The Things I Do For love

Problems and Lyrics

Miley's POV:

Oh, you have got to be kidding me. I mean, seriously. Come on! Let's make a list of my problems.

-Luanne is here

-Jake and I are supposed to be broken up, but we're not

-2 random people from New Mexico know my secret, and I don't know if they'll tell or not

-Their 6 other friends are very close to figuring it out

-I feel like screaming. Ok, technically, that's not a problem, but that's what all these problems are leading up to

-I have a major head ache

-Troy and Gabi aren't together. Hmm, I'd forgotten about that one.

I fell back on to my bed. What am I gonna do? Luanne is eating lunch at the restaurant right now, so I'm alone. That girl confuses me. She has the whole country girl act going on in her look, but her accent is pretty clear. What's she trying to pull? I heard a knock on my door.

"It's open!"

I hear somebody enter and sit on the bed I'm laying on. "Hey Jake," I say, not even having to look at him to know who it is. He has like a weird sixth sense if something's bugging me.

"What's up?" he asks. "I know there's something bugging you."

"Guess who's here?"

"Who?"

"Luanne."

"Oh, that sucks."

"Yeah, as if I didn't have enough things to deal with."

"Listen Miley, I promise, Luanne could never steal me from you. Never."

"Yeah."

"Miles, can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"What are you planning on doing?"

"What do you mean?"

"Where do we go from here, I mean, what are we supposed to do, act like friends for the next four days?"

"I guess so. I'm just scared, I tell these random eight kids from Albuquerque (thank you spell check) my secret, I'll probably never see them again, what do they have to gain from keeping my secret?"

"Nothing, but, hopefully they will."

Meanwhile:

Sharpay, Gabriella, and Taylor were sitting inside their hotel room. "I feel guilty," Taylor says.

"About?"

"Jake and Miley, I mean, I know, we have nothing to do with them breaking up, but somehow I still feel like it's our fault."

"Why did they break up, anyway?" Sharpay asked.

"I dunno, Miley didn't tell us, I still think they're hiding something," Taylor said.

"Well, yeah, but what?"

"Let's put some facts together."

"Alright, what do we have?"

"First of all, Jake and Miley broke up and it wasn't because Jake was cheating, but I don't think they want us to know."

"Yeah, but what I think is weird is that they were so sure he wasn't cheating."

"What do you mean?"

"Well," Sharpay said. "I don't see how they could be so positive that he wasn't cheating, unless, they like, followed him everywhere. I mean, come on, he's famous."

"I see what you mean, unless…"

"Unless what?"

"Unless, they knew he was cheating."

"What?"

"Think about it. Miley knew he was cheating, but she didn't dump him because he's Jake Ryan."

"Come, on, Miley would be more smart than that, or, at least, it seems like she would be."

"Hey, you never know."

"Gabi, you haven't said anything this whole time, what do you think is going on, or, do you know?"

"Song lyrics, ladies, it's all in the song lyrics," Gabriella says, her part of the plan, leaving them utterly confused.

"What did she mean by that?"

"I have no idea."

"Back to what we were talking about."

"Yeah."

"So, maybe Miley knew Jake was cheating with Hannah and didn't mind because he was a celebrity, and she got to be a celebrity's girlfriend."

"Maybe, but, why would she break up with him now?"

"She didn't break up with him," said a voice, coming into the room.

"Zack, Cody, what are you doing here, and how do you know that?"

"Well," Zack starts. "The door was open, and, we just passed their door 10 minutes ago, they were making out."

"Did not need to know that!"

"Yeah, whatever, they were, it didn't look like she dumped him," Cody added.

"Oh god, that girl needs help, he cheated on her and she knows it!"

"Yes, but, I think, for once, we just shouldn't butt in."

Sharpay sighed, knowing she was right and that Miley had to figure this (even if there was no 'this') out for herself. Sigh.

"I guess you're right."

"Whatever, come on Zack," Cody says as they leave the room.

"Song lyrics," Taylor says. "Gabi said song lyrics, that has to mean something."

"Yeah, but what?"

"It's probably Hannah's lyrics, I mean, who else would she be talking about?"

"Yeah, do you have her album on your iPod?"

"Uh huh."

"Me too," Sharpay says, getting out her iPod. She scrolls to the 'Hannah' playlist. "Ok, Tay, you listen to 'Nobody's Perfect', 'If We Were a Movie', 'Who Said', 'The Best of Both Worlds', and 'I Got Nerve.'"

"Yay, I got the good songs," Taylor says.

"Whatever, I got, 'Pumpin' Up the Party', 'Make Some Noise', 'The Other Side of Me', 'Just like You', and 'This is the Life."

"Ok, so, what are we looking for?"

"Any lyrics that catch your attention or sound kind of… not regular."

For 20 minutes, they listen closely to their songs, repeating some that need to be repeated.

"Ok, watcha got?" Taylor asked once they were finished.

"Well," Sharpay says. "The Other Side of Me', 'Just Like You', and 'This is the Life' caught my attention, before I tell you why, you?"

"Every song except for, 'I Got Nerve' sounded fishy."

Cough-filler-cough. Sorry I haven't updated lately, but, I have stuff goin' on!