Hannah Montana: Bring It On --- Chapter 2

Hannah Montana burst through the doors of the Cyrus Residence and she didn't even bother to hang up her coat. "Hey Miles! How was the concert?" Asked Billy Ray when she entered. Hannah groaned. "What happened bud?" Billy Ray tapped the spot on the couch next to him and Hannah sat down as she slid the blonde wig off of her head. "Daddy, Leah just told me that Mikayla is ahead of me in the charts this year…" Miley buried her head in her hands. Mr. Stuart sat with wide eyes. "Now forget this! You did way too many more concerts than Mikayla this year to have lost! I'm calling Leah right now, and I'm gonna find out exactly what's going on here!" Billy Ray got up and reached for the phone on the wall. Miley held is hand. "Daddy, she said there was I way I could still beat her… But I wanted to ask you for your advice first before I made a decision." He sat down. "And what would that be?"

Mikayla crept into the house and closed the door quietly. Her mother was probably sleeping. She hung up her coat and went to sit down at the round wooden kitchen table and grabbed the TV remote. She pressed the power button and the 64 inch plasma screen TV screen flooded with color. Mikayla lowered the volume and got up to get something to eat. She scoured the cabinet until she found her favorite. She pulled the back of 'Double Stuff Oreos' out of the cabinet and went back to take her place at the kitchen table. She opened the package and pulled out an Oreo and then changed the TV channel to Leah's Pop Star Reports. "Hello Hollywood and others!" Leah giggled at her own joke and waved slightly. Mikayla slid off her wig and rolled her eyes at how stuck up Leah was. "So, we have some juicy gossip to unleash… But the sad part is that we won't be unleashing it on this episode of 'The Pop Star Report…'" Leah's face turned into a full blown pout and Selena rolled her eyes again. "Tune in next week for a major trick we are playing on 2 very un-suspecting pop stars." And then with a wink, she was gone. "How was your study session with Miley? It ran awfully late…" Selena's mother came sleepily into the kitchen and sat next to her daughter. Her tiredness did not hide the look of accusation on her face.

"So, do you want to enter this contest bud?" Billy Ray asked as Miley paced the floor in front of him. "Yes! I can't lose to that wannabe!" Miley sighed and collapsed on the couch. "Well, what happens if you do?" Billy Ray asked calmly. "That's impossible, daddy. I will have to work quite hard though. Besides, I did get 5 encores at the concert today! That's one more than Mikayla…" Miley stressed the words Mikayla and made a face. "Okay, but in the… Rare… Case that you lose to Mikayla, what would you do." He asked slowly. Miley stared at her father. "I won't lose. Aren't you always telling me to have confidence? How am I supposed to have confidence when you are constantly bringing up situations in which I would lose?" Miley stood up and went to get her pink-gemmed cell phone from the kitchen table. She dialed a number and spoke into the receiver. "Hello? Leah?" Miley said. "Yes, I would like to enter the contest. I'd like a chance to beat Mikayla…" She went over to the window and looked out on the beach. "Yes… I'm sure I want to enter. Thank you so much…" Then she snapped the phone shut and with a satisfied grin at her father, she left the room to change out of her Hannah Clothes.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Mom? The studying thing went really well and I am so ready for the math test." Selena folded her arms across her chest and leaned over the table, trying to hide the Mikayla wig from her mother. "Selena… Are you lying? I called the Cyrus Household and Billy Ray said his daughter was out." Ms. Gomez glared at her daughter. "Mom, you caught me… The truth is, I wasn't at Miley's… We were at the library!" Selena frowned as if she were guilty.

"What do you mean?"

"Miley and I couldn't concentrate with all of the distractions in the house… Her brother was annoying us and Mr. Stuart was sleeping… You know how loud he snores, Mom. So Miley and I decided to leave and go to a quieter place, which would be the library."

"Really Selena…"

"I'm serious Mom. I'm very sorry I didn't call, but there was no time… Ummm… We had so much…. Studying… To do."

"Oh. Well, next time I'd better get a phone call young lady."

Ms. Gomez looked confused, and not completely convinced, but she believed it enough that Selena felt her secret was safe. Selena sighed and put the package of oreos away and went to go put on some pajamas. She was ready for some sleep.

The alarm clock went off and Miley reached to her night stand to press the snooze button. She felt around, moving her arm from side to side, but couldn't feel anything. The annoying sound continued to go so she reached out further. THUD! "Ouch…" Miley whispered, still half asleep. Billy Ray came running in. "Miles? Are you okay? What happened?" Miley stared up at her father, and he looked down on the lump of quilts on the floor. "Yeah. I forgot that I moved the night stand to the other side of my room, and so when I went to press the snooze button I took a spill. I'm fine. Good morning Dad." Miley was laying on the floor at this point, almost asleep. "Get up Miley! You're gonna be late for school!" Her father said. Miley got up slowly and lifted the lump of quilts she had just been tangled in off the ground. She put them back on the bed and went over to her closet to pick out an outfit. She settled on a tight black t-shirt and some skinny light blue jeans with a pair of black Uggs. Then she did her hair and brushed her teeth quickly and she bounded down the stairs and out the door.

"Wakey, wakey, Selena!" Ms. Gomez was sitting on the edge of Selena's bed. Selena covered her face with a pillow. "Noooo." She groaned from underneath the pillow. Her mother effortlessly pulled the pillow out of her hands and placed it next to her. "You're going to be late for school, and if you miss the bus you have to walk." Selena sat up in bed and glared at her mother. "Yes, you heard me." Ms. Gomez waited for a response. "Do you know how far this house is from the school, mother?" Selena didn't wipe the dirty look off of her face. Ms. Gomez stood up. "Yes I do… And you wouldn't want to have to walk that distance would you? So you should get up and get dressed. Now." She walked out of the room and left Selena with a dirty look on her face sitting in bed. After about 2 minutes, Selena got up and went over to her dresser to pick out an outfit. She slid on a pair of dark washed denim capris with a rip in the knees and then pulled a light blue Hollister sweatshirt over head. Before heading out the friend door she slid on a pair of white sneakers and she grabbed her iPhone. "Bye Mom!" Selena called half-heartedly as she rushed out of the house, not wanting to take the chance of whether her mother would carry out the threat of making her walk to school if she missed the bus.

"Hey Selena, how was your night last night?" Miley asked as she put her backpack on her lap. The bus sped down the street, and the girls (being the first bus stops) knew they had at least another half hour of bus ride ahead of them. "My night was pretty good, but boring. You know how studying with my mom can be… Why does she always insist on being the one to study with me?" Selena smiled slightly and then waved away the path of their conversation. "Enough about me and my deranged mother, what did you do last night?" Miley cringed. "Oh, you know… My dad tried to make me go to some barbeque out on the beach. Parents can be so… Odd." Miley tightened and sat up straighter. Selena turned to look out the window. "Hey guys!" Lilly jogged into the bus and sat in the seat with Miley and Selena. "Odd. Aren't you guys always talking?" Lilly put her backpack down and turned to stare at her friends. Miley looked at Lilly and Selena turned her head slightly. "Are you guys fighting?" Lilly whispered. Selena and Miley looked at each other for a moment, and Selena answered. "No, Lilly… We're just tired." "Tired." Miley repeated robotically. "Did you hang out with Miley last night, Lilly?" "Yes! We had fun at the concer…" Lilly began. Miley elbowed her sharply in the ribs. "I mean if we did go to the concert, I bet we'd have fun, but we didn't." Lilly smiled and Selena turned away again. She needed to think. Lilly saying about a concert last night set her mind. Were her so called best friends keeping something from her? The rest of the bus ride was mostly silent accept for the occasional whispered apology from Lilly.

Though the girls were silent, they still walked side by side to go to their lockers, which were also right next to each other. Lilly tried to start a conversation. "So, Selena… Did you hear about the concert last night? They say Hannah and Mikayla got pretty worked up." Miley pinched Lilly's thigh and then whispered, "Not the right topic to talk about!" Selena nodded. "Mikayla dominated don't you think?" Miley and Lilly froze. Their best friend was a Mikayla fan? "Ummm… I thought Hannah Montana was amazing." Miley said defensively. "Me too! Hannah so dominated. Mikayla was… Horrible." Lilly said. That hit Selena like a slap in the face. She turned and walked away, trying to hold back tears. Her best friends didn't think she was a good performer. But why? I wish they'd give me some answers here… I got 4 encores last night! Why don't they like Mikayla? And if they don't like Mikayla, doesn't that mean they don't like Selena either? Miley and Lilly stared after Selena. Miley went running after her. "Selena! What did we say?" Miley asked stepping in front of Selena to cut her off so she'd stop walking. "Nothing. I just like Mikayla a lot, and when you said you didn't like her and that she was… Horrible," She choked out the last word, "I got a little bit… Umm… Upset." Selena walked past Miley. "Selena, wait. Lilly and I are sorry. We didn't know you were such a big fan. Of it… I mean Mikayla. It's just that Lilly and me happen to like Hannah Montana. Don't you like her at all?" Miley regretted her ending question as soon as she'd said it. "No… Sorry, but no. I think Hannah is so last month. She's gonna lose to Mikayla every time. She's got the confidence but I have the… I mean I think Mikayla has the true talent and confidence. She's a superstar." Miley stepped back. "Oh."

Lilly walked over to them and tried to break up the brewing fight.. "Guys, so what? We like Hannah Montana and you like… Mikayla. We're still best friends. Just like I like broccoli and you like carrots… Does that mean we have to fight over which vegetable is better? Though both of those vegetables are really gross, but still… Do we?" Lilly threw her hands in the air. "Gosh! You guys are best friends! Stop fighting over Mikayla and Hannah Montana!" Selena shook her head and ran toward her homeroom class and Miley walked off in a huff in the opposite direction, leaving Lilly in the middle of the hallway alone.