This Love

Secrets

Malibu, USA
February 1st, 2021
Miley's POV

Liam and I have been together since Christmas of last year. Jessica is three, and Leonardo and Cecilia are almost three months old now. Liam and I agreed to keep our relationship a secret for now. So far no one knows except Liam, Jessica, and me. We haven't told anyone. Not even my family or his. Which is hard, because I tell Noah almost everything. We aren't sure when we're going to tell them. So far all Liam and I know is that we aren't telling the whole world for a while. We wanna keep it low and see if everything is gonna work out. I mean, I'm sure it will most likely. I love him and he loves me. Plus, we had our time away from each other to figure things out and to get our heads out of our ass. I've put out a new album, it came out January 1st. Liam has been filming that TV show, but I haven't been making music lately. I've made sure to spend time with my kids. Since Liam can't be with them all the time, I figured I should. I still hang out with TJ, and Liam hangs out with us too. I'm glad TJ isn't freezing me out, and he's still a friend of mine. He's cool, and I was hoping since we broke up he'd still be my friend. Liam and I weren't living together yet either. I still have the kids, but he sees them whenever he can. I'm really hoping everything will go fine when we tell our families.

"Liam, I feel bad." I tell Liam. We were in his house, I was visiting him with the kids.

"Why? What's wrong?" He asks.

"I just feel bad because we still haven't told our families about us."

"Yeah but that's because we don't want the world to know yet."

"But this is our families." I say.

"Yeah but we don't need it getting out. What if someone accidentally tells someone?"

"No one would if we told them not to."

"What about Noah? What if she tells Ethan? He might say something." Liam replies.

"She wouldn't. She can keep secrets. Besides, if she did tell Ethan I'm sure he wouldn't say anything. He knows we like him, and he won't do anything because he won't want Noah to get mad at him."

"You don't know that."

"Yes I do. I trust my family, and you need to trust them too if this is gonna work out. I trust yours to not say anything." I say, then he sighs.

"You make a good point, I'll trust them."

"Awesome." Then I pull him closer to me and I kiss him passionately on the lips. "Thank you."

"Mhm." Then he smiles. "When did you wanna tell them?" He asks.

"I don't know. I was hoping soon. That way we don't have to be so secretive around our families."

"Well, let's go tell them." Then he picks up Cecilia. "C'mon. Grab Leonardo."

"No, Liam wait." I say.

"What?" He asks.

"If someone sees us out together, like going to our parents' or something, they'd probably assume we were together. I think it'd be better if we did it alone. That way no one will think we're together."

"Okay. You want the kids or me?"

"Um, you can take the twins. I'll just take Jessy." I say, then he nods.

"Sounds good. Should we just meet up at your house then?"

"So you can give me the twins? Yeah sure."

"Okay. Well I'll see you soon. Oh, what time do you wanna meet back at your house?" Liam replies.

"Probably in about an hour. That'll give us time to get to where we're going, and time to visit."

"Alright."

"I'll help you with the twins." I say. Then I pick up Leonardo and Liam grabs the diaper bag with Cecilia in his arms. "C'mon Jessy." Then Jessica follows us out the door.

I helped put the twins into their carseats in Liam's car, then put the diaper bag up in the passenger seat. Liam got in the driver's seat and drove away. I put Jessica in her carseat and buckled her up. I got in the driver's seat and buckled myself up, and drove out of Liam's driveway to go to my parents' house. I decided to call Noah and tell her to come to mom and dad's house.

"Hey Miley." Noah answers.

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"Will you use meet me at mom and dad's house?" I ask her. "I'm on my way right now."

"Sure. Where are you?"

"Leaving Liam's house. I left him with the twins, but I have Jessy."

"Okay, I'll meet you at mom and dad's. Bye." She says.

"Bye Noah."

When I got to my parents' house, I got Jessica out of her carseat and walked up to the door with her. I noticed Noah's car was already here, so I knocked on the door. When my mom opened the door, she smiled.

"Hi Miley." She says with a smile.

"Hi mom." I say before we hug.

"Come in." Then I walked in with Jessica. Noah, my dad, and Ethan were in the living room.

"Hi Miley." My dad says.

"Hi Miley!" Noah says.

"Hey Miley." Ethan says. Then I take turns hugging everyone.

"So what brings you here? Or are you just visiting?" My mom asks.

"And why'd you want me here?" Noah asks me.

"Well, I have some news. And I'm not sure how you'll take it..." I say nervously. I was nervous. I wasn't sure if they'd be happy or angry that Liam and I were back together. They aren't furious with Liam, but they aren't happy he broke my heart.

"Oh my god...are you pregnant?" Noah asks.

"Noah! God no! The twins aren't even three months old yet." I deny. "It's about Liam and me..."

"What is it? Something wrong?" My dad asks.

"Well...it's uh. I'm just gonna get it over with. Mom, dad, Noah, Ethan...Liam and I are uh- oh my god I don't know how to say it." I was so nervous, I didn't want my family to be mad, I wanted them to be happy for Liam and me.

"Mommy and daddy are married again!" Jessica shouts. Then everyone's eyes grow wide.

"Are- is she serious?" Noah asks, shocked. "Because if you got married without us knowing..."

"No, Noah." I say. "Jessy, you have it wrong. Daddy and I are only together again. We aren't married."

"So you're together?" Ethan asks, then I nod.

"Yeah. We have been since Christmas. We waited for a while to see if it was gonna work out. So far it has. We aren't telling the world for a while though. We've been really careful. Please don't be mad at us." I reply.

"We aren't mad at you two." My dad says.

"You're not?"

"No, how could we be mad? Liam is the father, you love him, he loves you."

"Thanks mom. Thanks everyone." Then I hug them all again. "I guess Jessy thinks we're married because she saw us kiss."

"Well, if you can tell yours and Liam's secret, I can tell mine and Ethan's." Noah says.

"What's your secret?" I ask Noah.

"Well...Ethan and I are getting married."