Chapter One

I sat quietly on the beach as I watched Jake Ryan walk away for the last time as his limo drove up to take him to the airport. He was going to be in Romania for four months, and I wouldn't get to see him for all that time.

I wanted so much to go with him, but Hannah Montana turned down the part of Sasha in the movie because it would interfere with school.

I was barely able to see the airport from where I sat still. It looked like an ant to tell you the truth. I could slightly see the private plane that Jake would be boarding soon.

As Jake sat down in his stretch limousine and closed the door I wish that I had said goodbye to him, but I didn't. I was mad at him for not telling me about Romania until one hour ago, so I did not want to talk to him.

I wish that I could hear his voice one last time. I wish I had not been stubborn when finding out about him going to Romania. I wish I had said goodbye to him.

I stood up from the place I was sitting, and walked over to Rico's, where Lilly and oliver were sitting. I didn't realize it at first, but then I began to notice the tears falling down my cheek gradually coming down faster and faster.

"Miley what's wrong?" Lilly and Oliver asked in unison.

I sat in a hard wood stool, tears dripping onto the counter, and began to to dry my face with my shirt.

"Jake is going to Romania, I never said goodbye to him," I finally said through sobs. "And for all I know, he could die in a plane crash on the way there."

I got a mental picture of that happening in my head, and began to cry even harder. I didn't want to lose the only person that I had ever really, really liked, and may have even loved.

I can't say for sure that I loved him because I'm only 14, but I had strong feelings for him that I had never felt before. It was a feeling that me all weird around him. Not weird like freaky, but weird as in different. This different was good. It was a fantastic feeling, but it was just different.

"It's okay, Miley," Oliver said comfortingly. "That won't happen to him, I promise." He smiled his kindly, and the twinkle in his eye was telling me that he meant it.

Oliver had been acting nicer than usual to me lately for some reason. I did not know that it was because he secretly had feelings for me, because if I did know, I would feel pretty uncomfortable around him. Since I didn't know, I just acted like my regular old self around him.

I looked up at Oliver, and gave him a big hug. "I know your right. I am just too childish to admit it." I wiped one final tear from my eye, and let go of him.

"Let's go over to my house and play truth or dare," Lilly suggested to get my mind off of Jake. She knew that this was my all-time favorite game, and her own, too.

"Great idea!" I yelled shouted to her as I raced Oliver to her house.

The only reason Oliver ever agreed to play truth or dare with us is because we would threaten to stop being his friend. He didn't take the chance because we were the only friends he has had since the 3rd grade when it was discovered that he ate glue for fun.

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We all sat in a circle in Lilly's bedroom to begin the game.

"I think that since it was my idea to play, I should start," Lilly suggested with an evil grin on her face.

"That cannot be good," I stated, and giggled. Lilly was always known for giving extreme dares, like running around the house completely nude. I actually had to do that. Luckily, she paid my fifteen dollars for it.

"Miley, truth or dare?" My best friend asked, still grinning.

"I pick dare," I said bravely. "I can't believe I am going to do this."

"I dare you to watch the news for a full ten minutes," she said meanly to me. Where we lived, the news was so boring. It was even more boring than than the super bowl, and believe me, the super bowl is pretty darn bad.

The news anchor talked just like a robot, and talked about the stupidest things that are happening in the world. I personally don't even know why the news was ever invented.

"That is the second worst dare that you have ever given me." I looked in Lilly's direction, and glared. "But I will do it."

I walked across the small bedroom, and grabbed the remote control. I turned on the TV, and began to search through the channels until I got to the news channel.

Since I had to watch what was on, I decided I might as well listen.

"Breaking news! A plane crash has just been reported," I heard a voice that sounded like a robot say. My eyes got huge. "There were only four people on the plane: the pilot, co-pilot, the stewardess, and one passenger who's name has not yet been revealed."

A picture of the plane was on the screen, and my jaw dropped. "Please not Jake, please," I prayed.

I continued praying, until the reporter said something else.

"We have just been informed that the single passenger was the only person on the plane that was seriously injured. His name was..."

I began to pray some more, hoping that the name he was about to say was not Jake Ryan, the actor.

"Jake Ryan, the actor well known from the hit TV series 'Zombie Slayer'," The man on the screen finished.

The moment I heard this, I felt my heart being ripped right out of my chest. I began to softly cry, and then it gradually got worse and worse.

"Oliver, you promised that it wouldn't happen. You lied," I started accusing Oliver.

I ran out of the room with my hands buried in my face, and ran down the street to my house. I ran through the door, up the stairs, and jumped onto my bed to start soaking my bedsheets with tears.

I loved Jake, and now, he could very well be dead.

How was that chapter? I just kinda thought up the idea, and decided to write it. Do you think you could review on your way out if possible? Thank you! I am always happy to get suggestions, compliments, and maybe even criticisms. Hope you are enjoying reading this as much as I am writing this:)