Publicity

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Miley's POV

"Mom," I said as I hoped around her "Mom listen,"

"Miley I'm on the phone," She hissed at me and pushed me out of her way "What was that Larry?" she said into her phone.

"Mom," I continued to wail in frustration "Mom...Mom."

Mom gave me a really dirty look and shook her head at me "Miley, I'm busy!" She hissed again.

"Yeah I know, but listen!" I huffed "Mom! This is important!"

"Look, I don't care what he says; you tell him that I don't want anything to do with this relationship anymore!" She said to the phone "Miley, sit down."

"But mom, it was my fault! I got him high in the club," I said jumping around to get her attention "Will you please put the phone down and listen to me?"

"Sit down; I didn't raise you like this! I'm on the goddam phone!"

"No, you need to listen first before you say anything to Larry!" I said stubbornly and looked at her challengingly.

She sighed "Larry let me call you back later. Miley's bugging me."

She tore her phone away from her face and before she could open her mouth I had already spoke up "I got Nick high, okay? It was my fault. As a matter of fact he has been really responsible for weeks." I said.

"Yes, and he's even got you to smoke two blunts a day for a full week." She rolled her eyes "Larry told me, but that still doesn't change anything. Sure maybe he's a really responsible kid but then he made one little mistake-actually, he made a huge mistake. This huge mistake Miley it's so damaging that it doesn't matter if just yesterday he pulled a baby out of a burning house and saved the world, that still won't erase what he's done."

"That's really unfair Mom," I rolled my eyes "That also contradicts with what you've been teaching your kids."

"Miley, I trusted him. He promised me that he won't let anything bad happen to you. He really convinced me. How am I supposed to take his word ever again when he had lied to my face?"

"He didn't lie to your face mom! He made a mistake-"

"A very serious mistake," She interrupted.

"-And it wasn't even his fault! Haven't you been listening? I wanted to go to a club-"

"Well he shouldn't let you go to a club at all!" She cried out "I don't understand why you're defending him Miley, he should've been responsible, and you said you it was your fault and you got him high, well doesn't that sound delightful? Why would he even smoke one? He knows he needs to keep you safe and be responsible and suddenly he's taking you to clubs and smoking joints?!"

"So he made a mistake-"

"Your drunken and stoned faces are all over the news! This is not a regular mistake!" She cried out "And he was also really rude to the paparazzi! Are you going to take the blame for that too?"

"Nope, but I really don't see a problem with it." I said casually as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"You know what I think? I think you set off this reckless side of him." She said.

"Are you saying I'm a bad influence?" I said then scoffed "Then punish me!"

"No Miley, I said you set him off, meaning he has a wild side none of us know about! And as long as we put you together you're just going to create more and more mess! I should've seen this sooner; you were always screwing up and ending up on gossip sites."