Chapter 17

Reminiscing

Today is Friday and I am happy to say that I am done with finals and today is my, well the seniors, last day of school. Tomorrow is Senior Ball and next week is graduation! I'm ecstatic, yet it's so sad that it's all coming to an end by three today.

I only had one final today which was completely easy and it was the first of my class so the rest of the school day was just awesome and sad at the same time. Teachers saying bye at the end of class, people crying, it was weird. I even hugged Amber and Ashley and they hate me, seriously.

We were in the gym for the seniors last day of school. It was like this every year, all students of all grades come to the gym for our last assembly. Seniors sang the senior song and all the students sang the school alma mater. It was fun. The principal said some words and five minutes before the school bell rang, we seniors, were screaming our asses off.

When the school bell rang, Jake, Oliver, Lilly, Luann, Timmy, and I stayed back while everyone else piled out of the gym. I was holding Jake's hand as we watched people walk out of the gym. I still sat on the bleachers and had a few people come up to me and Jake to sign yearbooks.

"This is so weird." Jake finally said. He let go of my hand and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"What's so weird?" I asked bluntly.

"We're graduating in less than a week." He sighed dreamily and I smiled. I leaned into him and closed my eyes.

"I remember the first time I came to this school, we weren't together, Luann was flirting with you, and I hated your guts. Ugh, that's when we had that rotating schedule." I groaned and Jake laughed.

"I was not flirting with Jake… I was simply… making myself pretty." Luann fought back.

"For Matt." I heard someone said under their breath.

"Well, Matt isn't worth anything anymore." Luann softly replied.

I felt bad for Luann. She practically loved Matt, but Matt didn't really love her back. He was using her and now it's like I don't know what to say. At times I find myself thinking that it is her fault that we know Matt, but it wasn't really true. Matt did what he wanted to do and he almost got what he wanted. He led me on and I just used him for my own personal game, to get back at Jake.

"Matt was your math teacher right?" Timmy then asked and I glanced at him. He had his head looking down at his feet and I nodded.

"Yeah we all had him for first period, but at the rotating schedule, we'd have him at any period on different days." Oliver replied. "I can still remember the day you guys fought with him. We had him last period and we waited until no one was there, but then we heard Luann fighting with him."

"It was scary, I mean Jake and Jackson fighting Matt… and Miley was just bawling; it was freaky. Matt's a freak." Lilly agreed and I sighed.

"I would love to kick his ass one day for almost killing me." Jake angrily said and shook his head.

"Well, we shouldn't talk about Matt, it's not like he's going to do anything to hurt you guys again, plus today is supposed to be a happy day." Timmy reminded us and I eyed him.

What did he know about Matt and what he did to Luann, Jake, and I. So far, from how long I had known him, he didn't really seem like much. Plus, he moved her a year after all this crap happened to me so he shouldn't be saying anything at all.

"How do you know about what happened?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"Heard around school I guess." He said and looked back to his lap.

There was something that wasn't clear about Timmy. It's kind of weird, like he gives you a sense of security, but at the same time he's dark and mysterious and we don't really know what he's all about except for Luann, maybe.

"He's right. Anyway at the end of all that, I left Miley with that promise ring." Jake grinned. "And she still kept it but hasn't worn it."

"Miley, you should wear it." Lilly piped in.

"I will when the day comes when you wear your engagement ring. You know how my dad gets with all this committed stuff." I shook my head. "And Jake, you never even told me about you leaving for freaking Romania until a few hours before you left, which was when you gave me that ring." I rolled my eyes and backhanded his chest.

"I was scared! You were going through a rough time and I didn't want to bother you with all these nonsense stuff." He said and I rolled my eyes.

"I wouldn't be bothered. I rather know when my boyfriend tells me when he's leaving maybe a week before he leaves? I don't know." I shrugged. I smiled. "Then again you did make it up when you came back." I ran my tongue across my teeth and felt Jake squeeze my hand.

"That was around when Oliver and Lil-" Jake started, but was soon cut off by Lilly's voice.

"Jake!" She hit Jake across the shoulder and I couldn't help but laugh.

My best friends are in love and getting married. that's all they cared about and they didn't like talking about their personal life. It's cute, but at the same time funny. I just don't get why they can be so insecure about their relationship.

"We should be going." Jake said as he stood up.

"Tomorrow, Senior Ball, you guys going?" Timmy asked the both of us.

"I'll tell you guys later." I announced and took Jake's hand. I led him toward the stairs and started to walk down them. I looked back at the rest of the gang and noticed them staring at us. I waved at them as Jake took my hand, leading me down the steps of the bleachers.

"We're graduating." He said once we reached the ground. He pulled me toward the exits of the door, leaving our friends behind. There were still a few more students and teachers hanging out inside the gym and they waved at us as we left. We made it to the parking lot and Jake stopped in front of his car.

"Yep." I smiled and he pulled me close to him. He enveloped me in his arms and kissed my forehead.

"This is surreal. I never thought I'd see the day when I would actually graduate from a public school."

I smiled and kissed his full lips. "Well, you deserved it. You wanted this to happen and you did." I gave him one last hug until I let him go, going to the passenger side of his car. Maybe this weekend wouldn't be too big of a deal. Maybe I should go to the Senior ball.

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When we reached the house, I went straight inside seeing that only my dad was home. He was sitting on the couch, playing Jackson's old video games.

"Hey daddy." I walked toward him and gave him a hug.

"How was the last day of school?" He said as he set the remote control of the game aside.

I left him and went into the kitchen.

"It was fun. A lot of things happened." I said and took a bottle of water with me. Jake went next to me and took my bottle from me.

"Like what?" He asked and I shrugged.

"Just things. I'm going upstairs. Just call me if you need anything." I said, taking Jakes hand and bringing him up the stairs with me.

We went into my room and I let Jake close and lock the door. He went to my bed, laying on it and I went toward the window, pushing it open.

"Remember when I first slept over this house. It was the night I told you how I felt." He grinned widely. I walked next to him and sat down on the bed.

"Yeah, a lot of things happened in this room." I reminded him as moved backward, laying down next to him. He turned his head toward me and took my hand.

"Definitely. One thing was…" He said and moved closer to me, closing the cap between our lips.

He reached over, putting a hand over my stomach, lightly stroking it. He lifted his head up and smiled. He continued to stroke my stomach, each time edging my shirt to move up. I could feel the warm sensations at my lower stomach build up as I bit my lip, refraining myself from doing anything to encourage Jake.

"You have a dirty mind Mr. Ryan." I playfully glared at him and reached over, flicking his forehead with my finger.

"Really?" He raised an eyebrow and kissed me once again. My shirt made its way up above my stomach, just below my breasts. "You didn't think that when… you know." He chuckled and smothered me with his kisses.

Before he could make another move, I moved my head to the side and said, "I want to go to the Senior Ball now."

I could feel his warm lips making their way to my now exposed neck and I let a soft moan escape.

"Glad to hear you finally made up your mind." He said.

I finally gave in. allowing him to whatever he wanted to do to me right here and now.

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About an hour or so later, Jake and I was now fully clothed., in different clothes that is, and clean. We got out of my room with Jake unable to keep his hands off me, walked down the stairs. The first thing I noticed was Timmy and Luann on the couch having a full blown make out session.

"Oh." I blushed and turned around, trying to get Jake back up the stairs.

"What?" Jake hesitantly asked as he put his hands on my shoulders ready to bring me back down the stairs.

I tried to push him back up, but he wouldn't budge.

"Come on Miley, I'm hungry." Jake fought back and I gave up. I closed my eyes and soon he realized what I saw.

He started to cough as he walked toward the kitchen. I watched the couple sprung apart, breathing heavily.

"Hi." I squeaked and walked toward Jake.

Jake chuckled and wrapped his arms around me, pecking my cheek.

"Don't need to be shy you guys." Jake said to Luann and I pushed Jake's arms off me.

I realized that this is probably the first ever time I caught Luann and Timmy making out. It feels kind of awkward actually, for the few weeks I known him I really haven't trusted him that much. It's just weird.

I went into the couch as Jake got himself some food. I sat down at the armchair and stared at the TV as the couple straightened themselves out.

"Sorry." Luann said with her face flushed.

"Don't need to be sorry. I should be sorry, I tried to get Jake back upstairs." I told her and she laughed. I finally looked at her and she sat far from Timmy. She looked utterly embarrassed with her lips bruised with a spot on her neck that held that purple-blue color.

"New clothes, hair wet… Miley…" Luann said sounding disgusted.

"You tell that to him." I softly replied, not wanting Timmy to hear what I was saying.

"I should get over it, but still… ew." She shook her head.

"By the way, we're going to senior ball." I told her and she smiled.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to hold back. We reserved a table for the six of us anyway." She said and I laughed.

"Good to know. I'll just use one of my designer outfit I never used before. No biggie about dress shopping." I assured her, knowing she would talk about dress shopping next.

It feels weird. First we're reminiscing about the past at school, which led to what happened in my room, which then finished about talking of the Senior Ball.

I wonder what will happen tomorrow when we reach the hotel. I want it o be the perfect night between me and my friends. We should get a hotel room for the night, kind of like have an after party with the six of us. That would be fun.

I smiled to the thought and then talked to Luann with what we're going to wear.

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Matt smiled at his phone once he received a text message. He has been waiting for the text for hours and he thought that he wouldn't receive news he wanted to hear. He flipped open his phone and went straight to his text messages and his smile grew once he saw that it was from the one person he was waiting for.

come 2 senior ball 2mrw, she wil b dere. I hpe u reserved a hotel room nd dis will b da last ting ill do 4 u. I wnt do neting mre. Its all up 2 u now. Gud luk.

-cole

Tomorrow will be the night when he will make the move in which he planned for all the time during his time in jail. He couldn't wait to see what happens when he does it. All he needed was his plan to work without any interruptions with Jake.

"It only time will tell until I'll make you mine." He lastly said and lay his phone on the table, going into his room to pack whatever he needed for the following night.

A/N Sorry about that, it was kind of a filler chapter. Anyway, hope you liked it.

I'm going to try and wrap up this fic in the next few chapters…

BTW sorry if you see mistakes, I wanted to get this up before I went to bed.