Thank you a zillion times to those who've reviewed. So thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

I know I said that this chapter would be up by Sunday, but I hope you don't mind that I'm updating early :-p. I'm not sure when chapter 4 will be up, but if not by this Sunday, it probably won't be up until next Saturday or Sunday.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy!

(And by the way, I don't own Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers…just in case you didn't know :-p)

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Miley was worried. Lilly had been gone for over half an hour and the concert was just ending. She had said that she needed the restroom, but Miley was almost positive that she had seen tears shining in her eyes. Suddenly her phone vibrated; it was a text message from Lilly.

H, sry 4 worrying u. Im ok. Just need 2b alone 4 a while.

Miley let out a sigh of relief. She was still worried, but she was glad that Lilly was at least physically okay.

"RAWR!!" Something jumped out at Miley and growled at her.

Miley shrieked and fell back. She ducked, trying to hide from her would-be attacker. And that's when she heard the laughter. She picked up her head a tiny bit to see what was going on and saw Kevin and Nick practically rolling on the floor laughing. Joe was crouched in front of her, his arms extended, fingers curled like claws and his face contorted into a freaky looking monster face. Miley glared even as she blushed.

"That was so not funny," she muttered.

"Sure it was," Nick smirked. He had stopped laughing (hard) and extended a hand to help her up. "Your face was priceless."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Her cheeks still red, she decided to change the subject. "Good show, guys. You really rocked out there tonight!" The boys smiled, but Joe was looking around for someone.

"Where's Lola?" he asked.

Miley wasn't sure what to tell them, so she decided to go with the truth. "She needed a couple of minutes to herself…but she'll come back soon."

"Is she okay?" Kevin asked concernedly.

"Yeah," Miley answered, biting her lip. "She'll be fine." I hope…she added mentally.

"Okay…well we were hoping to go out to dinner with you guys after, is that cool?" Kevin asked.

Miley smiled brightly. "That'd be great!" They made their way back to the boys' dressing room where they needed to go and shower (performing really made you work up a sweat…) and were chatting away when Miley, Kevin and Nick noticed that Joe was being extremely quiet. They understood why when they realized that Joe wasn't with them anymore. He had disappeared.

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Joe decided to go look for Lola. He didn't really know why, but he wanted to be sure she was okay. The few times that he had met her, she seemed like a really cool girl. A little star struck and hyper, but that was okay with him. He really hoped that they could be friends. Peeking in all the doors he passed backstage, he saw his mom and Frankie in one room, his dad and his manager in the next room, and a blond girl he didn't recognize in another, but no pink hair. Wait? Blond girl? How did she get back here? He backed up and opened the door again, poking his head in. Sure enough, there was the blond girl kneeling on the floor wearing…Lola's clothes? Looking closer, he saw a pink thing by her knees. Was that a…wig? The girl wasn't crying, but she definitely looked like she had been. Her eyes were closed and it seemed like she was thinking. And apparently she hadn't noticed that she had company.

"Lola?" Joe asked tentatively as he stepped in and closed the door. With a loud gasp, her eyes flew open and she scrambled to put her wig back on.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Hannah is gonna kill me!" she was saying. Joe walked up to her and stilled her hands. He took off the wig that lay haphazardly on her head and he smiled as he sat down next to her.

"So I didn't think the pink hair was real, but it's always good to be sure." That got a tiny smile from her. Upon closer inspection, her eyes were definitely red-rimmed and puffy from crying. He shot her a concerned glance. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"My hair?" she asked, puzzled.

He shot her a bemused look. "Well, you can explain that if you want to, but I'm sure you have your reasons. But I was thinking more along the lines of talking about why you've been crying."

She opened her mouth to protest, then shut it again.

"You don't have to say anything if you don't want to, but it might help," Joe offered.

She was silent for a while, and he was sure that she wasn't going to say anything when she spoke. "Why not? I guess I need a guy who isn't my best friend to tell me the truth…" She paused and took a deep breath. "Is there something about me that sends a signal to guys that says 'use me!' or 'cheat on me'?"

"What?" He was confused again.

"Is there something about me that makes me seem…dispensable. I mean, almost every boy I've dated has used me or cheated on me or used me to cheat on someone else and so maybe, I was just wondering if…it's me. If I'm the one who's the problem and not the guys. And Oliver would tell me that it isn't my fault, but he's my best friend so he's supposed to say things like that so I was hoping that maybe someone who isn't my best friend could tell me if it is me and not them, so I can just accept that I can never having a worthwhile relationship and move on with my life." Her voice had picked up speed as she spoke and soon her words were almost incomprehensible, she was talking so fast.

"Woah! Lola, slow down…breathe…there we go. Alright, now do you want to start at the beginning?"

She nodded, took another deep breath and started again. From the beginning this time. From Matt to Jake, she gave him her entire relationship history, speaking steadily, pausing when she needed to and even crying every once in a while.

"Jake? Jake Ryan?" Joe asked when she was done. She nodded glumly. "Wow, he's dumber than I thought he was!" That made her giggle. "Feel better now?" He asked, wiping away a stray tear.

She nodded, and said, "Thanks for listening."

"And just so you know, Lola, it isn't you. Guys are just naturally dumb, and one day you'll find one who will see how wonderfully fantabulorific you are. Until then, none of them are worth it."

She smiled, a real smile this time. "Fantabulorific? Is that a word?"

"Yes!" Joe exclaimed in mock outrage. "You know, fantastic, fabulous and terrific, all in one. It's a real word. Really."

She laughed, then she looked around. "Where are we?"

"Backstage, silly." He pouted when she glared at him. "Okay, we're in an instrument store room. See? There are my tambourines, and here's my guitar…Ooh, I have an idea! I'll play you a song!"

Lilly smiled as he picked up an acoustic guitar. She was thinking he'd play something like "Hold On" or "Take a Breath" to make her feel better, but no…she laughed hysterically as she recognized the song.

"State the obvious, I didn't get my perfect fantasy.
I realized you love yourself more than you could ever love me.
So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy.
That's fine; I'll tell mine you're gay! And by the way…
"

Lilly joined in.

"I hate that stupid old pickup truck
you never let me drive
You're a redneck heartbreak
Who's really bad at lying
So watch me strike a match
on all my wasted time
As far as I'm concerned you're
just another picture to burn"

Joe sang the next verse.
"There's no time for tears
I'm just sitting here planning my revenge
There's nothing stopping me
From going out with all of your best friends.
And if you come around
Saying sorry to me
JOE JONAS gonna show you how sorry you'll be!"

Lilly laughed and they sang the rest of the song together, with Lilly cracking up throughout. When they were finished, Joe grinned.

"That was fun," he said. And Lilly nodded in agreement. And then Joe had an idea. Lilly could tell because you could practically see a light bulb turn on over his head. "I have an idea! I'll be right back!"

Lilly watched in confusion as Joe ran out of the room and came back three or four minutes later with an open teen magazine in one hand and a lighter in another.

"Joe, what are you doing? And do you subscribe to that magazine?" Lilly asked skeptically.

"No, Nick does," he said impatiently. "Here." He smiled and showed her the page in the magazine. It was open to a picture of Jake Ryan.

"What-?" she began, but stopped as he ripped out the page and held it and the lighter to her. "I'm still a little confused…what?"

"Were you not paying attention to our song?" Lilly still didn't get it. He rolled his eyes exasperatedly. "He's just another picture to burn. So…get to it!"

Lilly's face lit up and she eagerly grabbed the lighter and the picture and set it on fire. Joe and Lilly watched with satisfaction as the page went up in flames. "That was oddly gratifying," she commented after the page was just a pile of ashes between them. Joe laughed and she looked at him searchingly. "Thank you. But…why are you being so nice to me? Not that I mind, but you don't really have to be nice just cuz I'm Hannah's friend."

"Well, Miss Lola, if we're going to be friends, I do have to be nice to you. And just so you know, we're going to be best friends."

"Really, now? Best friends?" she drawled, raising an eyebrow. Meanwhile inside her inner fangirl was jumping up and down, squealing, doing cartwheels and back flips and pretty much anything else you could think of. Joe Jonas wanted to be friends! And not just friends, BEST friends!

"Yep. I decided when we met again in Chicago. So I really hope you agree. You seem like a cool chick, and since we're moving to Malibu, I figure I'll need all the friends in Southern California that I can get-"

He was cut off by Lilly's excited squeals, her heartache momentarily forgotten. She jumped to her feet and bounced around shrieked, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! You're moving to Malibu?! This is going to be so much fun!"

Joe chuckled at her. "Yes, we're moving to Malibu. Is that we're you're from?" His smile widened at her nod. "So does this mean you want to be best friends?" In response, she threw her arms around him and gave him a huge hug.

"Wow, Jake may have been a complete jerk, but I have some great new friends because of the whole thing…there's you and hopefully your brothers, Mikayla-"

"Wait," Joe cut her off. He looked incredulous. "'If Cupid Had a Heart' Mikayla? The one who hates Hannah Montana?"

"It might seem weird, seeing as Hannah's my best friend but Mikayla can be really nice when she wants to be, and she's a really great friend," Lilly defended.

"I guess, but that's just…weird."

"Yeah…" Lilly thought of something and bit her lip. She considered it for a moment and decided to go for it. "If we're going to be friends, I guess there's something you should know…"

"What? Your middle name is Edward? You're really an alien from LazyTown? You have six toes on your right hand?"

"Six toes on my…what? No…none of those. I don't think…but what I guess you should know is that my name isn't really Lola. My name is Lilly Truscott. "

Joe thought for a moment. Lilly watched him warily. "I like it," he stated finally. "It suits you."

"You're not mad?" she asked.

"Nah. I'm sure you have your reasons. Although I am a little disappointed about not knowing a girl actuallyname Lola…I was going to sing Copacabana for you…you know, 'her name was Lola, she was a show girl…' No? Nothing?" he asked when Lilly stared at him blankly. Then she started cracking up.

"Being friends with you is never going to be boring, is it?"

Joe grinned and shook his head. "Nope. But I promise you, it'll be worthwhile." He asked for her phone and she gave it to him. He entered his number and then called his own phone so that he'd have hers. "So you can call me anytime you want. If you have a problem, or if you just want to talk about something random, I'll be here."

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
and speak my point of view
But it's not sane, It's not sane

It was Lilly's phone. Joe smiled at the ringtone and he looked at the screen. "Who's MMkay?"

Lilly grinned. "Mikayla. I'd better take that."

Joe nodded and looked at the time. "Wow, I'd better go get showered. I didn't realize that we'd been here for that long…Come meet us in our dressing room later, okay? We'll all go to dinner!"

Lilly nodded and answered her phone. Joe walked out of the room smiling.

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Meanwhile, Hannah, Nick and Kevin sat in the boys' dressing room talking. The two boys had finished showering and changing and were just waiting for Joe and Lola to appear.

"So Hannah, what does Lola have against Jake Ryan?" Nick asked again. Since Lola wasn't in the room, Nick felt that it was now safer to ask this question, and he'd been wondering about it all during the concert. He hoped Hannah wouldn't hit him again…it really did hurt. And he'd hate to have her mad at him…she was so pretty…Uh, pretty good with the music and the…oh forget it…she was so pretty…Focus, Nick! He berated himself. Think Jake, and why people hate him.

Hannah scowled. "Because he's a no good, lying, cheating, piece-of-crap scumbag."

Kevin blinked. "Well, that was descriptive… what did he do?"

"He broke her heart. He's a two-faced, two-timing, snake-in-the-grass cheater!"

"But…I thought he was dating Mikayla?" Nick commented.

"Exactly. And it just so happens that at the same time, he was dating Lola, too."

"Seriously? What a jerk! Who would do that to someone as awesome as Lola seems to be?" Kevin looked completely outraged.

Nick looked disgusted. "I always knew there was something wrong with that guy…he is so off our Christmas card list, right Kev?"

"We have a Christmas card list?"

Nick rolled his eyes. "Just go with it, will you?" Suddenly Joe burst into the room, and began frantically tossing things around looking for something.

"Dude, can you toss me a magazine with Jake Ryan's picture in it?" Joe called as he was rifling through his bag for a lighter. Joe didn't smoke, but he did like to play with fire…

Kevin looked at the pile of magazines in the corner of the room and tossed Joe one with advertising a "free Jake Ryan poster inside!". Joe flipped through the magazine, found what he was looking for and ran out of the room.

"Hey!" Nick called after him. "That's mine!"

"You subscribe to those?" Hannah questioned sardonically. Nick's cheeks heated up.

"Yeah, you know, for all the good articles about…about…" Nick couldn't think of anything, so he decided to change the subject and thought of the big news that his parents had dropped on them a couple of days ago. "Hey, Hannah, you're from Malibu, right?" Hannah nodded. "Well guess what? We're moving there!!"

Hannah's eyes lit up and she jumped up and down squealing, unintentionally echoing Lilly's reaction to the same news (they really were best friends), "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! You're moving to Malibu?! This is going to be so much fun! This is going to be amazing! Are you gong to a private school? Where?"

"Seaview High."

"Adorable FroBro say what?" Hannah froze.

"Well, we had run into Jake while we were on tour and he suggested Seaview. He said that public schools really aren't that bad and that Seaview as actually really cool, so Joe and I are going there." Nick scowled. "Hopefully we won't run into him, or…let's just say that it won't be pretty. I mean, when Joe hears about the whole Jake thing, he's gonna flip! He thinks Lola is pretty awesome…"

Miley smiled. Nick was so sweet. And cute. This was definitely going to be interesting.

And maybe they could help her with Lilly. She desperately wanted to help out her friend, and she really believed that it would help Lilly get over Jake if she found another guy. Wait! That was it! She'd find Lilly's perfect guy! She already knew what Lilly was looking for, and maybe Joe, Nick, and Kevin could help her find him for her! Sure Kevin wouldn't be at school with them, but he could still contribute. She would need a guy's perspective on this. Oliver didn't really count. He knew Lilly too well and there was every possibility that he wouldn't like her plan…She didn't realize that Nick was still talking.

"…don't you think, Hannah?" Nick was asking.

Miley shook her head in an attempt to clear it and blinked. "Sorry, Nick, spaced out for a sec. What were you saying?"

She and Kevin listened to Nick talk excitedly about Seaview for a few minutes. Apparently he was really happy about going back to a normal school again. Miley smiled listening to him.

A few minutes later, Joe walked into the room, arms swinging and whistling happily. "Someone's happy…what'd you do with Nick's magazine?" Miley asked.

"We burned it," he answered with a huge smile.

"What?!" Nick jumped out of his seat.

"We?" Miley asked.

Joe beamed at her. "I met Lilly." Miley's jaw dropped.

"What?"

"I met Lilly. And she's great."

Nick and Kevin were confused. "Who's Lilly?" Kevin asked.

"My new best friend."

Miley was still stunned. "Since when?"

"Since I told her that we were going to be best friends," he answered cheekily. His smile faded. "She told me about Jake. When we get to Seaview, he is in so much trouble…"

"Did she tell you about the others, too?"

"Yeah. They're all idiots."

"Completely agreed. And did she tell you where she goes to school?" Joe shook his head. "She goes to Seaview!"

Another big grin broke out over Joe's face. "Seriously? This is great! What year is she?"

"She's a sophomore. You're a senior, right?" Miley asked.

"Yeah. That's so cool. We can hang out together! All the time!"

"Where is she, by the way?" Miley wondered.

"She's talking to Mikayla," Joe answered. "She'll meet us back here when she's done."

"Awesome! You'd better get showered! You smell, boy. Whoo!" Miley waved her hand in front of her face and scrunched up her nose. Joe playfully pushed her and made his way to the shower.

"Okay, then. So I'm gonna ask again…who's Lilly? And where's Lola?"

"Well…" Miley began slowly. "Lilly is Lola. Or Lola is Lilly. Or…however you'd say it. And right now she's talking to Mikayla."

"The Mikayla that HATES you?" Nick looked disbelieving. "Some best friend…"

"Well, to be fair, Mikayla's one of my best friends, too…she just doesn't really know it." Miley was deliberately cryptic. She could see that Nick was completely bewildered and it looked absolutely adorable.

Kevin just rolled his eyes. "Alright, since we're making sense here…"

"I have something big to tell you when Joe gets done, but for now, let me tell you about Lilly." So Miley explained everything…about Matt, Lucas, and all the rest, up until Jake. By the time she was finished, Joe was showered and dressed and listening to the tail end of the story.

"You know what's funny? With the exception of Jake and Isaac, Lilly's boyfriends progressed in reverse alphabetical order…" Everyone looked at Joe like he was crazy. "Matt, Lucas, Kai…you know, M, L, K…"

"Are we related?" Joe stuck his tongue out at Kevin, who shook his head. "Real mature, Joe."

Joe opened his mouth to say something, but Nick decided to jump in before any arguments could get started. "So Hannah, you said you had something big to tell us?

"Yeah. You might want to sit down for this…" All three boys sat. "Well, the thing is, my name isn't really Hannah Montana."

The boys looked skeptical.

"It's true. Hannah's my stage name." Hannah pulled off her wig. "My name is Miley Stewart. I'm a sophomore at Seaview High. And maybe you can help me out."

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Well, there's chapter three. I hope you liked it! And I hope you guys don't think that it's too clichéd that the JoBros are moving to Malibu and going to Seaview and all that…I know it's done a lot but it's the only way for my story to work. And like many people, I fudged on Joe's age, making him and Nick two years apart and so Joe is the same age as Jackson.

Oh! And the song Lilly and Joe sing is "Picture to Burn" by Taylor swift (which is FANTASTIC) and Lilly's ringtone is called "No Rain" by Blind Melon, which I always thought suited Lilly.

Thanks again for reading, and again, if you have any suggestions or constructive criticism are completely welcome! And if you want to just tell me to update soon, that works too!

So please, review! It makes me a happy panda. But flames make me sad, so none of those, please!

Thanks again for reading!

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