Look see….I wasn't lying. Two chapters tonight. I hope you enjoy them. It will take a few days for the next one but be patient. I won't give up on this story until it's done. Thank you all for all your reviews and your faithful readership! It means A LOT!

Before she knew it Jake was stopping the car and getting out. He came to her door and helped her out of the car.

Miley looked around. "Jake…this is your house."

Jake smiled. "Exactly….small…cozy…just like I said."

Miley smiled at him. He led her into the house by the hand. It smelled incredible. He led her through the hallway past the kitchen and out to the door leading to the garden. "How about you go out there and make yourself comfortable and I'll get some of the food ready." He said and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead. He took off his jacket and went back into the kitchen.

Miley happily did as she was told and went to the garden. There the large table had been replaced by a small coffee table and a comfortable outdoor couch. The table was set very intimately for two people with a bottle of wine already opened and ready to be poured. The most impressive part of the transformation was the lanterns that Jake had hung around the patio and out into the garden. It looked amazing. From far away it looked like the garden sparkled with tiny fire light but up close it had a warm glow to it, faintly illuminating the flowers in the garden and the comfortable dinner area. Jake had a small pond at one end of the garden with small fish and lilly pads and he had even illuminated it with nearly a dozen floating candles.

Miley walked towards the pond enjoying watching the fish swim around in the faint glow of the candlelight. She took off her small healed shoes and dipped her toe in the water. It was cool and refreshing in the summer evening and as Miley wrapped her arms around herself she felt as if this was one of the most beautiful nights she could remember.

Soon she heard a clanking of dishes on the table and knew that Jake had brought out the food he had made for them but she didn't move. Instead she enjoyed feeling the grass between her toes and looking out on the lighted garden. Soon a strong pair of arms were encircling her waist from behind. She leaned into Jake relishing in the contact.

"It's beautiful Jake." Was all she said still looking out at the spectacle before her.

Jake smiled at his own handiwork. He did like the way the garden looked tonight but all of it paled in comparison to how Miley looked standing there with him. "You're the beautiful one." He said and gave her a soft kiss on the nape of her neck.

Miley shuddered at the touch of his lips to her neck. The contact was igniting her skin in a way that made most thought completely impossible. She tilted her head slightly giving him room to continue the soft line of kisses up her neck. If he continued like this she knew she wouldn't be able to hold onto her self control for very long. Luckily as he reached the spot behind her ear he seemed to think that they should at least have dinner before continuing any further as he stopped the kisses and took her hand leading her back to the table.

Miley breathed in deeply when the reached the table. Everything about the dinner spelled Jake. Nothing was too traditional, or too simple. Everything was special and all of it was for her. She went to the table where there was a vase of beautiful white peonies near her plate. It smelled wonderful and sweet making her feel even more like she was enjoying the perfect dream of a date instead of the actual reality of one.

The food before her looked and smelled incredible. There was bread and a warm baked dip with spinach and artichokes, a simple salad with slivers of apples and walnuts and a baked chicken dish with rice and a cream sauce that made her mouth literally water. It looked like he had spent hours cooking and preparing the garden for her. She loved how much effort he had put into everything.

Miley left her shoes off and sat with her legs tucked underneath her next to Jake. He stood and poured them both glasses of wine. Before he could serve them up any food Miley had taken his head with her hands and kissed him passionately.

Her lips felt so soft on his he couldn't help but feel charged each time they took a breath and kissed again. While still kissing Jake managed to scoop her up and bring her to his lap. Finally after sufficiently making Jake lightheaded Miley broke the kiss.

Jake looked up at her into her gorgeous blue eyes. "What was that for? Not….that I'm complaining or anything…I just want to know so I can do whatever it was that deserved that again." He said with his face still fully flushed.

Miley looked at him not believing that he couldn't see how special he really was. "Jake. No one goes to this kind of trouble for a first date. Especially not people like you…who could literally have any woman that they wanted."

Jake brought his head to hers. "That's just it Miley. I don't want just any woman. I want you." He said softly and kissed her again passionately.

Eventually after a very long dinner filled with breaks involving holding one another and kissing each other until they had forgotten about most of the food on the table they managed to finish their meal. Miley decided to take in the plates for the both of them since Jake had already done so much.

She went into the kitchen and put the plates in the sink still feeling flushed from her last heated bout of kissing with Jake and grabbed a second bottle of wine. Next to the sink on the counter was a plain manila folder with the words travel arrangements written on it. Her heart dropped.

Up until that moment she had done what she had told Lilly and had just enjoyed herself this evening and not thought about what was going to happen in a week or so when shooting was finally finished. But obviously Jake would be going somewhere…doing something. She couldn't lose him again.

Jake came in behind her with the extra dishes. He put them on the counter and noticed the sad look in her eyes. He went up to her and lifted her eyes to his. "What is it?"

Miley looked down at the counter again and pointed at the folder. "I…I just saw those and…I don't know… I guess I just got scared." She said not being able to look him in the eyes.

Jake laughed slightly. "You figured I was leaving again huh?"

Miley just nodded her head sadly.

Jake looked at the beautiful girl in front of him. "Well I was going to wait until after dessert but I guess now is as good a time as any."

He took her hands in his and looked at Miley. "Since I had so much time to think about things this past week trying to ignore how much I wanted to go up and kiss you every spare moment I had…." Jake said sincerely. Miley smiled a little at this.

"I realized that we don't have a lot of time left here in Paris together and I….well I wasn't sure what would happen between us if we tried going back to the states and seeing each other long distance."

Miley just nodded sadly and Jake continued.

"So….I thought since you were so disappointed not to be able to take that trip around Europe that maybe….maybe I could take some time off and we could travel around….together." Jake said nervously looking into the shocked eyes of Miley Stewart.

Jake tightened his hold on her hands and swallowed deeply. "I know that it's soon but I couldn't bear the thought of us leaving here in a week and doing our separate things. I….I don't want that anymore. I can't want that anymore. I just want us to have a chance to be together without work, without tons of fans, without having to figure out when each of us is going to have enough free time to go and visit the other."

The sparks flooded back to Miley's eyes as she looked at Jake in wonder. "You want to go on a trip….a non work trip….with me?" She said biting her lip and trying not to smile too largely.

Jake gave her his shy smile. "Of course I do. I…I'm tired of trying to fit life into my busy work schedule so I thought we could use a clean start. I'll take some time off…we can see this part of the world a little more and then decide where to go from there….together." He said blushing slightly.

"You don't have to make up your mind now of course but I couldn't help doing a little research." Jake said as he handed her the envelope.

Miley opened it and saw a brochure for a gorgeous private yacht trip that sailed around the Mediterranean and the Greek Isles. Jake was standing next to her nervously looking over her shoulder at the brochure and rubbing his hands through his hair.

Jake's words were music to Miley's ears. She had been so afraid that Jake would have some plans already in place for his busy career that she hadn't even had time to think of what she would want to do if that wasn't the case. She couldn't imagine anything better than spending a few weeks together alone figuring out what it was that they wanted in life and from each other. It was more than she had ever hoped for.

She turned around putting her arms around Jake's neck and kissed him. The kiss was slow and deliberate making both her and Jake's heart race at the contact. Jake pulled back and looked at her. "Is that a yes?" He asked with a smile.

Miley bit her lip and nodded. "Yes!" Miley said with enthusiasm hugging Jake as tightly as she could.

She put the envelope on the counter and slowly brought her head back to Jake's. Their slow kissing turned increasingly passionate as everything else in their worlds seemed to disappear. There was no longer any thought of movies, or desert, or even what would happen a few weeks from now. The feelings that they had been bottling up for so long slowly became unleashed as they explored exactly how much they both loved each other.

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Oh and I might also post a little fluffy oneshot tonight that I wrote a LONG time ago…I mean way before To be or not to be Normal. It's not brilliant but if you feel like some Jiley fluff take a look. I think it will be titled Always.