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Chapter 2-
The next day, both girls were dropped off at school by their parents. The news of Jake being released had them worried.
"Have a good day, bud," Robbie Ray smiled.
"I'll try…thanks for the ride," Miley got out and waved good-bye. Once he drove off, she headed inside the school. She still couldn't get last night out of her head. 'He looked so mad when I told him I was in love with someone else. And he flat out told me he was pissed off at Lilly…How can I tell him she's the one I'm in love with?' she thought to herself and sighed. She reached her locker and found Lilly standing there waiting for her.
"Hey, beautiful," Lilly said as she kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey," Miley weakly smiled.
Lilly looked at her with concern, "What's wrong?"
"Jake showed up last night"—
"What?!" Lilly interrupted. "What'd he do?? I'll hurt him!"
"Calm down," she put her hands on Lilly's shoulders. "He didn't do anything. But, he had the nerve to ask me for a second chance."
"What?" Lilly said with disbelief.
"Yea, dumb right?" she shut her locker and they headed towards class.
"Did you tell him about us?" Lilly wondered.
"I was going to, until he told me that he's already pissed off at you."
"Oh…" she was scared; she had to admit that much.
They got to their classroom and found everyone crowded around one desk. They gave each other a worried look and walked over.
"What's going on?" Miley asked.
The crowd cleared a path and Miley was soon face to face with Jake.
"Hello, Miley."
She couldn't tell if he was happy or mad to see her, "Uh…hi?"
"So, nobody's telling me who you're dating. They say that you'd be the one to tell me."
Her eyes widened in surprise. She couldn't believe that nobody told him already; everybody in the school knew about her and Lilly. "R..really?" she said nervously.
"Yea. Really," he seemed creepily calm. "Are you going to tell me or not?"
Miley didn't know what to do, especially since everyone in the class had their eyes on them. "I, uh…I don't think it's any of your business. So, just give up already."
Jake looked at Lilly- and it was not a happy look at all. "Maybe Lilly would tell me who the guy is." The class snickered, causing Jake to be slightly confused.
"Why would I do that? She's my best friend; I'm not going to tell you something she doesn't want you to know."
Jake walked over to Lilly, glaring at her. Then he looked around at their classmates, "Do you mind?" The rest of the class, except Miley, went back to their seats. Jake rolled his eyes and glared back at Lilly. "If you know what's good for you, you'll tell me…" he said under his breath so she could only hear him. "I'm already very pissed off at you."
Lilly gulped. She was about to say something when the late bell rang and the intercom came on.
'Attention all tenth graders! For those of you who ordered your class rings please come by the office. They are ready to be picked up. And if you hadn't ordered yours yet, there is still time to do so. Thank you.'
Miley quickly went over to Lilly and took her by the arm, "That would be us. Gotta go," and they were off. Once they were in the hallway, Miley stopped walking. "What did he say to you?"
Lilly was still a little shaken about it, "He…he said 'If you know what's good for you, you'll tell me'…"
"Oh man…" tears started to build up in Miley's eyes.
Lilly quickly pulled her into a hug, "Hey, its okay. I can handle Mr. JERK Ryan."
Miley hugged back, "Even so…I'm still worried. I don't know what I'd do if he hurt you."
"He's punched me before; I lived," she smiled to try to make Miley feel better.
Miley couldn't help but smile back, "I guess you're right."
"That's better," she gave her a quick kiss. "Now let's go get our class rings!" she said enthusiastically.
They continued walking towards the office where pretty much all of their classmates were. Sarah looked over and saw Miley and Lilly.
"Hey guys!" she waved.
"Hey Sarah," Lilly replied with a smile. Miley waved back as well.
"Are you two going to wear each other's class rings?"
The two girls looked at each other and smiled, "I haven't even thought about that," Miley said.
"Me neither," Lilly added, and then looked back at Sarah. "Thanks for the great idea," she smiled.
"Aw, no problem. Yay! I gave the cutest couple in the school a great idea," she beamed.
Miley and Lilly looked at her confused, "You think we're the school's cutest couple?"
"Oh, not just me. Pretty much everyone does. Except Amber and Ashley…and a few of their friends. But, that's not much. Oh, and Jake doesn't even know, so he doesn't count."
"Wow," Miley said. "I had no idea about that."
Sarah smiled as they got further up in the line, "Why do you think nobody's told Jake about you two?"
"That's amazing…" Lilly felt happier knowing the school was helping them out.
Soon enough, they were next in line. Lilly got hers first and looked at it as they got Miley's to her. Miley looked at her ring; she had her name on it, the school's name, the year they graduate, their school mascot on one side, and a music note on the other. The center stone was her November birthstone. Lilly's was pretty much the same; name, school name, mascot, graduate year, March birthstone. On hers though, she had a skateboard on the other side of the ring.
"Sweet!" Lilly said with excitement.
Miley smiled and took Lilly's left hand and placed her ring on Lilly's ring finger, "There, perfect."
Lilly grinned and placed her class ring on Miley's left ring finger as well. "Absolutely."
Amber walked up behind them and Ashley joined her shortly after. "My, my. Sharing rings I see?"
"Yea…so?" Lilly said annoyed.
Amber faked a concern voice as she said, "Aren't you afraid Jake will see and get mad?"
"No," Miley replied. "It's not like it's noticeable."
"What if he asks to see them?" she smiled evilly.
"We'll say no, duh," Miley really hated them.
Amber rolled her eyes, "You do know he's going to find out eventually, right?"
"Of course I do… I'm planning on telling him myself, genius."
"Well," she smiled evilly again, "Just hope someone doesn't get to him first," and with that, Amber and Ashley walked off.
Both Miley and Lilly glared at them as they walked off. Lilly turned to Miley, "You don't think they'd actually tell him, do you?"
"I wouldn't be surprised…" she glanced at the clock. "Let's get back to class. I don't want the teacher to get mad at us for taking so long."
"I suppose," Lilly took Miley's hand in hers and they headed back to class.
The rest of the day went oddly well. Jake occasionally asked Miley if she was ever going to tell him who she was dating; but he seemed calm after a while. In fact…a little too calm; in a creepy way. Miley decided to confront him after school.
"You do know he's just going to lie to you, right?" Lilly said.
"It's worth a shot. Who knows, he might tell me the truth."
Lilly shrugged, "I guess it's worth a shot. But, I'm coming with you."
Miley smiled, "Good. 'Cos I would've dragged you with me anyways," she leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.
Lilly grinned, "Careful, Miles. What if Jake sees?"
"Right. We don't want him to find out this way. Anyways, let's go talk to him." They headed out of the school and found Jake talking to Oliver; whom looked very annoyed. They got closer to the two boys.
"Jake, I'm not telling you who Miley's dating, okay?!" Oliver practically yelled.
Miley glared at the back of Jake's head, she coughed to get his attention; which worked.
"Oh, uh…hey, Miley. I was just, um…asking Oliver for an assignment."
"No you weren't," both Oliver and Miley said at the same time. Lilly rolled her eyes at how dumb Jake was.
Jake sighed, "Okay, I wasn't." He looked at Miley, "Why won't you tell me who he is?" he actually sounded hurt.
Miley looked away from him, "Because you're…how do I say this…um…a spaz."
Lilly laughed a little, but they could still hear her. Jake glared at her and she stopped. "Sorry…"
Jake ignored her and looked back at Miley. He couldn't help but notice how gorgeous she looked, "Could I at least guess?"
Miley thought about that; there was no way he'd actually guess the right answer. He didn't suspect a thing. "I suppose you could try."
Jake glanced at Oliver and back at Miley, "Is it Oliver?"
Miley laughed, and so did Lilly and Oliver. "No way! He's like a brother to me."
Jake actually laughed too. He realized that it was a ridiculous guess, "Sorry. It was the only person I could think of."
Miley's laugh calmed down, "Look, Jake. I want to tell you but, I don't know how you'll react…I just know you're going to be mad."
He looked down, "I don't blame you for feeling that way. I just want to know who he is…" he looked back up at her, "so I know if he's treating you right or not."
Miley actually smiled a little, "They are."
He sadly smiled, "Okay…you can tell me when you're ready…sorry for being so pushy about it…"
"Thanks, Jake…and I promise I will tell you, it's just…I'm trying to figure out how."
"O-kay…" he was still confused about why she had to think so hard about it.
She grabbed Oliver's wrist to check his watch, "Look, um, we have to get goin'. So…see you later I guess."
"Yea…see ya," Jake sadly walked away.
"Man," Oliver said, "he's really upset about this. Maybe you should think about telling him soon."
"I know, I know," she held Lilly's hand. "I'm just afraid of how he'll react."
Lilly put her arm around her, "Miles, if he likes you as much as he says he does, then maybe he'll just be happy for you."
"You're his least favorite person right now," the trio started walking home.
"So he'll hate me more, big whoop. He'll get over it."
"What if he doesn't?" Oliver asked.
"Look, I don't think he'd do anything drastic. I mean, he just got out of juvi, why would he do something that would get him back there?"
"'Cos he's a moron," Miley added.
Lilly smiled, "That I already knew."
They all three shared a laugh and eventually they reached Oliver's house. The two girls gave him a hug and continued towards Miley's house. To their advantage, nobody was home. Jackson had to work right after school and Robbie Ray had a meeting to go to. Since she was still holding her hand, Miley led Lilly up to her room. Lilly was grinning the whole way up the stairs.
"Gee, Miles. A little antsy aren't we?"
"You got that right," they got in her room and she shut the door. Miley sat down on her bed and had Lilly sit on her lap-- face to face. It was their favorite make-out position. Lilly leaned in and deeply kissed her as she placed both her hands behind Miley's head; making the kiss deepen even more. Miley moaned and wrapped her arms around Lilly's waist. Without fully acknowledging it, they took off each other's clothes and Miley pulled Lilly on top of her.
Robbie Ray happily walked into the house, placing his papers at their usual spot- on the piano bench. "I can't wait to tell Miley the good news," he smiled. He quickly walked upstairs, heading to Miley's room. He turned the knob and walked in, "Miley, I have the greatest…SWEET NIBLETS!!" he quickly turned around.
Miley and Lilly quickly jumped off each other from the shock of their interruption. "Dad!" Miley yelled, rather embarrassed. Both girls held the covers over them as close as possible.
Robbie Ray turned back around, but not looking at them. He was also embarrassed by walking in on his daughter and her girlfriend having, well…a very intimate moment. "I uh…gotta go," he quickly walked out of the room; closing the door behind him. THAT was something he never wanted to see.
"…Oh…my…gosh…" Miley buried her face into her pillow.
Lilly just sat there, shocked. "I…I can't believe he just…just…"
"Walked in on us…" Miley finished her sentence for her.
"Yea…what you said…"
Miley pulled her pillow off her face, "I'll never be able to look at him in the eye ever again."
"Me neither…" Lilly leaned her head on Miley's shoulder. "Man, I wish he didn't interrupt us…"
"I know…" she looked at Lilly. "Is it weird that I still want to continue?"
"A little," she smiled.
"Well I don't want to be antsy when we talk to him…" she smiled back.
"I suppose that would make it more uncomfortable."
"Exactly," she leaned in and kissed Lilly again.
Robbie Ray sat on the couch in the living room, trying desperately to get the picture of his daughter and Lilly out of his head. 'Why? Why didn't I knock? Why was I even there in the first place? Sweet niblets, I'll never be able to look at her the same again,' he thought to himself.
Lilly and Miley eventually came downstairs. They stopped at the bottom of the stairs; they had no idea what to say to him. After a minute, Miley spoke up, "…Hey, Daddy…" They walked closer to him.
Without looking at her he said, "…Hey…"
She sighed, "Daddy, I, uh…I'm sorry…"
"No, I'm sorry…I should've knocked…"
Miley wanted the awkwardness to end, "So, um…why'd you come in my room?"
He ran his hand through his hair, "Um…I was going to tell you some great news, but…yea…"
"…What was the great news?"
"Oh yea," he finally looked over at them. Both girls looked a little sweaty, their hair was slightly messy, and their clothes were askew. He quickly looked away again, "Um…I was gonna tell you that you're going to win the 'Teen Pop Music Award'."
Both Lilly and Miley had huge smiles on their faces. "I will?!" Miley said happily.
"Mhmm," he said, still feeling a bit awkward.
Both girls did their happy dance and hugged each other. Lilly pulled back slightly, "I'm so proud of you!" she leaned in and kissed her deeply.
Miley smiled into the kiss and slowly moved her hands down to Lilly's waist; totally forgetting her father was right there.
"Excuse me!" he said a little loud.
They quickly pulled apart, "Sorry…" they both said at the same time.
Robbie Ray stood up, "Well, uh…I have to go to another meeting, and it's gonna run late, so I'll be spending the night at a hotel. So, um…if you want…Lilly can stay the night if her parents are okay with it…"
Miley and Lilly were shocked, "Really?" Miley questioned.
"Yea…Jackson's got a party later, and I don't want you alone with Jake running around."
Miley smiled, "So, you're not mad at us?"
"No, I just wish I didn't see that. Why didn't you lock your door?"
"Too excited to think straight—"
"O-kay…too much information, bud," he rubbed his temples with his fingers.
"Sorry…again…" she turned to Lilly. "Wanna call your parents?"
"Sure," she took out her cell phone and called her house. After a few seconds, her Mom answered, "Hey, Mom…yea, I'm at Miley's…Yea…her Dad actually wants to know if I can spend the night…He and Jackson are going to be gone and he doesn't want her alone with Jake on the loose…" Lilly smiled, "Thanks, Mom…sure, that'd be great…bye…" she hung up and smiled at Miley. "She's totally cool with it, and she said she'd bring me extra clothes and stuff."
"Awesome," Miley grinned.
Robbie Ray smiled a little, "And if you girls feel uncomfortable or unsafe here, you call your parents, okay Lilly?"
"Got'cha," she gave him a thumbs up.
"Don't worry, Dad. We'll lock the doors and stay upstairs. And Jackson will eventually be back, right?"
"He wasn't quite sure. But, he said he'd call with details."
"Okay. Like I said, you have nothing to worry about. We'll be alright."
"I know, bud," he looked at his watch. "I gotta head out here soon." He went upstairs, finished packing up his things, went back downstairs, and grabbed his briefcase. "See you tomorrow girls."
"Bye, Dad," Miley waved.
"Bye, Mr. Stewart," Lilly also waved.
Robbie Ray left and Miley locked the doors. Miley turned to Lilly and smiled, "Upstairs missy," she pointed towards the stairs.
Lilly laughed, "Yes, ma'am." Then the two girls ran upstairs; the night was theirs to enjoy- alone.
Hope you're enjoying this story so far. I promise that things will get started up with Jake finding out soon, then it'll be even more excting, lol. But, lemme know what you think :-)