A/N Italicized parts are in Don't Leave Me and Suddenly Our Secret

Chapter 3

Confusing Jake

In the morning I woke up alone in bed and incredibly tired. Although I have no clue how I fell back asleep last night, I'm grateful that I didn't have another nightmare after that one I had with Matt in it.

I yawned and I looked around my room seeing that Jake wasn't there. 'Jake must've woken up and gone downstairs earlier.' I sat up from my bed and covered my face with my hands.

Last night's nightmare just took a big affect on me. I couldn't stop crying when I woke up last night and Jake tried his best to calm me down. It's just so hard having all these forgotten memories come back to you like that and what if Matt does come back into my life and hurt me? That's the only thing that's keeping me from feeling safe now.

I got out from my bed and went to change out of my PJ's so that I could get out of this room. As soon as I wore something decent, I got out of my room and tiptoed down the stairs hearing people talking in the living room.

"-and just woke up crying and when I tried to help her, she was hitting me. I'm scared for her." I hear someone say who most likely was Jake.

I reached the bottom step and listened as I looked into the living room seeing Jake, Oliver, Lilly, and Luann talking. They seemed to be in a deep conversation talking about me and it's bothering me.

"I'm worried for her too. I still don't get how he can be released from jail so early. It's not everyday you hear of a rapist on the prowl again. Especially if he's tried to kill someone and dated someone five years younger than them, you know something is wrong." Lilly said.

"Thanks Lilly, you've definitely made me feel much better." Luann sarcastically said and rolled her eyes.

"Well, sorry it-" Lilly started, but Luann held up her hand.

"It's okay Lilly, don't worry." Luann smiled. "I get it and it was my mistake to even date him. He's a pervert and it's not my fault I'm attracted to older guys."

"Anyway, how are you holding up Jake?" Oliver asked.

"Me?" Jake started, sounding a little confused.

"Yeah you, you were attacked by him, don't you just feel like killing him or something?"

Jake sighed. "Yeah, but I have to be the better person. I need to worry for Miley; she was violated by the dude. I could care less about myself; all I want is for Miley to feel better."

'Aww!' I smiled at how caring Jake was being. He wants me to feel better and right now I have to show him that I'm better. I can't feel like how I felt when I was a sophomore with Matt almost screwing up my life.

I decided that it was time to reveal myself and I walked out to the living room with Luann being the first one to notice me.

"Hey Miley, had a nice sleep last night?" She said and soon received a slap on the shoulder from Lilly.

"In a way I guess." I shrugged and sat down beside Jake. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and kissed my cheek.

"So…" He started and I leaned my head on his shoulder.

I took a deep breath and looked around as the others stared at me. I shook my head. They all had curious looks on their faces, as if they want to ask me something, maybe about my dream or something.

"You know, if you want to know about my dream, all you had to do was ask." I said and they all looked a bit nervous.

"What makes you-" Luann started, trying to cover up of them talking about me and my dream.

I held up my hand and shook my head.

"I know you guys were talking about me and I really don't mind sharing the dream with you."

"We're just scared for you, you know? We don't want your fears or anything to come back like that even if parts of them have. We just want you to relax and forget him, not remembering what he did to you." Lilly said looking sympathetic.

I smiled. "It's okay Lilly and I'm happy that you all care, but I just feel like maybe it's better if I tell you anyway so you know what I'm dealing with." I replied softly and closed my eyes. "Do you want to hear it or not?"

I looked up at the others and saw them as they moved closer to me, practically at the edge of their seats. I nodded and I took a deep breath.

"The dream started when Jake was getting hurt by only Matt…" I started off and told them about my dream. The whole time I told them of my dream, I had to tell them what really happened back then. How Matt lured me into getting me a date, which Luann oddly remembered, and how he violated me, or tried to. Their faces were more scared than shocked for me when I finished telling the story of what happened in my dream.

There was awkward silence among us and I covered my eyes with my arm. The silence wasn't helping at all, it was making me more nervous than calm and I needed to get out of the house.

"I'm sorry Miley." Luann broke down and wrapped her arms around me. I let go of Jake and hugged her. "It's my fault."

"Just don't worry Luann. Don't blame yourself; it was my fault for even considering going on that stupid date with him." I sighed and she pulled back.

I looked around the room and everyone just looked really afraid.

"We're all affected by him and we just have to forget about it. He'll be stupid for even trying to get close to us." I forced myself to laugh. "Just relax okay? This is all stupid stuff happening at one moment and I have all of you to help me get through this." I smiled and Jake hugged me from behind.

"Yes you do." He kissed my cheek and I leaned against him with his chin on my shoulder.

Just then the door burst open and I looked seeing that it was Freddy Greendale, Aimee Guzman, and their child Jason walking into the room.

"Miley, are you alright?" Freddy said as soon as he seen me and Jake.

"Hey Freddy, hey Aimee, hi Jason!" I squealed. "And yes I'm okay Freddy." I got up from the couch and to the little kid who was being held by Aimee. I took him from his mothers arms gave him a big kiss on the cheek.

"Hi Aunty Miley." He said and hugged me.

After confessing to my fans and everyone else in the world that I was or am or whatever Hannah Montana, Freddy has been apparently keeping his own secret to himself. He and Aimee, the girl who thought that I was pregnant when I was doing some spying of Freddy, had a baby during Freddy's sophomore year.

I can still remember when I first met Aimee…

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"Hey, when are you due?" I hear a voice beside me say.

I looked up and a girl was staring at me. I looked at her, completely confused and she was looking at a piece of paper I pretended to be reading for the past few minutes.

I looked at the paper and carefully read it to myself. My eyes widened when I finished reading the piece of paper. It was one of those teen pregnancy things where if you're pregnant and you don't know what to do bulletins. I blushed and looked back at the girl.

"I'm not pregnant." I said and blushed.

She blushed as well and covered her mouth. "I'm so sorry! It's not that I thought you were pregnant or anything because you're really skinny, it's just most people who look at those things are, I mean I looked at it when… Well, never mind." She smacked herself on her forehead and smiled.

"It's okay, haha, I was just…" I thought for an excuse to use on why I was looking at it. "A friend of mine sort of… and yeah."

"It's okay, you don't need to explain!" She giggled. "By the way, I'm Aimee Guzman."

"I'm Miley Stewart."

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That's the only reason why Freddy didn't want me to go to his house to practice for music class and he didn't want me to think he was disgusting or anything. Aimee and Freddy are now married and have been for two years now and I think it's incredibly cute.

I admit at times I want a baby, but I'm just too young to have one. I always pictured myself with Jake in a house getting married and having kids, but that's thinking too far into the future. Whenever Jake and I have our times, we're careful, I would never want to make the mistake Freddy and Aimee did when they were 16-17 years old. It's just too much.

"Hey, let's go outside." Luann suggested and Lilly stood up from the couch.

"We ladies can talk while you boys can stay in here and play." Lilly remarked and skipped toward the patio.

"Sure, we can talk about manliness while you girls talk about make up and stupid stuff." Oliver replied and I rolled my eyes.

Even if we're older now, they can all still act like kids. It's funny and cute at times, but it can get really old when you're not in the mood.

I carried Jason while following the others to the patio. I took the nearest seat to the door and placed Jason on my lap as he played with his power ranger's shirt.

"Miley, how have you been?" Aimee asked as she handed Jason a snack from his bag.

"I've been great up until last night when I found out about Matt." I sighed and put my chin on Jason's head.

"Yeah, she had a nightmare last night." Lilly said which caused Luann to back hand her. I smiled at Luann. She really wants me to forget about Matt and I'm happy to know that she cares for other people other than herself.

"Really? Was it bad?" Aimee said as curiosity covered her voice.

"Yes it was." I closed my eyes for a second. I just finished talking about the dream a few minutes ago and I really didn't want to tell Aimee about it and I really wanted to forget about it. I didn't want to remember Matt or anything he has done to me two years ago and as much as I say I'm okay with it, I'm not.

"Don't worry about it Miley, it will get better. If Freddy wasn't watching the news this morning, we wouldn't have known. It's just kind of weird he's out after what he's put you all through. Just because he's doing well and is let out on good behavior isn't-"

"What?" Lilly, Luann, and I shouted in unison making Jason drop his toy.

Let out of good behavior? What the hell? No guy gets out of jail because of good behavior. He must have done something to make his sentence shorter than how long it really is.

"Why would they… I mean… what?" Lilly gawked at Aimee and she nodded.

"It's weird. I don't know the details, but from what Freddy said it was all because his behavior is good." Aimee crossed leaned forward and patted Jason's head. "You know, my old math teacher in high school told me that the good looking guys that go to jail get a shorter sentence than a not so good looking person."

"And now you think that he got out early because he was good looking?" I glared at her in disgust and she laughed.

"It's not my fault! That's what my teacher said." She smiled and picked up the child from my arms. "Why don't you go inside and go see daddy." Aimee put the kid down at the door and Jason ran inside the house.

"He's growing up." I watched Jason and smiled.

Aimee nodded. "It scares me. I mean first I'm a teen mother that decided to break up with the father and try to keep him away from his own kid and now I'm married to my kid's father and we're happy." She said sounding a little amazed at her.

"Yeah, it's so cute. I wouldn't have thought you and Freddy were like that since he did have that obsession with Miley." Luann joked making the four of us laugh.

"He loved Hannah Montana which was the one of the reasons why I broke up with him at the first place." She shook her head. "Anyway, back to the subject of Miley, Luann, and Jake… how are you all feeling about this?"

"Since when do you turn all psychologist person-y on them?" Lilly asked as she raised her eyebrows.

"Well, that is what I'm studying in for college, I'm just curious. And maybe I'll get some credit for testing it out." She stuck her tongue out.

Aimee has always been the fun type of person which always makes me laugh. It was no wonder how she and Freddy got together in the first place. They're both fun and caring even if they hardly have anything in common when it comes to acting and such. I kind of hope that Jake and I will turn out like them.

"You're so weird." I laughed and shrugged. "I'm not so happy about it… how about you Luann?"

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After a long day with everyone, Jake and I decided to have some alone time. Aimee suggested that maybe it will help the both of us calm down with the news about Matt which makes me somewhat relieved. I wanted to hang out with Jake today and thank him for last night so here we are, up in my room just talking about anything.

"Jason is so cute; I want to have a kid like him one day." I smiled at Jake and he nodded. We were on my bed with Jake lying on his stomach beside me.

"What you want to make one now?" Jake joked while placing a hand atop my stomach.

"Hey! I said I wanted a kid one day, not now." I slapped his hand and he put his head on my shoulder.

"You're so cute when you get worked up like that." He kissed my cheek and placed his hand on my stomach again, caressing it.

"Thank you, thank you. Catch me when I'm having a nightmare about Matt, then that will really turn you on." I rolled my eyes at that and Jake laughed.

"Come on Miley, relax a little." He said and moved over me to kiss me.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, shutting my eyes. "I will."

Jake leaned on top of me and kissed my lips, moving to kiss my cheek, down to my neck.

Matt pushed me back down into my seat, still kissing me, and moved over so that he was on my side of the car.

I tried to block Matt from my mind and continued to kiss Jake trying to enjoy the moment.

Jakes hand slipped into my shirt, stroking my stomach before he moved his lips back over to my lips, sensually kissing it. His fingers move up and down from my sides pushing up my shirt.

He crashes his lips against mines once again. He slips his hands into my shirt and tracing his hands to my back.

I furrowed my brows. "Wait Jake." I whispered as he places soft kisses on my cheeks, forehead and chin before moving to my lips, parting them, and exploring my mouth. His hands moved to my back, slowly rubbing it.

He crashes his lips against mines once again. He slips his hands into my shirt and tracing his hands to my back. He tugged at the hook of my bra which made me jump a bit.

"Stop Matt!" I jerked my head forward, bumping into Jake's head.

I covered my face, breathing heavily. I just can't believe after all through that Matt was brought to my mind. I thought I could forget about it, but it isn't as easy as I thought it would be.

"Miley?" Jake asked. I felt him start to rub my back and I shook my head.

"It's not your fault Jake… "I started, but Jake shook his head.

"You were thinking about Matt? That whole time-" He asked putting his arms around my shoulders, but I shrugged him off.

"No, don't touch me." I say sharply, a little too sharply than I mean to and I bit my lip.

"Damn it." He said and shook his head. He sounded sad, more disappointed than sad and I felt incredibly horrible that I said Matt's name. Jake has always been sensitive about me and other guys, but he shouldn't be pissed off like this, he knows what I'm going through I just can't help but feel bad.

He got up from the bed and walked over to the door.

"Wait Jake, don't go, it's my fault." I called for him and he stopped at the door.

"I'll give you some space to calm down." He said without looking back and walked out of my room.

"Ugh!" I sighed in frustration and put my head down on the pillow.

One day I'm happy and then I get scared and helpless and now I'm hurting the ones I love. Even when Matt's not out of jail, he's already affecting me now. I know for sure it will get bad when I finally confront Matt himself, I'm just too afraid for that day. I don't want the future to come, but Jake is all about moving forward. How can I move forward when someone from my past is pulling me back?

A/N Sorry it took me forever in a year to update. I really am! Sorry if this chapter didn't make sense at all. Hope you liked it!