Keep Holding On

I Don't Wanna Fight

January 13th, 2028

Malibu, USA

Miley's POV

"Happy birthday." I say to Liam, sitting next to him on the couch. 

The kids are at school, so Liam and I have time alone. I don't know when to tell Liam, I can't tell him today. I don't even know how to tell him. He called the director back and accepted the role, so he'll be leaving in a few days. The kids are upset that he's going so far away, but they know it's happening. I'm upset he's leaving too. Not only because I'll miss him, but I think it'd be better to work things out while he's here, not all the way in Australia. I can't take the pain anymore, I feel so guilty...but he needs to know.

"Thank you babe." He kisses me passionately on the lips, and sighs when he pulls away.

"What's wrong?"

"You've been acting so weird for so long, I wanna know what's up."

"I don't know if we should talk now." I say.

"You're right, my birthday isn't for talking."

Liam kisses me again, and starts to take off his shirt. I stop him and pull away.

"Miley c'mon, you're not like this."

"It's your birthday and you deserve a good day, but I can't take it anymore."

"What?" Liam asks.

"I can't do this."

"Can't do what? C'mon Miley I'm confused."

"You deserve to know the truth. I've kept it from you for too long..."

"What are you talking about babe?"

"Don't call me babe." I say. "I don't deserve it."

"Why wouldn't you deserve it?"

"Something happened that I'm not proud of, and I've kept it from you for too long. And what I did, I hate myself for it."

"What did you do? Miley you can tell me anything." I take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Remember that afternoon when I said I was going to the studio?"

"Yeah, it was like a month ago. Why?" He replies.

"I didn't go to the studio. I went to an old friend's. Well we weren't really friends anymore, but we started talking again. We wanted to be friends again...so I went over to his house-"

"His?"

"Let me finish before you start yelling. He had some friends over, so I figured it'd just be us hanging out. They had alcohol and weed, so I'm sure you know what I did. Well...he and I had a little too much. We were up in his room and things got a little...we got closer than we should've. Liam, we had sex." I explain, trying not to cry.

"You what?" 

"I know, the minute I woke up and started to sober up I realized what I did. That's why I didn't come home til morning. I had to sober up and figure out what had happened. I realized I made a huge mistake. I hate myself for it, and every single day I look in the mirror and hate myself."

"I thought you and I told each other everything, no matter how hurtful it may be. Evidently I was wrong. I'm pissed yeah, but I wouldn't have been as pissed if you told me sooner...who was this guy anyway?"

"TJ..." I noticed a change in Liam's mood because of how tense he got.

"TJ? Tyler? That douche that you stopped talking to because of what he did the last time we saw him?"