seat of his car, that had just pulled up, Ella coming from the passenger seat, hurrying over to Miley, now crying, Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hannah trying to comfort her.

"You're little punk son getting himself sued, that's what," Jake hissed, getting up, "And that little bitch saying things she shouldn't."

"Dad," Aria said, hurrying to grab his arm. "Don't hit him."

"If you so much as talk to a lawyer about hurting my brother, then you can expect to be served for child support." Miley said. "You know how much money they'll take from you, Jake? I'll put it right into accounts for them, all your not so hard earned money."

He glared at her, but then Byron spoke. "If you don't leave, now, and never come back, then that will happen anyways. You never come near my daughter, her babies, her friends, my family, or this town again," He said dangerously, "Or you'll pay, Ryan."

Jake looked past him to Miley. "I hope you know what you're doing, Miley. Have fun playing house, and watching your life go up in smoke. Let me know when and where I can sign the rights over for those mistakes," He said, pointing to her stomach. "I never knew you were this crazy, just like that psycho blond best friend of yours." He hissed, knowing it would anger her, "She's better off, you know, dead."

"Don't you talk about Ali!" Miley screamed, fighting against Ella who held her back. "Don't you dare talk about Ali, you didn't know her, you bastard!"

He shook his head, getting into his fancy car, starting it up and speeding off, not once looking back.

Eyes burning with anger, Miley pulled her phone from her bag, angrily hitting the screen until her relationship status on Facebook was changed to single. Then, pulling away from Ella, she reached into the backseat of her car, and pulled out two of Jake's sweatshirts, then reached up to her neck and pulled the necklace he'd gotten her for their six month anniversary off. "Here Mike," She said, voice full of venom, "Since you got a nice hit at him, take this crap and sell it on e-bay, stupid fan girls will pay ridiculous amounts of money for that." She pushed the stuff into his arms, then ignored the incoming call from Lily on her phone, before shoving her hands through her hair, letting out a scream of frustration.

"Honey, you need to calm down," Ella said gently, taking her hands. "This isn't good for the twins."

"I feel like my heart is in a million pieces," Miley said, angry, "But I can't even be sad, because I'm too mad! I don't care what he says about me, but...my babies are not mistakes! I already love them with everything I have, but he...he's like that. How can that even be possible!"

"He just made the biggest mistake of his life," Ella said, "And one day he'll realize what he lost."

"I hope he does, and I hope he suffers," Miley said, angry. "I'm finding a lawyer." She said. "I'm finding a damn good lawyer, and as soon as they're born, I'm going to court to get his rights signed away and make it so he can never see them, ever. They won't even have his last name." She said, so full of anger. "Anyone know a good lawyer around here?" She asked.

"My parents are lawyers," Spencer said, "My mom could probably help you. I'll ask her."

Miley nodded, fists still clenched, letting out an angry sigh.

"Why are you guys here?" Aria asked Ella and Byron.

"We thought we'd gt an early dinner, since you girls are going out." Ella said, "Do you still want to go out, Miley?"

Miley nodded. "Yes. We can go to dinner, and then I want to go to the mall. I'm not going to let him ruin my plans." She said firmly.

"Ok. Aria can direct you to the place, if you feel ok to drive." Ella said.

"I'm fine. I can drive." Miley said.

"I'll text you guys when we're ready for the mall, ok?" Aria sid to the others, who nodded.

"That's fine." Spencer said.

"We'll see you later," Emily agreed. All three of them hugged Aria, and then Miley, and it made her feel better. These girls cared about her and they'd just met a few days ago. She didn't need Jake.

Spencer, Hanna, and Emily all left, and Miley put her bag in her back seat, getting in the drivers seat. "Can I ride with you guys?" Mike asked, uncertainly, leaning in the open window as Aria got in the passenger seat.

"Yea," Miley nodded, smiling softly at him, "Of course."

As she drove, following the directions Aria gave her, she kept telling herself to focus on what's important. Her children, not Jake. He wasn't important, not at all.

Her phone rang as she drove, but her car was hooked up with blue tooth, and so she accepted the call, and said "Hello?"

"Miley!" Lily's voice said through the speakers of her radio, "How are you? What's going on? You haven't been talking to me!" She said, upset.

Suddenly guilty, Miley said "I know, Lil. I'm sorry, it's just...things have been kinda crazy." She told her, glancing at Aria, who held back laughter. Crazy was an understatement. "I've had to get settled in, and I've been hanging out with Aria and her friends, I started school today, I had my first doctor's appointment this morning."

"Her friends? You mean the ones that knew her?" Lily asked.

"You can say her name, Lily." Miley said quietly. "And yea, the ones that knew Ali."

"Well that's good. That you guys can...relate." Lily said, sounding jealous. "How'd the doctor's appointment go?"

"Great...I know what I'm having!" Miley said excitedly.

"Oh! Tell me!" Lily said happily.

"I can't, I promised grandma and memaw I'd call and tell them first. I'm going to dinner with everyone, and then when I get home I'll call and tell them. You think you and Oliver can go to my house, so I can Skype with you guys, Jackson, and Aunt Dolly, and tell you at the same time?" Miley asked, as she pulled into a parking space beside Byron's car at the restaurant.

"Yea sure," Lily said, "But it's going to be torture to wait! Now...that whole Facebook thing..."

"It's really over. Jake is a jerk and I never want to see him again, unless it's in court for him to sign away any and all parental rights." Miley said, as Ella opened the door for her, Mike having already got out. Lily heard the door shut.

"Are you in the car? And I see...you can explain what happened later, but does that mean you're keeping the baby?" Lily asked.

"Yes. I'm gunna be a mommy." Miley said. "But I have to go, Lil. I'll text you when I get back to the house, ok?"

"Alright...I miss you, Miley. It's not the same without you." Lily said.

"I miss you too," Miley said, meaning it. "I'm sorry I didn't call. I promise, I'll call more."

"Ok," Lily said, smiling. "Go eat, and then we'll talk later. I love ya," Lily said.

"Love you too. Bye!" Miley said, hanging up, shutting her car off, and grabbing her phone and purse, and getting out of the car.

"You ok?" Ella asked, as Miley shut and locked it. "They went in to get a table." She said also, explaining the others' absence.

"Yea." Miley said. "Just angry, I guess. We'll see how things go."

"Spencer's mother's a good lawyer. She'll be able to tell you what would be best to do. You aren't required to put his name on the birth certificates." Ella told her, as they headed in.

"I know, but then he could still try something. Ideally, I want to not put his name, but have it in writing in court that he doesn't want rights." Miley said, as they entered the restaurant and joined Byron, Mike, and Aria.

"We'll help you figure everything out," Ella promised, as Miley sat beside Aria. "We were talking once he got home from work, and we're going to look into what kind of houses are on the market, see if we can get a five bedroom, so the twins won't be in with you."

"You don't have to do that," Miley said right away, shaking her head, "I can keep them in my room, I don't want you to move because of me."

"Moving would be best for everyone," Ella reasoned. "A baby needs a lot of stuff, honey, and you'll need everything times two. Two cribs will take up a lot of space, plus all the toys and clothes, diapers...everything."

"Besides," Byron said, "This family's changing in more ways that one. You're here with us, now, and the girls will be here sooner than you think. We think a new place would be a fresh start, for our new family. We want you to feel at home, and not like a guest, Miley."

"I think it's a good idea," Aria said, "They're both right." She said, thinking they were. It would mean more space for everyone, make Miley feel more at home, and this meant her parents were really moving forward. They'd all made and unspoken agreement not to mention the brief separation, the affair Byron had had. The family was fixing itself.

Miley looked to Mike. "What about you?" She asked.

"A new start would be good. I think it's a good idea too." He nodded, thinking of how good it would be to move forward from the depression he'd found himself in. "As long as there's a pool," he added for good measure, and they all laughed.

"We'll see," Ella said, smiling.

Miley smiled, hardly believing this was what her life had become. Sixteen, pregnant with twins, in a whole new place with a whole new family, and newly single. She let her guard down that night, enjoying dinner with her sister, brother, and biological parents, laughing and joking with them. It felt good, she felt, dare she say it, happy almost.

Until her phone buzzed, of course. She looked at the text message, and suddenly felt nauseous. She saw Aria looking at her, knowing who it was from, and knew she'd be grilled later, although she brushed it off, and tried to continue having fun, trying not to think about it.

From: Unknown
Aww, how cute, a brand new little family. Feeling happy and secure, Miley? Well, Rosewood's the town of secrets, and there's still some being kept from you, by everyone you're starting to trust. So don't.
-A