I'm back. Chapter 3 is coming.

THE NEXT DAY:

Rang. Rang. Rang. My alarm clock rang, plus, my dad yelling outside my room. Great. I groaned and turned off the alarm clock. But my dad, I had to yell back.

"BE RIGHT OUT" I lied on my bed with my eyes closed for another 1 minute. Then I got up, brushed my teeth, washed my face, walked downstairs for breakfast. When I went downstairs, I saw Jackson sitting there with his mouth full with cereal.

"Morning sis" he said still with his mouth full.

"Ewww, Jackson. Never talk to me with your mouth full and especially in the morning" I exclaimed. When I done having my breakfast, the doorbell rang.

"That's Nick, Lilly and Oliver. I gotta go" I said then walked outside.

"Hey guys" I said.

"Hey Miles" Nick, Oliver and Lilly said in unison.

"Where's Kevin?" I asked them.

"He's helping Joe find his Algebra book. They're gonna be out here for a while" Nick explained.

"Why can't he just leave that jerk? He lost it, he takes it. Why do we have to suffer with him?" I asked them.

"Come on, why can't you wait for him? I bet if you lose your algebra book he would have waited for you too"

I raised my eyebrows at that sentence "Really?"

He finally gave up "Ok, fine. Maybe not. But he has to if he wants to go with us"

"He'd rather go to school alone than wait for me" I said "And so do I" I added. Then Kevin and Joe walked out.

"Finding everywhere in the house, then turns out he put his book in his bag" Kevin explained.

I sniggered. Joe glared at me.

"Guys. Can you just get along?" Kevin exclaimed.

"I don't wanna get along with an idiot" I said.

"Like I do"

"Guys, you wanna continue to fight and be late or go to school?" Oliver reminded us. Joe and I kept glaring at each other while walking to school. We saw Jake at the school gate.

"Hey Jake" I said. He turned to around to see us.

"Hey guys"

We walked to our lockers.

"What do you have first?" Jake asked me and Nick.

"Gym" we replied. "You?" I asked him.

"Chemistry" he replied opening his locker. Turned out, his locker was right next to Kevin's.

"Jake, can you change your locker with me?" I asked him hopefully "Or you can change with Joe"

"No way" Kevin answered instead.

"I ask Jake"

"I know. But I don't allow him to change with any of you" he demanded. I groaned and walked to the Gym with Nick behind. Walking in the Gym, I saw Andrew and Jessica were already there.

"Hey Andrew, Jessica" I said.

"Hey guys" they replied.

"So I heard Coach Hanson said we will be practicing basketball Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. And Sunday if necessary" Andrew informed us.

"After school?" I asked him.

"I think"

"And we have a project in Music class" I said.

"Don't worry. We'll meet up at my house after basketball practice. We won't have to submit it till the end of this semester" Nick said to comfort me.

After a few minutes, the rest of the class got in. Then Coach Hanson walked in.

"So yesterday, I got all the members in our school basketball team. You will be practicing after school on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday" he said.

"Can we know who the others are?" Jessica asked.

"No. That will be a secret. You will know after school" he said then came back to today's lesson. We learned about baseball. Theory, of course. We just sat there and waited till the bell rang.

While I was listening to Coach Hanson, I glanced over at Angela. She didn't look so concentrate. She was looking at something in front of her. I know that being in the school basketball team was the biggest dream of her life. She must be really sad. But I just can't let her in and take my place. I mean, I had also dreamt of this for a long time now and who knows, maybe I will be the one that makes our team win.

"Miley" Nick almost-yelled into my ears.

"What?" I asked him impatiently.

"The bell rang" he said obviously and pointed to the empty gym.

"Oh" I replied and quickly got to my locker. To my dismay, I saw Joe at his locker. I ignored him and opened my locker.

"Hey Joe" Nick said opening his locker.

"Nick" Joe replied still searching for his books. Nick sighed and took out his Biology book.

"Hey guys" Jake said opening his locker.

"Hey Jake" Nick and I said in unison.

"Hey" Joe said then walked to his next class. Jake stared at the back of his head.

"Ok, I'll pretend that it never happened" he said taking his Biology book out. Then we went to the Biology class.

After Biology class, we went to lunch. Joe and Kevin were there.

"Hey Kev" I said without even looking at Joe.

"Hey Joe, Kevin" Nick and Jake said in unison. Nick glared at me.

"Nick, and you, Jake right?" Joe asked him.

"Nick, Miley, Jake" Kevin greeted and like what Nick had done to me, he glared at Joe.

"Hey guys" Lilly appeared with Oliver.

"Hey" we all said in unison.

Lunch just passed by real fast and like usual. After lunch, Jake, Nick and I headed towards Music class. I bumped into Tommy at the door.

"Owww" I exclaimed rubbing my head.

"Oh, Miley, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you walking in" He apologized.

"As in she's invisible?" Nick asked Tommy in disbelief. He widened his eyes.

"No, of course not. She's definitely visible. It's just, I wasn't looking straight forward. I was glancing at Mary" he said pointing to Mary, his partner in Music.

"So, you'd rather look at her than look out for anyone at the door?"

"No, I mean I didn't intend to…"

"Just be careful next time" I cut him off rescuing him from answering Nick. If he didn't stop, I would laugh so hard.

"Nick, next time, don't torture him like that" I said as we sat down.

"Yeah, if she didn't interfere, I would have laughed really loud" Jake said.

"That's what he gets for liking my best friend" Nick said enjoying himself.

"If you keep doing that, I won't have any boyfriends" I said.

"Don't worry. If I like a guy, he would be your boyfriend" he said. I glanced at him "If you like him" he added.

"So my boyfriend is the one who both of us like?" I asked him. He nodded.

"Nick, it's my boyfriend, not yours" I said "I don't care about your love life, right?"

"It's different. I'm a guy. I'm supposed to take care of my best girlfriend, not letting her take care of me, ok?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

"I have my dad and Jackson take care of that, ok? In case you don't notice, they're very protective" I said comforting him. came in, stopped him from saying anything else.

"Class, how are your projects?" she asked. We all groaned.

", aren't we supposed to give it to you at the end of the semester, why now?" Tommy asked her.

"Oh, no no. I'm just asking to see how you're doing. By the sound of this, I can say that none of you had done anything yet right?" she explained.

"We've got so many things to do" Nick exclaimed.

"Like what?" I asked him surprised.

"Basketball"

"Ok, first, you didn't play basketball yesterday. And second, is that all?"

He blushed "Whatever. We have to submit it at the end of the semester anyway"

I rolled my eyes.

"So, I'm thinking about forming a band" said.

We all groaned.

"What about our projects?" Tommy exclaimed.

"Anyone that's in my band will absolutely have a good grade on their project" she said.

We looked at each other with excitement.

"Now that's the spirit. I'm gonna spend this period for you guys to audition. So, who's first?"

When the bell rang, Nick and I were already on the band. Tommy was also on the band. The other 2 were Lisa Thompson and Chris Wilen. Chris was the drummer, Lisa and Nick were the guitarists. Tommy and I were the lead vocals. I would also be the pianist. And Tommy could be another guitarist. The schedule would be every Sunday, after basketball practice.

After lunch and 3 more classes, Nick and I went to the Gym to practice basketball. Jake came to be the audience.

When we came in, I saw both Joe and Kevin were in there. Nick and I widened our eyes.

"JOE?" Nick exclaimed.

"Nick? Miley? What are you doing here?" Kevin asked us surprisingly.

"Uhhh, we kinda made the basketball team"

"And you didn't tell me" Kevin accused us. We gave him an apologetic smile.

"What about you?" Nick turned to Joe.

"Well guess what, me too" he said smiling. I rolled my eyes.

"Wow, great. And I thought I wouldn't have to see his face" I said randomly. I could tell the he ignored me because he went to talk with his friends. Kevin rolled his eyes.

"Can you two stop?" he asked impatiently.

"Stop what?" I asked him innocently.

"Stop doing you're doing"

"I have no idea what you're talking about"

"Well I think you do"

Then Coach Hanson walked in, cut our conversation. I noticed Kevin glaring at me. And I knew I wouldn't get out of this. Not until Joe and I make up, which would never happen, so I can say I won't get out of this.

"Ok, you all know the reason why you're here. So any questions?"

Andrew raised his hand. "Andrew?"

"Why don't you pick from the freshmen. Why only sophomore, Junior and senior?"

"Because since the freshmen are new to this school, I don't want them to participate in this kind of activities. Are there any other questions? No? Good. So I'm gonna start now. You are gonna be divided into 2 groups to compete. I will call out the captains, and they will pick out their teams. Today, the captains will be the seniors. Guy seniors. So, Kevin and Luke. You know what to do"

Just like I had expected, Kevin picked me, Nick and of course, Joe. Jessica and Andrew were on Luke's team. My team also had Susan (the girl senior) and Nellie (the girl junior). Luke's team had Jessica, Andrew, Zoe (another girl senior), Jane (another girl junior) and Cole (a guy junior). Well, if I didn't mention before, Cole also had a crush on me. I didn't know how big it was, but he asked me out no less than hundred times. And I turned him down also no less than hundred times.

After the game, my team won. Coach Hanson handed each of us a bunch of candy. I rolled my eyes.

"Candy? We're not kids anymore" I whispered into Nick's ears when Coach was out of hearing zone.

"Well, we're not. But you and Joe kinda are" Nick said looking at me. I glared at him.

"Thanks for your participation today. We'll have another practice on Thursday. So be prepared"

As soon as I got out of the Gym, I went to look for Jake. Finally, I found him on a bench in the school ground.

"Hey Jake" I said. He looked up.

"Oh, hey Miles. You're done? Where's Nick?"

"Here" Nick's voice appeared behind me.

"So, are we going to your house now?" Jake asked Nick.

"Yeah"

"Do we need to wait for Kevin and Joe?"

"Well you can wait for them if you want" Nick replied looking at the guy's locker room.

"No way. I think we need to go fast or it'll be too late" I said right when Jake could open his mouth.

"We're on the band" Nick reminded me.

"He's not" I pointed at Jake.

"He's in our group. We'll have the same grade. Don't worry" Nick assured me.

"Can we just go?" I started to be mad and walked off first.

Nick and Jake followed me right away but I could tell that Nick wasn't too happy.

At Nick's house, we sat on a couch in the living room. Nick had a guitar. I went to my house to get mine. So that both of us would have the guitar.

"First, what is this song about?" Jake asked.

"How about a girl really likes her neighbor but he has a girlfriend?" I asked them.

"Not bad" Nick commented.

"Yeah" Jake agreed.

"So how about 'I see him everyday

Through the window of my room'" I sang out.

"I see him everyday through the window of my room?" Nick questioned "Isn't that like peaking?"

"What do you have that's better than that?"

"Why can't you just change it into 'We see each other everyday'?" he asked.

"Yeah, that way it could state that the girl and his neighbor are best friends, not some 'he doesn't know her' kinda thing" Jake said.

I sighed "Fine. Then how about 'I looked up to the window of my room

Just then I saw you were doing the same thing

You saw me and you smiled'"

"Do we have to do the window thing?" Jake questioned "Why don't we introduce the characters first?"

"Like how?" Nick asked him.

"Like this: 'He is the hot guy, I am a loser. No one else knows this but I'm his neighbor'. How about that?"

"Not bad" Nick said.

"But is it a little harsh?" I asked them "Just 'I'm a loser' like that?"

"It rhymes" Jake said. I nodded.

"Yeah, I know. But just make it rhyme in a different way. Better words"

"Like what?" Nick asked me impatiently.

"I'm thinking. Writing songs is the thing that you shouldn't rush" I said pulling out a thinking face.

"We're home" Kevin informed as he and Joe walked inside.

"Writing a song?" Joe asked when he saw us sitting with 2 guitars.

"For a project in our Music class" Nick explained.

"Ms. Robson?" Kevin asked us.

"How'd you know?"

"Luke has Music too"

I looked at the clock.

"Nick, I think I have to go" I said.

"Yeah me too" Jake said also standing up.

"Fine, we'll continue some other day" Nick said.

Jake and I walked outside.

"So is this your house?" he asked pointing at the house right next to Nick's.

"Yeah"

"You guys are pretty close, huh? So how come you and Joe are so uncomfortable with each other?"

"We weren't really fond of each other when we were a lot younger"

"But you, Nick and Kevin are best friends. Joe is also best friends with Lilly and Oliver"

"Yeah, that doesn't change anything" I said "So you walk home or what?"

"Walk"

"Ok, then bye" I said walking inside.

"Bye" he said.

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