Chapter 11: The Cracker
Within the next week, Jake and me hung out some times. I was his friend. Oliver and me are probably his only friends, everyone else, including Lilly, were star struck. We didn't hang out often though. Jake and me have all our classes together, so we try to sit with each other, but most of the time, girls are having fights just to sit with him. We tried to eat lunch together once, Jake, Oliver, Lilly, and me that is, but we couldn't get through a conversation without Lilly going all googly eyed on Jake.
I went to the set of Zombie High as Hannah Montana. My dad signed a contract for a guest appearance without my consent. While reading the script, I found out that I had to kiss Jake. I was NOT going to kiss one of my past love interests. Of course, that's not what I told Roger, the director. I ended up having to kiss Demon Dog. I had the taste of kibbles and bits in my month for the rest of the weekend!
The thing is, Jake talked to me on the set while I was Hannah. He said he likes this girl named Miley who goes to his school. He likes me! Figures. He liked me two years ago; he just doesn't know that he likes the same person. And get this; he said that he still has feelings for a girl named Miley, who lives in his hometown Nashville. I'm relived that he hasn't figured out that I'm his old girlfriend; I just thought it was a little more obvious if you know the story.
"And now…" Jake continued as we sat in my dressing room, "It's like I'm seeing her every where. I mean; I know she's in Tennessee, but her eyes… I see them in the Miley that's at my school, and you too, and the Miley at my school has the same brunette colored hair as the Miley in Tennessee. It's like she's her clone."
"That's… weird," I said as Hannah.
"Ready to go?" Lilly asked as she approached Jake's and mine's locker. It's Monday after school, and Lilly and me are about to walk home.
"Yeah," I reply as I shut the locker.
The two of us walked out of school together. When we were getting closer to our houses, we saw the Cracker (A/N: the bully in the episode Schooly Bully) looking for someone on the beach, or waiting for someone; I couldn't tell.
"Isn't that the Cracker?" I whispered to Lilly, while pointing in her direction.
"I think it is; run!" Lilly whispered loudly. We were able to run towards our houses without getting her attention. We reached my house panting.
"What's she doing here?" I asked.
"I have no idea," Lilly replies.
"Where's Roxy when we need her?"
"You're late," the Cracker said.
"We were at school," Amber and Ashley said in unison. "Ooo, tss."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," the Cracker said, annoyed, and swatted their fingers apart. "Now what do you want?"
"Do you remember Hillbilly Stewart?" Amber asks.
"How could I forget," the Cracker said through her clenched teeth. Obviously, she was angry at Miley for getting her in trouble with the principal.
"Perfect," Amber and Ashley said in unison once again. They were about to do their finger touch, but by the look on the Cracker's face, they dropped their hands to their sides.
"Maybe you can help us with something…" Amber said with a grin.
"Hey dad," I said as I walked inside my house after saying bye to Lilly.
"Hey bud," dad replied. "Oh yeah, I forgot to show you this the other day. He held up a newspaper from the other day. The cover read 'Jake's Return to a Normal Life' with a picture of Jake surrounded by most of my homeroom. I rolled my eyes. "So when were ya gonna tell me that Jacob was going to your school?" dad ask, not angry of course, just curious.
"Never, it's not important," I said.
"So are ya still mad at him?" dad asked. He knew the story, I told him before we moved here to Malibu.
"He doesn't even know it's me," I said with a small laugh. "He just thinks I look a lot like 'this girl named Miley from Tennessee.'"
"Are you going to tell Jake that you're 'Miley from Tennesse?"
"No, I rather not let him know that I'm the same girl cried when I found out he was moving. I rather not let him know that I'm the same girl that broke up with him. I wanna keep this new friendship I have with him."
"Alright bud, I get it," dad said and dropped the subject. "Do you remember a few weeks ago, when you mention that Lilly's birthday was this Friday?"
"Yeah… she's doing something on Saturday with her family," I said while pouring myself a glass of water.
Flashback to Friday"So Lilly, what are you doing for your birthday?" I ask at lunch.
"Well, since my little brother has to get braces, we're going out to dinner next Saturday," Lilly replied. "And here's the fun part… I get to pick where we go," she added sarcastically.
End Flashback
"Well what about Lola?" dad asked while I put my glass of water on the counter. I turned around to face him. He had a grin on his face.
I smiled, "what did you do?" I ask.
"Oh nothing, just planned a celebrity party," dad said as if it wasn't a big deal.
"Dad, this is awesome! I can't wait to tell Lilly tomorrow. She'll be so excited!"
The next day, Lilly and me were walking to school again.
"Okay Miley, what's so big, that I have to wait until we get school for you to tell me?" Lilly asks.
"You'll see…" I say in a singsong voice. Once we got inside school and to Jake and mine's locker, we stopped. We left early, so there were only a few other students wondering the halls. I check to make sure nobody was near us first.
"Okay, you know how your fourteenth birthday is on Friday?" I ask.
"Yeah…" Lilly said in the way that meant that she wanted me to continue.
"Well, my dad scheduled a party at this club for Lola," I whisper to her.
She squealed, "Miley, this is so awesome!"
We happy danced for a few minutes getting a few strange looks from other students as school got more crowded.
"Thanks so much Miley, you're my bestest friend ever!" Lilly exclaimed and hugged me.
"Aww, how cute," Oliver jokingly taunted as he and Jake came over to us. Lilly and me pulled apart and gave each other a quick annoyed glance before we each slapped one of his shoulders.
"Oww!" Oliver cried. Jake, Lilly, and me laughed as Oliver grabbed a hold of each of his shoulders with the hand opposite of the shoulder. He glared at Jake.
"Oh sure, laugh while it's not you." That just made us laugh some more.
Too bad we didn't know what was going to happen at lunch…
A/N: I know the Cracker was in an episode after Jake left for Romania, but let's just pretend that she appeared before Jake even showed up.