A/N: Okay I give BIG time apologies because of the lateness of this chapter! I've been so busy with working on my farm and trying to deal with normal teenage stuff like guys, friends, drama, and just stuff like that. So seriously, I'm very, very, very sorry!

Dedication: Goes to WhiteHeadPhones19 Because she help with editing my story because I'm very, very lazy and also because I just don't like to reread my own stuff, but thanks to her!

Disclaimer: Pshh, are you kidding me? I'm a kid! Maybe I'm a little mature for my age (according to WhiteHeadPhones19), but come on? Own Hannah Montana, man if someone believes that they are really quite dumb, no offense.

Chapter 23

Miley's POV.

I looked at her; I guess I should tell her, "Miley, Tyler is a murderer…"

Murder.

Murder.

Murder.

That sentence played itself over and over in my brain.

Tyler is a murder.

"Miley?" I heard Jake speaking my name, but I all I could do is repeat, "Miley, Tyler is a murder…" in my head.

Tyler is a murder.

Yes, Miley we have established that.

Murder…

I looked up at Jake, still to shocked to speak, I tried to read his facial expression because there were so many of them. Not one word could describe him right now, and it's all my fault… I went on a date with someone that wasn't my boyfriend, and that person turns out to be a murderer.

"Do you understand now?" I couldn't feel the bones in my body; I felt dizzy. "Miley?" I felt two arms a hold me up from falling, "Miles, are you okay?!"

I put a hand on my head to stop the spinning, once it stopped a little; I tried to speak, "J-Jake…" Jake's eyes flashed anger, "I-"

"Save it, Miley." His voice hurt, "I asked for one simple thing from you, and you couldn't even do that." He let me go and turned away.

"Jake please…" I fell to my knees.

He stopped, "What Miley?" he turned around to face me again, "What do you want me to say? That everything is alright? That just because you broken a promise and cheated on me that everything will be okay?!" he started to shake, and spoke in a quiet voice, "I can't Miley… I can't do that. You've hurt me." Tears were steaming down both our faces.

"I don't want to lose you, Jake!" please don't do this…

"You think I want to lose you either Miley?! I love you! I love you more than I have ever loved someone, or something!" Jake fell to his knees right in front of me, "I can't lose you Miles… but I can't do this if you lie and break promises as big as this, to me…"

"No, Jake, please… don't…" I put my hand on his cheek.

"Miley, I wanted to protect you from him…" he grabbed the hand that wasn't on his cheek and held it, "But if you-"

"Jake, I'm sorry, of you would let me explain I-" but he cut me off.

"You don't understand Miley! You know what could have happened today?! He could have killed you!" he removed my hand from his cheek, and placed it in my lap, "he could have killed you…" he said so softly, "I lost Nicole to him, and I'm not about to let you, be next." He's hand stroked my cheek.

"Tell me, please." Jake looked confused, "Tell me who Nicole is, or was… tell me how Tyler is a murderer."

"Nicole… was and still is our little sister. She was a year younger than me and we were best friends, until he killed her." Another tear slid down his face and into the corner of him mouth, "When I was seven, Nicole was six, and Tyler was eight, we were in our parent's room, and Tyler found…" he was shaking so badly, I wrapped my arms around his torso to tell him it was okay, "H-he found out dad's g-gun… and he shot her… and k-killed her…" I gasped, but didn't let go of Jake as he continued to cry into my shoulder. "He murdered our little sister. Nicole…"

Jake believes Tyler murdered their sister? They were so young, it must have been an accident, because it's not like a ten year old would just shoot his little sister for no reason, right? "Shh, Jake…"

After a few minutes of Jake's sobbing on my shoulder, he sat up and looked at me, "I'm… I'm sorry…"

"Jake, you don't have to be. You're still upset over your sister and that's okay. I still cry over my mom once in a while…" I confessed.

"You're mom?"

"Yeah… she died the year before I became Hannah Montana…" tears were at the brim of my eyelids.

"I'm sorry." He said again, looking straight into my eyes.

"Jake, its okay that you miss your sister, but are you… I don't know… are you sure that Tyler actually… mur-murdered her?" anger flashed behind his eyes again.

"He never liked her." His voice was full of hatred, "He always said she was annoying."

I shook my head, "Jake, just because someone thinks another person is annoying doesn't mean they are going to murder them." I stated.

"Oh so you are on his side?!" he glared angrily.

"Jake, I'm not on anyone's side! I barely know what happened." He stood up and pulled me with him, "Jake what are-"

"Come on." He began dragging me down the beach.

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Lily's POV.

"Date?!" Jake was standing behind Oliver looking as though he was going to murder someone.

"Jake, I-" Miley began, but he cut her off.

"Save it, Hannah." He spun around on his heel and began walking away.

"What was that about?" Tyler said looking totally confused. I was about to say 'nothing' when Miley took off running after Jake, and Tyler called out her name, but she seemed to ignore it, and continued running after Jake.

No one said a word until Miley and Jake were around the corner of the rocks and we couldn't see them anymore, "Is someone going to tell me what is going on or am I going to have to chase after Hannah and my little brother?" Tyler looked very confused, but I couldn't let him go after Miley and Jake because most likely Jake will call Miley, Miley and not Hannah, while they 'think' they were alone.

Tyler shook his head and began walking in the direction of where Jake and Miley ran off to. Quick Lily, think of something to say to stop him! "WAIT!" Tyler turned around and looked at me, "I um…"

"Yes?"

I looked at Oliver who snapped his fingers, "Hannah loves Jake."

"WHAT?!?!" he's going to blow Miley's secret.

"Madonna, please let me explain to Tyler, about Hannah and Jake's relationship." Oliver gave me a 'trust me I know what I'm doing' look.

"Okay…" Please, don't mess this up Oliver…

"Okay so you see, Jake and Hannah are best friends, but Jake is dating someone," I gave him a look of saying 'don't say her name', "Else. And Hannah was jealous, so when you asked her out, she said 'yes' trying to make Jake jealous." Oliver was staring at me as he said this.

"So Hannah was just using me to make Jake jealous?" Tyler said a little hurt.

"Well, yes and no." Oliver continued to stare at me, "She did like you, but she loves Jake. So she went out with you and you know the rest…" that's exactly how I feel about Oliver, I like Jackson, but I love Oliver. "I'm sorry if she hurt you,"

Tyler nodded the walked the opposite way that Jake and Miley did, down the beach.

"Wow, Oliver." I took of my wig off and walked over to him, "How did you make that story up so fast?"

Oliver took off his own wig and looked me straight in the eye, "I didn't make it up."

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Miley's POV.

"Jake where are we going?" I asked as he continued to pull me down the beach.

He looked over at me, but didn't say a word.

Why did I have to go on that date?

Because you had a crush on Tyler and you were afraid to take the chance that Jake would find out and break up with you.

Oh shut up and I didn't want to go on the date!

Yes you did, and if Oliver and Lily weren't there you would have enjoyed yourself, and probably would have actually cheated on Jake with Tyler.

No, I wouldn't have! I love Jake and I would never do that to him!

That's why ten minutes ago you were saying that you liked Tyler.

NO! I love Jake and I had a little crush on his older brother!

Sure you do-

"We're here." Jake's voice startled me, I realized I had zoned out while we were walking.

I looked around confused; we were in secluded section of the beach, where a fallen over tree lay half in the water, half on the shore. "Where are we?"

"The spot Tyler killed Nicole…"

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Lily's POV.

Oliver and I walked back to Rico's in complete silences, it was weird seeing Oliver this quiet, but it gave me time to think about what he said before "I didn't make it up." What was that supposed to mean?

When we go to Rico's Jackson flagged us over, "Hey Lil." I didn't like it when he called me that that was Oliver's name for me. "Sup Oliver?"

"Hey." I said quietly.

Oliver just grunted something in response and sat down at the stools and began playing with some straw wrappers.

"Right… so uh, Lily what are you doing in like a half an hour? Because I get off in about twenty minutes, but I need a shower and-"

"I'm sort of dealing with something with Miley right now. So maybe later tonight if everything turns out okay. Sorry." I said quickly.

Jackson looked a little disappointed, but then replied saying that was okay, and if I wasn't to busy later to give him a call.

"Okay." I said, not really looking at him.

I looked over at Oliver who still seemed to be playing with the straw wrapper absentmindedly.

"Oliver?" I asked quietly, but he either didn't hear me or was just ignoring me, which I have no idea why he would be ignoring me seeing that I have done nothing to him.

I said his name again, but this time in a louder voice and he didn't respond again, he was obviously ignoring me.

"Oliver!" he didn't even look up, what the heck was his problem! I grabbed his arm and yanked him away from the counter, and pulled him behind Rico's. "What is your problem?!"

He still didn't look me in the eye and speak to me.

"Oliver! I'm sorry, but I don't speak mime! So unless you start moving your hands around to create me a picture of what is wrong, I won't know!" my temper was raising, and I didn't know why.

I have no reason to be mad at Oliver, do I?

Well you're still upset he is going out with Becca and he didn't even tell you he was until you walked in on them the other day.

So what? I'm not jealous of Becca! I have Jackson!

I never said you were jealous.

Oh uh… well you were sort of saying it.

No I wasn't. You just assumed I was because you really are. That is why you are so mad right now, just because he isn't talking to you.

What? No I'm not! I don't like Oliver! He's just a great friend, and he will always and forever remain a great friend.

You really need to listen more, because I never said you liked Oliver.

Uh… well you said… um… crap.

So because it's just us… well you, let's be honest, do you or do you not like Oliver?

I do NOT like Oliver…

……

Hello? Where did you go?

……

What?! You said to be honest! Now it's your turn to say something!

……

What do you want from me?! Do you want me just to say I love Oliver?! Because… wait… did I just say…?

You love Oliver? Yes, yes you did.

But I don't! He's just a great friend!

That's what you want to believe because you don't want to wreck your friendship, and because he is with Becca.

But… but… I-I have Jackson…

But how much do you really like Jackson? Like what do you guys actually have in common? Compared to you and Oliver… you and Jackson are just… there. Jackson is just there. He isn't the one you want. He is the one you are settling for, not the one you really, REALLY want.

So your, we I'm saying that… that… I l-love Oliver…? Oh my god. I love Oliver!

"Lily? Lilyyyyyy?" I registered a hand moving in front of my face.

"W-what?" I noticed it was Jackson's and Oliver was standing behind him still avoiding my gaze.

"Well someone a too far off in Lilyland." Jackson chuckled, "Oliver came over to get me from the shack because you had zoned out so much that he was worried."

I glanced over at Oliver again, "I… uh…"

"You okay Lil?"

I don't know what made my temper raise at such an alarming rate, but it did, "Don't call me that!" Jackson jumped, "Only Oliver and Miley can call me that!"

Jackson look taken aback, "Lily, I'm sorry…" he began walking back to the shack with his head low.

I wanted to apologize, I really do… but I can't seem to get the words out of my mouth. I've never screamed at someone like that.

"Lily…?" I heard Oliver mumble.

I turned to face him, but he continued to look at everything, but me. I tried to open my mouth, but my throat was dry.

"Lil," Oh yes, it sounds so much better coming from him, "Are you okay?"

"O-Oliver," Why am I suddenly so nervous? "I need to t-tell you some-something…"

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Miley's POV.

"We're here." Jake's voice startled me, I realized I had zoned out while we were walking.

I looked around confused; we were in secluded section of the beach, where a fallen over tree lay half in the water, half on the shore. "Where are we?"

"The spot Tyler killed Nicole…"

Oh… this must be hard on Jake to come here… okay I got to say something that will make him feel a little bit happier.

"Oh." 'Oh'?!?! All I could come up with is 'Oh'?!?! I began mentally slapping myself again.

He took my hand again and led me over next to the tree in the water.

"Jake, I… uh…" come on, what do I say?!

"Miley, why did you go out with him?" he wasn't looking at me, but at the tree that we were standing two feet in front of.

He deserves the FULL truth.

But what happens if he is to hurt by it?! What if he doesn't take me back?!

Well you are going to have to take that chance, you can't lie to him and say the only reason was because he asked you and didn't give you a chance to speak.

But that's the truth!

What about the crush?

Well, I… uh…

My point. You have to tell him everything, or you will probably start sleep walking again.

I guess your right.

Well of course I'm right; I'm me… well you.

And I thought Jake had a big ego…

Watch it.

"I um…" I took a deep breath, okay, I can do this. "Jake, I'm going to be completely honest with you."

"I would appreciate that." He's voice had no emotion in it what so ever, it was like talking to a zombie.

"Okay." I took another deep breath and began to explain, "You know when I was at your house the other day and the whole fan girls came, and you had to go downstairs and you left Tyler and me alone? Well Tyler started talking to me about nothing in particular, just friendly conversation, but then he mentioned Hannah Montana, and I was like 'you like her' and he said that she… well that I was incredible so… I don't know I guess I just thought he was being sweet so then later that night after the concert he came and picked you up and so I don't know I still thought he was being a good guy and because I didn't exactly know what had happened between you too, I trusted him because its not like I had anything against him." I looked down at my feet, and continued, "So I guess um… I sort of… kind of…"

"You liked him, right?"

"Well I wouldn't say that I liked him. I would say that… I um… had a small little crush on him." I glanced over at Jake; his whole body seemed so tense. "So… then last night you couldn't come to the concert and I was alone in my dressing room about to get changed to go home and there was a knock on the door, so I walked over and answered it and there was Tyler." I sighed, and continued, "So Tyler came into my dressing room and I was totally nervous because I was scared of the fact that you didn't want me around him, so I guessed that you would be mad if you knew, so I tried to get him out of the room as quick as possible. So I asked him if he wanted an autograph and he said he would like one so… I don't know he came up behind me and I sort of… um…" wow, its really awkward talking to your boyfriend about how another guy made you nervous, "I lost my voice, and I couldn't think straight when he got… uh… closer," Jake's body tensed up even more, as I said this, "Like I get when you get close to me and so when I tried to talk all that came out was gibberish, so when he asked me, well Hannah out he took it as a yes."

"You could have told me-"

"Jake I was about to, that's what I'm trying to tell you. You see, after Tyler left, I realized what had happened and I freaked, and Lily came into the room and I told her and she suggested I just tell you and so I was about to, when Tyler called my phone and picked it up not knowing who it was and he started making plans for the date and-"

"You could have just told him no-"

"Jake this is what I'm trying to tell you! I did try! But he wouldn't let me-"

"Sure Miley."

"Jake I swear! I swear on… on my love for you." Jake looked up and met my gaze for the first time in over fifteen minutes, "Jake, you want the truth and here it is. I tried to tell Tyler that I couldn't go out with him, but he wouldn't let me speak." He dropped my gaze again, but I wanted him to look at me while I was talking to him, so I grabbed his chin, "Jake, please look at me. I'm sorry, I really did want to tell you, but I thought I was in to deep so me and Lily and Oliver came up with a plan to ruin the date, but I guess it doesn't make much sense of what we did anyway, because Tyler would have probably told you anyway… so then during the 'date' you walked into it and now… well we are here. Me trying to explain to you that I'm sorry for what I did, and you… trying to decide if you ever want to see me ever again." He sighed, "Jake I'm sorry, I truly am."

"Miles…" he called me Miles! Not Miley! Maybe he is forgiving me! "I guess-" but he was cut off by a voice I really didn't want to hear at this exact moment.

"Wait, your Hannah Montana?!"

A/N: So last chapter I left you guys at a big cliffhanger and yeah, this one isn't as big because it's sort of obvious about what's going to happen, but I think that the next chapter is my last… unless I put to much detail in it like I did in this chapter. SO I don't know… I sort of want to end it soon so I can get back to my other story, but if it needs two chapters I'll write another one.

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