Chapter 10: Complicated
A/N: I've started having a liking for Avril Lavigne songs so don't be surprised if I name my chapters by the titles of her songs! LoL! Anyway I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while...my head's been hurting like hell these past few days and then I went on a road trip...Please Read and Review!
Miley's POV
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I don't know how it happened but Jackson had been nice enough to drive us to the mall and even pick us up after, he has been pretty nice to me lately...maybe he started to mature...maybe....
"So...where do you wanna go? Shoes? Clothes? Movies? Get our nails done?" Lilly knocked me off my thoughts "Clothes...definitely Clothes" I replied forcing a smile on my face. I promised Lilly I wouldn't think of Jake and even though it was so hard to do that I tried my best and occasionally gave Lilly my best faux smile. "Great...because I need some new dresses" she smiled at me, grabbing my hand and leading me towards one of our favorite clothing stores. "ooh...jacket....I like" I announced as soon as we entered the store, I had seen a shiny black leather jacket on a mannequin and suddenly fell in love -- with the jacket not the mannequin -- "we just got that in from France...Would you like to try it on?" A saleswoman walked towards me and began taking off the jacket off the mannequin, I nodded and as she handed it to me. "It is nice..." Lilly agreed as I put the jacket on making my way towards the full length mirror at the corner of the shop. "It's edgy...it's classy...daddy wouldn't mind if I buy it for Hannah" I said as I admired myself with a smile. Jake would definitely like this on me...I remembered and suddenly the small smile I managed to get on my face faded away. Miley pull yourself together...No Jake remember? My subconscious yelled at me and I sighed. No Jake...if it were only that easy.
Jake's POV
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I sat on the left window side of my limo with Oliver seating on the far right, so Lilly and Oliver had this big plan for me and Miley. I hope it works...I just wanted Miley back...I was actually so surprised when she broke up with me but I guess she just couldn't handle the drama with my overly protective mom. "Hey Lills where are you guys?" I turned when Oliver's voice filled the car. "Which mall?" he then asked, turning towards me. "oh great...me and Jake are heading there too" my heart started to race, Miley was going to be where I was going...I get to beg her to take me back...Jake you're too desperate, suck it up man! "Well we definitely can't go to another mall...Jake's got this Mall Signing Show thingy..." Oliver waited for an answer and so did I...why was Lilly asking us to transfer to another mall? Did Miley really not want to see me? "Alright Hun...I'll try my best..." he paused for a second and began to smile "Miley? Hey Miley...oh you just got out of the fitting room huh? Bought a dress? That's really great...alright have a good day" he said raising his eyebrow, clearly he was getting used to all the girly conversations that he knew how to handle it well with one last bye and an I love you that was apparently for Lilly Oliver hung up "you should've let me talk to Miley" I told him but he shook his head "can't Lilly promised Miles a Jake free day...and that's why she cant see you at that mall" I felt oxygen deprived but I didn't let it show. "So what? Lilly's getting Miley out of there?" "Faster than a cheetah chasing a prey" Oliver nodded and I sighed.
"I thought you were supposed to be helping me get Miley back..." I turned to him "No actually I'm not helping you I'm helping Miley and if she says she needs time away from you...then that's what we give her...."
Miley's POV
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I handed the phone to Lilly and told the Saleslady to wrap the dress up for me along with 5 other dresses, 7 shirts and the leather jacket I saw a while back, Lilly was right...shopping would make me forget about Jake even for a few minutes...I heard Lilly whisper an I love you too at Oliver and then hung up. I felt a little bit upset because of that and it was selfish, I guess I just missed Jake saying that to me but I knew I made the right decision...Jake should have someone who his parents like because I heard about his strained relationship with his mom and dad had and I didn't want to add to that. "Miley...you okay?" Lilly waved a hand in front of my face and I quickly blinked. "Spaced out...sorry about that" I sighed and then began to walk towards the Cashier, Lilly who had a dress and a few shirts in her arms followed me in suit.
"Hey Miley do you want to head to the beach now?" Lilly asked as she placed her clothes down to pay for it. "Beach? I though we were still going to buy shoes...watch a movie and get our nails done?" I asked curiously and she just shrugged "I just thought....Hey, Curly Fries...don't you miss curly fries?" she asked me and I shook my head "we just had that 2 days ago and besides I cant let myself get fat now...I've got to fit into these dresses" I laughed and took the bag from the saleslady. "Okay so how about that movie then?" Lilly offered and I shook my head, "actually I wanted to check the bookstore for something to read" I told her and her face brightened "alright! Bookstore that sounds awesome!" I never saw Lilly get giddy over going to the bookstore but maybe she just started having a liking for books...I wasn't going to question her on that. I waited while Lilly took her bags and followed me outside, there was a huge crowd near the entrance of the mall and a few cameras, I also heard Hannah's name being called out a few times which made me wonder "Hey Lilly, let's go check that out" I motioned to the crowd. "not a good idea Miles...I think we should just head to that bookstore" she said and I laughed "come on...I wanna see who it is...might be Orlando Bloom" I smiled and began running towards the crowd Lilly crying out my name but when she realized I wasn't going to stop she began to run behind me. I weaved into the crowd until all that's blocking the celebrity from me is the 2 paparazzi who also followed Hannah around. "So your mom told us that you had a date with Hannah Montana last night...does that mean you've broken up with Miley?" one of them asked and my heart froze. I regretted not following Lilly's advice to just go straight to the bookstore, I quickly turned to leave but then a gap started to open and I heard Jake call out my name.
I was suddenly put on the spot, and I hated being put there.
I turned back to face Jake but was surprised to find my bestfriend Oliver Oken standing beside him trying to cover his face with the collar of his jacket "Oliver?" I asked completely ignoring Jake. "I uhm...H-H-Hey M-Miles" he stuttered nervously and that was when Lilly appeared beside me an a huge space for the 4 of us started to form "what's going on?" I asked completely caught off guard, Oliver should have a good explanation for this and if I knew better so should Lilly and Jake "I saw Jake's car while I was on my way here and asked him to give me a ride" Oliver shrugged and quickly moved beside me. I let him of the hook just because there were people watching "Miley..." Jake started to speak but I help up my hand, I didn't even care that there were cameras everywhere "Jake it's obvious you have something to attend to...just get to that okay?" I then turned to my best friends and said "Let's go..." thankfully they followed me as the crowd began to separate to let me walk out of the scene. "Miley I think you really should --" Oliver tried to say but I also put a hand up to stop him "let's go to the beach...get some of those curly fries Lilly's been telling me about" I said.
"You're mad aren't you?" Lilly asked knowing that I had already caught on. "I just thought you were serious about that no Jake thing today...I hoped you'd really help me forget about the guy" I replied clearly upset. I felt betrayed by my 2 best-est friends but I just couldn't really get mad at them because I knew they meant well and because I would do the same thing if they had the same problem. "We're sorry Miles" Oliver and Lilly said and I shrugged "It's okay...I know you meant well" I replied quietly and began to hail a cab as soon as we got outside the mall.