Chapter 3: The Mall

"You took him back?!" Lilly Trescott asked, more like shouted, into her cell phone to her best friend in disbelief.

"Ouch! Lilly, I think I'm now deaf in my right ear," said Miley.

"Sorry, but you took him back?!"

"Well… yeah. I mean, we had a good relationship until the dance, so… I thought I'd give him another chance," replied Miley, who was at the moment sitting on her living room couch.

"What about Jake?"

"What about him?" Miley asked.

"Umm, hello?! Weren't you the one who told me about what happened after you left the gym at the dance," Lilly exclaimed.

"I guess Jake isn't as big of a jerk as I thought he was…I don't know Lilly! Ugh… do you wanna come over? We could go to the mall, have lunch, and hang out," Miley said.

"Sure… Lilly in 10!" after Lilly said that, the phone went to a dial phone. Miley stared at the phone for a second, confused. How can Lilly be here in 10 seconds? But then she ran to the door and opened it just in time for Lilly to come skating in.

"So, ready to go to the mall?" Lilly said causally as she stopped and picked her skateboard up.

"How'd you get here so fast?" Miley asks.

"I was on my way over when we were talking," Lilly grinned.

"Then let's go," Miley said as she walked out the front door.

"To the mall!" Lilly shouted. She left her skateboard and followed Miley.

As they walked though the entrance to the mall, Miley said, "Do you want to get lunch first?" After all it was almost one o clock in the afternoon.

"Sure!" Lilly agreed. They went to the food court and they both got pizza at one of the stands. When they were looking for a table in the crowded food court, they saw someone unexpected.

Josh.

He was sitting alone at a table enjoying his hamburger and fries.

"Isn't that Josh?" Lilly asked.

"Yep."

"You want to go sit with him?"

"You don't mind?" Miley asked.

"Na, I don't mind."

They walked over to the table that Josh was sitting at, and placed their plates of food on the table.

"Hey Josh," Miley said, and of course, she sat in the seat next to him.

"Hey Miley, hey Lilly," he replied.

"Hi," Lilly returned the greeting.

"What are you guys doing here?" Josh asked.

"We thought that we would go to the mall and get some lunch. What about you?" asked Miley.

"Same," he replied. After lunch, the three threw away their trash and walked a little bit past the food court.

"So, Miley, do you want to go out some time?" Josh asked.

"Sure, do you want to go to the movies tonight?"

"I-," Josh said, but was interrupted when Jake came over to them.

"Hey guys," Jake said when he got to them.

"Hi Jake," Miley replied.

"Sup Jake, sup," Lilly said dreamily. Hey, even though she didn't have much of a chance with Jake, Lilly, being like most girls at Seaview, was crushing on him. Of course, she wasn't like his fan club though.

"What are you doing here?" Miley asked to Jake.

"I came to the mall with Oliver. We were hanging out," he replied.

"Were? Where is Oliver?" Lilly asked curiously.

"Over there," Jake said, pointing his thumb behind him where Oliver was flirting with two high school girls, who looked disinterested in Oliver.

"I'll go get him," said Lilly and walked the Oliver and the high school girls.

"Miley, about tonight, I can't go. What about tomorrow night?" Josh asked.

"Sure," said a disappointed Miley.

"Well, I got to go. I'll see you tomorrow," Josh said and Miley a hug and kiss on the cheek. Then he left, leaving Miley and Jake alone.

"Man, and I really wanted to see a movie tonight," Miley says.

"Want to go to the movies with me? I'm free tonight," Jake said. After seeing the reaction on Miley's face, he added, "as friends."

"Okay," Miley slowly agreed. She had learned that Jake was a decent guy, but he wasn't her boyfriend. Josh was her boyfriend, and after what Jake just heard from Miley and Josh's conversation, he should know that Miley and Josh are together.

With Lilly and Oliver

"So, ladies, do you want to have lunch with Smoken Oken?" Oliver asked the high school girls.

The girls just scoffed a walked away.

"Oliver, you donut!" Lilly says as she approaches him and greets him with a smack on the shoulder.

"Oww! What was that for?!" Oliver shouts.

"For bothering those girls."

"They so wanted me!" Oliver exclaimed.

"Oliver, open you're eyes and realize that they didn't want you."

"You never let me have anything," Oliver replies.

"Oh, come on!" Lilly grew impatient with the argument and just dragged Oliver back over to Jake and Miley.