Chapter 10: So You Followed Me?

Jake's POV

"I love you too," I whisper, knowing she can't hear me. Miley just keep running. I care about her too much to let her leave with Adrian after her.

I got in my car and slowly followed her. She might not want me to come, but I have to make sure she is safe. As I turned to make sure that she was still in a good distance from me, I saw Adrian walking up to her.

I turned off the headlights and parked not too far from them. I saw Arian punch Miley and then I started running towards them as fast as I could. By the time I got there, Adrian had his foot on top of Miley's stomach.

I lunged on top of him so he wouldn't squish Miley. Adrian angrily started beating on me, and I fought back. I punched him in his face as hard as I could, and then I was able to get away from him. I got up from the ground and went to Miley.

She was lying unconscious on the ground. She was bleeding near her lips and her wig was messed up. I picked her up and ran to the car with her in my arms. Then I placed her in the passenger seat quickly, but gently. I started the car and pressed on the gas petal, we got away from him again.

After about 10 minutes, I pulled over at a parking lot of what I think is a store. Miley was still unconscious and bleeding, so I pulled out the first aid kit that I keep in the glove compartment. I was able to clean her up and put a bandage under her lower lip where the cut was. Then I wiped off some of my small cuts.

I saw that she still had her bag on, so I took it off for her. Hungrily, I reached over to the back seat and pulled a bag of chips out of a Walmart bag. I tried to relax while I eat the chips, but I can't help but worry about Miley.

As I finished my bag of chips, I got back on the road and enter the highway. We were close to New Mexico, so we would need to keep going east. I drove for a few hours; it was almost 4 in the morning, and we were somewhere in New Mexico.

Miley's POV

I opened my eyes; it was dark. I looked around and saw that I was in Jake's car. Why am I in Jake's car? I told him to go back to Malibu. There was a slight pain coming from my lip; I felt a bandage on it. Then I remembered everything, the gas station, running away from Jake, Adrian punching me and almost squishing me, someone saving me from him, and passing out.

"Jake, what am I doing here?" I ask him.

"Miley, you're awake!" he exclaimed happily.

"Yes I'm awake. Now, what am I doing here with you?!" I shout angrily.

"I kinda followed you," Jake said with his voice full of guilt.

"I told you that I could protect myself Jake!"

"Apparently not, because if it wasn't for me, Adrian would have flattened you like a pancake!" he yelled.

So he was the one that saved me from Adrian last night. Duh! That would explain why I'm in his car. Then I noticed that we weren't on the highway anymore, we were in a town.

"Sorry," I say, my voice was almost in a whisper.

"It's okay," he said and pulled into a hotel parking lot. He turned off the car and I hugged him. After a minute he pulled away and said, "let's just check into this hotel and we can relax today."

"Sounds good to me," I reply. We fixed our wigs and got out of the car.

Back In Malibu 4 days ago

It was around 10 in the morning when Lilly and Oliver walked into the Stewart household.

"Morning kids," Robbie Ray said glumly.

"Morning Mr. Stewart," Lilly and Oliver said. "Did you by any chance see this mornings entertainment section of the paper?" Oliver asked Robbie Ray.

"No, why?" Robbie Ray asked.

"There's something you might wanna see," Lilly said.

Robbie Ray went to the kitchen table and saw the cover of the entertainment section. "I should have known those reporters would find something fishy going on with Hannah Montana."

"If you ask me Mr. Stewart, don't you think it's a little weird that Jake's missing too?" Lilly said.

"You know, you could be on to something Lilly," Robbie Ray said.

"And you know… Nevada isn't too far away from here," Oliver implied.

"Thanks kids, now we at least have some possible ideas of where Miley might be," said Robbie Ray.

New Mexico

Jake and Miley checked into the hotel as Cody and Hope Ryan and just got inside the hotel room. Once the door was locked, they took off their wigs.

"So… you followed me?" Miley asked already knowing the answer.

"Yeah, I just want to keep you safe from Adrian," Jake said.

"Thanks Jake, I'm really glad you did."

"Hey, come on. I had to; we are in this together now," he said. Miley came up to him and hugged him. When they pulled apart, Jake put his hand under Miley's chin and raised it so she would be looking at him.

"I love you Miley," Jake said.

"I love you Jake," Miley replied as their faces inched close and closer until their lips touched and they both felt the fireworks.

Later, after they unpacked everything, Miley got out a box of cereal they bought at Walmart, milk, and two bowls and spoons.

"Are you hungry Jake?" she asked him.

"Yeah!" Jake exclaimed. They each served their breakfast and it was about 9 in the morning.

"This stuff is good. What do you call it?" Jake asked jokingly.

"Cereal with milk," Miley laughed.

"Genius," he replied also laughing. They finished breakfast then laid down on the couch and watched TV together.

"When do you think we should go back to Malibu?" Jake asked during a commercial. "I mean, we could try to get Adrian arrested."

"I guess we should go soon," Miley said.

After a while, Miley saw that Jake was sleeping. Then she started to drift to sleep also.