Chapter 11

Misunderstanding

It's Wednesday and I still haven't found a song for the project and the song is due next Friday. I know it may sound stupid, but I just had a lot on my mind. I'm still confused with the talk I had with Jake on Saturday at the beach and I have a concert coming up on Saturday, which my dad is making me completely stressed over. After my talk with Lilly, she sort of made a few things clear, but not everything completely. Plus that little thing Jake and I had on Sunday was just so… confusing.

"Miley, we need those songs. When will you get them?" Freddy complained and I rolled my eyes.

"I'll get them to you tomorrow okay? I just feel completely exhausted. I promise you I'll get you your songs, just relax we have 1 ½ weeks until it's due, just chill!" I exclaimed as I put a music sheet down on my desk.

We were in music class, going through some notes and singing with Mrs. Rodrigues. A boy in the class volunteered to sing the song he picked out with his partner and it was kind of disturbing. He couldn't hit the right notes and he really didn't sound good. Even if I was being quite judgmental about his voice, he did an okay job.

"How can I chill? I have so much going on and I'm just frustrated!" Freddy shook his head.

"Gosh Freddy, relax." I rolled my eyes. He doesn't even know the crap I'm going through and he think's that he has more things' going on with him?

"Sorry. How about I meet you at your place and 'we' find some songs together, okay?" He asked.

"Sure, as long as you don't throw tantrums at me, you're welcomed at my house anytime." I sighed and stared at the boy singing in the middle of the class as he hit the bridge of the song.

"Okay, I'll go after I finish some business." He said and he paid attention to the guy singing his song.

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After school I met up with Jackson and the rest out in the front of the school.

"Jackson, are you going to be home the whole day?" I asked as we walked toward Jackson's car.

"No, I have to go to Rico's right after school and close the shop. Why do you ask?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Nothing, just wondering." We entered the car and Jackson drove the rest of the way home.

As soon as we got home, I darted to my room to do some lyrics searching. It shouldn't be that hard, right? I mean, I've met a lot of famous people and it shouldn't take that long.

I played my iTunes as I looked for lyrics on my computer. There wasn't much I could think of. Maybe some songs from musicals could do, but that's about it.

I got irritated as time passed by. About half an hour and still no luck with the lyrics. The songs were either too loud, too soft, too lovey dovey, too hard, or too irritating. I was about to give up when I decided that I should just stop and listen to music. It should help me with finding out which song to use with the project.

I leaned back on my computer chair and just listened to the lyrics of the song that was playing at this time. It made me feel quite refreshed. Then I found myself belting out some of the lyrics from the song.

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

There's no doubt in my mind where you belong

I was about to sing the next few lines when I jumped up and heard another voice singing with the song. I turned on my chair and saw Freddy walking into my room. He stopped singing once he saw me looking at him. He grinned and sat down at my bed.

"See, when you're all alone, you sing so normal and good. Why is that?" He asked and yet again I rolled my eyes.

"You know, you're not supposed to be in here? Boys aren't allowed in my room." I said and he stood up.

"So what, are you going to call the cops on me?" He asked and laughed.

"No, I'm just saying." I shrugged and turned back to my computer.

"You found anything yet?" He asked and I shook my head.

"There isn't much I can think of." I said. I felt him put his hands on my shoulders and I froze. He put his chin on my head and looked at my computer screen.

"You know, the song you was singing, it somewhat has a duet with it." He said and I tried to ignore the fact that he was practically on me.

"Really?" I asked and he nodded.

"Have you heard Kelly Clarkson's version? Somewhere in the middle, there's a guy singing with her. It's a great song." He lightly brushed his fingers against my neck, making the skin tingle.

"O-oh, I d-didn't know." I stammered, trying to concentrate, but I still couldn't. The fact that he's practically on me is making me feel all jumpy inside and I don't really like it. I never felt like that before.

"Yeah, here, it's in my iPod." He finally moved away from me, but then I felt something cold stuck in my ear. It startled me at first, but then I shook it off noticing that it was only his iPod earphones.

I listened to the song and that version he had is way better than the older version I had.

"You want to consider this song?" He asked and I nodded.

"Sure, maybe, but let's just make sure." I said and stood up. I wanted to know what Luann's, and if Oliver and Lilly's here, their opinion to that song was, since they know that song well. I always used to sing it or play it back when Jake was still in Romania. They became completely irritable when I constantly chose that song over many others.

He looked at me questionably and I walked out of the room. I looked behind me and saw that he was following me down the stairs.

As we got down the stairs, Oliver, Lilly, and Luann were all watching TV, most likely a movie that's playing.

"Hey guys, I need some advice." I said and they turned to look at Freddy and I.

"Shoot." Lilly said she was sitting close to Oliver, which made me stall for a moment. She still hadn't told me about what's going on between her and Oliver and I really want to know what they're up to.

"Okay, you know the song, "To Make You Feel My Love" the one I always listened to when Jake was gone?" I asked and then Oliver groaned.

"Of course I remember that song, you kept on listening to it over and over again. It was irritating!" He exclaimed and I laughed.

"Well, Freddy here suggested that we sing it for our project. What do you think?" I asked and they laughed.

"Umm…" They said in unison and thought for a moment.

Then the TV started to play a song and Luann piped up.

"How about that song?" She asked as she flipped her dark brown highlighted hair over her shoulder to look at the TV.

I stopped to listen to the song and smiled. It sounded nice, and I knew I heard it before. Then I realized where I heard it from when I looked at the TV. It's that song from A Walk to Remember. The part when the guy and the girl are somewhat together, hanging out.

"You know what, I actually like it." Freddy said as his own eyes were glued to the TV.

"Maybe then." I smiled and looked at him.

As soon as the song stopped playing, I unexpectedly went straight up the stairs to get the lyrics and Freddy, once again, followed me.

"Aren't you excited?" Freddy asked and I giggled.

"You're so weird, you know that?" I said as we walked into my room.

"Thank you, I take that as a compliment." He laughed.

I went straight for the computer and looked up the lyrics to the song. As soon as I found them, I bookmarked the page and printed out two copies.

"I find it weird that we take a really long time looking for lyrics, and at an instant, we find the perfect song for us." I said and he laughed.

"Maybe it's fate." He grinned and I smiled with him. He had the best smile I've ever seen. He always smiled and that's one thing I like about him.

"Maybe then."

I walked toward the bed and he followed me. He sat down and read the lyrics out loud.

"I really like this song." He said and I nodded.

"Me too."

We sat in silence, reading the lyrics to ourselves when Freddy suddenly starts to talk.

"If you didn't have a boyfriend, I'd kiss you." He joked as he stood up, going in front of me.

"Yeah right, you're too in love with Hannah Montana to do that." I rolled my eyes and looked over the lyrics. I looked up from my paper and stuck my tongue at him and he laughed.

"You think I'm that obsessed with Hannah Montana, now don't you?" He said in a serious tone. He walked closer to me and stopped as soon as the tips of our toes were touching.

"Yeah, it seems so." I admitted and crossed my legs, staring up at him.

"Well, at least I'm not another lovestruck fan of Jake's." He snorted as he quoted Mrs. Rodrigues.

"Hey, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have gone on Mrs. Rodrigues bad side! She embarrassed me in front of the whole class!" I exclaimed and he frowned.

"Gosh, sorry 'Miss I don't like to get in trouble.' I was just being nice." He said, lightening up the mood.

"Okay, well next time, just don't do anything like that, okay? And any way's it's all in the past already." I sighed.

I looked at him and he had an evil grin pasted on his face.

"What are you thinking about Freddy?" I looked at him questionably and his grin grew bigger.

Soon, Freddy tackled me on to my bed and started to tickle my sides.

"Oh-my-gosh!" I screeched as he constantly ran his hands through my sides, making me laugh hysterically.

I tried to push him off, but he didn't want to stop, my stomach started to ache, but I just couldn't stop laughing.

"Stop!" I shouted as he continued this act. I felt like I wanted to kill him for doing this for me.

"Why should I?' He asked and I bit my lip and closed my eyes.

"I swear, Freddy, I'm going to kill you!" I said between fits of laughter.

As soon as I said that, his tickles worsened and I felt tears in my eyes.

"Hey Mi- What are you doing with my girlfriend?" I could hear someone say from my door.

We both looked toward the door and Jake stood there clenching his fists. Freddy had finally stopped tickling me and got off of me.

I felt terrified because I didn't know what was to come up next. Jake was there at the door, looking completely pissed off, like he was ready to kill, and here I am with Freddy.

"Jake, calm down, we weren't doing anything, it's just a misunderstanding." Freddy said as calmly as he could while walking toward Jake.

"You call this nothing? You're flirting with my girlfriend on her bed. What am I supposed to think?"

Jake looked completely pissed off and I didn't know what to do of it. I knew where this was going, but I never thought that Jake would actually think that I had something going on with Freddy.

"Jake, we were just happy to find a song. We're doing nothing wrong, just relax." I said as I sat up from my bed and got up. I walked closer to Jake but he just turned away and started off downstairs.

"Jake, where are you going?" I called as I followed him.

"Don't follow me; I need some time to think." Was all he said just before running out of my house.

I knew exactly where he was going, but I was too afraid to go there. I seriously screwed up this time.

A/N Okay, more stuff coming up next…. I'm sorry about the last part, I just had to put it! Don't hate me!

BTW Who remembers the place Jake goes to when he thinks?

Thanks for the reviews and reading.

Me thinks that it is time to put it all together and let it all out :D