Chapter Thirteen: Hospital P2-Jake and Miley
-MILEY'S P.O.V-
I had a constant ringing in my head. I could feel someone lift me into their arms. But, I could get myself to open my eyes. My legs hurt a lot. I'm not sure if I broke them or not.
Please be ok, Jackson. I don't know what I'd do if you were gone. I know we fight a lot, but we still have good times together.
Jake, please don't die. I have so many things to tell you. Like how I'm Hannah Montana, how I've always had the biggest crush on him, and how much I missed him when he went to Romania.
Now I can here daddy and Jackson. Jackson's ok. Thank god.
"She's my daughter, Miley Stewart. That's Jake Ryan. He's not our relative but we know him personally" I heard Daddy say quietly.
"Ok then, until his parents get to the hospital you're in charge of him. He and you daughter will be going to Hope Hospital. Lots of other victims are there too" a man said. I could heard footsteps on the grass..
"Thank you. But, are they alive?" I heard Jackson ask in a whisper.
"Barely"
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Beep
Beep
Beep
"Stop the beeping" I moaned, partly annoyed at the constant high pitched beep in my ears.
"Hey, she's waking up."
"Miley's waking up."
"Lilly, Oliver. Miley's waking up."
"Lilly? Oliver?" I asked quietly, opening my eyes.
I blinked once or twice to clear my vision. I sat up and rubbed my eyes getting the rest of the blurriness away. Everyone's worried, yet happy, faces came into view.
"Miles, are you ok?"
"Daddy? Yeah, I'm fine. Except, my leg is hurting really bad" I replied, looking down the hospital bed at my leg.
"Your leg is broken, Miley" Jackson replied. "A table crushed your leg after bomb exploded."
"What happened to you?" I asked, turning to look at him.
"I broke one ankle and sprained the other" Jackson replied, brushings his hair out of his eyes.
"I'm just so glad you're ok" I replied, giving him a big hug. I know, when would I ever give Jackson a hug?
"I'm glad you're all right, too" Jackson whispered in my ear. "But, I'm sorry about Blake."
"I just don't understand why he would resort to shooting kids" I said shaking my head.
"Aaron talked him in to it is my guess" Oliver replied. "We were worried about you, Miles."
"We weren't sure where you were when the first gun shot went off" Lilly added, giving me a hug.
"What happened to all of you?" Robbie asked. Lilly and Oliver looked at each other and groaned.
"One more time?" Lilly asked him.
Oliver put his arm around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder. From that, I could tell immediately that they were together.
"Yeah, ok" he said with a sigh.
"When'd you two get together?" I asked with a grin. My grin grew wider as Oliver and Lilly blushed.
"Shortly after we were put into our hospital room" Lilly replied with a shy smile.
"I knew you'd get together sooner or later" I replied, my grin growing even wider. Then it faded. "But, I think we should wait until Jake is with us. Our stories do kind of collide."
"He should be out of surgery right now" Daddy said looking at his watch. "Come on."
I watched as everybody started towards the door.
"With all do respect, do you mind if Jake and I have a few minutes alone when we get there?" I asked as Daddy wheeled a wheel chair over to the side of my bed. He lifted me into his arms and then put me in the wheelchair, propping up my right leg.
"Go right ahead, bud" Daddy replied quietly.
Lilly and I shared a look. It was obvious she knew what I was going to do. I felt that this was the right time to tell Jake how I really felt.
The walk to Jake's hotel room seemed to stretch on and on. Or was that just because I was so nervous about seeing him? I don't know what I'm going to say! I don't know what do! I don't-
"We're here" Daddy announced.
"I don't feel good" I muttered, staring at Jake's door. I put my hands on the wheels of my wheelchair and started backing up. "I can't do this."
"Ok, I'll tell him how you feel" Lilly said wit ha shrug.
"No!" I cried, reaching for the doorknob. "OK, I'll do it." I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"Come in" I heard Jake called. I took another deep breath and pushed open the door. "Miley."
"Hey, Jake" I replied, wheeling myself into his room and closing the door behind me. I wheeled myself over to his bedside and smiled. "How're you doing."
"The doctors said from time to time I'll suffer from amnesia" Jake replied, lightly touching the bandage that was wrapped around his head. He had cuts on his face and hands. "But, other than that, I'm fine."
"Oh, Jake. I thought you were a goner" I said quietly, staring at my hands in my lap.
"Honestly, so did I" Jake replied with a little laugh.
"No, I mean. I thought you were gone from my heart" I replied, my voice barely above a whisper.
"What do you mean?" Jake asked, tilting his head to the side.
"I mean. . .Jake. . .I've had the biggest crush on your for a while" I replied, looking up into his green eyes. Jake stared right back at me.
"Well obviously you know how I feel about you" Jake replied with a blink. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Thinking I was rejected, I tore my gaze away from him.
"We could have gotten together" he continued quietly. I looked up at him, a smile working its way onto my face.
"You mean that?" I asked quietly.
"Of course, Miles. I've always liked you. You know that" Jake said, kissing my hand. He grinned sheepishly. "I would actually give you a kiss but, you're kinda shorter than me right now."
"You're mean!" I cried, slapping his arm. But, a smile was on my face. "You're lucky you're so cute."
"Heh. I know" Jake replied with a grin. I wheeled myself over to the door to his room and opened it. "You guys can come in now. My dad wants to know what happened to us. So, I said we would wait until you felt well enough to tell your side of the story."
"That's fine with me. As long as your sitting next to me" Jake replied with his charming smile.
"Oliver and Lilly already told their parents what happened to them. But, I want to know what happened to them too" I said.
The door opened and Mr. and Mrs. Truscott, and Mr. and Mrs. Oaken came into the room before anyone else. The came Daddy, Jackson, Oliver, and Lilly. Bailey trailed behind with flowers.
"I can't believe I'm meeting the Zombie Slayer.' Get better soon" Bailey squealed as she handed Jake the flowers.
"Hey. You didn't get me flowers" I said with a pout.
"Yeah we did. The bouquet was too big to carry in here" Bailey replied rolling her eyes.
"Well, thank you, uh-"
"Bailey" Bailey supplied. "I'm Lilly's sister.
"Thank you, Bailey. It means a lot" Jake replied and kissed her on the cheek. Lilly made a face as Bailey touched the spot where Jake kissed her and let out a dreamy sigh. I laughed into my hand. "So? Is everyone ready to find out what happened?"
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-JAKE'S P.O.V-
"So where do we begin?" I asked, sinking back into my pillows, taking Miley's hand in mine.
"How about we start where Miley turns Jake down" Lilly suggested giggling a little.
"Turn me down for what?" I asked, scrunching up my eybrows. Oliver and Lilly exchange confused glances.
"Oh, I should have explained" Miley said, slapping her pal to her forehead. "Jake's doctors said he'll suffer from memory loss from time to time."
"No, starting with Blake and the jocks would be easier" Oliver argued.
"But, we're going to have to tell our stories one at a time" Lilly said to Robbie and Jackson. They nodded in reply.
"Ok. So, Oliver, Lilly, and I were talking to each other when we heard laughter. We looked to see what was going on and saw Blake Anderson, the newest kid in school, lying on the ground, his face in his tray of food" Miley started. "So then-"
"Oh, I know Blake! He's a cool kid. Whatever happened to him?" I asked Miley, squeezing her hand. There was silence as everyone looked at me. "What?"
"So then, he glared up at the jocks this angry look in his eyes. He ran out of the lunchroom, everybody still laughing at him."
I listened to Miley begin the story. I didn't really understand why she was telling the story and why everyone was in my hospital room. Why am I even in a hospital? I let out a sigh figuring that listening to the story would clear my mind. But, I would have to ask some questions.
She explained how when she left the cafeteria she got hit by some kids and dropped her books, how she saw the first kid who was shot fall, how I helped her up to the second floor and how a kid fell into the room we hid in.
"Then we got into a conversation on why this was happening and-"
"I saved you then?" I interrupted. Miley turned and gave me a small smile.
"Yeah, you did" she replied.
"Who are you?" I asked, peering down at her. She really didn't look familiar at all. In fact, no one in this room looked familiar to me. "Where are my parents?"
"Your parents are out of town, Jake" Robbie replied patiently.
"Who's Jake?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.
"You're Jake" Miley replied quietly. "There must be something he can take for his amnesia."