Chapter 11
I'm Hannah Montana
The rest of school passed by normally. That is, whatever passes for normal at a school. They all met at Lilly's locker again.
"Hey, Jake." Lilly started.
"Hey, Lilly." Jake responded.
"Why don't you…"
"Why don't I what?"
"Stop that!" Miley cut in.
"Why don't you take a donation pail with you."
"Why Lilly, that is a great idea." Jake took a pail from her.
"I should have this filled and the lead ours."
"Just don't get to big of a head or you might not make it through the doors." Miley pointed out.
"What? No major put down?"
"Well if that is what you want…." Miley tilted her head to the side and looked up with her eyes and puller her mouth to one side.
"Just kidding….just kidding."
They walked to the door together. Jake's limo was waiting for him at the curb.
"Good luck guys."
"Go slay some zombies." Oliver told Jake.
Jake got into the limo and left for the studio.
"So Miley, giving Jake another chance?" Lilly asked.
"Yeah. As long as he doesn't go all ego again."
"And just think how much he can get at the studio." Oliver added with BIG dollar signs in his eyes.
"We're going to win for sure!"
"Hello….Oliver….donut head." Lilly tried to get Oliver's attention.
"What?"
"Did we forget who Hannah Montana is?"
"OH…oh…my bad."
Miley looked at Lilly who looked at Oliver who shrugged his shoulders.
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When they got to Miley's house, the others were there waiting on them.
"Where's Jake?" Maddie asked.
"He had to reshoot some scenes." Miley answered.
"So are we still going out?" Cody asked.
"Do bears like honey?" Miley asked.
"I don't know. Do they?" asked Zack.
"Not too bright, but you gotta love him." Lilly smiled at Zack.
They divided up the donation pails and agreed to meet at Rico's in two hours. They wanted to be back to get their homework done so they would be able to see Maggie during visiting hours. Maddie decided to wait for Jackson to get home and go to the beach with him and Cooper.
It was another great day of collecting donations. All three pails they had where almost full. Lilly suggested going over to the beach volleyball courts and to try there. Miley and Oliver liked the idea. Miley figured since they were becoming known there, they should have no problem getting donations. They set off as a group talking about seeing Maggie after they did their homework. What they didn't see was the man hiding by the access bridge to the beach. Our group walked right by him. He came out of hiding and reached out and grabbed Miley's shoulder and started to spin her around. Miley reacted. She reached across her body and grabbed the wrist of the person that was turning her. Miley lifted the hand over her head and continued the spin he had started. As she spun, Miley brought her other hand to the wrist that was now over her head. Finishing the spin the attacker started, she continued with another spin and pulled down as hard as she could. As Miley's spin brought her around to face her attacker, she pulled up on the wrist. The reaction had the desired affected. She flipped the attacker. Before she could register who the attacker was, she was spraying him with her pepper spray.
"MILEY, STOP! IT'S FRANK!" Both Oliver and Lilly shouted. Cody and Zack were shocked. All they could do was stare.
"OH MY GOSH! Are you alright Frank?" Miley asked as she dropped down to his side.
"Here's some water, Frank." Lilly put a bottle into his hands.
"I'm so sorry, Frank."
"Who is Frank?" Cody asked.
"What's going on?" Zack asked.
"I'm okay Miley. I'm okay." Frank was rinsing out his eyes with the water.
Our three friends looked at each other as Frank continued to wash out his eyes.
"Did you three forget about your appointment tonight?"
"But Maggie just checked into the hospital today and we wanted to go see her after we finished our homework." Miley pleaded.
"I'm disappointed in you three. You had no idea I was here." Frank told them as he stood up. "Although that was a very good flip, you should have seen me. So I think there will be a training session tonight."
"But Frank, we're collecting donations for the leukemia fundraiser." Miley whined.
"Won't be much of a first prize if you're not there it sing."
"Can we see Maggie first?"
"Please…." Lilly and Miley pleaded.
"No. Training first, visitation second. If there is enough time for you three to do your homework."
"HELLO!"
Everyone turned to Zack.
"Mind if I ask a question?"
"What's the question Zack." Miley asked him.
"Who is Frank and what is going on here?"
Miley realized that one: Zack didn't know she was Hannah Montana, two: that Cody and Zack didn't know about her being stalked and three: this was no place to talk. This only left one choice.
"Okay Frank. We'll go to your house for our training session." Then she turned to Cody and Zack.
"Cody, Zack, this is Frank. Frank, Cody, Zack." They shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, Frank." Cody and Zack said.
"When we get to Frank's house, I'll explain everything." Miley told them.
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When they got to Frank's house, Deb was out shopping with Sally and Tony. Oliver asked to use the phone to let his mom know that he was here.
Miley and Lilly got drinks for everyone and brought them to the table as Frank went to the bathroom to work on his eyes some more.
"Okay, what's going on?" Zack asked.
Miley looked at Cody and Cody took her hand.
"Well, I told Cody and your mom in Boston and I made them promise not to tell anyone. Not even you Zack. This is the biggest secret in the whole music industry. Only a few people know the truth. You're about to become one of them. So do you promise and can I trust you with my secret?"
"Sure. What secret could be that big?"
"Spit swear?"
Zack spit on his hand and held it out to Miley. Miley spit on her hand and shook Zack's hand.
"Swear." They both said at that same time.
"Ewww…..I hate that." Oliver observed.
Miley took a deep breath.
"I'm……I'm……Hannah Montana."
"Your joking!" Zack laughed.
"Does it look like she's joking?" Frank asked making Zack jump.
Zack looked at Cody and around the table stopping on Miley.
"You're not joking." Zack looked at Cody. "She's not joking?"
"She's not joking, Zack." Cody told him.
"My brother is dating Hannah Montana!"
"No Zack. I'm dating Miley Stewart."
"Okay, I get it. Miley Stewart."
"Hannah Montana is her stage name. Like I said, not too bright, but you've gotta love him." Lilly smiled.
"So, Miley, who is Frank?" Cody asked.
"Frank is second in charge of security for me."
"Then why is he attacking you? Zack asked.
Miley, Lilly, Oliver and Frank started to relate to Cody and Zack the events that lead up to Peter Freeman being caught. Miley left out the part of having a crush on Frank. By the time they were finished telling the story to Cody and Zack, Miley was crying.
"Hi guys. Who are your friends?" Debbie asked as she and the kids came in. Spotting Miley, Tony ran up to her and gave her the hugest hug his four-year-old arms could give her. Happy, he let go and looked at Miley.
"Miley, your eyes are leaking," Tony told her.
"I know."
"Why are they leaking?"
"I just told Zack and Cody," she point to them for Tony, "the story of how your Daddy got hurt."
"Don't cry. He's all better now. Right Daddy?"
"That's right, sport."
"Does this make it all better for you?" Tony asked Miley as he hugged her.
"Yes, it does, Tony."
"Come on, Tony, they have their training to do, I think." Debbie was looking at Frank's eyes. "Are you alright Frank? They got you, didn't they?" Debbie was laughing.
"I did. Then he says that we should have seen him and we needed to train. But what we want to do is to see Maggie." Miley pleaded her case.
"Frank, you know that they won't be able to visit Maggie after tonight. And don't you think after the demonstration of this afternoon, they are good to go?"
Frank sighed in defeat. Debbie was right after all. Miley did nail him.
"Okay, you win."
Lilly and Miley did their happy dance. Tony just had to join them.
"Tell you what. Help me get the rest of the groceries in and I'll drive you kids to the hospital."
They all got up and helped carry the bags in.