Hey Guys! Here's another update, I would just like to say thanks very much to all the alerts for favouriting this story, that means a lot. Any chance of you guys telling me what could be improved etc as well? ;-) Hehe. I'm cheeky.

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I'm not happy with this chapter, but I couldn't make it fit any better, I know it's short but I didn't want to drag it out and make it tedious. I hope you guys like it.

Garbage – The World Is Not Enough

I feel safe
I feel scared
I feel ready
And yet unprepared

It had been three days since Robbie had left his note and Miley was getting worried. She knew he would somewhere safe, most probably Lori's, but that didn't mean that she wasn't concerned about him. Miley and Lilly did their best to try and keep other occupied, but it was becoming more and more difficult. Miley had allowed Lilly to take her to the mall again for yet more shopping she didn't need. She had already spent far more than she would have normally allowed herself but since the bed incident she had found it easier if she had some new clothes or gadget to amuse herself with.

"Where are we heading Lils?" Miley asked as she allowed her girlfriend to drag her round in circles.

"Surf shop."

"You dragged me here last week!" Miley moaned in protest, she didn't mind going there, but Lilly tended to forget the meaning of time when she was in the shop.

"Yes, but they've got all new stock!"

"Oh God." That was it, she was stuffed.

"Yo Lilly!" One of the guys from behind the counter yelled before moving over to her, high fiving and hugging one another.

"Todd!" Lilly hugged him back. "Didn't realise you worked here now."

"Yeah, I failed my SAT's, Mum told me if I didn't get a job then she'd kick me out, so I figured I'm good at surfing so why don't I get a job here." He shrugged and smiled before noticing Miley. "'Sup Miley."

"Hey Todd. Sorry to hear about your SAT's."

"No worries, it's cool. I love working here, I get to check out and test all the new gear. Speaking of which Lilly, you've got to come and look at the new short boards, they are awesome!" He said dragging her to the next room over.

"Sweet!" She laughed, picking up speed in order to keep up with him. "Todd! These are awesome! When did they come in?" Lilly couldn't believe the new boards all lined up in front of her. She reached out and touched one, to Lilly it was the equivalent of gold.

"Yesterday. I've tried this one already." Todd said pointing to a stretch board.

"Okay, I seriously want one."

"I'm sure you've got enough Lils." Miley said appearing at the door.

"I've only got 3 and one of them is cracked!" Lilly paused for a moment. "I need another." She battered her eyelashes at her girlfriend. Lilly knew she had no chance, instead she hoped Miley would get the hint for her Christmas present.

Miley chose to ignore Lilly's fake plea and smiled at her. "What's wrong with the other two?"

"Oh Miley, Miley, Miley, one of them is the board I learnt to surf on and the other is a medium board, I need a short board."

"Because that made so much sense to me."

"Hey Lilly, why don't I bring a board for you to try out tomorrow, it won't be one of these, but still a new one. You can test it; let the shop know what you think?" He smiled his best charm smile at her.

"Seriously? I'd love to Todd! That'd be great!" Lilly hugged him once more before thinking. "When you say review, do you mean write?"

"Na, it just helps us when selling the boards that we know how they go."

"I'm so there!" Lilly looked like she was ready to burst. "What time are we talking? I don't fancy an early rise."

"No fear there Lilly, how about 10? I've heard that the waves are gonna be pretty good."

"Sweet. I'll see you tomorrow then." She gave Todd one last hug and walked out of the shop.

Lilly brushed the hair out of Miley's face and leant over her peacefully sleeping girlfriend. "Are you coming Miles?" She whispered gently. An incoherent mumble came from Miley. "What?" Lilly said a bit louder.

"Horses." She mumbled, rubbing her nose on the pillow.

"I've chucked them out." Lilly knew that Miley wasn't in the land of the living and left her to it. "Okay then, I'm off to the beach with Todd. See you later." She placed a soft kiss on the back of Miley's head and walked out the door.

"Hey Jackson." Lilly said as she saw him taking large bite of what looked to be an incredibly tasty bacon sandwich. "That looks good." He mouth began to salivate.

"You touch, you die." He turned his back slightly to her.

"I'm off surfing anyway, don't want anything that could spoil my chances."

"Chances?" Jackson said with a full mouth.

"Todd's bringing me some boards down from the Surf Shack to test."

Jackson looked slightly envious. "New boards?"

"Yep, jealous?" She said with a sweet smile before picking up the car keys and heading out the door.

"Dude! You totally bummed out!" Lilly laughed as she carried the board up the beach towards Rico's.

"Shut up Lilly! You would have too if you were riding that wave!"

"Not likely." She smirked at him. "Listen, I'm gonna get a drink, you want one or have you had enough water?" She laughed.

Todd would have loved to have thrown something at Lilly then. "Where did we put our stuff?" He said looking around.

Lilly scanned the beach. "Up there." Lilly looked towards the rocks where she saw Miley's familiar shape lying. "Looks like Miles has decided to have a baking session."

"Oh." Todd nodded. "Didn't realise she was coming." He had secretly hoped that he would have Lilly all to himself today. Todd had been eyeing Lilly all morning, the girl had natural grace and finesse on the board which had a stunning effect on her body. It was mostly her fault that he couldn't concentrate to stay on his board. He admired every curve of Lilly, in short, she was hot.

"Neither did I, I left her asleep this morning." Lilly lengthened her stride and covered the distance quickly to reach her girlfriend. "You do realise that you are going to look like a prune when you're thirty?" Lilly said as she approached, noting Miley's tanning oil bottle sitting next to her.

"You do realise that it had SPF in it?" She said placing her hand over her eyes so she could see. "Hey Todd, nice wipe out." She smiled.

"Not you as well?" He said we a groan, flopping down.

"It was brilliant." Lilly said with a smile.

"I'm never gonna live this down."

"We're only messing with you Todd." She gave him a playful push. "Miley couldn't stand up on one of these things if her life depended on it." Miley gave Lilly a scowl.

"Seriously? You live in Malibu and you can't surf?" He scoffed.

"No." Miley pulled her sunglasses off the top of her head and placed them back over her eyes. "And I have no desire to either."

"She sucks." Lilly mouthed to Todd, he laughed. Miley reached out and slapped Lilly. "Oww." She moaned, rubbing the skin.

"I can still see what you're saying, now go and get me a drink slave." She smirked, wriggling herself deeper in to the sand.

"Alright." Lilly said fiddling around in her bag. "Water?" She said looking at Miley and Todd who both gave a nod.

Todd watched Lilly's hips sway away while Miley looked at Todd out of the corner of her eye. She knew exactly what he was fixated on and she wasn't happy.

Todd waited until Lilly was well out of earshot before turning to look at Miley. "Hey Miley, can I ask you something."

Miley already knew what the something was. "Yes?" She did her best to look as if she didn't have a clue; thankfully Todd wasn't exactly the brightest spark in the box.

"Is Lilly dating anyone? I mean I heard her and Oliver broke up, I just wondered if she was seeing anyone?"

Miley licked her lips before answering. "She might be."

"Might be? What kind of answer is that?" He asked. "She either is or isn't. I figure you being her best friend would know."

"Ask her." Miley shrugged, she wanted to see Todd get rebuffed, he was a nice guy but she knew that he had been with his fair share of girls. Todd was somebody who thrived on his looks and not much else, fortunately for Miley, Lilly had both brains and beauty.

"Ask me what?" Lilly said appearing from behind them.

Todd went red and gave a cough as he sat up nervously.

"Erm, I was just wondering if we could go out and grab a bite to eat?" Todd asked nervously while Miley watched.

"Yeah, Rico's will do, I won't look so out of place there."

"No, I meant like Mexicali's, or someplace like that. This evening if you'd like?" He shrugged. "It's cool if you're doing something or seeing someone..." He trailed off.

"Oh." Lilly said, her brain suddenly catching up with what Todd was asking her. "Err, listen Todd... I don't wanna seem rude or anything... I mean you're a great friend, it's just..."

"It's cool Lilly, I get it, you just don't like me that way."

"Sorry Todd, it's not just that, I'm seeing someone at the moment."

"Oh." He said looking rather disheartened before shooting a sideways glance at Miley. "Well whoever he is, is a lucky guy." He did his best to put a smile on his face.

"Indeed she is." Miley muttered under her breath.

Later that night Miley and Lilly were snuggled up on the couch together watching an awful show about children who were uncontrollable.

"I cannot believe you let him hit on me!" Lilly said as she watched a five year old hit his mother.

Miley gave a loud laugh. "He deserved it, the way he was looking at you pissed me off, I wanted to see him become a little bit humiliated."

"You're so horrible. He's a nice guy Miley; he didn't mean anything by it."

"Seriously Lilly, you can't be that dense, sure he is a nice guy but he has been round most of the year as well as the Juniors."

"So what, save him some embarrassment."

Miley gave a shrug. "I tell you Lils; if his board shorts weren't baggy you would have seen how much he truly liked you."

"Eww. Eww. Mental images Miles." Lilly flapped her hands around her head. "Okay, that's it, I can't bear this anymore!" Lilly declared before getting up and opening the cupboard which held the DVD's. "What do you fancy, violence or horror?"

Miley looked at Lilly with a raised eyebrow. "What do you think?"

"Violence?" Lilly smiled at Miley as sweetly as she could. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" She held the box set out hopefully.

"I'm dating a dork." Miley said dryly before throwing a pillow at Lilly.

"I seemed to recall that you called me your dork." She ducked, the pillow missing her completely. "You're a shit shot."

"I know where to hit when it counts." She said with a knowing smile.

"Don't be cruel. Now, Buffy?" She said holding the box set up higher.

"I don't think so. Put something on I'll actually like."

"Fine." Lilly sighed before having another cushion thrown at her, this one sailed straight past her, hitting the floor with a resounding thump. "Still a shit shot. You've got like a million DVD's, what do you want?"

"I don't know! Pick something, anything!" Lilly held the box set up once more. "Not that!"

"Fine! Oh, Bridget Jones? Happy Ma'am?"

Robbie opened the door the next morning to find both girls asleep on the sofa, the television still on with a DVD title splayed across it. Miley was lying flat out on her back while Lilly was tucked in to the crook of Miley's neck. He decided to leave them where they were for now, they weren't doing any harm. He had had a long think about everything and decided that talking to the girls upfront would be the best option. He silently made his way around the kitchen, grabbing bacon and the ingredients for pancakes. Robbie knew in the end that he would wake Lilly and Miley, but he thought that they could at least talk over breakfast.

As Robbie cooked the bacon and pancakes, he was surprised to find that they were still asleep; most people wouldn't sleep through the noise he was making. A couple of minutes later he noticed Lilly's nose begin to twitch, she could smell the bacon. Robbie smiled; it would always be Lilly who smelt food first. Lilly slowly opened her eyes to find herself in exactly the same place as last night, no wonder why her back hurt.

"Miles?" Lilly said softly shaking her girlfriend from her slumber.

"Not yet." Miley turned her back on Lilly.

"Wake up. I smell bacon."

"You're dreaming." She mumbled.

Lilly decided to leave her sleeping partner on the couch; she couldn't believe the sight before her. "Mr. S!" She yelled as she ran over to him and leapt in to his awaiting arms. "Am I dreaming?"

"No Lilly." He smiled as he hugged the small blonde.

"Lilly, shut up!" Miley shouted from the sofa before lobbing a pillow in no particular direction.

Lilly let go of Robbie and gave Miley a shove. "Get up. You're Dad's back."

"What?" Miley attempted to sit upright but instead fell straight off the couch. "Shit. Daddy?" She said as she scrambled around the haul herself upright.

"Hey baby girl." Robbie scooped Miley up tight in his arms as if she were a child.

"Daddy!" She squealed. "You're back."

"Sure am." Robbie said as he let go of his daughter.

Miley eyed him sceptically for a moment or two. "You're not mad or telling me it's wrong."

"No I'm not Miley or you Lilly. Come here and sit down, I wanna talk to you both." Robbie sat in opposite chair while the two girls sat on the couch that they had previously slept on. "I'm not gonna go on about what I saw, I don't wanna even go there, but I do wanna talk about you two."

"Okay." Miley said looking confused.

"Are you two dating?"

"Yes." Miley and Lilly both gave a definite answer. "And believe me Daddy when I say that we both really wanted to tell you, but thought of it completely freaked us both out. I swear this isn't like Jake Ryan."

"I know Miley. I'd worked that much out for myself. How long have you two been dating?"

"Just over a month please don't get mad." Lilly said quietly.

"Lilly, I can see this is a totally different situation, coming out as gay is incredibly hard. Have you told anyone else?"

Miley nodded. "Yeah, we chose to tell Jackson when we read your note, we figured it wasn't a good idea to keep it from him."

"What about your parent's Lilly, do they know, or Oliver for that matter."

Lilly gave an inward shudder at the mention of her ex boyfriend; the thought of telling him was perhaps the worst. "No Mr. S. Like Miley said, no-one apart from Jackson. Though I do think we may have to soon. I don't want to keep this from them, I mean there's not much danger of them finding out, but..." Lilly gave a shrug and Miley put a comforting hand on Lilly's.

"It's okay Lil's I get it." Miley turned her attention back to her Father. "If we're gonna tell Lilly's Mum and Dad I wanna tell a few others. Do you think we could have some sort of gathering?"

"I'm sure we can do that. I just want you both to know that I accept your decision to date one another."

"That means a lot to us." Miley stated, looking at Lilly with a bright smile.

"I have also got to say that when the public find it out it could go either way." Robbie looked at the girls with a stern expression. "It may mean the end of your career." He looked pointedly at his daughter.

"I know and I'm not bothered Dad." Robbie just looked at Miley. "I think people are open enough now to accept an artist being gay and if they don't..." Miley gave a shrug. "Well I'm worth a $120 million dollars; I think we can live off that."

Lilly couldn't believe what Miley had just said. The fact her girlfriend was willing to give up her entire career, the thing that she loved the most for her. The last part of Miley's statement also shocked Lilly. She had no idea how much Miley was worth until now. Lilly remained silent, she had no idea what to say to what could be Miley's largest sacrifice.

"Okay Miley, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it."

"Either way Dad, I'm not giving up Lilly." She kissed Lilly's temple. "I love her."