Chapter 4: How Am I Doin' Since You Did What You've Done to Me?

(don't own the Dierks Bentley song nor Hannah Montana)


At the Stewart household, the air was warm and the smell of pizza filled the air. Miley and her friends threw their bags onto a nearby couch and raced up to her room with a stolen box of pizza. The three friends sat on Miley's bed and devoured the greasy triangles of cheese, bread, and sauce.

"So how do you think Jake will play tonight?" Lily asked trying somewhat to soften Miley's point of view about him.

"He usually is good for a few assists and a few points." Kate shrugged and took another bite.

Miley remained silent. She was still angry at him for having a girlfriend.

"What about you Miley?" Lily asked.

"Personally, I don't care if he falls down and smacks that over sized head of his." She popped the last piece of crust into her mouth.

Kate laughed. "Bit of tension there Stewart?"

"A tad." Miley retorted.

"I still don't know what happened between you two." Kate said as she fumbled through her duffel bag.

"I will gladly tell!" Lily exclaimed. "It's such an exciting story. Jake Ryan comes to Seaview and there is this big huge hype about him. Girls follow him and fawn all over him but he takes a liking to Miley who despises him. After denying it and denying him over and over Miley finally understands that she may like him. They both try to make each other jealous and end up kissing and then he tells her he has to go to Romania for four months but he was glad he got to kiss her because he would have wondered what is was like the whole time he was gone. Then Miley pushed him off a ledge. A small ledge. Now he's back with a new girlfriend." Lily took in a deep breath and blew it out.

"Interesting. Have you talked to him Miley?"

"Nope."

"You should." Kate replied.

Miley shrugged. "He's obviously over me so what's the point?"

"Maybe he thinks the same thing about you." Kate replied, standing from the bed and walking over to Miley's mirror. She grabbed some lip-gloss from her purse and swiped it on.

"That's what I tried to tell her." Lily replied tossing her long blonde hair into a pony tail.

Kate glanced at Miley's alarm clock. "We should probably get going so Miley can watch her Jakey's game."

"The game isn't until six, Kate." Miley replied.

"I know but I want to watch the JV at 4:30. Mark Jameson is really cute." Kate blushed.

"I knew it!" Miley exclaimed. "I knew you had a thing for him."

"Yeah, well, who wouldn't?" She smiled.


An hour later, the three girls made their way into the gym. The bleachers weren't quite full yet because mostly everyone only came for varsity and Jake Ryan. The three girls found a spot in the middle of the bleachers across from where the teams were sitting.

"There he is." Kate said in a loud whisper, pointing to Mark. Miley's eyes went to the boy at the end of Kate's point and then darted to the blonde who was sitting in the middle of the varsity.

He was dressed in a nice pair of khakis, a shirt and tie with their basketball jacket over it. The coach made the boys dress up before games. He was leaned back on the bleacher behind him and was tapping his foot on the bleacher in front of him and had ear phones stuck in both ears.

She noticed him take his eyes from the game and look her way. He then proceeded to take his cell phone from his pocket and flip it open.

Not even a minute later Miley felt a buzz in her purse. She grabbed it and read the screen.

1 new text message from Jake.

Weird, she thought.

She swallowed hard and pushed "read."

Hey Miley, nice to see you here. We should catch up sometime.

Jake

"Lily." She grabbed her friend's arm and shoved the phone in her face.

"Oh, he can text you but can't say anything to your face." Lily grabbed the phone from her. "I'm texting that womanizing jerk back."

"No!" Miley grabbed the phone back.

"What are you gonna say Miles?" Lily asked worried.

"It…would…be…nice…if…you…spoke…to…my…face." She said slowly as she typed each letter.

"Oh yeah. Speak to her face boy." Lily seconded Miley's motion by telling Jake this from across the gym even though he couldn't hear her.

Miley watched as Jake flipped his phone open and without changing his expression, started pressing buttons.

Miley's phone vibrated. She opened it.

I thought you pretty much hated me.

Miley felt a knot in her stomach.

I do, but I would like to talk in person. After the game?

Her phone buzzed again.

Ok. Wait for me.

She closed her phone and took a deep breath.

"We're talking after the game." She said quietly.

"Are you going to tell him off?" Kate asked.

"We'll see. I have a lot to get off my chest."

I think Billy Ray Cyrus should bring his mullet back for an episode. Gosh, pizza sounds fantastic right about now.

Chapter 5 is coming around the bend!