Chapter 10

Relationship Help

I pressed my face into my hands to hide myself from the embarrassment. Yup, I'm embarrassed. Stupid interview made my dad wonder about close me and Jake's relationship really is and it's making me feel so ashamed.

I don't want him to think I'm a bad daughter or that I'm being influenced by the media and being like one of those famous girls who turn bad or anything, because I'm not. I'm not like that, I know right from wrong and whatever I do now with Jake is none of his or anyone else's business. It's just stupid.

I stared at my dad who shook his head and reached for the house phone. He had a serious look on his face, as if he seemed to be disappointed in something.

"What are you going to do dad?" I asked and he started dialing on the phone.

"I'm going to call that Megan Parker lady and ask her why the personal questions. This is very inappropriate. It's almost as if she's trying to ruin you and Jake's career by asking those stupid questions." He said and I sighed.

I had no say in this so I stood up and took Jake's hand. "Let's go upstairs." I mouthed to him and he nodded. Jake got up from the couch and I brought him up to my room.

When we got there, I closed the door and sat down on my bed while Jake dropped down to lie down.

"Today is what you call the weirdest day in the world." Jake stated and I laughed.

"I know what you mean. People staring at us in a weird way and asking us stupid questions. It's almost like all of this got me to almost completely forget about Matt and him coming out of jail. It's been two or three weeks since he came out, I really don't think anything bad is going to happen now." I smiled sheepishly, but I knew that I could be wrong.

I still had this feeling at the pit of my stomach that something bad was going to happen, but for some reason it felt like it had nothing to do with Matt. I shrugged it off and felt Jake reach and pull on my hand. I looked at Jake and he pulled at my hand once again.

"What?" I asked sharply and he chuckled.

"Lay down next to me." He said once again and I sighed as I went beside him. He turned to his side with his feet dangling off the edge of the bed and stared at me.

"What?" I asked as I turned my head.

"It's funny." He said and lifted his hand to place it on my cheek.

"What is?" I asked.

"How worked up your dad is over this and how weird everyone is acting. We have much bigger things to worry about other than that stupid interview and we make it like it's the biggest thing that's going to ruin all of us. It's stupid." He said and stroked my cheek.

"Well, what they don't know won't hurt them." I smiled. "No one knows about you getting hurt, no one knows about me getting hurt, no one knows how paranoid I was with people knowing my secret back then, and no one knows about how close we can get." I giggled and he dipped his head to capture my lips.

"Sooner or later someone won't be able to keep their mouth shut and will be able to slip about Matt." He softly said against my lips.

"I don't care. If that's what it takes for everyone to know that he's still a bad person then they can do whatever they want." I replied and placed my hand on Jake's hand, grasping onto his shirt, and pulled him close to me.

His hand snake around my waist and tugged at the hem of my shirt. He slipped his hand to my back and started to rub it as he deepened the kiss.

I hear my door open with Luann's voice following it. "Miley, you want to-Ugh, my eyes!"

I pushed Jake off my and wiped my lips with the back of my hand. I pushed myself up from the bed and saw Luann covering her face with her hands with Timmy looking down behind her. I blushed. I was used to Luann catching us like this, but with Timmy there, it's a different story.

"Err-Luann will you knock! Seriously!" I got up from the bed and pulled my shirt down over my stomach. I looked back at Jake who casually sat on the bed while running his hands through his hair.

She giggled and I glared. "Sorry, I was just wondering if you wanted to come grocery shopping with me, your dad asked me to pick up a few things and he told me to ask you, but I really think its because he saw that interview. He wants you to get away from Jake." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest while leaning against the wall.

"Sure, I guess." I said and walked toward her.

I wanted to get some things that I haven't gotten yet and I guess I would understand if dad wanted to get me away from Jake. I wonder if Jake's mom watched the interview too, now that would be even more embarrassing. She's been like a mother to me ever since I first met her. I love her that much and I guess she does care for me too since she checks up on me every now and then to see if I'm alright.

"I'll come too." I could hear Jake say and I shook my head.

"Boys stay, girls go." I smirked and looked at Jake. He frowned and I rolled my eyes.

"Please." He pressed as he walked up toward me.

"No Jake, this is only for me and Luann. I haven't had alone time with her in a long time." I turned to Luann. "Which means lover boy can't come." I pointed to Timmy.

"Fine with me." She shrugged and Timmy gasped.

"Why not?" Timmy said and Luann looked at him.

"Timothy Warner, don't ask, just agree. I agree with Miley because I haven't talked to her in a while and I need to talk to her about girl stuffs." She said and went on her tiptoes to kiss Timmy.

I felt Jake's hands go to my waist and pull me close. "Change your mind yet?" Jake said as he kissed my neck.

I bit my lip and shoved Jake's hands off my waist. "You can't get enough of me huh?" I asked and turned around. I lightly pecked him on the cheek. "I'll see you later." I assured him and got out of the room.

I took Luann's hand, pulling her away from Timmy who was about to kiss her once again.

"Bye boys!" I said and walked down the stairs. I could hear Jake laughing and I smirked.

"Hey!" Luann exclaimed and I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not waiting one hour to watch you and your boyfriend make out for ever when we're only going to be out for what, an hour?" I said and she laughed.

"Fine." She pulled my hand from her grasp and got out of the house, taking my car to go grocery shopping.

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We walked along the supermarket as we picked up some supplies for dinner. I held the grocery list as Luann put the groceries in the cart. We were talking about random things and it felt good. It's been a while since we talked like this and I really like it.

"Miley, how do you do it?" Luann suddenly brought up.

I pushed the cart as we walked into the aisle to get cereal. "Do what?" I asked and searched for my favorite cereal.

"Everything." She took a hold of my arm and I glanced at her before taking a cereal from the shelves and tossing it in the cart. "Like, how did you find the perfect boyfriend, how did you get such a great career, just everything." She said and took another box of cereal and put it in the cart.

I stared at her as I slowly pushed the cart farther into the aisle for some snacks. "I don't really get what you mean. My boyfriend isn't that perfect, he was a mess for the first few months we dated and my career is going down just because of that stupid interview by that Megan whore." I said and she laughed.

"What I mean is how you knew Jake was The One. Like, you guys are so perfect for each other and you can tell that he really loves you and that you love him back. You both have been though so much and you still are able to hold that strong bond, even when I dated him for that small period of time." Luann sighed and shook her head. "Which, by the way, I'm still super sorry for."

I smiled. "Luann, it's okay, it's in the past and I forgive you okay?" I pushed my cart into another aisle and looked around. "I guess…" I sighed and stopped pushing the cart to look at Luann.

"We went through a lot our 8th grade year and he made me really discover my feelings for him." I shrugged. "And that incident with Matt made the bond even stronger. He was supportive when it came to helping me out and our sophomore year we pretty much helped each other out so I guess that's another plus. We just enjoy each others company and I would be surprised if Jake and I last long enough to actually get married."

"I wouldn't be. I bet you that at senior ball next weekend, you and Jake are going to be voted high school sweethearts and it would be sweet if you two do end up getting married." She grinned and I rolled my eyes once again.

"No, Lilly and Oliver will, Jake and I would never make high school sweethearts." I said and started walking once again.

"Yes you and Jake will make high school sweethearts; everyone else thinks that you're cute together." Luann replied while looking through the shelves for some bread. "And I know that you think it too, you're just denying it."

"Whatever." I sighed loudly and stopped for Luann to catch up. "Plus talking about marriage, I'm too young to get married. Jake gave me just about my first everything and what if I want to go out and explore?"

She dropped the bread in the cart. "That's it, Jake gave you your first everything which will make it even cuter." Luann gushed. "I wished I had a healthy relationship like you and Jake's, it's so adorable."

I raised my eyebrows at her. "What made you even ask these questions?" I asked her, changing the subject, and threw in a few bags of chips.

"Well, Timmy-" She started then shook her head. "Never mind."

"Timmy…" I thought for a second and my eyes widened. "Wait, you think Timmy is The One?" I suddenly asked and I turned to her.

Her cheeks were rosy and she looked highly embarrassed. "No, it's just… I don't know if I should tell him I love him or if he's the right person for me." She looked down and I smiled.

"How long have you two been dating?" I asked.

"Umm, well… secretly for a month… kind of just opened up recently, the time you saw me at the beach." She blushed and turned away from me, pretending to be occupied by a box of pop tarts that she picked up.

"A month?" I gasped. "Since when could you keep a secret?" I asked making her laugh.

"Shut up! He says he loves me but I'm afraid to tell him I do. After what happened between me and Matt I'm afraid of everything." She sighed and took over the cart as she put the box of pop tarts in it. We started walking toward the register and I sighed.

"You can't run away from love all your life Luann. Maybe you really love Timmy. Has he been good to you?" I asked.

I remembered when Timmy kissed Luann on the patio that one day and told her he loved her. She wouldn't say it back and it really did sound like he loved her, I just wonder if she's just avoiding everything that had to do with love because of what happened with Matt.

"I know that and yes he's been great to me." She said as she started piling stuff on the counter. "Its just, he's Timmy. So many people say we don't match and I really like him but what if he's not really…" She took a deep breath. "What if he's lying about loving me?"

"Then he's pathetic for leading you on like that, I really doubt he's like Matt, he doesn't seem like the type of guy Matt is. Just trust him, I know it will probably take me a while for me to trust him, but I can learn to love him like a brother like Oliver." I said and patted her shoulder before putting some of the groceries in bags.

"Okay, I'll think about it." Luann sighed and took out her wallet to pay the cashier.

After we paid for our groceries, we got out of the supermarket and into the parking lot. While waking, we could hear music being played from across the street at a park where there where a party was going on. My music, yes my music, was playing from the speakers and Luann started to jump and dance to it.

I just laughed at her and sang along as I finally reached my car. I popped the trunk open and started to put my things in the trunk when Luann started to laugh.

"What made you think of this song?" She asked and started to sing the song that was now playing. It was the song GNO (Girl's Night Out) that came out during my freshman year right after Jake left for Romania to film his second movie.

"I was just trying to say that girls can live without boys and well it was somewhat teasing Jake because he always thought I needed him around, like, 24/7 when I really didn't in a way." I smiled and she laughed.

"So are we having a GNO right now?" She joked and I rolled my eyes.

I put the last of the groceries in the trunk and Luann followed me to put the cart away. "If you think that this is a "GNO" then you must be crazy." I told her and lightly pushed on her shoulder.

"Well, we did stop the boys from coming, we are acting silly, I asked relationship questions, and…" She thought for a second and shrugged. "That's about it."

I smiled, shook my head, and closed my eyes for a second as I walked toward my car. I suddenly bumped into someone and I felt the person's hands go to my shoulders.

"Sorry!" I exclaimed as I went slightly back. I looked up to the person once I opened my eyes and gasped.

I froze and Luann stopped laughing. I just stood there and stared at the person, I was too afraid to move.

"Miley." The person breathed out and I kept my eyes on him.

My jaw loosened and soon I was able to whisper his name.

"Matt…"

A/N Wow. Matt. I hope you liked this chapter.