Chapter 2: Back At Home

Miley sat staring through her window the next morning. She had so many different emotions right then: she was shocked, of course, but she was also happy, sad, anxious, upset, and a bunch of other stuff too.

"Hey Miles," Jackson said, walking through her open door.

"Hey," Miley replied, expressionless.

"Wow that's sure an accomplishment," Jackson laughed. "You didn't scream at me when I came into your room." Miley just continued to stare out the window.

"AND," Jackson continued, picking up Miley's stuffed dog, waving around in the air, "You didn't throw Dinky at me!!"

"It's Binky, by the way," Miley said, STILL staring out the window.

Jackson frowned. "What's up with you Miles?" he asked. "Cat got your tongue?" he said sarcastically.

"Eh," she replied lazily.

Jackson smirked. "This could be fun…." he said quite happily, rubbing his hands together. He walked further into Miley's room, making sure she didn't turn around.

"So, that new CD Hannah Montana made was pretty awesome, huh?" he began, smiling.

"Yeah," Miley replied.

"Yeah I even told a few of my friends how much I liked it," he continue, holding back a laugh.

"Good."

Jackson couldn't take it anymore. He finished up his "ensemble" with: "I told them how great it is to have a sister that is Hannah Montana. They should be arriving with cameras anytime soon."

Miley glanced at him. "Maybe I should go get dressed," she sighed.

Jackson opened his mouth to laugh, but then realized that her reaction was not quite what he expected.

"What the heck is wrong with you Miles!?!?!?!?!" he yelled. "I can't stand it when you're like this!!!"

Miley shrugged. "Nothing. Just….life."

Jackson suddenly understood. "The only two times you've acted like this are when Lilly accidentally ate your goldfish Timmy, and when that Jake Ryan dude left for Norway."

Miley turned around. "First of all, Lilly just thought Timmy was a goldfish cracker, so it's not really her fault. Second of all, Jake went to Romania, stupid. And third of all –." Miley paused. "Jake is back."

Jacked snorted at this comment. "So you're telling me that you're all depressed because your boyfriend is back from Africa –"

"ROMANIA!!!" Miley interrupted.

"Whatever!!" Jackson exclaimed. "But you're not even excited about the fact that your boyfriend's back?"

Miley sighed. "Well, I guess I'm just scared. I mean before he left, I kinda got mad at him for kissing me and telling me he was leaving immediately after!"

Jackson's mouth dropped open. "You KISSED HIM?!?!?!?"

Miley rolled her eyes. "Oh please. It's not like you didn't expect it!!"

"Very true," Jackson agreed, nodding his head.

"ANYWAYS," Miley continued, "I feel really bad about the way I treated him. I mean, it's not like he planned to kiss me right before he left so I would have to live without him for 4 months."

Jackson looked at Miley with a confused look. "He's been gone for like 3 years!! And last time I checked my calendar, 3 years is longer than 4 months."

"Well, he had to stay in Romania because the producer of the movie liked it so much, they decided to make a sequel. And that turned into a series of about 3 movies that he had to film. So he's been gone for longer than he expected. I just thought he would stay there since he's probably gotten comfortable."

"Well," Jackson teased, "I guess Mr. Smoochy-Smooch had to come back for some more!!" Jackson started making kissing noises to Miley.

Miley threw a pillow at Jackson, although she was secretly hoping that was why Jake was really coming back.

"Well, I guess I have to wait until tomorrow to figure everything out," Miley sighed. Until tomorrow...…..