Chapter 8: New Guy Say What?!

I took the smirk off my face and listened to Jake.

"I'm not too crazy about the first idea, but it's still an option," Jake said as he took a seat next to me on the bed.

"Alright… what is it?" I ask.

"You could reveal your Hannah secret and live one life, or-," Jake said before me cutting him off.

"Reveal my Hannah secret…" I said, mainly to myself, liking the idea.

"Wait Miley, I don't think you should consider that one, I just brought it up cause it's an option. I mean, you have a double life so you don't get publicity as yourself. Think about it, it's hard enough going out as Hannah once and a while, but what about all the time," Jake explained. "You get chased and bothered and annoyed and stalked and-,"

"I don't know Jacob, I kinda like the idea."

"Then at least listen to the next one."

"Alright," I said.

"I could live a double life," he said. I busted out laughing.

"You… a double life?" I manage to say between laughs. "Like you can manage a double life!"

"Fine, never mind," Jake said. "Look, I gotta get home, I'll see you in two weeks." He got off the bed and tried to hurry out of the room.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, TWO WEEKS?!?!" I exclaimed as I jump off my bed.

"Yeah… I might have forgotten to tell you that I'm going to go to New Zealand for the filming of the season finale of Zombie High."

"Yeah, ya might've forgotten to mention that."

"Sorry Miles, I have to get home and get ready to leave," Jake says as he walks over to me. "I'll see you in two weeks, until then, don't do anything about the Hannah secret, okay?" Jake holds my hands in his, giving me a hopeful smile. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Okay, bye Jacob," I said, and gave him a peck on the lips. He left the house and I thought everything was going to be fine, until the next day at school.

"I'm sorry to say this, but Mr. Ryan will not be learning here anymore," Ms. Kunkle said.

I felt like screaming out, "WHAT!" but I couldn't. I don't hang out with him at school, and 'Hannah' is his girlfriend, not me. To everybody at school expect Lilly, Oliver, and Jackson, I had no current relationship with Jake Ryan.

I was kind of mad that Jake didn't tell me he was going to stop going to Seaview. What if he doesn't come back? I called his cell phone a bunch of times, but every time, it went to a recording. "We're sorry, the number you are trying to reach has been temporary disconnected."

The next two weeks went by pretty slow. I would find myself thinking about Jake a lot. What if something happened? Or maybe his cell phone's line was turned off while he was in New Zealand. Why did he stop going to Seaview without telling me?

"Miley, stop worrying about Jake," Lilly said quietly so no one but Oliver and I could hear it.

It's been exactly two weeks and he's not here. The three were in Mr. Corelli's homeroom. It's sort of ironic that he teaches us again.

"Yeah Miley, he'll be back soon," Oliver says with a piece of chocolate chip granola bar in his mouth.

"Oliver, chew- then swallow," Lilly explain to him as if he was three.

Then, we hear the door open. Mr. Corelli walks in with a boy I didn't know. He had regular brown hair, and we haven't met, but there's something about his eyes… there's a familiar sparkle in his eyes.

"Oken, hand it over," Mr. Corelli says. Oliver threw him the granola bar and slouched down. "You guys gotta stop sneaking food into class," Mr. Corelli said after taking a bite of the granola bar.

Wow, this is just like last year… sort of.

"Anyways, we have a new student. Everyone, this is Jared Leman," Mr. Corelli said, reading the name from Jared's schedule. "Go ahead and take a seat, Jared."

Jared walked over to the closest empty seat to him, which was the seat next to me, and sat down. He looked towards me and smiled, and I couldn't help but smile back. No Miley, you don't like him! I scolded myself. There was a familiar smile on his face, and his eyes… that sparkle it's so… I don't know, but there's something about him…

After school, Oliver, Lilly, and I went to the ice cream shop.

"I think Jake was right, if I was you-know-who all the time, my fans would follow me all the time. It's hard enough just sometimes, cause all they do is this," I said, widening my eyes and making a weird face at Lilly.

"Okay, that's weird," Lilly said. "And easy with the liner, looking at little trampy."

"She looks very nice to me," Jared said sweetly as he walked over to us.

"Thanks, appreciate it, but I have a boyfriend," I said.

"What a coincidence, cause I have a girlfriend named Miley," Jared says.

"New guy say what?!"