Heyy everybody! This is my very first Hannah Montana fanfic. I'm real excited about this, so please be gentle in your reviews (but don't forget to review!).

Strange New Faces

Summary: Lily becomes jealous of Hannah's new friendship with teen superstar Meghan Hollaway. Meanwhile, Miley tries to figure out the strange feeling of familiarity with the new girl in school. (might turn out to be Jiley & Lackson, not sure. Probably in the sequel)

Chapter One

"Hannah Montana! You're on in five minutes!" yelled the stagehand.

"Oh my god!" Lily Truscott exclaimed. "This is so cool! Did you see who just went to buy a pretzel? Justin Timberlake! Justin Timberlake is a pretzel-eater! Just like me! We could be soulmates!"

"Calm down, Lola," Hannah said. Miley Stewart wasn't surprised. Lily always got like this around celebrities. But that was part of Lily's charm. She was her best friend, after all.

"Where did Oliver go?" Hannah asked.

"He followed Hilary Duff to the snack bar a while ago," Lily said. "He said he was going to get 'her digits', as he put it."

"That boy does not know when to quit, does he?" Miley said. She and Lily laughed.

"Hey HM!" somebody yelled from behind them. They turned around to see a tall, dark-haired girl with purple highlights walking towards them.

"Hey MH!" Hannah replied, giving the girl a hug.

"HM?MH?" Lola said, confused.

"Oh, it's just a little thing that we do," the girl said, who Lily recognized as teen pop star Meghan Hollaway. "It's just the first letter of my first name and my last name are the same as Hannah's..."

"But reversed!" Hannah said, as the two girls laughed. Lily crossed her arms over her chest, looking annoyed. "Oh, Meghan, this is my best friend Lola Luftnagle. Lola, this is Meghan Hollaway."

"Nice to finally meet you," Meghan said, extending her hand. Lola did not move.

"Right!" Miley said, breaking the tension. "I'm so excited about our duet, Meghan!"

"Yeah, me too!" Meghan replied. "Singing 'You And Me Together' for this charity concert was a great idea!"

"It's okay Hil!" Oliver Oaken's voice suddenly said, as he walked towards where the 3 girls were standing. "I'll holler at you later!"

"How did it go with Hilary, Ol--I mean Mike?" Lily said, trying to get away from Hannah and Meghan's conversation.

"Swing and a miss," he replied. "It's cool though. She's just playing hard to get."

"I'm sure she is," Lily said sarcastically.

"Whoa!" Oliver exclaimed, looking over Lola's shoulder to where Hannah and Meghan were chatting. "Is that Meghan Hollaway? She is much hotter in person! Excuse me, Lola, I think Hannah needs to introduce us."

He walked over to where the girls were, Lily following behind. "Hannah!" Oliver said. "Why haven't you introduced me to your gorgeous little friend?"

"Um, right," Hannah said awkwardly. "Meghan, this is---"

"Mike Stanley III, at your service," Oliver said, peering over the top of his sunglasses and winking at Meghan.

"Sure," Meghan replied, sounding unimpressed. "Nice to meet you."

"No," Oliver said, smiling and winking again. "The pleasure's all mine."

"Hannah! Meghan! You guys are on in 20...19...18...17..." the stagehand yelled.

"Well we got to go," Hannah said.

"I'll see you girls later then," Oliver said, looking at Meghan.

"Right," Meghan said, pulling Hannah towards the stage.

"Bye!" Hannah yelled, waving at Lily and Oliver.

"Put your hands together for two sensational popstars as well as good friends, singing a duet of the smash hit 'You And Me Together', Hannah Montana and Meghan Hollaway!"

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"Did you guys have fun last night?" Miley asked her two best friends the following day at school.

"Yeah," Lily said with a hint of sarcasm. "Listening to you and 'MH' talk about all the wonderful things you've done together for hours on end was a blast." She gave Miley a sarcastic thumbs-up.

"Come on," Miley said. "We totally included you in our conversations. Sometimes we had little inside jokes. Meghan's great. Give her a chance."

"Well,"Oliver said proudly. "I thought she was cool. Did she say anything about me?"

"Yeah," Miley said. "She said she couldn't tell what kind of person you were because you kept hitting on her every two seconds."

"Oh," Oliver said awkwardly. "Ouch."

"Okay people, settle down," Mr Corelli said. "The principal will be here shortly with our new student, who will be joining our class for a couple of weeks."

"Why is he only here for a couple of weeks?" Lily asked.

"She will only be here for about 6 weeks because her parents just got divorced," Mr Corelli said. "And she's staying with her dad for awhile before she goes to live with her mom back in New York. So be nice to the new girl, okay, my little minions?"

"Mr Corelli," the principal said, entering the classroom. Beside him was a tall girl with shoulder lenghth ginger hair and glasses. "This is Peyton Carter. She will be joining this class as of today."

"Oh my god," Miley heard Amber whisper to Ashley. "Look at her hair!"

"Can you say Carrot Head?" they both said in unison. "Oooooh, tisss!" Miley rolled her eyes as Amber and Ashley continued to quietly make fun of Peyton. Why did they have to be so judgemental? So maybe this Peyton Carter girl had really bright hair. Her outfit was really cute, though. It actually looked very familiar to Miley. Where had she seen it before?

"Thanks, Mr Anderson," Mr Corelli said. "Peyton, why don't sit in that empty place there, next to Miley?"

"Hey," Miley said as Peyton sat down. "I'm Miley Stewart. These are my friends Lily Truscott and Oliver Oaken."

"Hey," Peyton said. "Nice to meet you."

"So you like California?" Lily asked. "Mr Corelli said you're from New York."

"Yeah," Peyton replied. "It's definetly nice. But it's quite a change. It's like I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like I can be a totally new person."

"Yeah," Miley said, nodding. "I remember when I moved here from Tenessee. Some people weren't all that nice." She looked over to where Amber and Ashley pointing at Peyton and giggling.

"Well," Peyton said, shrugging. "You guys seem nice. And that works for me!"

Miley smiled. It felt nice that she could help Peyton ajust to this new place for her. She remembered how scared she was when she moved to Malibu a couple of years ago. But she couldn't shake the feeling like she had met Peyton before. Something about her seemed to familiar. She just couldn't put her finger on it.