"You have to understand - "

"Get away Miley please. If you actually ever cared about me you'd do that. You'd please leave me alone." Holly cried.

She was leaning over the washroom sink and I was in there. What was I going to do? Nothing would ever mend this.

"Holly I wasn't trying to rub it in your face. Those girls- they're fûcking idiotic." I Said but I dared not to go over and console her.

"It's not about them!" She cried.

"It's about how you fûcked my dad and that too without protection! You could even be pregnant!"

"I'm not though! We've taken care of it." I Said, tears pouring out of my eyes too.

I feel for her, my best friend but oh connection is long gone. I can't imagine how she must feel knowing I slept with her dad.

"Why. Just to hurt me?" She asked, staring into my eyes with tears continuously falling down.

"Because we're in love! People in love have sex Holly. When are you going to accept that we love each other. I know you have every right to be angry but honey please, please forgive me or your dad. We need you." I cried walking towards her.

"I can see that totally Miley, how you both chose each other over me. My own fûcking dad Miley! He chose you over me! When he knew I needed him the most! Mom is just broken hearted and she drinks every night, I'm so alone, my best friend and dad are fûcked up. I've never been this alone." Holly cried.

She stuffed her tissue papers inside her bag and pulled it over her shoulder and sniffled.

"You want forgiveness?" Holly asked and I nodded shamelessly. Anything for you forgiveness Holls.

"Well, I can't give you that but I sure can give you this." She said and before I knew it her hand came slapping down on me and I felt my ears ring.

She had hit me with an intensity but I was so numb.

You deserve it Miley. You took away her father.

"For me."

She growled.

I felt a punch on the side of my stomach.

"For dad"

I felt one final kick and I tumbled down and my head hit the door.

"For mom."

I couldn't sense anything afterwards but I only remember seeing Holly leave.

My head hurt a lot.

That was the last thing I remember before I blacked out.

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I felt a sudden weight on my eyelids but I somehow managed to open them. I took in my surrounding and realised I wasn't at the school anymore, I was in my own house.

But I had bandages on my waist and my head.

"Hey kiddo."

I saw Harvey sitting on the chair next to the bed, scrolling down his phone.

"W-What?"

"Who did this to you Miley? I'm going to literally kill that person. I got a call from the school and it was the scariest moment of my life. And they said they don't even know how long you lay in that filthy bathroom with your head cut open." He said

"Dad. I just- I was so scared. I - I remember just falling asleep." I Said and tears started flowing and I started crying.

"Oh honey." He said before he came and engulfed me in a warm hug.

"Who did this Miley?" He asked again, sounding dead serious.

I couldn't tell him. It would make things worst for Holly . And anyways, I deserved all this.

"N-No one." I muttered.

"Miley!" He yelled.

"I deserved it okay?!" I yelled back.

"What? Honey? What's going on?"

He asked confused.

"Nothing." I Said and fell back on my back and rolled to the other side.

"Miley. Answer me c'mon." He said.

"It's just that— ugh, I was sort of verbally bullying that girl with my friends and school. And that time had completely forgotten myself and said bad words to her. So she did this to me and I really do deserve it dad. I'm the one who deserves punishment." I Said.

"But you never hit her did you? And she gave you a whole beating? How's this fair?" He groaned.

"Tell me." He asked, losing his patience.

"It was .... no one."

I felt Harvey get up from the chair and rush out of my room before slamming the door behind him.

I needed comfort, comfort from the love of my life.

I picked up my cell from the table and dialed his number.

"Hello?" He answered.

"Hey."

"Shouldn't you be in school right now Miles?" He asked.

"Something happened luke."

"Please don't tell me it's what I'm thinking." He said, his voice sounding vulnerable

"Alloria was the girl who saw you. She's my friend. She told Holly everything." I Said before sniffling. Whenever I talked about this, tears started flowing.

"Oh my god Miley! This shouldn't have happened! Oh my god. We're so screwed! She's gonna tell her mother and everyone will know and we will officially be done." Luke said panicked. But it scared me.

"Hey Luke it's okay. Everyone needs to know we're together-"

"No, no, no! Fûck." I heard Luke smash something on the other line.

"LUKE calm down! Stop breaking things!" I yelled.

"Why didn't you stop your friend huh?! You didn't think this was important?!" Luke screamed at me and my heart just broke. Why does he always think it's my fault when something had happens? It's so easy for him to put the blame on someone weaker, me.

"I did try Luke! It's not like those girls listen." I groaned.

"Well you should've made them listen, you should've talked to holly and said that it was all a lie and nothing like this happened!"

"Look who's talking! You can't even fûcking man up to talk to your daughter yourself and then you judge me! Wow Hemmings, great going!" I yelled back. Honestly he can't just make me feel like shit every time.

"Stop being a fûcking bïtch. I'm just trying to talk." He said rudely.

A bitch? Yep, that's probably who I am. I destroyed your family, I destroyed holly and I even destroyed Harvey. He must be so happy before me. I just ruin everything.

"I'm sorry." I Said subconsciously.

I should be sorry, for everything I have done. It's so terrible.

"Yeah you should be Miley. It's not my fault, it's yours! You had the chance to stop those girls but I'm guessing you really just wanted Holly to know am I right?!" He screamed yet again.

My ears would burst.

"I'm sorry," I Said again lower than a whisper.

"You never help me out Miley, it's always about you and what you want! Have you ever wondered about the situation I am in? No. All you just care about is yourself. You are one self centred teenager," He said; his house toning down, but his words shattering my heart every second.

Luke it's not my fault —

"I'm just done with you Miley. It's high time that we should be done with this relationship. It really is. We both have too much to deal with. I have to look after my daughter now. What you've done is irreparable but somehow I've got to Mend it out. That can only be done when you're properly out of my life."

Let him do this. Don't fight back.

"Lu-" my voice crackled.

I couldn't feel. My whole body was numb and my ears were ringing. I couldn't even feel my tears pouring out.

"It's hard for me too Miley but good bye." He said plainly before he cut the phone.

All I remember is hearing that 'beep' tone for hours and hours.

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