Disclaimer: I'm in love with Mitchel Musso. Dating Tom Felton would score pretty high, too. But, the second I date EITHER of them, I will be the PERMANENT owner of Hannah Montana. (Dream on, guys. They're too good for me.)

Previously

"What's wrong, Miles?" Jake whispered.

"Nothing," Miley lied.

"Are you sure?" Jake asked skeptically.

"I'll tell you later," Miley said bluntly, walking away.

Chapter 10

"Miley, wait up!" Jake shouted as Miley walked briskly into the hotel five hours later.

"Jake, wait up for what?" Miley shouted, her cowboy boots resounding on the tile floor.

"Miles, what's wrong? What did I do?"

"What didn't you do, Jake Ryan? You played me. You liar," Miley yelled, slamming the door to her suite and collapsing on her bed. As she rolled over, she saw a sheet of paper on her nightstand. She picked it up, and her eyes watered as she read the note.

Dearest Miley,

I don't know when you'll actually get around to reading this—maybe even right when you're packing to leave—but I had to write. I know that when you're all alone in Romania with Loverboy, you'll feel tempted to forget me. But I couldn't let that happen, now, could I? Well, the plane's about to leave, Miley, but I had to let you know that you're never going to get away with not calling me. X32, I programmed my number into your cell phone. I noticed I wasn't there before—maybe since you got a new one? No, I'm just kidding, I know that you got a new one and you hate speed dials, but I had to. So, Miley, 32 it. I'll always be around to pick up—making out with Oliver isn't even important enough to ditch my best friend.

Love,

Lily

"Loverboy," Miley scoffed as she picked up her cellphone. She quickly pressed in "32" and waited for Lily to pick up. Three rings later, Lily's voice came across the line.

"Miley? What's up?" Lily asked.

"Not too much. I wanted to talk to you about…"

"Jake?" Lily asked.

"How'd you know?" Miley asked.

"Oh, I have, like, ESPN or something."

"Alright," Miley giggled. "Well, the thing is… you remember that Holly girl?"

"Yes," Lily said angrily.

"Well, you see… Holly's on set as my 'best friend'."

"Alright," Lily said, following Miley's train of thought.

"And she's flirting with Jake all the time. Calling him 'baby', and stuff. And kissing him. And I think he's cheating on me," Miley blurted.

"WHAT?"

"Well, it makes sense, doesn't it?"

"I suppose it does, but Miley, I want you to do me a favor."

"What?"

"I want you to get up right now, and go over to Jake's room. Knock, wait for him to open the door of his own accord, and sit down with him at the table. Alright?"

"Alright, Lily. Thanks."

"Bye, Miles."

"Bye, Lily." Miley hung up slowly, and stood shakily. As she crossed the room and went across the hall, she felt a lump forming in her throat. She knocked slowly, three times, letting Lily's words replay in her head. "Jake?"

"Come in," Jake said sullenly. Miley paused. Should I walk in? She thought. Lily said to wait for him to open the door. "Are you incapable?" Jake asked angrily as he pulled open the door. Miley slowly went to sit down at the table, and waited for Jake to join her.

"Jake, look. I'm sorry that I jumped to conclusions…"
"MILEY! I don't even know what you jumped to conclusions about!" Jake shouted, putting his head into his hands.

"Jake, please, hear me out."

"That's better than you did for me."

"Jake, please," Miley said. When Jake said nothing, she continued. "Look, I'm being overprotective, and stupid, I know. It's just—when Holly flirts with you, I get so riled up. I'm sorry that when she called you 'baby', I got mad. I shouldn't have. I should have talked to you first."

"Yeah, that would have been nice."

"Jake, please. I know you wouldn't cheat on me."

"Miley," Jake began, taking a deep breath. "Miley, yesterday you were about to get raped by some man that you'd never even seen before. And who stuck up for you?" Jake paused. "Me. I did, Miles. I didn't tell anyone that you were Hannah Montana. I wouldn't dream of forgetting you, Miley. Because I love you."

"Jake, I…" Miley began, her voice trailing off.

"Miley? What? You can tell me anything."

"Jake, I love you, too. And if there's anything I can do to make it up to you, let me know."

"I think that there is."

"What would that be?" Miley asked nervously.

"Daddy, I need to ask you a favor," Miley said.

"Yeah, Bud?"

"Can you get me two tickets to see Mary Poppins on Broadway?"

"Why?"

"Because it's Jake's favorite movie, and Aunt Dolly was going to take us down this weekend."

"I don't know if I can get you tickets for this weekend."

"Can you try? It's Jake's birthday."

"Alright, Bud. I'll try."

A/N: I know, short.

But next chapter's two and a HALF pages. Not one and a half.. Review, you guys.

P.S. Thanks to:
Cheetalady95, my newest reviewer
Hermionefan199, my fellow Harry-Potter-the-FIFTH (movie) lover.
newjileyfan, who always reviews
ForbiddenxMelody, who always leaves me nice comments. Even if I think my writing SUCKED.
laughXoutXloud, my reason for updating
Contestshippingfan2314, because she loves Harry Potter, too.

P.P.S. (for contestshippingfan2314): I honestly don't read all that much when Harry's a boyfriend. I used to read H/Hr ONLY, until I found Portkey, and then I started with Draco/Ginny. From there it went to Lily/James, and then when I got here, I started reading Draco/Hermione. I know, it's an odd array. I just happen to be attracted to stories where one character isn't SUPPOSED to be in love with the other, and when you don't know much about one character's friends (i.e. Ginny and Lily, and sometimes Draco, depending on how the story's written).

GROUP QUESTION: Somewhere, I read that Lily Evans was a Ravenclaw, according to a JKR interview. Does anybody know if this is true? Because I certainly don't, and I'm developing theories about book seven. I DESPERATELY need to know in order to create my theory.