Miley Cyrus, who complained this week that the press is trying to turn her into Hollywood next badass, is playing the poor, persecuted sweetheart routine in hopes of moving into her own apartment with BFF Mandy Jiroux.

“She’s itching for freedom and wants to be under her own roof well before she turns 18.”

According to the Feb. 12 edition of The National Enquirer, Miley, 16, is lobbying for her parents to allow her to move into a bachelorette pad off Hollywood’s Sunset Strip with her YouTube co-star.

So far, Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus have vetoed Miley’s plans to flee the nest.

“They feel that, if anything, she’s already got more freedom than is good for her,” says a family friend.

But Miley isn’t giving up, sources tell the tabloid. The naughty little Disney star has grown accustomed to having her own way and she’s certain that with enough pestering, she’ll soon be leaving life on her own terms–outside of her parent’s house.

“Miley knows that the next time she asks, it will come as less of a shock-and she plans to wear her folks down.”