Jake immediately straightened up after whispering. Miley thought he could've maybe picked a better name than what he had, but mostly, she wondered if he was there to apologize again and to win her back or to hurt her. Jake grabbed her hand under the table and while Miley fidgeted, she felt the cool ink from a marker releasing itself on her hand. When it was finished, she read the hand. It said:

Miley—I'm not here to embarrass or hurt you, I'm here to try and make it up to you.

Miley rolled her eyes. So she had been right. But the only way she'd go with Jake was if he'd been possessed by a demon when he was so mean and demanding. She wrote on his hand:

Jake—No way. You can't do what you did and expect to be forgiven w/o a good reason.

Miley—My reason is that I was too in love to notice the damage that was always right behind me. Isn't that good enough?

Jake had converted to paper, since only his hand was large enough for a second message.

Author's note: The name's don't mean that that person's saying it. It's the opposite. The name is who it's addressed to. A note with Miley— is from Jake. A note with Jake— is from Miley.

Jake—That's an excuse you think is always gonna work, since you're so charming. Well, not on me.

Miley—You admitted I'm charming!

Jake—Correction, because you THINK you're so charming.

Miley—Yeah? Well, you're probably the only living girl who doesn't think I'm hot.

Jake—That's because I'm probably the only living girl who's actually met you.

This stung. Jake recoiled and stopped writing. He looked incredibly hurt. Miley wasn't sure whether to feel guilty or accomplished. So she chose both. She smiled, giving off the air of an accomplished person, but she was dead guilty on the inside. Jake—or Lake—sighed and started filling in the answers to the questions on the board. Miley followed suit, and they didn't talk to each other the rest of the period. At the end, Miley snatched the paper with notes and pretended to throw it out on the way, but what she really did was show it to Lily. And Lily spoke the sweetest words Miley thought she'd ever heard:

"I have a plan."

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