Disclaimer: Anything that you've heard of before (character names, product names, brands) does not belong to me. It's kinda sad ain't it? Oh well, at least I can hold on to my shipping thoughts of Moliver. Or me & Mitchel Musso… but that's a lot less likely, yeah?

Oliver Oken, now 23 years old, walked through the grocery, pushing a cart full of fruits, pasta, and bread, not to mention 5-year-old Madison. Oliver and Maddie were now traveling down the cereal aisle, trying to track down some Cheerios.

"Baby, you sure you want Cheerios? I can't seem to find them anywhere," Oliver asked, wearing a puzzled look upon his face.

"Daaaaaaaaddy, they're right behind you!" giggled Maddie.

"Oh, right, babycakes," he replied as he began to maneuver the cart around. He met resistance as their cart bumped into a brunette woman's shopping basket.

"Oh God, I am so sorry," he explained, attempting to help the woman pick up her dropped groceries.

"It's fine, really. I always like to break down my chips anyways, they always come so big," the woman replied, hoping to make this new-found stranger smile.

Oliver was making sure Maddie was okay when he heard this, recognizing her voice immediately.

"Miley Stewart, never thought I'd find you here," he exclaimed with a smirk.

"Oliver Oken, I never thought I'd see you eat anything other than junk food," she responded, reciprocating his exact expression. They both laughed a bit, before hugging each other.

"So, umm…," Miley started, while gesturing to Maddie, who was waiting patiently in the cart.

"Oh yeah. I'm horrible. Miley, this is Maddie, err, Madison. She's my daughter, we live here in Santa Cruz" he replied, with only the smile that a father can give while describing his child.

"Oh wow…so umm, wow. Married with kids? Well, kid. Wow…can't say I saw that one coming Smokin' Oken."

"I guess I'm just full of surprises. And…it's actually just, with kid. I'm not married, or engaged, or seeing anyone. I guess I just never…"

"Oh, umm, yeah. I know, after well…"

"Yeah. After that. Thing. But, I knew I wanted to raise a kid, especially a daughter, so I adopted Maddie when she was about 18 months and it's been just the two of us ever since. You?"

"Well, I actually just moved here about two months ago with, umm, my husband. We've been married almost a year now. No kids."

"Sounds good, sounds good," Oliver replied, nodding his head in understanding.

"You know, about me not calling you that summer and going to UCSD with you, I'm just, I'm really sorry."

"Hey. Don't worry about it Miles. I got the hint after you sent me the picture of you and Adam in San Francisco. The one that said "Glad you're not here." Oliver laughed.

"Oh. Yeah, sorry. I forgot about that."

"It's fine, really. I've just kinda been wondering though, what happened, Miles?"

Miley looked down. "Well, night of graduation, I heard you talking to Cooper. I remember your exact words, 'This part of my life is over now, Coop. I'm out of high school now, man, I've gotta start something new. I've just got this feeling in my heart, and I know it's what I've gotta do.' Once I heard that, I knew you were gonna break up with me. So I avoided you all night, and the next day, I met up with Adam, who had been trying to go out with me even while we were together. I decided to follow him to UC Irvine instead. Of course I didn't marry him, but at the time it seemed right."

"Oh. So that's why then. I never knew –" Oliver was cut off by an alarm on his phone going off. He checked it, seeing it was 3:00.

"Dance time, Daddy?" asked Maddie, who had opened into the box of Cheerios while waiting.

"Yeah it is, sweetie." He looked over to Miley and said, "Maddie's got dance at 3:30, so we've gotta go now. But it was great seeing you, Miles, it really was. Maybe we'll see each other around."

He proceeded to walk off towards the checkout, but was stopped by a hand on his arm.

"Wait, Oliver. You never explained your half of the story."

"Let me ask you something, Miles. Are you happy? With your husband? With your life?"

"Well, yeah."

"Then that's enough, Miles."

Miley stared uncertainly at Oliver as he paid for their groceries and walked out the door towards their car. First, he loaded Maddie into her car seat. Once she was safe, he moved to the trunk, loading the groceries into the car, replaying the part of Miley's memory that she had not heard.

"This part of my life is over now, Coop. I'm out of high school now, man, I've gotta start something new. I've just got this feeling in my heart, and I know it's what I've gotta do…I know Miley and I have only been together for two years, but I know there's no one else for me. Hell man, I already knew she was before we were even officially together."

"But a ring, man? Marriage is pretty serious."

"And I am seriously in love with Miley Stewart. I mean, we're going to the same college and everything. I know we'll find a way to work it out. College is about truly committing to something, and I'm ready to commit to her for the rest of my life."

Oliver returned the cart to its space, telling Maddie he'd be right back. He returned to the car, putting his seat belt on and turning on the ignition.

"Hey Daddy?"

"Yeah, babycakes?"

"You really loved that lady didn't you."

"You're right, baby. Except I still do."

A/N: Was it good? I don't know…I haven't written in a while, and I've never done a one shot before either. Let me know, good or bad. Although I mean constructive when I say bad, cause full out flaming would be uncool.