Again, I'm really sorry for the wait.
Chapter 6
Whirlwind Courtship
Excited girl screams erupted from the three friends standing outside of the school. Miley had just told Demi and Lily exactly what Jake had wanted to see her about.
"A chance to go to the Harvest Dance with Jake, the man of her dreams?" Lily cried in ecstasy "She said yes, of course she said yes, she'd be crazy not to say yes, you did say yes, yes?" Miley laughed at her hyper antics.
"YES!" Miley said, almost not believing it.
"Yes!" Lily exclaimed, giving Miley a high five.
"And he asked me to come watch him during football practice!" Miley told them, "What do you wear to watch football practice?"
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"35, 47, hut, hut!" The football was in play, and heading towards Jake. He caught it, then threw it hard. Jake's teammate caught the ball and ran into the end zone.
"Yes!" Jake said to himself as he watched the other boy run across the line. He heard cheers from the sidelines, looked over, and waved at Miley. Miley, who had decided to wear a white tee with a pair of pink capris and a matching cropped jacket, happily waved back. Lily got up from sitting on the bleachers to stand next to Miley and Demi and watch.
"Hmmph" Mikayla sniffed at the exchange from her spot on the bleachers. She stood up, scanned the field, then waved at a boy close to the fence, "You hoo!" The boy, whose name was Dex, looked around, then up at her.
"Me?" he asked Mikayla. She blew him a kiss.
"Hi" Dex said timidly as he blushed. Jake's face betrayed his jealousy, but as she caught his eye with a triumphant smirk, all he did was look at her, then smile meaningfully at Miley. Mikayla looked disappointed, but Jake knew she wouldn't give up.
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The next day, Lily, Miley, and Demi went to the mall to find Miley a dress for the Harvest Dance. The topic of conversation? Jake.
"The hottest jock in school is your boyfriend? You're like the first lady!" Demi mused.
"I'm not his girlfriend," Miley protested, "we're just going to the Harvest Dance together…I can't believe we're going to the Harvest Dance together!" The three girls boarded the escalator.
"Hold on, why is Miley the only one of us with a date?" Lily wondered.
"Because I'm too caught up in the election to date," Demi answered her, "And the last time you went out with a guy, you drummed on his chest with a pencil and an ice cream bar stick!" Lily laughed, then tried to defend herself.
"Hey, I had a riff in my head. I didn't want to forget it!" They arrived at the store Lily said they should to check out first.
"Okay," Miley turned around to explain what kind of dress she was looking for, "I want a dress that says I'm a hip, cool, fun girl, but with a mysterious side. And I have to actually be able to eat dinner and dance in it, and it should be strapless so the sleeves can't get caught on doorknobs, and it should be red!" Miley gasped, breathless, "I made a list" Demi and Lily looked at each other, then walked into the store with Miley.
As the three began looking around, a dark-haired college age girl walked over to them.
"Hi, I'm Gabriella." she introduced herself as an employee, "Feel free to let me know if there's anything at all that you need"
"Ok, thank you" Demi replied, speaking for all of them. The girls continued to browse around the store, looking at all sorts of dresses. Lily walked over to a table displaying some chopsticks made for hair. They were stuck into a bald, plastic head.
"Oh, look at this," she said to herself, "bejeweled Asian utensils" She pulled them out and began doing her drum routine, tapping on the model. "Not just cute hair accessories" She went for the big finish, throwing one chopstick up in the air. It flew up…and over her head. The stick bounced underneath a rack of clothes.
"Rats" Lily muttered as she bent to retrieve it. As she reached for it, she looked through the clothes to the other side of the rack, where two other girls were standing near the fitting rooms-two very familiar girls.
"Amber and Ashley" Lily realized. As she said this under her breath, the queen herself came out, wearing a stunning blue dress. Amber and Ashley squealed and clapped.
"Hey, why are you under there?" Lily heard Demi's voice. She looked up and saw Miley and Demi staring down at her. She shushed them and motioned for them to join her. Both of them obeyed and saw Mikayla come out again, this time in a flowery skirt.
"Maybe we should go" Miley suggested worridly.
"Why? You're the one going to the dance with Jake" Demi asked.
"Yeah, Demi's right. Plus, you're not at the studio, so she can't make you fetch her an iced latte" Lily reasoned. Miley smiled, her friends had good points.
"Let's get shopping"
Ashley's eye's widened as she looked across the store and saw Lily, Miley, and Demi over by the other fitting rooms. Miley was trying on lots of different outfits. She went over and whispered in Amber's ear.
Amber glanced over and saw them too. She tapped Mikayla on the shoulder as she was looking at a pale pink, layered dress (coincidently the same dress Miley was trying on at that very moment) and pointed to the other end of the store.
Mikayla frowned, then smiled again as she pulled out her cell phone and began dialing numbers.
