Chapter 13: He Is Always and Forever
"I can't believe tomorrow is the last day of school!" Oliver exclaimed as he, Lilly, Jackson, Jake, and I walked into my house.
School had kinda sucked in the fact that we didn't have to go there yesterday, but in a way it was cool. When Jackson, Jake, and I got to school, we saw Lilly and Oliver at Lilly's locker- holding hands!
Apparently, Oliver had like Lilly too, which is one of the reasons he didn't really notice Luanne. I'm still a little surprised that he was able to keep his crush more low key than Lilly. Eh, maybe it's because he's a guy.
"I know! One more day till summer vacation!" Lilly said. I closed the front door and laced my hand with Jakes.
"Which means…" Oliver begins.
"Surfing!" Oliver and Lilly finish together in unison before doing a high-five.
"Jeez, I feel like the odd one out now," Jackson says. "I'm the only one in the group that's not with someone, and I hang out with my little sister and her best friends, except for Jacob, he's been my best friend."
"Hey!" Oliver, Lilly, and I shout in unison.
"You choose to hang out with us," I retort. Jackson laughs.
"I know, I'm just kidding… though I wouldn't mind a girlfriend…" his voice faded and he had a goofy grin on his face. The doorbell rang, snapping him out of his trans.
"I'll get it," I said, being closest to the door. I walk to the door and opened it, seeing Saint Sarah. "Hey Sarah."
"Oh, hey Miley," she says. "Is Jackson home?"
"Yeah, come in." I opened the door wider and stepped out of the way.
"Thanks," Sarah said as she stepped into the house. The group had been watching me since I opened the door, curious to see who it was.
"Hi Lilly, Jake, Oliver," she said.
"Hey," Jake said, casually.
"Hi," Oliver said, over firmly. His eyes were squinted towards her, in sign of slight anger, probably because of the whole 'flour child' thing. I'm guessing that he still can't believe someone could resist 'Big Daddy Oken.' Lilly nudged him in the ribs because of his rudeness.
"Hey Sarah," Lilly said. Sarah walked over to Jackson.
"Hey Jackson."
"Hi…." He replied. "Miley, can you help me with something in the kitchen," Jackson was already on his way there before I gave a reply, so I just followed him.
Once we were out of hearing range, Jackson began talking.
"Great, I'm the refrigerator to 14 year old magnets," he says sarcastically.
"Huh?"
"Never mind. How does she know where we live?!"
"Well…"
FlashbackI got up and answer the door, finding Sarah, looking at her donation bin
"Hello sir or madam, would you like to donate- oh, hi Miley," she said. "You live here?"
"Yeah, come on in Sarah," I said, waving her in. "So, how's the collecting going?"
"Pretty good, I woke up at four this morning so I could raise money at the fish market…" she went on and on about the things she does in the morning.
"You get up this early every morning?!" Lilly asks.
"No, on Saturdays I sleep in till 5:30."
End Flashback
"Well, that sounds like Sarah," Jackson says.
"So what's the problem?"
"Don't you remember what I told you? She likes me. She's going to 'wait' for me!"
"Oh yeah…" I said. "Why don't you at least find out why she's here?"
"Because…" Jackson said, but wasn't able to think of a reason. "Fine."
We walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. Lilly, Oliver, Jake, and Sarah were causally talking, that is, until they saw Jackson and I saw back into the room.
"Uh… what's up, Sarah?" Jackson asked unsurely. Sarah's smile seemed to brighten at the greeting.
"I was wondering if we could talk outside for a sec…" she said.
"Sure," Jackson said, leading her to the deck. Once they were gone, I plopped myself on a seat next to Jake on the couch.
"Hey," I said, mainly to Jake.
"Hey," Jake responded. "My mom and dad made sure I didn't Zombie High episode shoots this summer, and they haven't mentioned anything about a vacation or any movies deals that they might have signed me in. I think I might have my first regular summer since the summer before sixth grade!"
"That's great Jacob," I said, smiling. "This'll be our first summer together."
Lilly cleared her throat. I looked over at her. She was looking at me, waving her hand back and forth between her and Oliver.
"Together as in the four of us!" I said with a smile that was overly bright for this situation. "Well, including Jackson, that would be the five of us…" Jackson came into the room without Sarah.
"Miles, I need two great seats for Hannah's last day of school concert tomorrow at the Malibu Stadium!"
"With Sarah?" I questioned, confused.
"Yeah, I'll tell you about it later, but can I have the tickets?" Jackson asked desperately.
"What's the magic word?" I said in a singsong voice.
"Please?" Jackson asked in a flat tone.
"Sure, I'll give them to you later when you tell me that oh-so-interesting story."
"Thanks, I owe ya!" Jackson said as he hurried back outside to the deck.
"Ya sure do!" I shouted before he closed the door.
"So… about Hannah's end of the year concert…" Jake began speaking to the three of us. "Are all of us going?
"Nope," I answer first for all of us. They gave me questioning, yet slightly shocked looks. "Hannah Montana is going with her boyfriend Jake Ryan, and Lola Lufnagle and her new boyfriend Mike… Stand-ley the third," I started laughing, and so did Lilly and Jake.
"Hey!" Oliver defensively. "I couldn't think of anything, and the microphone stand was right there!"
After dinner, I got the two tickets to tomorrow's Hannah concert from the Hannah closet. Front row, center. I walked over to Jackson's room with the tickets and knocked on the door, eager to hear about what happened with Saint Sarah. Once he opened the door, I handed him the two tickets.
"Hey," I greeted, walking into his room and taking a seat on his unmade bed.
"Hey," he replied, closing the door. "Thanks again for the tickets."
"No problem, so what happened with Sarah?" Jackson took a seat on his blue beanbag chair that he had by his TV.
"Well… she said that she was sorry for all the things she had us do. She said that she never really had a boyfriend before and that she didn't know that those things aren't what ya usually do. I don't know, but the way Sarah looked made me ask her out to the concert. She was going to go against it, saying that we could collect money to donate to the homeless shelter, but I told her that she shouldn't be dedicating her whole life to charity. I told her that she should have some fun for herself every once and a while, and she agreed to go to the concert with me."
"Aw, it looks like someone's starting to develop an interest for Saint Sarah," I teased.
"I am not!" Jackson exclaimed, yet I saw his cheeks turn slightly pink. Hmm…
I laid in bed that night, just thinking.
I'm technically Hannah Montana when I have my blonde wig on, but when I take it off, I'm Miley Stewart, who's boyfriend is Jared Leman, but technically, when he takes his brown wig off, he's Jake Ryan.
Jake, Jared, Jacob, Leslie… whatever you want to call him… is perfect. No, not perfect, perfect, because quote my alter ego, 'nobody's perfect.' Jake is… puzzle piece perfect, like I know that we just… fit, ya know? Like we are meant to be.
He is that shy sixth grader that I first met, and he is the cocky and egotistical Jake Ryan that everyone knows. He is funny, we joke around a lot. He is serious. When I need to talk to him about something important, he's all ears. He is supportive. When I need him to help me out, he's backing me up all the way. He made himself an alter ego so I could be happy, and so we don't always have to deal with fans one way or another.
When I'm with him, I feel feelings that I can't even describe. He makes me feel so special. I've known him for almost four years now. We got together in Tennessee, and fate brought us back together after I became teen popstar Hannah Montana, and Jacob became Hottie of the Year Jake Ryan. Isn't that a sign? He was and is my first, only, and current boyfriend.
I want to be with him… always… and forever…
The End.
A/N: Okay, before I get pelted by rotten tomatoes because of my sucky ending, I wanna say that I'm planning to do a sequel. If I get enough feedback on this chapter that is, and don't worry, because I planned a good ending for the sequel, which is weird cause I don't know what's gonna happen in between the beginning and end. I'd like to thank everyone that reviewed my story, because without you, I probably wouldn't have written this far. You guys encourage me to update. So thanks again, and please review. I wanna know if people want me to continue the 'Hear Me' series.
By the way, I think I will be the first person in HM fanfiction to write a story that consists of the pairing Jackson/Sarah if I do a sequel (if i wouldn't be, please correct me.) I'm not sure which name the pairing should have, so if you wanna give your opinion, then don't forget to put it in your review.
A. Jarah
B. Sackson