Author's Note: Okay, so, heres my new story. I'm going to stick to it, I PROMISE. But unfortunately, I'm not going be continuing my story "Float On." which is a sequel to my first story. Nobody is reading it or reviewing, and every time I post a new chapter it's just a disspointment. And my one-shot, "Can I get your number?" Is just going to stay a one-shot. You can just use your imagination on what happens next :).

SO. About this story, It's AU. So they'll be some new characters and the characters you already know will most likely have different personalties and characteristics. It's a bit different, it doesn't take place in Malbu and it'll get a bit racy at times. But I hope you like it nonetheless. Some of the characters are based on real people I know (Unfortunately) so it was easier to write about them. I, for one, think it's pretty interesting and I hope you think so too!

Enjoy:)

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"Miley!" Lilly Truscott called out to her bestfriend since birth, running to catch up with her walking figure. Miley stopped and turned around, cracking a toothy grin and waving. Lilly, breathless, finally caught up to her. She smiled, "How's the birthday girl today?" She chuckled, nudging Miley playfully.

Miley grinned, "It feels like any other day." She shrugged, shoving her hands in her jacket pocket and starting to walk.

Lilly rolled her eyes, "But, Miley, it isn't just any other day. It's your sweet sixteen!"

Miley sighed, her curly brown hair whipping around her face due to the wind. She looked up at Lilly, ignoring her last statement. "I thought I was meeting you at Dereks."

Derek Canavan was Lilly and Miley's other bestfriend. He was a fairly tall boy, with light brown hair that swept across his face. He had bright blue eyes, and his skin was always flawless. He was also on the varsity hockey team. If it wasn't for his witty banter, quirky remarks, and participation in the math team, he would attract many of the opposite sex. Truth be told, Derek was a very self-concious being. He didn't know how to act normally around other girls besides Lilly and Miley, especially if they were attractive. His social skills were most deffinitely lacking. But behind all his awkwardness, theres a charming boy who could always make you laugh no matter what. And Lilly and Miley loved him for it.

Lilly nodded, "I was walking there now. Then I spotted you, so why walk alone?" She shrugged, continuing to walk as the brisk November air hit her face. Living in the small town of Carlston, right in the smack dab of Massachusetts had its downsides.

Miley just nodded and smiled, giving Lilly very little to say. In all honesty, Miley was looking forward to having this walk to herself. For her to think. She was never a fan of this town, or should she say, the people in this town. Otherwise known as the Beautifuls, as Miley, Lilly, and Derek call them as an inside joke. They're awful. Cruel, selfish, wreckless, always either drunk or high. And the rumors that go around about them are just unbelievable.

"Oh no," Miley heard Lilly mumble, looking out into the distance at the retreating figures coming towards them. Miley didn't have to think twice about who was there.

"Hey look, it's the gruesome twosome!" A high-pitched, girly voice called out. She was laughing, her perfect dirty-blonde hairing swaying in the wind. Miley knew exactly who it was; Kristine Mullen. She was fairly popular in Carlston, very pretty, and one of the "Beautifuls." Miley couldn't stand her. She's been especially cruel to them ever since Derek rejected her last year when they were Freshmen.

Lilly rolled her eyes, grabbing Miley's arm and pulling her along. "Let's go, Miley. You don't need this."

"Where ya going, birthday girl?" This time it was a male voice calling out to them, and the fact that whoever it was even knew today was her birthday shocked her. She stopped and turned around, only to find the one and only Jake Ryan coming towards her. "Don't you want your present?"

Miley just looked at him questionably, not giving in to anything he was saying. This boy was not to be trusted.

"Close your eyes." He instructed her, and she could hear a few snickers coming from his friends behind him.

Lilly, who was growing frustrated and angry, decided to take action. "What are you all laughing about!?" She snapped at the group of people behind Jake. They all laughed even harder. Lilly crossed her arms and groaned, "Whatever you have planned, Jake, forget it. We're leaving, come on, Miley." She said, once again grabbing Miley's arm and pulling her along.

"God, I hate them." Lilly breathed out, hatred dripping from her voice. "I mean, he even knew it was your birthday and still tried to torment you!"

Miley just sighed, "I told you, Lilly, it's just like any other day."

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They arrived at Derek's house. It was huge. And thats an understatement. His dad is some scary lawyer who scares the shit out of Lilly and Miley. But, his mom was nice. She owned a real estate company, so thats where all her money comes from. Lilly opened the front door without knocking, thats how it always is. She walked through the long hallway and into the living room with Miley, only to find Derek's 18-year-old brother, Brenden, playing PS3. They immediately blushed a bright shade of red, like they always did, when they saw the extremely attractive older brother of their bestfriend.

Without even looking up from the screen, Brenden spoke. "Derek's in his room." He said, causing the two girls to blush even harder.

"Uh.. thanks." Lilly said softly, running with Miley up the stairs. They shared a little giggle about the whole situation downstairs before entering Derek's clutered bedroom. It was blue, and there were cutouts from sports magazines hanging from every inch of the wall. Some had been replaced with pictures of the three bestfriends, curtesy of Lilly.

When Derek spotted the two, a smile grew on his face. He walked over to Miley, embracing her in a tight hug. "Happy Birthday." He said, releasing her.

She smiled, "Thanks, Derek. Now wheres my present?" She laughed, walking over to his couch and taking a seat as Derek now gave Lilly a hug.

Lilly walked over and joined Miley, as Derek digged through his closet. Finally, he pulled out a pink giftbag with "Happy Birthday" written on it. He grinned, walking over to the couch where Miley was sitting. "Here's your present, happy now?" He joked, handing her the bag.

She smiled, "Aw, Derek!" She said, pulling out the paper and grabbing her gift. Once she layed eyes on it, she screamed. "Ohmygod! I can't believe you got this for me!" She jumped off of the couch, embracing Derek in yet another hug.

"Lilly helped pay for it." He said, and Miley embraced Lilly in a hug also.

"I absolutely love it!" She smiled, holding up the three-hundred dollar Chanel purse she's been wanting ever since her 15th birthday.

Lilly grinned, "It's not everyday you turn sixteen. We wanted to get you something special."

"My suggestion was a wal-mart giftcard, but Lilly had other ideas." Derek joked, causing Miley to giggle and playfully smack him on the arm.

She sighed, still grinning, "Seriously, guys. This is amazing, thank you so much!"

Lilly chuckled, "See, I told you it wasn't just any other day." Lilly said, mocking Miley as she said the last part.

Miley took one last glance at her purse, then at her two bestfriends. A wide smile grew across her face, "You know what, you're right, Lilly."

"Well thats a first." Derek cut in, causing to get smacked off the head by Lilly.

Miley ignored that and continued, "Because tonight where going to do something we've never done before. And it's going to be different, but in a good way."

Derek raised his eyebrows, and exchanged a confused glance with Lilly.

"And that is?" Lilly asked, still looking utterly confused.

Miley grinned, "Tonight we're gonna party."

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"Party?" Lilly repeated, eyebrows raised.

Miley, still grinning, bit her lip and stood up from the couch. "Yeah! I mean, sixteen is a big age. So why not do something big?" She explained, as Lilly and Derek exchanged skeptical glances. Miley tapped her chin lightly, "Hmm." She started, "Where do you think we could get a run?"

"Oh no. No, no, no, no, no!" Derek shouted, arms raised in the air. "I'm not letting you get smashed on your birthday. That's a big no."

Miley groaned, "But Derek!" She protested, "Come on! None of us have ever been drunk before, it will be like a new experience."

Derek smiled sarcasticly, "Yeah, just the three of us, in my bedroom, drinking cheap scotch and Vodka. Sounds fun."

Lilly nodded her head, "Derek's got a point." She said, before adding "In his own, weird, twisted way."

Miley rolled her eyes, "We wouldn't just sit in your room, idiot. We'd go to the field."

"The Field?" Lilly and Derek both asked in unison, eyes wide and a shocked expression convering both of their faces. "You know who hangs out at the field, right?" Derek asked.

"Yeah, and?" Miley asked unphased.

"And" Lilly started, "They hate us, torment us, and will probably kick our asses. Well, the girls anyways."

Miley sighed, "They're not gonna do anything. They'll all be drunk anyways."

"Why do you wanna do this so badly, anways?" Lilly asked, more calm this time and staring intently at Miley.

"Because," Miley started, "It's my sixteenth birthday and I want to do something new, something exciting. Something I'll never forget. And I want my two bestfriends there with me." Miley took a deep breath, glancing back and fourth at her two friends.

They stood there, hesitant for a moment. Contemplating in their mind wether or not they should go with Miley's plan, they glanced over at eachother telepathically sending one another their final answer.

Derek sighed, "Fine."

Miley squealed loudly, only to be cut off.

"But – you can't get too drunk. Oh, and theres a little problem."

Miley raised her eyebrows, silently asking him what it was.

"How are we supposed to get the alcohol?" He asked, staring at her for the answer.

She bit her lip, "Well, doesn't Brenden have a fake I.D.?"

"Yeah, that says his name is Brad Pitt and that he's a 23-year-old doctor from Milwaukee."

Lilly laughed, "Seriously?" Derek nodded.

"Guys!" Miley snapped, looking towards Lilly. "Your cousin!" She exclaimed, "Patricia! She'll get it for us, I know she will."

Lilly groaned, Patricia was sure to get them a run. She's that type of person. "That's the problem." Lilly grumpled to herself, handing Miley over her cellphone with the number programmed inside.

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"Lilly, your cousin is awesome." Miley said cheerfully, lugging the paper bag of alcohol down into the far-end of the field, where it was harder for the cops to catch you.

Lilly rolled her eyes, "Yeah, she's wonderful."

As they grew nearer, the faint sound of the song "Low" could be heard playing. The continued walking, putting it aside until they reached their destination.

"Shit." Lilly mumbled, seeing the big group of teenagers dancing along to the beat, drinking cans and bottles of whatever alcohol was in it, and acting like complete morons.

Derek groaned, turning away about to leave. "I'm out of here."

"No!" Miley protested, grabbing Derek's arm. "Will you just wait?"

"We don't wanna be here, Miley!" Lilly shot back, in defense for Derek, which he fully appreciated. Something weird was going on with Miley, she wasn't acting herself. It freaked out the both of them.

"Hey, losers!" Someone called out from the group, slurring the words and laughing while talking.

Lilly groaned, closing her eyes, hoping it would make whoever it was go away.

It was Colleen Crifto, a girl with strawberry blonde hair and who was way too small for her age. She was short and petite and still had her braces on. She was also Kristine Mullen's bestfriend, and 'friends with benefits' with Jake Ryan's bestfriend, Oliver Oken.

Oliver Oken was cute, Lilly and Miley admitted it numerous times, much to the dismay of Derek. But he was a jerk – just like the rest of the them.

Colleen stumbled towards them, lunging herself onto Derek. "Hey math geek," She laughed, "Who invited you?"

"Um," He started, shifiting his shoulder out of her grip. "I was, uh, just leaving." He looked over to Miley with pleading eyes, "Now."

"No way." She said stubbornly, placing her hands on her hips. "I'm staying. You can go if you really want to." She said, turning on her heel and walking into the crowd of people.

Lilly, Derek, and Colleen all gaped at Miley. And Lilly couldn't help but think about how weird it was that Miley went from pretty much depression this morning, to this headstrong, it's-my-birthday, screw the "Beatifuls" attitude.

"What is that freak doing!?" Colleen stammered, following after Miley.

Lilly and Derek glanced at eachother, sharing guilty looks.

"We can't just leave her here." Lilly stated, sighing and crossing her arms.

Derek shrugged, "I don't know, she seems to quite enjoy thug life."

Lilly rolled her eyes, "Come on, Derek! Miley's acting really weird, who knows what she'll do. We have to stay."

Derek swung his head to the side, groaning. "Lil-lyyyy." He whined, "I hate when you're right." He said, straighten his head and glaring at her.

"MOVE!" Lilly shouted, pushing Derek ahead of her and walking into the group.

Ignoring all the rude comments, Lilly and Derek walked through the group of teens. There was about twenty-two of them in all, not too many. But they really knew how to fill up a place. They live for moments like this, when so-called "losers" show up and they get the opportunity to torment them, it's their favorite thing it seemed.

Derek stopped and pointed to an empty area. "Found Miley." He said, unphased.

Lilly looked over and sure enough, there was Miley with a bottle of Absolute Vodka in her hands. She was taking small sips, scrunching her face up in disgust after each one.

"Miley!" Lilly shouted, stomping over to her bestfriend. She ripped the bottle out of her hands, ignoring the shocked look on Miley's face. "What has gotten into you!?"

Miley rolled her eyes, "I'm just trying to have a good time," She grabbed the bottle out of Lilly's hand, "Maybe you should try it."

Lilly's mouth dropped as Miley walked off.

"Ooh, salted." Derek said, pretending to shake salt with his hand over Lilly's head.

Lilly slapped his hand away, "Will you not!?" Lilly then softened, looking sadly at Derek. She shrugged, "Let's just go, looks like Miley can handle herself."

Derek gave a sorrowful glance to his friend and grinned, "Aright," He said, throwing his arm around her shoulder, "Harry Potter marathon?"

A smile grew on Lilly's face, "Of course, what else?"

Right as they were walking off, something, or someone, grabbed Lilly's right arm. She whipped around, slapping the hand away as a natural reaction.

"Whoa," The blonde-haired boy said, putting his hands up in defense. "Calm down." He said, cracking a smile.

Lilly's face dropped as she realized who was talking to her. It was Jake Ryan, and his breath reaked of alcohol. She rolled her arms, turning her back to him and trying to walk away.

"Hey, where you goin'?" He slurred, turning her around to face him.

"Let go of me!" Lilly protested, trying to tug her arm out of his grasp.

Jake just grinned, "Just.. hang out with me for a while."

At this point, Derek jumped in. "Hey, just let her go, okay?"

Jake glared a Derek, "Oh? What are you? Her boyfriend?"

Derek glanced nervously to Lilly for a second, then went to Jake where he glared right back at him. "Yeah, actually, I am her boyfriend. And I advise that you let go of my girlfriend," He stepped forward to Jake threatenly, "Right now."

Jake obliged, letting go of Lilly's arm. "Alright, man. Sorry. But if that was my girlfriend I would of stepped in a lot sooner," He looked back at Lilly, "You really want him?"

Lilly, still a flustered, just nodded. "Yeah." She mumbled, "I do."

He shrugged, "Whatever, your loss. I'm sure theres another slut I could get around here."

Lilly's eyes widened, "What'd you just call me?"

Jake grinned, "You heard me."

"Hear this." Derek jumped in, punching Jake directly in the face. Jake stumbled backwards, falling onto the ground. Everyone seemed to stop at that moment, looking over at the scene that just erupting. Lilly was panicing, her eyes wide and her heart beating at an extremely fast rate. She could see Miley staring at them, a red cup filled with alcohol in her hand, while flirting with a dark-haired boy she didn't recongize. Jake touched his lip, which he now knows is bleeding, and slowly stood up.

He looked at Derek, a confused expression on his face. "What the fuck, dude?" He asked before lunging at Derek.

Lilly gasped, running towards Jake and pushing him back onto the ground. Her eyes were even wider than they were before, and she was shocked at what she had just done. She shot a paniked look to Derek and shouted, "Run!"

The two took off together, running to wherever their feet were taking them. To anywhere but here.

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Author's Note: Wow, A very um.. eventful first chapter. Haha. I didn't mean for that to happen, but, I just couldn't stop writing! Next chapter will be up as soon as possible, and the after-math of that night will be revealed and so will Miley's weird behavior. Oh and I had to add that little bit about in Oliver in there just to let you know that he WILL be in this story. You'll hear more from him in the next chapter as well. But in the meantime, you guys should review :)

xoxo,

Cassidy.