Chapter 10: That Boy Is Mine

"I have a boyfriend!" She sighed dreamily as she floated from her doorway to her bed and flopped down. Then suddenly, she shot up. "Wait, do I? I have to call Lily."

She frantically picked her phone up and dialed Lily's number.

"Hey Miles." Lily said as she answered boredly.

"Lily! You will never believe what happened tonight!" Miley exclaimed.

"Well it either has to do with Jake or Hannah and I'm assuming it's something to do with Jake. Am I right? Just please tell me you guys made up or something!" She told her over-excited friend.

"We made up! We both just happened to be on the beach tonight. He was waiting for Carly but we bumped into each other and I told him the truth about how I felt and he has felt the same way the whole time. He was with Carly to get over me. I'm so confused though...what does this mean? Are we a couple or what?" She spat out quickly.

"First of all. Thank God you two have quit being stupid! I'm so happy for you Miles! Maybe, he is just taking it slow and wants to get to know you. I mean you guys haven't spoken in a while. Give him some time."

"I guess you're right. I don't know much about him." Miley thought.

"Well I do know that he is totally hot!" Lily exclaimed.

"Hey sister, don't be scammin' on my man." Miley joked. "But you are right! He is so gorgeous."

"Maybe he'll have some cute friends for little ol' Lily."

"Yeah!" Miley exclaimed.

"Alright Miles, my mom is calling me to do dishes. I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Bye Lil."

"Bye!"

Friday, the best day of the week. Miley took out her compact and smoothed her hair down one last time before she entered the doors of her school. Everything looked so much brighter as she floated to her locker on cloud nine. Her insides were bursting yet her outside remained calm and collective.

She wondered where Jake was until she saw him walk in with his regular five or six girls tagging along.

That was going to get annoying.

They met eyes as huge smile spread across his face. Miley's stomach was doing flip-flops.

"Excuse me ladies." He said as he gracefully slipped through them and over to Miley.

"Hey." He said nervously.

"Hey." She said nervously back.

"Sorry about all those girls. I don't like any of them. They're just always kind of there. It's a little creepy." They chuckled nervously together.

"Well you are Jake Ryan." She said sadly, turning to her locker. "I guess it comes with the territory." Miley sighed and looked over at the girls waiting for Jake. "Move along ladies, show's over." She waved them off.

They gave her dirty looks and joined the flow of students walking down the hallway.

"That was simple." He laughed.

"Nah, you're just way too nice." She gave him a big toothy grin.

"Anyway, I know I asked you to do something tomorrow, but what are you doing tonight?" He placed his hand on the back of his neck and brought his eyes down to his shoes.

Miley paused; she had to go to a CD signing event at a local bookstore for Hannah.

"My family is going to visit my grandma tonight, once a month, always on a Friday of course." She said in mock excitement.

"Oh, man, I was going to see if you wanted to go to the Hannah Montana CD signing at Fox Books tonight. I could get her autograph for you."

"Oh, I really wanted to go to that too! Would you be able to get me an autograph anyway?" She pouted her lips, causing Jake to smile.

"If I can't do it tonight I can get one for you tomorrow."

"Thanks, Jake." She smiled and kissed his cheek. "I have to get to class."

"Ok see you at lunch." He replied as he watched her scurry to class with a big, goofy grin on his face.

Miley was off in "lala" land for most of the day. When the final bell rang and she made her way to her locker she was kicked back into reality when she saw Carly and Jake talking. Carly had her hand on his arm and was wearing a flirtatious smile. Miley watched as she whispered something in Jake's ear and giggled. The one thing she did notice was the uncomfortable look on Jake's face. Miley knew getting Jake to herself wasn't going to be easy.

There were instances in Miley's life where she swore someone took over her body and gave her an extra bit of oomph. This would classify as one of those times. She felt her feet start moving without consent from her mind. Next thing she knew Jake was looking at her.

"Excuse me." She said as she cut right in front of Carly, gently grabbed Jake's face, and brought her lips to his. Her knees felt weak. When Jake realized what she was doing, he began to kiss back. She felt his hands move from his side to gently rest on her neck.

"Get a room." Carly huffed as she stood there with her hands on her hips.

Jake and Miley broke apart not taking their eyes off each other. A huge smile burst onto Miley's face.

"Wow, Miley." Jake said still in disbelief.

Carly, noticing she wasn't getting the attention she wanted, walked away.

"This isn't over, Stewart." She growled but neither of them paid any attention.

"It's too bad we can't hang out tonight." Jake told her as he turned to grab his book bag.

"Yeah, but we'll hang out tomorrow night." Miley told him as he followed her to find Lily.

When Lily saw Jake and Miley coming, a huge smiled engulfed her face. She waved like an excited five-year-old.

"Jake, Miley, hey!" She said as they walked up to her.

"What's up, Lil?" Miley asked her friend who kept looking from her to Jake.

She smiled. "My little ones are growing up." She then proceeded to wipe a fake tear from her eye.

Miley and Jake exchanged odd glances.

"So Lily, when are you ever going to clean that locker?" Miley asked her friend who was throwing papers wildly around the bottom of her locker.

"I cleaned it yesterday…well, technically I just took out all the old food and threw it away. You remember my mom's egg salad that I refused to eat?" She gave Miley a disgusted look. "It was in there. Still. I think it was growing things."

"That's disgusting." Jake said.

"Yeah, it was scary." Lily laughed.

"So Miley, what are you doing tonight?" Lily asked her friend as she positioned her book bag on her back.

"Uh, Lily, remember Grandma Stewart." She snuck a quick peak at Jake. "We're visiting her tonight." She discretely elbowed Lily in the side.

"Ohhhh…right…Grandma Stewart. I remember you telling me that." Lily replied, catching on to Miley's lie.

Jake, Miley, and Lily found Oliver and they all walked home together. Lily and Oliver's houses were passed first and then they came to Miley's. Jake turned to her.

"I think that was the first time I have ever been left alone when walking home." He smiled.

"I'm surprised you walk home." Miley replied.

"Usually I have my bodyguard around but I told him to steer clear today. It was nice and that kiss earlier was, wow. What was it for?" He smiled at her lopsidedly while he squinted his eyes to block the sun.

"Well, I saw Carly talking to you and you looked really uncomfortable and I figured if I want you to myself I'm going to have to be kind of aggressive otherwise girls will be hanging all over you." She met his eyes.

"Yeah, I can understand where that would get a little weird. Just know I'm only thinking about you no matter what girl talks to me." He smiled, bent down and planted a kiss on her cheek. "I'll call you tomorrow after I'm done filming and we'll talk about our plans."

"Sounds great, have fun at the Hannah Montana signing." She waved to him as he started to walk away.

"I will, have fun with your Grandma. Bye." She watched him walk away for a brief moment and then ran up her deck stairs and inside.