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Miley's POV:
I heard someone clear their throat and I spun around, then regretted it and held onto my head. Jake's mom was standing there with grocery bags in her hands. I flushed in embarrassment and Jake said,
"Hey Mom. This is Miley, you know my girlfriend?" I felt my heart warm at the word girlfriend, delighted that it hadn't changed. She smiled and set the groceries on the counter before shaking my hand and saying,
"Hello Miley. Jake's told me an awful lot about you. Don't worry its all good stuff. How are you feeling my dear?" I smiled and said,
"Eh, I could be much worse." Her face changed and she said,
"You gave Jake and his Dad quite a scare last night. He brought you here and you collapsed on the floor. Poor Jake and Jim were about to call 911." I frowned and said,
"I'm really sorry for imposing on your family like this. Actually, I'm really dumb for drinking." She smiled kindly and said,
"Honey, if you can admit you were dumb for drinking that just shows how smart you are. From what I hear you are really smart. You just made a mistake…everyone does. You were put in a situation any teen would have fallen into." Jake cleared his throat from behind me and he said,
"What? No hug or 'hi Jake!' I'm hurt!" Mrs. Ryan laughed and hugged him.
"Sorry sweetie. By the way, next time find the poor girl some clothes that don't cut off her circulation okay?" Jake laughed and nodded and Mrs. Ryan said,
"Come on dear I bet I can find something you can wear. Better too big than too small. I'll have your clothes washed after I put these groceries up. " I smiled and followed her. I already liked Mrs. Ryan. I didn't know if it was because she was so kind, of that she reminded me so much of my own mother.
She handed me a shirt I assumed she got from Jake because it said, 'Zombie High Lover', and a pair of white sweatpants that were hers. She was a small woman so they fit. I felt much better (and warmer) once I had on clothes that actually covered me. Once I came out of the bathroom, she smiled and said,
"There now, that's better." I smiled and hesitated, then hugged her. She seemed surprised but hugged me back.
"Thank you Mrs. Ryan. This means a lot to me." She smiled and said,
"Anytime dear." We heard someone walking up the stairs than someone knock on the door.
"Does everyone have clothes on?" Jake asked through the door. Mrs. Ryan rolled her eyes and said,
"Yes Jake. You can come in." He walked in and said,
"Ah, I like that shirt better. Zombie High is much better than Polly Pockets anyway." Mrs. Ryan laughed and a little laugh was heard, I turned to see Lana at the door.
"Hi Mommy!" She said before she ran in and gave her mother a big hug. After she finished hugging, she pointed an accusing finger at Jake and said,
"Jakey was mean to me while you were gone!" Jake shot her a dirty look and Lana stuck out her tongue at him.
"Well, I'll deal with it later Lana." Mrs. Ryan said. Lana smirked and said,
"That's right Mommy, you wouldn't want to embarrass Jakey in front of his girlfriend. Jakey and Miley sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love then comes marriage then comes Miley pushing a baby carriage, that's not all, that's not all here comes Jakey drinking alcohol!" Lana sang. Jake threw a magazine at her and she said,
"Hey! Mommy, Jakey istrying to hurt me!" Jake rolled his eyes and grabbed my hand before saying,
"Let's go." I followed him out of the room and said,
"So Jakey I didn't even know you had a sister!" He scowled and said,
"It's not something I brag about." I laughed and said,
"Hey, you're lucky I've always wanted a sister."
"Well I hope that wasn't a empty offer because next time she wants to put makeup on someone, I'm sending her over to your house. I nodded and said,
"I guess I better call my Dad to come get me. He probably already knows." He sighed and said,
"I would have come up with something better but it was late." I hugged him and said,
"That's okay." He handed me the phone and said,
"Good luck."
"Thanks, I'm gonna need it.
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You know that feeling of disappointment that settles in your stomach and makes your want to hurl? Well, I do. It started forming in the pit of my stomach with the first sip of alcohol. The look on Jake's face when he found me added to it and what was happening now did too. As I saw disappointment etched in his face, I felt like crying.
"-How could you Miley? I just don't understand! Did I do something? Is it my fault?" My Dad asked. The plan I had so rightly expected to backfire did. My Dad called over to the Truscott's, who said they had to pick their daughter up from Oliver's that morning and that I was no where to be found and Lilly had a hangover. Naturally when Oliver's aunt came over and found Oliver throwing up his guts and screaming that who ever made alcohol should burn in hell, my Dad put it all together and sent Jackson out looking for me.
"No Dad, I'm sorry." I muttered for the eighth time this morning. Jackson was sitting in the corner, and for once his face shone the same disappointment I had seen all morning. He had been the one to find me and drive me home. I called him after talking to Jake for a while to come get me. He thought something different too and took joy in blasting the speakers as loud as they would go to punish me. He would say, "If you don't like the pain, don't drink the drink." I would always reply, "Well I vaguely remember a certain someone coming home drunk at 5 a.m." he would snort and say, "But that was a month ago. I've changed."
"Miley I just can't believe you out of all people would do this. You are better than this! I didn't raise you this way! And your Mother didn't either! Do you know how disappointed she would be right now? She hated drinking and if she ever saw her daughter get drunk she would be so upset. I just don't know what I have to do to get through to you! This is something I expect from Jackson, surly not you." That was all it took. Him saying Mom would be disappointed. I felt a lump raise in my throat and my eyes burn. Tears slipped down my face and I said,
"I know Dad I'm sorry….I r-really am." He hugged me and said,
"Its okay bud, I just don't want you to get hurt. Promise me you won't do anything like this again." He said. I nodded and wiped my eyes,
"I promise Dad." He nodded and said,
"Oh, and I wouldn't be expecting any phone calls from Lilly and Oliver lately. Their parents were ticked off big time." I nodded and said,
"They have a good reason to." Jackson walked up and said,
"Hey Dad, how come when I got drunk and came home without trying to lie, I got grounded for a month and Miley isn't even in trouble?" My Dad looked at him in disbelief and said,
"I didn't ground you the first time but when your son comes home drunk 13 times you begin to loose patients. Especially when you are the one that has to clean up the throw up." He scowled and said,
"Well…..Um….she…and…Oh screw it." He ran upstairs and Dad shook his head and said,
"I worry about that boy sometimes." I nodded and said,
"Me too Dad, me too."
All the sudden the sharp ring of the house phone broke the silence. Dad reached over and picked up the phone.
"It's him." He said with distaste webbed in his voice. I raised my eyebrows.
"Him? Could you be more descriptive?" I asked.
"Jake Ryan." He said before handing the phone to me. I rolled my eyes and felt the throbbing pain that was slowly subsiding.
"Hello?" I said.
"Hey Miley, sorry about that whole plan backfiring." He said. I laughed and said,
"Its okay. I saw it coming."
"So I was wondering, do you want to come over for dinner tonight? My Mom said Lana has been wining about it all day." I shot a look at my Dad and then said,
"I don't know if I can come eat dinner with you and your family tonight Jake, I'll have to ask my Dad if I can." He rolled his eyes and nodded.
"I can." I said happily. He laughed on the other end and I walked up to my room with the phone.
"So guess who got in BIG trouble?" I asked.
"You?"
"No surprisingly I didn't get into that much trouble….Lilly and Oliver did though. I can't wait until they are off grounding! I want to know what happened after I left!" I heard Jake sigh on the other line and said,
"You guys don't know how lucky you are."
"About what?" I asked.
"You can go out and only worry about getting in trouble with your family, if I go out and get drunk I have to worry about everyone. You don't know what its like to be constantly watched by everyone. The only time I ever feel really safe and secure to just be….me…is late at night in the secret place at my house. I'm the only person who knows about it. Well…Lindsay knew too." He said. There was a silence while I took it all in.
"Who's Lindsay?" I asked with curiosity. I could hear the conversation change. The air got rigid and had an awkward air about it.
"Um…no one. Listen, I'll see you tonight okay…um…I-I'll make sure Lana doesn't bug you to much. Bye." He hung up quickly and left me staring at the phone. Who was this Lindsay girl? Did Jake Ryan have secrets I didn't know about? I shook my head in confusion. Talking about secrets made me think of mine. I would love to tell him but it would just complicate things. I mean, why mess with Heaven when it's already perfect? You would just end up screwing it up. I just sighed and began to get ready for dinner at Jake's house.
A/n: SOOOOOOO Sry it took sooooooo long to get updated! I feel bad now! Super thanks to everyone who reviewed! You guys kept me writing! Keep it up :) Man, I bet this Lindsay girl is just driving you mad! There will be more mentions of her later…..but you wont really find out until later in the story. And YES there IS going to be a SEQUEL. I decided Friday that I was going to have a sequel to My Love, Please Forget Me for sure! It will be out really soon. i decided to TRY and write the sequel while i writing this one. What can i say, Luke had me hooked on my own story.
Also, regarding 'Lock Down' the story will be moved to my cousins FF account in three days. Her name is xXxCourtneyxXx so once they send the activation email and she waits the 3 day period the completed story will be up. :)