Disclaimer: I don't own Edwin McCain's song I'll be. I also don't own Jack Johnson's Better Together. I don't own Hanna Montana or any of its characters.

Chapter Two:

After Math Jake searched franticly for this girl. He was always treated differently for his fame. He saw her walking towards her locker and decided to find out a little more about her, for starters her name.

As he was about to start talking a perky blonde bet him to the punch.

"Miley I was thinking instead of having movie night at Oliver's we should have it at yours beca- Oh my god it's Jake Ryan!" Lilly said as the star approached her, well really Miley.

"Hey Miley." In a super-jock tone.

"Um, Hi." Miley responded quickly and continued on with her conversation.

Not wanting to make the situation more awkward Jake walked the other way.

"Well that was weird". Miley said

"Weird? That was awesome! Jake Ryan totally just tried to talk to you, wait, why did you talk back to him?" Lilly screamed

"I am not going to waste my time on someone, who only cares about himself'."

"Whatever, any other girl would have died if Jake tried to talk to them."

"Well I'm not any other girl" Miley responded confidently and walked to her next class.

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The next day in math was like any usual day, but she couldn't help but want Jake to stand up again and start talking again, just so that she could have something to say to him. But little did she know that Jake was dying to say something so that she would respond, both where silent for the rest of the class.

When math finally ended Jake thought it would be better to find out more about Miley from the closest source other than Miley, Lilly.

"Hey Lilly"

"You know my name?" Lilly said shocked.

"Of course, look I want to get to know Miley better but she won't talk to me. I really need your help." Desperately asking Lilly for help.

"You wanna get to know her better, go to the beach after school. She's there almost everyday after school, and Ryan the only reason she won't open up to you because she is convinced that your ego is the sized of Texas, and doesn't want to get hurt."

"Thanks Lilly, I owe you."

That after noon Ryan went to the beach right after school, to find just what he was looking for. In the distance he saw Miley under a palm tree writing in a book. He didn't waste anytime walking over to her.

"Hey Miley" Jake desperately hoped that she would respond this time.

"What do you want now?" pretending like she was unhappy to see him, even though she really wasn't.

"I want to prove to you that I am not this ego hungry person that you are convinced I am." Jake said truthfully

"Prove it." Miley said with a slight smirk.

"Prove what?" Jake asked

"Prove that your ego isn't the size of Texas"

"I care about you." Jake said genuinely

"How can you care about me you don't even know me."

"That can be changed"

Jake stared compassionately into Miley's eyes. Miley feeling weak in the knees she quickly looked down at her notebook.

"What's that? Jake asked picking up the notebook.

"Its just some lyrics I wrote…wait don't look-" As Miley reached for her book.

I'll Be

The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful

Stop me and steal my breath

Emeralds from mountains thrust toward the sky

Never revealing their depth

Tell me that we belong together

Dress it up with the trappings of love

I'll be captivated

I'll hang from your lips

Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above

I'll be your crying shoulder

I'll be love's suicide

and I'll be better when I'm older

I'll be the greatest fan of your life

"This is amazing. Do you sing too?"

"Thanks, but its not done yet. And yes I do sing, but no one has heard me" She lied.

"Can I read the other ones?" Jake asked anxiously.

"Well you already read the first one I can't stop you now."

Better Together

There's no combination of words

I could put on the back of a postcard

No song that I could sing

But I can try for your heart,

our dreams, and they are made out of real things

like a shoebox of photographs

with sepia-toned loving

Love is the answer

at least for most of the questions in my heart, like

Why are we here? And where do we go?

And how come it's so hard? and

It's not always easy and

sometimes life can be deceiving

I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together

It's always better when we're together

Yeah we'll look at them stars and we're together

Well, it's always better when we're together

Yeah it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments

just might find their way into my dreams tonight,

But I know that they'll be gone

when the morning light sings

and brings new things

for tomorrow night you see

that they'll be gone too,

too many things I have to do

But if all of these dreams might find their way

into my day to day scene

I'd be under the impression

i was somewhere in between

With only two,

Just me and you,

Not so many things we got to do

or places we got to be

We'll sit beneath the mango tree, now,

"These are amazing Miley".

Jake continued reading Miley's lyrics for the next half an hour.

"Which one's your favorite?" Miley asked

"I really like Better Together"

"So now that you know one of my passions, what's one of yours?

"Well obviously acting. I play the guitar too."

" Well you're a class A rebel, aren't you?"

"I was born to be wild" Making a signature rock star pose.

"Yea, sure you are." Miley said in between giggles

"Oh really?" Jake asked with a smile on his face.

Jake then stood up and picked up Miley over his shoulder and started walking towards the ocean.

"Jake? JAKE! Put me down!" Miley scream

Not wanting to spoil an awesome afternoon, Jake put Miley down inches before the shoreline.

"Thank you, Oh my god, Jake look over there!"

"WHAT?" Jake asked seriously

"Over there, in the water look!" As Miley said pointing at nothing.

As Jake got closer to the water, at the perfect moment Miley pushed Jake into the water.

After going head first into the water Jake managed to get up.

"You are so dead!" He threatened Miley

Miley didn't spare any time and took off running.

Jake followed her; in no time he was right on her tail.

"Your next Stewart!" Shouted Jake

Miley turned around, to see that Jake was only inches away from her.

Before she could to anything Jake has kissed her.

She didn't want this moment to ever end but at the same time she was scared.

"I've gotta go" Miley said as she ran back to the tree and grab her things.

"I'll see you at School" She said as she ran off the beach leaving Jake standing there alone.

This Chapter was so much better than the first. Any more suggestions?