Chapter 13: Wait, You're Jake Ryan

It's Tuesday afternoon now, and school over. Lilly and I walked inside my house and saw my dad in the kitchen.

"Hey bud."

"Hey dad," I replied.

"Hey Mr. Stewart," Lilly said.

"How was school?" dad asked. "And why do you have a different shirt on?"

"Long story dad," I said and pulled Lilly upstairs before dad could do further questioning.

"Alright, now what did you want to tell me?" Lilly asked as she sat down in my purple beanbag chair. I took a seat on my bed.

"Let me just tell you the story in short terms," I said. "There was a boy named Jacob who went to my old school in Tennessee. He was in over half of my classes and he was my partner for a science project. Then we became friends around the time I joined my school's choir. Then we both got main roles in the school musical. Not long after, he became my first boyfriend. On the day of the musical, my mom died. Not long after, I became Hannah Montana. One day, I was going to park. It must have been a month have my mom had passed away. I saw a moving truck in front of Jacob's house and he saw me. I ran away from him and went to the park, but he caught up with me. I was crying at the point. He said he didn't want to hurt me, but he said he was moving to Los Angeles. Then I broke up with him and left, and not long after that, I moved to Malibu to promote Hannah Montana."

"What does this have to do with anything?" Lilly asked.

"Jacob went to Los Angeles to do acting," I said, hoping she would catch on, but she didn't.

"And…?" she asked.

"And he's Jake Ryan!" I shouted, slightly frustrated. Lilly gasped and there was a moment of silence. "Man you're slow," I said under my breath.

"Our Jake Ryan?" Lilly questioned quietly.

"Yeah."

"Wow," Lilly said, taking in this new information. "Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"I don't really like bringing up my past," I said, looking towards the ground.

"Wait…" Lilly said, still in thought. "If you broke up with him… then why are you guys friends?"

"That's the thing Lil," I sighed. "He doesn't know it's me."

"Wow," Lilly said once again.

"I know," I said. "And… I think I like him again…"

"Wow," Lilly repeated.

"Okay, now it's just getting old."

"Sorry," Lilly said.

"And Jake told Hannah Montana that he likes Miley," I said.

"You Miley or Tennessee you Miley," Lilly asked.

"He said he like me Miley, but he also said that he still has feelings for Tennessee me Miley," I explain.

"Well this is confusing," Lilly replied.

"I know," I said before throwing myself on my bed and covering my face with a pillow.

"Well… it's not that confusing," Lilly said, trying to lighten things up. "When you think about it anyways. You like Jake, and Jake likes you. He just has feelings for Tennessee you Miley. Jake just doesn't know that you're her… or Hannah. Wow, he knows you as three people, you'd think he'd figure out something by now."

"Look who's talking," I replied as I took the pillow off my face. "It took you a year and sneaking into my dressing room before you figured it out I was Hannah Montana."

"Hey," Lilly said while raising her hands defensively. "If I knew you before you moved here, I would have recognized you."

"It's been two years," I said. "Los Angeles changed him a bit."

"Hey Miles," Jackson greeted me as he walked into the room and sat next to me on the bed. "Hey Lilly."

"Hey Jackson," Lilly and I replied in unison.

"Whatcha talkin' bout?" Jackson asked. I gave Lilly a worried glance. I don't want Jackson to know that Jake was here in Malibu. He would either beat him up or accidentally tell him who we are.

"Nothing," Lilly and I said in unison again.

"Oh fine!" Jackson said in mock hurt. "I'll just leave." He got up and left, but came back to the door. "It's nice to know I'm trusted around here!"

When Jackson was gone for sure, Lilly and I were laughing at his overdramatic scene. "Dad, I'm going to the beach!" we heard him say to dad. Lilly stopped laughing and sat up on the beanbag.

"Hey, that's a good idea."

"What?" I asked.

"The four of us should go to the beach now."

"The four of us?"

"You, me, Oliver, and Jake duh," Lilly said in a superior voice. "And you said I was slow." I rolled my eyes.

"Fine."

Lilly squealed happily and pulled out her cell phone. "Hello, Oliver? Yeah… do you and Jake wanna meet us at the beach? Great… all right, see you in 15. Bye," she shut her cell phone. "Oliver said that the two of them were at the arcade now and to meet us in 15 minutes."

"Okay then, let's go," I said. We walked over to the beach and stood near Rico's. It's been about 15 minutes since Lilly talked to Oliver on the phone. Lucky us; Jackson was nearby trying to get a girl. Oh joy.

"Hey Lilly," Oliver said as he and Jake came over to us. "Hey Miley.

"Hey ladies," Jake greeted.

"Hey," I replied.

"Sup Jake, sup," of course, that was Lilly. I elbowed her. Apparently she had forgotten that I like him.

"Miley, I've been meaning to ask you, what did Oliver mean today when he said 'did you end up in the salad bar again?'" Jake asked.

"Nothing Jake," I reply.

"Come on, what did he mean?" Jake persisted.

"I said 'nothing,'" I reply again.

"Miley, you know you could tell me whatever it is," he said.

"It's none of your business Jacob!" I yelled. His eyes widened and after I realized what I had said, I also widened my eyes and clamped my hand over my mouth. Oliver was confused so Lilly pulled him away and told him the story. Jake and I remained staring wide-eyed at each other.

Once Jake regained some posture, he managed to ask slowly, "Did you just call me Jacob?"

"Uhh… maybe?"

"Only a few people have ever called me Jacob. How did you know…?" What am I suppose to tell him?! I couldn't think of anything so I just remained silent.

"Where did you say you're from?" Jake asked.

The first place I could think of that wasn't Tennessee, was Montana. I opened my mouth, right about to answer, when Jackson came over and leaned his right arm on my left shoulder as if I was an armrest.

"Tennesse," he said. My eyes widen once again because of the answer. He blew it. "Hi, I'm Jackson, Miley's older brother." Jackson took his arm off my shoulder and held his hand in front of him. Jake, also wide-eyed once again because of the answer, did nothing. "Uh, you're s'pose to shake it," Jackson said as if he were speaking to a little kid. He looked at his face and realized something. "Wait, you're Jake Ryan." Upon realizing what this meant, Jackson widened his eyes and let out a small, "oops..."

A/N: Hey peoples! Full credit to how Jake found out Miley was Miley goes to wolfwhisperer and Julx27xluvsxHM. Tell me whatcha think of the chapter.Now here's another question...

How do you did Jake should react?

A. Mad

B. Happy