Unknown Feelings

Miley's POV

"Hey you know I'm in your class don't you? Why don't we work on it together?"

"Jake I would but-"

"-she would love to!" Lilly intercepted. And put on a huge smile. "Just go get your stuff and come to this address." Lilly skipped the few steps over to Rico's, grabbed a pen and quickly wrote my address on a napkin. Then came back and handed it to Jake. "We'll see you in a few." Then she picked up the magazine, linked my arm with hers and pulled me away to start walking home.

"Lilly what do you think you're doing?" I almost shouted as we were walking to my house.

"Miles, you guys have to work things out sometime and you know it."

"What? Lilly, what are you talking about? You're making it sound like we're…we're a couple or something." I said in a frustrated tone and a disgusted look on my face.

Within the next minute we had arrived at my house. We both flopped on the couch from an exhausting day. I sat down with my back facing the front door and Lilly faced me.

"Miley…" Lilly said, giving me that look of hers when she knew I was in denial. "You know what I'm talking about- and you know I'm right." she said simply. I just rolled my eyes.

I lay back on the couch, squished a pillow onto my face and started mumbling a bunch of things into it with frustration.

"…always right…stop reading my mind…do not like him!" At the same time I was punching the pillow into my face, so I thought my words were inaudible. But I was wrong. Lilly had heard what I was saying. I didn't know so I kept going. "…maybe…like…freakin idiot!" I said, still punching the pillow to break up what I was saying. Then Lilly finally stopped me.

"Miley, Miley! Stop now, ok? Lilly said as she moved over and yanked the pillow out of my grip and off my face.

"Alright, alright I'm sorry. It's just that….well did you here what I said?"

"Well sort of. You're a little mad about me always being right, you want me to stop reading you mind, and you don't like Jake? And then you decided that you might actually like that freakin idiot?" she questioned and looked at me.

I just sat there with my eyes wide and mouth part way open. I couldn't believe that she filled in all the holes. But I quickly replaced my wide eyed look with a fake smile. Then I put a hand on Lilly's shoulder and spoke to her in a sweet and innocent voice for a few seconds.

"Wow Lilly, good job. Except you forgot the part that I'm the freakin idiot!" I added, dropping the sweet tone and raising my voice.

"Wait…you were calling yourself an idiot? Ok then. But who were you talking about liking?"

I opened my mouth a little, and then closed it. I hesitated for a few seconds on weather or not I should say anything. But this turned out to be a bad idea, because that was long enough for Lilly to start freaking.

"Oh my gosh, you do like Jake, don't you?! I knew it, I knew it!" she squealed very excited and stood up from the couch.

"I do not, I said maybe- th-there's a difference."

"Miley, how can you think you might like someone. That doesn't make sense. Come on, what are you trying to avoid?" Lilly said and smirked. I also thought I saw her I look over my shoulder and then dart back again. But I thought nothing of it and went on with the conversation.

"Well I guess…I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't avoid him. He did say he hates all the attention. He also said he likes me and wants to get to know the real me."

"Yeah you sure haven't been showing that lately Miles." Lilly told me.

"Well ok, so maybe I was mad at first, but you're right- I guess there isn't any reason to avoid him." I sighed

"You mean no reason to avoid liking him?"

"Uhg, why are you always right?! Ok fine, so maybe I do."

"Yes! So when are you going to tell him? Or are you just going to keep up your act?"

"Lilly, what is this, 20 questions?" I chuckled. Why was she acting so odd? "I don't know when, but I just said I like-" Ok now she was just creeping me out as she began to smirk. "Lilly, stop smirking. Why are you smirking?"

"Oh um, n-no reason. So when are you going to tell him?" she said starting to smirk again. This time she was looking over my shoulder again and smirking.

"Lilly, I just told you I don't know" I said loudly. "…and what are you looking-" I turned around quickly to see if anything was there. There was, or rather someone. To my horror they were the last person on earth I wanted to see right now.

The second after I turned around, I jumped up off the couch and faced him.

"Jake what have you heard, how long have you been here?!"

"Hmm…long enough." He said simply and shrugged like it was nothing.

"Oh n-n-no, I hate it when people say that, especially you. See now that means that you've been here our whole conversation haven't you?" I said in a frustrated tone, right into his face.

"Calm down Miley, gosh. I've only heard that you decided not to avoid me and you like me now." Jake said and began to smile. But it wasn't his famous smile I usually see. It was different this time. I like it when he does that. Wait, what am I thinking?

"W-well maybe, but you were eavesdropping. That was supposed to be a private conversation. Why would I ever like someone that eavesdrops?!" Oh great, that was probably a little harsh, because his smile faded now.

"You're right, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kept listening." He said quietly and sadly. "I'll just go home and study alone. See you at school. Bye Lilly." he added and nodded his head at Lilly. Then he slowly walked to the door, opened it and walked away.

"Jake wait I-" but the door closed before I could finish.

"Lilly, how did he get in here like that anyway?" I tried to change the subject, but I knew it would come up again.

"I saw Jake in the window and smiled at him" Lilly told me. "So then he opened the door and walked in real quietly." she shrugged too, also like it was no big deal.

"Oh, so that's why you kept smirking. Because you were happy that he heard all this?"

"Come on Miley, you knew you would have to tell him sometime."

"Didn't you see what just happened? I didn't want him to know now, especially not like that. Oh I don't know, what was I thinking?" I flopped back on the couch and put a pillow on my face. But this time I didn't try to make my words inaudible- they were just muffled. "Lilly why did I do that? Maybe he should know."

"Miley, you just told him."

"No, I said why would I ever like someone who eavesdrops? Now he probably thinks I'll never like him. But do you think he will still like me?" I asked as I sat up and took the pillow off my face.

"Of course, in fact I think he'll do anything to get to you because you're not letting your guard down. And you have to learn to."

"Yeah you're right, I open up with you all the time, well that's because we're best friends, but I should probably let him know too."

The next day at school I tried to find Jake at our locker, every time I saw him, he went to class quickly. At lunch I saw Lilly at her locker and told her.

"Lilly, now he's the one avoiding me. What's up with that?"

"Well, it's probably because of what you said. Did you ever think of that?" she said like it was obvious.

"Oh no I forgot. Well what do you think I should do?" Boy am I stupid. I just have to apologize.

"Gee I don't know- apologize!" she said again in an obvious tone.

"I know I just thought of that and I will…I just don't know how. Because I never see him anywhere." I said then I saw Lilly smirk at me again. "Lilly what are you smirking at now?" I asked and quickly turned around right into Oliver. "Oh gosh Oliver! Why does everyone keep doing that to me?!" I said putting a hand on my chest because he had scared me. Then he began to smile because I was still up close to him. Then I glared at him and backed away.

"Whoa, sorry Miles, what's up with you today? You seem a little jumpy." He said; ignoring what just happened.

"Hey Oliver." Lilly nodded her head at him, he nodded back.

"Well Jake and I kind of got into a fight and I just…I have to apologize to him and I don't know when."

"Oh uh, you and Jake huh? Is there something going on between you two?" Oliver asked in an odd sort of way.

"Well as soon as Miley apologizes, then there might be." Lilly cut in.

"Thank you Lilly." I said sarcastically. "Yes Oliver, I think I like him, but I told him I didn't when I started this little fight yesterday. I think I hurt his feelings, so now he won't talk to me."

"Well there he is now, why don't you go say something?" Oliver pointed out Jake walking into the lunchroom. Jake took a quick glance at the three of us and continued on to lunch. "Oh well that's too bad. There's always tomorrow." He said then walked over to his locker and opened it. It was next to Lilly's.

"No, I can always try and catch him sometime today." I gave him a weird look.

"Yeah, and Oliver what's up with you? It seems like you…like you…" Lilly thought for a few seconds as I looked over at Oliver he was avoiding eye contact with both of us. He began to look guilty of something. And as much as I didn't want to think of it, I might have known what it was. I think Lilly figured it out too.

"Oliver do you-" she began to ask but he cut her off.

"I gotta go to lunch. I skipped breakfast and I'm starving." He said all very quickly, and then ran away to lunch.

A/N Sorry it took longer than I thought- writers block. But here it is. Enjoy...