Chapter 11: fifteen
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Jake's POV
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I missed being fifteen…everything was much simpler back then, I was an egomaniac TV star who was in love with a simple girl named Miley Stewart; We had no worries…no complicated ex-boyfriends, not too busy scheds, and no fear of what the future may bring but with me now being Eighteen I had to face the music, I had to make choices, I had to think about consequences, I had to think about the future...I was entering adulthood and in adulthood I don't get to have what I want just cause I wanted it, I had to fight for what I wanted. I turned my head to Miley who sat beside me during Calculus and sighed, she had matured so much over the past few years, she became independent, analytical, joyful, and was just a lover of life but I didn't know if she was happy, I wasn't sure if I made her happy.
"Jake? Hell-o!" Miley waved her hand across my face causing me to shake my thoughts away and refocus on her; she was smiling and had a questioning look on her face. "What?" I whispered and she motioned to Ms. Floure who had her arms crossed and her shoes tapping on the marbled floor. "Are you ready to listen now Mr. Ryan?" she asked me and I nodded, causing the class to erupt in laughter and that included Miley. "Are you okay?" Miley asked me in a whisper and I nodded again "just got alittle side tracked…" I whispered back, "about your talk with Travis last night?" she asked me and it made my eyebrows shoot up in surprise and my jaw drop. "yeah I overheard you guys…I wasn't going to say anything about it and wait for any of you two to tell me but clearly that's not happening" she whispered before retreating back to her former position, leaving me stunned.
After class I chased after Miley in the corridor since she disappeared in the classroom as soon as the bell rang. I saw her with Lilly laughing at the courtyard and decided to walk over "I'll see you later Miles" Lilly smiled at her bestfriend one last time and got up "bye Jakers!" she patted my shoulder and scurried off. "Nice of you to come join me Jake-kins" Miley smiled at me and I sighed "you gotta stop eavesdropping on people Miles" I said in a serious manner and sat down beside her, I was quite thankful that people started getting used to me being here and it meant that I could go anywhere without being mobbed.
"Technically I didn't mean to eavesdrop…It just so happened that I was there when you guys started talking about me in a loud manner…" she replied and I just rolled my eyes "you couldn't just leave us to talk in private?" I asked and she smiled sheepishly "It was about me so you had to expect I wanted to know what it was about" she pouted and I smiled at her. "you are unbelievable you know that?" she smiled slyly and lifted a shoulder "I know" she said.
Miley's POV
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"So do you still love him?" Jake's smile suddenly faded when he asked me that and so did mine, did I love still love Travis? Of course I do…we grew up together but like I said before my love for Travis would never equal the love I have for Jake but I didn't know if Jake would take that answer as a positive or a negative one, so I had to think twice before I say it. "well do you?" he asked me again and I cleared my throat. "I do love Travis Jake --" he cut me off by almost choking "I shouldn't have asked then" he looked down but I put a hand over his "I love him as a friend…Jake…We grew up together but it doesn't mean I'd choose him over you…we have more history and I love you and I wouldn't jeopardize that" I said that as sincerely as I could and it made Jake smile a little.
"I'm afraid you're just saying that to make me feel better" he semi-joked and I hit his arm playfully "I try to be romantic and you keep on turning it into a joke!" I pouted "Ms. Stewart…Mr. Ryan…why am I not surprised to see you two here alone?" It was Mr. Keys in his well pressed suit and grim reaper grin. How can someone so ruggedly handsome be so frightening at the same time? "Mr. Keys…I'm not surprised to see you here either…did you need anything?" Jake decided to play it cool and slowly scoot away from me.
"Yes…I needed to know if you two decided which you would want more…an F or a D…" he said sarcastically and Jake turned to me as if telling me it was my turn to speak "we'd prefer an A…" I said with a shrug. "so you finally decided to sing did you?" he smirked and I crossed my arms over my chest. "I uh did…" I shrugged and Jake looked at me in surprise; I knew I forgot to tell him about that. "hope you mean that you'd sing better than you did during the first day of class…" he patted my head and headed off.
"please don't tell me you're singing like that" Jake looked at me curiously and I shook my head "No Jake…we're singing how we could sing…we're not faking anything" I smiled and he did too "Good…because you're Miley Stewart…and that voice of yours should be recognized as yours and not as Hannah Montana's" Jake said confidently "oh I'm not telling them I'm Hannah Montana I'm just hoping they wouldn't recognize me…I'm taking a risk" I shrugged and Jake sighed. "alright…here's to hoping…" he shook his head. "Jake…I just need you to do me alittle favor" I looked at him and he nodded "depends on what it is Miles" "just take it easy with Travis…he's been my good friend since I was a child and I don't want to lose him as a friend" "Look Miley, I've been taking it easy with him eversince he got here…I'll still play nice as long as he keeps his distance" Jake looked at me seriously and I felt my cheeks burn, he was actually showing his jealous side, that was really cute of him to do that. "I'll talk to Travis…I'll smoothen this whole thing up then we could begin practice for our final exams…we need a good song" I kissed his cheek and headed off.