Chapter 5: On the Road Again
A/N: Okay...I am officially horrible at updating on time! Sorry...my life has just been busy lately, and I've had writers block. Forgive me? Enjoy the chapter!
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Flashback: "Miley..." Jake said. He placed his hand on my face and wiped the tear away. But, even when the tear was gone, his hand remained. Slowly we leaned inwards. Slowly, closer, and then...
"EVERYONE GET DOWN AND TAKE COVER! THE TORNADO'S COMING!"
Ok, maybe not.
Yea, so we kinda stopped then. Half of me wishes we didn't and the other half is glad we didn't...
Jake got the blanket from under my duffel bag and told me to get down. He also did the same, and threw the blanket over the two of us. He wrapped his arms around me and got close to me, and put his head over mine protecting me. He began to stroke my hair to help calm my fears. And suddenly, I knew everything would be okay...
-End Flashback-
Here it is, 1 hour later and we're still here. The tornado brushed right by us thankfully, but there was damage done to the outside of the building. The thunderstorm was still in full-swing outside though, so we have to wait until it was over. It did calm down though for about 15 minutes and Mr. Milani finally came to his senses and called the bus replacement place and they said they would send one down to the center after the storm was over. But now the storm is still kickin'. And yet somehow...I don't mind. Jake and I were sitting on the couch, blanket around our shoulders, cuddling. Yes, cuddling! I can't believe I'm cuddling with Jake Ryan! WAIT A MINUTE! I'm cuddling with Jake Ryan! Number one enemy Jake Ryan! And on top of all that, my two best friends Lilly and Oliver who know I'm deathly afraid of storms didn't even come to comfort me!
"You okay Miles?" He caught me staring off into space, making weird faces as I rambled on in my mind.
"Wha-? Oh, yea I'm fine..." And I pulled away slightly. Then the lady at the desk walked into the crowded area of people.
"Everyone we have officially gotten word that the storm is over and it is now safe to leave the premises. And for those of you here from Seaview High School, your bus has arrived." There was a chorus of cheering going around the room, as well from me and Jake. I looked around at all the kids cheering, but was speechless when I saw two of our kids celebrating in a different way by kissing. A shaggy brunette boy and a long blonde haired girl...wait a minute!
"LILY?! OLIVER?!" I said, walking up to them. They quickly broke apart.
"Oh, uh, hey Miles! Haven't seen you at all since we were seated so far away!" Oliver said, nervously.
"Hahaha...yea! It's like that song you know 'Far away for far too long, I keep dreaming you'll be with me and'" Lilly began to chime in, but I cut her off.
"Save it Lilly! So when were you two planning to tell me you were absolutely madly in love with each other hmm?"
"Oh yea? Well...what about you and Jake? We saw you two over there on the couch!" Oliver fought back.
"We didn't do anything! He was comforting me! You know I'm scared of storms ever since what happened to...you know!"
"Well he sure has a romantic way of showing it!" Lilly said.
"You know, I'm not going to just sit here and argue all day! It's pretty sad when my two best friends who know about my problem with storms didn't even bother to try to come and comfort me yet my enemy did! Sad? I THINK SO!" I said, then stomped off. I have the right to get angry sometimes too don't I?
"Don't cry Miley, don't cry! Be strong! Miley like a puma. Miley like a puma!" I muttered to myself. I could say that all day, but I still wouldn't have my best friends back.
"Miley! HEY, Miley!" Jake called to me, and started running over. I tried to walk the other way, but he grabbed my arm and turned me around.
"Miley I loaded our bags onto the bus so let's go before-wait, Miley what's wrong?" Can I trust him? Or will he think I was just a cry-baby freak? I tried to open my mouth and tell him, but the lump in my throat grew bigger every time.
"Jake..." I finally said, giving in. The tears came to my eyes, and I closed my eyes and bit my lip praying they'd stay in and go away. But this was one unanswered prayer, as they slowly trickled down my cheek.
"It's okay Miley." He said, then pulled me close and allowed me to cry on his shoulder. Lilly and Oliver walked by holding hands, and Jake mouthed to them "What's wrong with Miley?" but they just rolled their eyes and walked away.
"Come on Miles." Jake said, taking Miley's hand and leading her towards the door, "We'll go over to the side of the building so you don't have to deal with all these people staring at us and you can tell me what's wrong. Sound good?" I sniffled some and wiped my mascara stained cheeks and nodded my head yes. We pushed through the crowd of people and walked to the side of the building. Jake took both of my hands then looked me in the eye.
"Okay, now what happened." And then I told him everything that happened.
"That would explain why they were holding hands I guess." Jake said. Then he let go of my hands and stuffed his hands into the pockets of his Abercrombie faded-wash jeans and stared at his shoes. "So...about that whole me and you thing they were talking about...does this mean you want me to stay away now or something? Because I don't think I can take you blocking me out of your life again..." It started to rain lightly again. Then harder, to a drizzle.
"No...don't. Don't leave me...ever again." I finished. He looked up, smiled slightly and then I got that "spingy tingle" in my stomach (A/N: I got the whole 'springy tingle' thing from The Clique novel: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back. So credit to them!)
Then he placed his wet hand on my cheek and placed his lips on mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he moved his around my waist. It's every girl's dream to get kissed in the rain, and let's just say-well, I'm living that dream right now.
We broke apart, and I smiled biting my lip as we looked into each others eyes. Then we walked to the bus, although the rain now was pouring and we were soaked but hey-we didn't really care.
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-On the Bus-
We sat down, getting evil glares from jealous girls, and students who were mad because we were keeping them from leaving. Since we finally showed up, the bus driver began to drive. Well, at least half of the trip was over. Only 5 more hours...
"You wanna finish watching Stay Alive?" Jake said, pulling out his iPod.
"Later. Let's listen to some music." I said. He handing me an earphone.
"Here, you pick the songs." He said, handing me his iPod. I scrolled through the list and stopped when I got to a certain section of songs.
"You have Hannah Montana in your iPod?"
"Oh yea! She's really nice, fun to work with. You know what? She reminds me a lot of you. Maybe we can all go out for Starbucks one day or something and you two can get to know each other!"
"Umm...yea! Sounds great!" I said, smiling. I continue scrolling until I got to "Don't Matter" by Akon. Then I hit play. After all, it was the perfect song for us. I looked up at Jake and smiled, then rested my head on his shoulder as Jake softly sang along to the song to me.
Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no-
Cause I got you babe
Nobody wanna see us together but it don't matter no-
Cause I got you babe
Cause we gon' fight
Oh yes we gon' fight(We gon' fight)
Believe we gon' fight(We gon' fight)
Fight for our right to love yeah
Nobody wanna see us together
But it don't matter no
Cause I got you
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A/N: Okay hope you enjoyed! Please review! Thanks, and see you next time!
A/N PART 2: Okay, I've been trying to upload this chapter for like, the past 4-5 days and it's been saying error everytime. So sorry!