Chapter Ten

Doctor Simon came rushing in after Mr. Stewart. "What's wrong?" He asked looking from Robbie to Lilly then back to the brunette's father. "Lilly's having a hard time with the breathing tube." Miley was the one to answer him as she kept stroking her girlfriend's cheeks.

The doctor let out a quiet sigh as he walked to over to the girls. He took a look at the blonde girl who was clearly in pain and realized that no matter what they did to try to wait off the operation it just wouldn't work. So he decided that it'd be best they do the operation tomorrow morning.

"We're going to have to do this operation tomorrow, it seems the breathing tube isn't doing much to help her and if we put off this surgery any longer she may die." He said, looking at both Miley and her father.

Both the brunette and Mr. Stewart shared glances and nodded slowly.

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The blonde woke up to see her girlfriend sitting next to her, caressing her cheeks. She gave her a small smile before speaking up. "Hey Miles." Lilly half-whispered to her so she wouldn't hurt her mouth. The other girl smiled back at her while pressing a kiss onto her cheek. "Hey Lilly bear."

Miley caressed the girl's hair, thinking of how much she loved her dear angel. She hated to see her precious girlfriend in all this horrible pain. She wanted so badly to take it away from her, to just magically cure all her pain. "How's your mouth feel, sweetie?" Miley finally asked after pressing a gentle kiss upon her forehead. Lilly just shrugged; she really just tried to forget about her mouth thinking it would just not hurt anymore. Clearly she was wrong.

Lilly rested her head onto her girlfriend's chest, tired from all the pain. She was so tired of being tired all the time, she was never able to stay up for longer than 30 minutes without wanting to go back to sleep. And that really bothered the hell out of her. She had hoped that after she'd get this operation that hopefully this uncontrollable tiredness would finally go away.

"Are you tired, Lil?" The blonde nodded, letting out a frustrated sigh. Miley looked at her sympathetically as she pulled her close to her chest. "Aww, get some sleep then baby. I'll be right here with you." She said in a soft voice, trying to keep the girl content.

Not long after that Doctor Simon came telling the girls it was time for Lilly's operation. The blonde's face grew pale; she hadn't thought it had been a week already. She wasn't ready to get this operation and there was no way for to get out of it. Well, unless she ran for it.

She got off her bed, wiggled her way out of her girlfriend's arms and ran out the door leaving both Miley and the doctor staring off at the door in shock. The brunette than ran after Lilly, after the moment of shock had passed.

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Lilly ran until she came across this room with nothing but paintings scattered around the walls. She quickly walked into the room and stared fiercely at each one of the paintings, taking in their wonderful designs.

She had always wanted to be an artist when she grew up, especially since her own mother had been one. It was something her family, well her mother's side of the family that had been full of artistic skills. And it just so happened that Lilly was one of those artistic people as well.

After staring at the different paintings she sat herself down on one of the chairs. Tears began to flow out from her eyes as she grieved for her mother. She had rather it been her own self than her mother, Lilly hated herself for being so rude to her before the accident. She regretted deeply the awful things she had told to her mom and prayed to the Lord that he would take care of Mrs. Truscott.

Then out of the corner of the blonde's eyes she saw a woman with dirty-blonde hair about shoulder length walking over to her. Once the view of the lady was clearer she had realized that it was her mother. Lilly looked at her speechlessly. "M-mom?" She finally choked out.

Heather sat down next to her daughter, smiling warmly at her, and wrapped her arms tight around her. "Oh my, how pale you look." She spoke while softly touching her cheek. "God, I had no idea I did this to you, my sweet angel." She held her daughter close, running her hand through her hair, thinking of how horrible she was to her baby girl.

Lilly rested her head on her mother's shoulder. "Mom, you are not the reason I'm like this. It was dad…" She let a few loose tears streak down her cheek at the memory of what her father had done to her. It was the most horrifying thing she had ever experienced in her whole life.

She watched as her mother's facial features turned into anger and hatred, towards her father of course. "That son of a fucking bitch." The older blonde hissed, pulling her daughter close. Heather always knew he would do something to hurt her precious daughter and she regretted ever marrying him. Although she did not regret having her daughter, that was the most precious thing she had her life and she loved her baby girl with her whole heart.

Her mother just sat there a few silent momentums holding her daughter and remembering all the good times they had together. She missed them and wished that she could be there for her daughter but knew that God had wanted her up in heaven. And she could not deny that not even for her daughter.

The older blonde placed a soft kiss onto her daughter's cheek. "I love you so much, my precious baby girl. But God wants me up in heaven, so I can't stay much longer with you. I do advise you go back into that room and let the doctor operate on you, I know you will survive. You're a strong little thing and I will always be happy to call you my daughter. Now I must go. Take care of yourself, Lilly. And have a good life with Miley. Goodbye my darling angel."

Soon her mother was gone from her life once and for all. The only thing she could do was sit there and cry. Little did she know that Miley had come running in, scooping her up in her arms. "Shh, shh." She soothed softly into her while rocking her back and forth. "Everything's okay sweetie. Shh." Miley ran her hand gently through her hair, holding her close to her chest. She was so relieved that the blonde hadn't done anything to hurt herself. She was so scared that Lilly may have ran out of the hospital and someone kidnapping her.

The brunette held the girl close as she rocked them back and forth, wondering what had upset her girlfriend so badly. Lilly snuggled into the embrace as she buried her face into Miley's chest, being soothed by the sound of her girlfriend's heart beat. Miley looked down at her, feeling so bad for her, and pressed her lips softly atop her head. "I love you, baby." She whispered among her ear.

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Miley and her father sat in Lilly's room impatiently waiting for her operation to be done. Robbie thought it'd be a good time to talk to his daughter, so he got up and sat down beside the brunette. "Hi daddy." She said, resting her head on his shoulder while sighing. Robbie wrapped his arms around his daughter's placing his head atop hers. "Hi baby doll. Lilly's gonna be okay. She's a strong girl." He said trying to reassure his daughter.

The brunette nodded; she knew her sweet girlfriend was a very strong girl and she knew she would make it through the operation and even through recovery but the thing she wasn't so sure about was her mental state. She knew Lilly was still so terrified from her father kidnapping her and still very upset about her mother's death, no matter what the blonde couldn't hide it from her.

"I know that daddy, but what about emotionally okay? She's far from that, she needs guidance, love, help, she needs us." She said softly.

Her father ran his hand through her hair and nodded his head without saying anything. He really didn't know what else to say to her, mostly because everything she said was true. And he couldn't lie to his daughter saying that the girl's perfectly fine when it's obvious she's not.

They both sat there a while waiting for the long hours to be over. Soon the brunette felt tired and drifted to sleep with her head resting upon her father's shoulder.

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Finally when Miley had awaken her girlfriend was back from the operation, lying peacefully in her bed. The brunette jumped up from where she had been sitting and rushed over to see her precious girlfriend.

She looked down at the frail girl in the bed; she looked so small and weak. "Hey there baby. How do you feel?" Miley asked gently, while stroking her cheek with front of her hand. Lilly slowly focused her eyes at the girl who was standing before her and gave her a weak smile. "H-hey. Tired." Was her short reply.

Miley wasn't very surprised from her answer; she knew the poor girl was still very weak to actually feel awake. The doctor had told her and her father that it'd be a while before Lilly would be back to normal which had meant she'd be staying at the hospital for a little while. He had said it'd be at the very least, two weeks before she was able to finally leave. But if there happened to be some complications prior to the surgery then it may just so happen be longer than that.

"Aww, you look tired. Get some sleep, kay sweetie?" The brunette pressed her lips gently on top of the girl's cheek giving her a gentle kiss. Lilly sighed as she snuggled deeper within the covers.

Miley looked at her sympathetically, feeling awful that her sweet girl had to go through this. "It's gonna be okay, sweetie. Just relax and close your precious little eyes." She wrapped her arms gently around the girl, running her hand gently through her long, blonde hair. She felt the smaller girl cuddle close to her chest and eventually she was lying down as well. Miley gave her a soft smile. "You're so cute Lil." She said as she pulled her closer and wrapped the blanket around the two of them.

"I'll lay here with you but you have to rest for a while, your body needs it." Miley caressed her girlfriend's cheek as the blonde was soon fast asleep upon her chest.

A few hours later Lilly had woken up from her sleep to find herself all by herself. She began to panic, hating being on her own. It had reminded her of when her father had kidnapped her and locked her in the closet for almost 3 hours, forgetting she was even there.

She tried to get out from her bed to go find Miley but found hard to even sit up. "M-Miley…" She half yelled, yet no one came. So Lilly said it a little louder. Still no one. "MILEY…" This time the brunette came jogging in, wrapping her arms tightly around her girlfriend and rocked her back and forth.

Miley held the girl tight in her arms whispering gently in her trying to calm her down. "Shh. I'm here now baby, everything's okay. Shh." She ran her hand up and down her back in soothing circles still rocking her. Soon the blonde calmed down and relaxed a little in her arms, her head buried in Miley's chest. Miley pressed her lips onto the girl's head. "Better now sweetie?" Lilly nodded.

"I love you so much my precious girl." She cooed as she gave her a soft kiss in her hair. Lilly weakly caressed Miley's neck as she snuggled closer to her. "I love you too." She whispered. "S-so much."

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It had been almost a month since Lilly had gotten out of the hospital and today was the day she and Miley were returning back to school. The good thing was Miley had made sure they had every single class together before they had gone. She didn't trust any of those people near her precious girlfriend. Especially Oliver and Amber.

Miley was dressed and ready to go sitting at the kitchen table with her father waiting for her girlfriend to come down the stairs. "You ready to go back, Miles?" Robbie spoke up for the first time that morning. The brunette sighed as she slowly nodded her head. "Yeah, I just hope no one gives poor Lilly a hard time. She's been through too much already." She said, looking down at the table. Miley was so worried about how people were gonna treat her girlfriend, she was scared to death someone was gonna hurt her or upset her. She knew the blonde wouldn't able to handle any of that crap right now.

Sure it had been almost two months since Lilly had been kidnapped and three since her mother passed away but Miley could sense that the girl was still an emotional mess, that's why she was not gonna leave her side at all during school.

"Well if anyone does bud, you just call me and I'll deal with em'." Her father said as he patted her head. Miley gave him a soft smile and nodded an okay.

Soon she could here footsteps coming from the stairs telling her that Lilly was coming. The brunette got up from her seat at the table and made her way over to where her girlfriend was standing. She smiled at her, pressing a gentle kiss onto her lips. "Aww, you look so pretty today sweetie." She cooed.

Lilly gave her a soft smile back, hiding the terrifying feeling in the back of her head. "Thank you, Miles. You look pretty yourself." She said, caressing her cheek lovingly. The other girl wrapped her arms around her waist, pulling her into a loving embrace. "You're welcome, Lil. Aww, I love you." Miley pressed their lips together, guiding them in a fierce but loving kiss.

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