Chapter 9

The Start of Everything

I walked in the school with my arm hooked with Jake's. I could feel eyes burning through my back as we passed by students. Ugh, that's what I hate about interviews that ask you personal questions, they make people look you in a weird way.

We made it to my locker and I twisted the combination lock. I watched Jake through the corner of my eyes as he leaned against the locker next to me. He waved at a few people and smiled at them as I got some things in my bag. I sighed and closed the door.

I started to walk toward my first period class, leaving Jake following closely behind me. He's in my class and its history. This week was the last week for finals and projects, I think. I can't really think because I'm just so busy thinking about work and school, I need a vacation. Apparently everyone seems to be vacationing to Hawaii, maybe I should go there too, right after graduation.

Yeah, I can see it now, going to Hawaii hanging out at the beach with Jake, maybe going to the Grand Wailea in Maui, or even better, the Hawaiian Prince in Honolulu. It would be an awesome vacation with my boyfriend.

I smiled to myself, but soon felt something pull at my arm. I turned seeing Jake and he stared at me.

"What?" I asked and he laughed.

"We just passed by the class. What are you thinking about?" He asked.

I blushed. He didn't need to know about my fantasies with going to Hawaii with him. "Sorry, got distracted." I said and he took my hand.

"What were you thinking about?" He raised an eyebrow and I shook my head, looking off into the hallway.

"Nothing, just finals and projects." I said. It was true, I was thinking about finals with a side of my vacationing dreams.

Just then I saw Timmy pass by with a phone to his ear. He seemed to have a serious look on his face and he was shaking his head. I wonder what's up with him.

"Wow, I guess Timmy does go to this school after all." Jake said and watched Timmy walk by, not even noticing us.

"Hey Timmy!" I said and waved at him. It wouldn't hurt to say 'hi' right? I mean he is dating Luann and it would be polite.

He turned my way, not watching where he was going, and soon bumped into a group of girls who were in front of him. He fell flat on his face on one of the girls and his face beat red. The girl shrieked and squirmed underneath him, but he couldn't get up from her. He looked too embarrassed to do anything.

Jake and I gasped and walked over to Timmy, helping him off the girl. Jake then helped the girl up and I picked up Timmy's phone. I looked at the screen and saw a 'Chris'. I could hear several 'Hello's' through the phone and the voice sounded vaguely familiar for some reason.

Timmy dusted himself off and saw me holding and staring at the phone. He jerked it away from my hands and closed the phone, stuffing it in his pocket.

I stared at him suspiciously and shook my head. Must be someone unimportant or something. He did look all frustrated when he was talking to him.

"I'm so sorry Timmy!" I said and he shrugged. He looked at the girl who Jake seemed to be helping and she just stared at him with dreamy eyes.

"Sorry." He muttered to the girl and then left.

The girl ignored him and started to talk to Jake. I sighed and took Jake by his hand and pulled him away from the girl and her friends. We walked into our class and took our seats.

"What was that?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "It was nothing. That girl seems to be a big fan of mine." He chuckled. "She's a freshman and she's apart of my fan club. Funny how you can get so much information out from a little girl within a few minutes." He smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "Get any more information and you'll be looking for another girlfriend." I muttered under my breath and took a paper from my bag.

"I would never date her Miley; you should know that it's only going to be me and you." Jake stated and slipped his hands in mine.

"I know Jake, I'm just frustrated. Stupid finals." I sighed and placed my head down on the table.

Man, today is going to be a long day. I hope Timmy is alright and I can't seem to clear my mind. I feel like something bad is going to happen soon. Here my paranoia is coming back again and it all started since I met Timmy. I wonder why I'm feeling like this where I haven't even talked to him properly.

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As the day slowly passed by, for almost all the classes I had with Jake, each of the people asked us about the interview between me and Jake. I had two classes with Jake out of four. That's like half of the day with Jake and everyone asking us about our interview. I didn't know the majority of the school watched us on TV, then again I shouldn't be surprised, the day I released my album last year, so many people came up to me with their CD in hand, asking for an autograph.

I stood at my locker gathering my supplies. Jake had to stay in for his last class, which was a computer class. Jake is smart when it comes to computers, back in 8th grade, he made that video thing for Principal Fisher which went well and so now he's in a video editing class. I told him I was going to meet him out at his car and wait for him and he agreed. Just as long as he doesn't take too long, I'll be happy.

I took a tablet from my locker and stuffed it in my bag. I was about to close my locker when I felt something brush against my back and grab a hold of my door. I was startled at first but as soon as I saw that it was just Timmy, I relaxed a little.

"Hey." He said and smiled warmly at me. I never noticed what a nice smile he had. I guess maybe that's what Luann found appealing toward him.

"Hey you." I said and shook my locker so that he would let go of it. I felt a little uncomfortable, he was here with me alone in the hallway, why wasn't he with Luann?

He let go of my locker and I closed it. "What are you doing here?" I then asked and he chuckled.

"Luann has a late class so I'm just walking around while I wait for her. How about you?"

I sighed and started to walk toward the front of the school. "Well, Jake has a project to finish for his video editing class and I have to wait with him at his car." I told him.

He nodded. "Ah, I see. Why don't we talk a bit? We haven't really talked and I guess I sorta got off at a wrong point in the beginning." He grinned again and I smiled. He seemed really nice now.

"Sure I guess. Just as long as it takes up time, I hate hanging out alone. After what happened last night it's like I don't want to be alone with anyone anymore, but you're like a super hero." I smiled and hugged my bag as we walked down the hall.

"And how is that?" He asked.

I looked up at him and his eyebrows rose as he stared down at him. I never noticed how pale his skin was. He seems like an outdoorsy kind of person so I expected him to be tanner, kind of like Luann now. She used to be really pale until she started hanging out at the beach.

"Well, you did save me from those freaks. It was kind of like you knew where you had to be at the right time." I smiled his cheeks flushed and he turned away.

"Yeah, like I said, I was looking for Luann and I saw you. I thought you were her at first and I was going to kill them, but then I realized that it was you." He shrugged.

I stared at him. "And it makes a difference? You rather let me get hurt or something?" I asked and he shook his head with his face turning even a brighter shade of red.

"No it's just," He sighed. "I really like Luann and I thought that it was them who they were hitting on, of course I would save you, but Luann is different compared to you." He softly smiled and crossed his arms.

I stared at him. He really loves Luann; it's kind of shocking when I think of it. He seems so quiet and secretive at times and here we are talking. At least he knows the difference between me and Luann. There were a few times when people mistook Luann for me, which kind of made me happy. Let her be mobbed by a few photographers and then let them realize they have the wrong person. At least she now knows where I'm coming from.

"It's good to know that you helped me out even though I wasn't Luann. You're a cool guy for doing it." I smiled and he opened the door for me.

There were a few cars in the parking lot with a few people walking around campus. Timmy led me toward a free bench and sat down on the bench. I sat down beside him, but there was a big space between us. I don't really want to be too close to him; after all it would be a little awkward after what happened the last time.

"I wanted to say sorry for distracting you this morning." I said.

"No, it's okay." Timmy's face now completely red. "I should've stopped and went by you, but I was on the phone."

"Yeah, sorry."

It was silent once again and I sighed, feeling slightly bored. I looked at Timmy and he stared intently at me. I smiled and he took a deep breath.

"So how long were you Hannah Montana before you finally decided to tell people?" Timmy suddenly says and I gaped at him.

No one has asked me that question in a long time, he must be very late in news and it's kind of weird.

"Umm, I started being Hannah Montana my 7th grade year so I guess I was Hannah for 3 years." I shrugged. He must not be a big fan if he doesn't even know how long I've been Hannah.

"Oh! Yeah, I lived in Nevada for most of my life and I never really got into Hannah Montana until your big reveal two years ago." He nodded and I sighed.

"I see." I rolled my eyes. I didn't really want to talk about this it's kind of boring actually. I leaned forward and placed my elbows on my knees while cupping my cheeks.

"You know what, you look so much like Luann, or Luann looks so much like you. I think the only different thing about you two is that her hair has red streaks in them and your hair is brown. You both have different personalities as well, but I would never guess you were cousins. I would think you were twins, but seriously… you guys look so much alike." He leaned back against the bench and I stared at him.

"Mhmm." I nodded and yawned. It's hot and I want to sleep, but I'm still at school. It sucks; I wished I brought my car with me today.

Soon I hear someone call for my name and I saw Jake walking toward us. I got up from the bench as he reached me.

"Hey, you want to leave now?" He asked and looked passed me and to Timmy. He waved at him and stared back at me.

"Yeah, I'm tired." I took his arm and looked back at Timmy. "Bye Timmy, I'll see you later." I told him and Jake took me to his car.

"What were you and Timmy talking about?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Nothing much. He asked questions and I didn't find out much about him except that he wasn't a fan until after I told people I was Hannah Montana and that he really likes Luann."

"Oh. Well, he is weird. Did he act like your usual weirdo today?" He asked and I giggled.

"Don't be mean, yeah, he was acting a little mean, but he wanted to start over. It was very brave of him actually; I never thought he would be able to say anything today." I said and we stood in front of Jake's car. He stood in front of me and held my hands.

"Well, at least you're not worried about him anymore. I have yet to talk to him but he's just not really the type of person I would hang out with."

"He's not the type of guy Luann would date, but she's still dating him." I pointed out and he smiled.

"Was I your type?" He asked as he pulled me close to him. He put my arms around his neck as he placed his hands to my hips.

"I don't know, are you?" I smirked and he laughed. "I mean you did make the first few moves in our relationship early on."

"Well, last time I checked, you were flirting with me at that party Traci Vanhorn put on when we first kissed." He showed a crooked grin.

"No I wasn't, you tripped me and you caught me just so you could kiss me!" I exclaimed. "And I vaguely remember you pulling me into a tight closet our closet running away from my fan boys when you were so close to me! You almost kissed me then and you fell on me!" I fought back and he laughed.

"Man, it's weird how you remember that." He shook his head.

"Thinking back of the past it was a cool time and you were pretty emo back then." I grinned. "I can tell you that you were the ones who made the moves first. I don't know why you're fighting back." I kissed his cheek. "I even remember the first time you slept over my house, you finally admitted your feelings to me and it was sweet." I kissed his other cheek. "And when you kissed me as Miley for the first time when I was upset about Jackson and Lilly getting together, you supported me." I said and softly pressed my lips against him. We held that kiss for a while before I finally pulled back.

He grinned. "Well, you did make me feel things I've never felt before. I still get excited whenever we kiss. That's how much I love you, you know?" He said.

I smiled and dropped my arms from his neck. "I know that Jake, but we better get home now. My dad must be waiting for me." I said and he let go of me. We went inside the car and soon he drove off to my house.

Once we reached home, we found dad sitting in front of the TV and watching the interview I did with Jake.

"You recorded it?" I asked and sat down beside him.

"No, it's a rerun." Dad said as he watched the TV.

Jake went next to me and put his arm around me while watching the interview. I sighed and stared at the screen at myself. Man, I wonder how I looked when those weird questions came up.

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Miley sat nervously at in her seat beside Jake. She continuously fidgeted as the questions were asked. Jake, on the other hand, just sat there holding on to Miley's hand for support.

"So, Zombie College airs when again?" The interviewer, Megan Parker said.

"July 23rd. It would be awesome, I thought it was going to be complicated at first, but it's pretty cool. I have these awesome fighting scenes I'm it's going to be so much more than Zombie High." He nodded and smiled at her.

"How about you Miley? When is your CD coming out? Do you think it would reach number 1 on the billboards again?" She asked.

Miley shrugged and nervously laughed. "It will be out on June 26th and it would definitely be cool if I reached number 1 on billboards, but there are other really cool albums coming out on that date." She smiled sweetly at Megan Parker.

Megan moved closer and soon held a grin on her face. "Well, anyway, I've been getting a lot of emails lately and everyone has wanted to know, what happens between Jake and Miley behind the doors."

Miley's face flushed with Jake tightening his grip on her hand.

"Nothing really happens." Jake answered simply.

Miley pulled her hand away from his and placed it on her lap. "Yeah, we're just typical teenagers that are seeing each other." Miley shrugged.

"And how long have you been dating?" Megan asked as she moved a little closer to the couple. Her grin on her face grew as she Jake was going to answer.

"Well, we started dating our 8th grade year and then we broke up on our 9th grade year, and then we got back together that same year and we've been dating ever since." Jake sighed and leaned back into the seat. He stared at Megan as she smirked.

"What happened when you two broke up?"

Miley crossed her legs and smiled. "Well, that's kind of personal, but it was something not too big I guess." You could tell that Miley was lying and that it was something big so Megan decided to push it.

"Did someone cheat on someone or something?" She asked and Jake rolled his eyes.

"Nothing like that happened okay? Like Miley said, it's personal." He said and turned to Miley, smiling at her. "Something happened that brought us closer and that our breakup wasn't necessary."

"Ah, I see. So then there is something happening. You two have been dating for a really long time so I'm guessing you two have taken the next step into the relationship?" Megan asked.

"Not all relationships need sex in them. They can last long even without the dirty deed." Miley said and blushed. She was getting tired of Megan asking these questions and you could tell which made Megan even more curious with what happens between Jake and Miley.

"Yes, but have you and Jake done it?" She pressed and smirked.

Jake rolled his eyes. "I'm not going to talk about it. Our relationship is innocent and pure, so will you just drop it, please?" Jake asked as nicely as he could, but you could tell he was getting angry at Megan.

"Okay. Anyway…"

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Matt sat in front of the TV as he watched Miley and Jake on the TV. He was taking notes and watching Miley's facial expressions closely.

Whenever they asked a music question Miley would sit there and look modest. When it came to questions asking about Jake and Miley's relationship, Miley would look embarrassed.

"So Miley isn't as innocent as she led on." He smirked and walked up to the TV and put his hand against the cool glass. He touched the image of Miley on the screen as she looked down to her lap, clearly embarrassed.

He took a sharp breath as Miley smiled at the screen. He took his sheet of paper and started to write something down. He placed his paper on the coffee table and walked around the small stuffy apartment to his bedroom and sat on his bed.

He brought out a box and took out his cell phone. He started to dial a number and as soon as the person he called answered it, he smiled.

"I've got an idea, but I need your help Cole." He said.

He waited a minute before he heard an answer and he grinned. "Let's just say I need help with a little thing I haven't finished…"

A/N Okay, hope this chapter didn't confuse you :D lol hope you liked it and thanks for the cool reviews and thanks for reading!

Tell me you don't agree with me. Everyone is going to Hawaii LOL Jashley came to Hawaii, Zanessa came to Hawaii, who is next? Haha. Jiley's next XP okay just kidding.