Chapter 15

Who Are You?

We walked into the gym and it was covered in blue and white streamers and blue and white balloons. We found Ms. Allen and the rest of the people on the court sitting along the benches talking.

"Sorry we're late Ms. Allen, we were busy." Lilly said. She was struggling walking quickly toward Ms. Allen. She kept on tripping over her own feet and it was funny seeing her like this.

I waved at Jake and he waved back. He looked really hot tonight wearing a long sleeve white button down shirt with black vertical pinstripes and this awesome design coming from his back to the front up to the collar.

"Okay, at 6:30, we will say your name and as they say your name, you walk forward and go to the stage and seat in your seat like what we did in practice. Then, the boys will do their little dance and then Jake will sing. After Jake sings, you all will come off stage and Hannah Montana will sing!" Ms. Allen said. As she said Hannah Montana, there was a little spark in her voice like she was excited.

"Okay, here we go. Everyone, get in the room across the gym and wait there. We won't want anyone seeing you!" Ms. Allen said with a tune in her voice.

We walked in the room across of the gym which was the girls' locker room. Lilly and I were hanging out at my locker and watched the other girls get nervous.

"This is weird. They're all like having panic attacks." Lilly said as she watched Kayla put a paper bag against her mouth and breathe in and out from it.

"That's how most people are when they're nervous. Its shocking that you're not nervous, I mean if I was you, I would be nervous as heck." I told Lilly and smiled at Jake. He looked a little nervous, but he wasn't showing it. He kept on cracking his knuckles which was a definite sign that he was nervous.

"Well, I got over it when I was on for the talent show." she smirked and opened and closed a locker that was in front of her.

"Remember when you told me that you laugh and have hi…" I was about to say hiccups when Lilly covered my mouth.

"Shut up." She said. She sounded serious this time and I started to laugh.

The door shot opened. "Kids, its time!" Ms. Allen said excitedly and made us go in a line from our grades. From the front of the door stood Justin Neilson and Kayla Lee, behind them were Michael Jenson and Lori Platt, then Mark Miranda and Katie Kaiue, then Lilly and Oliver, and finally Jake and I.

As we were walking out to the gym, Jake and I started to talk. This was the only time we talked today because we were both busy with out own things.

"Miley, did you ever get around to telling your dad?" He asked as he hooked his arm with my arm.

'What do I say?' I asked myself and looked down. "Jake… I…" I started, but soon we hear Justin and Kayla's name be called to go on stage.

"Yes?" Jake said ignoring the people talking as Justin and Kayla started walking.

"I couldn't. I tried, but I couldn't." I started to eat away my lip gloss.

"Miley… what are you going to do now?" He asked. He looked scared for me, but he tried to cover it with a smile as people took pictures of us.

"I don't know. Since there are police here, maybe I'll tell them." I said and soon Lilly and Oliver started to walk forward to claim their seats on the stage.

"Oliver Oscar Oken is a 9th grader here at Seaview Middle School. He likes to tell jokes and loves to listen to Hannah Montana. He calls himself Smoken Oken and loves to hang out with his girlfriend." Jayse, one of the emcee's for the dance announced.

"Lillian Truscott is also a 9th grader at Seaview Middle School. She likes to go on her skate board and she loves cheerleading. She also loves Hannah Montana and on her free time she loves to knit." the second emcee, Kristy, said.

"Here we go." Jake said and showed a big smile as cameras flashed non stop for us.

"Now, presenting your King and Queen of Seaview Middle Schools 2006-2007 Jake Ryan and Miley Stewart!" Jayse said and everyone clapped. "Jake Ryan plays Feridedko (dunno spelling) on Zombie high and is dating the beloved Hannah Montana. He likes to play his guitar and write music on his free time."

"Miley Stewart also loves to write music and sing on her free time. She is known to be the brightest and one of the sweetest students in school. She is also a very big fan of Hannah Montana and loves to shop." Katie announced.

We slowly walked toward the stage waving and walking through the center of the gym. Once we climbed the stairs, we stood in the center of the stage over looking the students.

"Ladies and gentlemen, meet your homecoming court." Jayse and Katie announced together.

"Principal Fisher, we ask if you could come up and crown the Queen." Jayse said and soon Principal Fisher came on stage.

He held a crown in his hand and put it on my hair. "Congratulations Miley." He whispered in my ear and hugged me.

"Thanks." I said and felt myself blush.

He shook Jakes hand and soon, hugged the rest of the group. We sat down on chairs that were aligned on the stage, but there weren't any chairs for the boys, which was kind of weird.

"Okay, we got a special treat for all you all. Now I ask if all the students stand along the walls of the gym, or just get out of the center of the gym and we will start this." everyone moved and stood along the walls. "The boys of the court are going to perform for you with Jake Ryan singing a song that he had written… throw your hands up for the boys!"

"What are they doing?" I asked Lilly and she shrugged.

"I don't know I never knew they even practiced for this sort of thing." Lilly said and we stayed quiet watching what was going to happen next.

Jake and the rest of the boys including Oliver took microphones and roses from Jayse and soon a back track of a guitar started to play. Jake, Oliver, Mark, Michael, and Justin stood in the center of the gym and they were facing us. Jake started to sing.

They come and go but they don't know
That you are my beautiful
I try to come closer with you
But they all say we won't make it through

"Aww!" The five of us said and soon the boys came in and sang with Jake.

But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
Our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I'll be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine

'Oh my gosh!' I covered my mouth with my hand. 'I think I'm going to cry!' I thought to myself and turned to Lilly who looked like she was tearing.

I felt like my problems went away right then, but remembering that right after I perform tonight, I'll have to go meet that person that found out. I shook my head trying to forget what was about to happen in about 30 minutes, but it stuck to me.

The song was almost over and the boys climbed the stairs and stood in front of their partners. They kneeled down in front of us and I looked down at Jake and smiled at him.

I will be right there for you 'til the end, the end of time

He gave me the flower and took my free hand and placed it in front of his face.

Please be mine

Once he sang the last line, he kissed the back of my hand.

You could hear the crowd screaming at this time and I guess they really liked the performance. Once the boys finished singing, they pulled us girls off of the stage and the people in the student government took the chairs off of the stage.

I quickly ran for the locker room hoping that no one would see me and met Brandi, one of my dancers, there. Her eyes brighten up as she saw me and jumped.

"Miley, I thought you wouldn't have made it." Brandi said and let out a sigh of relief. Passed me the bag with my wig and dress.

"Can you help me unzip this dress?" I asked her and she unzipped it.

I quickly changed out of my dress and put on another dress, but this one was a sparkly red dress and I kept on my heels. I didn't care if I was wearing them, I only have a limited time before I had to go on.

I started to think about what will happen after I perform my songs and I started to feel nauseous. She pushed me down on the bench. "Brandi, can I tell you something?" I asked as she helped me get my wig on.

"Sure, just hurry we have a few minutes left." She said as she tied up my hair.

"I… there's… there's this person that knows who I am." I finally let out.

She dropped my wig. "You mean, you as in…"

"Yeah, they know that I'm Hannah, or Miley, or whatever and they said that they won't tell anyone if I meet them once I have my first break." I said. I don't know how come I can trust Brandi so much. I guess it's because I've known her forever and she is like a sister to me.

"What are you going to do? Did you tell your dad?" she asked as she picked up my wig.

"No, I didn't yet. I got scared whenever I tried to tell him, but I just couldn't." I said and started to put on a pink shade of lip stick.

"Miley, I want you to tell your dad after you perform. Whatever the guy has planned, he might hurt you and you don't know how far he will go." you could hear her voice trembling as if she was scared for me.

"I know I want to and I will. But if I don't get around to it, can you please tell him for me?" I asked her.

She fastened the wig on and stood up from the bench. "Yeah, I will. Let's get this dance going." she tried her best to show her excitement, but you could clearly hear that she wasn't excited anymore.

We walked out of the gym and ran for the stage. I could hear screaming and cheering trailing behind me as I walked up the stage. I took the microphone from Jake, I guess he was putting on another show so I gave him a quick hug before turning to the crowd.

People were in all in the center of the gym trying to get as close as the stage as possible, I'm guessing so that I would like touch their hands or something? Anyway I looked at my microphone and remembered that I was supposed to sing two songs that Ms. Allen requested.

"Okay everyone, how are ya'll doing? Having fun at the dance?" everyone screamed.

"So congrats to the homecoming people." I waved at the side where Lilly and the rest stood and then Kayla screamed as I pointed to her. "Anyway, Ms. Allen said that she wanted me to sing these two songs before I sing my own songs. Hope you enjoy, this song is called Girl Next Door." I said and soon the tune started to play.

As I sang the song everyone jumped up and down singing along. I never knew so much people liked this song but I guess they would. My dancers and band didn't need to play for my first two songs because I had the back track playing. Then my next song started to play.

"This song is called How Long." I said before I started to sing.

As the song played, thoughts ran through my mind about meeting the blakmailer. 'What should I so when I meet him? I know I will tell my dad after this song, but what should I do? Ugh that's what happens when you always put things off.'

I looked through the crowd and saw Lilly and Oliver in the center slow dancing to the song. I saw Jarren there, and he was closely watching me as if he was studying every move I made. Hardly anyone was slow dancing, but still there were about 15 couples dancing and the rest were on the side watching me. I looked by the DJ and found Jake there. He was watching me sing and smiled at me once he caught my eye.

Tell me how long
'Till I'm not just dreaming
How long, 'til somebody cares
How long, 'til I meet an angel
And give him my heart
When can I start
How long 'till I fall in love
How long 'till I fall in love...
How long 'till I fall in love...
How long 'till I fall in love...

As I sang the last few lines of the song, then I started to panic. In just a matter of minutes is when it all happens and I'm scared. The song ended and everyone cheered and clapped for me.

"Thank you everyone, now I will take a short break, but here comes my boyfriend, Jake Ryan, singing another song so everyone give a hand for Jake Ryan!" I said and turned as he walked on stage.

He kissed me on the cheek and whispered. "Don't forget to tell your dad right now okay?" he looked at me and I nodded. I handed him the microphone and headed off the stage to the side.

I went behind the stage where my dad was supposed to be, but I couldn't find him. I did find my drummer, Ryan. "Hey Ryan, did you see my dad?"

"No, I think he went outside." Ryan said.

"Okay thank you. I said and walked by the back doors. Before I walked outside, I could hear Jake singing. I paused for a second to listen and it sounded like he was singing the chorus of the song.

I'm lost without you here in my arms
It's true what they say you don't know if you truly love someone till they are gone
Don't tell me you didn't belong because I had a place for you in my heart
And no one can replace it
You were so wonderful that I gave it my all from the start
So I need you in my arms

I smiled to myself. 'He's so talented.' I said to myself and walked out of the gym.

I looked around but found no one there. "What the heck? Where's dad?" I said out loud and walked around for a second. Soon, I felt like someone was following me, but no one was there. I kept on turning around paranoid that someone was watching me or following me, but once again no one was there.

"Dad?" I called out, but no one answered back. "Maybe he's inside?" I asked myself and I started to head for the back door of the gym. I was almost there when I felt a hand cover my mouth and pulled me aside.

I started to panic and the person wrapped their other arm around my waist bringing me close to the person's body.

I tried to shake myself off of the person, but the persons grip tightened against my waist. The person pulled me against the wall of the gym and I felt the person's hot breath against my neck.

"Hello Hannah Montana, or should I say Miley Stewart."

I started to panic feeling scared like I was about to die.

"Don't be scared." he whispered in my ear.

I started to shake and soon he removed his hand from my mouth.

"Who are you?" I asked and felt his finger touch my temple and moved down my cheek, to my neck, then to the center of my chest rotating the tip of his finger against my chest.

"Do you really want to know?" he whispered once again. This time I felt his lips touch my bare neck and he was breathing in deeply.

I shivered to his touch. "Y-y-yessss" I whispered and closed my eyes. I was beyond scared. I was petrified.

"Turn around then." he whispered once again breathing in deeply taking in my scent. "Mmm, you smell good."

I forced my legs to move and he kept his arm around me, but removed his finger from my chest. I finally turned around. I looked at him, but I couldn't see his face. It was too dark.

"I-I can't see you." I said and looked down.

"Fine." he said and pulled me with him as he went into the light.

"Oh my god." I said out loud as I saw his face.

A/N LOL okay I will leave it like that. I have to go a family thing LOL hope you enjoyed it and keep on reading if you want to know who it is LOL I'm sorry but you're like this close into finding out who it is.

And while I was writing this, omg, we had an earthquake and I was like I freaked out and stupid me, the first thing I thought about during the earthquake was that I had to save this document before I went outside haha. I'm so dumb. But it was a small one so I'm all good LOL.

Anyway, have a fun Thanksgiving and once again Happy Birthday to Miley Cyrus and Lucas Grabeel.

Disclaimer: I don't own Hannah Montana or any of the characters. I don't own the lyrics/songs used in this story.