Chapter 3: I'm Sick of This

Once we had lost the crowd that had been chasing us, we were behind the bowling alley. The sun was setting, so it was about seven o clock. My cell phone started ringing, so I pulled it out of my pocket. It was Jackson.

"Hello?"

"Hey Hannah, I was wondering when you were going to call me to pick you up. Dad got home an hour ago."

"I guess you can pick me up now, we're behind the bowling alley."

"Kay, I'll be there in a few," Jackson said and hung up. I put my phone back in my pocket and saw Jake was also on the phone; he was talking to someone about his ride. He got off the phone half a minute later.

"I heard you talking about your ride, so I thought I'd call mine," he said to me.

"Okay…" I replied.

"Hannah?" Jake said.

"Yeah?"

"I'm… I'm sick of this!" Jake blurted. "Because I'm famous, my girlfriend, that I love, broke up with me. I get chased about town… I can't even go out go out to eat without something happening!"

"Aren't you used to this?" I ask. "I mean you've spend the past three years of your life like this."

"I guess I should be used to this, it's just…" Jake said as he slid against the wall to the ground. "I love her," he whispered. "So many things have happened between us. We got together in the sixth grade, but then I moved to be an actor. She moved here without me knowing. It was fate when we got back together, but I had to go to Romania before we even started our relationship again. Then, she broke up with me because she couldn't have publicity. That wouldn't have been a problem in sixth grade, when I wasn't famous."

I walked over and sat next to him, giving him a hug. I missed that spark. Maybe, I can make Jake fall for Hannah so I can date him and not worry about the publicity I would get. Though, I feel guilty that I haven't told him that I'm Hannah.

Click.

Jake and I looked up and saw someone with a camera running off.

"Oh, this is great, just great. Now Miley might get mad at me and think that I thought our relationship was nothing since I moved on so fast- which I didn't!" Jake said. "Another reason to hate being famous, paparazzi."

I might have been able to reply to that, if Jackson didn't pull over and beep his horn. He was wearing a colorful clown afro and big sunglasses to disguise him so Jake won't recognize him.

"Who's that?" Jake asked.

"That's, uh… my ride," I said, slightly embarrassed. Just then, a limo pulled up.

"There's my ride too," Jake said.

"Alright, bye."

"Bye." I walked over to Jackson's car and got in.

"Why the clown wig?" I asked in a whiny tone as we drove off.

"Cause it's fun."

The next day, Wednesday, as predicted, Jake and Hannah had made the front page of the newspaper. It was titled 'Jake and Hannah, Hollywood's new couple?' I feel bad that Jake's worrying about me being mad at him.

"Lilly in 10," Jackson says, dropping the phone on the couch and running to the door.

Lilly skated in saying, "did you see the newspaper this morning?!" She stopped when she got to me.

"Yeah…" I said.

"Tell me, I need details!"

"Uh… no. We're gonna be late to school," I said. Lilly came over early today so we could walk together, well, technically she skateboarded.

"Come on, tell me on the way."

"Fine."

So on the way to school, I told Lilly about Zombie High, the kiss, dinner, the waitress fiasco, running, and the conversation with Jake behind the bowling alley.

"So he thinks that you, Miley, would be mad at him because he was caught with Hannah- you hugging him, not knowing it was you?" Lilly says.

"Exactly!" I exclaim.

"Wow, this is confusing," says Lilly as they get to their lockers.

"At least it's not as confusing as when he thought there was three me's. Tennessee me, regular me, and Hannah me."

"True."

After school, I got a call from Jake when I was in my room. It was from my Hannah phone, so guess who it was for, 'Hannah me.'

"Hey Jake."

"Hey Hannah," Jake said. "Did you see today's newspaper?"

"Yeah, I saw," I reply. "Uh… what should we do?"

"Well… the press already thinks we're dating, so… do you want to pretend to date?" Jake asks.

Better than nothing, I thought.

"Sure."

"Cool, uh, I'll call you tomorrow so we can make plans."

"All right," I said. "Bye."

"Bye."

When I flipped the phone shut, I squealed and jumped on my bed. I was going to date Jake Ryan again! Well… it was Hannah-me… and it is pretend… but still!

The next morning at school, I was at my locker when Lilly and Oliver met up with me.

"You guys won't believe what happened last night!"

"What?" Lilly and Oliver ask in unison.

"Well Oliver, you kinda have to know about the Zombie High taping to hear this one," I said to Oliver.

"Oh don't worry, I told him," Lilly says. I glared at her.

"What?" she asks innocently.

"Never mind," I said, toning my voice down. "Anyways, Jake called Hannah last night and asked her to pretend date him."

"No way!" they said in unison.

"Yes way! This is so awesome!"

After school, once everyone had left, including Jackson, Lilly, and Oliver, I walked over to my locker. I opened it and took out my math book. Mrs. Ullman was going to tutor me before the test. I almost closed my locker, but I decided, that since everyone was gone, I didn't have to close it. So, I left my locker opened and carried my math book over to Mrs. Ullman's room

Boy was I in for a surprise when I got back.

A/N: Hey again, I was watching Achy Jakey Heart again and thought: maybe instead of Jake trying to be a normal kid, Miley could have been with him as Hannah. Lol.

Outta curiosity, how do you guys think Jake should find out that Miley is Hannah?

A. Jackson messes up once again.

B. Miley tells him.