Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, just the story.

a/n: Sorry it took so long, that will never happen again. Ha, and sorry this is just sort of a filler chapter. I should have another one up by tomorrow morning.

The rest of the weekend was spent with Joe trying to decide the rest of the rolls for the play. It was boring, monotonous, and almost made me forget anything had happened to change my life from being that boring and monotonous every day. But as Monday came around, as Mondays tend to have a bad habit of doing, and soon I found myself in the school cafeteria once again.

I had no sooner stepped in the entrance though, than Joe came up behind me. "Hey man, grab Selena and Miley and then meet me in the drama room, Miss Algoquin wants to meet our newest star," he said, and then walked off in a hurry. I sighed and decided to grab a diet coke before I headed over to my usual table to find the girls.

However, they were nowhere to be seen at the table, where everyone was huddled closely and Tanya was whispering at what should have been a record rate. I approached them, and cleared my throat. Half of my friends jumped, and Tanya quickly stopped talking to flash a winning, and guilty, smile in my direction. "Selena or Miley here?" I asked through clenched teeth. That girl was really raking on my last nerve lately. She just shook her head innocently, and I turned to walk away.

I hadn't gotten more than two steps when I heard one of them whisper, "I feel so bad for the kid." The sudden sense of déjà vu was inescapable.

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Flashback-

Everything around me seemed colorless. I didn't even know why I was at school. What was the point anyways? I had nothing to live for.

I was vaguely aware of the arm wrapped through mine that guided me to the table of friends I had known for my whole life. They were all leaned in close whispering something, but when Darrel nudged the person next to him, they all looked up to see me standing there, and smiled encouragingly at me.

I saw Selena shoot them all warning looks, and then, with her arm still wrapped through mine, she closed the last few steps to the table and we sat down. The lunch was a blur to me. I heard nothing anyone said, and probably might as well not have been there at all. In the end it wouldn't have mattered. Selena's eyes, however, never left me, with a worried expression in them. I knew she spent the whole time waiting for me to snap, but really I could carry on just fine.

After what seemed like hours, and seconds, all at the same time, Selena quickly stood and muttered something about how we had to go, while glaring at Tanya all the while. She must have said something that would have upset me. Too bad I wasn't listening. I stood to follow Selena, who wrapped her arm through mine once again, and gave me a comforting look. We were walking away when I heard the eruption of whispers from behind us. All that I could make out was the once voice that rose above the rest, "I feel so bad for the kid. I don't know how I would deal if I lost my parents."

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I didn't even bother to worry about what they could possibly be talking about now, I was happier than I had been in a while. Just then, I saw Miley and Selena walk through the door. A rush of relief washed over my body. I was so done dealing with the people I had once thought of as my friends. I walked over to them as quickly as I could and then with one glance back at the table of whispering people I said to them, "Come on guys, let's go. Ms. Algoquin is looking for us."

Selena's eyes shot over to the table with understanding, while Miley just nodded in enthusiasm. And then the three of us left the cafeteria and walked over to the drama room.

Joe was waiting for us inside, and the second we walked in the door, his eyes looked in our direction, and a smile made its way onto his lips. Ms. Algoquin was typing away on her computer, but when the door clicked shut behind us, her eyes darted up, and she quickly jumped out of her seat. "You must be Miley!" She said running over to the girl and quickly grabbing Miley's hand in both of her own, she shook it vigorously.

Miley grew shy, and was only able to nod nervously in response. "Well," Ms. Algoquin went on in an enthusiastic voice, "we need to hear you sing." My heart began to pound. I couldn't wait to hear her voice again, after all, I had only heard her sing for a couple seconds before I ambushed her in the dark. I tried to steady my beating heart, but it refused to calm down.

"Umm… yeah… okay," Miley muttered nervously, looking at her feet. "Truth is, I am kind of afraid of singing in front of people." My jaw dropped, literally. How could she be afraid of singing in front of people? She was amazing. I had never heard a voice as beautiful as hers in my 16 years of life.

"Well, I think now is about as good as time as any to face that fear. Don't you think, Miss leading role in the school musical?" came Ms. Algoquin's comforting voice.

Miley just nodded, and then continuing to stare down at her feet and then for the second time in my life, I heard the voice that sent my heart in flutters.

"Dear Diary,
Today I saw a boy and I wondered if he noticed me,
he took my breath away.

Dear Diary,
I can't get him off my mind
and it scares me 'cause I've never felt this way.

No one in this world knows me better than you do,
so diary I'll confide in you.

Dear Diary,
Today I saw that boy as he walked by I thought he smiled at me,
and I wondered

does he know what's in my heart?
I tried to smile, but I could hardly breathe.
Should I tell him how I feel
or would that scare him away?
Diary, tell me what to do,
please tell me what to say.

Dear Diary,
One touch of his hand,
now I can't wait to see that boy again.

He smiled,
and I thought my heart could fly."