OMG! Super sorry for not updating in what... forever? I don't know, but it's been a super long time since I touched this story. Anyway, I'm hoping that you all will forgive me for my tardiness. Hoping you'll look past this and love me for updating. Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks a million!


I could be enjoying a nice walk along the beach, just staring at the waves as they come in and out, but sadly I can't. Instead, I'm stuck inside the house because it's raining and Dad doesn't want me to get sick. Of course, that's just like him to worry about something like that. But come on! I am almost seventeen years old. I think I can take care of myself.

I sat up in my room, contemplating on whether I should go hang out with Ramona or apologize to Lilly. I loved Lily. She was like my sister. The one to replace Jackson. Just kidding. Jackson is a HUGE pain in the butt, but he's still my brothers and I...well I like him. That's all I'm going to say. Like I said, he's still a pain in the butt. No pun intended.

After fighting with myself on the two topics for another ten minutes, I finally decided it would be best to hang with Ramona right now. She was cool and someone I could go to with problems. She actually understood me more than I did. Which if you think about it is somewhat strange and kind of cre-e-epy. But Lily knew me a lot too, so that's kind of the same, I guess, if you want to look at it that way.

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I had called Ramona fifteen minutes ago and told her to meet me at the mall in twenty. She said she'd come and suddenly, I was starting to feel better. My stomach wasn't aching quite as much, and I felt like I was making progress here. I knew I needed to get Lily back, but that didn't mean I couldn't be friends with Ramona too. She was nice, funny and a total sucker for romantic flicks like me. I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to be friends with her. There was nothing wrong in that girls head. Trust me.

Ramona soon arrived, walking up to me and giving me a hug like Lily does. It felt slightly the same as Lily's and could very easily be mistaken for hers. Lily, I am so sorry! I never meant to hurt you! was what I almost said to Ramona, but I stopped myself before those words came out. She let me out of her grip and we headed over to Ambercrombie and Fitch. One of my favorite stores and what I recently found out, one of Ramona's favorite stores aswell. The more I talked to her, the more I found we had in common. We're both shopaholics (daddy's trying to get me to cut back a lot!), we both hate the curicus (clowns for the most part.), we both like to dance to Hannah Montana songs (I haven't told her yet and hopefully I wont have to anytime soon.) and we both sometimes feel out of place. It's really weird and I know I said this before, but she does get me way more than I get myself. She's like my long lost twin, only she doesn't look like me and she doesn't sound like me or sing like me, which I am perfectly fine with. The world does NOT need another Hannah Montana. One is definitely plenty.

"Miley," Ramona shrieked. "Look what I found!" I turned to her and saw her holding up this gorgeous skirt. My mouth hung open. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life... Ok maybe not the most beautiful, but it sure came close. "Oh my gosh! You have to get it." I ran up to her, hugging her. She let go and looked at the price tag. "Yeah, I totally would, but..." she trailed off and showed me the price. My eyes widened. "Two hundred dollars?" she nodded. "Well, there is one thing we could do," "What?" I asked. She looked around, making sure no one was watching and ripped the tag from the skirt. "What are you doing?" I asked, demanding she tell me what was going on. "Miley, relax. You act like you've never stolen anything in your life." When I didn't answer, she knew something was up. "Oh my gosh. You haven't?" I shook my head, looking innocent. "Well, here's your chance." "What?" was all I could say before she shoved the skirt at me. "Ramona, I cannot-" "You're not gonna get caught," she cut me off. "trust me. I do it all the time." she gave me a sly smile before pulling the bar code label off. I felt like throwing up right then and there. "Hey, I really want this skirt Miley. Please do this one thing for me. Please?" I bit my lip and finally agreed. She clapped her hands and told me what to do.

The next thing I know, I'm walking out of the store with the skirt in my over sized purse. I made it. I thought as I walked away from the store. I'm in the clear. I did it! I sighed and saw Ramona standing over by Starbucks. "Hold up!" I turned around and saw a man chasing after me. Oh no!I was caught. I turned back around and Ramona was gone. She wasn't anywhere in sight. All I could do was stand there with my mouth half open. She tricked me. She convinced me to steal something for her and I ended up taking the blame.

Lily was right. She was right all along. Ramona was evil and I didn't even notice it. Under that sweet smile and black nail polish was a notorious mastermind, ready to pounce at the next person stupid enough to fall for her dirty tricks. I'm just surprised to say I'm one of them. Now I really needed to get Lily back.