Hola again! I got this chapter updated much sooner than I expected. I had more free time then I thought, which is always nice. School's hard to handle sometimes! lol. Here's the next chapter- hope you like it :-)

Chapter 3-

A couple days have passed and Jake still didn't know who his ex-girlfriend was dating. He was losing his patients quickly and becoming very annoyed. So many things were pissing him off lately; he was still trying to think of a way to get Lilly back. 'I know,' he thought to himself. 'Somehow I'll just…humiliate her…no…' he let out a frustrated sigh. He was sitting on the beach, looking out at the ocean; wishing Miley was with him.

"Hey, Jake."

He turned around to see Amber Addison behind him, "Oh, hey Amber…" he looked back at the ocean.

She smiled evilly, thinking of her plan. "Come take a walk with me, Jakey," she said 'sweetly.'

"How come?" he wondered as he looked back at her.

"I just have some information that you might want to know," she continued to smile.

Jake stood up and brushed the sand off his shorts, "What kind of information?" he was rather curious.

They started walking along the beach, "It's about who Miley's dating. Everybody knows about it."

"Then why isn't anyone telling me?" he sounded frustrated.

"For some reason they want to help her out. They're all delusional."

Jake laughed a little, "What do you have against Miley anyways?"

"She's a hillbilly loser."

Jake rolled his eyes, "Come on, Amber. She's not that bad."

"She'd be better if she didn't hang out with the two dorks Oliver and Lilly."

Jake glared at the mention of that name. "Please don't mention her. She ruined my life and I have no idea how to pay her back without getting in trouble."

Amber's evil smile returned to her face, "I'm sorry, Jake, but I'm not exactly done talking about Lilly."

"Please…I really hate her right now."

"You're about to hate her even more," she laughed lightly.

Jake looked at her with a confused look on his face, "What do you mean?"

Amber stopped walking, then so did Jake. "This is valuable information, Jake. What do I get out of this?"

Jake smiled, "What would you like?"

"A night with you," she smiled back.

"We'll see about that. What's the information?"

"I don't know how to break it to you, but…" she had an evil grin, "You're little ex-girlfriend is dating your worst enemy."

He was slightly confused, "I can't think of any guys that are my enemies though…"

"Exactly," she still had that evil grin on her face. "Miley's not dating a guy, Jake. She's dating her best friend."

He had a shocked look on his face which soon turned to anger, "…No…that's impossible…"

"It's the truth, Jake."

"I don't believe you…" he started walking away.

Amber ran after him, "Fine, don't believe me! You'll see that I'm right, just ask her yourself."

"Fine, I will!"

"She's not going to tell you the truth. Word is, she's afraid of what you'll do. In fact, she told me she was going to eventually tell you about it herself."

"…Then I'll wait for that. But you're wrong. There's no way Miley's bi or…whatever."

Amber shrugged, "Alright. You've been warned," she started walking away.

Jake sighed and put his hands in his pockets. Then, he started heading back to his house. 'I'll prove Amber wrong…the only reason she told me that is because she can't stand Miley, for some odd reason…I just hope Miley tells me soon.' He looked around and noticed it was getting late. 'I'll try talking to her tomorrow. I don't want to disturb her right now.' He got to his house and went straight for his room. Jake sat on his bed and propped his head up with his hands; his elbows resting on his knees. He glanced over at a picture of him and Miley from when they were dating that was on his desk. He let out a sigh, walked over, and slowly picked it up. In this picture, they were both making silly, but not too silly, faces; both of them were smiling. Tears started building up in his eyes, blurring his vision. Jake brought the picture over to his bed with him as hot tears ran down his cheek. Only in the privacy of his own room would he allow himself to cry. Nobody else would ever see the weak side of Jake Ryan- nobody. Jake closed his eyes as he held the picture to his chest; eventually falling into a deep sleep.

The next day at school, Miley was at her locker gathering her things for her next class. Lilly stood next to her with a dreamy look on her face as she looked at her girlfriend. Miley noticed this and laughed to herself, "Enjoying your view?"

"Ve-ry much so," she grinned.

Miley smiled and blushed slightly, "You and your smooth talk," she shut her locker door.

Lilly leaned in and leaned back with a sigh, "I miss kissing you in the hallway."

"I do too. But don't worry; I'm going to tell him today…hopefully."

Lilly smiled, "And I'll be right there with you."

Miley smiled back, "Follow me," they headed towards the girls bathroom. Miley took her hand and led her into a stall. "Now you can kiss me," she smiled.

Lilly grinned, "You rock," she wrapped her arms around Miley's neck to pull her closer.

"I try," Miley leaned in the rest of the way and deeply kissed Lilly; getting a good grip on her waist.

Lilly moaned and ran her hands down Miley's side. "You're…torturing me…wearing…that…cute…skirt…" she said between kisses.

Miley smiled and lightly bit Lilly's bottom lip, "That's for later," she continued to kiss her.

Lilly moaned louder, "Oh, Miley…"

Miley slowly broke the kiss and smiled again, "We should get going. We don't want to be late for class now, do we?"

"Sure we do," Lilly gave her a pouty look.

"No, no, Truscott. We can do that later," she smirked.

"Not fair, you got me all wound up," she smirked back.

"Good," and with that, she took Lilly's hand and they got out of the stall.

School went on for what seemed like forever to Lilly. During class, Lilly kept looking at the back of Miley's head, not paying attention to anything else. She was startled by a piece of crumbled paper tossed at her from somewhere behind or next to her- she wasn't quite sure. She carefully uncrumbled it and it read-

'Lilly, you ruined my life and somehow I'll ruin yours. You've been warned…'

Her eyes widened; she looked it over again, hoping this person signed their name. But, there was nothing; even though she already knew who it was from. She jumped from the sound of the bell. By the time she turned around, Jake was already walking out of the room.

"Lil, what's wrong?" Miley asked her.

She quickly turned her head to look back Miley. "Jake…he…he…" she held up the note.

Miley took it and read it. Her eyes grew big and looked up at Lilly with a worried look on her face. "We have to tell the principal!" she panicked.

"But we have no proof it was from Jake. He didn't sign his name…"

Miley sighed and glanced back at the note, "I think I should talk to him alone, Lilly…"

"Miley…"

"No. If you're there with me, it probably wont go well at all…I'd feel better if you were with your parents…"

"…Okay…if it'll make you feel better…"

Miley smiled a little and hugged her, "Things will be okay."

Lilly hugged her back, "Of course. As long as I have you."

Miley pulled back slightly, "I'll walk you home."

"Perfect," Lilly grinned. "Cos my parents won't be home for a while and you owe me big time for being so mean in the bathroom."

Miley smiled, "I do owe you…BIG time," she winked at her.

Lilly gulped, "Oh boy…"

"Do you have any homework?"

"Nope. You?"

"None," she smiled again and took Lilly's hand, "Let's go." Both girls pretty much ran out of the school. Once they got outside the school, they ran into Jake.

"Hey, Miley…" he looked down at their hands, "Why are you two holding hands?"

"Uh…" they both released each other's hands. "We were just in a hurry 'cos…uh, of some news my Dad had for me…yea," Miley said nervously.

"I see…anyways, can I talk to you?"

"How about later today? I gotta get home."

He sighed, "Okay…when?"

"I'll call you, okay?" she was getting antsy.

"Alright. Then, I guess I'll see you later," he glanced at Lilly and glared at her. "Bye…" Then he walked off.

Lilly looked back at Miley, "Wow, good quick thinking. I'm impressed."

"Thank you," she smiled proudly.

"Alright, let's get to my house pronto," she re-took Miley's hand and they pretty much ran to her house.

They arrived a few minutes later. Lilly quickly took out her house keys, unlocked the door, and pulled Miley in with her. Miley shut the door behind her and was soon pinned up against it as Lilly deeply kissed her. Lilly broke the kiss, "Couch or room?"

"Room…with the door locked. Don't want what happened with my Dad to happen with your parents."

"True, that suck," she took her hand once again and ran upstairs.

Nearly half an hour later, the two girls laid there on Lilly's bed holding each other. Lilly leaned in and softly kissed Miley on the lips, "I really, really needed that," she smiled.

"I could tell," Miley teased.

"Hey, you're the one that was teasing me ALL day," she beamed. "First that cute skirt, then the bathroom thing, then the other flirty things," she kissed her again.

Miley laughed, "It was fun…and so was the aftermath of my teasing."

"You bet'cha," they both sat up in the bed.

Miley looked at the clock on Lilly's wall, "I suppose I should get goin' soon and break the news to Jake."

Lilly frowned, "I don't want you to go."

"I know, sweetie," she reached over and lightly kissed her. "But, if I don't, then he's just going to get madder."

"True," they both got out of bed and started getting dressed. Then a thought came to Lilly's mind, "Miles…"

"Hmm?" she looked over at her.

"…Maybe you shouldn't wear that skirt when you go talk to him…"

"Shoot…good idea. Can I borrow a pair of jeans?"

"Absolutely," she got out a pair of jeans and tossed them to her. "You can just leave your skirt here and pick it up later if you want."

"Thanks, Lil," she finished putting the jeans on, walked over, and kissed Lilly. "Wish me luck."

"Only the best. Call me later, 'kay?"

"For sure," Miley kissed her once more. "Bye, see you later."

"Bye," Lilly smiled as Miley shut the door behind her. Lilly pinched her lips together and let out a happy, high pitched scream. She plopped down on her bed and held her covers close to her; which were still warm from hers and Miley's little 'activity.' Lilly couldn't be any happier.

Meanwhile—

Miley reached the beach and sat at the table next to Rico's. She nervously sighed and pulled out her cell phone; dialing Jake's number.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hey…it's me," it was very awkward talking to him.

"Miley? Hey, uh…what's up?"

"I was just wondering if you were free to chat…"

"Absolutely. I'm, uh, actually at the beach, so if you wanted to meet here…"

"I'm at Rico's actually…" she interrupted.

"Oh, well then, I'll meet you there in a bit."

"Okay…bye."

"Bye…"

They both hung up and Miley nervously waited for Jake to arrive. In a few minutes, Jake showed up and sat at the table with her.

"So…what'd you want to talk to me about?"

Miley was looking at her folded hands that were resting on the table. "It's…it's about who I'm dating…"

Jake's facial expression turned serious, "…And?"

She looked up at him, "Just promise me one thing…"

"Okay, what?"

"…Don't freak out…"

"Miley. Just tell me…"

She took a deep breath, closing her eyes, "It's…I'm…"

"Come on, Miley," he was starting to become very impatient.

Her eyes opened and she glanced at him; fear in her eyes, "…I'm dating Lilly…"

"…WHAT?!!"

Miley jumped up from her seat. Jake had such hate in his eyes- and it completely scared her. "J-Jake…you promised…" she started shaking.

Jake was too mad to speak. All he did was ball his hand into a fist and swung it hard towards Miley.

Miley ducked just in time to miss his punch, "Jake! Calm down!" she panicked.

"LILLY?!! You dumped me for Lilly?!!"

"You should be happy for me!" she yelled back.

"I can't believe Amber was right! How could you do this to me?! She ruined my life!"

"She was protecting me from your stupid actions!"

Jake lunged forward and wrapped his hands around Miley's neck tightly; causing her to choke. "You listen to me, and you listen to me good…if you know what's best for you, and if you don't want Lilly dead, you WILL break up with her…" he growled under his breath so she could only hear him.

Tears formed in Miley's eyes and her vision was fading from her lack of air. She struggled to get loose but it was useless. Miley heard a faint yell; she couldn't make out who it was though. That's when things went black…

Again, hope you like it still. I have my doubts, but I did my best with this chapter :-) But now this is where things really pick up. R&R, I like them so far :-)