Chapter 35

A Night On The Town

Jake was waiting by Lilly's locker after class.

"Is it true what I've heard about Miley?"

"I don't know. What have you heard?"

"That she got sick in class."

"Yep, you heard right."

"Is the part about Amber and Ashley true too?"

"I don't know. What did you hear?"

"That after Miley came into the room, she start to run to the front of the class. Then Amber and Ashley stood up and stood in her way and stayed there. And then Miley puked on them."

"Yep. That's what happen."

"Oh man! Wish I could've been there to seen that!"

"So what is everyone saying then?"

"That they got what they deserve for getting in a sick person's way. Miley is sum what of a hero for doing it. Although she probably doesn't feel that way."

"Yeah."

"So what are you going to be doing tonight?"

"Are you feeling okay Jake?"

"Yeah why?"

"Did you forget that we are going out on the town with Hannah tonight."

"I just thought they would change it with Miley being sick."

"Why would Hannah change her plans just because Miley's sick. Besides that, I was really looking forward to meeting Hannah tonight."

"Oh yeah right. I don't know what I was thinking."

"I've got to get to class Jake. I'll see you at the end of the day."

"Later Lilly."

Well that was something to think about. Lilly acted like tonight was still on. But if Miley is sick, then how could she be Hannah? Maybe I was wrong then. Maybe Miley wasn't Hannah. Miley did look horrible all day. But make-up could do that. But she was sick in class. You can't fake that. Can you? But what about the handwriting and the picture? Those weren't fake. And the phone call about the dance. Hannah answered me exactly the way Miley said she would. Almost word for word. What's going on here? Wait a minute, maybe that's what's going on! If Miley is Hannah then she couldn't be in school at the same time. She would have to fake being sick. And what better way at fake being sick then to be sick. But how did she make herself throw-up? That's a good question. One that I have to find the answer for.

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After Amber and Ashley left the nurse's office, Mr. Aaron came in and asked Miley to come to his office. Mrs. Clearwater objected to this, but Miley said she was feeling much better now and she could wait for her dad in Mr. Aaron's office.

"From the way the rumor mill is running, you put on quite the show this afternoon." Mr. Aaron chuckled as he closed the door to his office.

"I'm glad someone enjoyed my little dramatic play." Miley sighed.

"What? You were afraid of being embarrassed?"

"Yeah."

"Well, you're more of a hero right now. Go figure."

"Well, it was Amber and Ashley." Miley laughed.

"How is Maggie doing?"

"It's up to her body now. I hate waiting!"

They were stopped by a knock on the door. Miley got up and went to the door and opened it. It was her dad on the other side.

"Hi Mr. Aaron. Ready to go Miley?"

"Lets go daddy."

"Aren't you suppose to be sick?"

"Oh right. :::cough::: let's go :::cough::: daddy." Miley said in a weak voice.

"That's better. See you later Mr. Aaron."

"Bye"

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Miley and her dad went home so that she could change into Hannah. They were going to a nice restaurant and then a VIP box for a Lakers game. What to wear? A nice restaurant meant nice clothes. A basketball game meant casual clothes. Mix them together and you get nice causal clothes. That meant cowboy boots, form fitting blue jeans, an over skirt of see thru black, and a white angora sweater with an over size turtle neck. To this she added a black chocker ribbon. Next it was to the bathroom for make-up and a little work on her wig and presto. Hannah was really impressed with how she looked. Hannah give her alarm clock a quick look. Good, just right on the time. To underscore that thought, her dad yelled up to her.

"Miley! Time to go."

"Coming daddy."

Hannah came down the stairs to find Roxi was there too.

"Hi Roxi."

"Hi baby girl."

"Good luck bud." Robbie said as he hugged her.

"Thanks daddy."

"You have the tickets Roxi?"

"Roxi has them right here." She patted her purse.

"Lets go Roxi." Hannah called from the door.

Robbie walked them out to the limo and closed the door and watched them drive off.

"Good Luck."

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Jake was still thinking about his little problem he set his self after Miley left. After weighing all the facts and evidence, well what he had, Jake was ninety percent sure he was right about Miley being Hannah. But he decided to keep a close eye on Hannah, Lilly and Oliver. He knew that they were so close they could and some times did finish the other person's sentences. They could also make decisions with each other without talking. He was going to have to watch them closely.

The bell ring to signal the end of class. Just home room and then they would be taken home by Hannah. As Jake walked to his locker, there was a buzz in the air.

……did you see her……boy she was looking hot……she waved to me……she talked to me...

Jake got to his locker and put his books away. There diffidently was a buzz. It remind him of the time when he first started school here. So this is what it was like for Miley when he first came here. What he saw next made him feel bad about how he acted. There was Hannah walking down the hallway. Not only was she stopping to talk to everyone that had something to say, she listen to them. Really listen to them. That was something he never did. No. When he was among his fans, it was all about him. But seeing Hannah among her fans, she made it all about them. No wonder Miley hated him so much at the beginning. I guess I have a lot to answer for.

Jake walked into homeroom as Oliver and Lilly did too.

"Why aren't you two over there with Hannah?"

"Why?" Lilly asked.

"Aren't we spending the night with her?" Oliver finished.

"Try not to scare her when you guys do that."

Olive and Lilly just looked at each other when Jake told them that.

The bell sounded to signal the start of homeroom. There was heard the sound of running feet as the tone fade away to nothing. Everyone in the room turn to the door and wait with excitement for Hannah to come in.

"Wait out here Roxi."

"Okay. But remember, Roxi got her eyes on you."

"yeah, i know." Hannah said under her breath.

"What?"

"Nothing." Hannah sang as she went into her homeroom.

As Hannah came in, Amber and Ashley jumped up and screamed.

"IT'S HANNAH MONTANA!!!"

They run up to her and grabbed an arm each and started to jump up and down. Hannah responded quickly.

"Hmmm……I'm sorry but you guys kind smell bad."

The whole class broke out into laughter. Amber and Ashley quickly slipped away and back to their desks.

"Okay settle down class." Mr. Corelli total the class several times.

After the class got quiet, Mr. Corelli continued.

"Hannah, would you like to come up and say something?"

"Sure." Hannah walked to the front of the room and turned to face everyone.

"As you know, I'll be spend the day in school with y'all so please just treat me like another student."

Jake felt like Hannah was looking right at him when she said that.

"I see Jake sitting there, but where is Lilly, Oliver and Miley?"

Oliver and Lilly raised there hands and waved.

"Hi guys. You must be Oliver. Are you Miley or Lilly?" Hannah asked Lilly.

"I'm Lilly. Miley went home sick after lunch."

"To bad. Maybe we can stop by her house on the way taking you guys home. Ah, that is if you know where she lives."

"We do." Oliver answered.

But before Hannah could respond, Mr. Aaron came on the PA with the final announcements for the day and instructions for everyone tomorrow when Hannah would be spending the day with them. With that the last bell of the day sounded.

Everyone started to head for their lockers and home. That is everyone that wasn't trying to see Hannah. Hannah for her part went to Jake, Oliver and Lilly's locker in turn and then they made their way to the limo. All the time Hannah was give as much attention to the other students that she could. A mob much larger then any that followed Jake around had formed around them as they made their way to the limo and safety. Once everyone was in, the limo went to Miley's house.

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The limo pulled up in front of Miley's house and everyone got out. Hannah walked up to the door and almost opened it but she did a quick save and pushed the doorbell.

"Your Hannah Montana young lady!" Robbie Ray said as he answered the door.

"Hi Mr. Stewart." Lilly piped in.

"Lilly. Oliver. Jake. Why don't everyone come in."

"Mr. Stewart, I heard that Miley came home sick today. I was wondering if it would be okay for me to see her?"

"Sorry Hannah. She's asleep in her room right now. She's really upset about tonight, but she doesn't want to miss tomorrow night's dance."

"Would you tell her that I stopped by?"

"You can count on it."

"Well then, I have to get everyone home so we can go out tonight."

"Hey, just where are we going?" Lilly asked.

"Have you heard of the new restaurant called 'Davy Jones' Locker'?"

"The one that just opened up two weeks ago?" Jake asked.

"That's the one. We have reservations at five o'clock. Then we're going to the Lakers-Heat game. We get to met all the players."

"The Heat??? With Shack??? I get to met him!!" Oliver was star stuck.

"Yeah. That's them." Hannah answered.

"Well, what are we waiting for??? Let's get going." Oliver was pulling Hannah and Lilly towards the door.

"Nice meeting you Mr. Stewart." Hannah called over her shoulder.

Jake shrugged his shoulders and followed.

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Jake was having a hard time keeping his resolve about Miley being Hannah. At Lilly's house, her mom was taking a ton of pictures and at Oliver's house, everyone was falling all over her for her attention. At his house, his parents were just a little star struck too. But they were use to being around celebrities. There just something about Hannah that got to his parents too. And the more he watched her the more he was sure that it was Miley. Hannah acted just like her. But there was still the small bit of doubt.

Once back in the limo, Hannah turned to everyone.

"I thought we take a second to stop in and see Maggie if that is okay with everyone."

They all nodded. Hannah signaled the driver to take them to the hospital.

"I been meaning to ask you Jake, is this the same Miley you've been talking to me about. Because if it is, I was looking forward to meeting her."

"Yeah, that's the Miley I was talking about."

Lilly and Oliver dropped their mouths and looked at each other and then at Hannah and then at Jake.

"If y'all don't close your mouths, your going to catch a few flies."

Both Lilly and Oliver laughed at that comment. But Lilly give Hannah a look that said this was not over. Hannah slightly shrugged and tilted her head in response. Jake saw everything. Hannah decided to talk to question them to 'find' out more about them until they got to the hospital.

Once at the hospital, everyone went up to Maggie's room. To Hannah's surprise, Robbie, Carey, Jackson, Maddie, and the twins where there too. Robbie was even playing his guitar for Maggie.

"Mr. Stewart? What are you doing here?" A surprised Hannah asked.

"We came to see how Maggie was doing."

"You know Maggie?"

"Small world isn't?"

"Hannah?" A weak voiced Maggie called out.

"Yes Maggie. I'm here." Hannah moved over to Maggie.

"Can you sing me a song?"

"Sure. What song do you want to hear?"

"The one you wrote about your mom."

Hannah froze. Maddie caught her breath remembering what Miley had told her about the song.

"Hannah?"

"Yeah, I'm still here."

"Please?"

"Okay Maggie." The color had left Hannah's face. The emotions starting to churn up under the surface. Lilly and Oliver exchange another look with Hannah. Something was going on here and Jake sensed it.

Hannah walked over to Mr. Stewart.

"Can I borrow your guitar Mr. Stewart?"

"Sure thing Hannah."

Jake noticed that Mr. Stewart said something very quietly to Hannah and Hannah nodded her head ever so slightly. Something was going.

Hannah took the guitar and walked over by Maggie. She sat on a chair and started to strum the guitar. She didn't start singing at first but just played. Jake looked around the room and noticed the emotion on everyone's faces. It was just a song wasn't it? As Jake tried to piece everything he was seeing together, Hannah's very sad and soft voice came to his ears.

I miss you, I miss your smile And I still shed a tear every once in awhile…

As Jake watched and listen to Hannah singing, he notice something he'd never seen before. She was crying. So was most everyone else in the room. Okay the twins weren't but they were very somber. So was Jackson and Oliver. Jake remember the song of course. It when song of the year at the Grammies. But as he thought about it, he could not remember ever her singing it at any of the concerts he'd been to or seen on tv. What was it the Maggie had said? The one you wrote about your mom. And Miley isn't over her mom's death yet. And Hannah wrote this song about her mom.

So Miley wrote this song to help get over her mom's death! Now wonder she never sings this song at concerts.

Sha la la la…I miss youuuuuu.

As the last note faded, Maddie walked over to Hannah and hugged her.

"Thanks Hannah." Maggie told her.

"Your welcome." Hannah said as Maddie stepped away from her.

"Well you think of me when you sing that song too."

"I won't have too Maggie. You'll still be here."

"Do you believe that Hannah?"

"Yes I do."

"Well you come back tomorrow?"

"I will. I promise."

"Maybe you can sing me another song then."

"I will. But I have to go now. I love you sis."

"I love you too……sis." Maggie smiled.

Hannah got up and walked over to the mirror to fix her face before turning around to face the others. She wish she could hug her dad, but Jake was here. She did however hugged Jim and Sara.

"Okay. Everyone ready to go?" Everyone agreed and Hannah started for the door. Lilly got up and took Hannah's arm into her hands and walked beside her. They talked quietly to each other. Jake walked behind them with Oliver. Now more than ever, he was sure that Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana are the same person.