CHAPTER 5: Time to Face The Truth: Part 1

Previously On My High School Life:

"Long. Tiring. How was school?" she asked.

Amazing! My friends made me tell everyone who I liked, which by the way is that boy that you hate and say he has no future. And on top of that wonderful part, one of them, who is also friends with him, might have told him I like him. So ya, my day was absolutely fantastic! I thought to myself, even my mind was dripping with sarcasm. Ya, she doesn't need to know about this.

"Eh. It was boring. But some of us went down to the ice cream shop today after school" I told her. Wasn't technically a lie. Well except for the boring part, but classes were boring so ya, wasn't technically a lie…

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"Besides, him and Miley are so cute together! You can tell they really like each other. Just like Selena and Nick, just not so clueless" I joked with her. Even my mother knew they liked each other, that's how utterly lost they were.

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I went to bed that night thinking about what happened that day and wondering if Skyler told Sterling or if Ferguson was able to stop him first. I fell asleep around 10:30.

Now on with the story.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE-! I quickly shut off my alarm and rubbed my eyes. I hadn't gotten much sleep last night. I kept waking up and having dreams of everyone laughing at me and hating me because of Sterling. The worst one was when Sterling laughed and told me he hated me and would never even consider liking me as a friend ever again. He then said that no one could ever love, let alone like me. Yeah, that dream was definitely the worst one.

I got out of bed and it was 6:03. I picked out a black and grey striped pattern shirt, black skinny jeans, a red jacket, and my black hightops. I went to the bathroom and took a shower. After I dried my hair, I brushed my teeth, got dressed, and put on a little makeup. Hey, my secret could be out today, I should at least look good just in case. I then curled my hair a little.

When I was done with everything, I grabbed my bag and went downstairs into the kitchen. I poured myself a bowl of cereal and ate it quickly. By the time I was done eating, it was 7:00, time to leave. I said bye to my mom as she walked into the kitchen.

I walked out the front door to see Selena starting to walk across the street. "Hey Selly!"

"Woah! Demi! You look good!" She exclaimed looking me over.

"Thanks. I decided to get a little dressed up today." We laughed and walked to school talking about none other than Nick Jonas. That girl has got it bad but won't do anything about it. It's not like my situation where he doesn't like her back, but they still don't acknowledge the fact that the other loves them too. They better get it soon.

We reached school to see most of our friends already there. Nick and Joe were there, along with Miley and Emily. Okay is it me, or have Kevin and Brandi been missing a lot lately. Hmm…I'll ask Selena later. Aly, A.J., Nico, Grady, Tiffany and Meaghan were there, too. We started talking about whatever was going on in school. Soon, Aaryn, Ella and Peggy were here and Allison and Taylor skated here. The only people to not show up were Ferguson and Skyler, and that worried me a lot. I decided to get my mind off of that though.

"Hey Selena, have you noticed that Kevin and Brandi have been disappearing a lot lately, at the same time?" I asked her.

"You noticed that too? Yeah, and they always show up together when they come back" She whispered to me. At least I know I wasn't the only one who thought something suspicious was going on. What have those two been doing?

"Hey did you ask the girls about the movie yet?" Selena asked, snapping me out of my trance.

"Oh, no. I'll do that now" I told her. "Hey guys!" I yelled to get our groups attention. They all turned to look at me. "Well actually I just need to talk to the girls" I stated. The boys went back to talking about whatever and the girls walked over to Selena and me.

"What's up Dem? Oh and you look really pretty today by the way" Emily told me.

"Thanks Em. But I wanted to know about what movies you guys wanna watch at the party during the sleepover. Selena said Letters to Juliet, so you guys wanna watch that and something else?"

"Sherlock Holmes?"

"Alice in Wonderland?"

"Wall-E!" We all turned and looked at Peggy who had suggested it.

"What? It's a cute movie…" she defended herself. We all laughed together and they started listing off more names.

"Eclipse?"

"Ooh! Yeah!" They all screamed.

"Okay so Letters to Juliet and Eclipse?" I asked making sure that's what they wanted.

"And Wall-E."

"Peggy. We voted. We're not watching Wall-E" Tiffany told her.

"Fine, Eclipse" she said defeated. We all laughed at that then went back to talking with the guys. Miley came up to me then.

"Hey Demi. I'm gonna go hang out with Taylor Lautner. Maybe I can find out if Skyler told, too. I'll see you in first period" she told me. Gosh I really hope he didn't tell anyone. I thought we were friends, but apparently he thought more or less. He either didn't like me as a friend, or liked me more than one and was jealous so wanted to ruin my chances with Sterling.

Probably the first one. I don't know which I would prefer though. An awkward friendship or no friendship at all. Just then, the bell rang. We all went to class after saying goodbye and Miley caught up with Aly, A.J. and me when we got to the classroom. As soon as I had asked if she found anything out, the bell rang for class to start. The teacher started right away so we couldn't even talk.

After class, she had to ask our teacher something and my class was on the other side of campus, so I had to leave with no information or ease on my brain. English and Yearbook went by in a blur as all I could think about was Sterling. By the time 3rd period was over, Selena was walking with me to our meeting spot by the cafeteria at brunch. I started vigorously searching for Miley, but first I saw the man I love first. Sterling was looking at me when I caught sight of him. He smiled at me then looked away.

Oh. No. That NEVER happens. Skyler did tell, didn't he?

"Demi! There you are! So I found out that…"Miley started, startling me a little.

"Miley, save it, I already know he told." I sounded so defeated, but truth was I was.

"What? What do you mean? Skyler never told him. Ferguson caught up to him first and talked some sense into him. Skyler was just a little shocked and wasn't thinking straight. He's not gonna say anything" she told me with a giant smile on her face.

Wait. That means that, he was actually starring at me? And smiling…because he wanted too, not because he knew. The biggest smile ever appeared on my face. "Are you serious?" I looked around for him, but he was no where I could see.

"Completely." She smiled at me. AHHHHHH! Millions of questions ran through my mind. Does he like me? Does he think I like him, too? Where is he? Was he actually staring at me earlier? Or was it just a coincidental glance at the same time as me? Oh my freaking gosh! As if she could see the struggle in my mind mixed with relief and happiness, she said. "Demi? Breathe."

"Sorry. Uhm, I'm gonna go now, kay?"

"Alright. Catch you later" she said with a smile. I walked away heading towards where I saw Selena earlier. She was sitting with Nick, both flirting with each other. Ah, young love I thought to myself, laughing a little.

"Oh hey Demi" Nick said first. He was sitting facing my direction but Selena had to turn around to see me.

"Oh! Demi! Did he-"

"No, but can I talk to you in private for a sec?"

"Sure. I'll see you later Nick" she smiled and got up, falling me with a curios expression on her face. "So what happened? He didn't tell?"

"Nope! But this morning, I was looking around and I saw Sterling, like usual. But what was unusual was that he was already looking at me! When I looked at him, he kept looking then smiled and turned back around! I thought he knew at first, Sel, but Miley talked to Skyler and he didn't tell anyone! He was staring at me!" I told her excitedly. Her eyes were bulged and her mouth hung down.

"Oh my GOSH! That's awesome! Maybe he likes you back!" she said back equally as excited.

The bell rang for our next class, Algebra. Good thing Skyler didn't tell because Taylor would have found out, too, and that would have been so embarrassing.

I walked into class and took my normal seat and Taylor came in a few moments later. "Hey Demz, what's up?"

"Not much, what about you? Anything happening with you and Miles yet?"

He smiled at me and his eyes shone. "Ya, I finally asked her out. She said yes."

"Oh my gosh! Congratulations!" The rest of the period went by pretty fast; it was an easy lesson we learned that even Taylor got it so I didn't have to tutor him. He was happy because that meant he could go out on dates with Miley. When the bell rang for the end of class, and I walked to my locker and met Miley there. She was practically bursting with happiness.

"AHHH! HE ASKED ME OUT! OH MY GOSH!" I couldn't help but smile and laugh at her.

"I know! I'm so happy for you! But come on, we're gonna be late for class." We made our way and caught up with Nick and Meaghan.

"What's got you all happy?" Meaghan asked looking at Miley like she had 3 eyes and 4 noses.

"Oh, the normal. Excited about the song I'm playing in piano, good grade on a test last period, and TAYLOR ASKED ME OUT! AHHH!" She was smiling like crazy again, and the four of us started laughing at her again.

Piano went through fast, except the entire time I would keep zoning out halfway through my song and thinking about Sterling. After class we all made our way to the rest of our friends. "Hey guys" I said to them.

"Hey, Demi, can I talk to you for a second?" It was Skyler. Well this ought to be interesting.

"Sure." We walked away from our friends. "So, what did you wanna tell me?"

"It's about yesterday and the whole…Sterling…thing…" Thought so.

"Oh, ok. What is it?

"The reason I got so mad was because, well…" He trailed off again.

"Yeah?" I asked. Let's see if I was right before. Jealousy or not?

What will happen next? Is Skyler jealous? Does Sterling like her? Was he even staring? And WHERE in the world have Kevin and Brandi been going?

Okay so words cannot express HOW SORRY I am! But I have a legit reason! I've been grounded the last couple months. No phone, ipod, COMPUTER, couldn't go anywhere, couldn't do anything, and couldn't be with anyone. I'm not lying. And my mom finally gave me my computer back today and when I finished over half of my essay due Monday, I started on this. So I am really sorry! Please please please don't hate me! Or if you do, hate me, not the story!

I will try to update REALLY soon because I feel so bad. After church, I have to finish my essay then I will start the next chapter. So look out for it!

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