Chapter 7

Crashed Kissies

Once I woke up in the morning, I felt horrible. My nose was stuffy, I was coughing and sneezing non stop and I just felt so sick.

"Daddy!" I called and raised my blanket over my head. I think after falling into the pond and sitting in a car with the AC on high for about an hour in wet clothes got me sick.

"What Miley?" He said as he entered my room.

"I'm sick." I said and I felt my bed shift. I removed my blanket from my face and he felt my forehead.

"I think you maybe catching a cold. You can't go to your little party tonight, sorry." He said and stood up.

"It's okay, I didn't even want to go." I covered my face with my blanket again and turned my back to my dad.

"I'll get you some medicine." He said and closed the door.

"It doesn't matter anyway. If Jake goes to the party or not, I now know why he said he was Aaron and I'm okay with it." I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up hours later. I guess I was so tired and sick that I just needed the rest. I was still feeling sick, but not as bad as I did earlier. I looked at my side drawer and found a cup of water and two tablets of medicine. I picked the medicine and threw them in my mouth and got my glass of water and gulped it down with the medicine.

I stood up and felt a bit dizzy, but I still could hold myself up so I went toward my table where my cell phones were charging. On my Hannah phone, I missed a few calls from Jake and on my regular phone I missed calls from Jake, Oliver, and Lilly. I guess they wanted to know if I was going to go to the party tonight.

I turned and walked down the stairs to see what dad was up to. Once I got to the living room, Lilly and Oliver walked into the house. Dang, bad timing to come downstairs.

"Hi guys." I coughed as I said that and the stopped in their tracks.

"Don't tell me you're sick." Lilly said. She was all dolled up and pretty tonight and so was Oliver.

"Sorry guys. Last night I had an accident and I got sick." I replied and walked over to my dad.

"You were out cold when I brought the medicine." He said. It was already dinner time and I have never slept so long in a long time.

"I know and now I feel dizzy." I put my face in my hands and put my elbows on the counter top.

"But Miley, you have to go! What if Aaron shows up?" Lilly asked and sat beside me.

"No, I can't. I feel horrible. Feel my forehead." I said and removed my hands from my face. She pressed her hand on my forehead and she made funny faces as she did this.

"Fine…" She removed her hand from my face and got up. "I'll tell you if anything fun happens." She said and went toward Oliver.

"Bye Miley." Oliver waved at me and I waved back.

"Now… who is this Aaron boy?" Dad asked me and I looked at him.

"He's just another guy I met at a party." I shrugged.

"Okay, well, eat up. You need your energy." He placed a big plate of food in front of me and I held my stomach. I felt like I was about to throw up.

"I'm going to throw up." I said and put my hand on my mouth.

"Well, have at least 3 bites and I'll let you go." He said and gave me a fork.

"I guess…" I said and bit into my food. I didn't like it. I hated eating whenever I was sick. For some reason I always end up wanting to throw it up, but never actually threw up.

As soon as I finished my food, I went upstairs. As I got to my room, there, my phone was ringing. Not my phone, but the Hannah phone was ringing. I answered it finding that it was Jake.

"Hi Jake." I said and flopped down on my bed.

"Hi Hannah. I was just wondering how you were. I woke up expecting you to still be there, but then you weren't so I just wanted to check up on you, you know?" He said and sounded a bit concerned.

"Haha, that's nice of you. I'm really good. I'm just a bit sick, but other than that I'm great." How sweet of him to check up on me.

"I am sick too. I guess we shouldn't have been playing so close to the pond then." he giggled and I did as well.

"Well, if you didn't try and…" I stopped myself from saying "kiss" I wasn't sure if he was even trying to kiss me, I just assumed that he was.

"Try and what Hannah?" He asked.

"Well, you were just coming too close for comfort and I felt a little uncomfortable so…" I drifted off. I was embarrassed at myself for even saying that.

"Haha, I get what you mean. So I guess it's both our faults."

"Yup, definitely."

"So what are you doing? You got any plans for tonight?" He asked.

"Nope. I was supposed to go somewhere with a few friends, but then I felt sick so I decided not to. How about you?" I asked and put him on speaker so that I could let my hands rest. I was getting tired of holding my phone to my ear.

"I was supposed to go to a party… a school party… with a disguise and everything so that I could talk to Miley. Miley is that girl I like." He said before I could ask.

"Miley, what an interesting name, it's a pretty cute name." I replied. I love my name. I quietly laughed to myself.

"Yeah. She's cute and unique and so pretty. I know I sound so idiotic right about now, but I really like her and you're the only person I can open up to with all this." He admitted.

I was dumbstruck, he can admit his feelings to me as Hannah even though we just got to know each other just yesterday.

"Wow that just really makes me feel special." I said and started smiling to myself.

"You don't mind, do you?"

"No, of course not. Just say whatever, I don't mind." I replied. Of course I don't mind, he's talking about me and I want to know how he feels about me. I stuck out my tongue feeling like an egotistic character, so much like Jake and it's weird.

We talked on the phone for hours and it was really fun. I got to know Jake even more and the more I got to know him, the more I actually like him and it's just plain… scary.

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Monday morning came and Lilly had to tell me all the details on what happened at the party Saturday night. As I got to school, there Lilly was, strutting down the hallway with books in her arms. Once she saw me, she came running toward me seeming quite excited.

"Ohmigod Miley! I have to tell you what happened on Saturday!" She exclaimed.

"Me too!" I took her arm and brought her to my locker and opened it.

"Okay, first of all, Aaron didn't show up and ohmigod, the police broke up the party before it even started!" Lilly complained and then leaned against the locker.

"That pretty much sucks. I'm happy I didn't go then." I smiled to myself. 'And I'm also happy to the fact that I got to know Jake more. He's so sweet!' I felt my insides jump as I thought about that.

"Yeah, well what happened with you this weekend, especially on Friday, I need details on what happened!"

"Okay," I looked on either sides on me and saw that just to make sure that no one was staring or listening to us. "Friday I had a "thing" and Jake was there. He apologized to me about canceling the episode and practically told me that he liked Miley." I whispered. Lilly gasped and clamped her hand over her mouth.

"No way."

I nodded. "And other stuff happened and I went to Jakes house and after that I went home, but ended up giving him my number. Then on Saturday he called me and…" I closed my locker and started to walk.

She got up from where she was and ran toward me. "And what?" she linked her arm with mine.

"And I seriously think… I'm starting to… like him." I gnawed on my lower lip. I didn't know if she was ready to know that.

"I TOLD YOU! I knew you wouldn't be able to hold it in, I mean look at him. He's Jake Ryan." She sighed. We stopped walking and there he was, flexing his muscles at a bunch of girls.

"But that's not why I like him." I shook my head, but I did stare at him a while longer.

He saw me staring at him and I quickly looked away. "Hey Miley." I hear him say and I waved at him.

"Sup Jake!" Lilly shouted at him.

"Hey Lilly."

"He's so cool!" Lilly shrieked. "Anyway, why do you like him?" she asked and we continued to walk toward our homeroom class.

"Because… I just thought he was really… sweet. I'll tell you more about what happened this weekend a bit later." I said as we entered the class.

"Okay."

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After school, I stayed back in my last class. I had to go talk to Mr. Harrison about this one assignment I didn't understand. It so like me to be asking these things. Even though I hate school, I have to get my grades at a certain GPA to keep on being Hannah, and that I didn't like. I cant get a C or lower on any assignments, if I do then no more Hannah parties and all that.

As soon as I finished talking to Mr. Harrison, I gathered my things and walked out of class. As I got to my locker, I hear someone call for my name so I turn around finding Jake there.

"Hey Jake." I smiled at him as he caught up to me.

"So, uhh, erm…" He scratched the back of his head and started to blush.

"What is it Jake?" I asked and cleared his throat.

"I do owe you an explanation and I'm sorry I didn't go to the party on Saturday." Jake put his hands in his pockets.

"No, its okay that you didn't go to the party. I didn't go too. I guess we can talk about it now… if your little fan club doesn't bother us, that is." I said and opened my locker to retrieve my math text book. I closed my locker and we started to walk out of school.

"Okay, well, I only used that name because I didn't want anyone to know me there. I didn't know Amber and Ashley, I just walked into that party to see how a regular teen party is like, and now that I know, I don't think I'll be attending them after that." Jake said.

"Oookay." I pushed the front door of the school open and we both walked out. The school was pretty much deserted by now, which is how it usually is after school.

"So you're not mad at me anymore?" Jake asked and quickly glanced at me. I could tell by the way he said that, that he was shocked that I wasn't yelling at him or trying to ignore him.

"No, I'm not mad at you. I'm not mad at all." I replied. My arm was cramping up as I held my book, so I put my book in my other arm.

"Here, I'll carry it." Jake took my text book and I crossed my arms.

"Thanks…" I looked down. 'Now, what to talk about' I asked myself and watched my feet as I walked forward.

"About that kiss…" he started and I bit my lip. It was easy talking to Jake about this kiss when I was Hannah, but talking it as me just makes it feel weird.

"Mhmm." I continued to watch my feet. I felt my face warm up a bit. We started to cross the street as we had this awkward talk.

"I… did that… because… Well, at the party, you hung out with me and we got to get a little close, even if we didn't know each other then. When we looked at each other while we were dancing… something just made me want to kiss you… and when you were being pulled away from me, I thought that was the last time I was going to see you… and now that I see you… I wonder what it would be like if you still knew me as Aaron and not as Jake Ryan, the Zombie Slayer."

I stopped dead in my tracks. We were almost at the end of the cross walk when I just stopped and stared at him.

He stopped walking as well and stared at me. "So, you knowing that I'm Jake changed everything. You hate me just for faking my name and I understand why you didn't want to talk to me in the beginning."

I clenched my fists and said, "Jake, I'm sorry if I make you think that I hate you. When I saw you Monday morning, I just thought that you were being fake at the party and that you were just like all the other guys out there. Ever since you came to Seaview, I jus thought that you liked the attention which made me dislike you."

"I know it was wrong for me to do that, but I only went as Aaron to protect myself from how it is like at school. I may seem like I like all the attention, but I don't. It really bothers me that every where I go, there's a fan trying to get my attention."

"Yeah, I guess, but…" I was caught off by someone honking their horn. It sounded like it was a car. I turned to where the honking was and I saw that there was a car coming directly at me. I couldn't move. I was too scared to move.

"Miley get out of the way!" Jake shouted and I didn't know where to go.

I closed my eyes wishing that this was only a dream. 'Don't hurt me, don't hurt me.' I felt something push me to the side and I fell flat on a grassy hill. I kept my eyes closed, but whatever saved me from being hit, was rolling down the hill with me. Once we finally reached the bottom of the hill, the body of the person that saved me was on top of me, which didn't let me move at all.

I slowly opened my eyes and found gray eyes looking back at me. (I dunno if Jake's eyes are really gray.)

"Are you okay?" Jake asked.

"Yeah. Thanks." I chewed the insides of my cheek. This is the absolute closest we've been, with him on top of me and everything.

"You idiot." He shook his head.

"Why are you calling me an idiot?" I snapped. He saves me… again… and then calls me an idiot. What the heck is up with this boy?

"Because you didn't get out of the way when the car almost hit you! I swear, if I didn't save you, you'd probably be on your way to the hospital." he sighed. "I didn't mean it in a bad way."

"Well, thanks… I guess. I didn't know how to react. I wasn't thinking. And I was…" that's when it hit me. I almost died because I didn't get out of the way. I stopped walking right in the middle of the lane and I just stood there to talk to Jake. "Sorry Jake…" I could feel tears forming in my eyes so I closed them. "I was…"

I could feel something press against my lips. I opened my eyes to find Jake Ryan kissing me.

A/N okay, well… I wasn't going to update until… after Christmas, but then since a lot of you wanted me to update… I decided to put it up now as a like.. I guess you could say Christmas present? LOL anyway, hope you like it…

Now for Hannah and Jake numbers

Hannah's Number : 462 - 6246 is Hannah M

Jake's Number: 426 - 5253 is I am Jake

Thanks to all y'alls for trying :) and to the people who solved it and tried it out, you all are cool LOL XD kudos for SupaDorkiiex3 for being the first to solve it \m/

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