Chapter 36
Hannah Goes To School
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I hate early mornings Miley thought to herself as she turned off the alarm. Nevertheless, she pulled herself up and started to get ready for school. She started in the shower. Once she was done there, it was time for clothes. Miley went into her Hannah closet and picked out Hannah's nice causal clothes. Black dress sandals with a strap wrapped around her ankle, black knee length shuffle skirt, silky black tank top with white butterfly design and white straps and a attached white shrug. Not to dress and not to plain. Next Miley want to the bathroom and did her hair up for her wig. Where's the wig? Duh! I left it in the closet. After getting the wig, Miley proceeded to put it on. It was small, but it still fit. Moreover, once it was sewn on, it would stay on. All she needed now was for Carey to get here to sew it on. While she was waiting, Hannah started to chew on her nails. She stopped when she saw herself chewing on them. Looking down at them, she realized that Hannah has perfect nails. Well, at less in all the photographs she does. There was only one thing to do. Hannah started to look for her fake nails. The one good thing about being a highly photograph celebrity, she had a ton, okay a lot, of finished press on nails already fit to her fingers. Once again, she went back into the Hannah closet to get the nails. Finding the nails, she decided on a French finish. It only took five minutes for her to fit the nails to her fingers. By the time she was done, Carey had joined her.
"Are you ready to get your hair sewn on?"
"Just so you don't sew it to my head."
"What else am I going to sew too?"
As Carey got started on attaching the wig to her hair, Hannah started to think about last night.
After they left the hospital, the limo took them to Davy Jones' Locker. As they got out of the limo, fans took noticed. Hannah went over to a group of fans that were calling out to her.
"Hi. What are your names?" Hannah asked as she reached out to shake hands.
"I'm Sara."
"Janet."
"Mary."
"Barb."
"Well, it's nice to met y'all. Would you guys like an autograph?"
"That would be like way cool Hannah!!!"
Hannah reached into her purse and pulled out a marker and four small photos.
"Is it okay if they all say the same thing?"
"Sure!" They all said at once.
Hannah just put 'To their name From Hannah Montana' on the pictures and handed them out.
"Just what until we tell everyone at school Monday!!" Hannah hear one of them squeal as she started back to the others. But then she notice something that caught her attention. There was a girl that came up to Jake. She was looking back at her friends that were all excited. Hannah stopped to watch to see if Jake went into egomaniac mode or not.
"Hi. What's your name?" Jake asked as he shook her hand.
"Hi. I'm Tina. Can I have your autograph?"
"Sure. But I don't have a pen."
"Roxi has a marker."
Roxi surprised Jake and he jumped. Hannah giggled. She then watch Jake sign the girls forearm. With the autograph in place, Tina turn and ran back to her friends. Hannah walked up to Jake. When he turned around, he jumped again. The smile on her face brought out a smile on his face.
"Now isn't that better than be an egomaniac tv star?"
"Yeah. It is."
With that, the four of them went into the restaurant for a great seafood meal.
The owner was at the restaurant and ask if Hannah and Jake would pose for a picture. Hannah told him she would if Oliver and Lilly were in the picture too. So the five of them pose as Roxi took the picture. Before they left the restaurant, the owner had printed out the digital picture and brought it out to have everyone sign it.
At the basketball game, it was all Jake and Oliver. They were just in awe of the players and did anything to hang with them on the court. Lilly and Hannah were happy to hang back and watch and talk to the players that were in the bench areas. The game itself as great it went into double overtime to the pure joy of Jake and Oliver. Oliver liked the Heat and Jake liked the Lakers. Hannah and Lilly had a great time watching Jake and Oliver go at each other through out the game. The Lakers won by a point because Shack put up on of his famous brick free throws that would have tied the game in the last seconds of the game. Lilly did a little happy dance with Hannah that the guys didn't see. Hannah knew, as did Oliver, that one of the father/daughter activities the Lilly and her dad did was to go to Lakers games. After the game, everyone was dropped off at their respected houses and a happy but tired Miley with wig in hand came into the house went upstairs and was asleep as soon as she climbed into bed.
"Ouch!"
"Oh, sorry honey. I was just making sure I had the wig on tight. Hate to have it come off and still be sewn to your hair."
"Good point Carey. Give it a few more tugs."
A few more tugs and pulls insured that the wig was not coming off. Hannah gave Carey and hug and thanked her. Carey left to go downstairs and Hannah finished getting her hair and make-up done before going downstairs for breakfast.
"Hi daddy, Carey, Maddie, Cody, Lilly, Oliver and Jackson? Where's Jackson daddy?"
"Right behind you bud."
Hannah jumped as she turn around to find Jackson right right behind her.
"Thanks a lot Jackson. Give me a heart attack! All I wanted was to asked you if you wanted me to sing a song for you at the pep rally."
"Hey, you can. What about 'One Moment In Time' by Whitney Houston?"
"Daddy?"
"You got it son."
"Oh yeah!"
"Oh daddy, do you have that other courier bag for me?"
"Yes. It's in my office bud. But finish your breakfast first."
Hannah sat back down and finished her breakfast. Then she jumped up to get the bag from her dad's office.
"Is the limo here yet?"
"Not yet Hannah." Lilly told her.
"I'm as nervous as the first day of school." Hannah commented.
"Well it is your first day of school Hannah." Oliver observed.
"Yeah I guess your right." Then Hannah turned to her dad.
"Why haven't I been in school!" She asked in a stern voice.
"Because I don't trust all them boys in school." Robbie laughed.
"What am I? A grilled cheese sandwich?" Oliver asked.
"Well, since I trust you, the answer would have to be yes." Robbie chuckled.
"The limo's here." Cody told everyone.
Hannah ran back to her dad's office and grab the forgotten bag. She also grab a notebook, pencils and pens. Then she ran to the limo.
"Frank! What are you doing here?" Hannah asked.
Frank was wearing a mustache, dark glasses, a fedora, a black two piece suit, white dress shirt and a black tie. He looked like a g-man.
"Roxi woke up feeling horrible. So she called me. What do you think?"
"Very man in black." Oliver commented.
"Good. That's what I was going for."
"Well, what do we call you?"
"Harry. As in Dirty Harry. Boy, I loved those movies."
"I think we're having a bad influence on him Hannah." Lilly observed.
"Ya think?"
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The limo drove to Jake's house to pick up Jake.
"Where's Roxi?"
"She was feeling bad this morning. This is Harry. He doesn't talk much."
"Looking like that, he doesn't have too." Jake said looking at him cautiously.
"What the book bag for Hannah?"
"Well, if am going to school for the day, I need school supplies don't I? You didn't think I was just going to sit there and do nothing did you?"
"Well, maybe……no?"
"Graceful save Jake." Oliver observed.
"Yeah, smooth as ice." Lilly agreed.
What Jake didn't know was that Miley had all the same classes that Lilly did. Not that they were all together at the same time, but they did have the same classes and teachers. So even thou she was going to school as Hannah, Miley will still be in school too. Not that anyone else would notice. Hannah was just glad she didn't have any test today.
"Aren't we going to pick up Miley?" Jake asked.
"Miley was my first stop. She is still under the weather, but she is still hoping to make the dance tonight. I did talk to her for about five minutes. She is a really nice girl. I can see why you like her."
Lilly and Oliver both look at Miley and then at Jake. Jake had blushed a little because he didn't really tell Lilly and Oliver how much he liked Miley. Miley was blushing because she just realized what she said in front of Lilly and Oliver. Frank just smiled at the whole scene. Lucky for everyone that the tension was broken by them arriving at school. Everyone got out and went to Mr. Aaron's office to get the low down on the day.
"Hi Hannah." Mr. Aaron greeted her as the six of them went into his office.
"We decided to team you up with Lilly since your both girls. I have here a set of books for the classes she has just like you asked." They were really Miley's books from her locker.
"We also set a table up in the lunchroom the way you asked to so you can greet and met the kids."
"And the pep rally?"
"Main gym of the high school. Set up for last period and homeroom. Everyone in the junior high will cross the campus together. We have a golf cart to get you there quickly. When do you think you need to go?"
"All I need to do is a sound check. Maybe ten minutes before the rest of the school."
"Okay. We can do that easily."
"Great. Guess we'll be off to class then." Hannah smiled.
The students were starting to fill the halls as the time for school to start came closer. Hannah took a deep breath, looked to Frank, nodded and stepped out into the hallway. Instantly, she was surrounded by other students. She took her time. Greeting everyone she could and answering questions. They know from yesterdays closing announcements that she would be doing autographs at lunch time and would not give any out until then. Plus Frank had a very imposing look about him. Hannah followed Lilly to her locker so she could get her books. The crowd followed too.
During all the activity in the hallway, Jake watched Hannah/Miley. It truly amazed him that she was even nice to the ones that didn't like her, didn't care one way or another, or just really didn't care for Miley. The old Jake would have had those students eating out of his hand doing what he asked them to do. But Miley was not like that at all. She asked their names, even though she already know them, asked what was on their mind and actually listen to what they had to say. She gave each one her undivided attention. And ever single person she talked to felt special when they left her.
Now wonder she disliked him at first, he was an obnoxious jerk. He also knew that he had a long ways to go before she would ever tell him she was Hannah Montana. But before Jake could finish his self examination, the warning bell for homeroom went off.
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Jake made his way to homeroom and found his seat by Oliver. All the other kids had rush to get there before Hannah did. This included Amber and Ashley. They made sure there was a desk open right beside them. Oliver got Jake's attention and directed it to Mr. Corelli at the front of the class. Jake looked and laughed to his self. Mr. Corelli had dressed in away that only he could have considered dapper. He was also holding a single white carnation. Obviously it was for Hannah. Lilly and Hannah came into the room at the same time. There was even time for Hannah to mingle a few minutes before homeroom started.
"Hannah!!! I saved you a seat!" Amber and Ashley said at the same time.
"Oooo……tssss……."
Hannah and Lilly looked at each other and then at Amber and Ashley.
"I'm sorry. But Lilly as one of the winners will be show me around today. So I'll just sit here in this empty desk by Lilly. That is if no one is sitting here." Hannah said with just a touch of southern accent.
"That's Miley Stewart's desk and she should be here anytime now." Amber told Hannah.
"So you can sit here." Ashley finished as she indicated beside hers.
"If this is Miley's desk, I'll sit here since Miley was still not feeling to good when I stop to pick her up today in my limo." Hannah smiled sweetly to Amber and Ashley as she sat down at HER desk. Some of the others in the class glared at them for what they tried to do.
"What's that smell? Bacon that just got burned!" Lilly said under her breath to Hannah. They both giggled. The students that were around Hannah all turned and started to talk with her. What shocked Jake the most right now was that no one, not even his groupies, were paying any attention to him. The saying of 'What's good for the goose is good for the gander' came to mind as he watched her. Well, now he knew how she felt.
"Your attention please." Mr. Corelli called out after the bell rang.
"First of all, I would like to welcome", Mr. Corelli took the flower and started to walk to Hannah, "the fair hair maiden, Miss Hannah Montana, to our humble room." Mr. Corelli presented the flower to Hannah with a flourish of his hand.
"Thank you." Hannah said as she took the carnation from him.
"Would you like to say a few words to the class my lady?"
"Ooookay. I would just like to say I'm glad that I can spend the day with everyone and look forward to more conversations with y'all."
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Hannah was having a real good time of it. She finally got to spend the whole day of school with Lilly. They even had a three class note conversation going. The best thing about it was none of the teachers saw them passing the notes or really didn't care about it. But Hannah did pay attention in the classes. After all, this was material she was going to have to know for the up coming tests. Hannah even surprise a few classes when she asked some very good questions about what was being taught. But Hannah's favorite class was coming up. It was choir with Miss. Mayer. Other than Mr. Aaron, Miss Mayer was the only other school personal that knew she was Miley Stewart.
"Okay everyone. Settle down. This should be an interesting class with our guest present today." Miss Mayer started the class.
"We are going to be practicing our music for C.S.M.A. (California School Music Association) contest. We will continue were we left of yesterday."
"Miss Mayer?" Ashley raised her hand.
"Yes Ashley."
"Miley isn't here. Can I sing her solo?"
"Maybe we should ask our guest if she would like to sing the solo today." Miss. Mayer smiled at Hannah.
"Would you like to sing with use Hannah?"
"I be glad too. Miss Mayer."
"Lilly, could you get Miley's folder for Hannah."
"Yes Miss Mayer." Lilly went to the folder cabinet and got Miley's fold and brought it to Hannah. Hannah opened the folder and 'looking' at Lilly's folder, pulled out the music and opened it. Miss Mayer started the pianist and soon brought the choir in.
Before the end of class, Miss Mayer had ask Hannah if she could tell the class what it was like for her as a professional singer.
"Well, I was taking voice lessons since I was eight. My coach, which I still see three times a week, started with teaching me how to breath. Don't laugh. The ability for a singer to breath will define everything about your voice. After I learned how to breath, it was time for scales. I hated them. I still do. But if you can't do scales, then you can't increase you range. If you have no range, then you can't sing very many songs. So what does this all mean? It means I spend nine hours a week working on my voice. Any questions?"
"Yes, I believe your name is Ashley."
"Is recording a CD fun?"
"Afraid not. My last CD I recorded, I was in the studio for eight hours a day for three weeks. Those eight hours a day does not include lunch or breaks. So you see, a singer has to have a very strong voice. And if it sounds like work, it is. Yes, I love to sing, but it is my job too."
Hannah answered a few more questions before the lunch bell sounded. As the class left for lunch, Hannah stayed behind to talk to Miss Mayer.
Hannah reached into her bag and pulled out a complete set of CD's. All of them were signed. On the first of the set, Hannah wrote, To a great teacher of music. Your friend, Hannah Montana.
"Here, I want you to have these."
"Thanks Hannah. I'll treasure them always."
"You think I scared them about being a singer?"
"No. But you scared me." She laughed at herself.
"Hey, do you want to know my secret?"
"Sure. What's your secret?"
"I hate scales too!" They both laughed at that.
"I better get going. I have a school full of fans to have lunch with."
"Good luck with that Hannah."
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Frank had set a table up in the lunchroom for Hannah to use. There was a stack of 8x10's of Hannah. There was a small pile of markers. And there was her lunch. Hey, celebrities have to eat too. When Hannah got to the lunchroom, everyone made way for her to get to her table. Plus the student had to eat too. Soon a line was formed and the process like so many others in her life as Hannah started again. The presents of Frank behind her and the way her look, kept the line moving at a decent pace. Plus Hannah worked very hard at keeping it to two questions from everyone. Mr. Aaron had helped too. With the pep rally at the end of the day, he rearrange the end of the school day so there would be one class after lunch and just a little more time in lunch itself to give all the kids an equal chance of talking to Hannah.
By the time lunch was over, it appeared that everyone that wanted to see Hannah was happy. The bell for the last class of the day sounded and the student body moved off to class.