Chapter 7
Is it Jarren?
Lilly, Jake, Oliver, and I were in my room talking about the letters. I was lying down on my bed with my head on Jakes lap. I just didn't feel like talking about this right now, but their forcing me to.
"Miley, why didn't you tell me that person sent you more than one letter?" Lilly asked sounding worried for me. "I told you if he sent you more letters, you should've told someone."
"Technically you said to tell Jake before it goes too far." I covered my eyes with my arm.
"You don't see this as going too far? Anyway, I feel stupid. I didn't even know about it." Oliver said still dumbfounded with just finding out about this now.
"Well… I freaked out for like a moment, but I shook it off trying to forget about tit. And sorry I didn't tell you, Oliver, I was scared."
"You know you could trust me Miley, I'm your boyfriend and I could help you out, but you chose not to tell any of us about it." Jake said.
I looked up at Jake and he placed his hand on my head brushing the strands of hair from my eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't want anyone to worry about me. At least I showed you this now and I'm asking for your help. What did the letter say Jake? You haven't shown it to me yet."
"Fine, I'll show it to you." He removed his hand from my forehead and reached in his pocket. He took out a letter and handed it to me. I unfolded it and read it out loud so that Lilly and Oliver could hear.
"Dear my love, The day of your homecoming dance is the day I want to meet you. Just by spending time with me, I'll let go all of the pictures, maybe. It all depends on whether or not you will do various activities I have planned for that night. I'll send you another letter stating where we will unite. Good bye my love, for now."
Reading it just sent chills down my spine. I shouldn't have asked Jake for it.
"Wow, that's scary. You should call the cops." Oliver said.
I looked up at him where he and Lilly were and they looked scared for me.
"I cant because when I show it to them, they'll find out who I am and they'll probably tell the press and everyone else out there." I sat up and hugged my legs.
"Miley, what would you rather do, meet this guy that could possibly rape you or call the cops, set it up so that they can catch him?" Lilly said and walked to the edge of my bed kneeling down and rested her elbows on the bed.
"When you put it that way, I want to tell the cops. I don't know yet, I'll think about it. We have all this week and until Friday night to think about it." I poked Lilly's head and she smiled.
"For some reason, it makes me think this is Scary Beautiful…" Lilly said, but soon interrupted by a knock on the door..
"Come in." I said and my dad poked his head through the door.
I quickly got the letters and put them under a pillow before my dad saw.
"Miley, I told you to never bring boys up here." He shook his head. "Ohh well. Anyway, I talked to that Jarren kid about what happened at Hannah's concert. He said he was sorry and he'll never do that again."
I rolled my eyes. "That's what they all say, daddy, and then bam, they do it again."
"Just give him a chance. I best be going back down stairs, David's here and we're going to the gym for a while." He said and left.
"Hmm, I noticed that David and your dad hang out a lot." Lilly said.
I looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Well duh, they're best friends. How would you feel if you didn't see me in over, what, 20 years or less?"
"So lonely and afraid." Lilly and Oliver started to laugh.
"You guys are so weird." Jake said.
"That's why they make such a beautiful couple." I replied falling back down onto Jakes lap.
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In the morning I walked downstairs before getting ready. My throat felt really dry, which meant that I might've drooled last night. Someone was already in the kitchen once I got there.
"Good morning." I said assuming that it was my dad.
The person turned around and it was David.
"Good morning Miley, you're looking lovely today." He smiled.
I blushed. 'This is awkward' I said to myself and grinned at David. "Thanks, haha I thought you were my dad. So, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" I sat on the table and watched him pour some juice into a cup.
"Well, your dad and I went out last night and we came back really late and he told me to sleep over." He said and walked around the counter and sat next to me. "I'd like to thank you for being Jarren's friend. It's been really hard for him ever since I remarried and we moved here. He misses his old school, his girlfriend, and friends, but ever since he hung out with you, he's forgotten about his friends." He leaned over and hugged me, stopping for a second and then soon released me.
'That was the weirdest hug I've ever had.' I lifted both my eyebrows and stood up. "You're welcome. I never knew Jarren dated anyone," 'Because he's an obsessive freaky dude that acts like a possessive person.' I added in my head. "Was he serious with that person?"
"Yeah, they dated for about 3 years. They seemed like they really liked him, but when he found out we had to move, he completely changed. He changed the way he looked and I noticed that his attitude toward life changed." He looked at his watch. "I better be going now, my wife and Jarren must be worried." He also stood up and headed toward the door. "By the way, I never got to congratulate you on winning the talent show. I stayed with Jarren on his first day and I watched your performance. It was very good." He smiled.
"Thanks." I smiled back and he walked out of the house.
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"Miley, I think Jarren is the person." Jake said as I walked into the empty classroom of Mr. Grayson during lunch.
"What makes you think that?" I asked as I turned my desk around so that I could face Jake and sat on it.
"I was hanging around your locker during recess and he kept on walking back and forth from your locker. He stopped and looked at your locker a few times and then he left."
"I think it is him too. There's something I haven't told you." I sighed. 'I guess its time to tell him about what happened the day Jarren first came to my house.' "The first day Jarren came to school, that same day Jarren came over to my house…." I continued on telling him my story and Jake looked furious.
It felt so weird coming clean about all of this. I mean it's not like I haven't told anyone about the bad stuff that happens in my life, but I never really thought about how bad this is affecting me and Jakes relationship. Jake is caring more about me, but I think this little detail I could've kept to myself.
"I seriously want to kick that boy's ass. He gives men a bad name and I want to see how…" I cut him off.
"Thanks for caring Jake, but you don't need to worry that right now, we need to worry about is that guy that's blackmailing me."
"Well apparently the guy that's blackmailing you is the guy that's making moves on you." Jake lay his head on the table.
"You have a point there, but you dont know for sure if it is Jarren or not. "I cupped my face with my hands watching Jake hit his head on the table.
"Hey guys, sorry I haven't hung out with you in a while." Jarren was at the door and sat down on the table next to Me.
"What are you doing here?" Jake said bitterly.
"I kind of knew you would be like that toward me. Well, I'm sorry for what I did. I just thought that…" Jarren started.
"Whatever, save it. I'm out of here." Jake stood up and looked at me. "You coming Miley?"
"Uhh… yeah. Bye Jarren." I said and walked out of the class room with Jake. "You were mean to him."
"Well, after finding out that he tried to kiss my girlfriend twice, I just hate him real bad."
A/N okay I tried my best to on this chapter, and once again, it didn't turn out the way I want it to… Just remember, they think its Jarren. (hopes I didn't leave anything important out in this chapter) and Sorry if it's a bit short. The next chapter is when they find out who's on the homecoming court and other things happen :).
failxsafexhumor: I know I would do that too, but by not doing that, it just leaves more stuff for me to write about in the end lol.
Cupid's Bride: If you need help, listen to music, that sometimes helps me. Haha, you can have Jake LOL
try-to-sing-with-a-smile: Haha, it's always good to think about what's going to happen next…
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