Chapter 4: Before He Cheats

After Lilly and Oliver got back to Miley and Jake, the guys said they had to go. Miley and Lilly just looked around the stores for what seemed like a little while, but when they got home, it was already 5.

"Hey girls, where have you been today?" asks Robbie Ray, who was in the kitchen making dinner.

"Hi Mr. Stewart," greeted Lilly. "We were at the mall."

"Well, you are just in time for dinner," Robbie Ray says.

"Cool," Miley says and then her and Lilly set the table.

"Jackson! We are going to eat!" Robbie Ray yells.

And no more than two seconds later, you hear Jackson running down the stairs. "I'm here!" he calls when he reaches the table.

After dinner, Jackson, Lilly, and Miley watched some TV, that is, until Miley noticed the time.

"6:30!" she yells. "I'm sorry Lil, I have to get ready before Jake gets here. I'll call you tonight, okay?"

"Okay," Lilly replies as Miley runs upstairs. Lilly grabbed her skateboard and left, deciding it was better than staying and watching TV with Jackson.

Miley quickly took a shower and changed into some jeans and a nice shirt, something causal. Then she ran a brush through her wavy hair just as the doorbell ring, so she grabbed her purse and walked down stairs to see Jake and Jackson talking.

"Hi Jake," she said.

"Hey Miley," Jake replied. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, let's go."

They took Jake's limo and Miley acted like she was impressed, because Jake didn't know that she rode them all the time as Hannah Montana.

"What movie do you want to see?" Jake asks while they were in line to buy tickets.

"I don't know, whatever you want to watch," Miley replied.

"Okay," Jake said simply. So when they got to the ticket booth, Jake got two tickets for a romance comedy.

They got seats near the back of the theater. The movie was great if you don't count the couple that came in after the movie started. They seat in the row in front of Miley and Jake, the couple had been making out the whole time. When the movie was over, and the theater lit up, the couple was still making out. Now, though, Miley could see who they are.

Josh and a blonde girl; most likely the one that Jackson told Jake about today on the beach.

Miley silently ran out and Jake immediately followed. Josh was to caught up in… other things… to notice that Jake and Miley were even there.

"Miley!" Jake called once they were both out of the theater.

Miley ignored him and kept running. Jake lost her when they got to the lobby, which was packed with people. I mean, it was Saturday night. When Jake got out of the building, he saw that Miley was already half way down the street. He pulled out his cell phone and called his driver.

He was able to get to Miley's house in about 5 minutes. He almost knocked on the front door, but he heard someone singing. The voice was coming from the back yard, and that voice was owned by no other than Miley Stewart herself. Jake went around to the backyard and saw Miley's back to him. She had stopped singing, but he listened has she began strumming on her guitar again and sung.

Right now he's probably slow dancing with a bleach blonde tramp,
and she's probably getting frisky...
right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink cause she can't shoot whiskey...

Right now, he's probably up behind her with a pool-stick, showing her how to shoot a combo...

And he don't know...

That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats...
I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...

Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

Right now, she's probably up singing some
white-trash version of Shania karaoke..
Right now, she's probably saying "I'm drunk"
and he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky,
Right now, he's probably dabbing on 3 dollars worth of that bathroom polo...
And he don't know...

That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats,
I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...

Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

I might've saved a little trouble for the next girl,
Cause the next time that he cheats...

Oh, you know it won't be on me!

Ohh... not on me...
Cause I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive,
carved my name into his leather seats...
I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights,
slashed a hole in all 4 tires...

Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats.

Ohh.. Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats...

Ohh... before he cheats...

"Nice song Miley," Jake said quietly. Miley jerked her head around to face him.

"Jake! What are you doing here?!" Miley exclaimed and stood up.

"I came to see if you were alright," Jake said.

"I'm fine," she said as she walked over to him.

"You're fine?" Jake asked with disbelief.

Miley nodded.

"Then why did you run out after the movie?" he asked.

"Because," was all Miley said.

"Because you saw Josh cheating," Jake stated a matter-of-factly.

"Yeah- I mean no. Just leave me alone Jake!" she yelled.

"Why do you keep pushing me away from you?!" Jake yelled back.

"I'm confused, alright!" she cried. Jake's eyes softened as he saw a tear slide down her cheek and she walked back over to the bench she was sitting at before, with her back to Jake.

Jake walked to Miley and took a seat next to her. "Confused?" he whispered.

She wiped her tear off her face and looked at him. "I used to think you were a jerk, but not after what happened at the dance. You were so nice to me. Then, Josh walks up to me today at the beach. He gives me a stupid rose and says sorry. I fall for it and see he making out with another girl at the movies. I'm confused because here you are, being nice to me again, after you were there for me at the dance, but I ended up taking him back to find out that he's a cheater."

"I've told you, I hate seeing you like this. I want to be with you, you're an amazing girl and Josh doesn't know what he missed out on. If we got together, I promise, I'll never cheat on you," Jake said. Miley looked down, thinking. After a moment, she looked back up at Jake.

"Promise?" Miley whispered.

"Promise."

Jake pulled Miley into a gentle kiss. Jackson smiled from the window and headed back to his room.

A/N: The song Miley sings in this chapter is "Before He Cheats" it's sung by Carrie Underwood. It's a great song!